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College of Valor

Classes Player’s Handbook

Sing the Deeds of Ancient Heroes Bards of the College of Valor are daring storytellers whose tales preserve the memory of the great heroes of the past. These Bards sing the deeds of the mighty in

vaulted halls or to crowds gathered around great bonfires. They travel to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of these events doesn’t pass away. With their songs, they inspire new generations to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

Bard

Classes Player’s Handbook

;Daggers, Musical Instrument of your choice, Entertainer's Pack, and 19 GP; or (B) 90 GP Invoking magic through music, dance, and verse, Bards are expert at inspiring others, soothing hurts

, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic

Beast of Malar

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Divine Immortality"} days, reviving with all its Hit Points in a place of Malar’s choosing. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the beast fails a saving throw, it can

":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 23 (4d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"4d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. Claws (Land or Sky Form

Scufflecup Teacup

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d3 + 2) bludgeoning damage.Scufflecup is a game students

created after finding a box of teacups in a nearby building’s storage room. The students discovered that pouring hot tea into the cups animates them for 10 minutes and causes them to sprout little arms and legs.Poison

College of Valor Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or

from the world. With their songs, they inspire others to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.

Coin of Decisionry

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

powerful prognostication powers dutifully explained), you can exert your will to control its operation as a bonus action, choosing the result that appears after it lands as a means of gently coercing

the user toward a specific course of action. The creature flipping the coin can detect your manipulation with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Insight) check. Better Odds When you reach rank 3, your

Fool's Blade

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

. While wielding it, you also gain the following benefits: Fool’s Feint. As a bonus action, you can feint, choosing a creature within 5 feet of you as your target. Until the start of your next

is within the attacker’s reach. Once this reaction has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Istarian Drone

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

, or sleep.Multiattack. The drone makes two Claw attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8

scuttling insectile legs and barbed, scythe-shaped arms for carrying and placing building materials. The drones create a viscous gel that hardens into crystalline mortar, which they can repurpose to restrain attackers.Lightning, Poison

Swarmkeeper

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Feeling a deep connection to the environment around them, some rangers reach out through their magical connection to the world and bond with a swarm of nature spirits. The swarm becomes a potent

. Other Swarmkeepers enjoy building vibrant communities that work for the mutual benefit of all those they consider part of their swarm. A Swarmkeeper’s swarm and spells are reflections of the

Swarmkeeper (TCoE)

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Feeling a deep connection to the environment around them, some rangers reach out through their magical connection to the world and bond with a swarm of nature spirits. The swarm becomes a potent

. Other Swarmkeepers enjoy building vibrant communities that work for the mutual benefit of all those they consider part of their swarm. A Swarmkeeper’s swarm and spells are reflections of the

Dream Eater

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

effects.Multiattack. The dream eater makes two Ensnaring Shriek attacks. Ensnaring Shriek. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Ensnaring Shriek"} to hit, reach

dream eater lies not in brute force but in the ability to pierce its illusions and wrest others from its terrors. As such, bards and other persuasive adventurers find themselves uniquely poised to

Screaming Devilkin

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Barbed Tail"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Barbed

denizens of the Feywild. Sages believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an

Viari

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

with his shortsword and two attacks with his rapier. +1 Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"1 Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

":"to hit","rollAction":"Rapier"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rapier","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

Drow Mother of Rebellion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and three Tentacle Rod attacks. Demon Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Demon Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4

effect on itself on a success. Tentacle Rod. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle Rod"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d6

Spiderdragon

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d10+5", "rollType":"damage

Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

Baba Lysaga's Creeping Hut

Monsters Curse of Strahd

roots. It can replace one of these attacks with a rock attack. Root. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Root"} to hit, reach 60 ft., one target. Hit: 30

attacks with its flailing and stomping roots. It can also use its roots to fling large rocks. Hut Interior. The hut is a 15-foot-square, ramshackle wooden building with a gently sloping thatch roof. Its

Drow Matron Mother

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and three Tentacle Rod attacks. Demon Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Demon Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4

effect on itself on a success. Tentacle Rod. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle Rod"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d6

Beholder Zombie Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6

"} magical eye ray, choosing a target that it can see within 60 feet of it. 1. Paralyzing Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The

Prismatic Wall Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

, the creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or become blinded for 1 minute. The wall consists of seven layers, each with a different color. When a creature attempts to reach into or pass

, the creature is transported to another plane of the GM's choosing and is no longer blinded. (Typically, a creature that is on a plane that isn't its home plane is banished home, while other creatures

Maw of Sekolah

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Sekolah makes one attack with its bite and one attack with its tail smash. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tail Smash"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail Smash","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning

Empyrean Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

%) or neutral evil (25%).Maul. Melee Weapon Attack: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Maul"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (6d6 + 10);{"diceNotation":"6d6+10

","rollDamageType":"radiant"}, or thunder;{"diceNotation":"7d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bolt","rollDamageType":"thunder"}.The empyrean can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below

Monstrous Peryton

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Flyby. The peryton doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach. Keen Sight and Smell. The peryton has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on

talons. Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Gore"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5","rollType":"damage

Adult Blue Dracolich Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d10+7","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7);{"diceNotation":"2d6+7","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Tail. Melee

Rahadin

Monsters Curse of Strahd

attacks three times with his scimitar, or twice with his poisoned darts. Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Scimitar"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

his attention to building Castle Ravenloft, Rahadin saw to it that wizards and artisans were brought to Barovia. Years later, Strahd appointed Rahadin his castle chamberlain. Rahadin was pleased to do

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Staff of Silverymoon"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

are to spread kindness, reward virtue, and promote a culture of compassion throughout the multiverse. She is good at building alliances and quick to intervene when she senses a threat to the forces of

Gynosphinx Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The sphinx can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Longsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing

building a bomb big enough to level a fortification. They gladly accept payment in kegs of gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency. No Honor in Magic. Some giff become wizards

Eye of Fear and Flame

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

attacks, and uses its Gemstone Eyes. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d12 + 3);{"diceNotation

":"1d12+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Gemstone Eyes. The eye of fear and flame shoots one of the following magical eye rays, choosing one

Unicorn Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

","rollAction":"Hooves"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Hooves","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Horn

. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Horn"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction

Solar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Greatsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d6 + 8);{"diceNotation":"4d6+8","rollType

, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness.The solar can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another

Crystal Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2", "rollType":"damage

rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible. 3 A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in

Wyrmskull Throne

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

choice. These attacks have the same attack bonus, reach, and damage as an ancient blue dragon’s bite and claw attacks. Destroying the Throne. The Wyrmskull Throne can be destroyed by

breaking at least five Ruling Scepters of Shanatar simultaneously on it. This fact has never been recorded or sung of among the dwarves or any bards or storytellers, and it can’t be discovered

Vampiric Jade Statue

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

. The statue makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The statue can take

Thousand Teeth

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10

","rollAction":"Tail"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a

Ghostblade Eidolon

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Ghostblade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ghostblade","rollDamageType

disconnected from those experiences, choosing to wander the world or brood in haunts they're drawn to in death. They care nothing for morbid reunions with their lost bodies or Returned remnants. Of the

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