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Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sacred power, a Divine Soul can undermine an existing order by claiming a direct tie to the divine.
In some cultures, only those who can claim the power of a Divine Soul may command religious power. In
prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods or a chosen vessel of divine magic.
A Divine Soul, with a natural magnetism, is seen as a threat by some religious hierarchies. As an outsider who commands
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
sacred power, a Divine Soul can undermine an existing order by claiming a direct tie to the divine.
In some cultures, only those who can claim the power of a Divine Soul may command religious power. In
prophecy, marking you as a servant of the gods or a chosen vessel of divine magic.
A Divine Soul, with a natural magnetism, is seen as a threat by some religious hierarchies. As an outsider who commands
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
themselves become lost in the dream. Other stone giants are banished to the surface as punishment. Regardless of the reason they ended up on the surface, if they don’t take shelter under stone
surroundings, and this delirium leaches out into the world around them, affecting other creatures that get too close. Believing that they’re living in a dream and that their actions have no real
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a collection of religious texts stuffed into an attic and forgotten when a believer’s patron deity died. In this solitary work, you’ve learned secrets no one else knows.
5
You killed
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
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
guildless masses of the city.
Consider why you’re embedded in the secondary guild. Create a story with your DM, inspired by rolling on the following table or choosing a reason that suits you
.
d8
Reason for Infiltration
1
My parents belong to this guild, and I let them think I’m following in their footsteps.
2
I’ve been assigned to track this guild&rsquo
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
followed her fellow wizards to Icewind Dale. She caught up to them in Bryn Shander and made her presence known, claiming she was sent by her master to aid the expedition with her divinations. Egos and
ghost is unable to cast the find familiar spell in order to get it back.
Spellcasting. As a ghost, Nass can cast the spells she prepared prior to her death—except that the ghost can’t
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t widespread
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
religious service. The Gods of the Multiverse section contains a sample pantheon, from the Forgotten Realms setting. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist the priests in
an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform the religious ceremonies of your deity. You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
provided. The following section, discussing possible homelands, includes some suggested reasons that are appropriate for each location.
d6
Reason
d6
Reason
1
Emissary
4
Pilgrim
hundreds of miles of the Great Glacier and the Great Ice Sea. No one from your nation makes the effort to cross such colossal barriers without a convincing reason. You must fear something truly
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
thin cloak of mist forms around her. Blades of ice grow out of her body at odd angles, breaking off before they get too long. When she moves, her body crackles.
In this form, Auril creates weapons of
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
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Faerûn for being eccentric, spoiled, venal, and, above all else, rich.
Whether you are a shining example of the reason for this reputation or one who proves the rule by being an exception, people
masses.
4
I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions.
5
I don’t like to get my hands dirty, and I won’t be caught dead in unsuitable accommodations
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
memories of war. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind.
3
I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones.
4
I’m full of inspiring and cautionary
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
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
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
theories and worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren&rsquo
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
worried about secret societies and hidden demons.
3
My house and bloodline make me the best!
4
My secret could get me expelled from my house.
5
My religious beliefs aren’t
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful)
5
Faith. I trust that my deity will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful
relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2
I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
3
I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my
Hermit
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
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
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
Kobold
Legacy
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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
Acolyte
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
.
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 religious ceremonies of your deity. You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing and care at a temple, shrine, or other established presence of your faith, though you
Tortle
Legacy
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Species
The Tortle Package
wilderness in which to hunt, catch fish, and get by. With each passing year, a tortle hones its survival skills. It forms friendships with its neighbors while also respecting their privacy. At some
prefer simple, non-gender-specific names that are usually no more than two syllables. If a tortle doesn’t like its name for whatever reason, it can change it. A tortle might change its name a dozen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Built on Bones Centuries passed. In that time, the last kingpriest rose to power in the land of Istar. This religious leader dreamed of an earthly paradise—a pleasure city to reward those he deemed
righteous. The kingpriest and his servants created a great flying island. He named this aerial city Onyari, the City Without Sin, claiming it would be a place where he and his worthiest (and wealthiest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Hierarchy Some religious orders are viewed with suspicion by the priestly hierarchies of their faiths; others are viewed as champions who act as the gods’ hands in the world. Within a religious order
, some members are highly respected while others are seen as dangerous for one reason or another. What is your relationship to the hierarchy you’re a part of? Is your entire order held in particularly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Serving the Order What is the nature of your work for the religious order? As a group, consult the Religious Service table and work with your DM to decide what role you play—which likely shapes the
kind of adventures you undertake. Religious Service d6 Service 1 Smite Evil. You battle evil in your order’s name. 2 Fight for Freedom. You protect the downtrodden from the forces of oppression. 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
Adventure Hooks If the prospect of claiming Iggwilv’s hoard isn’t enough to persuade the characters to undertake this quest, you can further motivate the party with either of the following adventure
hooks: Iggwilv’s Rival. An archmage who was once embroiled in a heated rivalry with Iggwilv has reason to believe she isn’t dead. The archmage recruits the characters to search the Lost Caverns for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
and other religious communities of your deity. Knights of civic orders can get help from the community—whether a lone settlement or a great nation—that they serve, and knights of philosophical orders
Feature: Knightly Regard You receive shelter and succor from members of your knightly order and those who are sympathetic to its aims. If your order is a religious one, you can gain aid from temples