beings been diffusing calling replaces

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured

body hosts a possessing spirit that shares its memories and replaces your missing appendages with phantasmal limbs. 8 In public, you pass as an unremarkable individual, but you can feel 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

! 5 I allow nothing to stand in the way of my crusade to eradicate evil from the multiverse. 6 I ignore those who do not support my plans, for my calling is higher than all others

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

sacred glade before nature spirits and fey beings, or in a moment of desperation and grief with the dead as the only witness, a paladin’s oath is a powerful bond. It is a source of power that

of the world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil. Sometimes

Diabolical Cults

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

Diabolical Cults Cults dedicated to infernal beings are the foes of adventurers throughout the D&D multiverse. This section gives the DM ways to customize the members of cults dedicated to the powers

of those spells with spells from that list, as long as the new spell is of the same level as the spell it replaces. The customization options here will typically have no appreciable effect on the challenge rating of a creature that gains them.

Elder Elementals

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

creatures they have devoured to their own until they become something extraordinary. When summoned, these elder elementals manifest as beings of apocalyptic capability, entities whose mere existence

. Only casters of superlative skill have even the faintest chance of calling forth one of these monsters, and the spellcaster is often destroyed by the effort. Thus, only the most unhinged and nihilistic

Star Spawn

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

moment’s contact with such a place is enough to plunge a mortal mind into madness. Yet beings do exist that are native to these realms: beings that are eternally hungering, searching, warring, sometimes

calling out to Elder Evils often speak of a Far Realm from which these entities hail. In truth, there is no one place or space from which they come. There is the multiverse of things that are, and there is the multiverse of things that shouldn’t be.

Suggested Characteristics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

danger around every corner. 7 I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. 8 I put no trust in divine beings. Ideals d6 Ideal 1 I try to help those in need, no matter

calling that puts me above the law. (Chaotic) 5 I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful) 6 I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else

Shadowfell

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

multiverse, mysterious entities known as the Dark Powers collect the most wicked beings from across ages and worlds within inescapable, mist-shrouded demiplanes. In these shadowy prisons, the

villainous beings become Darklords, able to exercise great power but confined to realms that twist their desires, capturing them in cycles of dread and despair. Mists surround each of the Domains of Dread

Sphinxes

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

who fail a sphinx’s test typically meet a gruesome end beneath its claws. Extraplanar Beings. Mortals that encounter sphinxes do so most often in ancient tombs and ruins, but some sphinxes can

climbed in a howling storm. Sometimes a sphinx must be summoned from such an extradimensional space, with supplicants calling it from its empty lair. Only those the sphinx deems worthy gain admittance to

Interloper Gods

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

the multiverse is above such monstrous beings as demon lords, elemental evils, and gods who are not Annam’s children, so it is upside-down for a giant to serve these entities. Giants who follow

Elemental Eye directly rather than serving one of the subordinate cults. As described earlier in this chapter (see “Rejecting the Ordning”), membership in the cults of Elemental Evil replaces the ordning with

19. Steering Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

communicate with Esclarotta’s spirit simply by calling out to it while inside the tower. She is a kind soul, disturbed by the cultists, dragon, wyverns, and kobolds infesting her beautiful castle, and she

spirit replaces Esclarotta’s, and he crashes the castle to keep it from falling into enemy hands (see “Developments”). Treasure If the characters insist on tearing out the valuable control elements

19. Steering Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

spirit simply by calling out to it while inside the tower. She is a kind soul, disturbed by the cultists, dragon, wyverns, and kobolds infesting her beautiful castle, and she longs for information

replaces Esclarotta’s, and he crashes the castle to keep it from falling into enemy hands (see “Developments”). Treasure If the characters insist on tearing out the valuable control elements, they can pry

Class Training

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

new techniques of performance and magic. 4 I felt a calling to recount the deeds of champions and heroes, to bring them alive in song and story. 5 I joined one of the great colleges to learn old lore

unmistakable sign. I dropped everything to serve the divine. 4 Although I was always devout, it wasn’t until I completed a pilgrimage that I knew my true calling. 5 I used to serve in my religion’s bureaucracy

Kraken

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

Kraken Beneath the waves, the kraken sleeps for untold ages, awaiting some fell sign or calling. Land-born mortals who sail the open sea forget the reasons their ancestors dreaded the ocean, even as

, krakens served as fierce warriors of the gods. When the gods’ wars ended, the krakens shrugged free of their servitude, never again to be bound by other beings. Whole nations quake in fear when the

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Antimagic Field! In contrast, a spell like Conjure Woodland Beings has a non-instantaneous duration, which means its effect can be ended by Dispel Magic and temporarily disappears within an Antimagic

the those of the beast form? Polymorph replaces only the target’s character sheet or stat block with the stat block of the chosen form. Other effects, such as other spells, still exist. What kinds of

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

swarms are groups of creatures. When you cast a spell like conjure woodland beings , does the spellcaster or the DM choose the creatures that are conjured? A number of spells in the game let you summon

creatures. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature

A Long History (in Brief)

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

most obvious of Waterdeep’s so-called splendors. After the Spellplague came the Sundering. Elf scholars insist on calling it the Second Sundering, asserting that the creation of Evermeet thousands of

own. The gods were once more cast into the mortal realm, this time embodied in mortal beings known as Chosen. The old troublemaker Ao seems to be the cause of it all, though why he chose to cast down

Temple of Tharizdun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

faithful of the dark god hide their true calling and live otherwise normal lives as dock workers, fishers, or sailors. For years, they gathered once a month at the temple to venerate the dark god through the

of dealing with the characters honestly, since inferior beings don’t merit such treatment. Using its Probing Telepathy, it discerns each character’s greatest desire, then uses this information

Encounter Locations

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

cavern was created by Xanthoria to conduct more experiments. Specifically, Xanthoria found herself able to communicate with other beings that had been infected with her spores and wanted to understand

the process further. Suspended Subjects. The two beings suspended in the mycelium were a human named Konrad and an orc named Rugga Two-Guts. Now they are fused with the fungus and constitute

Magical Phenomena

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

sobbing and confessions of regret Enchanted Springs Enchanted springs brim with miraculous waters, whether they tap into magical sources hidden beneath the earth or they’re blessed by eldritch beings

springs, driving off strangers or demanding a worthy price for access to the mystical waters. While many enchanted springs bear the blessings of wild gods or fey beings, some are tainted. These might be

Star Spawn

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

. Beyond the best-known planes of existence lie realms alien to mortal life. Some are so hostile that even a moment’s contact is enough to break a mortal’s mind. Yet beings do exist that are native to

emaciated frames. Cultists summon these creatures to serve as guards and assassins, two roles at which they excel. The cultists who blaspheme reality by calling out to Elder Evils often speak of a Far Realm

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