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Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
leprechaun can revoke this gift from a creature at any time (no action required). A creature can benefit from only one leprechaun’s Gift of Luck at a time.
Spellcasting. The leprechaun casts one of
roll to use, potentially turning the failure into a success.Leprechauns are manifestations of the Feywild rules of hospitality and reciprocity. These rules infuse leprechauns with a deep connection to
Equipment
The brutal warfare and vicious monsters prevalent across Etharis leave many with Grievous Wounds, including missing limbs and other potentially debilitating injuries. The engineers and crafters of
Grievous Wound while wearing a Prosthetic that replaces the lost or wounded body part.
Some Prosthetics can be enchanted with magic, giving them even further powers. Rules for Magical Prosthetics can be found in the Grim Hollow Campaign Guide.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
activate, use, wield, or otherwise benefit from any of its equipment.In normal circumstances, the avatar of Lurue is a breathtaking sight; her silver, stardust-like mane, her shimmering hooves, and her
twisting and dancing at the tip of her black horn, this corrupted avatar of Lurue is instead a nightmare come to life.
While tainted by the influence of Malar, the avatar of Lurue carries out the Beast Lord’s will: to slaughter anything that dares to cross its path.Poison
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, during which time they emit dim light for 10 feet and can’t benefit from the invisible condition. Additionally, creatures in that area must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or have the stunned
. Spyder-fiends are usually coated with gore, as brutal killing is their favorite pursuit. They spin durable webs and are ingenious in how they employ their webs against prey.
Spyder-fiends are organized
monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Oyaminartok is not a monster but a force of good in the region, and she passes her curse only to goliaths whose hearts are pure.
Oyaminartok and others of her kind try to help creatures they come across, for
the weather and the geography of Icewind Dale can be brutal. They know the safest routes across the tundra, and they can help guide travelers through the Sea of Moving Ice and across its ever-shifting
Shapechange
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious.
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is physically capable of doing
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.
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
by walls and crowds. They thrive in the wilds of their homelands: the tundra, jungle, or grasslands where their tribes live and hunt.
Barbarians come alive in the chaos of combat. They can enter a
character, think about where your character comes from and his or her place in the world. Talk with your DM about an appropriate origin for your barbarian. Did you come from a distant land, making you a
races
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Distant kin of giant owls from the Feywild, owlin come in many shapes and sizes, from petite and fluffy to wide-winged and majestic. Owlin have arms and legs like other Humanoids, as well as wings
additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons’ connection to
)
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons&rsquo
. (Chaotic)
6
Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the signs written in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace
without the boredom. (Chaotic)
6
Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sky and tracking the signs written in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to
is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic)
6
Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks
Proficiency Bonus
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Rules
Characters have a proficiency bonus determined by level, as detailed in chapter 1. Monsters also have this bonus, which is incorporated in their stat blocks. The bonus is used in the rules on ability
checks, saving throws, and attack rolls.
Your proficiency bonus can’t be added to a single die roll or other number more than once. For example, if two different rules say you can add your
Folk Hero
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the
leadership and was commended for my heroism.
FEATURE: RUSTIC HOSPITALITY
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a special physical characteristic that sets the fairy apart. For your fairy, roll on the Fey Characteristics table or choose an option from it. You’re also free to come up with your own
member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race such as the fairy or the harengon in this section, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability
races
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
might come to accept over the course of centuries. Once a hexblood undergoes this irreversible ritual, they emerge as a hag NPC no longer under the control of the hexblood’s player, unless the DM rules otherwise.
mark of the bargain between hag and hexblood, a debt owed, or a change to come.
Hexblood Origins
A bargain with a hag or other eerie forces transformed your character into a magical being. Roll on
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
In your earlier days, you were a personage of some significance in a noble court or a bureaucratic organization. You might or might not come from an upper-class family; your talents, rather than the
given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
3
Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic)
4
Greed. I’m only in it for the
Ioun Stone
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
to toss one of these stones into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet and confers a benefit to you. Thereafter, another creature must use an action to grasp or net the stone
spindle orbits your head.
This other set of Ioun Stones come from the Extra Life Adventure: Lost Laboratory of Kwalish.
Ioun Stone of Supreme Intellect;Supreme Intellect (Rare). You gain a +1 bonus to
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You are the heir to something of great value — not mere coin or wealth, but an object that has been entrusted to you and you alone. Your inheritance might have come directly to you from a
, and might have set you on the path to adventure, but it could also come with many dangers, including those who covet your gift and want to take it from you — by force, if need be.
Skill
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
filthy dungeons to sipping zzar at a ball? Or have you taken up sword or spell on your family’s behalf, ensuring that they have someone of renown to see to their legacy?
Work with your DM to come
maintain a less affluent lifestyle and use the difference as income—the benefit is a line of credit, not an actual monetary reward.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the noble
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
imagination can turn on such champions almost as quickly as it anoints them.
You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as
Origins table for an event that started you down your heroic path..
d10
Origin
1
You helped get healing for a sick child. Now the sick come to you, knowing you’ll help them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
character also works on campus using the Job rules, the character can benefit from only one Extracurricular. Characters can gain the benefit from a new Extracurricular only by joining it at the start of
Joining an Extracurricular At any point during the book’s adventures, a character can gain the benefit of two of the Extracurriculars noted below, as described later in this section. If a student
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
character also works on campus using the Job rules, the character can benefit from only one Extracurricular. Characters can gain the benefit from a new Extracurricular only by joining it at the start of
Joining an Extracurricular At any point during the book’s adventures, a character can gain the benefit of two of the Extracurriculars noted below, as described later in this section. If a student
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
character also works on campus using the Job rules, the character can benefit from only one Extracurricular. Characters can gain the benefit from a new Extracurricular only by joining it at the start of
Joining an Extracurricular At any point during the book’s adventures, a character can gain the benefit of two of the Extracurriculars noted below, as described later in this section. If a student
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
as a soldier, Myar made a poor peacetime leader. When brutal games could no longer keep her interest, she incited hostilities between two of her vassal tribes, then led her own forces to crush them
. Subtly, she did this again and again. After Myar’s greatest massacre, the Mists enfolded all of Nova Vaasa, splitting Myar’s personality in two when they did. Now she rules her people with strict
classes
Player’s Handbook
used across the multiverse.
The closest a Wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer. Other Wizards sell their services as advisers, serve in military forces, or
Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine your available spell slots.
Wizard Features
——Spell Slots per Spell Level——
Level
Proficiency Bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
days, ready to continue its eternal work. Benevolent Dictators and Brutal Tyrants. A naga rules its domain with absolute authority. Whether it rules with compassion or by terrorizing its subjects, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
as a soldier, Myar made a poor peacetime leader. When brutal games could no longer keep her interest, she incited hostilities between two of her vassal tribes, then led her own forces to crush them
. Subtly, she did this again and again. After Myar’s greatest massacre, the Mists enfolded all of Nova Vaasa, splitting Myar’s personality in two when they did. Now she rules her people with strict
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Improvement 4 +2 3 9 +4 Brutal Strike 4 +3 3 10 +4 Subclass feature 4 +3 4 11 +4 Relentless Rage 4 +3 4 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 +3 4 13 +5 Improved Brutal Strike 5 +3 4 14 +5 Subclass feature
5 +3 4 15 +5 Persistent Rage 5 +3 4 16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 +4 4 17 +6 Improved Brutal Strike 6 +4 4 18 +6 Indomitable Might 6 +4 4 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 +4 4 20 +6 Primal Champion 6 +4 4 Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
as a soldier, Myar made a poor peacetime leader. When brutal games could no longer keep her interest, she incited hostilities between two of her vassal tribes, then led her own forces to crush them
. Subtly, she did this again and again. After Myar’s greatest massacre, the Mists enfolded all of Nova Vaasa, splitting Myar’s personality in two when they did. Now she rules her people with strict
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
days, ready to continue its eternal work. Benevolent Dictators and Brutal Tyrants. A naga rules its domain with absolute authority. Whether it rules with compassion or by terrorizing its subjects, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
days, ready to continue its eternal work. Benevolent Dictators and Brutal Tyrants. A naga rules its domain with absolute authority. Whether it rules with compassion or by terrorizing its subjects, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
visible from the docks on clear days. If Auril’s everlasting winter has one benefit, it’s that the hardy folk of Bremen are spared the seasonal floods that normally threaten the town in early summer
even by dwarf standards, isn’t long for this world. Many locals fear the same is true of the town itself, if Auril’s brutal winter does not abate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the rules on ability checks, saving throws, and attack rolls. Your proficiency bonus can’t be added to a single die roll or other number more than once. For example, if two different rules say you can
an ability check that wouldn’t normally benefit from your proficiency bonus, you still don’t add the bonus to the check. For that check your proficiency bonus is 0, given the fact that multiplying 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Improvement 4 +2 3 9 +4 Brutal Strike 4 +3 3 10 +4 Subclass feature 4 +3 4 11 +4 Relentless Rage 4 +3 4 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 +3 4 13 +5 Improved Brutal Strike 5 +3 4 14 +5 Subclass feature
5 +3 4 15 +5 Persistent Rage 5 +3 4 16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 +4 4 17 +6 Improved Brutal Strike 6 +4 4 18 +6 Indomitable Might 6 +4 4 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 +4 4 20 +6 Primal Champion 6 +4 4 Level