birth before devil certain replaces

Summon Fiend

Spells Player’s Handbook

You call forth a fiendish spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Fiendish Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Demon, Devil, or Yugoloth

. The creature resembles a Fiend of the chosen type, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends. The creature is

Variant Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

tiefling character, although Devil’s Tongue, Hellfire, and Winged are mutually exclusive. Feral. Your Intelligence score increases by 1, and your Dexterity score increases by 2. This trait

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

Red Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

point. Control Gem. Implanted in the slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled. Certain spells can be used to

egg. A humanoid host can carry only one slaad egg to term at a time. Over three months, the egg moves to the chest cavity, gestates, and forms a slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before giving birth

Green Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision. Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

draconic devil to serve at her pleasure in the Nine Hells. Each type of abishai is associated with one of Tiamat’s five dragon heads: black, blue, green, red, and white. Tiamat deploys

Summon Fiend Legacy

Spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, Devil, or Yugoloth. The creature resembles a fiend of the chosen type, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends

higher level wherever the spell’s level appears in the stat block. Fiendish Spirit Large fiend Armor Class 12 + the level of the spell (natural armor) Hit Points 50 (Demon only) or 40 (Devil

Black Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision. Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

abishai was once a mortal who somehow won Tiamat’s favor before death and, as a reward, found its soul transformed into a draconic devil to serve at her pleasure in the Nine Hells. Each type of

Blue Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision. Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

before death and, as a reward, found its soul transformed into a draconic devil to serve at her pleasure in the Nine Hells. Each type of abishai is associated with one of Tiamat’s five dragon

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

, inbred lepers—came to the abbey seeking salvation. The deva rid them of their diseases, an act for which they were eternally grateful, but could not cure them of certain human defects that had been

present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor Belviews of their lingering imperfections. The Belview family, however, had strange ideas of what it

White Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision. Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects

destruction on the battlefield. Abishais Each abishai was once a mortal who somehow won Tiamat’s favor before death and, as a reward, found its soul transformed into a draconic devil to serve at her

Red Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision. Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

somehow won Tiamat’s favor before death and, as a reward, found its soul transformed into a draconic devil to serve at her pleasure in the Nine Hells. Each type of abishai is associated with

Bael

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Dread. Any creature, other than a devil, that starts its turn within 10 feet of Bael must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of him until the start of its next turn. A creature

in the ongoing struggle. Duke Bael, one of Mammon’s most important vassals, has won fame and acclaim for his victories. Charged with leading sixty-six companies of barbed devil;barbed devils

Relentless Juggernaut

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

a certain area its territory and visits destruction upon all trespassers. Relentless killers are hateful, revenge-obsessed creatures that enter into pacts with fiends or other nefarious entities

its birth, and its wicked nature emerged over time. 4 A wicked place or magic relic seeped into its being, turning it into a monster. 5 The killer used its body to contain an evil entity

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

almost all the nobility of Baldur’s Gate. As a result, for those who wish to play patriars, the Patriar feature below replaces the Position and Privilege feature of the noble background. Those who

Thanks to your noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every

Diabolical Cults

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

of the Nine Hells. Every archdevil attracts a certain type of person based on the gifts the devil offers. In the following cult descriptions, stat blocks from the Monster Manual are suggested in a

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.

Ki-rin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

good fortune. They consider seeing a ki-rin fly overhead a blessing and events that happen on such a day especially auspicious. If a ki-rin alights during a ceremony such as a birth announcement or a

to inspire and strengthen the side of good or to rescue heroes from certain death. Ki-rins are attracted to the worship of deities of courage, loyalty, selflessness, and truth, as well as to the

Courtier

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

circumstances of your birth, could have secured you this position. You might have been one of the many functionaries, attendants, and other hangers-on in the Court of Silverymoon, or perhaps you

(which could pertain to certain individuals in the group, such as your sponsor or mentor). Your ideal might be concerned with the prevailing philosophy of your court or organization. Guild

Inheritor

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

member of your family, by right of birth, or it could have been left to you by a friend, a mentor, a teacher, or someone else important in your life. The revelation of your inheritance changed your life

ability and increases in potency with the passage of time. Or, the true nature of your inheritance might not be apparent at first and is revealed only when certain conditions are met. When you begin

Lone Faithful

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Lone Faithful Although many Faerûnian folk believe that all tieflings worship Asmodeus and the Lords of the Nine Hells, the truth is that only a fraction of them do so, but enough are devil- or demon

accident of their birth as a kind of cruel joke they have chosen to embrace. Equally intriguing and disturbing to followers of some faiths in Faerûn are stories spread by tieflings who claim to have

Special Traits

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

Special Traits A cambion linked to a specific devil typically gains any special traits conferred to that devil’s cultists. Some devils grant a unique ability to their spawn that replaces the

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

advisor in human society. The very rare offspring of such a union are always purebloods, although they may appear fully human at birth and for several years afterward. The yuan-ti know rituals that

royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite. There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell

Creating a Dragonmarked Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks manifest on certain members of a few species, represented in the rules by variant race options: For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race

that replaces traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race that lets you keep some half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark

Primal Awareness

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

Primal Awareness 3rd-level ranger feature, which replaces the Primeval Awareness feature You can focus your awareness through the interconnections of nature: you learn additional spells when you

reach certain levels in this class if you don’t already know them, as shown in the Primal Awareness Spells table. These spells don’t count against the number of ranger spells you know. Primal Awareness

Favored Foe

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

Favored Foe 1st-level ranger feature, which replaces the Favored Enemy feature and works with the Foe Slayer feature When you hit a creature with an attack roll, you can call on your mystical bond

, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. This feature’s extra damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class: to 1d6 at 6th level and to 1d8 at 14th level.

Optional Class Features

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

Optional Class Features You gain class features in the Player’s Handbook when you reach certain levels in your class. This section offers additional features that you can gain as a ranger. Unlike the

noted in the feature’s description. These features can be selected separately from one another; you can use some, all, or none of them. If you take a feature that replaces another feature, you gain no benefit from the replaced one and don’t qualify for anything in the game that requires it.

Optional Class Features

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

Optional Class Features You gain class features in the Player’s Handbook when you reach certain levels in your class. This section offers additional features that you can gain as a cleric. Unlike the

noted in the feature’s description. These features can be selected separately from one another; you can use some, all, or none of them. If you take a feature that replaces another feature, you gain no benefit from the replaced one and don’t qualify for anything in the game that requires it.

Education and Research

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Education and Research Morgrave University, though not the most respectable institution of higher learning in Khorvaire, has an extensive library that boasts definitive collections of lore in certain

around Morgrave, with their homes and businesses almost all located in the University, Den’iyas, and Ivy Towers districts of Upper Menthis. Another important site for certain kinds of research is the

Alignment in the Multiverse (p. 122)

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

part of the nature of celestials and fiends. Both types of creatures are associated with metaphysical planes of existence—specifically the Outer Planes—that embody certain alignments. For example

, most devils hail from the Nine Hells, a plane of lawful evil. A devil does not choose to be lawful evil or tend toward lawful evil, but rather it is lawful evil in its essence. If it somehow ceases to be lawful evil, it changes into something new—a transformation worthy of legend.

Childhood

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

to usher a child into the world. They cannot understand how a birth is both a joy and a sorrow, a reunion and a parting. Each birth represents an elf soul that has been to Arvandor and returned

. Mortal elves cannot know if it is the soul of someone recently dead or someone who died millennia ago. They cannot even be certain it is an elf of the same world. The only assurance they have is that it

Barovian Lore

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

Barovian Lore Typical Barovians know certain facts, or have certain beliefs, about their existence and their surroundings. This common lore is summarized here. Characters can learn this information

after earning a Barovian’s trust. The Devil Strahd About Strahd and vampires, the Barovians believe the following: Strahd von Zarovich is a vampire, and he dwells in Castle Ravenloft. No one is welcome

Devils

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

scrolls and tomes are said to exist that list the true names of certain devils. A mortal who learns a devil’s true name can use powerful summoning magic to call the devil from the Nine Hells and

the authority of a devil faces swift and cruel punishment. Every interaction is an opportunity for a devil to display its power, and all devils have a keen understanding of how to use and abuse their

Summon Fiend

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Demon, Devil, or Yugoloth. The creature resembles a Fiend of the chosen type, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell

Summon Fiend Level 6 Conjuration (Warlock, Wizard) ALEXANDRE HONORE Fiendish Spirit (Devil) Casting Time: Action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a bloody vial worth 600+ GP) Duration

Tragic Flaws

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

don’t want a god to learn or certain to provoke a god’s anger. For example, some of the flaws listed for the outlander background in the Player’s Handbook could put a character into conflict with a god

. NATAL OMENS The birth of a hero is often accompanied by signs in Nyx and Theros alike. You can use the Omens table in chapter 4 to randomly determine an omen that appeared when you were born. It’s up to you and your DM to determine the omen’s meaning.

Summon Fiend

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

forth a fiendish spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Fiendish Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Demon, Devil, or

Yugoloth. The creature resembles a fiend of the chosen type, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature

The Abbot

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

for which they were eternally grateful, but could not cure them of certain human defects that had been present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor

sickness. By giving the devil his heart’s desire, I bring salvation to him and his land.” Bond. “I love the creatures I create, including my beautiful golems and mongrelfolk.” Flaw. “I can’t be corrupted. My heart is pure, my intentions noble and good.”

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring

, orcs breed prodigiously (and they aren’t choosy about what they breed with, which is why such creatures as half-orcs and ogrillons are found in the world). Females that are about to give birth are

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