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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Multiattack. The professor makes two Spatial Blade attacks.
Spatial Blade. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spatial Blade"} to hit (the
target can’t benefit from cover less than total cover), reach 5 ft. or range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spatial Blade
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Multiattack. The seeker uses Augment Physicality, if available, and makes two Crystal Blade attacks.
Crystal Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
":"Crystal Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Crystal Blade", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, plus 7 (2d6
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Basic Rules (2014)
their target — a notorious slaver — passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin’s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound
companions are free to make their escape. Rogues rely on skill, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Warlock If a Warlock uses Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, does that weapon have to be a Melee weapon, and can the Warlock change the weapon’s form? The Warlock’s Pact of the Blade
example, you can create a Greataxe, and then use the feature again to create a Javelin, which causes the Greataxe to disappear. You can also use Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, turning it
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
conduct myself determines my reward in the afterlife. (Lawful)
6
Redemption. All creatures are capable of change for the better. (Good)
Bonds
D6
BOND
1
I have a
destroyed if it’s used to shatter the Companion (see “Shattering the Companion”), unless the blade is wielded by an angel of challenge rating 15 or higher, or a good-aligned cleric or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. When their target — a notorious slaver — passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin’s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound. Suppressing
their escape. Rogues rely on skill, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about any problem, demonstrating a resourcefulness and versatility that is the cornerstone of any successful adventuring party.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. When their target — a notorious slaver — passes the alleyway, the accomplice cries out, the slaver comes to investigate, and the assassin’s blade cuts his throat before he can make a sound. Suppressing
their escape. Rogues rely on skill, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They have a knack for finding the solution to just about any problem, demonstrating a resourcefulness and versatility that is the cornerstone of any successful adventuring party.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rope bridge and pools of green slime Terrain features that provide a change of elevation, such as pits, stacks of empty crates, ledges, and balconies Features that either inspire or force characters
and their enemies to move around, such as chandeliers, kegs of gunpowder or oil, and whirling blade traps Enemies in hard-to-reach locations or defensive positions, so that characters who normally attack at range are forced to move around the battlefield Different types of monsters working together
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
freely; likable rogues and rapscallions Two of coins Philanthropist Charity and giving on a grand scale; those who use wealth to fight evil and sickness Three of coins Trader Commerce; smuggling and
joined together in a common goal; pride in one’s work Six of coins Beggar Sudden change in economic status or fortune Seven of coins Thief Those who steal or burgle; a loss of property, beauty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Gambler’s Blade Weapon (any sword), rare (requires attunement) Choose a magical bonus of +1 to +3. This sword gains that bonus to its attack and damage rolls. For each point of bonus you choose for
the sword, you take a corresponding penalty (−1 to −3) to your death saving throws. You can change this magical bonus each day at dawn. Curse. This weapon is cursed, and becoming attuned to it extends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. If a warlock uses Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, does that weapon have to be a melee weapon, and can the warlock change the weapon’s form? The warlock’s Pact of the Blade feature lets
can create a greataxe, and then use the feature again to create a javelin, which causes the greataxe to disappear. You can also use Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, turning it into your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rogues’ Gallery When a character draws the Rogue card, a new villain’s presence—if not their identity—is revealed to the characters. Who is this villain, and why are they an enemy? Here are a few
friend into an enemy, the deck might ensure an ally gets that information, turning the ally against the character. Alternatively, the deck might change reality so that a bandit leader the character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
freely change the name and flavor of an attack, as well as its damage type. For example, you can turn an ordinary Skeleton into an ice skeleton that deals Cold damage as it accosts characters with a blade
Minor Alterations You can change the superficial details of a creature’s appearance however you like, and you can alter any of the following pieces of a monster’s stat block without impacting its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Multiattack. The archon makes two Bite attacks. It can replace one of the attacks with a Shining Blade attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4
) piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Shining Blade (True Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, and Thief subclasses.
Arcane Trickster Enhance Stealth with Arcane Spells
Some Rogues enhance their fine-honed skills of stealth and agility with spells, learning magical tricks to aid them in
Long Rest. BILLY CHRISTIAN Assassin Practice the Grim Art of Death An Assassin’s training focuses on using stealth, poison, and disguise to eliminate foes with deadly efficiency. While some Rogues who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
particular tier of play. You can change the creature type and other features of these stat blocks to customize the antagonists for your campaign. For example, you could change the veiled presence’s
creature type to Humanoid and frame this villain’s fantastical abilities as arising from powerful treasures the villain has amassed. Alternatively, you could make this villain a Fiend, change the damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
) Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Multiattack. The seeker uses Augment Physicality, if available, and makes two Crystal Blade attacks.
Crystal Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
attains the maximum size possible in the space available.
Change Shape (1/Day). The seeker magically transforms to look and feel like a Medium Humanoid it has seen. Any equipment the seeker is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
spells that completely change the way adventurers interact with the world. Their big, flashy spells are significant in combat — disintegrate, blade barrier, and heal, for example — but behind-the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
out one skill or tool proficiency for another doesn’t make a character any stronger or weaker, but doing so can change the flavor of a class in subtle ways. For example, a prominent guild of rogues in
as a proficiency. You could even mandate that skill as one of the choices for rogues who belong to this guild. You can also change armor and weapon proficiencies to reflect certain aspects of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
If It Exists In D&D, There’s A Place for It in Eberron … But It May Not Be the Place You’re Used To. Eberron draws on the core elements of D&D. It’s a world of wizards and rogues, a setting with
sourcebook that’s come before it, this book is intended to be a source of inspiration: use what inspires you, but always feel empowered to change the world to better suit the story you want to tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Solitary mind flayers are likely rogues and outcasts. Most illithids belong to a colony of sibling mind flayers devoted to an elder brain — a massive brain-like being that resides in a briny pool
Intelligence (save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The mind flayer has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): blade ward, dancing lights, mage hand, shocking grasp
1st
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared spells. You can change your list of prepared spells when you
spell in chapter 3) or two asterisks (a spell in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything). Cantrips (0 Level) Acid splash
Booming blade *
Create bonfire **
Dancing lights
Fire bolt
Frostbite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
blade. Presenting the Sword To redeem Zariel, the characters must possess the Sword of Zariel. Bringing the sword within 10 feet of Zariel causes the weapon to glow brighter, then levitate to hover
this blade once more in its service.”
The archdevil’s words hang in the air for a silent moment, and she glances upward in agonized uncertainty. Then Zariel is bathed in a brilliant wash of radiant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
utensils they have available. If you decide to change any giant’s melee weapon to some other giant-sized weapon, adjust its damage accordingly: Huge giants deal three times normal weapon damage, and
determine its nature. Either apply the result of the roll or use it as inspiration for something along the same lines. Giant’s Bag Contents d100 Item in Bag 01–03 Old axe blade for use as hand chopper 04
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
manipulations, the professors change their size and the physical form of others, manipulate nature into rapid growth, travel instantaneously, and even fold space into deadly edges. These professors
tangible change in the world around them. Quandrix Professor of Substance
Medium or Small Humanoid (Wizard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 104 (16d8 + 32)
Speed 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
prerequisite for leadership, as demonstrated by the rule of the current guildmaster, the elf lich Jarad Vod Savo. Assassination is seen as a perfectly valid means of effecting political change, which is how
adventurous members might enjoy intrigue and politics, or might unwittingly become tangled up in the schemes of the guild’s leaders. Jarad maintains a council of shamans and rogues to serve as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to travel side by side with others in their rank. When space is too tight, the marching order must change, usually by moving characters to a middle rank. Fewer Than Three Ranks. If an adventuring
group of stealthy characters moving slowly might be able to sneak past enemies that clumsier characters would alert. A pair of rogues moving at a slow pace are much harder to detect when they leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
missions, but they come from Tashlyn Yafeera (see appendix B). Characters first become aware of this change when they receive their next mission briefing, since it’s written in a different hand. If the
in the Dock Ward — three dead so far, each one decapitated by a blade in the dead of night. Look into it, will you? Methinks the City Watch could use a little help.” Characters who spend three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
using its Change Shape ability. The three driders squad leaders are resting away from Pandemonium’s winds here. Rachazz infiltrated the tower and is collecting information for Miska about Camlash’s
saving throw or have the paralyzed condition until the start of Camlash’s next turn.
Actions
Multiattack. Camlash makes one Flaming Whip attack and one Lightning Blade attack. Camlash can replace one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
of 1, assuming you cast goodberry with a 1st-level spell slot. Can you use green-flame blade and booming blade with Extra Attack, opportunity attacks, Sneak Attack, and other weapon attack options
? Introduced in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide , the green-flame blade and booming blade spells pose a number of questions, because they each do something unusual: require you to make a melee attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
damage the longer it is active, or a swinging blade might change which area of a chamber it attacks. The trap’s constant elements allow it to have effects when it isn’t the trap’s turn. At the end of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
accompany them, Ezmerelda tests the characters’ knowledge about vampires by asking them questions such as “Have you ever seen a vampire change its form?” and “Do you know how to counteract a vampire’s
gloom flies a rusty blade, followed by another! If more than two flying swords are encountered, the others aren’t far behind. These weapons drift about the castle and attack intruders within range of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
damage is a bad wound for the enemy, say: “You swing wildly, and the knight brings his shield up just a second too late. Your blade catches him along the jaw, drawing a deep gash. He recoils, bleeding
attack. On the other hand, if the characters aren’t damaging the creature much, let the players know the creature doesn’t look hurt. That might encourage the players to change their plan. Abilities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
-handed polearm with a blade at each end. A chatkcha is a flat, triangular wedge with three serrated blades (a light thrown weapon).
A thri-kreen armed with a gythka and chatkchas gains the following
, Survival +3
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Thri-kreen
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Chameleon Carapace. The thri-kreen can change the color of its carapace to match the color and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
secrets Grave,* Knowledge Gemstone in a mountain
Gorm Gulthyn LG Vigilance War Bronze half-mask
Haela Brightaxe CG Combat prowess, luck in battle War Upright sword with blade sheathed
is the only advocate for change within the dwarven pantheon. He can inspire dwarves to seek shortcuts, normally frowned upon, but sometimes those methods turn out to be efficient techniques that