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Great Old One Patron

Classes Player’s Handbook

Unearth Forbidden Lore of Ineffable Beings When you choose this subclass, you might bind yourself to an unspeakable being from the Far Realm or an elder god—a being such as Tharizdun, the

Chained God; Zargon, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the

Soldier

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, ConstitutionFeat: Savage AttackerSkill Proficiencies: Athletics and IntimidationTool Proficiency: Choose one kind of Gaming SetEquipment: Choose A

precious few memories of life before you took up arms. Battle is in your blood. Sometimes you catch yourself reflexively performing the basic fighting exercises you learned first. Eventually, you put that training to use on the battlefield, protecting the realm by waging war.

Criminal

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

Ability Scores: Dexterity, Constitution, IntelligenceFeat: AlertSkill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand and StealthTool Proficiency: Thieves’ ToolsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) 2 Daggers, Thieves

’ Tools, Crowbar, 2 Pouches, Traveler’s Clothes, 16 GP; or (B) 50 GP You eked out a living in dark alleyways, cutting purses or burgling shops. Perhaps you were part of a small gang of

Cleric

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Cleric Traits Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Cleric level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight

, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield

Harper Pin

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

When you attune to this pin, choose a Harper persona (see the Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn for examples), including an alignment and a creature type. While wearing this pin, you register

Beast of Malar

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The beast has Advantage on saving throw;saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Regeneration. The beast regains 20 Hit Points at the

glossy black with red fur around its jaws and claws as though stained by the blood it has spilled. The beast of Malar has a muscular and unnatural appearance no matter its form; whether it resembles a

Spirit Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

song dragons, are powerful dragons whose powers stem from the magic and history of fallen realms. They embody the spirit of a bygone age, and so as they grow and mature, they develop an erratic control

which it hails. Roll on or choose a result from the Spirit Dragon Origins table to determine which lost realm a spirit dragon is from. Spirit Dragon Origins 1d6 The Spirit Dragon Traces

Young Spirit Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

understood ancient magic. Spirit Dragons Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons, are powerful dragons whose powers stem from the magic and history of fallen realms. They embody the spirit of

dragons are exactly alike; each individual bears features distinct to the empire from which it hails. Roll on or choose a result from the Spirit Dragon Origins table to determine which lost realm a spirit

Vampire Devotee

Backgrounds Astarion's Book of Hungers

Ability Scores: Strength, Constitution, CharismaFeat: Vampire’s PlaythingSkill Proficiencies: Persuasion and StealthTool Proficiency: Cook's UtensilsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Cook’s

together. The Undead drank your blood more times than you can count. You might have served willingly, perhaps with aspirations of one day becoming a vampire yourself. Or you might have been magically charmed

Ancient Spirit Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a

powers stem from the magic and history of fallen realms. They embody the spirit of a bygone age, and so as they grow and mature, they develop an erratic control over time. A spirit dragon’s

Adult Spirit Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a

, are powerful dragons whose powers stem from the magic and history of fallen realms. They embody the spirit of a bygone age, and so as they grow and mature, they develop an erratic control over time. A

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

circle of the Cult of the Dragon, from whom he commands obedience. Sammaster rarely remains in one place for long, as he thinks no one can oversee the Cult of the Dragon activities across the Realms as

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

the Dragon, from whom he commands obedience. Sammaster rarely remains in one place for long, as he thinks no one can oversee the Cult of the Dragon activities across the Realms as efficiently as he

Dhampir

Species Astarion's Book of Hungers

Dhampirs are living people who possess vampiric prowess but are cursed with macabre hunger. Most dhampirs thirst for blood, but some gain sustenance from dreams, life energy, or other vital sources

. Dhampirs must choose whether to fight to control their hunger or give in to predatory urges. Dhampirs often arise from encounters with vampires; some are the descendants of a powerful vampire, while

Blood of the Lycanthrope Antidote

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

This clear potion has dark red flecks within, resembling clotted blood. When you drink this potion, it removes the curse of lycanthropy from you if that curse was imposed by a lycanthrope’s bite or similar effect.

Blood-Toll Harpy

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Blood Frenzy. The harpy has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Dark Devotion. The harpy has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or

to as a “blood toll.” Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set

Bloodshed Blade

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

The hilt of this sword bears a carnelian engraved with the blood rune. You can add your Constitution modifier (minimum of +1) to the damage rolls of attacks made with this weapon. Invoking the Rune

then spend and roll one of your unspent Hit Dice and add the number rolled to the attack roll. You can choose to invoke the rune after rolling the d20. If this attack hits, you can also spend and roll

Fomorian Warlock of the Dark

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Blood Rune. The fomorian has a blood rune inscribed on an effigy or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Corrupting Hex

action and Poisoning Rebuke reaction. The object bearing the blood rune has AC 15; 30 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end

Variant Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling

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

Stout Halfling Legacy

Species 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.

Variant Feral Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

, 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.

Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

and additions to existing text. There are places where pages are missing, torn, or covered so completely with ink, blood, and scratches that the original text can’t be divined. Nature can’t

can’t use this property again until the next dawn. Dark Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil

Twilight Domain (TCoE)

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

venturing into the encroaching darkness to ensure that the dark is a comfort, not a terror. Twilight Deities Example Deity Pantheon Boldrei Eberron Celestian Greyhawk Dol

Arrah Eberron Helm Forgotten Realms Ilmater Forgotten Realms Mishakal Dragonlance Selûne Forgotten Realms Yondalla Halfling

Leomund's Tiny Hut Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

space is comfortable and dry, regardless of the weather outside.Until the spell ends, you can command the interior to become dimly lit or dark. The dome is opaque from the outside, of any color you choose, but it is transparent from the inside.

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

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

Tiny Hut Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

is comfortable and dry, regardless of the weather outside. Until the spell ends, you can command the interior to become dimly lit or dark. The dome is opaque from the outside, of any color you choose, but it is transparent from the inside.

Twilight Domain

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

venturing into the encroaching darkness to ensure that the dark is a comfort, not a terror. Twilight Deities Example Deity Pantheon Boldrei Eberron Celestian Greyhawk Dol

Arrah Eberron Helm Forgotten Realms Ilmater Forgotten Realms Mishakal Dragonlance Selûne Forgotten Realms Yondalla Halfling

Necrichor

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the necrichor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Rejuvenation. Unless its lifeless remains are splashed with Holy Water (flask);holy water or

":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the necrichor’s next turn. Blood Puppeteering (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

Genasi Legacy

Species 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

Nightbringer

Magic Items Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

This heavy mace has a dark oaken handle and a head of blackened steel trimmed with gold. In combat, the mace’s head is wreathed in inky black energy. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage

attuned to Nightbringer: Blessing of the Dragon Queen. You are immune to the charmed and frightened conditions, and you gain immunity to one of the following damage types (choose when you attune to the

Sword of Kas Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

. His successes earned him Vecna’s admiration and a reward: a sword with as dark a pedigree as the man who would wield it. For a long time, Kas faithfully served the lich, but as Kas’s

grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. It scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20, and deals an extra 2d10 slashing damage to undead. If the sword isn’t bathed in blood

Xill

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

, built for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly

Vampiric Jade Statue

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Immutable Form. The statue is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the statue fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack

actions at the start of its turn. Bite. The statue makes one bite attack. Blood Reaper. All creatures currently cursed by the statue and within 20 feet of it take 5 necrotic damage. Move. The statue moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.Lightning, PoisonForce

Oath of Vengeance Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

that which has gone wrong. To these paladins — sometimes called avengers or dark knights — their own purity is not as important as delivering justice. TENETS OF VENGEANCE The tenets of

with a choice of fighting my sworn foes or combating a lesser evil, I choose the greater evil. No Mercy for the Wicked. Ordinary foes might win my mercy, but my sworn enemies do not. By Any Means

Troll Amalgam

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the amalgam fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The amalgam has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

troll amalgam. Trolls The dwarven tale titled The Saga of Gnarldan Steelshield claims the god Vaprak the Destroyer came into being when Annam was injured and his blood spilled on the ground. The

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