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Minotaur
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
fur extend down minotaurs’ necks and powerful backs, and males have long tufts of hair on their chins and cheeks. Their legs end in heavy, cloven hooves. Minotaurs are born with long, tufted
—perhaps they were once thought of as gods—who established the minotaurs’ place in the world. Every minotaur in Ravnica claims descent from one of these heroes. The Ordruun line is
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Tortles have a saying: “We wear our homes on our backs.” These turtle folk live on many worlds, most often journeying up and down coasts, along waterways, and across the sea. Tortles don
’t have a unified story of how they were created, but they all have a sense of being mystically connected to the natural world. Carrying their shelter on their backs gives tortles a special
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Acquisitions Incorporated
then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world
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Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
powerful backs, and some have long patches of hair on their chins and cheeks. Their legs end in heavy, cloven hooves, and they have long, tufted tails.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you
choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
changelings develop identities that have more depth, crafting whole personas complete with histories and beliefs. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation
level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
treated by your creator, so you ran away from home.
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You were built to complete a special mission.
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You felt trapped in the role for which you were built and abandoned your creator
, determined to find a greater purpose.
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
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power, wealth, and fame. More than other people
tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan descent dominate the central lands of Faerûn, around the Inner Sea.
Chondathan Names: (Male) Darvin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
An Infernal War Machine For deeper integration with Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, an alternative climax could have the characters’ chosen agent complete their version of the Infernal Machine
by their agent and thwart that archdevil’s plans. Alternatively, the Infernal War Machine might be teleported to the Nine Hells, where the characters later encounter it during the course of Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus and are required to stop it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
New Race: Verdan The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing
goblinoid things. But then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the following choices: Race. Choose one of the playable races detailed in this chapter, or pick a race from the Player’s Handbook and learn here how Eberron has affected that species’ development
in your group, decide which of the great powers in the world backs your group. This decision can shape your entire campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Ras Nsi: a crumbled stone fortress that once stood on the backs of a dozen giant undead turtles. Its destruction by Ras Nsi’s rampaging undead was so complete that nothing remains of this once-awesome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
belongings strapped to their backs. Even when they are happily steeped in a culture, the verdan remain on the lookout for oppression and curtailment of freedoms. They understand the need for laws that
speak out against cultural restraints on individuals, particularly those based on physical characteristics such as gender, race, or appearance.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
claims that he keeps a watchful eye on all strangers, though he doesn’t mention the name of his employer. If the characters threaten him, he backs off and reports to Lady Wachter after he believes he’s
sighted leaving. The Vistani, worried that the characters might be more than a match for them, send one emissary on horseback to race ahead of the characters and inform Strahd. If Arrigal is alive, he makes the ride himself. Otherwise, the rider is a young Vistana bandit named Alexei (see area N9c).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
buried beneath a flood of gelatinous ooze, with only its tallest stone structures left rising above the surface. The characters must find a safe means of descent into the ooze as they seek the
to complete their quest — and they might even have the chance to help Kwalish deal with one of a number of problems of his own. PLACING THE ADVENTURE
The original Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Encounters in the Forge
Map 3.5: Bel’s Forge View Player Version The following descriptions correspond to areas marked on map 3.5. F1. Descent to the Forge Read the following boxed text to the
machine is Bel’s secret weapon in his cold war to overthrow Zariel. When the characters arrive here, the infernal machine is still under construction and far from complete.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Finishing School. This boarding school boasts a flawless graduation rate—for those students who don’t disappear. Nobriskov. Pious and formal, the Nobriskovs claim descent from Borca’s ancient clans
of bizarre sea creatures and a complete megalodon skeleton. Olzanik. This family of metalworkers obsesses over war. To them, every success is a conquest, but no Olzanik has ever seen battle in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Carousel A procession of wooden unicorns stands motionless on a circular wooden platform. Fairgoers clamber onto the unicorns’ backs, and a female centaur sets the ride in motion. The unicorns shake
Fortune and Bold, from the proverb “Fortune favors the bold.” Fortune’s name tag is complete, but Bold’s name tag reads B _ _ _. Second Pair. These unicorns’ names are Pride and Fall, from the proverb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, where Volo gives them a quest. It’s a straightforward rescue mission with a twist involving a case of mistaken identity. If the adventurers complete the quest, Volo rewards them with a valuable piece of
with some secondary villains, culminating in a bloody confrontation at a noble estate. In chapter 4, the characters race to find the gold. The encounters in this chapter and the order in which they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Akroan society are the lektoi, the large warrior class of Akros. Members of this class claim descent from the seven warriors who first established the Kolophon after the fall of the archons. Though the
ornamentation, and some lektoi even wear their hair braided into stylized ram horns. Although the lektoi claim descent from heroes, membership in this noble class isn’t strictly hereditary. Anyone can earn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
their race. The spell succeeded, but it rippled backward and forward in time, and the land was sundered, changing the face of the world. The largest continent of this new world is now called Faerûn
destruction that followed, elf priests and high mages fervently prayed to Corellon Larethian and the gods of the elven pantheon for salvation. The Descent of the Drow Corellon interceded in the Crown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
as the Open Lord of Waterdeep, he has thrown his full attention and effort into the rebuilding of the city from which he claims descent. Whatever people’s opinions are of his claim to Neverwinter’s
Road, and is seeking other ways to repair and improve the city. Even if he can never prove his descent from Lord Nasher Alagondar, the people of Neverwinter have accepted his leadership. (My rumored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
operatives of rival organizations, a bit of well-timed sabotage on some manufacturing equipment, or intimidating contractors into turning their backs on a rival are all regular business for an Acq Inc
everyone else to fall asleep. Other party members’ rations are for their own consumption, not for sacrificing to dark forces. No more declaring, “The sacrament is complete!” at the conclusion of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
accompany fools on their descent for cheap. Monsters and unusual pests plague Undersigil and its inhabitants. Screams of terror echo in its deserted halls, muffled by the leathery wings of vargouilles
perpetually clogged with some amount of planar refuse, but sewage rarely backs up enough to flood well-to-do wards. Kuo-toa, troglodytes, and other aquatic folk live in the Drowned Nations, as do land
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
damage. Manes of shaggy fur extend down minotaurs’ necks and powerful backs, and males have long tufts of hair on their chins and cheeks. Their legs end in heavy, cloven hooves. Minotaurs are born with
heroes — perhaps they were once thought of as gods — who established the minotaurs’ place in the world. Every minotaur in Ravnica claims descent from one of these heroes. The Ordruun line is the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and goblinoids, or mighty creatures such as giants and dragons. Ruins dot the landscape and the caverns that wind beneath the surface. In these places, treasures of every living race — and a number of
believe that any stalwarts willing to risk their lives on behalf of complete strangers should be lauded and rewarded. But such adventurers, if they become successful, amass wealth and personal status
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, becoming like the gods in body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race
quickly coalesced into a 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
Kobold
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they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Githyanki The githyanki plunder countless worlds from the decks of their astral vessels and the backs of red dragons. Feathers, beads, gems, and precious metals decorate their armor and weapons — the
race. When their leader Gith perished, she was replaced by her undead adviser, Vlaakith. The lich-queen forbade worship of all beings except herself.
Of all their enemies, the githyanki most hate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
space on one of the last merchant carts out. They took what they could fit on their backs, and they left their other possessions behind and hid their valuables in order to return and claim them later
be carved at the same time, the stonemason was unable to complete all the work before she was taken by the meenlocks. Characters who look for Lorna Grosvenor’s grave can find it in the section at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Tlabbath, Rylvar Tlabbath, and Draknafein Uriss. Their orders are to help the characters complete their mission, whatever the cost. These drow also have secret orders to kill Nar’l Xibrindas, if he’s
, “it’s safer than the route through Undermountain and Skullport.” Yagra will join their descent if the characters promise to pay her at least 1,000 gp. Otherwise, she wishes them well and heads back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
trusting few creatures outside of their own kind. Having turned their backs on their warlike githyanki kin, the githzerai maintain a strict monastic lifestyle, dwelling on islands of order in the vast
’ virtues in their everyday lives.
Disciples of Zerthimon. Githzerai revere Zerthimon, the founder of their race. Although Gith won their people’s freedom, Zerthimon saw her as unfit to lead. He believed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
her former skills and intellect, and bonded to an equally special flesh golem that she wears as a costumed skin. (If you are playing through Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, this setup was one of
. Lynx’s Goal Lynx states that she seeks the missing components in order to complete her version of the Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad. Her plan is to use the powerful artifact to counteract the forces of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
along with them. Knights often emerge from planar travel astride the backs of red dragons, which have been serving the githyanki as allies ever since their time of enslavement under the mind flayers
silver swords were created eons ago, when the gith were still a single race, by those who would become the first githyanki knights. A silver sword, which functions as a +3 greatsword, is a conduit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of her wizards, the destruction of her kingdom, and her failure at attaining godhood all contributed to her descent into an unquenchable sorrow. At the same time, the energy of the corrupted ritual was
— before their stalwart friends paid to have them resurrected. While they were in the afterlife, the Raven Queen enlisted them for a quest to complete a task, acquire a particular item, or perhaps to