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Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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
a song or a piece of music three or four times, the creature remembers it forever.
Campestris vary widely in color, from white to tan to dark brown, but they always have red or purple caps and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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
creature remembers it forever.
Campestris vary widely in color, from white to tan to dark brown, but they always have red or purple caps and speckles. A campestri moves by manipulating the mycelium that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
have no personalities or memories; they’re driven only by the desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, where it flows through Dis and Stygia. They collect the souls arriving in the form of lemure;lemures (see the Monster Manual). Lemures have no personalities or memories; they’re driven only by the
desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal them into legions.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Urchin
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
shaped by lives of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better
I eat like a pig and have bad manners.
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I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
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I don’t like to bathe.
8
I bluntly say what other people are hinting at
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
bad luck a gull might happen to land near a crab folk lair and utter the right combination of cries to summon up this ancient compulsion. Driven to action, the crab folk rampage along the coast
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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Personality Trait. “When dealing with outsiders, I present myself as a kindly old grandmother.”
Ideal. “Children are better off working for me than picking up lots of bad habits
the past, another reflects the present, and the third reflects the future. These hags are utter wickedness distilled into corporeal forms, driven by a lust for secrets that can be used to manipulate
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One
Guild took over your family business, ran it into the ground, and burned the building for insurance money. You were driven into crime yourself, but you’ll never work for the Guild. You take
Satyr
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Satyrs have a well-earned reputation for their good spirits, gregarious personalities, and love of revels. Most satyrs are driven by simple desires, to see the world and to sample its every pleasure
importantly—it feels really good. Driven by instinct and intuition, most satyrs prove unpredictable, following their sense of wonder wherever it leads.
Very Odd Indeed
Satyrs are known for their
races
Mutations table for ideas, or create your own. These secondary mutations are disturbing, but they don’t change the rules of how that character is played or grant mechanical benefits. For example
1d8
Mutation
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Unnatural Hair.Is your hair an unusual color? Ectoplasmic in nature? Does it move of its own accord?
2
Unusual Skin. Is your skin transparent? Slick? An unnatural color
Criminal / Spy
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Basic Rules (2014)
than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society
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4
I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying.
5
I turn tail and run when things look bad.
6
An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
magical display is a cloud of twinkling, glittering motes that changes color randomly and repels attacks.
Gifted with audacious hearts, reigar emerged from the Ysgardian seas to test their mettle on
land. When the endless battles there grew tiresome, some reigar ventured to the Astral Sea and Wildspace in search of glory. Many are driven by artistic pursuits, but each reigar has their own notion
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Hobgoblins trace their origins to the ancient courts of the Feywild, where they first appeared with their goblin and bugbear kin. Many of them were driven from the Feywild by the conquering god
fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score
Goliath
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
the responsibility to earn a place in the tribe or die trying.
Driven Competitors
Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A
skills.
This dedication to competition has a dark side. Goliaths are ferocious competitors, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a goliath slays a dragon, he or she might
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
I cherish a leaf from Vitu-Ghazi that changes color with the seasons, even though it is no longer attached to the tree.
6
Every member of the conclave is my kin, and I would fight for any one
conclave has a deeper connection to the Worldsoul than I do.
6
I’m trying to atone for the life of crime I led before I joined the Selesnya, but I find it hard to give up my bad habits
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a scale color more akin to that of a chromatic or a metallic dragon. A kobold’s cry can express a range of emotion: anger, resolve, elation, fear, and more. Regardless of the emotion expressed
race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better life &mdash
a pig and have bad manners.
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I think anyone who’s nice to me is hiding evil intent.
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I don’t like to bathe.
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I bluntly say what other people are hinting at or hiding
races
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
grasp and manipulate weapons and tools. Although most plasmoids are translucent gray, they can alter their color and translucence by absorbing dyes through their pores.
Plasmoids don’t have
presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is
the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is
the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down. Change is
the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
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Personality. “Yes, I eat like a pig and have bad manners, but those are my only flaws, I swear. I’m darn near perfect otherwise.”
Ideal. “The low are lifted up, and the high and mighty are brought down
. Change is the nature of things.”
Bond. “I like gold. I like its color, its texture, its majestic gleam.”
Flaw. “It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
between relying on their bonuses and abilities and paying attention to the game and immersing themselves in its world. Remember that dice don’t run your game — you do. Dice are like rules. They’re
bad die roll foiling the character’s plans. By the same token, a bad plan or unfortunate circumstances can transform the easiest task into an impossibility, or at least impose disadvantage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
between relying on their bonuses and abilities and paying attention to the game and immersing themselves in its world. Remember that dice don’t run your game — you do. Dice are like rules. They’re
bad die roll foiling the character’s plans. By the same token, a bad plan or unfortunate circumstances can transform the easiest task into an impossibility, or at least impose disadvantage.
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
between relying on their bonuses and abilities and paying attention to the game and immersing themselves in its world. Remember that dice don’t run your game — you do. Dice are like rules. They’re
bad die roll foiling the character’s plans. By the same token, a bad plan or unfortunate circumstances can transform the easiest task into an impossibility, or at least impose disadvantage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Mutated Apprentices Halaster handed over this level to his fervent pupils, almost all of whom were driven mad by their studies and mutated by the magic they wrought, becoming gibbering mouthers and
nothics. A mezzoloth summoned from the Lower Planes to serve as a wizard’s assistant now rules over them all.