based black decide could reborn

Programmed Illusion

Spells Player’s Handbook

larger than a 30-foot Cube, and you decide when you cast the spell how the illusion behaves and what sounds it makes. This scripted performance can last up to 5 minutes. When the trigger you specify

can be activated again. The trigger can be as general or as detailed as you like, though it must be based on visual or audible phenomena that occur within 30 feet of the area. For example, you could

Kobold Dragonshield Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Dragon's Resistance. The kobold has resistance to a type of damage based on the color of dragon that invested it with power (choose or roll a d10): 1–2, acid (black); 3–4, cold (white); 5–6, fire

Marlos Urnrayle

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If the creature does so, it can’t see Marlos until the start of its next turn, when it can decide to avert its

":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ironfang","rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage.In the Earth Node When the Temple of Black Earth is

Yalah Gralhund

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

resources of the Black Network at its disposal. Yalah stays abreast of events in the city, keeps a tight rein on her children, and uses her station and her family's wealth to pry secrets from the lips of

uses the Zhentarim who are based in House Gralhund as her personal spy network, not realizing that the Zhents' true master is Manshoon. Most of her dealings are with the Zhent master assassin Urstul Floxin, whom she treats as an underling.

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

it doesn’t replace the normal components of a spell. In addition to the spells that all Uthgardt shamans can cast, a shaman of a particular tribe gains additional spells based on tribal

require some sort of blood sacrifice, and their effects are usually transformative. For example, some Black Raven shamans know a ritual that allows them to hatch giant ravens from normal raven eggs, and

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

around their necks. These self-styled Knights of the Black Sword offered her sanctuary in the keep of Caer-Dineval, where they are based. Although she doesn’t trust the cultists, they treat her

urged her to seek out the Black Sword. Avarice didn’t know who or what the Black Sword was until she was approached by cultists of Levistus bearing swordlike shards of chardalyn worn as pendants

Kobold Dragonshield

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Dragon’s Resistance. The kobold has resistance to a type of damage based on the color of dragon that invested it with power (choose or roll a d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll

","rollAction":"Dragon's Resistance"}): 1–2, acid (black or copper); 3–4, cold (silver or white); 5–6, fire (brass, gold, or red); 7–8, lightning (blue or bronze); 9–10, poison

Programmed Illusion Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

larger than a 30-foot cube, and you decide when you cast the spell how the illusion behaves and what sounds it makes. This scripted performance can last up to 5 minutes. When the condition you

illusion can be activated again. The triggering condition can be as general or as detailed as you like, though it must be based on visual or audible conditions that occur within 30 feet of the area

Chromatic Dragonborn

Species Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Dragonborn with chromatic ancestry claim the raw elemental power of chromatic dragons. The vibrant colors of black, blue, green, red, and white dragons gleam in those dragonborn’s scaled skin

forest, toxic and corrosive. Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races

Initiate of High Sorcery (Lunitari)

Feats Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

You’ve received training from magic-users affiliated with the Mages of High Sorcery. Choose one of the three moons of Krynn to influence your magic: the black moon, Nuitari; the red moon

, Lunitari; or the white moon, Solinari. You learn one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list and two 1st-level spells based on the moon you choose, as specified in the Lunar Spells table

Mark of Making Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

weapons and warforged, along with mundane arms and armor. The war raised the house up, and then tore it down. House Cannith was based in Cyre, and the Mourning destroyed the house leadership and key

whether one of these leaders will unite the house, or if it will shatter under the strain. If you’re an heir of House Cannith, you should decide which of these barons you serve or if you have other ideas about the house’s future.

Initiate of High Sorcery

Feats Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

You’ve received training from magic-users affiliated with the Mages of High Sorcery. Choose one of the three moons of Krynn to influence your magic: the black moon, Nuitari; the red moon

, Lunitari; or the white moon, Solinari. You learn one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list and two 1st-level spells based on the moon you choose, as specified in the Lunar Spells table

Initiate of High Sorcery (Nuitari)

Feats Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

You’ve received training from magic-users affiliated with the Mages of High Sorcery. Choose one of the three moons of Krynn to influence your magic: the black moon, Nuitari; the red moon

, Lunitari; or the white moon, Solinari. You learn one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list and two 1st-level spells based on the moon you choose, as specified in the Lunar Spells table

Initiate of High Sorcery (Solinari)

Feats Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

You’ve received training from magic-users affiliated with the Mages of High Sorcery. Choose one of the three moons of Krynn to influence your magic: the black moon, Nuitari; the red moon

, Lunitari; or the white moon, Solinari. You learn one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list and two 1st-level spells based on the moon you choose, as specified in the Lunar Spells table

Occultant Abacus

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

. The difference between the index finger and the middle finger. The elasticity of the ear lobe. 6 You take a long, careful look, and then decide based on which fellow franchisee has been nice to

an action, make a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check. On a success, you learn the relevant information based on the nature of the creature and its place in the world. If you fail the check, this

Vellynne Harpell

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

family, based in the town of Longsaddle. Cold and dispassionate, she took to magic only a decade ago in her late forties and is skilled in the arcane tradition of necromancy. She has a lifelong struggle

of a beast. Spellbook. Vellynne’s spellbook has black leather covers around pages of ragged parchment, all wrapped in a crimson sash. The necromancer’s personal sigil is written in goat

Animate Objects Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a

bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The GM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on its form. At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can animate two additional objects for each slot level above 5th.

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Frost.First Form In her first form, Auril appears as a hunched, 7-foot-tall biped with the head of a snowy owl, black talons, cloven hooves, and grayish-white wolf fur covering her body from the neck down

form, Auril dies. As long as she has mortal followers who worship her, however, Auril is reborn at full strength during the next winter solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

rage against their enemies. They simply observe and react as a situation warrants. Lizardfolk lack meaningful emotional ties to the past. They assess situations based on their current and future

food while it’s still wriggling. Lizardfolk Names Lizardfolk take their names from the Draconic language. They use simple descriptives granted by the tribe based on an individual’s

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

conception of the Izzet League is based on mad inventions, dangerous experiments, and explosive blasts. Much of that perception is accurate, but the league is also involved with mundane tasks of

me with conflicted feelings. 5 I helped a minor Gruul chieftain acquire an Izzet weapon. 6 Roll an additional Izzet contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 7

Sacred Stone Monastery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

settling nearby. The former keep has been reborn as the Sacred Stone Monastery, now home to a reclusive order of mysterious monks (actually earth cultists in disguise) who spend their days in meditation

and rigorous exercises of self-discipline. Few people in the area have heard of the Sacred Stone order. No one in the region knows the truth: the monastery now serves as the surface headquarters of the Black Earth cult and guards access to the unholy vaults of the Temple of Black Earth below.

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

turned the color of jade and their blood began to flow black. Their ears grew pointed, and they gained a limited form of telepathy — but at the cost of forgetting their history. The underground homes

, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance. Wide-Eyed and Curious Verdan are hungry to undertake new challenges and absorb new experiences. When they meet

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands. Humans Transformed The

caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the mutated

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

shines from her hands, the man’s wounds knit closed, and his eyes open wide with amazement. A dwarf crouches behind an outcrop, his black cloak making him nearly invisible in the night, and watches

while you were at prayer? Did another paladin sense the potential within you and decide to train you as a squire? Or did some terrible event—the destruction of your home, perhaps—drive you to

Powered Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Powered armor resembles a suit of unusual plate armor, with finely articulated joints connected by an oily, black, leather-like material. The armor has been worked to create the appearance of a

Power. Powered armor originally required energy cells to fuel it, but was adapted by Kwalish to be fueled by the life energy of the creature wearing it. You might decide that the armor can also draw

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

complimented me on my work. Non-Azorius Contacts d10 Contact 1 Roll an additional Azorius contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 2 The person who

see me slip up and break the law. 5 A lesser Gruul chieftain seems to think I could be useful. 6 The black sheep of my family is putting their maniacal genius to use in the Izzet. 7

Boros Legionnaire

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

;m alone. 2 I see everything in clear-cut black and white. 3 I’m just a little fascinated by the ways of the Gruul. 4 I trust the chain of command more than anything &mdash

; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 3 I showed mercy to an injured, now-grateful Dimir spy. 4 I suspect someone I know is a Golgari assassin, but I can’t prove it

Rakdos Cultist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

black at the spot), and I cherish it. 5 I want to be better at my chosen form of performance than any other member of my troupe. 6 I am devoted to Rakdos and live to impress him

Orzhov oligarch has taken an interest in my career, like a patron of the arts. 8 Roll an additional Rakdos contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 9 A Selesnya healer

Starting Equipment

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

Starting Equipment When you create your character, you receive equipment based on a combination of your class and background. Alternatively, you can start with a number of gold pieces based on your

class and spend them on items from the lists in this chapter. See the Starting Wealth by Class table to determine how much gold you have to spend. You decide how your character came by this starting

Book Description

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Book Description This thin book bears no title inside or out, though the keepers of Candlekeep cataloged it as the Book of the Raven based on how it was received. Its covers are cracked, unvarnished

thin sheets of black oak covered with bird scratches and little indentations made by pecking beaks. Bound with black wire between these covers are thirty-three pages that have yellowed with age and

Resolving Outcomes

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

Resolving Outcomes You decide when a player makes a D20 Test based on what the character is trying to do. Players shouldn’t just roll ability checks without context; they should tell you what their

you decide: Is a D20 Test Warranted? If the task is trivial or impossible, don’t bother with a D20 Test. A character can move across an empty room or drink from a flask without making a Dexterity check

Event-Based Adventures

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

Event-Based Adventures In an event-based adventure, the focus is on what the characters and villains do and what happens as a result. The question of where those things happen is of secondary

importance. Building an event-based adventure is more work than building a location-based one, but the process can be simplified by following a number of straightforward steps. Several steps include tables

Interacting with Objects

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

moving a lever, and the DM describes what, if anything, happens. For example, a character might decide to pull a lever, which might, in turn, raise a portcullis, cause a room to flood with water, or

character can wrench the lever into place. The DM sets the DC for any such check based on the difficulty of the task. Characters can also damage objects with their weapons and spells. Objects are immune

Serving Zariel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Serving Zariel The characters might decide after meeting Zariel that they wish to serve her, joining her army and smiting demons in the Blood War. They also might wind up serving her if they fail to

Elturel. As a sign of favor, she bestows a charm upon each character (see “Archdevil Charms”). Characters who die in Zariel’s service are reborn as lemures from the River Styx. They lose all memories of

Halflings of the Five Nations

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

talents are useful for grifters and other criminals. Most notably, the halflings of the Boromar Clan are the most powerful criminal organization in Breland. They are based in Sharn, but their

influence can be felt across the nation and even in the distant city of Stormreach. If you decide to play a halfling rogue—or any character with a criminal or charlatan background—you should decide if you

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