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Nightmare speakers revel in torturing others, keeping their victims in a constant state of fear and dread. They prefer to terrify rather than kill their opponents. They manipulate communities for
. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Shapechange
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Basic Rules (2014)
rules for the original form, with one exception: if your new form has more hit points than your current one, your hit points remain at their current value.
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changed you and forced you from your home.
6
A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Hexbloods in the Domains of Dread
When
creating a hexblood, ask your DM if it makes sense for your character to have ties to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft):
Hazlan. The bizarre magic
Dhampir
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experiment changed your body, making you reliant on others for vital fluids.
Dhampirs in the Domains of Dread
When creating a dhampir, ask your DM if it makes sense for your character to have ties
to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft):
Barovia. In the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, tales flourish of those who love or descend from vampires
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water
Blessing of the Sea (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dragon turtle would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
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itchy straw stuffing inside you.
Reborn in the Domains of Dread
When creating a reborn, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following
Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft):
Har’Akir. You died and endured the burial rites of this desert realm, yet somehow a soul—yours or another’s&mdash
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Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the
race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8
out of arrow range, so they know I am watching.
8
I am fascinated by the politics of surface realms and talk endlessly with sailors and adventurers to stay current on the latest happenings on
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
to make other attacks. Use the tentacle’s Strength modifier (+2) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have
magic-items
creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in Heliana’s Guide to Monster
temporary hit points (determined by rarity) at the start of each minute.
Plant
You are under the effects of the speak with plants spell.
Undead
Your maximum and current hit points increases
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
changed you and forced you from your home.
6
A slighted druid transformed you and bound you to live only so long as a sacred tree bears fruit.
Hexbloods in the Domains of Dread
When
creating a hexblood, consult with your DM to see if it’s appropriate to tie your origins to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in chapter 3):
Hazlan. The bizarre magic of this crumbling
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
to make other attacks. Use the tentacle’s Strength modifier (+0) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have
magic-items
smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
to make other attacks. Use the tentacle’s Strength modifier (+4) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have
magic-items
up to four Medium or smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in
modifier (+2) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have advantage on saving throws against environmental effects of
magic-items
creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in Heliana’s Guide to Monster
temporary hit points (determined by rarity) at the start of each minute.
Plant
You are under the effects of the speak with plants spell.
Undead
Your maximum and current hit points increases
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scales. Their hair can resemble seaweed, waving as if in a current, or it can even be like water itself.
Genasi
Tracing their ancestry to the genies of the Elemental Planes, each genasi can tap into
whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When
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creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in Heliana’s Guide to Monster
temporary hit points (determined by rarity) at the start of each minute.
Plant
You are under the effects of the speak with plants spell.
Undead
Your maximum and current hit points increases
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in Chapter 5 of Heliana's
current environment. You have advantage on saving throws against environmental effects of the GM’s discretion. For example, if you are in a cold biome, you might grow fur and have advantage on
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up to four Medium or smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in
not to make other attacks. Use the tentacle’s Strength modifier (determined by rarity) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current
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creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in Heliana’s Guide to Monster
current hit points increases (determined by rarity).
Random Elemental Cantrip
d6
Cantrip
1
acid splash
2
concussion
3
fire bolt
4
ray of frost
5
shocking grasp
6
water whip
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
make other attacks. Use the tentacle’s Strength modifier (+0) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have
magic-items
up to four Medium or smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in
modifier (+6) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have advantage on saving throws against environmental effects of
magic-items
up to four Medium or smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in
modifier (+0) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have advantage on saving throws against environmental effects of
magic-items
up to four Medium or smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in
modifier (+4) instead of your own when grappling with it.
Beast
Your morphology changes to adapt to the current environment. You have advantage on saving throws against environmental effects of
magic-items
creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in Heliana’s Guide to Monster
temporary hit points (determined by rarity) at the start of each minute.
Plant
You are under the effects of the speak with plants spell.
Undead
Your maximum and current hit points increases
monsters
-rasque’s Necrotar Tongue, or by creatures that Ready an action for when the tar-rasque makes a Necrotar Tongue attack.
If the crystal is destroyed, the tar-rasque’s current hit points are
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Primordial Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the tar-rasque would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 390 hit points and it recharges its
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
divine beings who created giff have likewise been forgotten. Their titanic petrified bodies drift on the Astral Sea, isolated and unrecognizable in their current forms.
Although they don’t realize
character is a member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation
Orcus
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
, emulating their dread master.
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower torso of a goat, and a humanoid upper body with a corpulent belly swollen with rot
chapter 7, "Treasure” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the dead, emulating their dread master.
Orcus is a bestial creature of corruption with a diseased, decaying look. He has the lower body of a goat and a humanlike upper body with a belly swollen with
Dungeon Master’s Guide.Orcus’s Lair
Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
during your turn, the shield can choose to radiate an aura of dread for 1 minute. (This is not a power of the shield that you control.) Any creature hostile to you that starts its turn within 20 feet
released from the shield, the pit fiend honors the terms of whatever bargain it struck to facilitate its escape.
While trapped in the shield, Gargauth carefully steers the shield’s current owner
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-rasque’s Necrotar Tongue, or by creatures that Ready an action for when the tar-rasque makes a Necrotar Tongue attack.
If the crystal is destroyed, the tar-rasque’s current hit points are
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Primordial Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the tar-rasque would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 262 hit points, it recharges its
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’s Necrotar Tongue, or by creatures that Ready an action for when the tar-rasque makes a Necrotar Tongue attack.
If the crystal is destroyed, the tar-rasque’s current hit points are
effects.
Primordial Awakening (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the tar-rasque would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total instead resets to 155 hit points, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
rules every time something frightening occurs, but your group might use them as a way to highlight individual fears and build an adventure’s overarching sense of dread. FROM THE MISTS OR BEYOND
atmosphere of the adventure. Don’t consider fear a tactical disadvantage or something to be avoided. As part of playing a frightening game, you’re a participant in building and reinforcing a sense of dread
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
rules every time something frightening occurs, but your group might use them as a way to highlight individual fears and build an adventure’s overarching sense of dread. FROM THE MISTS OR BEYOND
atmosphere of the adventure. Don’t consider fear a tactical disadvantage or something to be avoided. As part of playing a frightening game, you’re a participant in building and reinforcing a sense of dread