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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Dark Gift Descriptions This section presents a selection of Dark Gifts in alphabetical order.
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
Deathly power resides within you, bursting out at the slightest provocation. You gain the following features.
Death Touch. You learn the Chill
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
You experience echoes from a past or alternate life. You gain the following features.
Channeled Prowess. You have proficiency in two skills of your
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
possibly prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he shared his secrets with disciples who wished to defy
disciples aided the inquisition by destroying Osybus’s physical form. As Osybus perished, he cursed his former allies: Their immortality would fail them eventually, and he would become one of the Dark
Monsters
Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack
possibly prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he shared his secrets with disciples who wished to defy
disciples aided the inquisition by destroying Osybus’s physical form. As Osybus perished, he cursed his former allies: Their immortality would fail them eventually, and he would become one of the Dark
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
Exposure to alien horrors like those of the Far Realm has warped your physical form in supernatural ways. You gain the following features
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
You are haunted by a cacophony of whispering spirits only you can hear. You gain the following features.
Spirit Whispers. You learn the Message
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
You know how to slip through the Mists’ grasp, but this freedom comes at a price: If you remain in one area for too long, the Mists find you
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
Something unnatural is always watching you, taking the form of scurrying vermin and other eerie creatures. You gain the following features
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
There is another side of you that most people never see: a beast, a terrifying avenger, or a walking nightmare. You gain the following features
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
A second being resides within your body, offering knowledge and assistance while furthering its own agenda. You gain the following features
Feats
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign)
The shadow you cast is animate and ever-present—sometimes it even acts according to its own will. You gain the following features.
Grasping
Equipment
Sleipnirspringr Stat BlockSpeed 60 ft.Carrying Capacity 610 lb.
Descended from Wotan’s horse Sleipnir, this breed of eight-legged horse tends toward dark pelts with elaborate and
they encounter in the wilds, doing great deeds, or sowing chaos. They are exceedingly rare in the Northlands, and those who are honored with a sleipnirspringr’s company are said to be heroes of great renown.
classes
Dragon Domain include Tiamat, the five-headed mother of chromatic dragons, and Bahamut, the just and wise god of metallic dragons.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
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Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws
, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"2d10+6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Five-headed ironscale hydras lurk in the
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
water, allowing it to be used five times.Hobgoblins are large goblinoids with dark orange or red-orange skin. A hobgoblin measures virtue by physical strength and martial prowess, caring about nothing except skill and cunning in battle.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Amphibious. The hydra can breathe air and water.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. Whenever the hydra takes 30 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die
reactions.A rare variety of hydra native to the wilds of Eldraine, snapping hydras resemble giant, many-headed turtles. Snapping hydras dwell at the bottom of the wild’s largest lakes, or along
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that guide and empower them, but the truth is far darker. The Inspired are the mortal hosts of the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid
. Physically, Inspired resemble the kalashtar, possessing an almost supernatural beauty.
Most of the people of the Five Nations have heard of the Inspired lords in Riedra — never realizing that Inspired
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
and empower them, but the truth is far darker. The Inspired are the mortal hosts of the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid who can dream
, Inspired resemble the kalashtar, possessing an almost supernatural beauty.
Most of the people of the Five Nations have heard of the Inspired lords in Riedra — never realizing that Inspired are spread
backgrounds
Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
Feat: Sharp Eye or a Dark Gift feat of your choice (see “Feats”)
Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Investigation
Tool Proficiencies
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the nightmare spirits of Dal Quor, and they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid who can dream can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the Inspired of Sarlona are humans
.
Most of the people of the Five Nations have heard of the Inspired lords in Riedra — never realizing that Inspired are spread throughout Khorvaire as well. Beggars and generals, mayors and
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
they carry out the foul agenda of the Dreaming Dark.
Any humanoid who can dream can volunteer to serve as a quori vessel. But the Inspired of Sarlona are humans bred to be such vessels. They have no
choice in this destiny, since they can’t resist quori possession. Physically, Inspired resemble the kalashtar, possessing an almost supernatural beauty.
Most of the people of the Five Nations have
races
Player’s Handbook
attribute their unusual gift to one or more of their benevolent gods, including Yondalla, Brandobaris, and Charmalaine. The same gift might contribute to their robust life spans (about 150 years
territorial mob of halflings like those in the Dark Sun setting.
Halflings who prefer to live underground are sometimes called strongheart halflings or stouts. Nomadic halflings, as well as those who
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
called lich-knights or fell horsemen.
In stark contrast to the knights of Eldraine, the deathless riders are without virtue of any kind. They are few in number—unless many more lurk in the dark
of wounds and relentless in their assault.
A typical deathless rider’s mount is a warhorse skeleton, though some lich-knights ride equine spirits like nightmare;nightmares.
“Headed to
backgrounds
Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, Charisma
Feat: Survivor or a Dark Gift feat of your choice (see “Feats”)
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Choose one
classes
Player’s Handbook
Chained God; Zargon, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the
Great Old One might be indifferent to your existence. But the secrets you’ve learned nevertheless allow you to draw strange magic from it.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
out magic that will aid them, but enchanted objects can be taken or lost. True greatness relies on personal prowess. Faced with this truth, a frost giant might seek a supernatural gift from Vaprak the
Destroyer.
Vaprak is a ferocious god of strength and hunger also worshiped by some ogres and trolls. He likes to tempt frost giants with dreams of glory followed by nightmares of bloody cannibalism
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the fiends’ tendency to lurk near battlefields and other sites of great tragedy to consume the anguish saturating the area.
Daemogoths are creatures of forbidden knowledge and magic, all fueled
extreme. Their eyes are insectile or smooth and bulbous like gleaming jewels, and they have five arms. They typically wear long robes, which drape low over their forms, and they sport a halo of horns, antlers, or floating stones or crystals.Psychic
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
) check recognizes it as an uven (“enemy” in Giant) rune that confers great power.
While holding the shield, you benefit from the following properties.
Winter’s Friend. You are immune to
.
Gift of Vengeance. You can transfer the shield’s magic to a nonmagical weapon by tracing the uven rune on the weapon with one finger. The transfer takes 8 hours of work that requires the two
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Multiple Heads. The dracohydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the dracohydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and
blood of a hydra resulted in a many-headed draconic monster with wings and multiple snakelike tails. The dracohydra’s breath weapon is a multicolored mass of energy that contains the essence of a
Darkling
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
speak of a seelie fey who betrayed the Summer Queen. His true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha ("Dark Crow" in Common). So great was the Summer Queen's wrath
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Goose Mother fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Multiple Heads. The Goose Mother has five heads. Whenever the Goose Mother takes 25 or more
tell that these geese descend from a monstrous many-headed bird that dwells deep within the wilds. Though the knights of Eldraine consider its existence a myth, the folk of the wilds know that the
classes
Savage Devotee of the Great Wolf
The bitter Northlands hold many dark groups and secrets. One of the most dangerous is the Circle of Fenris, a circle of Druids who venerate the Great Wolf. Inspired
backgrounds
Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom
Feat: Dark Gift feat of your choice (see “Feats”; Gathered Whispers is recommended)
Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Religion
Tool
backgrounds
Ability Scores: Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom
Feat: A Dark Gift feat of your choice (see “Feats” later in this chapter; Mist Walker is recommended)
Skill Proficiencies: Survival and