been before desert choose reason

True Resurrection

Spells Player’s Handbook

You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. The creature is revived with all its Hit Points. This spell closes all wounds

restored to its non-Undead form. The spell can provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

Dead Magic Dweller

Backgrounds Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Ability Scores: Strength, Constitution, Wisdom Feat: Healer Skill Proficiencies: Medicine and Survival Tool Proficiency: Leatherworker's Tools Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Greatclub, Leatherworker's

desert are anathema to spellcasters and monsters that rely on magic—which is exactly why you made your life there. Perhaps you’re on the run from Red Wizards, or you ran afoul of a

Snow Sphinx

monsters

whips around a feline face, revealing piercing blue eyes that can freeze foes with a single glance. Compared to its desert-dwelling cousins, this sphinx is far less likely to be defeated with reason or

Adult Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its

’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action

Ancient Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes three attacks: one with its

speed.A Brass Dragon’s Lair A brass dragon’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

True Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. If the creature's soul is free and willing, the creature is restored to life with all

limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature's name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

Hermit Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

changed to allow you to end your solitude? You can work with your DM to determine the exact nature of your seclusion, or you can choose or roll on the table below to determine the reason behind your

case stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

you might or might not choose to share. Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for

number of reasons, and the departure from his or her homeland could have been voluntary or involuntary. To determine why you are so far from home, roll on the table below or choose from the options

Storm Giant Quintessent

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water. Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The giant makes two Lightning Sword

desert bluff. The storm in which the giant lives could be a blizzard, a typhoon, a thunderstorm, or a sandstorm, as befits the environment. Lair Actions A storm giant quintessent can use lair actions

Hutijin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Infernal Despair. Each creature within 30 feet of Hutijin that isn’t a devil makes saving throws with disadvantage. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Hutijin fails a saving throw, he can choose

figure, known only to the most learned infernal scholars. He has no cults of his own, and his servants are few in number. The reason is simple: Hutijin hates mortals. When summoned from the Hells, he

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the colossus fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic

is built to carry wizards, artificers, magewrights, and elite troops. For this reason, these constructs are largely hollow on the inside, with tunnels, ladders, storage areas, and observation decks

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

damage if it fails. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the demilich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Turn Immunity. The demilich is immune to effects that turn undead.Howl (Recharge

its existence. Few liches seek to become demiliches, for it means an end to the existence they hoped to preserve by becoming undead. However, time can erode the lich’s reason and memory, causing

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

related to a god and choose to worship that deity. In the Forgotten Realms, tortles are especially fond of Eldath, Gond, Lathander, Savras, Selûne, and Tymora. In the Greyhawk setting, they

. Tortles often choose such days to leave their homes and begin a wilderness expedition, or perform some other task they know to be dangerous. Adventurers at Heart Tortles have a saying: “We wear

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

point in this form, each creature within 10 feet of her takes 10 cold damage at the start of each of her turns. Legendary Resistance (1/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose

time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals’ demands. As the embodiment of winter’s cruelty, she is incapable of showing mercy or compassion. Play her as a supremely cold and

Zhentarim Mercenary

backgrounds Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, CharismaFeat: Zhentarim Ruffian Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation and PerceptionTool Proficiency: Forgery KitEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Club, Dagger, Forgery

you’re just good at getting the job done by any means necessary. Whatever your reason, you enlisted with the Zhentarim, the most notorious mercenary guild in the Realms. Though the Zhentarim&rsquo

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

weather, detect thoughts, ice storm Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws

can’t truly die (although the characters can rid the world of her for a time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals’ demands. As the embodiment of winter’s cruelty, she is

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. You can choose your secondary guild or roll to determine it randomly. This secondary guild membership determines a portion of your starting equipment and is also where most of your contacts come from

have documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona and fit into the secondary guild. Whenever you choose, you can drop this identity and blend into the

Arriving in Anauroch

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

sand. Intent on their investigation of the golem, they don’t notice your arrival. The two desert nomads (use the bandit stat block) and a camel they call Old Stink (for good reason) hail from a Bedine

Arriving in Anauroch Created by fearsome magic, the ancient desert of Anauroch hides ruined cities under its sands. The most famous include the lost cities of Netheril, an empire of wizards doomed by

The Bent Pyramid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

The Bent Pyramid In the northern desert stands a small pyramid that has a curious design: the sides rise from the earth at a steep angle until halfway up, then come together at a shallower angle. The

Bent Pyramid, which is encased in black granite, has no interior, no temple, and no obvious reason for existing. Sute’s Chosen, however, know it sits atop a well of immense magical power that can be tapped by manipulating sound waves.

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

, or a member of a desert tribe, is an auspicious event. Most Athasians believe a given genasi is destined for greatness—or infamy. Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder

among the worlds of D&D: air genasi, earth genasi, fire genasi, and water genasi. Choose one of these subraces.

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

cards, or a signet ring of an imaginary duke), and a pouch containing 15 gp Favorite Schemes Every charlatan has an angle he or she uses in preference to other schemes. Choose a favorite scam

a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. 5 I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

might prove helpful: So long as she has mortal worshipers, Auril can’t truly die (although the characters can rid the world of her for a time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals

Dark Sun

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

followed the defeat of the gods, mighty sorcerer-kings came to power and nearly destroyed the world with their reckless use of defiling magic. They made Athas into a desert where terrible monsters roam and

only the strongest survive. One of the hallmarks of the Dark Sun setting is that the heroes don’t need to seek out forgotten dungeons to find adventure — mere survival is adventure enough. But there is no reason you can’t successfully adapt Princes of the Apocalypse to your Dark Sun campaign.

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

. First, Wisdom should be your highest ability score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the hermit background. The Druid Table Level ProficiencyBonus Features

used for thrown weapons, such as darts or javelins. Druids from regions that lack the plants described here have chosen other plants to take on similar uses. For instance, a druid of a desert region

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and

, giving each individual and every generation a reason to feel pride and self-respect. The kobolds prefer to run away than fight, to live off the scraps of others, and they are often dominated by larger

Stirges

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Stirges Notorious, Clinging Bloodsuckers Habitat: Desert, Forest, Grassland, Hill, Mountain, Swamp, Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None Stirges are bat-size vermin with dagger-length proboscises that

attach to other creatures and drain life from them. Stirges are most active at night and hide in shadowy places during the day. If disturbed, they take flight and defend themselves. Roll on or choose a

River Olung

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

“normal” jungle; to the west is undead territory. For this reason alone, some expeditions choose to enter the peninsula through Refuge Bay.

Natural Explorer

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

Natural Explorer You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert

stealthily at a normal pace. When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would. While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.

Death Dog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Death Dog Two-Headed Spreader of Disease Habitat: Desert; Treasure: None Daren Bader ...and his sorrows will stalk your land like hungry dogs until the seas turn to sand and the sun burns to cinders

. —Tablet fragment from the Bright Desert Death dogs are plagues on the arid lands they inhabit. These vicious, two-headed canines ambush creatures they perceive as weaker than themselves

Natural Explorer

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

Natural Explorer You are particularly familiar with one type of natural environment and are adept at traveling and surviving in such regions. Choose one type of favored terrain: arctic, coast, desert

stealthily at a normal pace. When you forage, you find twice as much food as you normally would. While tracking other creatures, you also learn their exact number, their sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area. You choose additional favored terrain types at 6th and 10th level.

Why Are You Here?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

you are so far from home, roll on the table below or choose from the options provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for

each location. Why Are You Here? d6 Reason 1 Emissary 2 Exile 3 Fugitive 4 Pilgrim 5 Sightseer 6 Wanderer

Hermit - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

number of personal choices or ill-fated circumstances might have led you to turn away from society. You may, if you wish, choose or roll an origin event from the Hermit Origins table. d8 Life

past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society. Work with your DM to

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

visit prosperous Bloomridge to try a fashionable restaurant or boutique, or watch a spectacle at the Oasis Theater, the patriars have little reason to venture into the dirtier, more dangerous parts of the

knighthood is among the lowest noble titles in most societies, but it can be a path to higher status. If you wish to be a knight, choose the Retainers feature (see the sidebar) instead of the

Path of the Storm Herald

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

direction, but not through total cover. Your aura has an effect that activates when you enter your rage, and you can activate the effect again on each of your turns as a bonus action. Choose desert

a saving throw, the DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier. Desert. When this effect is activated, all other creatures in your aura take 2 fire damage each. The damage

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

possibilities.) Now you’re looking for something else, perhaps greater reward for the risks you take, or the freedom to choose your own activities. For whatever reason, you’re leaving

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