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                                                    Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Galazeth fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Galazeth makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     teachings emphasize that magic’s beauty must contribute to unfolding culture and personal emotional growth. Galazeth views dynamic expression and precise perfection as necessarily competing forces, both within individuals and the world at large.Cold, FireLightning
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Resistance (3/Day). If Alustriel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Alustriel carries a magic staff known as the Staff of Silverymoon. In the hands of anyone other
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     good. She has traveled far and established safe houses across the planes—such as her sanctum in the city of Sigil. Alustriel doesn’t seek personal glory or wealth; her style of influencing
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Boon of Immortality. Iggwilv is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Iggwilv fails a saving throw, she can choose to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     personal power and more interested in exploring her fey existence
Roleplaying Notes
Iggwilv was a brilliant, calculating figure hardly prone to emotional outbursts, but as Zybilna, she allows her
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Illmarrow fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Illmarrow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     for personal gain, but Illmarrow cares for nothing except increasing her necromantic knowledge and finding a way to restore her lost mark.
LADY ILLMARROW AND THE BLOOD OF VOL
The Blood of Vol and
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     foundations of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Legendary Resistance (4/Day or 5/Day in Lair). If Valindra fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Spirit Gem. If destroyed, Valindra re-forms in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     disastrous confrontations with enemies of her temporary allies, she’s elected to keep her personal lair secret. Deep within her lair is a hidden reading room where she usually keeps her spirit gem
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Minotaur
                                                    
    
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                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , are much better known and respected. Boros minotaurs choose the precision of the legion over the fury of the pack.
Minotaurs tend to vent their outrage through violence, but they aren’t
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Since each family line has so many members, minotaurs don’t usually find it helpful to connect the name of the line to their personal names; even though Commander Grozdan of the Boros Legion
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Gnome
                                                    
    
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                                                    Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     names, a gnome learns to use no more than three names: a personal name, a clan name, and a nickname, choosing the one in each category that’s the most fun to say.
Male Names: Alston, Alvyn
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     know that most races don’t share their sense of humor, but they enjoy anyone’s company just as they enjoy everything else they set out to do.
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Choose one of the subraces below
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Acolyte
                                                    
    
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Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your religious service. The Gods of the Multiverse section contains a sample pantheon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the personal cost. (Good)
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Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
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Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Yuan-ti Pureblood
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the snake as the embodiment of the qualities they most appreciated. They developed a philosophy of separating emotion from intellectual pursuits, allowing them to focus their energy on personal
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     live births aren’t uncommon. A mating between yuan-ti of different types almost always produces eggs that hatch into yuan-ti of the weaker parent, so most choose partners of the same type in the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the mysteries you’re embroiled in are local crimes or realm-spanning conspiracies, you’re driven by a personal need to hunt down even the most elusive clues and reveal what others would
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     keep hidden in the shadows.
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Insight, Investigation, or Perception
Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, thieves’ tools
Equipment: A magnifying glass
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     external ears, their noses are broad and flat, and they are partially amphibious.
Cool Rationality
Despite being talkative, vedalken keep their personal lives private, and they tend to engage more
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     usually choose new names for themselves as part of their transition into adulthood. They rarely use family names.
Male Names: Aglar, Bellin, Dallid, Firellan, Kavin, Koplony, Lomar, Mathvan, Modar, Nebun
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Charlatan
                                                    
    
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                                                    Player’s Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cards, or a signet ring of an imaginary duke), and a pouch containing 15 gp
 
Favorite Schemes
Every charlatan has an angle he or she uses in preference to other schemes. Choose a favorite scam
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Additionally, you can forge documents including official papers and personal letters, as long as you have seen an example of the kind of document or the handwriting you are trying to copy.
 
Suggested
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     in your faction (though you can choose to do so), and it might enhance your status in the faction.
 
Skill Proficiencies: Insight and one Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma skill of your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     object that is important to your faction. The ideal you strive for is probably in keeping with the tenets and principles of your faction, but might be more personal in nature.
 
Acolyte
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     only breaking knees when it can plausibly be claimed as an act of personal revenge. Others join up with crews for protection, or with the Guild itself. A few former Guild members have been cast out of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge.
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                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     sustenance from the living. Roll on or choose an option from the Dhampir Hungers table to determine what tempts your character to feed.
Dhampir Hungers
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Hunger
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Blood
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Flesh
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     associate themselves with temples dedicated to the deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn prayers
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Druid  Core Druid Traits   Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Druid level Saving Throw Proficiencies Intelligence and Wisdom Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana, Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer’s Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP  Druids belong to ancient orders that
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Cleric  Core Cleric Traits   Primary Ability Wisdom Hit Point Die D8 per Cleric level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 7
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     you might or might not choose to share.
Although you will undoubtedly find some of this land’s ways to be strange and discomfiting, you can also be sure that some things its people take for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     number of reasons, and the departure from his or her homeland could have been voluntary or involuntary. To determine why you are so far from home, roll on the table below or choose from the options
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     it more difficult to pursue a personal agenda that doesn’t fit with the group’s objectives — but on the other hand, you can take down much more formidable targets with the help of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     your companions.
 
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Deception, Insight, Persuasion, and StealthTool Proficiencies: Choose two from among one type of gaming set, one musical instrument
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     number of personal choices or ill-fated circumstances might have led you to turn away from society. You may, if you wish, choose or roll an origin event from the Hermit Origins table.
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Life
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     hire, uncovering secrets for well-paying clients. Whether the mysteries you’re embroiled in are local crimes or realm-spanning conspiracies, you’re driven by a personal need to hunt down even the most
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     elusive clues and reveal what others would keep hidden in the shadows. Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Insight, Investigation, or Perception Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, thieves’ tools
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    
 
Favorite Schemes
Every charlatan has an angle he or she uses in preference to other schemes. Choose a favorite scam or roll on the table below.
d6
Scam
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I cheat at games of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     identity that includes documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona. Additionally, you can forge documents including official papers and personal letters
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Alignment A typical creature in the game world has an alignment, which broadly describes its moral and personal attitudes. Alignment is a combination of two factors: one identifies morality (good
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     expect. Copper dragons and unicorns are typically chaotic good. Lawful neutral (LN) individuals act in accordance with law, tradition, or personal codes. Modrons and many wizards and monks are lawful
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Alignment A typical creature in the game world has an alignment, which broadly describes its moral and personal attitudes. Alignment is a combination of two factors: one identifies morality (good
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     expect. Copper dragons and unicorns are typically chaotic good. Lawful Neutral. (LN) individuals act in accordance with law, tradition, or personal codes. Modrons and many wizards and monks are lawful
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     that only some members actually write stories while the rest aid the reporters. Choose an option or roll on the Journalistic Focus table to determine what sort of reporting you specialize in
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     anyone can understand. 8 Personal Interest. You seek out stories of personal triumph over adversity, such as how people are rebuilding and working together in the wake of the Last War. 9 Travel. You
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Chapter 6: Customization Options  The combination of ability scores, race, class, and background defines your character’s capabilities in the game, and the personal details you create set your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     choose instead of increasing your ability scores as you gain levels. Your DM decides whether these options are available in a campaign.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Chapter 6: Customization Options The combination of ability scores, race, class, and background defines your character’s capabilities in the game, and the personal details you create set your
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     options you can choose instead of increasing your ability scores as you gain levels. Your DM decides whether these options are available in a campaign.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Ghosts of Saltmarsh
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     hardship is essential to you and is at the heart of a personal philosophy or ethos that often guides your actions. You can roll on the following table to determine this hardship or choose one that best fits
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
 
Specialty
To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below.
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                                                     be found. Unearthing the deepest secrets of the multiverse can require an adventure or even a whole campaign.
BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE: RUMOR MONGER
Via your personal rumor mill and articles
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    20. Thessalar’s Bedroom Thessalar’s private sleeping quarters are richly furnished with an ornate bed, chests filled with clothes, and other personal effects. A fireplace along the east wall
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     experiments in progress, providing the characters with a window of opportunity to deal with it alone if they so choose.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     essential mission. Honor Quandary. A character is forced to choose between victory and a personal oath or code of honor. A paladin who has sworn an oath of virtue might realize that the clearest path to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     other and refuse to work together even if the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The adventurers must choose the NPC that is most likely to help them accomplish their goal. Friend Quandary. An
                                                
                                            
                                        






