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College of Valor

Classes Player’s Handbook

Sing the Deeds of Ancient Heroes Bards of the College of Valor are daring storytellers whose tales preserve the memory of the great heroes of the past. These Bards sing the deeds of the mighty in

vaulted halls or to crowds gathered around great bonfires. They travel to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of these events doesn’t pass away. With their songs, they inspire new generations to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

Bard

Classes Player’s Handbook

;Daggers, Musical Instrument of your choice, Entertainer's Pack, and 19 GP; or (B) 90 GP Invoking magic through music, dance, and verse, Bards are expert at inspiring others, soothing hurts

, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic

Dracolich

Monsters Monster Manual

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"rend"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"rend", "rollDamageType":"Slashing

turn.Dracolich Lairs A dracolich lurks in a corrupted version of the lair it had in life. The region containing a dracolich’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects: Sapping Mist

Corrupted Rat

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

Agile. The rat doesn’t provoke Opportunity Attacks when it moves out of an enemy’s reach. Death Burst. The rat explodes when it dies. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 9, each creature in a

5-foot Emanation originating from the rat. Failure: 1 Acid damage.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Piercing

Dardew

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fiery Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType

fiery ambition. He knows how to delight an audience, even if it means making a few infernal pacts on the sly for a truly juicy spectacle. Dardew is a cambion, a former mortal corrupted by an

College of Valor Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or

from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

Orc Nurtured One of Yurtrus Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Aggressive. As a bonus action, the orc can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see. Corrupted Carrier. When the orc is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes, and any creature

within 10 feet of it must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Corrupted Carrier","rollDamageType

Abyssal Chicken

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Bad Flier. The abyssal chicken falls at the end of a turn if it’s airborne and the only thing holding it aloft is its flying speed.Multiattack. The abyssal chicken makes two attacks: one with

its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation

Space Mollymawk

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Flyby. The mollymawk doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach. Hold Breath. The mollymawk can hold its breath for 15 minutes.Bite

. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite

Campestri

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage. Spores (1/Day). A 5-foot radius of spores extends from the campestri. These spores can go around corners, and they have no effect on

are captivated by music, though they can’t distinguish a well-played performance from a bad one. If anyone plays an instrument or sings in the campestris’ vicinity, the little creatures will

Draconian Mage

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Trident or Necrotic Ray attacks. Trident. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Trident"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target

bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant seeking to transform stolen eggs

Fire Hellion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

attacks. Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Morningstar"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7);{"diceNotation":"3d8+7

, hoping to learn tactics the devils have fine-tuned over millennia and to acquire magical gifts to help the giant rise in the ordning. Over time, the giant is corrupted, becoming a Fiend in its own right

Wastrilith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, responds to the wastrilith’s commands—perhaps hardening to prevent foes from escaping or erupting in a surge that drags victims into its reach. Creatures that ingest water corrupted by a

lightly obscured;lightly obscures the area until a current clears it away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates. A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a

Oinoloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Corrupted Healing

Cadaver Collector

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. The collector makes two Slam attacks. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5

of a conquering army on the Material Plane. These fearsome Constructs obey their summoners until they are dismissed back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might

Oinoloth Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing

"} slashing damage plus 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Corrupted Healing (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6

Draconian Infiltrator

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

way, the target is also paralyzed. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target

that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant seeking to transform stolen eggs into a draconian army. A single

Feral Ashenwight

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Necrotic Shard", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a

or thoughts beyond a compulsive desire to destroy all living creatures they encounter. Ashenwights When a Humanoid consumed by cruelty and rage dies in an area corrupted by the Far Realm, the

Draconian Dreadnought

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Sword attacks and one Tail attack. Serrated Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Serrated Sword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4

", "rollAction":"Tail"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tail", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the

Draconian Foot Soldier

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shortsword", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The most numerous

soldiers formed from brass dragon eggs are called baaz draconians. Draconians Draconians are bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often

Gnoll Flesh Gnawer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Multiattack. The gnoll makes one Bite attack and two Shortsword attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing

Cadaver Collector Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d8+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10

back to Acheron, but if a summoner comes to a bad end, a cadaver collector might wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home. Sweeping the Dead

Swarm of Campestris

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+0","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Head Butts"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (4d4);{"diceNotation":"4d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Head Butts","rollDamageType

distinguish a well-played performance from a bad one. If anyone plays an instrument or sings in the campestris’ vicinity, the little creatures will happily sing along, each in an obnoxiously nasal

Dream Eater

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

effects.Multiattack. The dream eater makes two Ensnaring Shriek attacks. Ensnaring Shriek. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Ensnaring Shriek"} to hit, reach

dream eater lies not in brute force but in the ability to pierce its illusions and wrest others from its terrors. As such, bards and other persuasive adventurers find themselves uniquely poised to

Sir Braford

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage, or 9 (1d10 + 4);{"diceNotation

were captured by goblins. The young paladin of Pelor has been corrupted by the sinister Gulthias Tree and now swings his magic sword, Shatterspike, on behalf of a different sort of “deity.”

Screaming Devilkin

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Barbed Tail"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Barbed

denizens of the Feywild. Sages believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an

Gnoll Hunter

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Multiattack. The gnoll makes two Bite, Spear, or Longbow attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit

":"to hit","rollAction":"Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing

Forlarren

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing

"} slashing damage. Gore. Melee weapon attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Gore"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType

Draconian Mastermind

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

stunned.Multiattack. The draconian makes three Rend or Energy Ray attacks. Rend. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rend"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6

. Draconians Draconians are bipedal monsters born from dragon eggs that have been corrupted or warped by powerful magic. Most often, this corruption is a deliberate act, the work of an aspiring tyrant

Viari

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

with his shortsword and two attacks with his rapier. +1 Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"1 Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

":"to hit","rollAction":"Rapier"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rapier","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

Annis Hag

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Multiattack. The annis makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d6+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage

Corrupted Avatar of Lurue

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (8d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"8d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Hooves","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Horn. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation

":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Horn"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (8d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"8d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Horn","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic

Catoblepas

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"Tail"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (5d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"5d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tail", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the target must

the creature has such a feared reputation that stories about it are ingrained in the popular culture. Any rumor of a catoblepas taking up residence nearby is taken to be a bad omen, even if the rumor is

Gnoll Witherling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Multiattack. The witherling makes two Bite or Spiked Club attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

":"to hit","rollAction":"Spiked Club"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spiked Club","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing

Gideon Lightward

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Fist","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Withering Gaze. Gideon targets

himself to fighting the ever-present threat of demons. Gideon slowly gave up his sanity and free will to the devils, leaving him corrupted by Zariel and fully serving her in the months leading up to

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