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Choldrith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

connection to Lolth, which gives them divine magic. They also make up the ruling caste of most chitine colonies. A colony can support numerous choldriths, who serve as commanders, priests, and

supervisors. The choldriths continually jockey for position, although they rarely confront one another in a way that puts the colony at risk. The colony is ruled by a sovereign, who determines which colony

Young Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate, frigid regions, many

; connection to the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or hatchlings of other dragons; many

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

tears to your eyes. Is it a bitter or cheerful memory? Does recalling it make you feel the same way? 3 You recall a childhood memory. What about that event or who you were still influences you

resurrected, but something went wrong. 2 Stitches bind your body’s mismatched pieces, and your memories come from multiple different lives. 3 After clawing free from your grave, you realized

Hexblood

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

before their birth. Many hexbloods turn to lives of adventure, seeking to discover the mysteries of their magic, to forge a connection with their fey natures, or to avoid a hag that obsesses over them

. Heir of Hags One way hags create more of their kind is through the creation of hexbloods. Every hexblood exhibits features suggestive of the hag whose magic inspires their powers. This includes an

Faceless

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

; literally or otherwise — as they adventure. This persona might be dramatic or subtle. In a way, though, many characters have such larger than life personalities. Therefore, this background largely

often as you wish, using one to hide the other or serve as convenient camouflage. However, should someone realize the connection between your persona and your true self, your deception might lose its

Urban Bounty Hunter

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

of society that your chosen quarries move through. These people might be associated with the criminal underworld, the rough-and-tumble folk of the streets, or members of high society. This connection

in a situation. Never tell me the odds. 7 The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it. 8 I blow up at the slightest insult. d6 Ideal 1

Centaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

coloration — from various shades of chestnut or bay to dappled or even zebra-like striped patterns. Most centaurs style their hair and their tails in a similar way. Selesnya centaurs favor long, flowing

, they celebrate family and community as microcosms of that greater connection. Among the Gruul, they have a strong clan identity, and Selesnya centaurs are fiercely loyal to their individual communities

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

hidden that the surface-dwelling citizens in the area often don’t know what lies beneath them. Because the kobolds make sure they stay out of the way of anyone more dangerous than themselves, grow

abandon this careful approach. First, because of their hatred of gnomes, city kobolds often go out of their way to target gnomes’ houses and shops. Even in such cases, the kobolds’ fear of

Zombie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

battlefield, eviscerated and bloated after days in the sun. The muddy cadaver of a peasant could claw its way from the ground, riddled with maggots and worms. A zombie might wash ashore or rise from a marsh

into a fast-flowing river to reach foes on a far shore, clawing at the surface as it is battered against rocks and destroyed. To reach a foe below it, a zombie might step out of an open window. Zombies

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

pursue enemies or thwart their foes’ designs there. Accident might also send a nest of aarakocra tumbling into a world on that plane. A few find their way to such a world through portals on

have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by

Characters from Djaynai

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Insurgent Tides? Do you support the quest to recover the lore of the Blackmist Way and the Blackthrone Arts, or are they relics of an unrecoverable past? Do you or anyone in your family have a

connection to the Night Revelers? Do you embrace that faction’s call to anarchy, or do you seek to undermine that call before it spreads further? Whether you come from Djaynai or Janya, how much do you know

Surface Dwellers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Surface Dwellers Companions such as Eldeth and Ront, who prefer to live on or near the surface, gladly follow the characters all the way out if they can. Eldeth wishes to return to Gauntlgrym, and

her presence there can provide a connection for the characters when they visit the dwarven settlement in chapter 8. If Eldeth didn’t survive, she might have charged the characters with returning her

Demon Portal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

slowly and methodically send demons through to the city. Even now, the demon lord and his minions work to widen and strengthen the connection, hoping to eventually allow entire armies of demons into Avernus by way of Elturel.

Criminal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

to determine the nature of that connection. 1d4 Criminal 1 You have family or friends in the organization, but you’ve still got to prove yourself to the gang. 2 You retired from the

to worm your way into the underworld of Sharn. 4 You’re an independent agent working with more than one of Sharn’s gangs. While you value your freedom, if you’re not careful you could make enemies on all sides.

Finding the Way

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Finding the Way The characters can find the route to Gravenhollow using Ghazrim DuLoc’s ring. If they don’t have the ring, there are a couple other options available to them. Ghazrim’s Ring The star

are traveling with the party (see the “Society of Brilliance” random encounter in chapter 2), they can find the way to Gravenhollow, having found it once before. Any Society of Brilliance member who

Heroes of the Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

of the Land might feel a connection to the giants who inhabit that land. A monk who follows the Way of the Four Elements might seek to emulate Annam, the All-Father, to shape and channel the forces of

. Elements and Environments If your spells or class features draw on elemental forces or the magic of the land, you might use a connection to giants to tap into that power. A druid belonging to the Circle

Thessalheart Construct

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Thessalheart Construct A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the construct

saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is instead poisoned for 5 (1d10) minutes and unconscious while poisoned in this way.

Chapter 1: Racial Feats

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Chapter 1: Racial Feats Leveling up in a class is the main way a character evolves during a campaign. Some DMs also allow the use of feats to customize a character. Feats are an optional rule in

. A racial feat represents either a deepening connection to your race’s culture or a physical transformation that brings you closer to an aspect of your race’s lineage. The cause of a particular

Dragonmarks and Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Dragonmarks and Backgrounds Dragonmarks are bound to certain bloodlines, and by choosing a mark, you are establishing your character’s blood connection to one of the families in the dragonmarked

, choosing not to pursue a connection with the houses. Whatever you decide, this is an opportunity to talk with your DM about the role you’d like the house to play in a campaign. Do you want them to be

The Demonweb Connection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

The Demonweb Connection Lolth’s personal realm is a layer of the Abyss known colloquially as the Demonweb Pits. Far from being intimidated by their deity’s connection to the Abyss, the drow revel in

it — sometimes literally. Drow have respect for the power of demons, but they don’t fear them the way most other mortal creatures do. A drow who calls up a demon from the Abyss into the Underdark

Dwarves of the Five Nations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

connection to the towers of Sharn or the great walls of Wroat; the typical dwarf is actually more patriotic than the average human of the Five Nations. This passion caused most dwarves to serve their

soldier, and if so, how did that service end? If not, did you serve your nation in another way, or did you turn your back on it?

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