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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
’re always ready to put themself in harm’s way to see justice triumph over tyranny and inequality.
Molliver invites trouble by not thinking through the ramifications of their actions
always sit well with their more cautious companions.
Alignment. Chaotic good.
Personality Trait. “I’m a bit rash, to put it mildly.”
Ideal. “I have no tolerance for bullies and
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
limited language ability suggests that the druids might have engaged in self-sacrifice to achieve their creation.
Horrific Egg Layers. An assassin bug attacks with a paralytic bite to first
heart, consuming it and killing the host unless they are quickly destroyed. After gorging themselves on the host's body over several days, the maggots emerge as juvenile assassin bugs, ready to
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
ability, enlarge/reduce
3rd
gaseous form, water breathing, wind wall
4th
freedom of movement, polymorph
5th
creation
When your magic causes physical
a set of beliefs about the nature of life. Simic members’ bonds and flaws derive from their scientific research — including their creation of new life forms, which they can become very
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
existence, most often to the Material Plane. There they seek to bring a bit of their home plane’s splendor to other worlds.
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
When determining your character
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
find ready audiences, and the constant flow of travelers means that both new spectators and new spectacles are always passing through.
You thrive in front of an audience. You know how to entrance them
;
Entertainer Routines
A good entertainer is versatile, spicing up every performance with a variety of different routines. Choose one to three routines or roll on the table below to define your expertise as an
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the dragon’s mood.
Embodiment of Decay
While generally not malicious, topaz dragons embody decay. They view destruction as a natural means of clearing the way for new creation and growth
destruction and creation, whether abstract or dedicated to practical applications. They are fascinated by magic that creates objects from nothing, animates Undead, destroys matter, or manipulates negative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Get Ready Before you dive into character creation, there are a few things to do to get ready, as explained below.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Get Ready Before you dive into character creation, there are a few things to do to get ready, as explained below.
Bard
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Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
a master, following the more experienced bard until you were ready to strike out on your own? Or did you attend a college where you studied bardic lore and practiced your musical magic? Perhaps you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
character creation — one of the most fun aspects of the game. If the players create and equip their characters with time to spare, you can begin the adventure once they’re ready to go. Otherwise
First Session: Character Creation Dungeons & Dragons is a game that requires several hours to play, but you can stop the game at any time and continue it later. The first session should focus on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
worshipers define “untimely” in different ways. One group might concentrate on stopping the spread of disease, another on the prevention of murder, and yet another on eliminating the scourge of the undead
Kelemvor’s faithful at odds with necromancers, priests of Myrkul, and others who promote the creation of the undead, and it also causes conflict from unexpected sources. For instance, priests of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
— Wizard Soldier While your players follow the steps of character creation as outlined in the Basic Rules, pay attention to the choices they make. The backgrounds they choose define who their
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creation and growth, much as a forest fire clears dead wood, replenishes the soil, and allows the forest to regrow even healthier than before. To this end, topaz dragons use their power to reduce
information on destruction and creation, whether abstract or dedicated to practical applications. They are fascinated by magic that creates objects from nothing, animates Undead, destroys matter, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
necessary for survival, and forced or coerced actions do not qualify. Early in the character’s creation, consider what evils your Darklord performed, and revisit these crimes as you develop the villain’s
other details. Those Harmed. The people the Darklord harmed need to feel real. Give them names. Imbue them with agency, and don’t define them as victims or props. The people who survived the Darklord’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
basic tenets are shared with anyone who expresses an interest in learning about the group’s beliefs. Such folk, known as aspirants, are taught the following: Flawed Creation. Suffering isn’t an
accident, a flaw in a divine plan, or purely the work of evil gods. It’s evidence that the whole of creation is fundamentally flawed and already unraveling. Coming Destruction. The destruction of the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Remarkable Villains Eberron is rich in villains, from two-bit hoods to continental masterminds. It might be a long time before you’re ready to face the sinister leader behind the Order of the Emerald
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
continual furnace of creation, a domain of brilliance beyond the ability of mortal eyes to comprehend. It is a vibrant plane, so alive that travelers are empowered by visiting it. The Positive Plane has no
surface and is akin to the Elemental Plane of Air with its wide-open nature. However, every bit of this plane glows brightly with innate power. This power is dangerous to mortal forms, which can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
need to establish at the start of a new campaign. Often session zero includes building characters together. As the DM, you can help players during character creation by advising them on which options
best suit the campaign. Character Creation When players are choosing their characters’ classes and origins, you can restrict options that are unsuitable for the campaign. Encourage the players to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
could be used to create an iron flask or dimensional shackles. Creation. Once you have your schema and any rare components, you’re ready to begin. The DM can assign skills or tools that are required for
collection of an experienced artificer—you’re ready to move on. Otherwise, you can create a schema, but this takes time and skill. An arcane spellcaster uses Arcana to create schema. A divine caster uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Lord of Blades NPCs The Lord of Blades highlights the issues surrounding the creation of the warforged. He and his followers are ready antagonists, employing deadly methods in pursuit of their aims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
of you upstairs. Valek will show you to your rooms. Rest, relax, and enjoy room service on me. When you’re ready for entertainment, a gift awaits you at the casino cage.
I’ll be down a bit later
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 1: Fool Harry Conway Welcome to The Book of Many Things, whose twenty-two chapters give you character options, magic items, spells, monsters, ready-to-play adventures, DM advice, and setting
book, which are grouped by theme: DM options, character creation options, astrology-themed options, adventure locations, and finally adversaries and rivals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
decides to keep the cameo, which was intended as a bit of embellishment. You make a note of it in your journal. Months later, while planning a future session, you flip through the journal and are
. Adventure Stockpile Besides tracking each session of your campaign, keep a list of adventure ideas. Even if you don’t end up using every adventure idea, having a stockpile will keep you ready for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
of Arvandor or be able to fully define the longing, but they can’t escape it. Getting to Arvandor, on the other hand, is extraordinarily difficult for most mortal elves, requiring magic far beyond
suffers their presence only for a short time, forcing them to vacate the realm or be overcome by it. It was, in part, this situation that led to the creation of Evermeet. By means of a cataclysmic ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
forms of creation. Keranos also inspires new ideas, but it is Purphoros who oversees the advancement of the craft that brings these ideas to life in the world. Purphoros is always ready to obliterate what
unpredictable impulses even as he envies the forge god’s ability to create grand works. Purphoros resents Heliod’s attempts to impose laws that constrain the passion of creation. In many ways, the two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
they bit off more than they could chew.
The kobolds tried to appease the fussy wyrmling with treasure, but they can’t agree on what to do next. Should they return the wyrmling to its nest, or should
increase the difficulty.
Bold Terms. When a monster’s name appears in Bold type, that’s a visual cue to say, “Hey, DM, you should get this stat block ready. You’re going to need it.”
You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Molliver Molliver is a thief who gives most of what they steal to the destitute, keeping a few choice items for their own use. They’re always ready to put themself in harm’s way to see justice
. Personality Trait. “I’m a bit rash, to put it mildly.” Ideal. “I have no tolerance for bullies and tyrants.” Bond. “The brigganocks of Yon are my trusted friends. They need someone to protect them, and I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Character and Party Creation Each player has options when it comes to choosing a character race, class, and background, though you may restrict certain options that are deemed unsuitable for the
include multiple backgrounds, as sometimes it’s fun to play an all-soldier party or a troupe of adventuring entertainers. The backgrounds they choose define who their characters were before becoming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and Akros, no villages or military outposts mark Setessan territory, but a few key features in the Nessian Wood define the area under Setessan control. Amatrophon The Amatrophon encompasses a large
lions to get them ready to accompany Setessans in battle. Here men live and work alongside women, collectively training and caring for the animals that live here. Nessian Wood The vast wilderness of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the new creation—creates a worldview where all that matters is the Heralds of the Comet. Recruitment The Heralds of the Comet seeks recruits to swell the group’s ranks. Initiates believe they have a
appears (see the “Omens of Apocalypse” section at the end of this chapter), the hierophants bring the aspirants deemed ready to a sanctum for initiation (see the “Sanctum of the Heralds” section). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Synopsis Kazit Gul, a Thayan archmage, built the Doomvault to siphon the souls of those who perished within it for use in his dark experiments. One of these was the creation of an extradimensional
the Doomvault and find the entrance to the phylactery vault, they could strike a deathblow to Szass Tam’s hold on power. She can provide them access and a little bit of guidance, but the bulk of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
with magical power, and potential energy lies untapped in every rock, stream, and living creature, and even in the air itself. Raw magic is the stuff of creation, the mute and mindless will of existence
, permeating every bit of matter and present in every manifestation of energy throughout the multiverse.
Mortals can’t directly shape this raw magic. Instead, they make use of a fabric of magic, a