both both dark choose rivals

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

Wayfarer

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook

Ability Scores: Dexterity, Wisdom, CharismaFeat: LuckySkill Proficiencies: Insight and StealthTool Proficiency: Thieves’ ToolsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) 2 Daggers, Thieves' Tools

, Gaming Set (any), Bedroll, 2 Pouches, Traveler's Clothes, 16 GP; or (B) 50 GP You grew up on the streets surrounded by similarly ill-fated castoffs, a few of them friends and a few of them rivals

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

House Agent

Backgrounds Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Ability Scores: Strength, Intelligence, Charisma Feat: Lucky Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Persuasion Tool Proficiencies: Choose one kind of Artisan’s Tools Equipment: Choose A

of house leadership in the world. You might have many old friends, mentors, and rivals in the house you serve, plus allies or enemies in other houses.

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.

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.

Tsucora Quori

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

quori's Possession for 24 hours after succeeding on the saving throw or after the possession ends.Quori Dal Quor is the plane of dreams and is currently dominated by a dark power known as il-Lashtavar

, or the Dreaming Dark. Il-Lashtavar is served by a host of aberrations that are the embodiments of dreams and nightmares — the quori. Because it is difficult for anything to physically travel to or

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

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

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

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

, such as lore about demons. When you do so, double your proficiency bonus on that check. Dark Speech. While you carry the Book of Vile Darkness and are attuned to it, you can use an action to recite

Crown of Lies

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, the Dark Powers of the Domain of Dread lured Kas to a hidden forge, where he found the Crown of Lies. Once Kas vowed to deliver Vecna into the Dark Powers’ clutches and donned the crown, the

Dark Powers released Kas. From there, Kas set out to ruin his former master. Should Kas fail, the Dark Powers will reclaim him. The crown is made of burnished and entwined metal rods. To attune to it

Variant Tiefling

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

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

; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.

Skull Lord

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

throw and only half damage if it fails, provided it isn’t incapacitated. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the skull lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Master of the

of the Shadowfell as their dominion. From these blighted lands, they wage war against their rivals, commanding hordes of the undying in a bid to establish dominance. Yet skull lords always prove to be

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

start of her turn. Witchcraft. Iggwilv uses Spellcasting or Fey Step. Dark Speech (Costs 2 Actions). Iggwilv utters a phrase in a forbidden language and targets one or two creatures she can see within

Encephalon Cluster

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

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

the attacker, it then makes one Slam attack against that attacker.An encephalon cluster pays no heed to an elder brain or its mind flayer progenitors. This grotesque creature shambles through dark

Specter of Night

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

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

exhaustion.Like dark mirrors of Eldraine’s archons (see “Archon of Boundaries”), specters appear as shrouded figures mounted on horrific flying beasts. It is easy to look at a

Vellynne Harpell

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

—a nervous disorder that manifests as trembling. It can affect her balance and her stride, but she has learned to cast her spells unimpeded by it. Despite her firm grasp of the dark arts, she

Reghed Glacier. The orb was recently stolen by Nass Lantomir, one of Vellynne’s rivals in the Arcane Brotherhood. Vellynne intends to get it back before resuming her quest to find Ythryn

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.

Demogorgon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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

magical gaze toward one creature he can see within 120 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or suffer one of the following effects (choose one or roll a d6

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

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, such as lore about

Haunted One

Backgrounds Curse of Strahd: Character Options

with a sword or banished with a spell. It might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a memory that refuses to die, or a demonic whisper in the dark. The burden has taken its

toll, isolating you from most people and making you question your sanity. You must find a way to overcome it before it destroys you. Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Arcana, Investigation

Hutijin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Infernal Despair. Each creature within 30 feet of Hutijin that isn’t a devil makes saving throws with disadvantage. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Hutijin fails a saving throw, he can choose

rivals. Other archdevils know how much Hutijin despises mortals and have secretly disseminated the means to call him from the Nine Hells in the hope of distracting the archdevil long enough for them to

Aasimar Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

choose or use as inspiration to create your own. Aasimar Celestial Features d6 Celestial Feature 1 A dusting of metallic, white, or charcoal freckles 2 Metallic, luminous, or

dark eyes 3 Starkly colored hair 4 An unusual hue tinting your shadow 5 A ghostly halo crowning your head 6 Rainbows gleaming on your skin Creating Your Character At

Nightmare Beast

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the beast fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Siege Monster. The beast deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The beast makes

the beast’s mouth, and its large red eyes glow in the dark. The creature smashes through structures and fortifications with ease, and it doesn’t hesitate to rend foes with its claws and

Blue Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

105,000 XP (210,000 XP total) for defeating the greatwyrm after its Chromatic Awakening activates. Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

this level of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons. Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s

Rezmir

Monsters Tyranny of Dragons

, Rezmir can deal an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Dark Advantage"} damage when she hits with a weapon attack, provided Rezmir has advantage on the attack roll

disintegrates into a pile of ash. Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If Rezmir fails a saving throw while wearing the Black Dragon Mask, she can choose to succeed instead.Greatsword (Hazirawn). Melee Weapon Attack

Green Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

105,000 XP (210,000 XP total) for defeating the greatwyrm after its Chromatic Awakening activates. Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

level of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons. Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension

Strahd, Master of Death House

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Strahd fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Master of the House. When Strahd is reduced to 0 hit points, he dissolves into mist and immediately

Zarovich was a prince, a soldier, and a conqueror. His thirst for power never sated, Strahd made a pact with the Dark Powers to become immortal. Meanwhile, Strahd’s evil deepened, until in a jealous

Mummy Lord Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

the mummy lord’s lair is wracked with pain. The creature can choose another action, but if it tries to cast the spell, it must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes

. Regional Effects A mummy lord’s temple or tomb is warped in any of the following ways by the creature’s dark presence: Food instantly molders and water instantly evaporates when brought

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

magic, major image 3/day each: dispel magic, fear, telekinesis 1/day each: feeblemind, project image Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Demogorgon fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead

"} necrotic damage. Maddening Gaze. Demogorgon uses his Gaze action, and must choose either the Beguiling Gaze or the Insanity Gaze effect.Prince of Demons, the Sibilant Beast, and Master of the

Sul Khatesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Sul Khatesh has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Master of Magic. Sul Khatesh has advantage on

as the Lords of Dust — scheme to unleash their ancient masters. The overlords gain strength when mortals embrace the dark paths laid down for them. And as they grow stronger, they gain more influence

Valin Sarnaster

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

as the immortal heir of Savras’s realm. The Canopic Being came into her possession years ago, and an obsession with the dark rituals therein set the oracle on her present course. Valin has

, any non-undead creature that tries to cast a spell of 4th level or lower in Valin’s lair is wracked with pain. The creature can choose another action, but if it tries to cast the spell, it must

Black Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

105,000 XP (210,000 XP total) for defeating the greatwyrm after its Chromatic Awakening activates. Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons. Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension involves

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

constantly stymied by politically shrewd rivals. Bael prefers to make servants out of his adversaries, and mortals bound to his service earn their wretched place by falling victim to his superior

Red Greatwyrm

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

105,000 XP (210,000 XP total) for defeating the greatwyrm after its Chromatic Awakening activates. Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the greatwyrm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

of power. But a chromatic dragon who can outwit all rivals and overcome all potential thieves can rise to become one of the mightiest of dragons. Often a chromatic greatwyrm’s ascension involves

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