Ez d’Avenir first encountered monsters among her manipulative family, the Radanaviches, who posed as Vistani to prey on travelers. Among their foul deeds, the Radanavich family kidnapped Erasmus van Richten, the son of Rudolph van Richten (detailed in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within) and sold him to his death at the hands of the vampire Baron Metus. In the brief time Ez knew Erasmus, the youth…

Wondrous Item, very rare (requires attunement) This set of six-sided dice is indistinguishable from nonmagical dice. While attuned to the dice, you gain the following benefits. Luck. The dice have 6 charges and regain 1d6 charges daily at dawn. When you fail a D20 Test, you can expend 1 charge to reroll the test if you don’t have the Incapacitated condition. You must use the new roll. Loaded.…

Folk in Etharis don’t 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 and…

Coming out ahead, whether in games of chance or in life-or-death contention, fills you with resolve and vigor. You gain the following benefits. Bet Big. If you don't already have it, you gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you succeed on an ability check made against another creature, when you reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points, or when a creature fails a saving throw you forced it to make. If, in…

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 you’re 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 bonus…

*Spell of the Divination school

From a distance, will-o’-wisps look like lanterns bobbing in the dark. Through the windows of abandoned structures or around the bends of treacherous paths, these spirits tempt the curious into peril. Once their prey is vulnerable, will-o’-wisps feed on the life force of those they lay low. Roll on or choose a result from the Will-o’-Wisp Ambushes table to inspire how a will-o’-wisp imperils its…

Camouflaged as rock formations, ropers are aberrant ambushers that lurk in wait for smaller creatures. These bizarre subterranean hunters extend their rubbery tentacles to explore and prod their surroundings, often reaching beyond their fields of vision. Should they encounter prey, these limbs ensnare victims and drag them close to ropers’ toothy maws. If these tentacles are severed, ropers…

Rotface is one of two abominations created by Professor Putricide. Rotface has a childlike mind and voice and calls Putricide “Daddy.” It is devoted to its pet plague-dog, Precious, and erupts in fury if any harm comes to the creature. It also despises the living and seeks to spread Putricide’s mutated slimes to wipe them out.

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…

One Ranged weapon you touch becomes enchanted to reload itself automatically. If the weapon has the Loading or Reload property, you ignore the property for the duration. When the weapon’s ammunition is depleted, ammunition you are carrying teleports into the weapon. Available For: Bard (Legacy), Ranger (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Bard, Ranger, Wizard

Manipulate Time with Help from the Future Your patron is you in a decades-distant future. Perhaps your future self found an artifact of great power connecting them to the past, which they must now lead you to discover, or perhaps they were taught the mystic arts by their future self long ago, a cycle you will have to continue someday. Your future self has forgotten the fine details of some things…

Wondrous Item, uncommon This talisman contains a discarded claw, scale, or fang from Isilu, which many believe is the incarnation of the moon in Shadowmoor. While you wear a Reliquary of Twilight, you are immune to the effects of Morningtide.

Gamble with Life and Death Fortune is a fickle thing—unless you’re a High Roller. These Gunslingers are master card sharps and dice throwers that mix their love of risk with their talent for gunplay. High Rollers push their luck until it runs out, then push harder. Why settle for a win when you could bet it all and win big? Level 3: Poker Face You gain proficiency with all Gaming Sets and in one…

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.

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Some nefarious magic-users carry out forbidden necromantic rituals that sever their souls from their bodies to turn themselves into liches, masters of magic and undeath. With their souls preserved in hidden relics, liches puppet their own corpses as they pursue ambitions free from mortal bonds. Liches possess exceptional cunning and magical prowess, and they use their unnatural immortality to…