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Classes
Player’s Handbook
Practice the Grim Art of Death
An Assassin’s training focuses on using stealth, poison, and disguise to eliminate foes with deadly efficiency. While some Rogues who follow this path are hired
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Their magic has been warped over the centuries. Their primary purpose of calling dragons still functions, but they also allow some measure of control over dragons.
Each orb contains the essence of
Cost
Cure Wounds (level 9 version)
4
Daylight
1
Death Ward
2
Detect Magic
0
Scrying (save DC 18)
3
Call Dragons. While you control the orb, you can take a Magic
Classes
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
and murder; and Myrkul, a god of death. While some Rogues of this subclass pledge themselves ardently to those three macabre gods, others are thrust on this path by a curse. Either way, a scion’s
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
, calling to those close to death. Each non-Undead creature within 120 feet of the specter must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature hears the wail and is marked for death
.
A creature marked for death can’t regain hit points, has disadvantage on death saving throws, and all attack rolls against it are made with advantage. This effect lasts for 1 minute or until
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Many rogues walk a fine line between life and death, risking their own lives and taking the lives of others. While adventuring on that line, some rogues discover a mystical connection to death itself
. These rogues take knowledge from the dead and become immersed in negative energy, eventually becoming like ghosts. Thieves’ guilds value them as highly effective information gatherers and
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Many rogues walk a fine line between life and death, risking their own lives and taking the lives of others. While adventuring on that line, some rogues discover a mystical connection to death itself
. These rogues take knowledge from the dead and become immersed in negative energy, eventually becoming like ghosts. Thieves’ guilds value them as highly effective information gatherers and
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
person, magic weapon, silence, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): beacon of hope, crusader's mantle, dispel magic, mass healing word, spirit guardians
4th level (3 slots): death ward, freedom of
adventure. But adventure of the wrong kind came calling for the trio one day, when an underground ruin they had often explored — actually a creature called the Wandering Crypt — took Auspicia from the
Orb of Dragonkind
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
magic has been warped and twisted over the centuries, so although their primary purpose of calling dragons still functions, they also allow some measure of control over dragons.
Each orb contains the
one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: cure wounds (5th-level version, 3 charges), daylight (1 charge), death ward (2 charges), or scrying (3 charges).
You can also use an action to cast
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: animate dead (1 charge), blight (2 charges), circle of death (3 charges), finger of death (3 charges), power word kill
spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0).
Call Undead. While you are holding the wand, you can use an action to conjure skeleton;skeletons and zombie;zombies, calling forth as many of them as you
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
the treasures and relics of wizards, warlords, or royalty. Some archaeologists plunder for wealth or fame, while others consider it their calling to illuminate the past or keep the world’s
Preservation. That artifact belongs in a museum. (Good)
2
Greed. I won’t risk my life for nothing. I expect some kind of payment. (Any)
3
Death Wish. Nothing is more
Druid
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Basic Rules (2014)
.
Whether calling on the elemental forces of nature or emulating the creatures of the animal world, druids are an embodiment of nature’s resilience, cunning, and fury. They claim no mastery over
becoming a druid was part of your character’s destiny.
Have you always been an adventurer as part of your druidic calling, or did you first spend time as a caretaker of a sacred grove or spring
Paladin
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of the world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil. Sometimes
angel of death by the gods or driven by your need for revenge? The Gods of the Multiverse section lists many deities worshiped by paladins throughout the multiverse, such as Torm, Tyr, Heironeous
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
gather and celebrate, dwell the followers of Yurtrus, the god of disease and death, and Shargaas, the god of darkness and the unknown. Orcs too weak for battle (because of bodily weakness, malformation
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
between life and death, risking their own lives and taking the lives of others. While adventuring on that line, some rogues discover a mystical connection to death itself. These rogues take knowledge
Phantom Collecting the souls of your defeated foes in everyday objects—what a good idea. Though, I’d probably need an encyclopedia to hold all my anti-admirers.
Tasha
Many rogues walk a fine line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
it and can refuse. The spirit of a dead creature has left the body and departed for the Outer Planes, and reviving the creature requires calling the spirit back. If the creature returns to life, the
revival effect determines the creature’s current Hit Points. Unless otherwise stated, the creature returns to life with any conditions, magical contagions, or curses that were affecting it at death if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
dedicated to Gaernoo. Lord Viallis, empowered by Gaernoo’s otherworldly magic and wanting to get away from talk of his family’s death, moved to the village of Greenfast, a day’s travel southeast of
years, Viallis has been building a cult to Gaernoo around himself, calling it the Burnt Tongue Cult for the sacrifice that new members must make before being accepted.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
it and can refuse. The spirit of a dead creature has left the body and departed for the Outer Planes, and reviving the creature requires calling the spirit back. If the creature returns to life, the
revival effect determines the creature’s current Hit Points. Unless otherwise stated, the creature returns to life with any conditions, magical contagions, or curses that were affecting it at death if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, green, gray, and death slaadi requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Defusing Slaad Confrontations. Writing short essays about commonly accepted ways to keep slaadi calm during
slaad if the host could cast spells of 3rd level or higher.
Green, gray, and death slaadi can shape-shift into Small or Medium Humanoids.
A green slaad usually wields a staff and can hurl both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
cloak or disguise one’s appearance), and proficiency with skills such as Deception, Performance, and Sleight of Hand all greatly benefit the Chameleon. Bards and rogues, as well as characters with
thronged by reporters, judge Haliss ir’Cronn took her seat for the first session in what some are calling the “trial of the century.”
Barath Drinn, a Karrn who has been living in Wroat since the end of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
creature, it must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Mournful Keening (Recharge 6). The specter utters a keening wail, calling to those close to death. Each non
heralds of death. Specters are said to utter a keening wail, mournful beyond all other sounds and audible only to those who are about to die. Specter of Night Huge Undead, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
—until thirty guards suddenly surrounded the pair of thieves. Vidorant nimbly escaped via the roof with the diadem in hand, but Goldenbeard was caught. He avoided imprisonment by calling in favors
the two have tried to outmaneuver each other ever since. Recently, their uneasy relationship changed again with the death of the longtime leader of the Silver Fingers Society. Vidorant and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of purple flesh dimly lit by pinkish, bioluminescent orbs. The air reeks of death. An opening in one wall leads to another chamber.
A character holding the first rod piece divines that the next
book’s introduction. Caved-In Artery. A 10-foot-wide petrified artery leads from this chamber. The artery has caved in, blocking that exit from the chamber. A character who uses an action to dig through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Celtic Pantheon It’s said that something wild lurks in the heart of every soul, a space that thrills to the sound of geese calling at night, to the whispering wind through the pines, to the
weather and crops CG Nature, Trickery Bubbling cauldron or shield Arawn, god of life and death NE Life, Death Black star on gray background Belenus, god of sun, light, and warmth NG Light Solar disk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
of a shadow creeping across the sea like a shroud, swallowing an island in darkness. Though you dismissed the dreams at first, you began to hear a voice calling you to stand against death’s endless
hunger. Certain of your deity’s wishes, you resigned your post and set out on your quest. Personal Goal: Banish a Shadow of Death. Researching images from your dreams pointed you to Stormwreck Isle, not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
hunting. Some individuals feel a calling to a particular deity’s service and claim that god as a patron. Particularly devoted individuals become priests by setting up a shrine or helping to staff a holy
site. Much more rarely, those who feel such a calling become clerics or paladins invested with the responsibility of true divine power. Shrines and temples serve as community gathering points for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
.
The characters must contend with Princess Ebonmire and Prince Livid (see the “Royal Oozes” sidebar). These dimly intelligent oozes defend their master to the death, blocking the characters from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
to a calm night. Then shouts ring out, shattering the peace. Someone’s calling for help!
The characters can tell the shouts are coming from the inn’s common room. Following the sound, the
captive in death. Their sorrow causes them to fear the characters are allies of the invaders who murdered them. Before the haints can say much, or after 1 round of combat, a wraith that looks like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
. They couldn’t agree if what they saw was a boat or a beached whale, but they agreed it stank. (If the characters investigate the site, see “Death Knight-Dreadnaught” for more information.)
3 “A
few local merchants claim to have been attacked on the road by a band of brigands calling themselves the Chimera Crew! Bandits sure have gotten more colorful these days.” (If the characters investigate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the Cerulean Citadel, Arijani sentenced his sister to death. As the court strangler’s garrote crushed her windpipe, Ramya cursed her brother and sister, calling them bloodthirsty beasts. Arijani and
maharana’s death, Ramya’s brother, Arijani, declared himself the new maharana. Allied with ranas hungry for unearned power, Arijani tried to force Ramya to relinquish the Sapphire Throne. Ramya refused
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
uses the stones in the chamber for cover, but he has no intention of fighting to the death. If this place has been discovered and he can’t swiftly and easily eliminate the intruders, Larrakh tries to
, calling them “the Delvers,” and leave the bodies untouched. Secret Door. In the southeastern corner is a secret door that requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to find by noticing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
forcefully pulled from this work and thrust into life-or-death situations, with or without help from more hardened adventurers. The knowledge and experience of a Civil Servant can often be useful, with
some developing skills as clerics, rogues, wizards, or other classes. Such characters often come from the sage background and have proficiency in skills that reflect their studies, such as Arcana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
) with the characters, Astarion recognizes two Vampire Wardens from Cazador’s palace. The wardens are blocking the public exit to Rat’s Run. Certain that someone from the palace wants to kidnap him
, Astarion is subdued and brought back to Cazador’s palace. A particularly reckless breed of sailors frequents Rat’s Run.To them, death lurks around every corner, whether it’s on the stormy sea or here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
? Or are you an embittered loner sworn to take vengeance on those who have done great evil, sent as an angel of death by the gods or driven by your need for revenge? Appendix B lists many deities
refuges of goodness and beauty. Or you might have known from your earliest memories that the paladin’s life was your calling, almost as if you had been sent into the world with that purpose stamped on