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The Book of Many Things
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Prophetic Blessing. The living portent magically infuses the power of its prophecy into another
", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can
Stout Halfling
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Basic Rules (2014)
As a stout halfling, you’re hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Some say that stouts have dwarven blood. In the Forgotten Realms, these halflings are called stronghearts, and they’re most common in the south.
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
learn about terrestrial realms, or does it want you to open cosmic floodgates and drown the world?
Perhaps you were born into a generational cult that venerates the Fathomless and its spawn. Or you
Feats
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
You can draw on the forces of the multiverse to survive cosmic extremes and to traverse its infinite realms, granting you these benefits:
Planar Adaptation. When you finish a long rest, you gain
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
learn about terrestrial realms, or does it want you to open cosmic floodgates and drown the world?
Perhaps you were born into a generational cult that venerates the Fathomless and its spawn. Or you
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
feet. Anything she is wearing transforms with her, but nothing she is carrying does.
Blessing of Mother Night. Baba Lysaga is shielded against divination magic, as though protected by a nondetection
imparted to Lysaga the secret of longevity, which requires her to bathe in the blood of beasts on nights of the new moon. Failure to do so causes Lysaga to age rapidly, becoming mere dust and bones in a
Sorcerer
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Basic Rules (2014)
otherworldly influence, or exposure to unknown cosmic forces. One can’t study sorcery as one learns a language, any more than one can learn to live a legendary life. No one chooses sorcery; the power
apparent flukes. Some sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their own lives. The touch of a demon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Fiendish Blessing. The AC of Isolde includes her Charisma bonus.
Innate Spellcasting. Isolde’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). Isolde can innately cast the following
than blood. Choose well who you share the road with, lest you carry them forever.”
Flaw. “For my victories and scars, I deserve more than a nursemaid’s duty.”Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water
Blessing of the Sea (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the dragon turtle would be reduced to 0 hit points, its current hit point total
62,000 XP (124,000 XP total) for defeating the dragon turtle after its Blessing of the Sea activates.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon turtle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth
, carry the power of the planes in their blood. The genasi are one such people, the offspring of genies and mortals.
The Elemental Planes are often inhospitable to natives of the Material Plane
Human
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dash of nonhuman blood, revealing hints of elf, orc, or other lineages. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live even a single century.
Variety in All Things
Humans are the most
naming traditions of their ancestors.
The material culture and physical characteristics of humans can change wildly from region to region. In the Forgotten Realms, for example, the clothing, architecture
Aarakocra
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
. The eldest acts as leader with the support of a shaman.
AARAKOCRA IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS
Never well established in Faerûn, aarakocra have only four major colonies: in the Star Mounts
changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen.
Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Cosmic Realignment Save for the domains of gods, realms in the Outlands are subject to a planar phenomenon known as cosmic realignment. When a location embodies the nature of one of the Outer Planes
too closely, that plane absorbs the location and its inhabitants, restoring balance to the Outlands and expanding that plane. Some creatures combat cosmic realignment by acting in direct opposition to the linked plane’s temperament, while others gladly welcome this fate or pursue it outright.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
realms, cosmic horror dimensions trend toward being unnatural, logic-defying places. Cosmic Horror Settings d8 Setting
1 A wind-blasted dimension of indigo sand and eyeless statues
2 A
Cosmic Horror Settings Cosmic horror frequently takes place in academic or maritime settings, both of which imply access to hidden knowledge, whether literal or metaphorical. When not in mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the Nine Hells. Whether by cosmic chance or the design of some unknown power, the dark waters of the Styx provide passage between the two planes, but pathways to other realms are at best fleeting and
The Great Dance We measure ourselves by those we fight, and my company faces the greatest threat to the cosmos.
— Veritus Wrath, commander, Flawless Execution
The battle lines in the Blood War
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
cosmic implications of Maglubiyet’s attacks. To prevent the goblinoids from outstripping her people in population, she urges the orcs to have many offspring and teach them the ways of battle not only
herself and claw Maglubiyet’s beady eyes from his face to prevent him from taking them from her. The cosmic battle between the two pantheons has raged for eons without resolution, leading those
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
advancement of just societies. For instance, in the Forgotten Realms, ki-rins rally mostly to Torm, although they also serve his allies Tyr and Ilmater. Ki-rins that serve good deities go wherever they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cosmic Horror Torments Darklords in this genre are endowed with powers stemming from their studies or ancestry, or granted by ancient numinosities. Darklords in cosmic horror realms commonly suffer
psychological torments. Cosmic Horror Torments d8 Torment
1 The Darklord is obsessed with music, their body warping to embody whatever song they hear.
2 The Darklord is transforming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cosmic Horror Plots Adventures in cosmic horror realms are bleak, desperate affairs where the best one can hope for is to survive relatively intact. There is no stopping the ultimate evil, but
players may aspire to temporarily seal it away. Cosmic Horror Plots d8 Plot
1 Help a parent recover a child who’s gone missing in the impossibly vast space underneath their bed.
2 Stop a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Divine Rank The divine beings of the multiverse are often categorized according to their relative cosmic power. Some gods who are worshiped on multiple worlds have a different rank on each world
the fundamentally ineffable nature of greater gods, but they are more likely to manifest in mortal realms. Quasi-deities have a divine origin, but they don’t receive or answer prayers. They are still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, with the Material realms at the center. The Inner Planes form a wheel around the Material Plane, enveloped in the Ethereal Plane. Then the Outer Planes form another wheel around and behind (or above
Configurations For your campaign, you can use a different model of the planes. Here are several examples: Planes situated among the roots and branches of a great cosmic tree (literally or figuratively) Material
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
particular cause. Does your character know the source of your magical power? Does it tie back to some distant relative, a cosmic event, or blind chance? If your sorcerer doesn’t know where their power
bloodline. You are related to some powerful creature, or you inherited a blessing or a curse. 2 You are the reincarnation of a being from another plane of existence. 3 A powerful entity entered the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Undermountain by the dark grace of Shar herself. Keresta turns the most promising acolytes into vampire spawn. Those deemed unworthy of Shar’s blessing nourish Keresta and her spawn with their blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
have intelligence enough to appreciate their role in it, the Blood War offers an endless source of diversion underscored by resentment of a cosmic order that refuses to admit their superiority. As the
little more than mindless engines of destruction and violence. If that supposition were true, the Blood War should have ended long ago, since the tactical and strategic genius of the archdevils would
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Stout As a stout halfling, you’re hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Some say that stouts have dwarven blood. In the Forgotten Realms, these halflings are called stronghearts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Stout As a stout halfling, you’re hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Some say that stouts have dwarven blood. In the Forgotten Realms, these halflings are called stronghearts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Living Portent Living portents are embodiments of prophecy sent by deities or other cosmic forces. These Celestials descend to Material Plane worlds in the form of falling stars. When the living
120 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3) radiant damage.
Prophetic Blessing. The living portent magically infuses the power of its prophecy into another willing creature the living portent can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
required to receive blood, a blessing, or both from an ancient dragon. If you return to a subclass that you previously held, you forgo the gold cost, and the time required for the transition is halved.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
knowledge of the machinations of the diabolical realms. Adventurers come here to negotiate with powerful fiends, meddle in the Blood War, and free poor souls trapped in the Nine Hells.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
The Blood War Throughout history, the teeming demon hordes of the Abyss and the regimented legions of devils from the Nine Hells have battled for supremacy in the cosmos. On worlds of the Material
Plane, those who know of the conflict refer to it as the Blood War—a conflict that has raged for millennia, ravaging the Lower Planes. The battlefields of the Blood War are concentrated in the Nine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Princes of the Abyss The Abyss is a vast wound in the cosmic order, a bottomless pit teeming with creatures that exist only to rend, tear, and destroy. The demon princes, individual demons of great
princes and their thralls are among the mightiest forces in the planes. It is conceivable that, if the Blood War turns dramatically in their favor, the demon princes could put the rest of their apocalyptic plans in motion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
different forms. Forgotten Realms The most comprehensive histories suggest Toril (the world of the Forgotten Realms setting) has not always known dragons, at least not in their current forms. Many
those myths mention the dragon gods—or a single draconic creator, Io, who shed his own blood to inspire creation. Dragons have been reclusive and rare for most of Oerth’s recorded history, but ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Knowledge of Avernus Characters who research Avernus in Sigil can learn the following: Blood War. Avernus is a major battlefield for the Blood War, the raging conflict between demons and devils. It
and destruction. Queen of Dragons. Tiamat is the five-headed progenitor of the chromatic dragons in some realms and embodies the vices of evil dragonkind. Her lair is located in Avernus, connected to numerous monuments and temples scattered across the hellscape.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
they drink from the River Styx or swim for too long in its waters.
Cosmic Battlefield The Blood War rages along the length of the River Styx. Direct confrontations between demons and devils erupt
Mortals and Minions Devils and demons are far from the only combatants in the Blood War. Both sides exploit the Material Plane’s most abundant resource — mortal creatures, whose bodies and souls are
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
straightforward. I highly recommend it as one of D&D's earliest and best dungeons.
Instead, we decided to consider Elemental Evil as cosmic threat. As creatures of the planes, the elemental princes
can reach almost any of the many worlds of D&D. What would happen if the forces of evil turned their gaze to Faerun? How would this classic D&D threat play out in the world of the Forgotten Realms