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Book

Equipment

A Book contains fiction or nonfiction. If you consult an accurate nonfiction Book about its topic, you gain a +5 bonus to Intelligence (Arcana, History, Nature, or Religion) checks you make about that topic.

Acolyte

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

: (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

grove. There you performed rites in honor of a god or pantheon. You served under a priest and studied religion. Thanks to your priest’s instruction and your own devotion, you also learned how to channel a modicum of divine power in service to your place of worship and the people who prayed there.

Warlock

Classes Player’s Handbook

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

Armor, Sickle, 2 Dagger;Daggers, orb;Arcane Focus (orb), Book (occult lore), Scholar's Pack, and 15 GP; or (B) 100 GP Warlocks quest for knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the

Monk

Classes Player’s Handbook

: Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, or Stealth Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons and Martial weapons that have the Light property Tool Proficiencies Choose one type of Artisan

1 features, which are listed in the Monk Features table. Monk Features Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Martial Arts Focus Points Unarmored Movement 1 +2 Martial

Wizard

Classes Player’s Handbook

, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) 2 Dagger;Daggers, Staff

Class Features Cantrips Prepared Spells 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 +2 Spellcasting, Ritual Adept, Arcane Recovery 3 4 2 — — — — — — &mdash

Paladin

Classes Player’s Handbook

: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons Armor Training Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields Starting

Spell Level— Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Channel Divinity Prepared Spells 1 2 3 4 5 1 +2 Lay On Hands, Spellcasting, Weapon Mastery — 2 2 &mdash

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 2 Dagger;Daggers

your available spell slots. Sorcerer Features ——Spell Slots per Spell Level—— Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Sorcery Points Cantrips Prepared

Cleric

Classes Player’s Handbook

, 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

Class Features Channel Divinity Cantrips Prepared Spells 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 +2 Spellcasting, Divine Order — 3 4 2 — — — — — &mdash

Druid

Classes Player’s Handbook

, Arcana, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and Shields

to determine your available spell slots. Druid Features ——Spell Slots per Spell Level—— Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Wild Shape Cantrips

Lorehold Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

You have spent your youth preparing to be a student of Lorehold College, reading every book on the college’s recommended reading list for prospective students. Your academic passions are in the

: History, Religion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a hammer, a hooded lantern, a tinderbox, a tome of history, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Ritual Caster (Bard) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Ritual Caster (Sorcerer) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Ritual Caster (Wizard) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Ritual Caster (Warlock) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Ritual Caster Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Ritual Caster (Cleric) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Nass Lantomir's Ghost

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

charmed and frightened. It otherwise uses the possessed target’s statistics, but doesn’t gain access to the target’s knowledge, class features, or proficiencies. The possession lasts

and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that

Ritual Caster (Druid) Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

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

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

Hermit Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

quiet, solitude, and perhaps some of the answers you were looking for. Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A scroll

seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have

Witherbloom Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

. Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book about plant identification, an

addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Witherbloom Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

Acolyte Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of

must provide any material components needed for spells. Those who share your religion will support you (but only you) at a modest lifestyle. You might also have ties to a specific temple dedicated to

Silverquill Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, Persuasion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book of poetry, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp Feature: Silverquill Initiate You

spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

Quandrix Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Proficiencies: Arcana, Nature Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, an abacus, a book of arcane theory, a school

Magic feature, the spells on the Quandrix Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

Hermit - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

time apart from the clamor of society, you found quiet, solitude, and perhaps some of the answers you were looking for. Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit

fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are. 3 You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform

Class Legacy

Rules

Class is the primary definition of what your character can do. It's more than a profession; it's your character's calling. Class shapes the way you think about the world and interact with it and your

larger game. A cleric, by contrast, might see himself as a willing servant in a god's unfolding plan or a conflict brewing among various deities. While the fighter has contacts in a mercenary company or army, the cleric might know a number of priests, paladins, and devotees who share his faith.

Orzhov Representative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Religion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: An Orzhov insignia, a foot-long chain made of ten gold coins, vestments, a set of fine clothes, and

positions of power. Orzhov Guild Spells Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature For you, the spells on the Orzhov Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class

Cleric Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

gods they serve, clerics strive to embody the handiwork of their deities. No ordinary priest, a cleric is imbued with divine magic. Healers and Warriors Divine magic, as the name suggests, is the

expected to protect their deities’ worshipers, which can mean fighting enemy raiders, negotiating peace between warring nations, or sealing a portal that would allow a demon prince to enter the world

Planar Philosopher

Backgrounds Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

coins from different worlds and planes Sigil Faction Affinities Faction Skill Athar Religion Bleak Cabal Insight Doomguard Nature Fated Intimidation

. Deities are frauds and merely channel the might of a true, higher power. Bleak Cabal. There is no greater truth to the multiverse. Each being must discover their own meaning. Doomguard. Nothing lasts

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted

angel of death by the gods or driven by your need for revenge? The Gods of the Multiverse section lists many deities worshiped by paladins throughout the multiverse, such as Torm, Tyr, Heironeous

Haunted One

Backgrounds Curse of Strahd: Character Options

, Religion, or Survival Languages: Choose two, one of which must be Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon Equipment: A Monster Hunter's Pack;monster

. You escaped, but the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts. 8 You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its

Study [Action]

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

(Giants and Humanoids) Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants) Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites, holy symbols, cults, and certain creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)

Study [Action] When you take the Study action, you make an Intelligence check to study your memory, a book, a clue, or another source of knowledge and call to mind an important piece of information

Other Religious Systems

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

), or even forces and philosophies that don’t center on deities. Tight Pantheons In contrast to a loose pantheon, a tight pantheon focuses on a single religion whose teachings and edicts embrace a small

choose different domains. Dualism A dualistic religion views the world as the stage for a conflict between two diametrically opposed deities or divine forces. Most often, the opposed forces are good and

Study [Action]

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

(Giants and Humanoids) Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants) Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites, holy symbols, cults, and certain creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)

Study [Action] When you take the Study action, you make an Intelligence check to study your memory, a book, a clue, or another source of knowledge and call to mind an important piece of information

Study [Action]

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

(Giants and Humanoids) Investigation Traps, ciphers, riddles, and gadgetry Nature Terrain, flora, weather, and certain creatures (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants) Religion Deities, religious hierarchies and rites, holy symbols, cults, and certain creatures (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)

Study [Action] When you take the Study action, you make an Intelligence check to study your memory, a book, a clue, or another source of knowledge and call to mind an important piece of information

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

might value the yucca tree and cactus plants. DRUIDS AND THE GODS Some druids venerate the forces of nature themselves, but most druids are devoted to one of the many nature deities worshiped in

the multiverse (the lists of gods in appendix B include many such deities). The worship of these deities is often considered a more ancient tradition than the faiths of clerics and urbanized peoples

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