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Cadaver Collector Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Magic Resistance. The cadaver collector has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Summon Specters (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the cadaver

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

Sunforger

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. As an action, you can hurl the weapon up to 120 feet to a point you can see. When it reaches that point, the weapon

Melf's Minute Meteors

Spells Elemental Evil Player's Companion

You create six tiny meteors in your space. They float in the air and orbit you for the spell’s duration. When you cast the spell — and as a bonus action on each of your turns thereafter

— you can expend one or two of the meteors, sending them streaking toward a point or points you choose within 120 feet of you. Once a meteor reaches its destination or impacts against a solid

Astral Elf Warrior

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

(bonus radiant)","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Longbow"} to hit, range 150/600 ft., one

":"Longbow (bonus radiant)","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.Astral elf warriors operate elven spelljamming ships and defend elven strongholds throughout the Astral Plane. Astral Elves

Docent

Magic Items Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

(Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you. Random Properties. A docent has the following properties: Languages. The docent knows Common, Giant, and 1d4

additional languages chosen by the DM. If a docent knows fewer than six languages, it can learn a new language after it hears or reads the language through your senses. Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to

High Fae Impostor

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

followers. Despite having an austere demeanor, the Kindly Lord is also known for following mysterious whims, journeying to the farthest reaches of Eldraine out of an insatiable curiosity.Bludgeoning

transformation ends if the high fae is reduced to 0 hit points, uses this bonus action again, or uses a bonus action to revert to its true form.

Duergar Mind Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and shrink down to miniature size to spy on their targets. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have been

carrying. While reduced, the duergar is Tiny, reduces its weapon damage to 1, and makes attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws with disadvantage if they use Strength. It gains a +5 bonus to all

Astral Elf Commander

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

":"damage","rollAction":"Longsword (bonus Radiant)","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longbow (bonus Radiant)","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. Spellcasting. The elf casts the following spell, using Wisdom as the

Kalaraq Quori

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

doesn't reduce its exhaustion. If the cursed target reaches exhaustion level 6, it doesn't die; it instead becomes a thrall under the quori's control, and all its exhaustion is removed. Only the wish spell

features, or proficiencies. The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points, the quori ends it as a bonus action, or the quori is forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell

Sibriex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

successful saves against the poison end it, and ending the poison removes any levels of exhaustion caused by it. Each failed save causes the target to gain another level of exhaustion. Once the target reaches

turn into short tusks. 41–45 The target’s skin develops bark-like scales, granting it a +1 bonus to AC but reducing its Charisma by 2 (to a minimum of 1). 46–50 The

Difficulty Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

hurt. If you find yourself thinking, “This task is especially hard,” you can use a higher DC, but do so with caution and consider the level of the characters. A DC 25 task is very hard for low-level

say a door requires a successful DC 15 Strength check to be battered down. A fighter with a Strength of 20 might helplessly flail against the door because of bad die rolls. Meanwhile, the rogue with a

Vistani Lore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

another Vistana. It is the burden of the Vistani’s great gift that their own fates can’t be divined. Vistani curses are potent, but they are invoked with great caution. Vistani know that to curse one

who is undeserving of such punishment can have grave consequences for the one who utters such a curse. Ravens carry lost souls within them, so killing one is bad luck. (The ravens don’t carry souls within.)

Relic Sloth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

travel at an excruciatingly slow pace, deliberating every step and moving only when necessary. But this caution makes these hulking creatures perfect for traversing treacherous and crumbling ruins

) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 8 (−1) Skills Perception +3 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages — Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to

Level Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Level Advancement While going on adventures, your character gains experience, represented by Experience Points (XP). A character who reaches a specified Experience Point total advances in capability

. This advancement is called gaining a level. The Character Advancement table lists the XP you need to advance to a level and the Proficiency Bonus for a character of that level. When your XP total

Level Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Experience Points (XP). A character who reaches a specified Experience Point total advances in capability. This advancement is called gaining a level. The Character Advancement table lists the XP you need to

advance to a level and the Proficiency Bonus for a character of that level. When your XP total equals or exceeds a number in the Experience Points column, you reach the corresponding level. Character

Sphinx

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Sphinx Sphinxes typically dwell in island sanctums, especially in the far reaches of the Dakra Isles. Many develop schools of philosophy or academic methods that they share with students they deem

, but since his predictions tend to be dire, his arrival is generally viewed as a bad omen. Although they possess great wisdom, sphinxes won’t share their secrets with just anyone (JESPER EJSING)

Docent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom (Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you. Random Properties. A docent has the following properties: Languages

senses. Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to one of the following skills (roll a d4): (1) Arcana, (2) History, (3) Investigation, or (4) Nature. Spells. The docent knows one of the following spells

Gaining a Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

New Class Features. Look at your class features table in chapter 3, and note the features you gain at your new level in that class. Make any choices offered by a new feature. Adjust Proficiency Bonus

. A character’s Proficiency Bonus increases at certain levels, as shown in the Character Advancement table and your class features table in chapter 3. When your Proficiency Bonus increases, increase all

Gaining a Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Proficiency Bonus. A character’s Proficiency Bonus increases at certain levels, as shown in the Character Advancement table and your class features table in “Character Classes”. When your Proficiency Bonus

increases, increase all the numbers on your character sheet that include your Proficiency Bonus. Adjust Ability Modifiers. If you choose a feat that increases one or more of your ability scores, your

Adventure Structure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

goal is to prevent the gold from falling into the hands of the bad guys. If all goes well, some of the gold will find its way into the characters’ pockets. Characters will have a hard time claiming it

lair are difficult for characters of lower than 5th level to overcome. You can gently steer characters in a different direction, drop hints that urge them to use extreme caution, or make deadly

Space Mollymawk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

ship) until the food becomes scarce. Superstitious Wildspace voyagers consider it bad luck to kill a space mollymawk. Space Mollymawk Small Beast, Unaligned Armor Class 12 Hit Points 3 (1d6

Languages — Challenge 0 (10 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Flyby. The mollymawk doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach. Hold Breath. The mollymawk can hold its breath

Personal Impact

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

of Cyre, or do they have other ideas for the nation’s future? For example, when an Aundairan player character meets a group of Eldeen druids, it’s an opportunity to exploit the bad blood between

Aundair and the Eldeen Reaches and to determine if this interaction has any personal relevance to the character. If a player character has the soldier background, you can introduce an NPC as a former

Docent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom (Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you. Random Properties. A docent has the following properties: Languages

senses. Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to one of the following skills (roll a d4): (1) Arcana, (2) History, (3) Investigation, or (4) Nature. Spells. The docent knows one of the following spells

Headwater Pool

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

notice and attacks. When the first character reaches the top of the waterfalls, the following scene unfolds before them: The adjacent waterfalls are fed by a broad, shallow pool surrounded by ancient

(Arcana) check recognize the frothing pillars as water elementals. Characters risk provoking the Elementals if they’re noisy or approach without caution. Characters who approach carefully and succeed on a

Payback

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

word “Oathbreaker” painted on his forehead. The buried human is in bad shape from exposure and dehydration. Any healing magic or some water and a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check revives him

were willing to leave him buried in the road and “let providence decide the man’s fate.” Amoffel has Harper contacts in Waterdeep and knows his way around the city. He can be a useful ally when this caravan reaches its destination.

Payback

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

word “Oathbreaker” painted on his forehead. The buried human is in bad shape from exposure and dehydration. Any healing magic or some water and a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check revives him

they were willing to leave him buried in the road and “let providence decide the man’s fate.” Amoffel has Harper contacts in Waterdeep and knows his way around the city. He can be a useful ally when this caravan reaches its destination.

Dhergoloth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

dhergoloths are little more than brutes, employers must use caution when instructing them. They can handle simple orders that don’t take a lot of time to resolve. When given anything complex to do, however

poisoned Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages Abyssal, Infernal, telepathy 60 ft. Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Magic Resistance. The

Matriculating from the Schools of Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

creatures for scouting or guard duty, or using dimension door to slip away from a deal gone bad. The hard part of that last one is always figuring out which of your franchise mates you’ll bring with you

nightmare of franchise-branded zombies running amok. Still, if things get bad, there’s nothing like a general marketing campaign reminding local folk that necromancy means raise dead. Even if you can’t cast

Rock Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

technological devices, you can add twice your proficiency bonus, instead of any proficiency bonus you normally apply. Tinker. You have proficiency with artisan’s tools (tinker’s tools). Using those tools, you

to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires your action. Music Box. When opened, this music box plays a single song at a moderate volume. The box stops playing when it reaches the song’s end or when it is closed.

Rock Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

technological devices, you can add twice your proficiency bonus, instead of any proficiency bonus you normally apply. Tinker. You have proficiency with artisan’s tools (tinker’s tools). Using those tools, you

to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires your action. Music Box. When opened, this music box plays a single song at a moderate volume. The box stops playing when it reaches the song’s end or when it is closed.

Encephalon Gemmule

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Encephalon Gemmule Due to the influence of the Far Realm, the eggs within an encephalon cluster no longer hatch into illithid tadpoles. Instead, when one of an encephalon cluster’s eggs reaches

blindsight 30 ft. (can’t see beyond this radius), passive Perception 11 Languages — Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Encephalon Progeny. The gemmule matures into an encephalon cluster if

Class Features and Hit Dice

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

your ability scores, either increasing two scores by 1 each or increasing one score by 2. You can’t increase an ability score above 20. In addition, every character's proficiency bonus increases at

increases by 1 for each level you have attained. For example, if your 7th-level fighter has a Constitution score of 17, when he reaches 8th level, he increases his Constitution score from 17 to 18, thus increasing his Constitution modifier from +3 to +4. His hit point maximum then increases by 8.

Class Features and Hit Dice

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

your ability scores, either increasing two scores by 1 each or increasing one score by 2. You can’t increase an ability score above 20. In addition, every character’s proficiency bonus increases at

increases by 1 for each level you have attained. For example, if your 7th-level fighter has a Constitution score of 17, when he reaches 8th level, he increases his Constitution score from 17 to 18, thus increasing his Constitution modifier from +3 to +4. His hit point maximum then increases by 8.

Cadaver Collector

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

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

, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages understands all languages but can’t speak Challenge 14 (11,500 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Magic

Melf's Minute Meteors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

six tiny meteors in your space. They float in the air and orbit you for the spell’s duration. When you cast the spell — and as a bonus action on each of your turns thereafter — you can expend one or

two of the meteors, sending them streaking toward a point or points you choose within 120 feet of you. Once a meteor reaches its destination or impacts against a solid surface, the meteor explodes

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