before best devising cousins reflection

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

; attentiveness to unusual events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem

is a magic in the retelling of stories. Each new teller adds a bit of themself to the spell. (Any) 4 Nurture. Rearing a child is our best chance to make sure our own stories are passed on. (Any

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that

deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost. Poison, Psychic

Bugbear

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces. Long ago

randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

’ attentiveness to unusual events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane

. There is a magic in the retelling of stories. Each new teller adds a bit of themself to the spell. (Any) 4 Nurture. Rearing a child is our best chance to make sure our own stories are passed on

Orc Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Orcs trace their creation to the one-eyed god Gruumsh, an unstoppable warrior and powerful leader. The divine qualities of Gruumsh resonate within orcs, granting them a reflection of his toughness

in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Gnome Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

habitations in Oeble, that particular tenement had been built for humans, and smaller residents coped with the resulting awkwardness as best they could. But at least the relative largeness of the apartment

, svirfneblin are as good as their surface cousins. However, their humor and enthusiasm are dampened by their oppressive environment, and their inventive expertise is directed mostly toward stonework.

Firbolg

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Distant cousins of giants, the first firbolgs wandered the primeval forests of the multiverse, and the magic of those forests entwined itself with the firbolgs’ souls. Centuries later, that

determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Githyanki

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Once members of a people who escaped servitude to mind flayers, githyanki split from their cousins, githzerai, and fled to the Astral Plane. In that timeless, silvery realm, githyanki honed their

Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Hobgoblin

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks of devoted soldiers famed for their unity. Hobgoblins are generally taller than their goblin cousins but not quite as big as bugbears. They have curved

the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Waterdhavian Noble

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

your family, possibly in line to become its leader one day. Or you might be one of any number of cousins, with less prestige but also less responsibility. Skill Proficiencies: History

masses. 4 I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions. 5 I don’t like to get my hands dirty, and I won’t be caught dead in unsuitable accommodations

Gold Dwarves

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

, gold dwarves tend to be more optimistic than their shield dwarf cousins, but they’re still standoffish and prideful as only a dwarf can be. They believe their race’s stable history is the result of their

considered lucky). Males grow full beards that they keep oiled and well groomed, and both genders wear their hair long and often elaborately braided. Gold dwarves are best known for crafting beautiful objects

Githzerai

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Githzerai migrated to the Everchanging Chaos of Limbo after the ancient schism that split their ancestors from their cousins, githyanki. Limbo is a roiling maelstrom of matter and energy, collapsing

;s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Lizardfolk

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and

character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

time. People there tend to be less accepting of differences. Sometimes a cold shoulder and a suspicious glare are the best genasi can hope for; in more backward places, they face ostracism and even

. Fire genasi often get themselves into difficulty with their fiery tempers. Like their air genasi cousins, they sometimes flaunt their perceived superiority over common folk. But they also want

Demogorgon

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

result is an entity that is capable of devising and enacting the most clever strategies, paranoid at all times about threats to his rule (which certainly exist in the chaos of the Abyss), and

thought that, by looking at it through a mirror, I might avoid its effects. If anything, viewing its reflection made its effect more potent and more subtle. It was Rary who saved me, and I thought he had

Adult Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

; attentiveness to unusual events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons

in the retelling of stories. Each new teller adds a bit of themself to the spell. (Any) 4 Nurture. Rearing a child is our best chance to make sure our own stories are passed on. (Any) 5

Ancient Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

events makes them particularly useful to their sapphire dragon cousins, who hunt down Aberrations and seek evidence of Far Realm incursions into the Material Plane. These gem dragons often work

retelling of stories. Each new teller adds a bit of themself to the spell. (Any) 4 Nurture. Rearing a child is our best chance to make sure our own stories are passed on. (Any) 5 Inquisitiveness

A Bard's Muse

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

follows a muse generally does so to gain a deeper understanding of what that muse represents and how to best convey that understanding to others through performance. If your bard character has a muse, it

could be one of the three described here, or one of your own devising. Nature. You feel a kinship with the natural world, and its beauty and mystery inspire you. For you, a tree is deeply symbolic

Bugbears

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

masters if bloodshed and treasure are assured. Goblinoids. Bugbears are often found in the company of their cousins, hobgoblins and goblins. Bugbears usually enslave goblins they encounter, and they

bully hobgoblins into giving them gold and food in return for serving as scouts and shock troops. Even when paid, bugbears are at best unreliable allies, yet goblins and hobgoblins understand that no

Strongheart Halflings

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

few centuries. Strongheart halflings don’t develop these homes in seclusion. On the contrary, they do their best to fit into the local community and become an essential part of it. Their viewpoint

comforts of home with them as possible. Non-stronghearts with a more practical bent can find strongheart travel habits maddening, but their lightfoot cousins typically enjoy the novelty of it — so

Sideshows

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

Carnival’s best-known attractions include the following troupers (along with the stat blocks they use): Tindal the Barker. Tindal, the Carnival’s cynical, fast-talking lead barker (mage), tours the grounds

with visitors. At their last stop, he reveals his own uniqueness as the Amazing Soul-less Man: he casts no reflection and claims to lack a soul. Alti the Werehare. A quick-tongued rapper and dancer

10. Noble Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the ensuing conflict and provides the following information to the characters in good faith: All members of the Shadowdusk family have, to some extent, been corrupted by the Far Realm. To the best of

Melissara’s knowledge, the damage is irreparable. Other family members living in Shadowdusk Hold include Melissara’s three cousins: the wizards Berlain, Cassiok, and Vertrand. Dezmyr and Zalthar are

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is

’s mother is. This practice and the communal raising of the hatchlings mean that the tribe operates like a group of cousins. Because they lay eggs, and the eggs don’t require much tending

Northlander Isles

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

they don’t have an enemy to fight. Because the Northlanders are good at fighting and sailing, and perfectly willing to attack ships close to their shores, best to be cautious around any Northlander

: fierceness, cunning, courage, strength, and sailing skill. Gundarlun The fisherfolk and merchants of Gundarlun are more like their mainland cousins than most island folk. Unlike other Northlanders, they are

Enter Flabbergast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

be difficult at best. And if you were discovered, then your status as agents of Acquisitions Incorporated would place you in grave peril. Though likely not for long.” Flabbergast sighs. Mister

devising, or having NPCs conveniently turn out to be a source of some components. The Splintfig sisters from episode 2 are good candidates, as is Hoobur Gran’Shoop if the party stayed on good terms

Dwarves of the Multiverse

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

protected by mountains, they frequently form defensive pacts with humans, gnomes, and elves that live nearby. Although the best artisans are revered for their skills, just as in any dwarf clan, hill

. Hill dwarves view their mountain cousins as overly grim shut-ins who refuse to believe that life is anything but a constant battle for survival. Mountain dwarves view their hill-dwelling relatives as

Horror Characteristics

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

. 8 I need to find the best in everyone and everything, even when that means denying obvious malice. 9 I’ve seen the evil of a type of place—like forests, cities, or graveyards—and resist going

there. 10 I’m exceptionally cautious, planning laboriously and devising countless contingencies. 11 I have a reputation for defeating a great evil, but that’s a lie and the wicked force

Marid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

mere pretense on the part of the self-important marids. Marids treat all others — including other genies — as inferiors of various grades, ranging from poor cousins to petty annoyances. They tolerate

-equal footing. Doing so has sometimes proven to be a mistake, since wizards have managed to imprison marids in conch shells, flasks, and decanters over the ages. Bribery and flattery are the best

Shipwright

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

fully repaired. Life at Sea Your life at sea and in port has shaped you; you can roll on the following table to determine its impact or choose an element that best fits your character. d6 Sea’s

lacking is the greatest disappointment. (Evil) 5 Reflection. Muddied water always clears in time. (Any) 6 Hope. The horizon at sea holds the greatest promise. (Any) Shipwright Bonds d6 Bond 1 I

Assigning Assets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

standing against the best warriors in Faerûn. Temple of Tiamat. The temple is necessary as the site of the ritual. Damaging it can help weaken Tiamat if the ritual is successful. Red Wizards. Red

can have an enormous impact on the battle. Metallic Dragons. The metallic dragons will be outnumbered by their chromatic cousins. However, they cooperate with allies better than the evil dragons do

Life and Outlook

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

against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for

placed in a common tribal hatchery with no effort to keep track of who each one’s mother is. This practice and the communal raising of the hatchlings mean that the tribe operates like a group of cousins

Eileanar Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

reflection, the Court of Fountains is also Eileanar’s most beautiful locale. The elf Aurivyl (Medium, Neutral Good Archpriest), a descendant of the Eaerlanni elves who taught the Netherese magic, is in

supplies. Fresh produce and frozen meats are kept here, as well as luxuries and spell materials best preserved in the cold. Low Netherese human Commoners and summoned Ice Mephits move frozen goods

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising. 05 You emanate a weak magnetic aura

duplicate. You control this force as if it were the product of an unseen servant spell, except that it is visible. Each time you see your own reflection, you must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw

Ship Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Ship Locations The following areas are identified on map 2.3. Map 2.3: Sea Ghost View Player Version 1. Main Deck Though the light is dim at best, you can see details of the ship’s main deck. In the

story to relate and will assist the characters to the best of his ability in their undertaking. Oceanus speaks Aquan as well as Elvish. If invited to do so, he joins the characters with enthusiasm and

Appendix: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

afraid of my own reflection and avoid looking into mirrors. The Hall of Illusions terrifies me.” Clapperclaw the Scarecrow CHAPTER 2: HITHER Despite the loss of its original head, this child

whomever I’m talking with.” Ideal. “Terror is the best teacher, and frightened children make the best workers.” Bond. “Skabatha Nightshade is my true, loving mother. I must honor and protect her

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