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Spies use charm and deception to veil their true intentions. If forced into combat, they seek to end such conflicts quietly and decisively.

If a mezzoloth’s after ya, just pay it off with whatever’s in your pack. While it’s rooting around looking for a good deal, you hightail it, Chief! —Morte

The servants of kuo-toa archpriests, kuo-toa whips—so named for their role in enforcing order among other kuo-toa—lead war bands in carrying out the commands of their superiors. In return for their zeal, these kuo-toa are granted minor magical abilities and pincerlike weapons for subduing foes. In battle, whips drive on other kuo-toa with threats of violence and burbling chants.

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A kuo-toa whip and kuo-toa monitor lead a midnight raid Kuo-toa monitors control the day-to-day life of weaker kuo-toa, directing their work and worship. They also train beasts or monsters in the kuo-toa’s service—such as chuuls or giant crabs —and command them in battle. Archpriests bless monitors with the power to control their underlings and to subdue foes with electricity channeled through…

Spy masters have extensive experience in gathering secrets while leaving no evidence of their presence.

Questing knights travel in pursuit of a cause, such as slaying a villain, defeating a monster, recovering an Artifact, or restoring their lost honor.

On the Elemental Plane of Earth, galaxies of gemstones twinkle over vaults of treasure. If dao are there, so is wealth worth hunting. —Gundren Rockseeker, Dwarf Treasure Hunter Genies of minerals and gemstones, dao embody the resolve of rock. Using innate magic, they move through the earth unimpeded, exploring depths inaccessible to most. Dao delight in the treasures of the earth, whether raw…

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Krooths, sometimes called crocodile eaters, are fast and vicious bogland hunters. While they are known to hunt and eat large predators, their favorite prey are lizardfolk, boggards, and dinosaurs. Indeed, a krooth looks vaguely like a dinosaur itself, with its ridged head frill, long tail, and mouth full of sharp, venomous teeth. When a krooth bites a creature, one of these teeth breaks off and…

Lifestyle expenses summarize the cost of living in a fantasy world. They cover lodging, food, equipment maintenance, and other necessities. At the start of each week or month (DM’s choice), choose a lifestyle below—Wretched, Squalid, Poor, Modest, Comfortable, Wealthy, or Aristocratic—and pay the price to sustain that lifestyle. Lifestyles have no inherent consequences, but the DM might take them…