brown before dominate contacts rules

Inquisitor of the Mind Fire

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

memories, and dominate the recalcitrant. The inquisitors in the Order of Ansel subjected themselves to harsh asceticism in an effort to use psionic energy to empower their own bodies. They succeeded and

members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the

Amnizu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): At will: command 3/day: dominate monster 1/day: feeblemindInstinctive Charm. When a creature

have no personalities or memories; they’re driven only by the desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal

Inquisitor of the Sword

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Fire—their name for the fire of thought that blazes within each person’s mind. They used that power to read thoughts, reshape memories, and dominate the recalcitrant. The inquisitors in the

by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan descent dominate the central lands of Faerûn, around the Inner Sea. Chondathan Names: (Male) Darvin

members, can be used as inspiration no matter which world your human is in. Calishite Shorter and slighter in build than most other humans, Calishites have dusky brown skin, hair, and eyes. They&rsquo

Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, conjure barrage 4th dominate beast, stoneskin 5th destructive wave Fueled by the fire of rage burning in your heart, your magic is almost always accompanied by fiery

;We weren’t born tame or domesticated, so we shouldn’t have to live that way. (Neutral) 4 Might. The strongest are meant to dominate the weak. (Evil) 5 Rage.

Amnizu (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): At will: command 3/day: dominate monster 1/day: feeblemindInstinctive Charm. When a creature within 60 feet of the amnizu makes an attack roll against it, and

desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal them into legions.Fire, PoisonCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered

Star Spawn Larva Mage

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16): At will: mage hand, message, minor illusion 1/day: dominate monsterFeed on Weakness. When a creature within 20 feet of the mage fails a saving throw

or Kezef—usually a warlock or other spellcaster—contacts the comet-borne emissary of an Elder Evil, the emissary can merge with a mortal consciousness to create a larva mage. None of the

Aarakocra

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles. Creating Your Character

At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation

Inquisitor of the Tome

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

thoughts, reshape memories, and dominate the recalcitrant. The inquisitors in the Order of Ansel subjected themselves to harsh asceticism in an effort to use psionic energy to empower their own bodies. They

order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

physician. Personas can even be passed down through a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by the persona’s previous users. Creating Your Character At 1st

level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

You are an experienced criminal with a history of breaking the law. You have spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer

than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society

Rakdos Cultist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

;flaming sphere 3rd fear, haste 4th confusion, wall of fire 5th dominate person Your magic often produces a flashy spectacle, wreathing you or your targets in a mixture

pleasure. Contacts The Cult of Rakdos is anything but organized. Individuals frequently move from one performance troupe to another. Almost all members of the cult know former castmates now

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

5th dominate person Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you

was traumatized by witnessing a crime as a child. 5 I’m incapable of deception. 6 I wish I had joined the Boros, but I fear they’d never accept me. Contacts The Azorius

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

each: dispel magic, dominate beast, hunter's mark, maze, wall of stone 1/day each: teleport Labyrinthine Recall. Baphomet can perfectly recall any path he has traveled, and he is immune to the maze

, the Horned King and the Prince of Beasts. He rules over minotaur;minotaurs and others with savage hearts. He is worshiped by those who want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial

Githzerai

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ages passed, githzerai explorers ranged out to other planes and worlds of the multiverse. Githzerai are generally slender, with speckled skin in shades of yellow, green, or brown. Eons of cultivating

choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability Score

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the

underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth Tool Proficiencies: One

Human Names and Ethnicities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

. Calishite Shorter and slighter in build than most other humans, Calishites have dusky brown skin, hair, and eyes. They’re found primarily in southwest Faerûn. Calishite Names: (Male) Aseir, Bardeid

are slender, tawny-skinned folk with brown hair that ranges from almost blond to almost black. Most are tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan

Morgrave Chartacters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

, and they gain other benefits from having a group patron. (If you use the group patron rules in Eberron: Rising from the Last War or Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, you can use the benefits listed

here instead of the ones in those books; you can use the information on the University and Academy patrons to flesh out the characters’ contacts, fields of study, and so on.) The Archaeologist background

Human Names and Ethnicities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

. Calishite Shorter and slighter in build than most other humans, Calishites have dusky brown skin, hair, and eyes. They’re found primarily in southwest Faerûn. Calishite Names: (Male) Aseir, Bardeid

are slender, tawny-skinned folk with brown hair that ranges from almost blond to almost black. Most are tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan

It's Cosmopolitan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

include humans, elves, dwarves, owlin (described in chapter 2), orcs, trolls, vampires, and studious folk of many other origins. In practical terms, for player characters, you can use the rules found in any

to meet a Humanoid. The faculty members mentioned in chapter 1 include genasi, tritons, and even a bipedal brown bear. To the faculty and students of Strixhaven, it is unremarkable to meet someone

Dragonmarked Dynasties

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Dragonmarked Dynasties Powerful dynastic guilds dominate and regulate the magical economy. The dragonmarked houses include barons of industry whose influence rivals that of monarchs. Their power

Ghallanda seal in the corner of an inn sign assures customers that the establishment meets health and safety standards. Chapter 1 contains more details about dragonmarks and the dragonmarked houses, along with rules for creating dragonmarked characters.

The Boromar Clan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

associate of the clan, you’ll be expected to respect the hierarchy and follow the rules, and you might be targeted by Daask just as if you were a Boromar yourself. If you have a contact in the Boromar Clan

, you might know someone on the Boromar Contacts table. Boromar Contacts d6 Contact 1 Sundry (gnome) is a fence who runs a pawn shop in the Bazaar of Dura and has ties to many smugglers, sailors

Sports and Games

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Sports and Games The Sharn Inquisitive The Race of Eight Winds Begins! Banners are flying across Dura today, and the streets are full of color. Walk through Oldkeep wearing brown and red, and

. Poison, magic, or anything else that would directly interfere with beast or rider is strictly forbidden—though over the years we’ve certainly seen imaginative attempts to stretch the rules! Dura

Dark Fantasy Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

to directly dominate others. Dark Fantasy Villains d10 Villain 1 A machine that believes it’s a resurrected tyrant and seeks to rebuild its empire in iron 2 The leader of a

blood of angels 8 The commander of a legion of soul-addicted templars who punish crimes by burning criminals into psychoactive spirit dust 9 An ancient dragon whose godlike magic drains the domain of life 10 A god who killed all their peers and now rules the mortal realm

Star Spawn Larva Mage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

other spellcaster — contacts the comet-borne emissary of an Elder Evil, the emissary can merge with a mortal consciousness to create a larva mage. None of the original cultist’s personality survives

innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: eldritch blast (3 beams, +3 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion 3/day: dominate monster 1/day: circle of

Ruz Bazaar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

rugs of many styles and designs. A brown-skinned halfling smiles and hops down from atop a stack of folded carpets beside the shop’s wide-open doors. “Welcome! Does anything catch your eye?” From

smuggling business is dwindling, as his contacts fear provoking Atash or believe there’s no money to be made in the isolated city. Emad recently received a strange samovar from a treasure hunter in the

10. Common Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

chairs are scattered around this large room. Wooden benches are drawn up against walls decorated with draperies of brown and red, and several ale kegs are propped up and tapped. Four tough-looking human

drinking heavily, and they are poisoned (see the appendix in the Basic Rules for the effects of being poisoned). The Redbrands immediately recognize characters wearing scarlet cloaks as impostors

Chapter 3: Classes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

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. Your class gives you a

continuing to advance as a barbarian. Elves are known to combine martial mastery with magical training and advance as fighters and wizards simultaneously. Optional rules for combining classes in this

Amnizu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ pitiful brains and marshal the lemures into legions. VARIANT: DEVIL SUMMONING Some amnizus have an action that allows them to summon

following spells, requiring no material components: At will: charm person, command 3/day each: dominate person, fireball 1/day each: dominate monster, feeblemind Magic Resistance. The amnizu has

Roper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Caverns filled with smoke or gas. 3 Dead magic* or wild magic* zones. 4 The lair of a creature it is trying to bait out. 5 A nest of rats, insects, or other vermin. 6 Patches of brown mold* or green

slime*. 7 Pools of magma or boiling water. 8 Razorvine* or similar dangerous plants. *See the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Rule 9: Never trust a stalagmite. —X the Mystic’s Rules of Dungeon Survival

Noteworthy Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

land is ruled by Pharaoh Ankhtepot, the immortal intermediary between the mortals and the gods. The pharaoh rules from his pyramid, Pharaoh’s Rest, in the City of the Dead. The people worship a

culture and have survived in an extreme environment. Most of the land’s people have dark hair and a variety of warm skin tones favoring golden to deep brown and black shades, and names with Egyptian

Shield Dwarves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

traits of mountain dwarves in the Player’s Handbook. Their skin is usually fair, eyes green, hazel, or silver-blue, and they have brown, blond, or red hair. Full beards and mustaches are commonly seen

, Worldthrone, Wyrmslayer, and Yund. Some dwarves hail from the family that founded or rules a given clan, and so they use the clan name as their family name. Others are simply “of” the clan, but bear the clan name with as much pride as their own surnames.

Using a Stat Block

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Manual before proceeding further. That book explains stat block terminology and gives rules for various monster traits—information that isn’t repeated here. The Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating table sorts

Humanoid 3 Githyanki buccaneer Humanoid 3 Neogi hatchling swarm Aberration 3 Neogi pirate Aberration 3 Plasmoid warrior Ooze 3 Solar dragon wyrmling Dragon 3 Ssurran defiler Monstrosity 4 Brown scavver

Arrival at Korth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

human’s dragonmark and garb suggests high ranking in House Cannith. If the check succeeds by 5 or more, the character recognizes the human as Zorlan d’Cannith, the Cannith baron that rules Cannith

d’Cannith’s field of expertise: warforged—specifically undead ones. Through his extensive contacts, he has been arranging for the delivery of dead warforged for years for use in his experimentation

Amnizu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal them into legions. Variant: Devil Summoning Some amnizus have an action that allows them to summon other

: dominate monster 1/day: feeblemind Reactions Instinctive Charm. When a creature within 60 feet of the amnizu makes an attack roll against it, and another creature is within the attack’s range, the

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