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Hobgoblin
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little to conceal an underlying brutality that hobgoblins practice on each other and perfect upon other races. Punishment for infractions of hobgoblin law are swift and merciless. Beauty is something
would prefer the position were filled by someone more like himself, but Bargrivyek was all he was left with after Maglubiyet’s conquest. Although both deities are ultimately beholden to
Human
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and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little over 6 feet tall and weigh from 125 to 250 pounds
reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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Seldom is the name of Vecna spoken except in a hushed voice. Vecna was, in his time, one of the mightiest of all wizards. Through dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his
, you can attempt to turn its bones to jelly with a touch of the Hand of Vecna. You can do so by using an action to make a melee attack against a creature you can reach, using your choice of your
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
knowledge, but the dragon is cagey on that point. Seeing good and bad in equal measure among the lesser races, Ileuthra recognizes that helping the humanoids is less a case of deciding whether they are worthy
of aid, and more about deciding whether these adventurer ambassadors can be trusted to properly lead the factions. Desire. Ileuthra has no preconceived sense of what might be the best course, and he
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
knowledge, but the dragon is cagey on that point. Seeing good and bad in equal measure among the lesser races, Ileuthra recognizes that helping the humanoids is less a case of deciding whether they are worthy
of aid, and more about deciding whether these adventurer ambassadors can be trusted to properly lead the factions. Desire. Ileuthra has no preconceived sense of what might be the best course, and he
Orc
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hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
or less intact, the orcs leave themselves the option of returning to raid the community over and over.
When orcs fight elves, all of that changes. The enmity between the two races cuts to the core
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
A Broad Spectrum With their penchant for migration and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
A Broad Spectrum With their penchant for migration and conquest, humans are more physically diverse than other common races. There is no typical human. An individual can stand from 5 feet to a little
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their shorter
lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty empires on
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ignored by the gods, or are those races the deciding factor that can tilt the balance of power in favor of one god or another?
Humanoids and the Gods When it comes to the gods, humans exhibit a far wider range of beliefs and institutions than other races do. In many D&D settings, orcs, elves, dwarves, goblins, and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their shorter
lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty empires on
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Council of Dragons Five ancient dragons make up the council charged with deciding their metallic kin’s response to the cult. Though they are not necessarily the wisest or most powerful specimens of
Sword Coast, for they know of their reputations and actions already. The dragons’ attitudes are effectively fixed in that regard. However, they know also that among all the humanoid races, leaders often
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Council of Dragons Five ancient dragons make up the council charged with deciding their metallic kin’s response to the cult. Though they are not necessarily the wisest or most powerful specimens of
Sword Coast, for they know of their reputations and actions already. The dragons’ attitudes are effectively fixed in that regard. However, they know also that among all the humanoid races, leaders often
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs
then bury or burn them. Three ravens is always a good sign. It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep. Gnome bones can ward off diseases if they are worn. Don’t stand inside a ring of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
world. Elves had yet to set dainty foot out of the fey realm when the thunder of the giants’ steps shook the world to its bones, and even the dragons were yet unaware of the power and glory they would
the giants and their kin know for certain is that they are sibling races. Humanoids such as elves, humans, and dwarves are more similar in size and shape than the disparate giant types are to one
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
their people are as varied in color, culture, and outlook as the human races of the surface. Land folk and merfolk rarely meet except by chance, though starry-eyed mariners tell tales of romance with
face a common threat or to complete a conquest. Such unifications can be the beginning of undersea kingdoms with dynasties lasting hundreds of years. Merfolk Settlements. Merfolk build their settlements
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Khorvaire pull the strings of civilization. According to some stories, the dragons seek to protect the younger races from vile fiends. In other tales, the dragons see the people of Khorvaire as fodder for
Khorvaire. Many of the greatest artifacts in history were made in Argonnessen. Dragons are infused with magic, and their creations are made from the bones and scales of their kind. Trinkets from
Goblin
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might display more than one of these items.
Status Symbols
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Earrings and notches in an ear
2
Rib bones tied into hair
3
A belt made from raccoon pelts
patience needed to learn and practice wizardry, and they fare poorly even when given access to the necessary training and knowledge. Sorcerers are less prevalent among them than in many other races, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
other methods. Ingenuity is required. Super-Tetanus. A creature that contracts the disease of super-tetanus is wracked with pain as its heart races and its muscles spasm hard enough to break its bones
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
pet wolf, Ripper, and two goblins. The bugbear is filled with delusions of grandeur and views himself as a mighty warlord just beginning his career of conquest. He is not entirely sane, referring to
himself in the third person (“Who dares defy Klarg?” or “Klarg will build a throne from your bones, puny ones!”). The goblins under his command resent his bullying. Fire Pit. The hot coals in the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Citadel Felbarr Among the eldest and grandest of the Delzoun holds, Citadel Felbarr was built more than three thousand years ago — a span of time beyond the ability of younger races to comprehend
listen to what both have to say before deciding how to act on royal edicts. Most humans know Citadel Felbarr from a distance. They see only a great raised road winding through a vale of broken rock
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
vault. Hill dwarves are more perceptive and empathic than their kin. They rely on their intuition and insight to guide them in relationships with other races. To offset the disadvantage of not being
.” That is a truism that both subraces of dwarves repeat with pride and derision, each extolling the qualities of their own kind. Gold Dwarves. The conquest of Bhaerynden by the drow spurred its
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. These trappings of civil society do little to conceal an underlying brutality that hobgoblins practice on each other and perfect upon other races. Punishment for infractions of hobgoblin law are
, Bargrivyek serves as Nomog-Geaya’s second in command. Nomog-Geaya would prefer the position were filled by someone more like himself, but Bargrivyek was all he was left with after Maglubiyet’s conquest
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of the world. Their hut villages thrive in forbidding grottoes, half-sunken ruins, and watery caverns.
Territorial Xenophobes. Lizardfolk deal and trade with other races only rarely. Fiercely
cooked and eaten by the tribe, or are sacrificed to Semuanya, the lizardfolk god.
Canny Crafters. Though they aren’t skilled artisans, lizardfolk craft tools and ornamental jewelry out of the bones of their kills, and they use the hides and shells of dead monsters to create shields.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
territory in their name. It’s sort of like Karrnath, except each of the warlords of Droaam is a horrifying monster. We were traveling through the territory of the Prince of Bones, an ancient troll
region. Gnolls, orcs, and goblins commonly sought haven here, as well as ogres, trolls, harpies, minotaurs, medusas, tieflings, changelings, lycanthropes, and other races unwelcome in civilized lands. In
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
2. Captured Troglodytes The cracked bones and skulls of small creatures hunted by the troglodytes litter the tunnels leading to this area, marking the borders of territory that once belonged to their
until the item is washed. The stench is not as potent as a troglodyte’s Stench trait and imposes no conditions on those who catch a whiff of it.
The drow mage is deciding whether to kill the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus
, you can attempt to turn its bones to jelly with a touch of the Hand of Vecna. You can do so by using an action to make a melee attack against a creature you can reach, using your choice of your melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
leaps to land on one side of the chasm or the other (its choice) and doesn’t fall. F2. Trophies. The floor of this 10-foot-high tunnel is strewn with the bones of Mokingo Growling Bear, whose dead body
was dragged here. Bits of flesh still cling to the bones. The head has been ripped from its shoulders, gnawed, and stuffed in a niche dug out of the wall. Amid the goliath’s bones are torn bits of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Lion’s Gate, the portal looks like an enormous feline eye within an arch of bones, a gaseous curtain bisected by a roaring black stripe. Regional Effects The region containing Rigus’s planar gate is
respected among them is the death knight Nagaro, a former paladin from the world of Krynn who severed her oath in her pursuit of conquest. While the strategies of other Undead generals in her company have
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
carousing companion, Gondolo. Together, they thought they’d soon be living the high life on distant shores. Within a few months, they’d squandered most of Faroul’s cash at the dinosaur races and were in
debt to numerous bookies and several merchant princes. The only thing they have to show for their months of debauchery is a flatulent racing triceratops named Zongo. They purchased it for the races
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
in a city or town dominated by another race. Everything Has a Story As do many other races, halflings enjoy accumulating personal possessions. But unlike with most other races, a halfling’s idea of
swaying reeds, There rose a hairy villain, A troll called Snobble Sweed.
He came to gobble children, To line his lair with bones, And pick his teeth with talons, And grind their flesh with stones
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
above the middle of the floor. 17a. Temple of Ghaunadaur Ghaunadaur, a god of subterranean horrors, is respected and feared by many Underdark races, including drow. This temple contains the following
following: Altar. An altar made of humanoid skulls and bones rests near the south wall.
Decor and Secret Door. Embedded in the walls are drow skeletons posed as if dancing. One skeleton along the south
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
few bones (the remains of mountain goats) but nothing of value. S4. Chieftain’s Cave This twelve-foot-high cave has a crackling fire in its center and walls lined with hunting trophies, including the
until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the runestone die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the runestone die is rolled, it is lost, and the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
labyrinth. Guarded by two red dragons, Vlaakith sits upon her Throne of Bones and holds court over her supplicants. Glathk District. A muddy field that extends as far as the eye can see is the githyanki
range from trophies and treasure to prisoners of other races that have been set free and left to fend for themselves. The few githyanki who dwell here maintain a semblance of order amid the wreckage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
more than one of these items. Status Symbols d20 Status Symbol 1 Earrings and notches in an ear 2 Rib bones tied into hair 3 A belt made from raccoon pelts 4 A gnome’s boot used as a hat 5 A pouch
prevalent among them than in many other races, and Khurgorbaeyag seems to dislike sharing his divine power with his followers. And although many goblins would readily offer anything to have the abilities of