before boon drives core reflection

Monk

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Monk Traits Primary Ability Dexterity and Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Monk level Saving Throw Proficiencies Strength and Dexterity Skill Proficiencies Choose 2

slaying monsters and plundering treasure; they strive to turn themselves into living weapons. Becoming a Monk... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Monk Traits table. Gain

Ranger

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Ranger Traits Primary Ability Dexterity and Wisdom Hit Point Die D10 per Ranger level Saving Throw Proficiencies Strength and Dexterity Skill Proficiencies Choose 3

traits in the Core Ranger Traits table. Gain the Ranger’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Ranger Features table. As a Multiclass Character Gain the following traits from the Core

Rogue

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Rogue Traits Primary Ability Dexterity Hit Point Die D8 per Rogue level Saving Throw Proficiencies Dexterity and Intelligence Skill Proficiencies Choose 4: Acrobatics

to the law, no common criminal or officer of the law can match the subtle brilliance of the greatest Rogues. Becoming a Rogue... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Rogue

Wizard

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Wizard Traits Primary Ability Intelligence Hit Point Die D6 per Wizard level Saving Throw Proficiencies Intelligence and Wisdom Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana

magic available in the present age. Becoming a Wizard... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Wizard Traits table. Gain the Wizard’s level 1 features, which are listed

Bard

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Bard Traits Primary Ability Charisma Hit Point Die D8 per Bard level Saving Throw Proficiencies Dexterity and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose any 3 skills

. But Bards’ depth of knowledge and mastery of magic sets them apart. Becoming a Bard... As a Level 1 Bard Gain all the traits in the Core Bard Traits table. Gain the Bard’s level 1

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Sorcerer Traits Primary Ability Charisma Hit Point Die D6 per Sorcerer level Saving Throw Proficiencies Constitution and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2

Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Sorcerer Traits table. Gain the Sorcerer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Sorcerer Features table. As a Multiclass Character

Barbarian

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Barbarian Traits Primary Ability Strength Hit Point Die D12 per Barbarian level Saving Throw Proficiencies Strength and Constitution Skill Proficiencies Choose 2

Barbarian... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Barbarian Traits table. Gain the Barbarian’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Barbarian Features table. As a

Fighter

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Fighter Traits Primary Ability Strength or Dexterity Hit Point Die D10 per Fighter level Saving Throw Proficiencies Strength and Constitution Skill Proficiencies

broad ability and extensive specialization makes Fighters superior combatants. Becoming a Fighter... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Fighter Traits table. Gain the

Paladin

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Paladin Traits Primary Ability Strength and Charisma Hit Point Die D10 per Paladin level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2

Paladin... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Paladin Traits table. Gain the Paladin’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Paladin Features table. As a Multiclass

Warlock

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Warlock Traits Primary Ability Charisma Hit Point Die D8 per Warlock level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana

typically means some kind of adventure. Becoming a Warlock... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Warlock Traits table. Gain the Warlock’s level 1 features, which are listed

Cleric

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Cleric Traits Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Cleric level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight

Character Gain all the traits in the Core Cleric Traits table. Gain the Cleric’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Cleric Features table. As a Multiclass Character Gain the

Druid

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Druid Traits Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Druid level Saving Throw Proficiencies Intelligence and Wisdom Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Animal Handling

traits in the Core Druid Traits table. Gain the Druid’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Druid Features table. As a Multiclass Character Gain the following traits from the Core Druid

Ideals Legacy

Rules

core belief system. Ideals might answer any of these questions: What are the principles that you will never betray? What would prompt you to make sacrifices? What drives you to act and guides your goals and ambitions? What is the single most important thing you strive for?

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

impulses that drives many mortals to battle. Fear, greed, hatred — these are seeds that the Rage of War sows in the hopes of producing a bloody harvest. Rak Tulkhesh typically takes the form of a vaguely

to bear on the world. But he can influence events in the vicinity of any of his shards, drawing power from acts of violence. The Last War was a boon that allowed Rak Tulkhesh to darken the hearts of

Morkoth Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

hours.Spell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell, or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it can see

core of the warren, where the pearly matter of the island is also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most

Artificer

classes Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Core Artificer Traits Primary Ability Intelligence Hit Point Die D8 per Artificer level Saving Throw Proficiencies Constitution and Intelligence Skill Proficiencies Choose

magic as a complex system waiting to be decoded and then harnessed in their spells and inventions. Becoming an Artificer... As a Level 1 Character Gain all the traits in the Core Artificer Traits

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, lightning bolt, sendingSpell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it

fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most of the lair

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

indolence offers no clue to how vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core

a bugbear gang with a special boon. A gang that gains the favor of Hruggek and Grankhul in this way might find that the head will emit a shout when an enemy gets too close (in the fashion of an alarm

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons

Patron, Pact Magic 2 2 1 1st — 2nd +2 Eldritch Invocations 2 3 2 1st 2 3rd +2 Pact Boon 2 4 2

Demonic Boons

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

and drives a person toward acts of chaos, evil, and madness. Rejecting a boon likely provokes a demon’s wrath. The Abyss’s infinite varieties of evil are not born only from the souls of mortals

of creatures that can receive their boons. Boons from demons are fickle gifts. They remain in place only as long as the demon is pleased. Accepting such a boon is a damning act that corrupts the soul

Eldritch Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

to regain all your expended spell slots from your Pact Magic feature. Once you regain spell slots with this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can do so again. YOUR PACT BOON Each Pact

Boon option produces a special creature or an object that reflects your patron’s nature. Pact of the Chain. Your familiar is more cunning than a typical familiar. Its default form can be a

Eldritch Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

to regain all your expended spell slots from your Pact Magic feature. Once you regain spell slots with this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can do so again. YOUR PACT BOON Each Pact

Boon option produces a special creature or an object that reflects your patron’s nature. Pact of the Chain. Your familiar is more cunning than a typical familiar. Its default form can be a

Learning Secrets

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

, it counts as a secret learned for the whole party. Revealing Secrets A character can magically spend a secret like currency, revealing it to the multiverse to gain a momentary boon. To do this, the

characters confront Vecna in the Cave of Shattered Reflection in chapter 11, they can use any number of secrets they’ve kept to help thwart the lich-god’s Ritual of Remaking. See chapter 11 for more details about how secrets the characters kept can affect their confrontation with Vecna.

Studies and Philosophy

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

of framing the core division in the college’s philosophy: is growth or decay the driving force in nature? The philosophy of the root (growth) focuses on life and its irrepressible drive to thrive. This

, using concoctions of noxious ingredients for withering magic Decay 2 Bleed doctor, drain the essence of living creatures to fuel sinister spells Decay 3 Boon witch, brewing drafts to empower the living

Gray Render

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

Gray Render A curious impulse drives the gray render. Despite its hulking form and terrible appetite, it wants most of all to bond with an intelligent creature and, once bonded, give its life to

jealous, and more. A gray render might be a boon companion, but it is always an unpredictable one. The Gray Render Quirks table presents possible quirks for gray renders that can be generated randomly

Personal Characteristics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

your core belief system. Ideals might answer any of these questions: What are the principles that you will never betray? What would prompt you to make sacrifices? What drives you to act and guides

related to each. Either one could be positive or negative: you might work hard to overcome a low score, for example, or be cocky about your high score. Ideals Describe one ideal that drives your

Demon Lords

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

Control. The greatest sign of a demon lord’s power is its ability to reshape an abyssal realm. A layer of the Abyss controlled by a demon lord becomes a twisted reflection of that fiend’s vile

drives, the Prince of Demons inspires fear and hatred among other demons and demon lords. Demogorgon towers three times the height of a human, his body as sinuous as a snake’s and as powerful as a

Temple of Light

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

the characters. If the characters are captured, Xeleth promises to have them executed as soon as the coronation is over. In the unlikely event that the party defeats Xeleth or drives him off, skip

to the radiant core of Xaryxis, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. (The zodar is immune to this effect.) A creature that enters the star or ends its turn there takes 132 (24d10) radiant

Alignment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Describe one ideal that drives your character. Your ideals are the things that you believe in most strongly, the fundamental moral and ethical principles that compel you to act as you do. Ideals

encompass everything from your life goals to your core belief system. Ideals might answer any of these questions: What are the principles that you will never betray? What would prompt you to make

Dark Bargains and Cursed Paintings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

surface (see “Magic Treatments” below), and the hags are skilled at tricking guests into thinking the benefits outweigh the cost. The price for these special rituals is described as “some small boon

. After that, the beneficiary suddenly experiences the opposite of the intended effect of the ritual, which transforms the creature into the dark reflection of its initial desire. For example, those

Bugbears

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

vicious the creatures are. Bugbears are capable of bouts of incredible ferocity, using their muscular bodies to exact swift and ruthless violence. At their core, bugbears are ambush predators

heads of leaders and mighty opponents are particularly sacred, and offering up such a trophy can provide a bugbear gang with a special boon. A gang that gains the favor of Hruggek and Grankhul in this

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

, honor, hard work, and seeing all non-duergar as lesser creatures. Duergar are ruthless but not unnecessarily cruel, and pragmatism drives their every decision. Though they treat the adventurers with

the influence of Demogorgon. Many are developing tics, habits, and behaviors that fly against their core beliefs, including guards flaunting their corrupt behavior, the use of adornment for adornment’s

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

, sending Reactions Spell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it

in a spacious vault at the center of the warren, where the celestial fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature has advantage on saving throws against the morkoth’s Hypnosis for 24 hours. Reactions Spell Reflection. If the morkoth

several underground chambers, although other structural forms might be incorporated. The morkoth dwells among its most prized possessions in a spacious vault at the core of the warren, where the

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

they catch your reflection. This chamber was once used by the priests of the temple for meditation, and its magic is still intact. Two-sided mirrors set along the outside walls of this area reflect

cover this area and hang as freestanding walls inside it show a super-realistic reflection of everything in the room, including the other mirrors—quickly creating a confusing cascade of images. Any

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