birth before descended choose rather

Alter Self

Spells Player’s Handbook

You alter your physical form. Choose one of the following options. Its effects last for the duration, during which you can take a Magic action to replace the option you chose with a different one

your Unarmed Strike, and you use your spellcasting ability modifier for the attack and damage rolls rather than using Strength.

Animate Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small Humanoid within range. The target becomes an Undead creature: a Skeleton if you chose bones or a Zombie if you chose a corpse. On each of your

creature again before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have animated with this spell rather than animating a new creature

Create Undead

Spells Player’s Handbook

You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small Humanoids within range. Each one becomes a Ghoul under your control (see the Monster Manual for its stat block

this spell on the creature before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to three creatures you have animated with this spell rather than animating new ones

Rogue

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Rogue Traits Primary Ability Dexterity Hit Point Die D8 per Rogue level Saving Throw Proficiencies Dexterity and Intelligence Skill Proficiencies Choose 4: Acrobatics

Light property Tool Proficiencies Thieves’ Tools Armor Training Light armor Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, 2 Dagger;Daggers, Shortsword, Shortbow

Ritual Caster

Feats Player’s Handbook

a maximum of 20. Ritual Spells. Choose a number of level 1 spells equal to your Proficiency Bonus that have the Ritual tag. You always have those spells prepared, and you can cast them with any spell

Ritual tag to the spells always prepared with this feature. Quick Ritual. With this benefit, you can cast a Ritual spell that you have prepared using its regular casting time rather than the extended

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Sorcerer Traits Primary Ability Charisma Hit Point Die D6 per Sorcerer level Saving Throw Proficiencies Constitution and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2

: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 2 Dagger;Daggers

Aranea

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

their foes long enough to skitter to safety. Roll or choose a result from the Aranea Crafts table as inspiration for an aranea’s crafting talent. Aranea Crafts 1d6 The Aranea Is

Skilled at Crafting … 1 Exceptionally comfortable bedding. 2 Furniture made of wood and canvas. 3 Poisons that are soporific rather than lethal. 4 Poultices and unguents

House Agent

Backgrounds Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Ability Scores: Strength, Intelligence, Charisma Feat: Lucky Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Persuasion Tool Proficiencies: Choose one kind of Artisan’s Tools Equipment: Choose A

might be a member of the family by birth or an employee of the house with no familial connection. You’ve earned your living by doing the business of the house, serving as the hands, feet, and eyes

Biha Babir

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Wishes. Biha Babir knows the Wish spell but can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way Biha Babir can

a cunning mind. Biha Babir is politically savvy and prefers to outsmart her opponents rather than battle them, though she doesn’t shy from combat if necessary. Biha Babir covets opulence, but

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points. Magic

efficiently as he can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence. Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points. Magic

can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence. Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps a magical soul

Kiddywidget

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.A skitterwidget that gives birth to a kiddywidget can’t procreate for 3d6 days afterward. Still, given that

":"roll","rollAction":"Hours"} hours for an impregnated skitterwidget to give birth to one kiddywidget. A newborn kiddywidget magically grows into a full-sized skitterwidget in 10 days. Autonomous. Unlike

Derro Raider

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

", "rollAction":"Hooked Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the derro can choose to deal no damage, and instead the target has the prone

cruelty and destruction. Derro Derro are Underdark dwellers of dubious origin. According to the histories of some duergar, derro are descended from a community of dwarves that was left behind when the

Path of the Beast

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from shape-shifters. You can choose the origin of your feral might or determine it by rolling on the Origin of the Beast table

. Origin of the Beast d4 Origin 1 One of your parents is a lycanthrope, and you’ve inherited some of their curse. 2 You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the

Path of the Beast (TCoE)

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from shape-shifters. You can choose the origin of your feral might or determine it by rolling on the Origin of the Beast table

. Origin of the Beast d4 Origin 1 One of your parents is a lycanthrope, and you’ve inherited some of their curse. 2 You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the

Cradle of the Cloud Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Resistance (5/Day). If the cradle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The cradle has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Siege

feet tall and wields a morningstar made from magically dense clouds. It tends to regard other creatures as toys rather than serious threats, and it uses its illusion magic to manipulate creatures into

Derro

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

: 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Hooked Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is Medium or smaller, the derro can choose to deal no

some duergar, derro are descended from a dwarven community that was left behind when the others escaped the rule of mind flayers. These remnants were so distorted by the mind flayers’ psionic

Vedalken

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

with ideas than with people. They form close friendships based on mutual interests or compelling disagreements, and their interactions dwell on their thoughts about those issues rather than their

bioengineering or through extensive study, and others concentrate on perfecting society through the careful drafting and application of laws. Vedalken Names Vedalken are given names at birth, but

Scion of Memnor

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and

made from magically dense clouds. It tends to regard other creatures as toys rather than serious threats, and it uses its illusion magic to manipulate creatures into fighting each other. If seriously

Giff Warlord

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm. Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the giff fails a saving throw, it can choose to

spacefaring giff’s society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, each has a military rank. Promotions don’t depend on time in service but are granted by superiors as

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

away in the night to seek the cold will of fate. In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in

wisdom in their leadership, for they can rarely count on a wisdom grown with age. Goliath Names Every goliath has three names: a birth name assigned by the newborn’s mother and father, a nickname

Baba Lysaga

Monsters Curse of Strahd

that Strahd would never accept her as his true mother, nor could she bear his rejection. As a result, she has never confronted him. She would rather exist in perpetual denial, whiling away the days

winery (chapter 12), and she has begun to wage war against it. In addition, she has forged an alliance with the mad druids that haunt Yester Hill (chapter 14), convincing them that she gave birth to

Create Undead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small humanoids within range. Each corpse becomes a ghoul under your control. (The GM has game statistics for these

hours, you must cast this spell on the creature before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to three creatures you have animated with this spell, rather

Animate Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead

-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have animated with this spell, rather than animating a new one. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every giff has a military rank. It must follow orders from those of superior rank, and it can give orders to those of lower

refuse to fight other giff, and will never agree to a contract unless it stipulates that they can sit out a battle rather than wage war against their kin. A giff prizes the reputation of its unit above its

Tempest Spirit

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the spirit fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

energy and doesn’t disperse into the elements. Rather, it absorbs the elemental energy around it, and its lower body becomes a storm cloud. The resulting tempest spirit is similar in appearance

Relentless Slasher

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its

relentless killer, consider what circumstances led to their transformation and signature methods. Roll or choose options from the Relentless Origins and Relentless Methods tables when creating your own

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to

live births aren’t uncommon. A mating between yuan-ti of different types almost always produces eggs that hatch into yuan-ti of the weaker parent, so most choose partners of the same type in the

Air Genasi

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Air genasi are descended from djinn, the genies of the Elemental Plane of Air. Embodying many of the airy traits of their otherworldly ancestors, air genasi can draw upon their connection to the

At 1st level, you choose 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

Relentless Juggernaut

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the juggernaut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Regeneration. The juggernaut regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn. If the juggernaut

signature methods. Roll or choose options from the Relentless Origins and Relentless Methods tables when creating your own, unique monstrous slayers. Relentless Origins d6 Origin 1 It

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

birth, or a taste of the water from a mysterious spring might spark the gift of sorcery. So too might the gift of a deity of magic, exposure to the elemental forces of the Inner Planes or the maddening

;ll choose an origin that ties to a draconic bloodline or the influence of wild magic, but the exact source of your power is up to you to decide. Is it a family curse, passed down to you from distant

Scion of Stronmaus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and

. If the scion dies, these effects end immediately. Scions of Giants’ Gods Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater

Variant Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

replaces the Ability Score Increase trait. Appearance. Your tiefling might not look like other tieflings. Rather than having the physical characteristics described in the Player’s Handbook

, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goat-like legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.

Variant Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

character, although Devil’s Tongue, Hellfire, and Winged are mutually exclusive. Appearance. Your tiefling might not look like other tieflings. Rather than having the physical

characteristics described in the Player’s Handbook, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goat-like legs

Cradle of the Fire Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

cradle occupied and uses the cradle’s initiative count. Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the cradle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The cradle has

other effects end immediately. Scions of Giants’ Gods Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they are

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