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Y'demi

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

’demi can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors, and she adds double her proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks (included above

). Sanguine Sense. While Y’demi isn’t blinded, she can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of itself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas

Oriq Blood Mage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, the blood mage can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors, and it adds double its proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks (included above

). Sanguine Sense. While the blood mage isn’t blinded, it can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of itself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas

Gambler

Backgrounds Acquisitions Incorporated

All you need to make a lot of gold is a little gold. Except at those times when all you need to have no gold at all is a little gold. Whether you’re a good gambler or a bad one rarely matters

Proficiencies: Deception, Insight Tool Proficiencies: One gaming set Languages: Any one of your choice Equipment: One gaming set, a lucky charm, a set of fine clothes, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp

Duergar Xarrorn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

carries is invisible with it.Xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless

dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts. Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an

Murgaxor

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors, and he adds double his proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks (included above). Sanguine Sense

. While Murgaxor isn’t blinded, he can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of himself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas, invisibility, or any

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

city that just happens to be for sale. These marvels sound implausible, but you make them sound like the real deal. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of HandTool Proficiencies

Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe, and how they see the

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves’ tools Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch

abundance of endearing, if not redeeming, characteristics. There might be honor among thieves, but criminals rarely show any respect for law or authority. d8 Personality Trait 1 I

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

you make them sound like the real deal. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of HandTool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, Forgery kitEquipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit

. You might be able to bluff others through with you, or even convince members of the Watch that you’re a patriar. However, any true test of your authenticity is likely to reveal your deception

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

remote even merfolk and sea elves rarely encounter them. Haughty Nobles As a result of their isolation and limited understanding of the Material Plane, tritons can come across as haughty and

, leaving the tritons vulnerable to deception. With their strong martial tradition, tritons can sometimes be too eager to leap into a fight. Strangers to the Surface Given their isolation, most tritons

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that. Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your

game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

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

among thieves, but criminals rarely show any respect for law or authority. d8 Personality Trait 1 I always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong. 2 I am always calm, no

Leira

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

Leira The Lady of the Mists, Mistshadow, the Lady of Deception Leira has worn many masks, and more than once has been thought to be dead or to be another deity altogether. Perhaps such a reputation

is only natural for the goddess of illusion and deception. Her faithful agree that whatever the “truth” might be, their Lady takes great delight in the confusion sown by her various incarnations. Even

Gorgon

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

, but this rarely impedes their abilities. These gorgons’ stomping grounds are littered with the shattered remains of petrified foes. Many gorgons outlive their creators by centuries, misleading some to

believe these creations have natural origins and territories. Most such gorgons continue to follow age-old commands, guarding sites long fallen to ruin. Gorgon Large Construct, Unaligned AC 19

Enemies Everywhere

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

other hazards of the Underdark can decimate a colony even if they don’t succeed in destroying the elder brain. Rise of a Ulitharid Rarely, the process of ceremorphosis yields an ulitharid, a more

suitable spot, its followers construct a new lair while it transforms into an elder brain. Although a creature as arrogant and ambitious as an elder brain might resent an ulitharid’s rise, it understands

Fiendish Flesh Golem

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

different creatures and be combined in different ways, no two fiendish flesh golems look exactly alike. Night hags guard the secret to making such golems, rarely sharing it with anyone else. Some fiendish

flesh golems have wings. However, the magic used to create these golems allows them to fly and hover even without wings. Fiendish Flesh Golem Large construct, unaligned Armor Class 12 (natural

Oriq

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

20 (+5) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 12 (+1) Saving Throws Con +8, Int +9, Wis +5, Cha +5 Skills Deception +9, Medicine +5, Survival +5 Damage Resistances necrotic Condition Immunities

through magical scrying sensors, and it adds double its proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks (included above). Sanguine Sense. While the blood mage isn’t blinded, it can see any creature

Lizardfolk Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

reach maturity around age 14 and rarely live longer than 60 years. Size. Lizardfolk are a little bulkier and taller than humans, and their colorful frills make them appear even larger. Your size is Medium

slain beast, construct, dragon, monstrosity, or plant creature of size Small or larger to create one of the following items: a shield, a club, a javelin, or 1d4 darts or blowgun needles. To use this

Living Doll

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

toward others. The doll takes pleasure in tormenting the guilt-ridden and despondent, hastening their descent into depression or paranoia. Because it fears its own destruction, the doll rarely causes

Tiny Construct, Typically Neutral Evil Armor Class 11 (natural armor) Hit Points 28 (8d4 + 8) Speed 30 ft. STR 3 (–4) DEX 11 (+0) CON 13 (+1) INT 10 (+0

Barbed Devil

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

planes for treasures of interest or usefully greedy mortals. Barbed devils rarely collect anything as prosaic as coins and gems. Rather, they pride themselves on having the multiverse’s greatest

+4 +7 Ability Score Mod Save Int 12 +1 +1 Wis 14 +2 +5 Cha 14 +2 +5 Skills Deception +5, Insight +5, Perception +8 Resistances Cold Immunities Fire

Monsters B - E

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

) CON 14(+2) INT 14(+2) WIS 11(+0) CHA 14(+2) Saving Throws Str +4, Dex +5, Wis +2 Skills Athletics +4, Deception +4 Senses passive Perception 10 Languages any

., fly 40 ft. STR 18(+4) DEX 16(+3) CON 18(+4) INT 13(+1) WIS 14(+2) CHA 16(+3) Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +6, Cha +7 Skills Deception +7, Insight +6

Animated Coffin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

an Undead army. Animated coffins are rarely empty. The Animated Coffin Contents table presents some contents an animated coffin might contain when encountered. Animated Coffin Contents d6 Contents

(detailed earlier in this supplement) Animated Coffin Large Construct, Unaligned Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 60 (8d10 + 16) Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 12

Marut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

to sell their expertise in the crafting or vetting of contracts. Constructed Nature. A marut doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Marut Large construct (inevitable), lawful neutral Armor

Immunities poison Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned, unconscious Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20 Languages all but rarely speaks Challenge 25 (75,000

Marut

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

unenforceable terms. Beyond that, it doesn’t care whether both parties understand what they’re agreeing to. Marut Large Construct (Inevitable), Typically Lawful Neutral Armor Class 22 (natural armor

poison Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned, unconscious Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20 Languages all but rarely speaks Challenge 25 (75,000 XP

Mind Drinker Vampire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

their kind. Cell Leaders. Thanks to their particular gifts, mind drinkers are often placed as leaders of small cells of covert Dimir operatives. They rarely trust their own agents, though, and often

) WIS 13(+1) CHA 14(+2) Saving Throws Dex +6, Int +6, Wis +3 Skills Deception +4, Insight +3, Perception +3, Stealth +6 Damage Resistances necrotic Senses darkvision 60 ft

Mythals

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

how to access or repair a mythal without assistance, but such feats are legendary, and rarely attempted by even the most renowned of mages. Any elven city with Myth in its title (Myth Drannor, Myth

twist and reknit themselves depending on the magic involved. Dispel Magic. Dispel magic unwinds and prematurely ends magic, unraveling whatever construct of the Weave was put in place. Antimagic

Colossus of Akros

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

Colossus of Akros An enormous golem of bronze and iron overlooks the path leading to the polis of Akros. Though it is rarely called on to defend the polis, the sight of its towering form is enough to

place itself before the threat. Constructed Nature. The colossus of Akros doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Colossus of Akros Gargantuan construct, unaligned Armor Class 21 (natural armor

Incubus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Incubus Succubi and incubi inhabit all of the Lower Planes, and the lascivious dark-winged fiends can be found in service to devils, demons, night hags, rakshasas, and yugoloths. Mortals only rarely

(natural armor) Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12) Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. STR 8(−1) DEX 17(+3) CON 13(+1) INT 15(+2) WIS 12(+1) CHA 20(+5) Skills Deception +9

Yochlol

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

Yochlol Demon of Depraved Will Habitat: Planar (Abyss); Treasure: None Sean Murray Yochlols embody the pernicious will and infectious philosophies of the Abyss. In their rarely seen true forms

Ability Score Mod Save Int 13 +1 +5 Wis 15 +2 +6 Cha 17 +3 +7 Skills Deception +11, Insight +6 Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning Immunities Poison; Poisoned

Ancient Green Dragon

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

Ancient Green Dragon Ancient green dragons are creatures of legend, rarely seen by their servants or foes. Via magic and well-hidden agents, these dragons stoke suspicion between allies and undermine

Ability Score Mod Save Int 20 +5 +5 Wis 17 +3 +10 Cha 22 +6 +6 Skills Deception +13, Perception +17, Persuasion +13, Stealth +8 Immunities Poison; Poisoned

Screaming Devilkin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

overload, and confusion that leaves creatures reeling. Despite their evil nature, screaming devilkins rarely attack to kill. They much prefer to leave their victims badly injured and shorn of all hope

(+4) CON 24(+7) INT 20(+5) WIS 16(+3) CHA 26(+8) Saving Throws Str +14, Con +14, Cha +15 Skills Arcana +12, Deception +15, Intimidation +15, Persuasion +15 Damage

Xaos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

crown remains throughout a ruler’s reign, which can last for months or fizzle before their coronation is done. The laws a ruler makes are similarly temporary and futile, and criminals rarely serve

on its occupants. Now, the Cube exists in a constant state of flux, an undulating, four-dimensional mass of repeating fractals and micrified contours. Those who enter the Cube are rarely seen again

Monsters (I)

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

Dex 17 +3 +3 Con 13 +1 +1 Ability Score Mod Save Int 11 +0 +0 Wis 12 +1 +1 Cha 14 +2 +2 Skills Deception +4, Insight +3, Stealth +5 Resistances

+3 +3 Con 13 +1 +1 Ability Score Mod Save Int 15 +2 +2 Wis 12 +1 +1 Cha 20 +5 +5 Skills Deception +9, Insight +5, Perception +5, Persuasion +9, Stealth

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

seriously, imposing disadvantage on Charisma (Deception and Persuasion) checks, and causing you to automatically fail Charisma (Intimidation) checks. 22 You can cast the gaseous form spell on

Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check against them. Any sign of threatening or duplicitous action on your part negates this automatic success. Your personal tastes reverse, such that your favorite

Demons of Theros

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

15 (+2) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 16 (+3) Saving Throws Con +7, Cha +7 Skills Deception +7, Intimidation +7, Persuasion +7 Damage Resistances cold, necrotic Damage Immunities poison

14 (+2) INT 12 (+1) WIS 11 (+0) CHA 16 (+3) Saving Throws Con +5, Cha +6 Skills Deception +6, Intimidation +6, Persuasion +6 Damage Resistances cold, necrotic Damage

M8. Control Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

disks active, the characters must succeed on five DC 15 Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion) checks. Any character proficient in these skills can attempt a check or use the Help action to

be destroyed, along with any creatures still inside it. Gearbox to the Rescue. If Gearbox the modron is with the party, one character can attempt a DC 12 Dexterity check to connect the construct to the

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