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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from shape-shifters. You can choose the origin of your feral might or determine it by rolling on the Origin of the Beast table
.
Origin of the Beast
d4
Origin
1
One of your parents is a lycanthrope, and you’ve inherited some of their curse.
2
You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from shape-shifters. You can choose the origin of your feral might or determine it by rolling on the Origin of the Beast table
.
Origin of the Beast
d4
Origin
1
One of your parents is a lycanthrope, and you’ve inherited some of their curse.
2
You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
related to vrock;vrocks, vulturelike demons known for their covetousness and their capricious violence. According to these scholars, a flock of vrocks descended on a Material Plane world through a
.
Werevultures appear perfectly ordinary when in humanoid shape. But by the light of the full moon—or at other times when they give in to the curse—they change. Foul wings burst painfully
Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
The Simic Combine uses magic to fuse different life forms together. In recent years, the Simic Combine has extended this research to humanoid subjects, magically transferring the traits of various
called Simic hybrids, though they sometimes refer to themselves as guardians.
Extensive Adaptation
A hybrid’s biological enhancements can change its appearance drastically, though most hybrids
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
The verdan owe their existence to chaos. Descended and transformed from a large clan of goblins and hobgoblins, those who became the verdan were simply living their lives, doing goblinoid things. But
discoveries is that their physical forms change as they age, signifying that the mutative power of That-Which-Endures is not done with them. The first verdan emerged from the Underdark as creatures of goblin
Monsters
Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
a DC 19 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon.
Change Shape. Lhammaruntosz magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge
Bahamut, which the dragon can use to commune with the deity.
In recent decades Lhammaruntosz has retreated inside the shrine, becoming reclusive due to a attack by a disguised demon which has driven her
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
damage and is deafened until the start of Yan-C-Bin’s next turn.
Change Shape. Yan-C-Bin polymorphs into a Medium humanoid. While in polymorphed form, a swirling breeze surrounds him, his eyes are
touch.
Gale force winds tear across the landscape in a 5-mile radius, whisking away small or light objects, dismantling roofs and fences, tearing branches from trees, and making flight impossible
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
: In recent years, the Zhentarim have become more visible in the world at large, as the group works to improve its reputation among the common people. The faction draws employees and associates
try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Redwood Watch Redwood Watch is a village of about a hundred people who work primarily as hunters, trappers, lumberers, and artisans. Most are elves descended from the grove’s six original families
as large tree hollows that serve as homes and shops. A few hardy individuals have made their homes amid the forest’s branches in tree houses that overlook the forest floor. Owing to the village’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
a mix of recent wooden construction and ancient stone buildings.
The people of Arborean Springs fall into three broad groups: Traditionalists. Most of the people of Arborean Springs are farmers and
herders descended from folk the githyanki subjugated ages ago. Their folklore describes this history, though it has become distorted over time. Nature Lovers. After the fall of the githyanki’s kingdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
cast. Tree branches look like skeletal fingers, night creatures slink and flutter about, and skull-like faces appear on plants, stones, and sprites’ wings. 4 Inquisitive. Creatures in this domain are
nosy and hungry for gossip. Animated trees use their branches to pick through backpacks when travelers aren’t looking; pixies spy on strangers; and birds eavesdrop on conversations, repeating what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Verdan Names The oldest verdan names spring from goblinoid traditions, but more recent names reflect the character of the different cultures these folk have encountered since coming out into the
sunlight. When a group of verdan live near dwarves, they might take on more dwarven-sounding names, only to change those names when they wander into a human area. A verdan is also not hesitant to change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
S1. Road Junction The road branches north and climbs a rocky escarpment, ending at a gatehouse built into a twenty-foot-high wall of stone reinforced with buttresses every fifty feet or so. The wall
abbey that clings to the mountainside high above the settlement. The steady chime is inviting—a welcome change from the deathly silence and oppressive fog to which you have grown accustomed. It’s hard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
not of a long-lost lover but of Elturel. This surprises everyone, including Alan Alyth, who has never heard the spirit change its tune. Characters who understand Elvish can translate the lyrics: O
after hearing the song can ask him about it, since he speaks Elvish in addition to Common. However, he was so surprised by the change in lyrics that he remembers only parts of it. The spirit will sing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Part 1: Preflight Meal The adventure begins with the characters gathering in the academy’s refectory to eat breakfast with other cadets and discuss recent events at the academy. Spelljammer Academy
protect the world from far greater threats. Spelljammer Academy trains cadets for service as Spelljammers and members of the Spelljammer Corps: both branches of a magical navy sworn to protect Toril
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
elsewhere and change shifts every six hours. Servants The Vanthampurs employ four full-time live-in servants (all neutral human commoners): Fendrick Gray, a decrepit seventy-year-old butler Sarvinder
Peck, a salty fifty-two-year-old groundskeeper and stable master Gabourey D’Vaelan, a fussy thirty-five-year-old cook Ambra Fallwater, a plainspoken nineteen-year-old maid Ambra is a recent hire to replace the previous maid, whom Duke Vanthampur threw down the stairs for breaking a vase.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Goliath, you have these special traits. Giant Ancestry. You are descended from Giants. Choose one of the following benefits—a supernatural boon from your ancestry; you can use the chosen benefit a
within 60 feet of you, you can take a Reaction to deal 1d8 Thunder damage to that creature.
Large Form. Starting at character level 5, you can change your size to Large as a Bonus Action if you’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
wyvern lies on the skybridge, its body scorched by lightning. 4 A curious and friendly cloud giant is surprised to see travelers on the skybridge and asks them at length about recent happenings in the
Lambakluha. The bonesinger has not yet heard of the attack in Kalapang and is horrified if the characters share the news with her. If asked about recent bakunawa activity, Ina says she’s heard a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, you have these special traits. Giant Ancestry. You are descended from Giants. Choose one of the following benefits—a supernatural boon from your ancestry; you can use the chosen benefit a number of
feet of you, you can take a Reaction to deal 1d8 Thunder damage to that creature.
Large Form. Starting at character level 5, you can change your size to Large as a Bonus Action if you’re in a big
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
key components of life within the city. Change is possible, but usually only when it’s driven by members of the royal family or the noble clans. Queen Jin-Mi sits at the apex of the social order
descended from the city’s founder and first ruler, the dragon Mireu. The bureaucracy surrounding her consists of officials known as magistrates, who govern the city-state and enforce its laws. Those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
). Elemental Hulks. Withered branches of the giant family tree, the elemental hulks (cinder hulks, dust hulks, lightning hulks, mist hulks, mud hulks, and rime hulks) are Elemental creatures descended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
entrance, with very recent goblin tracks leading in. If a character succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception or Survival) check, they also notice a pair of human-sized boot tracks leading into the cave
them while they wait. As a Dungeon Master, you control the story, so you have the power to change the world around them to spur them to action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Sundabar Like Mirabar, Sundabar was a dwarven settlement atop which a human city was built. Sundabar’s recent fall should serve as an example to my fellow dwarves of what can happen when the balance
of power shifts toward the surface and into human hands. The city is descended from the citadel of Sundbarr, a stronghold of Delzoun constructed two thousand years ago around a strange volcanic rift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Trapper A trapper is a manta-like creature that lurks in subterranean and natural environments. It can change the color and texture of its tough, outward-facing side to help it blend in with its
outer side to match its surroundings. It can blend in with any surface made of stone, earth, or wood, masking its presence to any but the most rigorous scrutiny. It can’t change its texture to that of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the underworld of Khyber, the source of many aberrations and monsters. It’s the result of recent experiments by one of the dragonmarked houses or a mad artificer. It comes from one of the planes and
slipped into the world during a recent convergence. Not everything has to exist in Eberron. You can find a place in Eberron for anything. But it’s also possible to say that something doesn’t exist in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
from this table to determine the characters’ interactions. Reception Activities d6 Activity 1 Catching Up. The student wants to talk about their recent break, which they spent reading everything by
later in this adventure. Third-Year Rumor Mill d6 Rumor Accuracy 1 Some professors seek to change Mage Tower for the sake of student safety. Many students oppose this. False 2 There’s a ailment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters, “From time to time, the great stones change position when no one is watching. That is how they talk to us. They show us signs of coming danger and warn us when we make bad choices.” The old
carpenter knows much about the Believers’ influence in Red Larch over the years. The recent involvement with “the earth priests” who help them to understand the moving stones is something he idly mentions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
or the Silent Roar. The Brightguard approaches them first, but characters might change their loyalties. How the characters manage relationships with these factions affects how the adventure unfolds
agent of the Sunweaver—deemed service in the Brightguard a holy calling, the group’s ranks swelled. Most members have unshakable resolve, but recent revolutionary acts have the order on edge. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, and you’ve inherited some of their curse. 2 You are descended from an archdruid and inherited the ability to partially change shape. 3 A fey spirit gifted you with the ability to adopt different bestial
bestial spark burning within their souls. That beast bursts forth in the throes of rage, physically transforming the barbarian. Such a barbarian might be inhabited by a primal spirit or be descended from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
him as honest, optimistic, and extraordinarily lucky. Until recently, he was a member of Force Grey and reported directly to the Blackstaff. In recent months, Meloon has spent much of his time at the
restored and his statistics change as follows: Meloon is neutral good. He loses his telepathy, and his ability to speak and understand Deep Speech. He can attune to Azuredge (see appendix A).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
please. Abanasinia Several peaceful communities dot the Abanasinia region, including Solace, a village built among the branches of towering Vallenwood trees. In recent years, the theocratic Seekers have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
campaigns to overturn it. Rather, her champions’ work often serves her immediate interests or embodies her ire about some recent slight. The Thassa’s Quests table suggests a few adventures the god’s
, or lands affected by (or starved of) water. She makes a fantastic patron for sea-based campaigns, but also land-based journeys where the characters might spread Thassa’s desire for change and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
not go stand titanic menhirs, likely erected by stone giants. The folk of Hartsvale are ruled by House Hartwick, a line of royals supposedly descended from Hartkiller. Though human, House Hartwick’s
often come down out of the mountains. Castle Hartwick and Stagwick Between two branches of the Clear Whirl River lies a great island on which Hartkiller built his castle. Stagwick, on the east bank of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
of your choice. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can change your choice. Owl. You have Darkvision with a range of 60 feet. If you already have Darkvision, its range increases by 60 feet. Panther
Tree MARCELA MEDEIROS Path of the World Tree Subclass Trace the Roots and Branches of the Multiverse Barbarians who follow the Path of the World Tree connect with the cosmic tree Yggdrasil through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
lights of civilization known as Ten-Towns but also the indigenous flora and fauna that need sunlight and the change of seasons to survive. Not all creatures are discouraged by what has transpired
blizzards and other deterrents, visitors still come and go. Among the recent arrivals are four wizards of the Arcane Brotherhood, a powerful society of spellcasters based in Luskan. They’ve come chasing