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The Book of Many Things
and other magical effects.
Thought Shield. The hierophant’s thoughts can’t be read by any means unless the hierophant allows it.Multiattack. The hierophant makes two Herald’s Axe
one world, one for each card in a Deck of Many Things. As a group, hierophants are sometimes called Sages, but each hierophant is also identified with a particular card. When a hierophant dies, the
Species
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
his flail flashed in the firelight. The chain wrapped around Caerys’ blade but she twisted away. The flail flew into the darkness. She spun forward, her double blade weaving a circle of fire as
particular rival who channels the same ancestor, or one who channels a rival of your ancestor?
It’s also important to think about why you are traveling with a group of player characters
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
important to me than my life.
6
Dangerous work is best accomplished by an orderly group working with common purpose.
7
I treat my weapons, uniform, and insignia with reverence, for they
;Society functions only if people do their duty and respect the chain of command. (Lawful)
6
Conviction. Anything worth doing is worth doing with your whole heart. (Lawful)
Bonds
Species
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
them. Altered by unbridled magic, a group of gnomes were transformed and given almost supernatural curiosity and fearlessness. These were the first kender.
Originating on the world of Krynn, kender are
follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
buried it under a stone near the palace of Erebos.
Tromokratis as a Mythic Encounter
Tromokratis numbers among the most powerful creatures a group of adventurers might face. If you wish to make an
its hearts are exposed, Tromokratis can choose one of its mythic actions when it uses a legendary action.
Read or paraphrase the following text when Tromokratis uses its Hearts of the Kraken trait
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
.
Dimir Contacts
d8
Contact
1
I know a Dimir courier who relays messages to me from someone higher up the chain of command.
2
I get orders from a shapeshifter I recognize only
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read Dyrrn’s thoughts or deals psychic damage to it, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned for 1 minute. The stunned
part of me has become a conscious entity.”
5
“My opponents must bow down to a mind flayer!”
6
“Dyrrn and the mind flayers simply want to unite all sentient creatures in collective consciousness. And I receive messages from the group mind!”
Poison, Psychic
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Everybody’s always trying to get a leg up on somebody in Baldur’s Gate. One group’s con artist might be another’s revolutionary. Or maybe you’re just in it for yourself
can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons&rsquo
and hunters.
2
A young crystal dragon has adopted a group of kobold;kobolds and is trying to teach them the value of a good practical joke.
3
A young crystal dragon has captured a pack of
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
astral clouds.
Githyanki who reside in the Astral Plane can live indefinitely.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical
above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of
Human
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle.
She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed
, striving to leave a lasting legacy. Individually and as a group, humans are adaptable opportunists, and they stay alert to changing political and social dynamics.
EVERYONE’S SECOND-BEST FRIENDS
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
undetected and don’t give their targets reason to harm them. For example, a group of city kobolds might sneak into a cobbler’s house at night to loot it of knives, leather bits, nails, and
actions contribute to the survival of the group. The tribe practices for the eventuality of defending the lair against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For
can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
hole in the northwest corner wide enough to accommodate Large creatures. T2. Second Floor The tower’s amnizu commander and a chain devil subcommander reside here. These commanders enjoy having one or
leading to the tower’s ground floor and rooftop.
The devils like to chain prisoners to the walls and use the spiked chair for interrogations. The chain devil can use its Animate Chains ability to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Exploring the Keep The player characters can visit any location in the keep, meeting and interacting with the citizens who reside there. Each keep location employs one or more NPCs, typically
’ current whereabouts. If this is your first time as Dungeon Master, ask your players to keep the party together; it’s easier if the player characters visit each location as a group. Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map: Keep on the Borderlands View Unlabeled Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
arrive at one of these locations, read the following boxed text to the players: Colossal spiked chains extend across the hellscape, their links partially buried under the ash and large chunks of masonry
. Each broken chain is roughly a mile long.
Long ago, these giant chains tethered an abducted city to Avernus. That city somehow tore free, leaving behind its broken bonds and scattered chunks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Last year, a group of adventurers killed Garagai, the mammoth’s frost giant master. Norsu has never recovered from the loss and, to this day, watches over its master’s frozen corpse, unwilling to leave
. Slaying the mammoth is a tall order, so characters would be wise to flee from Norsu or try to reason with it. Norsu and the winter wolves reside in an ice lodge built by Garagai. The wolves try to entice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
outcroppings, creating warrens above the water line. Kobolds reside most commonly in hilly or mountainous terrain. Such locations usually have natural caves suitable for living space, plenty of room to dig
their larger rivals. If it’s lucky, a tribe of kobolds that is discovered by a group of larger humanoids might form a mutually beneficial arrangement, relying on the humanoids for protection from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the players to introduce their characters and describe them to the group. Once they have completed their introductions, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: After swimming for half the day, you
strangeness remains unknown. The Turmish and Thayans are too busy with their conflicts to notice, and so it is up to you brave heroes to travel into the darkening and discover what evil has come to reside so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
69. Mechanus Chain Hot wind tinged with the smell of burning oil blows down a forty-foot-diameter vertical shaft. Stone balconies protrude from the walls on opposite sides of this expanse, with the
balcony, read: A rip forms in the vortex high above, and nine cube-shaped creatures with wings and shortbows fly through. They are quickly followed by a large crystal decahedron that holds a weird
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
stairs is a large entrance on the west wall, where wagons are secured on stone sleds pulled by a chain up a steep slope. The hoisting mechanism is at the top of the lift is operated by an earth elemental
, although any creature with a Strength of 20 or any group of creatures with the combined strength to lift 600 pounds can operate it. The lift’s tunnel is wide enough for the sleds but has little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
The Great Wheel The default D&D cosmology includes more than two dozen planes, detailed in this chapter. The most common understanding of these planes visualizes them as a group of concentric wheels
deities and Fiends reside Planes arranged in a complex system of orbits, with planes exerting greater influence on the Material Plane the closer they draw to it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
M4. Dormitories When not on duty, the monks reside in this series of ill-kept rooms. Each of these dormitory cells contains only a bed, a trunk for personal effects, and a table. All are crafted of
steady series of new residents over long years.
Creatures. A group of five monks led by an elder monk can be found here at any time, sleeping, eating, and taking part in decidedly non-monastic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Approaching the Caer When the characters first approach the castle, read: A sturdy, stone castle devoid of warmth and ostentation squats atop the cliffs overlooking the town and the frozen harbor
normally reside on the ground floors of the guard towers (area C4). Two cult fanatics (a human named Huarwar Mulphoon and a tiefling named Fel Suparra), who normally guard the gatehouse (area C6).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
within their own ranks, members of any faction might bristle at having to work alongside (much less take orders from) members of other factions. Chain of Command In addition to deciding how the
expeditionary force is organized and distributed (see “Marching Orders”), the players must also institute a clear chain of command. One or more of the adventurers might be the field commanders of the expanded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
adventuring party. Consider adding one or more sidekicks to round out your characters’ group if there are fewer than four players. As the DM, you can play sidekicks, or players can play them alongside their own
characters. You can read more about sidekicks in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. If a sidekick accompanies the characters into later levels, the sidekick also advances in level. This represents a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D9. Proving Grounds A mangrove tree stands in the middle of a patch of heavily churned mud, where rusting and rotting bits of armor and weapons are scattered. Two lengths of chain are anchored to
challenge the monarch for the right to rule. The grounds are 20 feet in diameter. Combatants are shackled by one wrist or ankle to a 10-foot length of chain attached to the tree. Each chain has AC 19
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
.
An eight-foot-tall rectangular stone stands upright in the room’s center. The stone has an inscription on it that’s hard to read from a distance. At the foot of the standing stone, a small human is
was a slip of paper the boy didn’t read. Rotharr is one of the Believers. Other Believers Braelen knows are Baragustas Harbuckler, Marlandro Gaelkur, and Ilmeth Waelvur. The boy also knows Grund isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tower the characters observe on their ascent. When the characters reach the pinnacle, read the following text: The commander of the Feathergale Knights is a well-built male human in his early fifties
interview Merosska now, they can do so. He might answer questions on the following topics: The Feathergale Society, an “elite” group of aerial-mount enthusiasts from Waterdeep The origins of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
writing.
If Maccath is with the characters, she can direct them to the items stolen from the Hosttower of the Arcane. She cautions the characters not to read or even peruse the material for their own
safety. The writings are laced with diabolical lore that is anathema to the mortal mind. Characters unable to read magic can’t make any headway in the books. A character who can read magic who examines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
writing.
If Maccath is with the characters, she can direct them to the items stolen from the Hosttower of the Arcane. She cautions the characters not to read or even peruse the material for their own
safety. The writings are laced with diabolical lore that is anathema to the mortal mind. Characters unable to read magic can’t make any headway in the books. A character who can read magic who examines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
drives immediate action. The characters might join her, Simbon, and a group of guards in a surprise visit to Kedjou’s chambers, where the high priest is caught off guard. His research notes—matching the
revealing Prince Kirina’s plot. He rewards them with two of his family’s treasures, an adamantine chain shirt and a ring of warmth emblazoned with the sunburst symbol of Anisa—Simbon says the ring carries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Niranjan Darklord: Sarthak Hallmarks: Asceticism, brainwashing, shadows An island chain that once belonged to the domain of Kalakeri, the Ashram of Niranjan was a vibrant vihara, or monastery, for
ascetic scholars who practiced Ramsana, a way of life whose central tenet advises nonattachment to the material world. Now only a small, reclusive group of these scholars remains, led by the elderly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
of the action during play, describing locations and creatures that the adventurers face with read-aloud text. The players decide what their characters do as they navigate hazards and choose what to
explore. Then you use a combination of imagination and the game’s rules to determine the results of the adventurers’ decisions. Adjudicate the Rules. You oversee how the group uses the game’s rules