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Player’s Handbook
no higher than your level or Challenge Rating. You must have seen the sort of creature before, and it can’t be a Construct or an Undead.
When you cast the spell, you gain a number of Temporary
block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies; and ability to communicate. If
Shapechange
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. The new form can be of any creature with a challenge rating equal to your level or lower. The creature can't be a construct or an undead
replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Puppeteering"}. The necrichor targets a creature it can see within 5 feet of it that is missing any of its hit points. If the target isn’t a Construct or an Undead, it
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
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
After betraying and nearly destroying the lich Vecna, the warrior Kas found himself trapped in the Shadowfell, imprisoned in a Domain of Dread called Tovag. There, he languished as a vampire. In time
, 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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
carries is invisible with it.Xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics.
Duergar
Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless
dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts.
Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an
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
changed your body, making you reliant on others for vital fluids.
Dhampirs in the Domains of Dread
When creating a dhampir, ask your DM if it makes sense for your character to have ties to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Harpoon", "rollDamageType
much damage on a successful one.No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
existence, most often to the Material Plane. There they seek to bring a bit of their home plane’s splendor to other worlds.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a
;s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the
, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures
Charlatan
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
Characteristics
Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe, and how they see the
luxuries faster than I bring them in...
3
I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others.
4
I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with
city of Mezro during the Spellplague. No longer content to wait for Alisanda and Mezro to return on their own, Artus has been seeking the means to bring them back. He believes that Saja N’baza, an
Aasimar
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Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Whether descended from a celestial being or infused with heavenly power, aasimar are mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their souls. They can fan that spark to bring light, ease
character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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Suggested Characteristics
Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe
gains on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in...
3
I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others.
4
I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t
Hobgoblin
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Maglubiyet, the greater god allows them to retain a measure of their influence over the hobgoblins because their philosophies are in line with his own.
Hobgoblins don’t build temples to their gods, lest
will result in death if the act will bring glory to the banner or the legion.
Honor the Gods. Hobgoblins give regular recognition to the deities left to them after Maglubiyet’s conquest. Idols
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
Guide). If it succeeds, the ring compels its wearer to cause undue harm to everyone and everything around it, in a cold-hearted attempt to incur the wrath of enemies and bring about the wearer&rsquo
creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with vulnerability to fire damage, immunity to cold and poison damage, and immunity to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
level or Challenge Rating. You must have seen the sort of creature before, and it can’t be a Construct or an Undead. When you shape-shift, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the Hit
Points of the form. The spell ends early if you have no Temporary Hit Points left. Your game statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
level or Challenge Rating. You must have seen the sort of creature before, and it can’t be a Construct or an Undead. When you cast the spell, you gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the
you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies; and ability to communicate. If you have the Spellcasting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
bring others under Zuggtmoy’s thrall. Zuggtmoy allows these zealots to retain their existing forms if doing so furthers her aims and helps to spread her children far and wide, but they are destined for the same fate as all the others.
. Most are druids who want to exterminate civilization and replace it with wild plants and fungus, or deluded, power-hungry individuals who believe that they would retain their identities while they
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Species
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
the Lake of Steam out along the trade routes to cross the world, yuan-ti poisons and potent liquors are covertly sold. Beware! Some of the latter slowly and subtly bring imbibers under the sway of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
can’t be a construct or an undead, and you must have seen the sort of creature at least once. You transform into an average example of that creature, one without any class levels or the Spellcasting
trait. Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
can’t be a construct or an undead, and you must have seen the sort of creature at least once. You transform into an average example of that creature, one without any class levels or the Spellcasting
trait. Your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and
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
list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Dark Powers Unfathomable, hidden forces manipulate life, death, and reality within Ravenloft. These mysterious, deathless beings are the architects of the Domains of Dread, and have secreted
hint at ways to escape the Domains of Dread. Consider the following possibilities when developing your perspective on the Dark Powers: Amoral Guardians. The Dark Powers are a group of powerful beings
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack
-expression, like a jaunty hat or colourful scarf.
Snowborn Traits
Rafa Teruel
Creature Type: Construct
Size: Small (about 2-4 ft tall) or Medium (about 4-7 ft tall), chosen when you select this
are indistinguishable from a snowman, but retain consciousness. You don’t need to eat, drink or breathe. Glacial Form. Once per long rest, you can cast the False Life spell without using the material components or expending a spell slot, and harden your body into ice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Oaken Bolter No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward traps or melee
-oriented clockworks — and at shorter ranges, burst with explosive force. Oaken Bolter
Medium construct, unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Star Forge Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Star Forge or to give them missions to pursue there. A Star Is Reborn Thieves damaged the Giant runes stabilizing the
golem fueled by radiant energy and other creatures from the Giant Construct Encounters table in chapter 3. Guiding Whispers A voice whispers into a character’s dreams, leading the character toward the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Nightmare Logic By the standards of what other worlds’ inhabitants consider true and sane, the Domains of Dread don’t make sense. The setting’s domains don’t neatly flow into one another, histories
uncertainty, mystery, paranoia, and dread in defiance of logic or common sense. In Ravenloft, tales like the
treasure-haunting Bagman
come to terrifying life The characters in your Ravenloft adventures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Shadow Dragon Treasures Shadow dragons retain the preferences of their original form when it comes to treasure. With each passing year, though, the more lustrous objects in their hoards begin to
. Ebony, onyx, and similar dark-hued valuables bring shadow dragons no particular joy, but they aren’t as inherently repellent as silver, platinum, and diamonds. Beauty fills shadow dragons with contempt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Domain of Dread Parolee Kas uses an artifact called the Crown of Lies to impersonate a powerful wizard and manipulate others into retrieving an item that will allow him to free a demon lord ally
nearly destroying the lich Vecna, the warrior Kas found himself trapped in the Shadowfell, imprisoned in a Domain of Dread called Tovag. There, he languished as a vampire. In time, the Dark Powers of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Endless Rockslide Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Endless Rockslide or to give them missions to pursue there. Constructive Endeavors Runes harnessing the
elemental power of the Endless Rockslide hold the key to a mage’s research. The mage offers a manual of golems (clay) in exchange for help in overcoming guardians from the Giant Construct Encounters table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Horizon’s Edge Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to Horizon’s Edge or to give them missions to pursue there. Key to the Past Archaeologists hire the characters to help
trapped in the realm and attack the expedition, seeking a means of escape. Reforged in Starlight Pieces of a broken magic item found in the demiplane and guarded by creatures from the Giant Construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
with precious stones and metals. In truth, Lynx is an active agent of Zariel but is no longer among the living. Rather, she’s a lawful evil undead tiefling, with her skeleton specially crafted to retain
Infernal Machine and installed it in a magical construct resembling a silvery skeleton with decorative wings, nicknamed Eludecia. (If you connect this adventure to Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, the construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
artificers finish making the item. 2 Petition the ranking artificer for access to the workshop’s specialized library. 3 Use the workshop to create a crucial magic item. 4 Locate a stolen construct that has
Defend the workshop against an invasion while the artificers try to repair a magic item. 8 Bring an unknown artifact to the workshop so the artificers can identify it. 9 Convince the owners of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
site. After doing so, the eidolon controls the construct as if it was its own body and uses its fists to drive back intruders, smashing and crushing anything it can reach. Undead Nature. An eidolon
throws against any effect that turns undead.
Actions
Divine Dread. Each creature within 60 feet of the eidolon that can see it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Vistani Known throughout the Land of the Mists, Vistani (singular: Vistana) are a people with a unique understanding of the Domains of Dread and the hidden paths between them. Following itinerant
Vistani travelers have a holistic perspective on the Domains of Dread and know the following secrets: The Mists are more than weather and are manipulated by forces that seem fickle and often cruel






