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Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sludge in the crypts of failed liches. Despite the loss of a solid physical form, these foul creatures retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals—the first of which
extinguish their horrific unlife, virtuous faiths and vigilant organizations (like the Order of the Guardians detailed in chapter 3) seal these viscous horrors in magically warded prisons. As ages pass
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Poised between the worlds of the living and the dead, dhampirs retain their grip on life yet are endlessly tested by vicious hungers. Their ties to the undead grant dhampirs a taste of a vampire
one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in chapter 3):
Barovia. In the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, tales flourish of those who love or descend from vampires. You might have such a connection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
character wishes they could change about themselves? How would the best version of themselves be different? What is your character’s signature possession or physical trait? What makes you certain that
your character would retain this no matter what could have happened in their life? Riccardo Moscatello Wizard, paladin, and druid incarnations of the same glitch
character share a distinctive sunburst nexus feature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Level 3: Artificer Subclass You gain an Artificer subclass of your choice. The Alchemist, Armorer, Artillerist, Battle Smith, and Cartographer subclasses are detailed after this class’s description
. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Artificer levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Artificer level or lower.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
refers to your level in this class. At 2nd level, you gain two eldritch invocations of your choice. Your invocation options are detailed at the end of the class description. When you gain certain warlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
eldritch invocations of your choice. Your invocation options are detailed at the end of the class description. When you gain certain warlock levels, you gain additional invocations of your choice, as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Benefits of Piety The gods bestow favors on those who prove their devotion. When your piety score crosses certain thresholds—3, 10, 25, and 50—you gain a benefit detailed in the sections describing
Proficiency Bonus
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Characters have a proficiency bonus determined by level, as detailed in chapter 1. Monsters also have this bonus, which is incorporated in their stat blocks. The bonus is used in the rules on ability
example) before you apply it. For example, the rogue’s Expertise feature doubles the proficiency bonus for certain ability checks. If a circumstance suggests that your proficiency bonus applies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Genres of Horror This section describes several horror subgenres, elements common to certain types of horror stories you can use to inspire your own Darklords and Domains of Dread. These sections
creatures found in chapter 5 of this book (VGR) and the Monster Manual (MM). Also, for examples of fully detailed Darklords and domains employing these genres, look ahead to chapter 3.
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
— yuan-ti make perfect courtiers. And, worse for the rest of us, rulers.
— Elminster
The physical and magical prowess of the yuan-ti empire allowed the former humans to retain their
royal family could poison a meal and declare it “safe” after taking a bite.
There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human cities and forming deadly covert societies that sell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Crafting Nonmagical Items To craft a nonmagical item, you need tools, raw materials, and time, each of which is detailed below. If you meet the requirements, you make the item, and you can use it or
sell it at its normal price. Tools This chapter’s “Tools” section lists which tools are required to make certain items. The DM assigns required tools for items not listed there. You must use the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Flight, or Fight, or … ? Each of the results on these tables represents a certain kind of challenge or potential challenge. If you let the dice have their way and the result is a large number of
include entries for what the Dungeon Master’s Guide calls “encounters of a less monstrous nature.” Many of these results cry out to be customized or detailed, which offers you an opportunity to connect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
traits, if any, are features that are active at all times or in certain situations. Actions. The monster can take these actions in addition to those detailed in this glossary. See also chapter 1
are detailed in chapter 1. In parentheses after the Hit Points, the monster’s Hit Point Dice are provided, along with the contribution of its Constitution, if any, to its Hit Points. Following the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
.” Traits. The monster’s traits, if any, are features that are active at all times or in certain situations. Actions. The monster can take these actions in addition to those detailed in this glossary
are detailed in “Playing the Game”. In parentheses after the Hit Points, the monster’s Hit Point Dice are provided, along with the contribution of its Constitution, if any, to its Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Crafting Nonmagical Items To craft a nonmagical item, you need tools, raw materials, and time, each of which is detailed below. If you meet the requirements, you make the item, and you can use it or
sell it at its normal price. Tools This chapter’s “Tools” section lists which tools are required to make certain items. The DM assigns required tools for items not listed there. You must use the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Class Features and Hit Dice When your character gains a level, his or her class often grants additional features, as detailed in the class description. Some of these features allow you to increase
certain levels. Each time you gain a level, you gain 1 additional Hit Die. Roll that Hit Die, add your Constitution modifier to the roll, and add the total (minimum of 1) to your hit point maximum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Class Features and Hit Dice When your character gains a level, his or her class often grants additional features, as detailed in the class description. Some of these features allow you to increase
certain levels. Each time you gain a level, you gain 1 additional Hit Die. Roll that Hit Die, add your Constitution modifier to the roll, and add the total (minimum of 1) to your hit point maximum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
campaign. If you are replacing your race with a lineage, you retain any languages you had and gain no new languages. Creature Type Every creature in D&D, including every player character, has a special
have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature of the Construct type.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
them beyond death. Unlike mere zombies, they retain the memories and evil agendas they harbored in life. After dying and returning from the grave, a wight continues its villainous ways, but it is now
Motives 1d8 The Wight Returned from the Dead To...
1 Challenge anyone who passes near its grave on a certain cursed night.
2 Conquer the land it believes it should rule.
3 Continue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
rote—are level 0. The rules for each spellcasting class say when its members gain access to spells of certain levels. Spell Slots Spellcasting is taxing, so a spellcaster can cast only a limited
number of level 1+ spells before resting. Spell slots are the main way a spellcaster’s magical potential is represented. Each spellcasting class gives its members a limited number of spell slots of certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
sphere’s location but can try again the next day, reducing the DC of the check by 1 for each consecutive attempt. Other methods of finding the sphere are detailed in the “Adventure Hooks” section below. Once
the sphere is located in the Astral Sea, the characters must reach it, probably using teleportation magic or a spelljamming vessel. Adventure Hooks Certain powerful organizations know the Donjon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
casts a spell, he or she expends a slot of that spell’s level or higher, effectively "filling" a slot with the spell. You can think of a spell slot as a groove of a certain size — small for a 1st-level
special abilities that let them cast spells without using spell slots. For example, a monk who follows the Way of the Four Elements, a warlock who chooses certain eldritch invocations, and a pit fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
rote—are level 0. The rules for each spellcasting class say when its members gain access to spells of certain levels. Spell Slots Spellcasting is taxing, so a spellcaster can cast only a limited
number of level 1+ spells before resting. Spell slots are the main way a spellcaster’s magical potential is represented. Each spellcasting class gives its members a limited number of spell slots of certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
subclass of your choice. The Circle of the Land subclass is detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Druid levels. For the rest of your
. You can use Wild Shape twice. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. You gain additional uses when you reach certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Proficiency Bonus Characters have a proficiency bonus determined by level, as detailed in chapter 1. Monsters also have this bonus, which is incorporated in their stat blocks. The bonus is used in
halved, for example) before you apply it. For example, the rogue’s Expertise feature doubles the proficiency bonus for certain ability checks. If a circumstance suggests that your proficiency bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
What Is Planescape? Planescape is the D&D multiverse and so much more. Beyond the Great Wheel cosmology (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide), Planescape focuses on reality-bending adventures and
aesthetics unbound from those of mortal worlds. Just as other D&D settings highlight certain concepts but can host any genre of adventure or style of play, the same is true of Planescape. Adventures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and a symbol of undying loyalty. Benefits of Renown. Those who gain certain thresholds of renown with the loyalists can make requests of that faction and Maharani Ramya. These requests and the
threshold at which they’ll be entertained are detailed on the Loyalist Benefits table—along with how the request adjusts the character’s renown score with the faction, if applicable. Ramya treats those with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Proficiency Bonus Characters have a proficiency bonus determined by level, as detailed in "Step-By-Step Characters." Monsters also have this bonus, which is incorporated in their stat blocks. The
(doubled or halved, for example) before you apply it. For example, the rogue’s Expertise feature doubles the proficiency bonus for certain ability checks. If a circumstance suggests that your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. You can use Wild Shape twice. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. You gain additional uses when you reach certain
known forms with another eligible form. When you reach certain Druid levels, your number of known forms and the maximum Challenge Rating for those forms increases, as shown in the Beast Shapes table
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
the gods has no clear explanation, the priests might have to meditate for hours or days to get a vision of its meaning.
Every group of orcs has particular superstitions and recognizes certain omens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
rigid social structure of serfs and servants that largely dwell beyond the Kolophon’s walls. Those who stand at the heights of Akroan society, or outside it, are detailed here. The Monarchy Traditionally
to have transformed into a pillar of fire and vanished into the wind, but until her death is certain, the lektoi are reluctant to name a new monarch. Anax and Cymede have no children, so the king’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of the city, this means not merely the ability to carry a weapon, but the right to retain up to seventy equipped soldiers. These soldiers always wear a house’s colors and the house’s “arms of grace
” — a heraldic device often borne on a shield, worn as a cloak pin, or affixed to a helmet. Others throughout the city, even foreign dignitaries, are permitted to retain only up to sixteen armed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals—the first of which involves regaining a body. To do this, they seek servants to exact their will, coercing even the most stubborn
controlled and can regenerate themselves from those creatures’ blood. Unable to extinguish their horrific unlife, virtuous faiths and vigilant organizations (like the Order of the Guardians detailed in Van
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals—the first of which involves regaining a body. To do this, they seek servants to exact their will, coercing even the most stubborn
controlled and can regenerate themselves from those creatures’ blood. Unable to extinguish their horrific unlife, virtuous faiths and vigilant organizations (like the Order of the Guardians detailed in chapter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Sweettooth Horror “I smell frosting. Ready your weapons!”
—Greta, scourge of Sweettooth
Slawomir Maniak No one is certain of the true origin of Sweettooth Village. This eerie, abandoned town
VILLAGE
In addition to the Sweettooth horror described here, creatures found in and around Sweettooth Village might include gingerbrutes (detailed in this collection) as well as variations of oozes from