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Shifter
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
different in personality. With any shifter, identifying the beast within is a crucial part of understanding the character.
Similar and Diverse
Shifters are similar to humans in height and build but are
hair on nearly every part of their bodies.
The traits of the beast within affect a shifter’s appearance as well. A swiftstride shifter may have catlike eyes and delicate build, while a beasthide
Monk
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Her fists a blur as they deflect an incoming hail of arrows, a half-elf springs over a barricade and throws herself into the massed ranks of hobgoblins on the other side. She whirls among them
lawful in alignment. QUICK BUILD You can make a monk quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. Second, choose the hermit background
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Yuan-ti were originally humans who transformed themselves into serpent folk through ancient rituals. Most yuan-ti were corrupted into monsters by those rites, but some yuan-ti instead became a new
by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers
Artificer
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
look at the Artificer table to see which features you get at each level. The descriptions of those features appear in the “Artificer Features” section.
QUICK BUILD
You can make an
If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing in the Player’s Handbook, here’s what you need to know if you choose artificer as one of your classes.
Ability Score Minimum. As a
Cleric
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to those chosen to fulfill a high calling.
Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on study or training. A cleric might learn formulaic prayers and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric
a troublemaker? What are your ultimate goals? Does your deity have a special task in mind for you? Or are you striving to prove yourself worthy of a great quest?
QUICK BUILD
You can make a cleric
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
character might inherit or receive a parcel of land on which to build their Bastion (see “Marks of Prestige” in chapter 3), or they might take a preexisting structure and refurbish it. It’s fair to assume
of a character’s Bastion are up to the player to determine. For example, a Wizard might build a tower, a Cleric might establish a shrine, a Fighter might build a fortified keep or similar stronghold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Quick Build You can make a monk quickly by following these suggestions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. Second, choose the hermit background. The Monk Level
3rd
+2
1d4
3
+10 ft.
Monastic Tradition, Deflect Missiles
4th
+2
1d4
4
+10 ft.
Ability Score Improvement, Slow Fall
5th
+3
1d6
5
+10 ft.
Extra Attack, Stunning Strike
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, perhaps, by the tinker gnomes of Krynn.
Quick Build You can make an artificer quickly by following these suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in Intelligence, followed by Constitution
you choose artificer as one of your classes. Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character, you must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
required to reach that level (see “Beyond 1st Level” later in this section).
QUICK BUILD
Each class description in the Classes section includes a section offering suggestions to quickly build a
when exploring a dungeon, fighting monsters, or engaging in a tense negotiation. The character classes are described in the Classes section.
Your character receives a number of benefits from your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
feats in this chapter. If one of them catches your eye, choose that college. If you have access to Magic: The Gathering cards from the Strixhaven set, find a card that appeals to you and build that
students, perhaps living in the same residence hall or taking the same classes, or united by a common extracurricular interest.
It’s also possible that your characters are just meeting for the first
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, eager to build a place where they could openly practice their vile rites. Others were brutal thugs, power-hungry dabblers in forbidden magic, or fanatics lured by the call of evil. At first the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
descriptions in chapter 2 and choose one that appeals to you. Read the descriptions of races and classes in this chapter. Guild membership recommendations are provided for each race and class, should
one catch your eye. If you have access to Magic: the Gathering cards from a Ravnica set, find a card that appeals to you and build that character. If you’re a Magic player and you already have a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
result of the structured life of a monastic community and the discipline required to harness ki, monks are almost always lawful in alignment. Quick Build You can make a monk quickly by following these
Movement
Features
1st
+2
1d4
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Unarmored Defense, Martial Arts
2nd
+2
1d4
2
+10 ft.
Ki, Unarmored Movement
3rd
+2
1d4
3
+10 ft.
Monastic Tradition, Deflect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
a slim, athletic build and stares at you with piercing green eyes. Around him are four younger individuals who are similarly balanced on other stone slabs.
With the grace of a bird, he floats down
+ 4 hit points, and all levels of exhaustion end on him.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Steel Crane deflects the missile. The damage he takes from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group A head of state like Prince Oargev requires a variety of adventurers to do the range of tasks they require. Depending on the kinds of work you do, your party might include some or
some developing skills as clerics, rogues, wizards, or other classes. Such characters often come from the sage background and have proficiency in skills that reflect their studies, such as Arcana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
families controls much of the world’s economy thanks to the edge given them by the mysterious and rare dragonmarks. Its people harness magic as a tool—to build cities, to sail ships through the skies
, and to create both wonders and weapons. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, all classes and races. They travel the world, battling villains in instants of over-the-top action. And they unearth fabulous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos’s Champions Alignment: Usually lawful, often evil Suggested Classes: Cleric, monk, rogue, wizard Suggested Cleric Domains: Death, Grave (described in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything) Suggested
stands for. (Any)
2 Tradition. Honor the dead through rites of respect and by continuing their ways. (Lawful)
3 Dread. Mortals put their fear out of mind, but through me, they will remember the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, and at work. Her followers generally pray at midday, with the sounds of the city forming an appropriate backdrop to their rites, as industry itself is sacred to Ephara. Many aspects of city life and
those who build new cities and those who free others from tyranny. Ephara knows that not all threats to a city come from outside it, and she encourages her followers to watch out for tyranny and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
campaign. If there are multiple players in the group, you should encourage them to choose different classes so that the adventuring party has a range of abilities. It’s less important that the party
character’s bond is, “I’m trying to pay off an old debt I owe to a generous benefactor.” If that’s the character’s bond, you should work with the player to decide who that generous benefactor is and build
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Modifying a Class The classes in the Player’s Handbook capture a wide range of character archetypes, but your campaign world might have need of something more. The following section discusses ways to
modify existing classes to better serve your game’s needs. Changing Proficiencies Changing a class’s proficiencies is a safe and simple way to modify a class to better reflect your world. Swapping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
initiation, which includes a solemn oath of secrecy, learn deeper truths that build upon the basic tenets of the group: Preexistent Souls. The souls of mortal beings have always existed and aren’t part of
imperfect things (by definition) don’t last forever. The only true perfection is the Void, and the only future is the Void. Feeding the All-Consuming Star. The rites of the Heralds of the Comet, including
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
religious rites and festivals. Priests at such sites relate stories of the gods, teach the ethics of their patron deities, offer advice and blessings, perform religious rites, and provide training in
gods the locals revere. To quickly build a pantheon for your world, create a single god for each of the eight domains available to clerics: Death, Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
can build the NPC as you would a player character, as discussed in the Player’s Handbook. If you decide to build an NPC the same way you build a player character, you can skip choosing a background and
monster you want to use isn’t listed on the table, use the process described below under “Monsters with Classes.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Build Your Group A military unit, like most adventuring parties, incorporates a range of useful skills while covering each member’s weaknesses with another’s strengths. Thus, characters of any class
groups, whether they’re general infantry, magical artillery, or elite special forces. These characters come from all classes and backgrounds—for some, their background before joining the military is more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
energy of one of Eberron’s planes of existence. Choose the plane when you build this facility. Empower: Manifest Charm. When you issue the Empower order to this facility, the facility’s hireling conducts
magical rites for the next 7 days. At the end of that period, you gain a special Charm (see “Supernatural Gifts” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide) called a Manifest Charm, which lasts until you use it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
restrictions on who can govern; if you build up a strong base of support in a ward, you could hold the position yourself! The members of the City Council are quite diverse. Some are crooked, others are
Lower Central. Since taking her seat, she has fought to improve conditions for the lower classes of Sharn, and she has made many enemies on the council and beyond. 3 Thurik Davandi (gnome) represents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
can combine their abilities—just like characters with different classes and origins. A diverse force is more powerful. Reasons to Move. Use features that encourage characters and their enemies to
below: Example 1. A low-difficulty encounter for four level 1 characters has an XP budget of 50 × 4, for a total of 200 XP. With that, you could build any of the following encounters: 1 Bugbear Warrior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a quick reference for what qualities are measured by each ability, what races increases which abilities, and what classes consider each ability particularly important.
You generate your character’s
your ability scores. The method described here allows you to build a character with a set of ability scores you choose individually.
You have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. During the day, the priests lead funeral rites, care for the graveyard, and offer counsel to those praying for acceptance of their fates. Larger graveyard complexes might also have a vault for storing
removes limbs from corpses to build an congregation of flesh golems he can’t control.
4 A gate to the Underworld releases a bloodthirsty Underworld cerberus (see chapter 6) into the graveyard.
5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
branches. Inside these natural walls, patches of thick forest alternate with open spaces where the Setessans build their homes and civic buildings amid the trees. Out of deference to Nylea, the residents of
Seasons Four holy sites, corresponding to the four seasons, stand in or near the polis and serve as temples—primarily for the rites of Karametra and Nylea, but also to the other gods to an extent. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Silverquill Colleges. Wanting a quiet place to retire in the evenings—and to host lavish dinner-parties-turned-colloquiums—the professor used his significant military pension to build this manor
characters to return to their dormitories, but the characters are free to undertake this mission another night. If they’re caught more than once, the characters must attend special behavioral classes that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creatures that typically build dungeons. You can choose a creator from the table or roll randomly, or choose some other dungeon builder appropriate for your campaign. Dungeon Creator d20 Creator
control the dungeon and conduct their rites there. Tomb. Tombs are magnets for treasure hunters, as well as monsters that hunger for the bones of the dead. Treasure Vault. Built to protect powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
most adept at the skills halflings needed to survive. Those legendary halflings comprise the rest of the pantheon. Yondalla created the first halfling villages and showed the people how to build
concentrated effort. Turtle Shell. Halflings cluster together and cover each other with shields, washtubs, wheelbarrows, coffer lids, or anything else that can deflect a blow. Troll Knocker. A few halflings act
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
” Lamouer in matching clients with mercenaries. They also hire members to teach classes in the building’s open-air atrium while other members lounge on the overlooking balconies. At any given time
that city officials decided to build the hospital right next to Cliffgate, convenient to the graveyard and as far as possible from the wealthy neighborhoods. Hissing Stones This low stone bathhouse in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
teach classes in the building’s open-air atrium while other members lounge on the overlooking balconies. At any given time, there’s usually multiple veteran mercenaries here swapping stories and waiting
-good faiths, or excessive withdrawals from the stores of painkilling narcotics. It perhaps says something about Baldur’s Gate that city officials decided to build the hospital right next to Cliffgate