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Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
fanatical followers to their ranks. Recruits are indoctrinated to revere the Dragon Queen and view dragons as her favored servants. Troops in the Dragon Army wield weapons blessed by Takhisis to strike with
the power of the dragons they fight alongside.
Dragon Army Weapons
The weapons of Dragon Army troops are blessed with an infusion of dragon breath. The type of damage these weapons deal depends on
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
weapons blessed by Takhisis to strike with the power of the dragons they fight alongside.
Dragon Army Weapons
The weapons of Dragon Army troops are blessed with an infusion of dragon breath. The type of
other chromatic dragons by changing the fire damage to match the damage type associated with those dragons’ breath weapons.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
for that purpose.
Longstriders. Some verbeeg worship gods of nature and help defend the natural world. These even-tempered verbeeg are called longstriders and are blessed with innate spellcasting abilities.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
that of a snail. It has a single watery eye at one end and a spiked tentacle protruding from just below the eye, which it uses to defend itself.
A mated pair of leeches produces 1d6;{"diceNotation
defensive measure. If the crew of a ship becomes aware of leeches that have become attached, it’s customary for them to try to scrape the leeches off the hull rather than attack them with weapons
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
farastu minions—rather than fight directly.
Demodands
Demodands, also called gehreleths, are Fiends from the Tarterian Depths of Carceri. Cast into the prison plane long ago for forgotten
transgressions, these bitter, wicked creatures have appointed themselves the jailers of the plane. Demodands viciously defend the few known portals that lead out of Carceri and ruthlessly torment other
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
grasping and climbing. A grippli can move as quickly on all fours as it can on two legs.
Communal Effort. Grippli rely on ambushes and guerrilla warfare to defend themselves and their settlements. They
are raised by the community rather than by a single set of parents, and all of a community’s eggs are kept in freshwater pools until they mature. Protecting their eggs is a major concern for
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
her beloved boy, who, in her mind, is eternally blessed. Despite the horrors Strahd has wrought, Lysaga still envisions him as the perfect child she delivered into the world. Strahd is the only thing in
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
Halfling
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treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering.
Kind and
protecting their own lands, they protect us as well.”
Exploring Opportunities
Halflings usually set out on the adventurer’s path to defend their communities, support their friends, or explore a
Urchin
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
better life.
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Bond
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My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
2
I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure
;d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
5
It’s not stealing if I need it more than someone else.
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People who can’t take care of themselves get what they deserve.
Kalashtar
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with their quori spirits. Rather, they might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants kalashtar
manipulate the folk of Khorvaire to eliminate kalashtar whenever possible.
Many kalashtar defend themselves from the Dreaming Dark by focusing on devotion to the Path of Light. Others, though, seek
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
You are a member of a blessed community, built on the ideals of harmony. Here, nature and civilization coexist peacefully, living and growing in accordance with the will of the Worldsoul, Mat&rsquo
1
I never raise my voice or lose my temper.
2
I feel the pains and joys of everyone around me, friend or foe.
3
I would rather make a friend than thwart an enemy.
4
I’m
Human
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, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.
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, humans champion causes rather than territories or groups.
Human Names and Ethnicities
Having so much more variety than other cultures, humans as a whole have no typical names. Some human parents
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
.
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Bond
1
My town or city is my home, and I’ll fight to defend it.
2
I sponsor an orphanage to keep others from enduring what I was forced to endure.
3
I
from a fight.
2
Gold seems like a lot of money to me, and I’ll do just about anything for more of it.
3
I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
4
I’d rather
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
of the world beyond their home.
Barterers of Lore
Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but it’s
result every few days that pass in the campaign to reflect your ever-changing curiosity.
Tabaxi Obsessions
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My curiosity is currently fixed on …
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A god or planar entity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
characters succeeding or failing on any one check to move the action in a specific direction. You must be ready to improvise and react to a changing situation. Relying on dice also gives the players the sense
might work. A drawback of this approach is that roleplaying can diminish if players feel that their die rolls, rather than their decisions and characterizations, always determine success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Arcane Magic Users Unlike some other humanoids, kobolds don’t fear or shun arcane magic. They see magic as part of their connection to dragons, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield
arcane magic rather than divine is Kurtulmak’s imprisonment, which makes it difficult for him to grant spells to mortals and for those mortals to receive his favor. Furthermore, kobolds are so frail that
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
other useful items, but if they are at risk of discovery, they run away rather than attack anyone in the house. By fleeing before they can be seen or identified, they avoid getting into a situation
see magic as part of their connection to dragons, and are proud to be blessed with the ability to wield such power. Young kobold sorcerers are trained by elders, and the training has an almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Denizens The erinyes, duergar, and salamanders that defend the hold are united by their loyalty to Vrakir, but each group otherwise disdains the others. The defenders are slow to assist or seek
, the defenders bring their reports to Jarazoun first, allowing him to deal with any trouble himself rather than risk Vrakir’s ire. While on high alert, the hold’s inhabitants can’t be surprised, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
to strangers. These tentacled, telepathic creatures jet through the air in short bursts, venting gases with a sound that gives them their name. Rather than speaking, flumphs communicate
telepathically and by changing color to reflect their moods. Flumphs dwell in psychically charged regions or near creatures with psionic magic. They harmlessly feed off psychic energies, but in doing so, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Favored A circle of satyr druids, Nylea’s Favored protect the Skola Vale, restoring nature after damage by wildfires or too rowdy satyr parties. They also defend the vale by growing dense underbrush and
supporting populations of wild beasts at their territory’s borders. Sibyls The closest people satyrs have to leaders are their sibyls, who are blessed with limited ability to see into the future
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
such places, particularly those that serve as druid groves. Eldath is a goddess of comfort, healing, and calm. Her blessed waters heal the sick, cure madness, and comfort the dying. Most rural places
of Eldath avoid conflicts rather than attempting to quell them. Those who serve Eldath are happy to preside over peaceful negotiations and to certify treaties, but they can’t force others to engage in harmony.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Army wield weapons blessed by Takhisis to strike with the power of the dragons they fight alongside. Dragon Army Weapons The weapons of Dragon Army troops are blessed with an infusion of dragon breath
followers of other chromatic dragons by changing the fire damage to match the damage type associated with those dragons’ breath weapons. Dragon Army Officer Dragon Army Officer
Medium Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
there. One of the pirate captains, Cozar, sensed that times were changing on the Rock—that the days of lawlessness were coming to an end. Through a series of strategic alliances and shrewd business
, attracting profit-seekers, adventurers, and other more respectable types. Upon Cozar’s death, the rule of Bral passed to Frun, his son and heir. Frun was far from an able politician. Rather, he was a hedonist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
of community life. Dyn Singh Night Market Traders from Siabsungkoh’s scattered communities flock nightly to the Dyn Singh Night Market, an ever-changing, town-sized market. Food vendors take center
within a cave at the mountain’s top. It is said the bonds of friendship are tested within Saan’s cave. Explorers who prove true to their friends and family are blessed; those who don’t find their relationships shattered.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
of Limbo
Unpredictable slaadi devour and multiply across the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo. These toad-like, extraplanar beings embody the endless potentiality of their home plane of existence
other creatures.
Slaadi have no formal society. Rather, strong slaadi dominate weaker ones. Blue and red slaadi rampage across Limbo and spill into other worlds at the direction of green slaadi. More
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
gender. Titles such as “daimyo” are gender-neutral, as are most names. Clothing varies by class status rather than gender—instead, people express their gender through perfumes. Bright citrus scents
consult ancestral spirits before making life-changing decisions, but the perspectives of the dead can be just as flawed as those of the living. Disagreements in large family clans sometimes result in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
protective of their forest homes. If roused to anger, treants can animate trees to aid them. Treants defend and are shaped by secrets of the forest. Roll on or choose a result from the Treant Secrets
table to inspire what mysteries a treant protects. Treant Secrets 1d6 The Treant Is... 1 Blessed by a god and grows magic fruit. 2 Growing atop the entrance to a dungeon or portal to the Feywild
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
she uses this power and tends to frown upon the one so “blessed.”
Future Warriors
Young orcs must mature quickly in order to survive their perilous upbringing. Their early years are
they are more interested in grabbing plunder and food rather than in wanton slaughter. The elderly, children, and any who seem weak or meek enough might escape death. If they leave the population more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
special facilities in their Bastion on a given Bastion turn. The Maintain order is unusual; it is issued to the whole Bastion rather than to one or more special facilities. If a character isn’t in
hirelings focus on maintaining the Bastion rather than executing orders in special facilities. Issuing this order prohibits other orders from being issued to the Bastion on the current Bastion turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
gingwatzims defend Korvala’s office. Were they guarding something else as well? Characters who choose this violent path might never uncover the pack’s motives, but they can find the real Mazfroth’s Mighty
Digressions and see the book safely back to Candlekeep, if they so desire. NIDALIA
The true leader of the Amberdune Pack, Nidalia is a lamia who delights in hoarding books rather than in corruption and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to become an elder brain. Githyanki want to destroy the illithid colony and any flumphs they encounter. The mind flayers have spawned a neothelid — a worm-like behemoth — to defend their colony and
rely on the illithid colony for sustenance. The flumphs would rather feed on the psionic energy of the mind flayers, who couldn’t care less, than the energy of the githyanki, who abhor the flumphs and attack them on sight.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
3 3 — — — — — — 7 +3 Blessed Strikes 3 4 11 4 3 3 1 — — — — — 8 +3 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 12 4 3 3 2 — — — — — 9 +4 — 3 4 14 4 3 3 3 1 — — — — 10 +4 Divine Intervention 3 5 15 4 3 3 3 2
— — — — 11 +4 — 3 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 5 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 13 +5 — 3 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 14 +5 Improved Blessed Strikes 3 5 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 15 +5 — 3 5 18 4 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
every action the tribe takes, the druids weigh not only the group’s needs, but the effect each action will have on the forest and the rest of the natural world. Firbolg tribes would rather go hungry
’ magical heritage also expresses itself in other ways; those who become bards preserve the clan’s lore, and firbolg sorcerers defend their communities. Firbolg wizards arise when a clan becomes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Elysium, the Blessed Fields of NG The Beastlands, the Wilderness of NG, CG Arborea, the Olympian Glades of CG Ysgard, the Heroic Domains of CN, CG Limbo, the Ever-Changing Chaos of CN Pandemonium, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Plane Alignment Mount Celestia, the Seven Heavens of LG Bytopia, the Twin Paradises of NG, LG Elysium, the Blessed Fields of NG The Beastlands, the Wilderness of NG, CG Arborea, the Olympian Glades
of CG Ysgard, the Heroic Domains of CN, CG Limbo, the Ever-Changing Chaos of CN Pandemonium, the Windswept Depths of CN, CE The Abyss, the Infinite Layers of CE Carceri, the Tarterian Depths of NE, CE






