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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
neogi and often fills the role of captain aboard a nightspider (see the Astral Adventurer’s Guide). The void hunter pledges fealty to one or more stellar entities in exchange for a taste of
with an eel’s neck and head. It can poison the body and the mind of its targets and can subjugate even beings that are physically superior.
Neogi usually dwell in far-flung locations on the
Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
guilds is their sense of the size of the community they belong to. For loxodons in the Selesnya Conclave, their community is the world and all living beings in it—everything valuable, meant to live
’s resonant nasal chambers, that indicate status, family connection, and community role. Since most non-loxodons can’t distinguish these underlying tones, let alone produce them, loxodons
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its own.
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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
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against
of farming of which goblins are capable and are charged with checking traps for captured people or beasts. Gatherers aren’t usually armed with weapons more deadly than a sling or a knife, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of the Lords of Dust or the Quori and the Dreaming Dark. Even those without evil motives are often inscrutable—the agendas of immortal beings spanning millennia. What role you might play in an
Other Immortal Beings The Korranberg
CHRONICLE
Eldeen FRACAS Fulfills Prophecy
“In the darkest night of the Dragon Below, storm and dragon are reunited, and they break together upon the legions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Autognome Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its
home. 5 You were built to complete a special mission. 6 You felt trapped in the role for which you were built and abandoned your creator, determined to find a greater purpose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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A character who draws the Flames card from a Deck of Many Things attracts the ire of a powerful Fiend. The three malevolent beings described in this chapter can each fill that role, but you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
those cards. All manner of mysterious beings consider a spirit board’s use an invitation to communicate with the living, resulting in messages shared from beyond the grave and frightful revelations. This
features séances employing a spirit board. When making use of this game prop, you take the role of the forces guiding the planchette. Move the planchette subtly to reveal mysterious messages appropriate to your adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hungry. Once the prison of the lich Azalin Rex, Darkon stretched between two oceans, its lands filled with gothic cities and the monuments of forgotten wizard-tyrants. Largely ignoring his role as
the threat, dismissing reports of vanished regions as rumors and fearmongering. As the domain splits into crumbling islands, ambitious beings vie for Azalin’s power, each claiming to be the lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Creature Roles Each creature has a role listed next to their challenge rating. Roles are descriptive and most don’t follow special rules—they simply help you build encounters and use the creature
Minions are weak creatures who find strength in numbers. For more information, see the “Minions” section. Retainer Retainers are sapient beings meant to accompany player characters on adventures. For
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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
on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
and Nene and restored them to be protectors of the spirit’s mountain. Over ages, Yarana has protected Chimagua and learned the ways of the Feywild. But everything changed in recent days when beings
from the Far Realm attacked the Ghost Orchid Tepui. Yarana would like to take a more active role in combating the threats to her original home, but her immortality is tied to the Feywild. If she leaves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
purpose. Types of Ancient Beings From brooding dragons to unfathomable voices whispering from the dark, ancient beings guide and empower mortals for inscrutable reasons. The relationship your group has
to its patron might be a clearly defined exchange, or it could be uncertain or forceful. Whatever the nature of the being, as long as your group fulfills its role, the being offers rewards. Roll or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
development. The time of the first generation precedes the presence of what are commonly understood to be “gods.” Before mortals dreamed the gods into being, before they could even imagine beings as
noble as the gods, the malleable dream-substance of Nyx gave shape to their fears in the form of the titans. The titans were beings of utter chaos, representing everything that stands against order in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
might be true deities that oversee everything, but such beings are beyond comprehension. They assert that worshipers of the gods draw their power from unknowable sources—false gods simply take the
all divine power. Faction Attire. Defiers wear geometric, starry fabrics that hint at their astral ties. They adorn their outfits with silver chains and broken holy symbols. Role in Sigil. The Athar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
need worship to sustain or empower her, and she doesn’t seek out reverence or demand it. By and large, mortals are irrelevant to her, except insofar as they have played a role in tangling the strands
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Walkers of Woe. The nightmarish creatures known as woe striders are said to be products of Klothys’s punishment. These beings descend from an age when some mortals learned to unshackle themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
is checking out the drawbridge?
In the Dungeons & Dragons game, each player creates an adventurer (also called a character) and teams up with other adventurers (played by friends). Working
, talk with other characters, battle fantastic monsters, and discover fabulous magic items and other treasure. One player, however, takes on the role of the Dungeon Master (DM), the game’s lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
position to help you through status, influence, or magic. Information. The most precious reward most immortals can give is a tidbit of their ages-spanning knowledge. Immortal beings often know secrets
morsel of information that sets you off in pursuit of more. Magic. Immortal beings often have access to vast stores of magic, including their own spells and secret caches of magic items. They are mindful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
checking out the drawbridge?
In the Dungeons & Dragons game, each player creates an adventurer (also called a character) and teams up with other adventurers (played by friends). Working together
with other characters, battle fantastic monsters, and discover fabulous magic items and other treasure. One player, however, takes on the role of the Dungeon Master (DM), the game’s lead storyteller
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Factotum Roles table provides suggestions for functions you perform within an academy and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role. Academy Factotum Roles Role Backgrounds Student
face challenges from their subjects (whether members of lost civilizations or magical beings) or suspicious anti-intellectuals. Not everyone wants to be the subject of scholarly scrutiny or thinks that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
order and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role. Religious Order Member Roles Role Backgrounds Councilor Acolyte, Folk Hero, Hermit, Sage, Urchin Defender Acolyte, Criminal, Folk Hero
, foes whose rivalry with your order emulates the conflict between your respective gods. Some religious orders also hunt and destroy fiends, undead, or other beings they consider abominations, seeking to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Blastseekers While chemisters focus on inventing new tools, weapons, and other devices for the guild to use, the role of a blastseeker is to put those devices to work. Despite the name, not all such
any one language (usually Common)
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Explosive Tank. When the guard dies, or if it rolls a 1 when checking whether its Scorchbringer action recharges, the tank on its back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
their sense of the size of the community they belong to. For loxodons in the Selesnya Conclave, their community is the world and all living beings in it — everything valuable, meant to live in harmony
chambers, that indicate status, family connection, and community role. Since most non-loxodons can’t distinguish these underlying tones, let alone produce them, loxodons often translate them into titles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
possess powers far beyond what’s usual for their kind. They are creatures of legend, beings who have defeated many of the greatest heroes of Galifar. Sora Katra is the voice of the Daughters
or in maintaining their kingdom; they are fulfilling their role in a story that is still unfolding, and once it’s resolved, they will abandon their thrones and return to their hidden haunts. Can Droaam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, the graymatter engine assumes the role of a gracious host. It is far more interested in learning about its visitors than in talking about itself. If pushed, Landro briefly explains how it was created by
the thoughts and memories of living beings. During conversation, the entity asks the characters to share a secret with it. “I already know a great deal,” Landro says. “The knowledge I now seek is of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
streaming show Critical Role. Forgotten Realms Larger-than-life heroes and villains struggle to determine the fate of the world as they explore the ruins and dungeons of fallen kingdoms and long
gods, how involved are they in the world? Are they distant and detached beings, or do they appear before their worshipers and meddle in mortal affairs?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Dendradis Beings of absolute neutrality, rilmani originate from the Outlands, and their few communities cling to the Spire. These crystalline cloisters rise in clusters of crooked towers or fill
Ascetelis, like most cuprilachs, is a spy and assassin. She doesn’t tell the characters about her role, that the scroll she’s holding is a hit list, or that she’s been ordered to slay R04M and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against the fringes of a society first test its defenses
little amount of farming of which goblins are capable and are charged with checking traps for captured people or beasts. Gatherers aren’t usually armed with weapons more deadly than a sling or a knife
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
swarms are groups of creatures. When you cast a spell like conjure woodland beings , does the spellcaster or the DM choose the creatures that are conjured? A number of spells in the game let you summon
creatures. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
attacked by “unholy beings” and fled. If the characters bring Fate’s Devout back to the chapel, they’ll try this ritual again, asking the characters to protect them from harm. The three ghosts gather
circumstances of his death and goes about his business as if he were still alive. He moves from one telescope to another, occasionally consulting the astronomical charts on the table or checking the ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
ceremony.
4:30 PM Celebration in the dining hall. Gorat gives his toast. Thoman returns from checking on the vault, informing Amara of its status just as the toast ends. Gwendolyn asks Thoman to go
takes their conflicting priorities into account. Indeed, these scenes place an emphasis on situational comedy over numerical challenge. So players should think of the role as their challenge — can they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to door, gaining brief entry into the celebrations in exchange for performing a song or a short play. All adopt the guises of fey beings and the supposed rulers of the Feywild, such as Queen Titania
Plowing and Running take the role of the dragons’ slayers, with the champion of the chariot race representing Athar and the champion of the horse race playing Piergeiron. Flamerule 1: Founders’ Day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
by drow. They revere a host of divine entities, which they refer to as the Dark Seldarine in mockery of the surface elves’ deities. The Dark Seldarine are mighty, immortal beings, survivors from the
Keptolo. But Vhaeraun represents a different aspect of drow masculinity: strong, silent, obedient, swift, and deadly. He is thought of as Lolth’s favored son, in contrast to Keptolo’s role as her beautiful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
beings. While their power has diminished, they remain a formidable trio and play a malevolent role in influencing events on Faerûn. Bane and His Followers Bane is a god of tyranny, and both he and his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
represent mortals whom Zybilna aided in her role as fairy godmother. A glass scullery maid dances with a glass princess, a glass farmer carries a glass pot filled with glass coins, and so on. Each statue
weight (240 pounds with all his gear), thus preventing him from falling when the temporal stasis ends. If rescued and questioned, Strongheart explains his role in leading Valor’s Call to the palace (see