choose wrongs reason

True Resurrection

Spells Player’s Handbook

You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. The creature is revived with all its Hit Points. This spell closes all wounds

restored to its non-Undead form. The spell can provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters 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

Weave favors those who act with mercy and compassion, seeks to deliver lives of security for all, and bolsters people’s efforts when they seek to right wrongs and combat evil. Nowhere are

Hutijin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Infernal Despair. Each creature within 30 feet of Hutijin that isn’t a devil makes saving throws with disadvantage. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Hutijin fails a saving throw, he can choose

figure, known only to the most learned infernal scholars. He has no cults of his own, and his servants are few in number. The reason is simple: Hutijin hates mortals. When summoned from the Hells, he

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the colossus fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic

is built to carry wizards, artificers, magewrights, and elite troops. For this reason, these constructs are largely hollow on the inside, with tunnels, ladders, storage areas, and observation decks

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

point in this form, each creature within 10 feet of her takes 10 cold damage at the start of each of her turns. Legendary Resistance (1/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose

time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals’ demands. As the embodiment of winter’s cruelty, she is incapable of showing mercy or compassion. Play her as a supremely cold and

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

weather, detect thoughts, ice storm Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws

can’t truly die (although the characters can rid the world of her for a time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals’ demands. As the embodiment of winter’s cruelty, she is

Far Traveler

Backgrounds 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

Dimir Operative

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

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

might prove helpful: So long as she has mortal worshipers, Auril can’t truly die (although the characters can rid the world of her for a time). Thus, she has no reason to capitulate to mortals

Book of Vile Darkness (Variant)

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs. Other practitioners of evil have held the book and

choose: Vile Apotheosis. The book could hold a ritual that allows a character to become a lich or death knight. True Names. The true names of any number of fiends might be in the book. Dark Magic

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

possibilities.) Now you’re looking for something else, perhaps greater reward for the risks you take, or the freedom to choose your own activities. For whatever reason, you’re leaving

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds 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 1 I cheat at games of

want. 4 I’m a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. 5 I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and

Hermit - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds 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. d8 Life

past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society. Work with your DM to

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

visit prosperous Bloomridge to try a fashionable restaurant or boutique, or watch a spectacle at the Oasis Theater, the patriars have little reason to venture into the dirtier, more dangerous parts of the

knighthood is among the lowest noble titles in most societies, but it can be a path to higher status. If you wish to be a knight, choose the Retainers feature (see the sidebar) instead of the

True Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. If the creature's soul is free and willing, the creature is restored to life with all

limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature's name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

Hermit Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

changed to allow you to end your solitude? You can work with your DM to determine the exact nature of your seclusion, or you can choose or roll on the table below to determine the reason behind your

case stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what

Inquisitor of the Faithful

backgrounds

Ability Scores: Strength, Wisdom, Charisma Feat: Convincing Inquisitor Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation and Religion Tool Proficiencies: Navigator's Tools Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Club

likely to fester within as without, so you must be ever watchful of those who travel with you. Those found guilty, wherever they hail from and whatever their reason, must be faced without mercy.

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs. Other practitioners of evil have held the book and

, plus whatever else you choose: Vile Apotheosis. The book could hold a ritual that allows a character to become a lich or death knight. True Names. The true names of any number of fiends might be in

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

damage if it fails. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the demilich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Turn Immunity. The demilich is immune to effects that turn undead.Howl (Recharge

its existence. Few liches seek to become demiliches, for it means an end to the existence they hoped to preserve by becoming undead. However, time can erode the lich’s reason and memory, causing

Changeling

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Feywild. Sometimes they adopt new forms for the sake of mischief or malice, and other times they don a new identity to right wrongs or delight the downtrodden. In their true form, changelings appear faded

level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation. Ability

Executioner

backgrounds

Ability Scores: Strength, Constitution, Intelligence Feat: Deathbound Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and Medicine Tool Proficiencies: Smith's Tools Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Dagger, Smith's

may have worked for the Arcanist Inquisition, putting unrepentant mages to death. You may have carried out sanctioned sacrifices for the Prismatic Circle. For some reason, you left your career: maybe

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

have a strong sense of justice, and they are slow to forget wrongs they have suffered. A wrong done to one dwarf is a wrong done to the dwarf’s entire clan, so what begins as one dwarf’s

, Holderhek, Ironfist, Loderr, Lutgehr, Rumnaheim, Strakeln, Torunn, Ungart Subrace Two main subraces of dwarves populate the worlds of D&D: hill dwarves and mountain dwarves. Choose one of these

Tortle Legacy

Species The Tortle Package

related to a god and choose to worship that deity. In the Forgotten Realms, tortles are especially fond of Eldath, Gond, Lathander, Savras, Selûne, and Tymora. In the Greyhawk setting, they

. Tortles often choose such days to leave their homes and begin a wilderness expedition, or perform some other task they know to be dangerous. Adventurers at Heart Tortles have a saying: “We wear

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds 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

a born gambler who can’t resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. 5 I lie about almost everything, even when there’s no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my

River Olung

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

“normal” jungle; to the west is undead territory. For this reason alone, some expeditions choose to enter the peninsula through Refuge Bay.

River Olung

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

“normal” jungle; to the west is undead territory. For this reason alone, some expeditions choose to enter the peninsula through Refuge Bay.

Kobold Legacy

Species 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

, giving each individual and every generation a reason to feel pride and self-respect. The kobolds prefer to run away than fight, to live off the scraps of others, and they are often dominated by larger

Why Are You Here?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

you are so far from home, roll on the table below or choose from the options provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for

each location. Why Are You Here? d6 Reason 1 Emissary 2 Exile 3 Fugitive 4 Pilgrim 5 Sightseer 6 Wanderer

Why Are You Here?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

you are so far from home, roll on the table below or choose from the options provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for

each location. Why Are You Here? d6 Reason 1 Emissary 2 Exile 3 Fugitive 4 Pilgrim 5 Sightseer 6 Wanderer

Rules of the Trial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

courtesy, and then sets out the rules of her test: Contenders may divide into small groups or choose to participate alone. Once groups are established at the trial’s start, alliances between contenders

. Later that day, at dusk, Chakuna pursues the contenders with hunting partners of her choice, attempting to slay anyone she encounters outside a shrine. Contenders may kill one another for any reason

Rules of the Trial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

courtesy, and then sets out the rules of her test: Contenders may divide into small groups or choose to participate alone. Once groups are established at the trial’s start, alliances between contenders

. Later that day, at dusk, Chakuna pursues the contenders with hunting partners of her choice, attempting to slay anyone she encounters outside a shrine. Contenders may kill one another for any reason

True Resurrection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

: Instantaneous You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. If the creature’s soul is free and willing, the creature is restored to life

organs and limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

True Resurrection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

: Instantaneous You touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. If the creature’s soul is free and willing, the creature is restored to life

organs and limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

True Resurrection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

touch a creature that has been dead for no longer than 200 years and that died for any reason except old age. The creature is revived with all its Hit Points. This spell closes all wounds, neutralizes

its non-Undead form. The spell can provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.

Actions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Actions When a creature takes its action, it can choose from the options in the “Actions” section of its stat block. The Basic Rules describes other actions available to all creatures. Melee and

rolling the damage; for this reason, both the average damage and the die expression are presented. For example, a monster might deal 4 (1d8) slashing damage with its longsword. That notation means you can have the monster deal 4 damage or you can roll 1d8 to determine the damage.

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