General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Kalashtar) You possess a particularly strong bond with your quori spirit. You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Quori Lineage. Choose a lineage from the Quori Lineages table. Your choice affects the Skill and Spell sections detailed below.
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You touch another creature that is willing and create a mystic connection between you and the target until the spell ends. While the target is within 60 feet of you, it gains a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws, and it has Resistance to all damage. Also, each time it takes damage, you take the same amount of damage. The spell ends if you drop to 0 Hit Points or if you and the target become…
Palaeontologists come in many varieties. Below are some suggestions for traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws that a palaeontologist may have. d8
As part of casting this spell, you must expend three Hit Point Dice or the spell automatically fails. Roll the expended Hit Point Dice, and the target gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the roll’s total. For the duration, you know the direction and distance to the target, and you and the target can speak telepathically. Additionally, you can target that creature when you cast a spell…
Magical Minions Protecting Spell Slingers A bondbeast begins as a normal animal that a spellcaster transforms with a rigorous magical ritual. No matter the animal’s original size, it gains increased intelligence, becomes the size of a large dog, and employs a magical toxin via a fearsome bite. Although recognizably similar to the animal it once was, each bondbeast bears unique arcane runes on its…
Geologists are those who have dedicated a portion of their lives to the study of rocks and earthly processes. They are able to see beyond the immediately obvious and interpret the landscape around them, providing valuable field knowledge. Ability Scores: Constitution, Strength, Intelligence Feat: Tough or Miner Skill Proficiencies: History and Nature Tool Proficiencies: Mason’s Tools ,…
You forge a telepathic link among up to eight willing creatures of your choice within range, psychically linking each creature to all the others for the duration. Creatures that can’t communicate in any languages aren’t affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they share a language. The communication is possible over…
Chapter 6 provides the Changeling Traveler background. If you take this background, your character is part of a traveling clan of changelings. You spent your childhood traveling with your family, using your abilities to evade your enemies. Your family is part of a wider network of clans, and you can take advantage of the havens, traditions, and personas your people have sowed across the lands. As…
Choose a creature you can see within range. The target has Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage until the spell ends at the end of your next turn. Available For: Druid (Legacy), Paladin (Legacy), Ranger (Legacy), Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard
You touch a willing creature. For the duration, the target’s movement is unaffected by Difficult Terrain, and spells and other magical effects can neither reduce the target’s Speed nor cause the target to have the Paralyzed or Restrained conditions. The target also has a Swim Speed equal to its Speed. In addition, the target can spend 5 feet of movement to automatically escape from nonmagical…
The time-lost are those unfortunate individuals who have been propelled through time, either by accident or against their will. They find themselves in a strange land, surrounded by unfamiliar cultures and creatures. Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, Strength Feat: Alert or Naturalist Skill Proficiencies: Survival and Nature Tool Proficiencies: Leatherworker’s Tools and Survivalist’s Kit…
A creature within range must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be trapped inside an iron maiden formed of bone that appears in its space. The creature has the Restrained and Incapacitated conditions, is behind Total Cover, can’t be damaged by attacks or effects originating from outside, and takes 3d6 Piercing damage at the start of each of its turns as spikes of bone pierce its body. At the…
The creatures presented in this section are special beings who can form bonds with another and serve as a familiar—not just for a spellcaster, but for anyone. This bond creates a deep, magical connection and isn’t entered into lightly by these familiars. They demand respectful treatment, but in return offer loyal companionship and service. If the familiar is mistreated or wronged, it can sever…
Palaeontologists are those who have dedicated a portion of their lives to the study of ancient organisms and environments. They are able to interpret how creatures may behave, based on their morphology. Ability Scores: Wisdom, Intelligence, Constitution Feat: Naturalist or Miner Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling and Nature Tool Proficiencies: Mason’s Tools, Cartographer’s Tools, and Research…
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Kalashtar) You possess a particularly strong bond with your quori spirit. You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Quori Lineage. Choose a lineage from the Quori Lineages table. Your choice affects the Skill and Spell sections detailed below. Quori Lineages Quori
Some magic items require a creature to form a bond—called Attunement—with them before the creature can use an item’s magical properties. A creature can have Attunement with no more than three magic items at a time. See also chapter 6 (“ Magic Items ”).
You learn a ritual that creates a magical bond between yourself and one weapon. You perform the ritual over the course of 1 hour, which can be done during a Short Rest. The weapon must be within your reach throughout the ritual, at the conclusion of which you touch the weapon and forge the bond. The bond fails if another Fighter is bonded to the weapon or if the weapon is a magic item to which…
As a Kalashtar, you’re part of a spiritual lineage, traditionally reflected by the suffix of your name. For example, Lanhareth and Minhareth are both kalashtar of the lineage of Hareth. Your lineage is set before birth, tied to one of your parents. If you are born to kalashtar of Vaktri and Hareth, you inherit only one of the bonds, often that of the parent of your gender. Since you can’t inherit…
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As a Malenti character, you were born a sahuagin in the Eternal Dominion of the Thunder Sea, but ritual magic and the blood of the kar’lassa allowed you to consume and replace a surface dweller. You can never regain your original form; for all intents and purposes, you are who you appear to be. You’re physically indistinguishable from this original victim, and you have enough of their memories to…
Level 2 Abjuration (Cleric, Paladin) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a pair of platinum rings worth 50+ GP each, which you and the target must wear for the duration) Duration: 1 hour You touch another creature that is willing and create a mystic connection between you and the target until the spell ends. While the target is within 60 feet of you, it gains a +1 bonus to AC…
Level 5 Divination (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (two eggs) Duration: 1 hour You forge a telepathic link among up to eight willing creatures of your choice within range, psychically linking each creature to all the others for the duration. Creatures that can’t communicate in any languages aren’t affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, the…
Magical Minions Protecting Spell Slingers One of the most bizarre and powerful magical bodyguards is an unusual ooze called a magiplasm. Though these translucent creatures appear similar to simple, mindless oozes, they are much more intelligent and obedient. The formula for creating and bonding to a magiplasm is a well-guarded secret. Most spellcasters are hesitant to create and bond with a…
A Battle Smith is a combination of protector and medic, an expert at defending others and repairing both materiel and personnel. To aid in their work, Battle Smiths are accompanied by a Steel Defender, a protective companion of their own creation. Level 3: Tools of the Trade You gain the following benefits. Tool Proficiency. You gain proficiency with Smith’s Tools. If you already have this…
The creatures presented in this section are special beings who can form bonds with another and serve as a familiar—not just for a spellcaster, but for anyone. This bond creates a deep, magical connection and isn’t entered into lightly by these familiars. They demand respectful treatment, but in return offer loyal companionship and service. If the familiar is mistreated or wronged, it can sever…
All the Special Rules in the game of Liar’s Dice they played against the Bayou King still apply (see “ Test of Luck ” earlier in this chapter). The game continues until only one player, the winner, remains. Or it would, if it weren’t that the moment Mister Crossroads is eliminated, he roars in fury and flips the table, forfeiting the game.
Wondrous Item, Legendary This viscous, milky-white substance can form a permanent adhesive bond between any two objects. It must be stored in a jar or flask that has been coated inside with Oil of Slipperiness. When found, a container contains 1d6 + 1 ounces. One ounce of the glue can cover a 1-foot square surface. Applying an ounce of Sovereign Glue takes a Utilize action, and the applied glue…
Mister Crossroads views himself as a refined gentleman and is loath to resort to violence. This encounter with Mister Crossroads has two stages. The first part is a high-stakes game of Liar’s Dice (see area B8). If the characters win this game, he loses his composure and attacks them, but the characters gain a boon in the fight. If they lose, they probably won’t want to give up their souls…
Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 5 GP Weight: 10 lbs As a Utilize action, you can wrap a Chain around an unwilling creature within 5 feet of yourself that has the Grappled, Incapacitated, or Restrained condition if you succeed on a DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. If the creature’s legs are bound, the creature has the Restrained condition until it escapes. Escaping the Chain requires the…
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