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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
exploration and discovery through the lens of creating a direct conduit to the past.
She founded Lorehold College to ensure mortals would never forget the lessons of the past. After living for centuries
, Velomachus has grown tired of watching the same mistakes repeated continually. She hopes her college’s teachings will foster the skills to either predict future pitfalls by taking lessons from those
Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3)
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Shapechanger. The yuan-ti can use its action to polymorph 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&rsquo
or were defeated by those who fought against their cannibalism and slavery, and the serpent folk were left in the ruins of their great capitals, far removed from other races.
Cold of Heart. Humanoid
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back
I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I like
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the back and tail to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples
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I repeat what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I
Dwarf
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“Yer late, elf!” came the rough edge of a familiar voice. Bruenor Battlehammer walked up the back of his dead foe, disregarding the fact that the heavy monster lay on top of his elven
them into an exile that lasted over 250 years. This longevity grants them a perspective on the world that shorter-lived races such as humans and halflings lack.
Dwarves are solid and enduring like the
Dragonborn
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foreign house. The sword at his back was the same, though, the one he had carried since even before he had found the twins left in swaddling at the gates of Arush Vayem.
For all her life, Farideh had
give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn.
Though
Gith
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever possible, as recompense for
pacifists by nature, they share the githyanki’s racial hatred for mind flayers, and from time to time they send out squads to destroy illithid outposts.
If the two races were ever to team up
Halfling
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Regis the halfling, the only one of his kind for hundreds of miles in any direction, locked his fingers behind his head and leaned back against the mossy blanket of the tree trunk. Regis was short
despite the rise and fall of empires.
Many halflings live among other races, where the halflings’ hard work and loyal outlook offer them abundant rewards and creature comforts. Some halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with an arrow pointing down. Pressing it shuts the crystal door by lowering it back into place. This button is locked and cannot be pressed if the door is already down. The left button is engraved with a
. Xebekal can be contacted with telepathy. It promises wealth and power to anyone who restores it, but has no intention of honoring its promises. Only a wish spell can turn the tapestry back into the beholder
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with an arrow pointing down. Pressing it shuts the crystal door by lowering it back into place. This button is locked and cannot be pressed if the door is already down. The left button is engraved with a
. Xebekal can be contacted with telepathy. It promises wealth and power to anyone who restores it, but has no intention of honoring its promises. Only a wish spell can turn the tapestry back into the beholder
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
among the people as living embodiments of his power. Perhaps they needed a reminder of who they were and from whence they came. The Chosen of Uthgar led bands back to the old ways, and most of your people
fullest.
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I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
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I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail to mirror the
said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
3
I like to impress visitors by
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with an arrow pointing down. Pressing it shuts the crystal door by lowering it back into place. This button is locked and cannot be pressed if the door is already down. The left button is engraved with a
. Xebekal can be contacted with telepathy. It promises wealth and power to anyone who restores it, but has no intention of honoring its promises. Only a wish spell can turn the tapestry back into the beholder
Gnome
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stare, then appeared to go back to sleep.
— Richard Lee Byers, The Black Bouquet
A constant hum of busy activity pervades the warrens and neighborhoods where gnomes form their close-knit
know that most races don’t share their sense of humor, but they enjoy anyone’s company just as they enjoy everything else they set out to do.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Statue of Halaster Set into an alcove at the back of this dusty side chamber is a nonmagical, life-size statue of Halaster Blackcloak carved from granite. The statue is thrusting its stone staff
character who inspects the statue and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers that one of the eyes carved into Halaster’s robe is a button. Pressing this button causes two keys tucked
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
at a time. If a third creature tries to attune to it, nothing happens.
The servant’s controls are accessed by a hatch in its upper back, which is easily opened while there are no creatures
sight of the servant, starting with those threatening the artifact— preferably using the servant, if possible.
Self-Destruct. By inputting a specific series of lever pulls and button presses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Statue of Halaster Set into an alcove at the back of this dusty side chamber is a nonmagical, life-size statue of Halaster Blackcloak carved from granite. The statue is thrusting its stone staff
character who inspects the statue and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers that one of the eyes carved into Halaster’s robe is a button. Pressing this button causes two keys tucked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Statue of Halaster Set into an alcove at the back of this dusty side chamber is a nonmagical, life-size statue of Halaster Blackcloak carved from granite. The statue is thrusting its stone staff
character who inspects the statue and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers that one of the eyes carved into Halaster’s robe is a button. Pressing this button causes two keys tucked
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back and tail
what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
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I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
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I like to impress
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Prismari College robes. If a character examines the portrait, they find a plaque that reads: “At Strixhaven we were all inspired.” Below the plaque is a small lever. If a character uses an action to pull
the lever, a box pops out of the wall containing a Strixhaven pennant (see chapter 2) for each character in the party. Once it dispenses the pennants, the box disappears back into the wall and doesn’t work for the characters again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Prismari College robes. If a character examines the portrait, they find a plaque that reads: “At Strixhaven we were all inspired.” Below the plaque is a small lever. If a character uses an action to pull
the lever, a box pops out of the wall containing a Strixhaven pennant (see chapter 2) for each character in the party. Once it dispenses the pennants, the box disappears back into the wall and doesn’t work for the characters again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Prismari College robes. If a character examines the portrait, they find a plaque that reads: “At Strixhaven we were all inspired.” Below the plaque is a small lever. If a character uses an action to pull
the lever, a box pops out of the wall containing a Strixhaven pennant (see chapter 2) for each character in the party. Once it dispenses the pennants, the box disappears back into the wall and doesn’t work for the characters again.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, though a knock spell causes it to retract into the ceiling. While the iron wall is down, pushing the red button has no effect. Red Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back
experimentation. Blue Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back to center if released. The blue dial determines which wall crystal is lit. Currently, the crystal under
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
it hard not to pluck the treasure and bring it back to their settlement to beautify it. An aarakocra who spends years among other races can learn to inhibit these impulses.
Confinement terrifies the
back into the air. Those that make it to a world in the Material Plane find it a strange place. They sometimes forget or ignore vertical distances, and they have nothing but pity for those earthbound
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, though a knock spell causes it to retract into the ceiling. While the iron wall is down, pushing the red button has no effect. Red Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back
experimentation. Blue Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back to center if released. The blue dial determines which wall crystal is lit. Currently, the crystal under
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, though a knock spell causes it to retract into the ceiling. While the iron wall is down, pushing the red button has no effect. Red Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back
experimentation. Blue Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back to center if released. The blue dial determines which wall crystal is lit. Currently, the crystal under
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Calliope A merry tune spills forth from an instrument on the back of a brightly painted wagon. A monkey wearing a cloak covered with buttons turns a handle at the wagon’s rear, sending music into the
. Ernest likes to collect buttons from the carnival’s guests to sew onto his cloak. He has a rhyme for requesting them: Spare a button if you please,
I’ll sew it next to all of these.
I offer nothing in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Calliope A merry tune spills forth from an instrument on the back of a brightly painted wagon. A monkey wearing a cloak covered with buttons turns a handle at the wagon’s rear, sending music into the
. Ernest likes to collect buttons from the carnival’s guests to sew onto his cloak. He has a rhyme for requesting them: Spare a button if you please,
I’ll sew it next to all of these.
I offer nothing in
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capstan’s spokes has a hidden button. Pressing the button unlocks and locks the capstan. While unlocked, a creature can use their action to turn the capstan clockwise, raising the six ballistae and the
an action lowers the weapons back into the cargo hold. Magic Statue. An 8-foot-tall, 4,000-pound stone statue of Drizzt Do’Urden, a famous drow ranger, stands near the front of the main deck, posed
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
A Brief History The known history of the Sword Coast region spans thousands of years, extending back into the misty epochs of the creator races and the ages of the first nations of the elves and
dwarves. Comparatively recent history is the story of the rise and deeds of humans and other younger races. Much of what follows in this section is known mainly by sages, some of whom have been alive for
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Draconic Races It’s all too easy to prefer a certain color of dragonborn, but what’s inside is what really matters—which is to say, the sort of damage their breath can do to you.
-Fizban
The
dragonborn race in the Player’s Handbook is the most direct way to reflect a character with dragons somewhere far back in their ancestry. But for players who want to try a more nuanced approach, this