The Ruinbound are mutants that can be born to any humanoid species that has contact with the Daelkyr or their minions. A Ruinbound is born with a personal symbiontβan unnatural entity bound to the child. Unlike most symbionts, this entity cannot be separated from its host, and the two are permanently fused. Many Ruinbound have additional disturbing mutations; you can roll on the Ruinboundβ¦
Origin Feat You have seen death many times, up close and personal, and sometimes at your own hand. These experiences have affected you deeply, teaching you about life and death. You gain the following benefits. One Last Breath. If you have two Death Saving Throw failures, you have Advantage on Death Saving Throws until you are no longer at 0 Hit Points. Recuperation. When you spend a Hit Pointβ¦
You touch another willing creature and bind your fates together until the spell ends. For the duration, if the target is within 60 feet of you and makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, you may use your Reaction to allow the target to reroll and use the new result. The target can do the same to you. Each time you do this, your, and only your Hit Point maximum is reduced by 1d4, andβ¦
Choose one creature that you can see within range. Yellow strips of magical energy loop around the creature. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or have its Flying speed (if any) reduced to 0 feet for the duration. An airborne creature affected by this spell safely descends at 60 feet per round until it reaches the ground or the spell ends. Available For: Druid (Legacy), Sorcererβ¦
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) You have learned a certain number of the secrets and techniques of the Ashbound druidic order. You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Wisdom or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Ashbound Proficiency. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill. Arcane Enmity. When a creature you can see casts a spell, you haveβ¦
Rising from rugged crags amid a harsh countryside, the Keep on the Borderlands is a bastion of peace amid an otherwise brutal wilderness. The keepβs stalwart defenders protect their community from the forces of chaos that would revel in its fall. DM Secret! This is for the Dungeon Masterβs eyes only. Unless text appears in a read-aloud box (like the one below), donβt read it to the players.
Infiltrators can pass as human, their serpentine features limited to scaly skin, forked tongues, and other minor or internal transformations. These spies insinuate themselves among their rivals, manipulating others and making foes vulnerable to the plots of more powerful yuan-ti. Yuan-ti Exploiting pacts with sinister supernatural forces, yuan-ti bargain away their humanity for the lethality andβ¦
Corlie ensures that the city sponsoring the characters makes a 1,000 GP hazard payment to each of them. If Corlie previously agreed to contribute her share to the characters, she adds this to their reward. Corlie must return to the Sword Coast, but she insists Ironspine Keep needs leaders who can guarantee its defense. The fortress makes an excellent base of operations for future adventures onβ¦
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| 1 | Barovia is ruled by a cruel vampire named Strahd |
| 2 | Once in Barovia, you can never leave without killing Strahd β¦ |
Hardened masters of occult power, urdefhan blood mages trade their blood for magical might. A heavily scarred blood mage is held in esteem by their fellow urdefhans, as it shows they have survived many bargains with eerie occult patrons. Urdefhans Translucent-skinned scourges of the Darklands, urdefhans are born with certainty that they are the true foot soldiers of the worldβs end. Theirβ¦
Ring, rare (requires attunement) This ring has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. When you fail a Dexterity saving throw while wearing the ring, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge to succeed on that save instead.
You hurl a twisting bolt of blood at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d6 Necrotic damage, and you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your Proficiency Bonus. Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d6 when you reach levels 5 (2d6), 11 (3d6), and 17 (4d6). Available For: Sorcerer (Legacy), Warlock (Legacy), Wizardβ¦
The party is soon approached by Lotus, a lithe tabaxi scout captain with panther-like features. Lotus, typically responsible for imparting martial training to the villagers, brings the party an important message, a missive from the guardian naga herself. In it, Safar bids them to keep careful watch over her tower and the Solant Mote, her most prized possession, while she is away. As soon as sheβ¦
With uncanny patience and fiendish cunning, ultroloths manipulate mortals and their fellow yugoloths alike, seeking to hoard power and spread suffering. These sinister masterminds often work with other yugoloths, but they might compel nearly any creature into their service. If coercion doesnβt work, ultroloths use their eerie eyes and innate magic to hypnotize or charm targets. Ultroloths striveβ¦
Players can support and strengthen the epic feel of Forgotten Realms adventures by creating characters that are larger than life. As the DM, you can help give those characters a career thatβs truly momentous by working with each player to sketch out a story arc that plays out as the character advances in level. Perhaps the character is fated to wield an Artifact (such as the Calimemnon Crystal ,β¦
A kalashtar mage apprentice, Libra Halo believes the universe will become illuminated through balance. With such serenity of spirit, it takes much to rile Libra, who prefers communicating through telepathy. If told of a likely traitor in their midst, Libra offers that she has dreamed that either Alistair or Cog is a traitor and the other is not, and that the characters would arrive to restoreβ¦
Armor (ring mail), very rare You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.
Brilliant sunlight flashes in a 60-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point you choose within range. Each creature in the Sphere makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 12d6 Radiant damage and has the Blinded condition for 1 minute. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only. A creature Blinded by this spell makes another Constitution saving throw at theβ¦
Lorwyn and Shadowmoor are perfect places to set games that highlight whimsy or delve into shadowy themes. The adventures in this chapter, which highlight sabotaged inventions and chaotic disruptions, are just two such options. This chapter presents details about the Aeghith, a community gathering place in the village of Burrenton (in Lorwyn), as well as example adventure outlines set there.
Armor (ring mail), legendary You have a +3 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce the armor against blows from swords and axes. Ring mail is inferior to chain mail, and it's usually worn only by those who can't afford better armor.
Armor (ring mail), rare (requires attunement) This armor has 3 charges and regains 1d3 charges daily at dawn. Each time you would receive a level of Exhaustion, you may spend a charge to negate that Exhaustion. As long as the armor has at least 1 charge remaining, your cannot take penalties to your Speed. This armor is leather armor with heavy rings sewn into it. The rings help reinforce theβ¦
Agents of House Phiarlan and House Thuranni, who are primarily elves, combine stealth and espionage with mastery of the performing artsβand dragonmarked heirs augment those skills with shadow magic. This stat block can serve for an agent of either house. Even though House Phiarlan agents donβt typically work as entertainers or artists in addition to their espionage activities, they receiveβ¦
βAs you travel the dusty road through the forest, the sound of distant thunder on a clear day sets you on edge. Turning a corner, you notice the true source of the rumbling sounds β the crashing footsteps of an enormous ogre who is trying to appease their stroppy child. Noticing you, the larger of the two ogres waves and trudges over to you.β The Ogre father, Orguk, recently smashed a merchantβsβ¦
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Dexterity 13+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Parry. If youβre holding a Finesse weapon and another creature hits you with a melee attack, you can take a Reaction to add your Proficiency Bonus to your Armor Class, potentially causing the attack to miss you. You gain this bonusβ¦
You touch an object throughout the spellβs casting. If the object is a magic item or some other magical object, you learn its properties and how to use them, whether it requires Attunement, and how many charges it has, if any. You learn whether any ongoing spells are affecting the item and what they are. If the item was created by a spell, you learn that spellβs name. If you instead touch aβ¦
Ring, uncommon This rose gold band is set with an obsidian stone carved in the shape of a heart. While wearing this ring, you can use a Magic action to attempt to learn a creatureβs darkest desire. Select a creature that you can see. That creature must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, you immediately learn the targetβs greatest desire. On a successful save, you do notβ¦
Folk in Etharis donβt always speak highly of Monster Hunters, and many consider them to be just as depraved and inhuman as the evils they vanquish. Many of the appalling tales about Monster Hunters can be attributed, directly or indirectly, to the Devourer Guild, who are accused of being monstrous cannibals. The truth is barely any better. Devourers have spent their days consuming the flesh andβ¦
You create a magical dueling ground bounded by a glowing, rune-scribed circle in a 15-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point on the ground you touch. As part of creating the dueling ground, you designate two willing creatures within the Sphere as the targets. The spell ends early if a creature other than one of the targets enters the Sphere. If a target drops to 0 Hit Points while in the duelingβ¦
With a touch, you revive a dead creature if it has been dead no longer than 10 days and it wasnβt Undead when it died. The creature returns to life with 1 Hit Point. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesnβt restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral for itsβ¦
Bandit deceivers use magic to disguise their activities or create flashy distractions. Bandits Bandits use the threat of violence to take what they want. Such criminals include gang members, desperadoes, and lawless mercenaries. Yet not all bandits are motivated by greed. Some are driven to lives of crime by unjust laws, desperation, or the threats of merciless leaders. Roll on or choose a resultβ¦
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