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Choose Your Role

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Choose Your Role To play D&D with these adventures, you need two to four people to play as characters and one person to be the Dungeon Master, or DM.

Sage

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, WisdomFeat: Magic Initiate (Wizard)Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and HistoryTool Proficiency: Calligrapher's SuppliesEquipment: Choose A or B

: (A) Quarterstaff, Calligrapher's Supplies, Book (history), Parchment (8 sheets), Robe, 8 GP; or (B) 50 GP You spent your formative years traveling between manors and monasteries, performing various

Acolyte

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, CharismaFeat: Magic Initiate (Cleric)Skill Proficiencies: Insight and ReligionTool Proficiency: Calligrapher's SuppliesEquipment: Choose A or B

: (A) Calligrapher's Supplies, Book (prayers), Holy Symbol, Parchment (10 sheets), Robe, 8 GP; or (B) 50 GP You devoted yourself to service in a temple, either nestled in a town or secluded in a sacred

Warlock

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Warlock Traits Primary Ability Charisma Hit Point Die D8 per Warlock level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana

, Deception, History, Intimidation, Investigation, Nature, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light armor Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather

Hermit

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, CharismaFeat: HealerSkill Proficiencies: Medicine and ReligionTool Proficiency: Herbalism KitEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Quarterstaff, Herbalism

Kit, Bedroll, Book (philosophy), Lamp, Oil (3 flasks), Traveler's Clothes, 16 GP; or (B) 50 GP You spent your early years secluded in a hut or monastery located well beyond the outskirts of the

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10

feet in diameter. If you choose an object, it must remain in place; if it is moved more than 10 feet from where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the spell ends without being triggered

Glyph of Warding

Spells Player’s Handbook

You inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest

its trigger and choose whether it’s an explosive rune or a spell glyph, as explained below. Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on

Teleport

Spells Player’s Handbook

object, it must be Large or smaller, and it can’t be held or carried by an unwilling creature. The destination you choose must be known to you, and it must be on the same plane of existence as

six months, such as a book from a wizard’s library. “Very familiar” is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the

Druid

Classes Player’s Handbook

Core Druid Traits Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Druid level Saving Throw Proficiencies Intelligence and Wisdom Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Animal Handling

Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer's Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP Druids belong to ancient

House Tharashk Heir

Backgrounds Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom Feat: Mark of Finding Skill Proficiencies: Perception and Survival Tool Proficiencies: Choose one kind of Gaming Set Equipment: Choose A or B

interaction, you have learned to play the role of the hunter: study your enemies, exploit their weaknesses, and do whatever it takes to achieve victory.

Ritual Caster (Bard) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, plus whatever else you choose: Vile Apotheosis. The book could hold a ritual that allows a character to become a lich or death knight. True Names. The true names of any number of fiends might be in

even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every

Ritual Caster (Warlock) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Book of Vile Darkness (Variant)

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

choose: Vile Apotheosis. The book could hold a ritual that allows a character to become a lich or death knight. True Names. The true names of any number of fiends might be in the book. Dark Magic

even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every

Ritual Caster (Sorcerer) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Ritual Caster (Wizard) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Ritual Caster Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Ritual Caster (Cleric) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Ritual Caster (Druid) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have learned a number of spells that you can cast as rituals. These spells are written in a ritual book, which you must have in hand while casting one of them. When you choose this feat, you

acquire a ritual book holding two 1st-level spells of your choice. Choose one of the following classes: bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard. You must choose your spells from that class

Android

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Design Specialization. When the android is created, it gains one of six possible designs suited for its role (choose or roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Design

Iggwilv the Witch Queen

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Boon of Immortality. Iggwilv is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Iggwilv fails a saving throw, she can choose to

Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilv—the greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book

Warlord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

take on the role of monarch or general and attract followers willing to die for the warlord’s banner. Warlords urge their troops into the fray with shouted exhortations. You can roll on the

Warlord Battle Cries table to select one, or choose a battle cry that fits with your campaign. Warlord Battle Cries d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Battle Cry"} Battle

Goose Mother

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Goose Mother fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Multiple Heads. The Goose Mother has five heads. Whenever the Goose Mother takes 25 or more

, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand

Bel

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

, mirror image, mislead, raise dead, teleport, wall of fire 1/day each: imprisonment, meteor swarm Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bel fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic

keep them apart. Bel outwardly plays the role of Zariel’s loyal vassal. However, Bel rankles at Zariel’s rulership of the layer of the Nine Hells that was once his, but he won’t

House Agent (Sivis)

Backgrounds Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

, and a purse containing 20 gp. Role You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role

or roll on the table below. House Agent Role D8 ROLE 1 Acquisition 2 Investigation 3 Research & Development 4 Security 5 Intimidation 6

House Agent (Vadalis)

Backgrounds Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

containing 20 gp. Role You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or roll on

the table below. House Agent Role D8 ROLE 1 Acquisition 2 Investigation 3 Research & Development 4 Security 5 Intimidation 6 Exploration 7

Zodar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

to say, and the message can be understood by any creature that has an Intelligence score of 2 or higher. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the zodar fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

struggling to find their new role. A zodar can cause speech to issue from the air around it on three occasions in its lifetime. When it feels compelled to speak, it chooses its words wisely. It can

Bak Mei

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges. Unarmored Defense. While Bak

shirt and trousers. Personality Trait. “I judge others by their actions. Words mean nothing.” Ideal. “Knowledge. The Book of Inner Alchemy will help me leave behind the sins of my

Bael

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

succeeds on this saving throw automatically if Bael wishes it or if he is incapacitated. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bael fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance

following of cultists. Those who worship at his altar call him the King of Hell, and the most deluded believe that he is the lord of all devils. In arcane circles, certain writings, such as the dreaded Book

Satyr Legacy

Species Mythic Odysseys of Theros

discourse. Satyrs feel that life is to be lived and experienced with all the senses. Satyrs see the world and everything in it as a book of delights, and they want to explore every page. See chapter 3

amazing things ever. I want to pick them, wear them, and discover their silent secrets. 2 There isn’t a tree or statue that isn’t fun to climb. 3 Nothing wards off bad luck like a

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

. Even criminals who operate outside of such organizations have strong preferences for certain kinds of crimes over others. Choose the role you played in your criminal life, or roll on the table below

. 2 When faced with a choice between money and my friends, I usually choose the money. 3 If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Nafas has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Noble Genie. Nafas doesn’t suffer any of the penalties that

destroy Nafas is to take his place. Nafas as a Patron In addition to linking the adventures in this book, you can use Nafas as a group patron (detailed in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything). In

Symbol Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

When you cast this spell, you inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor, a wall, or a table) or within an object that can be closed to conceal the glyph (such as a book

, a scroll, or a treasure chest). If you choose a surface, the glyph can cover an area of the surface no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If you choose an object, that object must remain in its place

House Agent (Tharashk)

Backgrounds Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

a purse containing 20 gp. Role You are always gathering information for your house. But when the barons come to you with a specific mission, what sort of work do you usually do? Choose your role or

roll on the table below. House Agent Role D8 ROLE 1 Acquisition 2 Investigation 3 Research & Development 4 Security 5 Intimidation 6 Exploration

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