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: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
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;s armies, but even fewer people can claim the calling of a Paladin. When they do receive the call, these blessed folk turn from their former occupations and take up arms and magic.
Becoming a
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
grasping and climbing. A grippli can move as quickly on all fours as it can on two legs.
Communal Effort. Grippli rely on ambushes and guerrilla warfare to defend themselves and their settlements. They
. Grippli religion is based in animism and nature spirits; the frogfolk do not pay reverence to a single deity, but they might beseech a particular nature spirit for aid from time to time.
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
favorite religious hymn that I constantly hum.
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I must keep a written record of my beliefs and the sins that I witness. When finished, this book will be my gift to the multiverse.
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I have
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I allow nothing to stand in the way of my crusade to eradicate evil from the multiverse.
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I ignore those who do not support my plans, for my calling is higher than all others
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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INT
17 (+3)
WIS
11 (+0)
CHA
6 (−2)
Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Nature +5, Religion +5, Perception +2
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion
saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The archivist makes two Grasping Limb attacks.
Grasping Limb. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
child entwined in a pair of snakes; and a stoic woman grasping a sword and a sheaf of wheat.
On the south side of the ziggurat, a ramp with stairs ascends to the monument’s highest tier.
The
three statues depict Cynidicea’s ancient gods: Gorm, Usamigaras, and Madarua. A character who studies the statues and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the lost gods—who might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, Guard, Merchant, Noble, Sage, Scribe Wisdom Acolyte, Farmer, Guard, Guide, Hermit, Sage, Sailor, Scribe, Wayfarer Charisma Acolyte, Charlatan, Entertainer, Hermit, Merchant, Noble, Wayfarer Record
gives proficiency in two skills and with one tool. Record this information on your character sheet. Your class also gives proficiencies. Check your class description in chapter 3 and note the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Soldier Intelligence Acolyte, Criminal, Sage Wisdom Acolyte, Sage Charisma Acolyte Record Your Feat. A background gives you a feat, which grants your character particular capabilities. Feats are
detailed in “Feats”. Write the feat on your character sheet. Note Proficiencies. Your background gives proficiency in two skills and with one tool. Record this information on your character sheet. Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
The Larger Truth As the characters prepare for their journey, a human in scholars’ garb approaches them. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the human as a
about the gods than the gods themselves.” Bond. “The Proclaimers of the Covenant know what story needs to be told.” Flaw. “I don’t really care if you believe—I care if you obey.” For the Record
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
, cremate, dissect, embalm, inter, sort, and record the dead that enter the Mortuary. Necrologists. Necrologists are archivists, scholars, and poets who honor the dead. They celebrate the lives of the
departed and chronicle the dead’s deeds in obituaries. Necrologists also research burial rites appropriate to the deceased creature’s beliefs, religion, or cultural background. Recruiters. Recruiters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons Armor Training Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and
even fewer people can claim the calling of a Paladin. When they do receive the call, these blessed folk turn from their former occupations and take up arms and magic. Becoming a Paladin... As a Level 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons Armor Training Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
every Paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against annihilation. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of a world’s armies, but even fewer people can claim the calling of a Paladin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
while reaching out with grasping pseudopods. The sphere’s surface, like the cave walls, is covered with slime. Black slime swirls with yellow and gray slime in a disgusting soup, the unearthly patterns in
characters can return here and have a chance to triumph. If Glabbagool is with the party, it attempts to communicate with the other ooze creatures, telling the characters that others of its kind are calling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Parade Ambush As the parade nears the jetty, read the following description: Grasping weeds and vines erupt from the cobblestone street beneath the carriage at the head of the parade. The ox pulling
pact with the spirit, which has the same effect as her calling it. In either case, the biza appears above Kala at the start of the following round and attacks the characters. The biza uses the wraith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Church and the nation in pursuit of the highest ideals of the faith, as they crusade against the forces of evil across Khorvaire. But are they fulfilling that high calling? Or are they just as
connection to the divine. This character might be the driving force behind the group’s quests, steering them according to divine will. Proficiency in skills such as Insight and Religion can help reflect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
depictions of grasping ghouls and is stained with dry blood. The water is 2 feet deep. The ledges and central dais are 5 feet high (3 feet higher than the water’s surface), and the chamber’s ceiling is 16
the dais when the cultists appear must sacrifice a creature on the altar or face the cult’s wrath; characters can ascertain what must be done with a successful DC 11 Intelligence (Religion) or Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged to these creatures, thus preserving the information they gain. Pursuit of knowledge drives everything berbalangs
(+3)
WIS
11 (+0)
CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Dex +5, Int +5
Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Insight +2, Perception +2, Religion +5
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
stave off otherworldly invasions, to protect the powerless from oppression, or to spread the teachings of your religion in a hostile land. Or perhaps you serve a corrupt hierarchy by making its
and permanently laying them to rest. 2 Devout Scholars. This federation prizes knowledge and texts pertaining to their god. They collect rare holy books and record the life stories of miracle-working
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Intelligence (Religion) check, a character recognizes the sigil on the wall as the symbol of Dendar the Night Serpent devouring the world. Orvex Ocrammas During the attack, an explosion buried a member of
the Red Wizards’ expedition under a fallen section of wall. Orvex is dying of thirst and exhaustion. As characters search the compound, they hear him calling out for help from under the rubble. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
characters who hear that calling and respond to it. Running This Prelude Characters in this prelude can come from any background. Perhaps they’re discovering the gods for the first time, or they might be
divine calling to learn about their deity’s goals and become one of their chosen. You may alter any of this prelude’s elements to better match individual gods’ virtues and identities. Before you begin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
its center. (Statistics for Narrak and the derro can be found in appendix C.) The cultists’ chanting is punctuated with Narrak calling out the name “Demogorgon!” Also atop the platform, resting
Dwarvish into its back. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check allows a character to recognize the profane symbols as being related to Demogorgon. A search of the platform uncovers a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
his cunning;
A flash of his scarf, he’ll take off running.
Quick as a bolt, his long scarf trailing,
Gasping, grasping, you’ll end up flailing.
You’ll pout, you’ll moan, you’ll huff, you’ll sneer
the gourd. (Give each player a minute or so to think about what the character’s memory could be and then to note it on their character sheet, as a matter of record.) Removing the stopper releases all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
attack or be damaged. In Draconic, they accuse the characters of trespassing, calling them desecraters and betrayers. A character can calm the spirits by assuring them in Draconic of the party’s
the skeletons as they hiss accusations like “You fly on our backs” and “You soar on our bones.” However, the skeletons don’t understand or respond to anything the characters say. Grasping Claws. Until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
new techniques of performance and magic. 4 I felt a calling to recount the deeds of champions and heroes, to bring them alive in song and story. 5 I joined one of the great colleges to learn old lore
unmistakable sign. I dropped everything to serve the divine. 4 Although I was always devout, it wasn’t until I completed a pilgrimage that I knew my true calling. 5 I used to serve in my religion’s bureaucracy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
— it’s the only way to be sure
Noteworthy Documancers: Walnut Dankgrass (“C” Team), Brynshal Flume Essential Functions: Record information; track job and quest details within the franchise Position
!” after any group decision seemed to suggest your true calling.
7 You believe that language is an art, not a science. Who’s to say what is or isn’t a “real” word?
8 The smell of old parchment makes you giddy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
calling in a debt, Yvandre assumes. (In truth, Machil was murdered by agents of the Queen of Air and Darkness, who were looking for the book.) Those who accompanied Machil on his final expedition were
makes a record of any items removed from the room. Any character who rifles through the other objects in the room can make a DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. On a success, the character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged to these creatures, thus preserving the information they gain. Spectral Spy. The pursuit of
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DEX
16(+3)
CON
9(-1)
INT
17(+3)
WIS
11(+0)
CHA
10(+0)
Saving Throws Dex +5, Int +5
Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Insight +2, Perception +2, Religion +5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
shout an alarm, calling the characters “trespassers” as they move to attack. This alerts the two cogwork archivists in the nearby Records Room (area L4), which remain in that area, and causes the
, being a heavier scrawl. These notes provide a piecemeal record of Dean Tullus discovering Murgaxor’s orb and suggest something unusual with Tullus’s behavior. Treasure. The curios decorating the room have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the religion of Dumathoin. Getting In. Rivibiddel accessed a secret Underdark passage leading to the pool in area P5. He swam past that room’s treacherous inhabitants and was delighted to find the work
sarcophagus lid to attack when anyone enters. If a character spends an action, invokes the name of Dumathoin, and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Religion) check, the skeleton stops attacking, though it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, record repositories, and training facilities, and you can use them to further your work. You can call in a favor from faculty members to access resources not available to the public—dangerous relics or
Arcana, History, Nature, or Religion skills by this method, as if you were learning a language. A character can learn only one of these skills in this way. Academy Contact How much autonomy you have in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
faithful of the dark god hide their true calling and live otherwise normal lives as dock workers, fishers, or sailors. For years, they gathered once a month at the temple to venerate the dark god through the
for it to use a lair action to send forth a grasping tide, pulling the characters into the water in an attempt to infect and enslave them. Dark Altar. The shark hanging above the stairs serves as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Waterdeep stands for longer than human histories record. But as is the way across the dangerous North, civilization at the foot of Mount Waterdeep has crested and ebbed in great waves. Elf scholars assure
most obvious of Waterdeep’s so-called splendors. After the Spellplague came the Sundering. Elf scholars insist on calling it the Second Sundering, asserting that the creation of Evermeet thousands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
remains consecrated to Torm. A creature that touches the altar and succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Religion) check regains all its hit points. This check can be attempted only once for any creature. Though
, prays to Torm for 1 minute, and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check at the end of the prayer causes Torm’s power to wash over the altar and wipe clean the blood and other desecrating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
9 (−1)
CHA
11 (+0)
Skills Deception +2, Religion +2, Stealth +4
Senses passive
(+2)
Skills Acrobatics +5, Intimidation +4, Religion +4
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Auran, Common
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Hold Breath. The priest can hold its breath for 30 minutes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of winter scenes. Set into the back wall is a door inscribed with a large snowflake. A single word is carved into the lintel above it.
Characters who succeed on a DC 10 Intelligence (Religion) check
you determine whether the vault door in area G20 can be opened or not. It is strictly a tool for DM record-keeping and not meant to be shared with the players. Permission is granted to photocopy this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
rocklike bark and grasping vines occupy this stretch of the walkway. The creatures use the roper stat block but are Plants instead of Monstrosities. They are hostile toward all non-Plant creatures. S39
music halts with an abrupt record-scratching sound, and the androids attack. Digital DJ. If the characters are working for Aphelion, the computer offers to change the music to a genre that better