before bones during class rarely

Wand of Orcus

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Armor Class while holding the wand. Spells. The wand has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the wand, you can cast one of the spells on the following table

unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of you and obey your commands until they are destroyed or until the next dawn, when they collapse into inanimate piles of bones and rotting corpses. Once you use this

Troglodyte Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

in the shallow depths of the Underdark in a constant state of war against their neighbors and one another. They mark the borders of their territories with cracked bones and skulls, or with

secretions, and the debris of their foul feasting. Single-Minded Brutes. Troglodytes are devoted almost entirely to procuring food. They rarely plan more than a few days into the future, instead

Young Kruthik

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hatch from eggs laid by female adults. Each egg is about the size of an adult human’s head and hatches within a month. Tiny kruthik hatchlings are harmless and rarely stray far from the nest. They

grind up the flesh and bones with mandibles strong enough to chew rock. When several kruthiks gang up on a single foe, they become frenzied and even more lethal. Kruthiks abide the presence of

Lesser Death Dragon

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

destroy the would-be memento. Death Dragons Death dragons are the Undead skeletal remains of metallic or chromatic dragons, infused with the lingering fires of the Cataclysm by foul magic. Rarely, death

personality. The stronger the death dragon, the more it fights the hate consuming it, holding on to some vestige of its memories. A death dragon’s bones burn with violet Cataclysmic fire, which it can

Ebondeath

Monsters Divine Contention

, including gaining access to the target's knowledge, class features, and proficiencies. The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points, Ebondeath ends it as a bonus action, or Ebondeath is turned or

dragon's bones turned to dust.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Caradoc

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

action. He otherwise uses the possessed target’s statistics but doesn’t gain access to the target’s knowledge, class features, or proficiencies. The possession lasts until the body

tongues to spread his lies. However, Caradoc is tethered to his scorched bones, which collect dust in Dargaard Keep. He can leave the accursed castle while possessing the body of a Humanoid, but he

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material

. Made from bones as hard as iron, the wand is topped with a magically enlarged skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the

Psurlon Ringer

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

none of its class features or other abilities. The transformation is permanent and can be undone only by a wish spell. Despite appearances, the psurlon ringer is still an Aberration, and other psurlons

robes and rarely wear armor or carry weapons. Psurlons live for thousands of years because they spend most of their time in the Astral Sea. Every hundred years or so, psurlons leave their astral

Greater Death Dragon

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

life. In battle, they are deadly foes, channeling the Cataclysmic fire that limns their bones and fuels their breath. They take cruel delight in snatching foes in their jaws, rushing into the air, then

magic. Rarely, death dragons arise when a dragon meets its end in a way that torments its soul and consumes it with a need for vengeance. Regardless of how it arose, a death dragon retains a shadow

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted

, paladins are rarely of any evil alignment. Most of them walk the paths of charity and justice. Consider how your alignment colors the way you pursue your holy quest and the manner in which you conduct

Wizard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

circle, bringing a whiff of brimstone from the otherworldly plane beyond. Crouching on the floor in a dungeon intersection, a gnome tosses a handful of small bones inscribed with mystic symbols

, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and brute

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

the tribe. If the creature is dimwitted, like a troll or ogre, the lower-class goblins give it obeisance, but before long the upper-class goblins begin to think that whoever can bend the ear of the

the symbols used are rarely the same between different tribes and often make little sense to other creatures. Some possible status symbols are given in the Status Symbols table. A caste or a boss

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

set bards apart from their fellows. Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries

22 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 20th +6 Superior Inspiration 4 22 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 Class Features As a bard, you gain the following class features.

Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

food and fresh water in these areas for yourself and up to five other people each day. Gruul Guild Spells Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature For you, the spells on the Gruul

Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.) Gruul Guild Spells

Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

and companions you lead can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as your speed would normally allow. The paths of the undercity are haunted by dangers that rarely brave the

light of the surface world, so your journey isn’t guaranteed to be safe. Golgari Guild Spells Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature For you, the spells on the Golgari Guild

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that. Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your

. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which

Suspicions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

. Should the characters try to investigate Dean Tullus’s office, there’s rarely a time she or other faculty aren’t working in the Deans’ Wing of Archaeo Memorial Hall. However, everyone knows the dean

have a chance to act until the night of the Magister’s Masquerade. Dean Tullus Rumors d4 Rumor 1 It seems like Dean Tullus is always working—she rarely leaves her office. 2 The dean is rarely seen

N1. St. Andral's Church

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

encloses a garden of gravestones next to the church. A thin mist creeps among the graves. This church is dedicated to the Morninglord and named after St. Andral, whose bones once rested under the

altar (see the “Bones of St. Andral” section). Father Lucian Petrovich (LG male human priest) oversees the church and does his best to raise spirits. Assisting him is an orphan and altar boy named Yeska

Lizardfolk

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

willies.” — A merchant’s account of his experience with the lizardfolk tribes of the Lizard Marsh Lizardfolk Medium humanoid (lizardfolk), neutral Armor Class 15 (natural armor, shield

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

Anhkolox

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Anhkolox Anhkoloxes are vicious undead creatures created from the bones of bears and other beasts. Their barbed bones grind and crack, often moving in seemingly impossible ways. Anhkoloxes are driven

about with their claws—they delight in knocking foes into pits full of jagged bones—and their barbed rib cage cracks open like a hunting trap to snap closed around a victim. Anhkolox Huge Undead

Albino Dwarves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

armor out of dinosaur hide; shape weapons out of dinosaur bones, flint, and wood; and craft ornate jewelry out of bones, feathers, tusks, and stone beads. Albino dwarves haven’t forgotten how to

forge metal, but they seldom have the means to do so. Albino Dwarf Warrior Medium humanoid (dwarf), any alignment Armor Class 13 (hide armor) Hit Points 30 (4d8 + 12) Speed 25 ft. STR 13

Skeletal Juggernaut

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

Skeletal Juggernaut As seen lumbering across the beaches in Isle of the Abbey, a skeletal juggernaut is an oversized, bipedal assembly of bones that loses a portion of its mass with each step. These

skeletal guardians hold together for only a short time before disassembling into a gang of individual undead. Skeletal Juggernaut Large undead, lawful evil Armor Class 13 (armor scraps) Hit

Skeletal Juggernaut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Skeletal Juggernaut A skeletal juggernaut is an oversized, bipedal assembly of bones that loses a portion of its mass with each step. These skeletal guardians hold together for only a short time

before disassembling into a gang of individual undead. Skeletal Juggernaut Large undead, lawful evil Armor Class 13 (armor scraps) Hit Points 142 (19d10 + 38) Speed 30 ft. STR 16 (+3

Fashion and Aesthetics

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

wreaths. High Netherese Fashion Members of the upper class tend to flaunt their wealth and dress to impress. High Netherese drape themselves in silk, satin, or linen, all in bright, rich colors. They

light. Low Netherese Fashion Low Netherese individuals typically wear rough, homespun tunics; heavy woolen cloaks; and thick rope sandals or cloth boots. Their fabrics are rarely dyed, though when

Walruses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, fat, skin, bones, and tusks. Walrus Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 9 Hit Points 22 (3d10 + 6) Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft. STR 15 (+2) DEX 9 (−1) CON 14 (+2) INT

specimen weighs at least 12,000 pounds. Giant Walrus Huge beast, unaligned Armor Class 9 Hit Points 85 (9d12 + 27) Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft. STR 22 (+6) DEX 9 (−1) CON 16 (+3

Skeleton

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Skeleton Assemblages of bones animated by dark magic, skeletons heed the summons of those who create them or rise of their own accord in places saturated with deathly magic. Skeleton Medium undead

, lawful evil Armor Class 13 (armor scraps) Hit Points 13 (2d8 + 4) Speed 30 ft. STR 10 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 15 (+2) INT 6 (−2) WIS 8 (−1) CHA

Dragonbone Golem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Dragonbone Golem A dragonbone golem is composed of dragon bones linked together with adamantine wire into the form of a dragon, animated by drawing on the bones’ inherent magic. Most dragonbone

golems are created by powerful dragons from the bones of vanquished rivals. Each bone is etched with intricate glyphs that allow animating power to flow through the golem’s form. Dragonbone golems

Bone Roc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Bone Roc Brynn Metheney Bone rocs often serve as flying mounts for undead soldiers A bone roc is a birdlike Undead that can incorporate the bones of multiple flying creatures. Despite their name

, bone rocs aren’t always reanimated skeletons of rocs. You may customize a bone roc by rolling on the Bone Roc Sources table to determine the type of bones used and how that affects its stat block. Bone

Magic Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Magic Items Magic items are gleaned from the hoards of felled monsters or discovered in long-lost vaults. Such items grant capabilities a character could rarely have otherwise, or they complement

. Attunement Prerequisites. If a magic item has a class prerequisite, a creature must be a member of that class to attune to the item. If a creature must be a spellcaster to attune to an item, the creature

Berbalang

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

Berbalang Berbalangs creep across the petrified remains of dead gods adrift on the Astral Plane. Obsessed with gathering secrets, both from the gods they inhabit and from the bones of dead creatures

they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged to these creatures, thus preserving the information they gain. Spectral Spy. The pursuit of

Merfolk

Compendium - 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

. Only rarely do merfolk venture into the darkest depths of the ocean. In such depths and in their undersea caverns, merfolk rely on the light of bioluminescent flora and fauna, such as jellyfish, whose

Other Adventurers' Guilds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

lower-class district in Sharn where it maintains its guildhall, the Deathsgate Explorers’ Club is a rough-and-tumble guild made up largely of Last War veterans. Deathsgaters rarely undertake

Swashbuckler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, rarely staying in one place for too long. Swashbuckler Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful alignment Armor Class 17 (leather armor) Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12) Speed 30 ft. STR 12(+1

Troglodyte

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

territories with cracked bones and skulls, or with pictographs painted in blood or dung. Perhaps the most loathsome of all humanoids, troglodytes eat anything they can stomach. They dwell in filth. The walls

of their cavern homes are smeared with grime, oily secretions, and the debris of their foul feasting. Single-Minded Brutes. Troglodytes are devoted almost entirely to procuring food. They rarely plan

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

corpse’s ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and 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

rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use crude symbols to convey basic information, such as “food stored here,” “danger close

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