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Player’s Handbook (2014)
Your innate magic comes from the forces of chaos that underlie the order of creation. You might have endured exposure to raw magic, perhaps through a planar portal leading to Limbo, the Elemental
Planes, or the Far Realm. Perhaps you were blessed by a fey being or marked by a demon. Or your magic could be a fluke of your birth, with no apparent cause. However it came to be, this magic churns within you, waiting for any outlet.
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before the tadpole is born, the host feels unwell; its speed is halved; and it has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. At birth, the
’s foul magic. The Dragon Armies closely guard the secret of the draconians’ creation, allowing Krynn’s metallic dragons to continue to think their eggs are being held hostage so they don’t oppose the Dragon Queen’s conquests.Poison
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor Belviews of their lingering imperfections. The Belview family, however, had strange ideas of what it
languish in the abbey's madhouse, the Abbot is giving his creation lessons in etiquette and ladylike conduct so that “she” can be formally presented to Strahd and win his love.
Strahd has no interest
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
before their birth. Many hexbloods turn to lives of adventure, seeking to discover the mysteries of their magic, to forge a connection with their fey natures, or to avoid a hag that obsesses over them
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Heir of Hags
One way hags create more of their kind is through the creation of hexbloods. Every hexblood exhibits features suggestive of the hag whose magic inspires their powers. This includes an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Chapter 1: This Is Your Life The character creation rules in the Player’s Handbook provide all the information you need to define your character in preparation for a life of adventuring. What they
don’t do is account for all the circumstances that shaped your character during the years between your birth and the start of your career as a member of a class. What did your character accomplish or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Character Creation In fairness, the giant had just been awakened. Still, not everyone would be able to bring down a brute twice the size of a city temple, even if it was in a stupor, so I guess I am
makes a hero? Is it a quality of birth that sets some mortals above others? Is it a blessing from the gods? Is it a matter of fate, spun out in the strands of a divine tapestry, charting the course of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Darklord’s Shadows A Darklord lurks at the heart of every Domain of Dread. Everything in their realm is inspired by or personalized to them in some way. Some domains might be dismal ruins reflective
? Once you’ve considered these questions, write down your answers and review them. Mark or highlight the words that resonate or feel creepily evocative. As you proceed through domain creation, refer back to these details for inspiration.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, and then new life springs from that rot. Time inevitably passes, bringing both destruction and new creation to all things. The original mandate of the Golgari Swarm under the leadership of Svogthir
, its Devkarin founder, was to maintain Ravnica’s agriculture and manage its waste. But Svogthir’s interest in necromancy, and his eventual transformation into a lich, shaped the course of the guild’s activities and gave birth to its philosophy of embracing death as part of nature’s cycle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Subrace. There are two kinds of gith, githyanki and githzerai. Choose one of these subraces. Githyanki The brutal githyanki are trained from birth as warriors. Ability Score Increase. Your Strength
githzerai and the creation of a new unified nation of all gith. Members of the Sha’sal Khou work secretly within their respective societies, subtly discouraging attacks on the other gith race while looking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
hags and dark mages that know methods to call redcaps out of the Feywild and put them to work as grisly servants. Also, some redcaps can sense the being whose murderous acts led to their birth. A redcap
creation of multiple redcaps at the same site could attract the entire group to serve as cohorts, emulating that creature’s murderous handiwork. In any case, if a redcap works with another being, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
circumstances of their birth. Through their lives, champions experience the blessings and curses of their divine relationships. Some might brandish incredible powers granted to them by the gods. Others, however
archetypes teach and inspire, whether they’re represented in tales of journeys or creation, in sculptures rising above polis roofs, or in the temples of the gods. Throughout Theros, those who seek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
had never been. Some redcaps can sense the being whose murderous acts led to their birth. They typically use this innate connection to find their creator and make that creature their first victim
, though they might instead seek out their maker to enjoy proximity to a kindred spirit. Although redcaps don’t usually operate in groups, an individual responsible for the creation of multiple redcaps at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Others are monumental epics, most notably The Cosmogony, a poem by an unnamed Meletian sage that includes several (sometimes conflicting) tales of the creation of the world and beyond. The people of
number of different tales about the birth of dragons. It also describes how Pharika hid secrets in the blood of basilisks, how the spirits of great warriors are reincarnated in the form of manticores
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
psychically connected to the beings whose murderous acts led to their birth. A redcap might use this innate connection to find and murder its creator. Others seek out their maker to enjoy proximity to
a kindred spirit. An individual responsible for the creation of several redcaps at the same site could attract an entire group to serve as cohorts. In any case, if a redcap works with another being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
for which they were eternally grateful, but could not cure them of certain human defects that had been present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor
recently completed work on a flesh golem bride made from the body parts of dead women. While the Belviews languish in the abbey’s madhouse, the Abbot is giving his creation lessons in etiquette and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Kruphix and Klothys emerged from opposite sides of the roiling tangle of possibilities that eventually gave birth to Theros. At first the two battled for supremacy, but they soon realized their conflict
left their young world vulnerable to dangers from both inside and out. Putting their rivalry aside, the pair agreed it was better to share and have something than let their struggles destroy all creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
rage. This terrible new creation became his personal harbinger and battle companion. The god of slaughter didn’t name his pet, refusing to do so until the beast had claimed a hundred thousand lives
communities with long-held grudges find themselves incensed during the festival, leading them to seek violent ends to their rivalries.
Wrathbringer. Shortly after his birth, Mogis decided to create a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the creator of worlds, and other gods merely populated the worlds Annam made with peoples of their own creation. Such myths often describe an ancient era when giants were the only people inhabiting the
Annam gathering the shattered fragments of the First World (the original creation of Bahamut and Tiamat) and spreading them across the Material Plane to create countless worlds. Still other myths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Wonders of Netheril. This book is a collection of interviews with Netherese archmages, who discuss their studies of ancient elven magic and the creation of mythallars (see appendix D). The book
disturbing sketches of them. Wizards in the Hollow. The birth of the Netherese empire is chronicled in this otherwise dull, plodding story about the lives of three Netherese wizards. Tunnel Down. A rough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
temporarily serves its creator as a thug, a thief, and a kidnapper. Birthed by Hags. In the earliest days of the world, a coven of night hags devised a ritual that led to the creation of the first
. A banderhobb fulfills its duties until its existence ends. When it expires, usually several days after its birth, it leaves behind only tarry goo and wisps of shadow. Legends tell of a dark tower in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ever afterward, all those who follow in their footsteps have been referred to by the same name.
A Psionic Secret. Alhoons can cooperate in the creation of a periapt of mind trapping, a fist-sized
creation, and those alhoons in turn suffer disadvantage on attacks, saves, and check against the holder. In addition, the holder of the periapt can telepathically communicate with any sacrificed soul
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Stone Giants Stone giants — reclusive, reflective, and inscrutable — take pains to remain apart from the world of sunlight and sky. Only when they’re surrounded by stone do they consider themselves
, mastery of an art ranks as the greatest virtue, and among all the arts, stone carving is held in highest regard. Most stone giants spend their lives in unending pursuit of the perfect artistic creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
will as they do, behold a vision to inspire their next creation. The reflective period can be dawn to dusk, midnight to midday, or any other period. As the Unrolling Scroll stands in the Upper City
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
as they do, behold a vision to inspire their next creation. The reflective period can be dawn to dusk, midnight to midday, or any other period. As the Unrolling Scroll stands in the Upper City, though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Common Symbol
Aerdrie Faenya CG Air, rain, fertility, birth Life, Tempest, Trickery Bird silhouetted against a cloud
Angharradh CG Wisdom, growth, protection Knowledge, Life, War
Corellon where a magical replaying of the elven myths of creation is communally experienced. The truth is that the Mysteries of Arvandor is a phenomenon that elves recognize as a summons from their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
are hundreds of years old, dating from the time of the mind flayers’ domination of the Underdark. When grasped, a crystal replays a short psychic scene in its reflective interior. A crystal takes 10
. The mind flayer raises its hands and the beholder shudders, its eye stalks writhing. The beholder telepathically squeals, “I will serve! I will serve!” (This scene shows the creation of Golcuus the