Use Powerful Runes to Weaken Enemies and Escape from Harm You concentrate your efforts on perfecting your art, developing special marks to claim and cripple your targets. Rebel leaders, artists, spies, and other members of the political underworld might belong to this archetype. Originally a tactic for subterfuge and assassination for denizens of the Festerwood, those who employ these powerfulā¦
A braggart and showman, Murschen is a rare skulk who doesnāt like to lurk in the shadows, having previously won martial arts tournaments under the name āRed Ruin.ā For all his swaggering confidence, however, Murschen is fundamentally a dupe of the seugathis on the Laboratories level. He believes theyāre going to enhance his fighting abilities and let him return to the fighting circuit, when theyā¦
A runewright is a rune using wizard whose obsession with gathering magical knowledge and power continues beyond its death. Runewrights seek magic of all kinds, hoping that amassing it will give them insight into the nature of the runes, and indeed the fundamental nature of magic itself. It is a hunger that will never be sated and only ends with the runewrightās destruction. A runewright bearsā¦
You place a magical effect into the stone used as the spellās material component, creating a visible rune etched into the stone. Any creature holding the stone has Advantage on Charisma checks. Available For: Wizard (Legacy), Wizard
Weapon (spear), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Spear allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature hasā¦
Distill the Essence of Creation Philosophers have focused their study of wizardry on the fundamental nature of existence and reality. They seek the most quintessential truths of creation and manipulate those forces and substances through alchemical practice. Through understanding, deconstruction, and reconstruction, they master the natural energies of the world around them and alter it to theirā¦
The dozen runestones in this section correspond to twelve gods of the North. For details on these deities, see Chapter 6: Northlands Pantheons in the Northlands Worldbook.
Runestones grant a number of benefits to the characters who possess them. All Runestones operate in much the same fashion. First, the owner sketches the rune in the airāonly that character can see its glowing, magical form while it remains in effect. Some runes remain active for a specific length of time, conferring their benefits while active (or the user can end the rune early to gain aā¦
A skeletally thin, robed figure saunters toward you, writhing runes on its gray skin glowing with putrid light. A runewright is a rune using wizard whose obsession with gathering magical knowledge and power continues beyond its death. Runewrights seek magic of all kinds, hoping that amassing it will give them insight into the nature of the runes, and indeed the fundamental nature of magic itself.ā¦
The PCs must climb the gnarled bark of the World Tree to travel its planar pathways. See the World Tree maps (Yggdrasil Branch, Jotunheim Footprint, Yggdrasil Interior) for sections devoted to each encounter area below. The bark feels rough and tough. Its geometric pattern of vaguely diamond-shaped hollows between thick ridges makes it relatively easy to climbāand to stop for a rest among theā¦
You magically spread a rumor of 10 words or less in a 100-foot Emanation originating from you. Any creature within the Emanation that can hear and understand three or more other creatures believes that they hear the rumor being repeated by someone nearby. Different creatures hear the rumor from different people, so a concrete origin is impossible to discern. Generally, creatures wonāt becomeā¦
You have 4 Rune Points, which fuel various magical effects from this subclass. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using a weapon or an Unarmed Strike, you can spend 1 Rune Point to mark that creature with a magical rune in a flourish of paint and weaponry. These runes remain on a marked creature for up to 1 minute. A rune vanishes early if its magic fades (as described below) or if aā¦
You touch a melee weapon and place a magical effect into it, creating a visible rune etched into the weapon. Attacks made by the invoked weapon deal an extra 1d8 Fire damage on a hit. Available For: Wizard (Legacy), Wizard
Harmony, harvest, interconnection. Least Power: Once per day, you can sketch jera (no action required) and choose a willing creature within 30 feet of you as your partner. Until the end of your next turn, both you and your partner have Advantage on attack rolls against the same creature. Lesser Power: When you sketch jera, you and your partner both gain a bonus to Armor Class equal to yourā¦
Type: Simple Ranged Weapon Cost: 5 CP Weight: 1/4 lb Damage: 1d4 Piercing Properties: Finesse, Thrown (range 20/60), Vex Proficiency with a Dart allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Vex. If you hit a creature with this weaponā¦
You touch a creature, creating a visible rune etched into its skin. The creature has Resistance to a damage type of your choice. Available For: Cleric (Legacy), Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard
Invoking mysterious rites involving four beholder eyestalks, a spellcaster can mold aberrant dreams into a beholder-like guardian. Called a spectator, the being summoned by such a ritual resembles a beholder with five magical eyesāa central eye and four on stalks arrayed around the crown of the creatureās spherical body. A spectator serves its conjurer for 101 years by guarding something of theā¦
Nuisance Trap (Levels 1ā4) Trigger: A creature crosses a trip wire. Duration: Instantaneous. This trap uses a trip wire to trigger a makeshift alarm. The trip wire stretches 3 inches off the ground between two stakes, one of which has another wire attached to a collection of scrap metal suspended from a nearby bush or tree. The first creature that crosses the trip wire pulls the stakes free,ā¦
Use Powerful Runes to Weaken Enemies and Escape from Harm You concentrate your efforts on perfecting your art, developing special marks to claim and cripple your targets. Rebel leaders, artists, spies, and other members of the political underworld might belong to this archetype. Originally a tactic for subterfuge and assassination for denizens of the Festerwood, those who employ these powerfulā¦
Visibility Outdoors. When traveling outdoors, most characters can see about 2 miles in any direction on a clear day, except where obstructions block their view. That range increases to 40 miles if they are atop a mountain or a tall hill or are otherwise able to look down on the area from a height. Lightly Obscured conditions reduce visibility: rain reduces maximum visibility to 1 mile, and fogā¦
A creature you touch regains 4d8 + 15 Hit Points. For the duration, the target regains 1 Hit Point at the start of each of its turns, and any severed body parts regrow after 2 minutes. Spell Tags: Healing Available For: Bard (Legacy), Cleric (Legacy), Druid (Legacy), Bard, Cleric, Druid
Aasimar (pronounced AH-sih-mar) are mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their souls. Whether descended from an angelic being or infused with celestial power, they can fan that spark to bring light, healing, and heavenly fury. Aasimar can arise among any population of mortals. They resemble their parents, but they live for up to 160 years and have features that hint at theirā¦
You unleash virulent magic on a creature you can see within range. The target makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 14d6 Necrotic damage, and its Hit Point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the Necrotic damage it took. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only. This spell canāt reduce a targetās Hit Point maximum below 1. Spell Tags: Damage, Debuffā¦
The target takes an extra 2d8 Necrotic damage. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is a Celestial. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 1. Available For: Death Knight, Paladin - Oath of the Ebon Blade
Weapon (dart), uncommon You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Proficiency with a Dart allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Vex. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to theā¦
Once free of the rapids, the characters easily ride the ice floes the rest of the way to their meeting point safely. When they sight Sly Raven ahead, lookouts on board quickly spot them and dispatch a boat to ferry them over. It takes 10 minutes to collect them and row them back to the ship, for the purpose of any PCs suffering the effects of being drenched in frigid water. Characters strugglingā¦
This section of the adventure begins about 500 feet from the fortress. The area features many hills, boulders, small groves of scrub trees, and ravines. This terrain provides many methods for approaching the ruin without being seen. However, the giants know this, so they have established two additional lines of defense: first pickets, then traps. Pickets. Located in a rough circle around theā¦
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