before broad down common recall

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

divined. Nature can’t abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even

cast that spell again from it until the next dawn. Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as

Broken King Antigonos

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

. Labyrinthine Recall. Antigonos can perfectly recall any path he has traveled. Reckless. At the start of his turn, Antigonos can gain advantage on all melee weapon attack rolls he makes during that turn

horns crudely painted on them to make them look like minotaurs. The broad-mouthed amphora is large enough to hold roughly 55 gallons of wine. He claims that he was a great king who was cursed by Mogis

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs—these common threads unite all dwarves. Short and Stout Bold

and hardy, dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal. Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can weigh as much as a

Human Legacy

Species 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

empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds. A Broad Spectrum With their penchant for migration

Sage Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

colleague posing a question you have not yet been able to answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Specialty To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or

Wizard’s apprentice 8 Scribe FEATURE: RESEARCHER When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you

Smuggler

Backgrounds Ghosts of Saltmarsh

burning river. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Deception Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water) Equipment: A fancy leather vest or a pair of leather boots, a set of common clothes, and a

organization, or might run a small smuggling vessel of their own. Smugglers live the lies they have told, and they have a natural ability to recall all the falsehoods and half-truths they have ever spouted

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version. Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin

Fighter Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of broad general ability and extensive specialization makes fighters superior

use their training as adventurers. The dungeon delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she

Constantori's Portrait

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

of 120 feet and has darkvision within a range of 60 feet, but it can’t see anything behind itself. The painting can converse in Common, Draconic, and Elvish as if it were a living person

condemns anyone who tries to remove it from its gold-leaf frame. Wealth of Information. The painting’s primary purpose is to observe and recall conversations. Over the past few decades

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

like elves, and to elves, they look human. In height, they’re on par with both parents, though they’re neither as slender as elves nor as broad as humans. They range from under 5 feet to

. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Specialty To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below. d8

: RESEARCHER When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size and

speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The

A Broad Spectrum

Compendium - 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

A Broad Spectrum

Compendium - 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

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

, Perception +5, Religion +3 Senses passive Perception 15 Languages Common Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Labyrinthine Recall. The minotaur can perfectly recall any path it has traveled

) CON 14 (+2) INT 8 (−1) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 10 (+0) Skills Deception +2, Perception +7, Religion +1 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17 Languages Abyssal, Common

Short and Stout

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

Short and Stout Bold and hardy, dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal. Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can

with red, but the most common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth. Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Male dwarves value their beards highly and groom them carefully.

Short and Stout

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

Short and Stout Bold and hardy, dwarves are known as skilled warriors, miners, and workers of stone and metal. Though they stand well under 5 feet tall, dwarves are so broad and compact that they can

with red, but the most common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth. Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Male dwarves value their beards highly and groom them carefully.

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

clade — a diverse group of individuals combining disparate talents in pursuit of a common goal — or a researcher on a specialized, short-term project focused on addressing an immediate

soldiers 5 Crypsis Project, focused on intelligence and counterintelligence 6 Independent research in a new area Feature: Researcher When you attempt to learn or recall a magical or

Astral Elf Star Priest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Astral Elf Star Priest Star priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. It’s common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Celestial, Common, Elvish Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Fey Ancestry. The elf has advantage on saving throws it makes to avoid

Starting Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

level and don’t recall what came before, ascribe it to the multiversal glitch the characters are experiencing. CoupleOfKooks “I am a mimir, a magical device designed to provide information. If you have

creating their characters. If you want to include characters who hail from Sigil, a gate-town, or other places where planar travel is common, consider using the character options in Sigil and the

Flavors of Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Flavors of Fantasy Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy game, but that broad category encompasses a lot of variety. Many different flavors of fantasy exist in fiction and film. Do you want a horrific

an effort to destroy monsters or villains. This genre is also common in fantasy fiction. Most novels set in the Forgotten Realms are best described as heroic fantasy, following in the footsteps of many of the authors listed in the Appendices of the Player’s Handbook.

Hill Giant Bags

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Hill Giant Bags The items found in hill giant bags reflect a diversity of taste and interest as broad as that found among any other giants. Some hill giants carry only food and boulders for throwing

used as a toothpick 6 Iron prongs and a trough of coal to create a makeshift spit-roast setup 7 A beehive with live bees 8 A small picture book for learning Common 9 A hefty box containing an assortment

Local Nuisances

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

garbage that gathers in Sigil’s alleys and sewers. Common and giant rats are found throughout the Cage, as are variant cranium rats known as squeakers (further detailed in Morte’s Planar Parade). Adapted

hazard native to the Lower Planes. This black, creeping ivy has broad, glossy leaves with razor-sharp stems and thorns. Work crews fight the rapidly growing weed from overrunning the city. Others use

Monument to Tiamat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, Deception +7, Intimidation +7, Survival +3 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9 Languages Abyssal, Common Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Goring Rush. Immediately after using the Dash

action, Torogar can make one melee attack with his horns. Labyrinthine Recall. Torogar can perfectly recall any path he has traveled. Rage (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action

Banshee

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

luminous, wispy forms that vaguely recall their mortal features. A banshee’s face is wreathed in a wild tangle of hair, its body clad in wispy rags that flutter and stream around it. Divine Wrath

with perfect recall, yet always refuses to accept responsibility for its doom. Beauty Hoarders. The vanity that inspired the banshee’s cursed creation persists in undeath. These creatures covet

The Code Legal

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

main body of which can be read in the Code Legal. This document is available in multiple languages at the Palace of Waterdeep, and (in the Common tongue) provided on request by the magisters at the

gates and in the harbor. Be aware that the Code Legal provides only an outline of typical sentences for various offenses, and magisters have broad discretion when meting out justice as they see fit. Any Masked Lord can overturn a magister’s ruling, but there’s rarely a Masked Lord around when you need one.

Divine Characteristics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

perfect recall of everything they experience. Certain liminal spaces—cave mouths, shorelines, crossroads, forest edges, and so on—enable mortal voices to reach the gods as well, though most gods have

spell on the cleric spell list, as well as any domain spell from their domains). They also have broad influence over aspects of the world associated with their portfolios, beyond what can be defined

Manticore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Manticore Winged, Leonine People-Eater Habitat: Arctic, Coastal, Grassland, Hill, Mountain; Treasure: Any Domenico Cava With lionlike claws, leathery wings, and broad jaws filled with rows of sharp

Con 17 +3 +3 Ability Score Mod Save Int 7 −2 −2 Wis 12 +1 +1 Cha 8 −1 −1 Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 11 Languages Common CR 3 (XP 700; PB +2) Actions Multiattack

Campaign Theme

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

doesn’t have to be a work of literature, but it can still draw on common themes that lend a distinctive flavor to its stories. Consider these examples: A campaign about confronting the inevitability of

and domination, whether embodied by the hosts of the Nine Hells or by humanoid rulers bent on conquering the world. With a theme such as “confrontation with mortality,” you can craft a broad range of

Fall of Elturel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

common rabble. Not long after Ravengard arrived in Elturel, the city was dragged down into the Nine Hells — wiped off the map. Given the distance between the two cities, it’s no surprise that the

Gate continues to function under the three remaining dukes — Belynne Stelmane, Dillard Portyr, and Thalamra Vanthampur. Duke Portyr has gone so far as to recall his niece, Liara Portyr, from her post

Elfsong

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

after hearing the song can ask him about it, since he speaks Elvish in addition to Common. However, he was so surprised by the change in lyrics that he remembers only parts of it. The spirit will sing

.” Characters might recall Captain Zodge using the term to describe the knights of Elturel. Alan and most other residents of Baldur’s Gate use the word similarly. Any character who has been to Elturel or who

Solar Bastion Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

, frightened Senses passive Perception 13 Languages Common plus any one language Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Aura of Protection. The knight and each ally within 10 feet of it have

each: Greater Restoration, Sending, Word of Recall (the prepared sanctuary is the Solar Bastion) Zuzanna Wuzyk

Spirit Naga

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

, these venomous, cobra-like creatures recall every slight committed against them during their immortal existences. In their dank, joyless lairs, they create vicious plots to avenge themselves against even

Poison; Charmed, Poisoned Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12 Languages Abyssal, Common CR 8 (XP 3,900; PB +3) Traits Fiendish Restoration. If it dies, the naga returns to life in

37. Professor Bring

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

of its own and can’t initiate a conflict with the creature in possession of it. A professor orb has extensive knowledge of four narrow academic subjects. When making an Intelligence check to recall

Bring. It has a Wisdom of 11 and a Charisma of 6. It speaks, reads, and understands Abyssal, Common, Dwarvish, and Terran. It strings its words together into long, seemingly endless sentences and speaks

Aldani

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

Aldani Many Chultan natives can recall childhood fables of the aldani, the eerie lobsterfolk that lived in the rivers and lakes of their homeland. As there have been no sightings of the aldani in

, Survival +4 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages Common Challenge 1 (200 XP) Amphibious. The aldani can breathe air and water. Actions Multiattack. The aldani makes two

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