beings beast diffusing cultures religious

Ox

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Beast of Burden. The ox is considered to be one size larger for the purpose of determining its carrying capacity.Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit

damage.Oxen are domesticated cattle bred for milk and meat production and for hauling. Many cultures incorporate the ox into their labor and diets. Cattle Many kinds of cattle roam the multiverse

Deep Rothé

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Beast of Burden. The rothé is considered to be one size larger for the purpose of determining its carrying capacity.Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit

sages attribute the ability to the centuries rothé have spent in the Underdark, where ambient magic slowly transforms everything. Cattle Many kinds of cattle roam the multiverse, some of them domesticated and others feral. In many cultures, cattle are almost like family to the folk who tend to them.

Divine Soul

classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

sacred power, a Divine Soul can undermine an existing order by claiming a direct tie to the divine. In some cultures, only those who can claim the power of a Divine Soul may command religious power. In

prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods or a chosen vessel of divine magic. A Divine Soul, with a natural magnetism, is seen as a threat by some religious hierarchies. As an outsider who commands

Harrow Hawk

Monsters The Book of Many Things

, the beast might rise again as an Undead. Falcons, ravens, and other birds of prey that suffer this fate are known as harrow hawks, and they prowl abandoned battlefields and cemeteries, looking for

corpses to eat and living creatures to hunt. A harrow hawk can even travel the multiverse, flying magically from one world to another. The Grim Harrow—a band of Undead beings created by the Deck

Hermit Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

seclusion. d8 Life of Seclusion 1 I was searching for spiritual enlightenment. 2 I was partaking of communal living in accordance with the dictates of a religious order. 3 I

seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have

Divine Soul (XGtE)

classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

sacred power, a Divine Soul can undermine an existing order by claiming a direct tie to the divine. In some cultures, only those who can claim the power of a Divine Soul may command religious power. In

prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods or a chosen vessel of divine magic. A Divine Soul, with a natural magnetism, is seen as a threat by some religious hierarchies. As an outsider who commands

Hermit - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

a collection of religious texts stuffed into an attic and forgotten when a believer’s patron deity died. In this solitary work, you’ve learned secrets no one else knows. 5 You killed

powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

following tables. These traits override any conflicting personality trait, ideal, bond, or flaw. Personality Traits D8 PERSONALITY TRAIT 1 I treat all beings, even enemies, with respect

misquote) religious texts. 6 I anger quickly when I witness cruelty or injustice. 7 My praise and trust are earned and never given freely. 8 I like everything clean and organized

Genasi Legacy

races Elemental Evil Player's Companion

Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth

of savage humanoids and weird cults in untamed lands. Others gain positions of great influence, especially where elemental beings are revered. A few genasi leave the Material Plane to find refuge in

Aarakocra

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

A winged people who originated on the Elemental Plane of Air, aarakocra soar through the sky wherever they wander. The first aarakocra served the Wind Dukes of Aaqa—mighty beings of air&mdash

your character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant

Anthropologist

backgrounds Tomb of Annihilation

You have always been fascinated by other cultures, from the most ancient and primeval lost lands to the most modern civilizations. By studying other cultures’ customs, philosophies, laws

, rituals, religious beliefs, languages, and art, you have learned how tribes, empires, and all forms of society in between craft their own destinies and doom. This knowledge came to you not only through

Shifter Legacy

races Eberron: Rising from the Last War

world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization? The Beast Within Early in childhood, a shifter forms a bond with a beast within, a totemic force that shapes their

body and mind. Some shifters believe that these spirits are independent entities, and they may speak of Bear or Wolf as ancestors or guides. Most just see the beast within as a formidable expression

Hadozee

races Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

branch. Today, hadozees are sapient, bipedal beings eager to leave behind the fearsome predators of their home world and explore other worlds. In addition to being natural climbers, hadozees have feet

order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the

Githyanki

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

cultivated over eons in the Astral Plane. Now all githyanki can use their psychic bond with that plane to access splinters of knowledge left behind by beings who travel, live, and die among the silver

in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some

Giff

races 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

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

Strahd, Master of Death House

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Little happens there without the Darklord’s knowledge, although Strahd rarely pays attention to what he considers the uninteresting dealings of lesser beings. History In life, Strahd von

dies. When transforming into a new form, Strahd chooses one of the following options: Beast Form. Strahd transforms into a Tiny bat (flying speed 30 ft.) or a Medium wolf (speed 40 ft.). While in that

Anthropologist

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

Anthropologist You have always been fascinated by other cultures, from the most ancient and primeval lost lands to the most modern civilizations. By studying other cultures’ customs, philosophies

, laws, rituals, religious beliefs, languages, and art, you have learned how tribes, empires, and all forms of society in between craft their own destinies and doom. This knowledge came to you not only

Anthropologist

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

Anthropologist You have always been fascinated by other cultures, from the most ancient and primeval lost lands to the most modern civilizations. By studying other cultures’ customs, philosophies

, laws, rituals, religious beliefs, languages, and art, you have learned how tribes, empires, and all forms of society in between craft their own destinies and doom. This knowledge came to you not only

Anthropologist

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

Anthropologist You have always been fascinated by other cultures, from the most ancient and primeval lost lands to the most modern civilizations. By studying other cultures’ customs, philosophies

, laws, rituals, religious beliefs, languages, and art, you have learned how tribes, empires, and all forms of society in between craft their own destinies and doom. This knowledge came to you not only

Divine Rank

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

Divine Rank The divine beings of the multiverse are often categorized according to their relative cosmic power. Some gods who are worshiped on multiple worlds have a different rank on each world

of nature and mortal life, such as agriculture, the sun, and death. Greater deities are ultimately beyond mortal understanding, and they’re often known by different names across regions, cultures, and

Divine Rank

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

Divine Rank The divine beings of the multiverse are often categorized according to their relative cosmic power. Some gods who are worshiped on multiple worlds have a different rank on each world

of nature and mortal life, such as agriculture, the sun, and death. Greater deities are ultimately beyond mortal understanding, and they’re often known by different names across regions, cultures, and

Divine Rank

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

Divine Rank The divine beings of the multiverse are often categorized according to their relative cosmic power. Some gods who are worshiped on multiple worlds have a different rank on each world

of nature and mortal life, such as agriculture, the sun, and death. Greater deities are ultimately beyond mortal understanding, and they’re often known by different names across regions, cultures, and

Luba's Tarokka of Souls

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

cases, Mother Luba managed to ensnare beings of pure evil amid the strands of fate, imprisoning them within her tarokka deck. There these foul spirits dwell still, trapped within a nether-realm hidden

Beast Wraith 3 Broken One Banshee 4 Darklord Vampire 5 Donjon Mummy 6 Executioner Death knight 7 Ghost Ghost 8 Horseman Mummy lord 9 Innocent Ghost

Religious Order

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, foes whose rivalry with your order emulates the conflict between your respective gods. Some religious orders also hunt and destroy fiends, undead, or other beings they consider abominations, seeking to

Religious Order Sure, serve that religious order, and soon you’ll be doing a thousand loads of your high priest’s laundry, because—conveniently—it’s divine will. Tasha Your group acts in the

Religious Order

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, foes whose rivalry with your order emulates the conflict between your respective gods. Some religious orders also hunt and destroy fiends, undead, or other beings they consider abominations, seeking to

Religious Order Sure, serve that religious order, and soon you’ll be doing a thousand loads of your high priest’s laundry, because—conveniently—it’s divine will. Tasha Your group acts in the

Religious Order

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, foes whose rivalry with your order emulates the conflict between your respective gods. Some religious orders also hunt and destroy fiends, undead, or other beings they consider abominations, seeking to

Religious Order Sure, serve that religious order, and soon you’ll be doing a thousand loads of your high priest’s laundry, because—conveniently—it’s divine will. Tasha Your group acts in the

Kobold Legacy

races Volo's Guide to Monsters

they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity

religious significance. Most kobold sorcerers are of the draconic bloodline origin and specialize in either damaging magic (which can also be used in mining), augmentation (of materials or allies), or

Ranger Spells

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

Jump Longstrider Speak with Animals 2nd Level Animal Messenger Barkskin Beast Sense Cordon of Arrows Darkvision Find Traps Lesser Restoration Locate Animals or Plants Locate

Protection from Energy Speak with Plants Water Breathing Water Walk Wind Wall 4th Level Conjure Woodland Beings Freedom of Movement Grasping Vine Locate Creature Stoneskin 5th Level Commune with Nature Conjure Volley Swift Quiver Tree Stride

Ranger Spells

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

Jump Longstrider Speak with Animals 2nd Level Animal Messenger Barkskin Beast Sense Cordon of Arrows Darkvision Find Traps Lesser Restoration Locate Animals or Plants Locate

Protection from Energy Speak with Plants Water Breathing Water Walk Wind Wall 4th Level Conjure Woodland Beings Freedom of Movement Grasping Vine Locate Creature Stoneskin 5th Level Commune with Nature Conjure Volley Swift Quiver Tree Stride

Ranger Spells

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

Jump Longstrider Speak with Animals 2nd Level Animal Messenger Barkskin Beast Sense Cordon of Arrows Darkvision Find Traps Lesser Restoration Locate Animals or Plants Locate

Protection from Energy Speak with Plants Water Breathing Water Walk Wind Wall 4th Level Conjure Woodland Beings Freedom of Movement Grasping Vine Locate Creature Stoneskin 5th Level Commune with Nature Conjure Volley Swift Quiver Tree Stride

Kobold

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Underdark near the lairs of the earliest dragons. In some lands, kobolds serve chromatic or metallic dragons—even worshiping them as divine beings. In other places, kobolds know too well how

, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures

Amethyst Dragon Treasures

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

books, scrolls, or carved tablets; tapestries or woven “tomes” of embroidered cloth; complex scientific instruments; and religious icons or objects. They are fond of unique and unusual art objects

, especially those connected to far-off or long-lost cultures, other planes of existence, or other worlds—and of magic items that allow movement between those planes or worlds. The odd spatial nature of

Amethyst Dragon Treasures

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

books, scrolls, or carved tablets; tapestries or woven “tomes” of embroidered cloth; complex scientific instruments; and religious icons or objects. They are fond of unique and unusual art objects

, especially those connected to far-off or long-lost cultures, other planes of existence, or other worlds—and of magic items that allow movement between those planes or worlds. The odd spatial nature of

Giant Elk

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

of giant elk when visiting the Material Plane. Many cultures therefore believe that to hunt these creatures is to invite divine wrath. Giant Elk Huge beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural

Druid Spells

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

Blight Confusion Conjure Minor Elementals Conjure Woodland Beings Control Water Dominate Beast Freedom of Movement Giant Insect Grasping Vine Hallucinatory Terrain Ice Storm

Speak with Animals Thunderwave 2nd Level Animal Messenger Barkskin Beast Sense Darkvision Enhance Ability Find Traps Flame Blade Flaming Sphere Gust of Wind Heat Metal

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