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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). When Ruxithid fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Mental Fortitude. Ruxithid has advantage on saving throws against the charmed and frightened
evidenced by the goblin psi commander;goblin psi commanders and goblin psi brawler;goblin psi brawlers (see appendix A for descriptions of both) that make up their ranks. Collectively, the goblins call
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the giff fails a saving throw, it can choose to
join the ranks of the warlord’s army, which is mainly made up of mages who helm the ships of the fleet and provide magical firepower, sellswords of various species, and guns for hire in the form
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Titivilus fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Titivilus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Ventriloquism. Whenever Titivilus speaks, he can choose a point within 60 feet of him; his voice emanates from that point.Multiattack
Backgrounds
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, CharismaFeat: Zhentarim Ruffian Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation and PerceptionTool Proficiency: Forgery KitEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Club, Dagger, Forgery
;s leaders insist the organization is more like a family than a shadowy syndicate, few families exhibit as much dishonesty, nepotism, and corruption as this one. You’ve honed your cunning, reflexes, and blade to climb the guild’s ranks.
Backgrounds
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
Ability Scores: Strength, Wisdom, CharismaFeat: Purple Dragon RookSkill Proficiencies: Animal Handling and InsightTool Proficiency: Navigator's ToolsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Spear, Navigator's
you have the chance to join the ranks officially, you must first serve as a knight’s squire. You’ve found a liege willing to take you on and teach you the order’s ways. Will you
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks of devoted soldiers famed for their unity.
Hobgoblins are generally taller than their goblin cousins but not quite as big as bugbears. They have curved
, pointed ears and noses that turn bright red or blue during displays of emotion.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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
d6
Hunger
1
Blood
2
Flesh
joined and advanced through their lesser ranks, known as the Kargatane, and were rewarded by being transformed into a dhampir.
I’Cath. At night, the starving city of I’Cath is overrun by
Soldier
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background
, work with your DM to determine which military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your military career. Was it a
Folk Hero
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Basic Rules (2014)
profession among the peasantry, perhaps as a farmer, miner, servant, shepherd, woodcutter, or gravedigger. But something happened that set you on a different path and marked you for greater things. Choose or
leadership and was commended for my heroism.
FEATURE: RUSTIC HOSPITALITY
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Faction Membership A character with the faction agent background (described in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide) must choose a faction to belong to (see “Factions in Waterdeep” below). Characters
Guide gives names for various ranks within the Harpers, the Emerald Enclave, the Lords’ Alliance, the Order of the Gauntlet, and the Zhentarim. Rank names for members of Bregan D’aerthe, Force Grey, and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, inspired by the example of the angels, moved by the plight of the downtrodden, and devoted to the cause of justice. Or you could be a cynic in the ranks, perhaps because you reluctantly followed in the
, Intimidation
Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set
Languages: Choose one of Celestial, Draconic, Goblin, or Minotaur
Equipment: A Boros insignia, a feather from an angel&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Gaining Ranks You choose your character’s position when the character first joins an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. Your character’s position rank is equal to your franchise’s rank. Starting
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
ranks hoping to find out what happened to them.
7
You’ve always wanted to be a member of the Guild. As a child, you looked up to the Guild members’ swagger, their flashy dress, and
.
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Flaw
1
When I see something valuable, I can’t think about anything but how to steal it.
2
When faced with a choice between money and my friends, I usually choose
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. You can choose your secondary guild or roll to determine it randomly. This secondary guild membership determines a portion of your starting equipment and is also where most of your contacts come from
have documentation, established acquaintances, and disguises that allow you to assume that persona and fit into the secondary guild.
Whenever you choose, you can drop this identity and blend into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
graver threat. CULT OF THE DRAGON RANKS
The Cult of the Dragon has an active recruiting process, accepting initiates from a young age. An initiate (use the cultist stat block) trains for months or
years before gaining any rank within the organization, and many trainees don’t survive the tests. An initiate who passes the tests must choose an affinity to a particular color of dragon: black, blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
graver threat. CULT OF THE DRAGON RANKS
The Cult of the Dragon has an active recruiting process, accepting initiates from a young age. An initiate (use the cultist stat block) trains for months or
years before gaining any rank within the organization, and many trainees don’t survive the tests. An initiate who passes the tests must choose an affinity to a particular color of dragon: black, blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
the end of the ceremony, Mirt closes out with a few words memorializing those that were recently lost and promises to keep Spelljammer Academy open and safe. Each character can choose to remain at the
Spelljammer Academy as a newly minted sailor in the ranks of the Spelljammers or the Spelljammer Corps. Conversely, the characters can enroll in a placement program whereby they are assigned to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mixed Heritage Half-elves are a diverse lot, given the number of combinations of elf subraces and human ethnicities in their ranks. Most of them consider their dual nature a blessing more than a
allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take a trait based on your elf parentage:
A half-elf of wood elf descent can choose the wood elf’s Elf Weapon Training
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
her title of the Spider Queen and attempts to annihilate any who doubt her power. Lolth became the patron god of evil monsters that dwell in Faerûn’s Underdark. Some Humanoids also choose to worship
Queen’s name. The more ruthless and fanatically devoted to Lolth a worshiper is, the higher that worshiper ranks in Lolth’s favor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Paladin Core Paladin Traits Primary Ability Strength and Charisma Hit Point Die D10 per Paladin level Saving Throw Proficiencies Wisdom and 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 Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
scenarios. Both offer roughly the same challenge but provide different experiences for the players and characters. Choose the experience you think your players will enjoy the most, or create your own
, incorporating any of the following elements and information you desire. The drowned ascetics, drowned assassins, and drowned blades that make up the ranks of the undead are all described in appendix C
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine which
military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your military career. Was it a standing army, a town guard, or a village
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
Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Mail, Shield, Longsword, 6 Javelins, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 9 GP; or (B) 150 GP Paladins are united by their oaths to stand against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Prismari Initiate You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose Prismari within it. In addition, if you have the Spellcasting
Schools of Evocation or Transmutation are also well represented. Clerics aren’t very common in this school, but some with the Tempest domain end up here. Beyond the ranks of traditional spellcasters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Let This Be Their Battlefield The players can choose where their characters confront the demon lords by deciding where to set the dark heart talisman. Vizeran’s preference is anywhere in
characters might choose to stay with Vizeran during the nine-hour performance of the ritual, whether to guard against treachery or to reclaim Gromph’s grimoire once the ritual is done. If this is the case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spice up a game that involves the characters in the struggle described in chapter 3. The ranks of the drow and the shadar-kai are swelled by the addition of special individuals that can add depth — and
information in the Dungeon Master’s Guide and other sources, to choose monsters for a particular adventure or campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
spelljamming ships and operates out of a heavily defended stronghold. Anyone who shares the warlord’s ideology—whatever it might be—is eligible to join the ranks of the warlord’s army, which is mainly made
can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The giff makes two Morningstar attacks.
Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Iron Shadows are two such organizations, and their graduates are feared among the ranks of goblinkind. Hobgoblin Devastator In hobgoblin society, the Academy of Devastation identifies hobgoblins with
throw, it can choose itself and any number of allies to be immune to the damage caused by the spell and to succeed on the required saving throw.
Spellcasting. The hobgoblin is a 7th-level spellcaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
of the Nine Hells, and many rule Lower Planar fiefdoms, doomed mortal worlds, and other infernal redoubts. Most serve archdevils of the Nine Hells as they pursue their own ambitions. Ranks of lesser
fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The pit fiend has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The pit fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Feature: Lorehold Initiate You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose Lorehold within it. In addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature
to Everything) or a paladin whose Oath of the Ancients gives a concrete link to history. Suggested Characteristics. Methodical historians and daring adventurers alike can be found among the ranks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, followed by the noble elite, the various ranks of government magistrates, and the heads of each familial clan. Clans and Identity Clans live in compounds that often hold every member of the family
—whether for love or for social or political reasons, both of which are considered equally valid—they must choose which partner’s clan they will belong to after the union. In rare cases, a new couple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
considered the heart and soul of Ravnica, but they aren’t all that makes up the city. Many citizens choose not to join a guild — some because they can’t be bothered, and others because they have
advance the goals of your guild through your adventures, you become an increasingly important part of the guild’s activities. You might rise through the ranks, eventually taking up a position at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. Although Titivilus is inferior in physical strength and power when compared to other archdevils, he compensates with cunning. A shrewd politician, he has clawed his way up through the ranks to become the
darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages all, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Titivilus fails a saving throw, he can choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
powerful. Most troupes are happy to accept a blade’s talent for the excitement it adds to a performance, but few entertainers fully trust a blade in their ranks. Blades who abandon their lives as
your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can’t take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if something in the game lets you choose again. Dueling. When you are wielding a melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war. When you choose this
background, work with your DM to determine which military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your military career. Was






