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Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Lampads guard the shadowed paths of the world, depths typically trod by souls destined for the Underworld. These rarely seen nymphs assist Athreos in guiding the dead, moving among the spirits that
collect along the Tartyx River and reclaiming wayward souls that try to slip back to the mortal world. This means lampads are most often spotted in graveyards, crumbling crypts, and tunnels that bore
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and argue for a slow, cautious approach in all matters.PoisonChange Shape. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
wereraven polymorphs into a raven–humanoid hybrid or into a raven, or back into its humanoid form. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing
or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its humanoid form if it dies.Wereravens are secretive and extraordinarily cautious lycanthropes that trust one another but are wary of just about
Ranger
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of steel, cutting down one enemy after another. After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging off the
whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Elvish, he points to the owlbear he’s been tracking and sends the hawk to distract
Backgrounds
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
You grew up in the Feywild after disappearing from your home plane as a child. Perhaps you were spirited away by kindly Fey who thought you were destined for great things. Perhaps you stumbled
under the Feywild’s spell and learned a little about the nature of the mercurial tricksters that dwell there.
When you finally returned to your home plane, you did not come back unchanged. You
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
, organic, locally sourced woven fibers
Fighter
A thick, battle-scarred iron lockbox
Paladin
A metal case with fine engraving and scrollwork
Ranger
A fur-lined bindle
Rogue
A
transfer any amount of your franchise funds back to your satchel with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check.
Secret Satchel
As a rank 3 hoardsperson, your living loot satchel gets an
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
imagination can turn on such champions almost as quickly as it anoints them.
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as
dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for a meal.
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Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you guided the wayward noble through back streets to safety. The patriar repaid your
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
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A kobold’s cautious nature doesn’t mean it can’t get angry. The blood of dragons flows in its veins, and like a raging drake, a kobold that is pushed too far or has its back
provoke retaliatory attacks from the creatures they steal from. It’s better to be cautious and overlooked than to be considered dangerous and a threat.
In a couple of situations, kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Circle of Thunder “Circle of Thunder” is balanced for characters of 6th level, though characters of 4th or 5th level can weather its challenges if they are cautious. No quest leads the party to this
counterattack on Falcon’s Hunting Lodge (see “Counterattack!”), characters can follow Gorthok’s trail back to the Circle of Thunder, where that creature was summoned.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
anger, lying back with fear or suspicion, and rippling in side-to-side waves with amusement or joy.
Visions in Starlight
Many crystal dragons study the stars, recording their observations of the night
future.
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An ancient crystal dragon is stalked by a villainous ranger who has already claimed a dozen draconic trophies.
3
An ancient crystal dragon follows a pod of whales from one sea to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Ranger I spend a lot of my life away from civilization, keeping to its fringes to protect it. Don’t assume that because I don’t bend the knee to your king that I haven’t done more to protect him than
all his knights put together.
— Soveliss
Rangers are free-minded wanderers and seekers who patrol the edges of civilized territory, turning back the denizens of the wild lands beyond. It is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Rogue People forget that the entire point of venturing down into a dusty tomb is to bring back the prizes hidden away there. Fighting is for fools. Dead men can’t spend their fortunes.
— Barnabas
their way. On adventures, a rogue is likely to mix an outwardly cautious approach — few rogues enjoy combat — with a ravenous hunger for loot. Most of the time, in a rogue’s mind, taking up arms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Spells Well, darn. Whatever could have happened to the spells Mordenkainen’s Bountiful Back-Patting, Heward’s Hot Air, and all the rest? I’m sure I submitted the spells they insisted I include herein
Conjuration Yes No Druid, Ranger 2nd Tasha’s Mind Whip Enchantment No No Sorcerer, Wizard 3rd Intellect Fortress Abjuration Yes No Artificer, Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard 3rd Spirit Shroud Necromancy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
their work in the Underdark, but shadows are shadows wherever they occur. As a Gloom Stalker ranger, you find solace and refuge in dark alleys, dimly lit back rooms, and the shadowy corners of any
A Wide Range of Talents No matter whether a ranger ranges in the crowded city streets, the trackless wilderness, or the most desolate and confounding planes, all ranger archetypes can find a place in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
fanatical young half-orc war priest (see appendix A). She is one of the main villains of the story and is destined to return in Divine Contention, the conclusion of this adventure trilogy. If an attack
drops Fheralai to fewer than half her maximum hit points or she feels outmatched, she tries to abandon the vessel and flee to safety. Don’t worry if Fheralai dies or is captured here, as her cultists use divine intervention to bring her back later in the campaign!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Ranger Rough and wild looking, a human stalks alone through the shadows of trees, hunting the orcs he knows are planning a raid on a nearby farm. Clutching a shortsword in each hand, he becomes a
whirlwind of steel, cutting down one enemy after another. After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Ranger Rough and wild looking, a human stalks alone through the shadows of trees, hunting the orcs he knows are planning a raid on a nearby farm. Clutching a shortsword in each hand, he becomes a
whirlwind of steel, cutting down one enemy after another. After tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, an elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the white dragon. Shrugging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
talkative owl, the ranger had monitored the drow for several days, curious as to why a dark elf had wandered into the valley. At first, Montolio had assumed that the drow was somehow connected to Graul
, the chief orc of the region, but as time went on, the ranger began to suspect differently.
— R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn
Long have rangers walked the wilds of the Sword Coast and the Savage Frontier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
frustration, possibly even their freedom and their lives—by helping them avoid or get around the illogical logic. While visitors are easily vexed by roads that lead nowhere and forest trails that double back
scout stat block, but change its size to Small) 2 Gloomy wood elf druid (use the druid stat block) 3 Flamboyant pixie 4 Happy-go-lucky satyr 5 Ultra-competitive sprite 6 Overly cautious treant sapling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Points. (This is included above.) Ranger Class Features Level 1: Favored Enemy You always have the Hunter’s Mark spell prepared. You can cast it twice without expending a spell slot, and you regain all
cast with this feature. Choose five level 1 Ranger spells. If another Ranger feature gives you spells that you always have prepared, those spells don’t count against the number of spells you can prepare
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Ranger All that is gold does not glitter. But frankly, if you’ve got the choice, take the glittering gold every time. That nonshiny stuff loses a ton of resale value. Loving nature, exploring the
ranger makes the difference between forlorn failure and fabulous success. Even when a franchise engages in commerce in the cities and towns of the realm, a ranger’s keen senses, sharp blades, and flesh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
.” Ideal. “Life is an adventure.” Bond. “My grandfather is my best friend.” Flaw. “Sometimes I put curiosity before caution.” Shamir 64-year-old human nomad Shamir is Pesh’s grandfather. He’s cautious and
once lush and verdant land. Shamir is cautious and superstitious, but he’s also intelligent and curious. The blue circle painted on the golem’s chest and the symbols on its body make him think it’s the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
fallen character back to life, but not without a cost. The restored character’s madness level increases by 1 upon being restored to life (see “Madness” earlier in this chapter). If a fallen character’s
holding other victims or hostages (a giant spider with a still-living victim wrapped up in its web, or troglodytes holding prisoners destined for their larder, for example). Once the monsters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Feylost You grew up in the Feywild after disappearing from your home plane as a child. Perhaps you were spirited away by kindly Fey who thought you were destined for great things. Perhaps you
gradually fell under the Feywild’s spell and learned a little about the nature of the mercurial tricksters that dwell there. When you finally returned to your home plane, you did not come back unchanged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of Klothys’s tireless followers.
Ultimately, Klothys holds grudges only rarely. The campaign might conclude when the characters identify the moment they strayed from their destined place and
to enter the mortal realm; its destruction could hurl Klothys back into the Underworld for untold ages to come.
Klothys’s Divine Schemes Klothys has many designs for Theros and for the futures she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
extremely cautious, always on the lookout for monsters and other dangers. 5 You always see the bright side of a situation. 6 You like to collect mementos of your travels. Halfling Ideals d6 Ideal 1
how small you may be, you won’t back down from a bully. Halfling Flaws d6 Flaw 1 You can’t resist poking your nose where it doesn’t belong. 2 You are very fidgety. Sitting still is a major challenge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
governments, as well as in the ongoing effort to protect their cities from discovery or attacks by hostiles. They oppose reckless behavior and argue for a slow, cautious approach in all matters. Yuan
. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Yuan-ti TempleView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
a scorpion god called Vulkoor. They hunt giants and other dangers in their lands. Led by powerful druids and wizards, the Sulatar cling to traditions of elemental shaping that date back to the Age of
Giants. They live in a handful of obsidian cities across Xen’drik, and believe that they are destined to cleanse the world in a fiery apocalypse. Finally, the Umbragen are descended from drow who fled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
him to give her the ring, then escape using her fly spell. Xandala’s magic traces back to a draconic bloodline, and parts of her skin are covered by a thin sheen of protective scales. She has
-aligned characters. XANDALA’S TRAITS
Ideal. “I have the blood of dragons flowing through my veins. I am destined for greatness.”
Bond. “The Ring of Winter will bring me power and immortality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
high in this area. Hewn from the canyon’s back wall, a thirty-foot-high temple facade features steps rising to a stone platform. Cut into this facade is a ten-foot-high open doorway flanked by
forthright and honest to a fault. Norbus is gruff and excessively cautious. They banter like an old married couple. Each dwarf has ten days of rations, a waterskin, mining tools, and one of two matching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
instructions to bring back information and new ideas for the community. Most of these folk return to the burrow at the appointed time or even sooner, their curiosity having been satisfied. But a few
of them take readily to life in the outside world and don’t come back on schedule, returning to the burrow only after spending years or decades away as a member of an adventuring party. The Pull of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of this secret is up to you to decide, and learning more about it might color future adventures of your own design. Secrets of Phenax d6 Result
1 As a mortal, Phenax was destined to free the
steal Phenax’s place among the gods for their own.
5 The secret to Phenax’s immortality lies in the Underworld and is accessible only by those who have died, come back, and journeyed to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
demesnes from outside threats. The Sleeping Tree Awakens. A tree destined to become a treant meditates through a long cycle of seasons, living normally for decades or centuries before realizing its potential
or is more than 120 feet from the tree; or until the treant takes a bonus action to turn it back into an inanimate tree. The tree then takes root if possible.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Ranger: Drakewarden They say that rangers tend to look a lot like their bestial companions. That makes Drakewardens among the most attractive of humanoids!
-Fizban
Your connection to the natural
gain the following benefits: Thaumaturgy. You learn the thaumaturgy cantrip, which is a ranger spell for you. Tongue of Dragons. You learn to speak, read, and write Draconic or one other language of
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Gerard shows Minsc the ranger and his stalwart companion, Boo the space hamster, flying through Wildspace on the back of a solar dragon.
On the Alt-Cover
Hydro74 captures the fierce, no
-nonsense glare of Boo, the multiverse’s most famous space hamster. A cosmic horror graces the back cover.
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