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Dungeon Master’s Guide
divined.
Nature can’t abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even
person, you can take a Magic action to recite words from its pages in a foul, dead language. Each time you do so, you take 1d12 Psychic damage, and each creature within 15 feet of you takes 3d6 Psychic
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
explores the world in its stolen guise—often that of the very person who wished the carrionette into being.
Carrionettes might appear as any type of toy or piece of art. While marionettes and
porcelain dolls are the most common, all manner of deadly stuffed animals, crawling jack-in-the-boxes, bloodthirsty poppets, murderous jewelry box ballerinas, and so forth might be carrionettes. These
Genasi
Legacy
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
guise and travel incognito.
During these visits, a mortal might catch a genie’s eye. Friendship forms, romance blooms, and sometimes children result. These children are genasi: individuals with
bloodlines of those genasi have spread into other lands. Though far from common, air and fire genasi are more likely to be found in the western regions of Faerûn, along the coast from Calimshan north
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;Disguise kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this
undercover, you have limited contacts within your guild. Your relationships within your secondary guild, in the guise of your false identity, are usually more extensive.
Roll once on the Dimir
Dwarf
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
picks and hammers in deep mines and blazing forges, a commitment to clan and tradition, and a burning hatred of goblins and orcs—these common threads unite all dwarves.
Short and Stout
Bold
common shades are light brown or deep tan, like certain tones of earth. Their hair, worn long but in simple styles, is usually black, gray, or brown, though paler dwarves often have red hair. Male
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
recite cryptic but beautiful poems about their advent being a blessed event in which they were sent into the multiverse to observe and catalog its many wonders.
Whatever their true origin, kenku are
you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
implement, dried crown of white camellias, straw doll All is well in Tepest. Fields shine with the golden hues of a bountiful harvest, and horned village children happily recite sing-song rhymes. But those
betrayed her coven in pursuit of a daughter to love. Taking the guise of a deity called Mother, Lorinda has adopted the entire village of Viktal, protecting its people from nature’s whims so they can feed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
pools in cube form. A creature might learn the method by casting identify on a pool or by asking Zox. A creature must place one or more of its hands within 1 foot of the pool’s surface and recite the
following in Terran: agrach taar azlach (which, loosely translated to Common, means “shape to shapelessness”). This causes a cubic foot of liquid metal to rise out of the pool, harden into a solid 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
confederation of cities and towns that band together against common threats. Jarlaxle also wants the dragonstaff of Ahghairon for leverage in his negotiations. In the magical guise of a human sea captain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
of office.
4 Obey whoever places a missing crest in its chest, then deactivate for a year.
5 Reveal a hidden passage to those who recite a leader’s final words.
6 Watch for and do
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages Understands Common plus two other languages but can’t speak
CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4)
Traits
Immutable Form. The golem can’t shape-shift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. The guardian’s exact form is unknown and changes from encounter to encounter, but its alignment is always chaotic neutral, its Intelligence is at least 16, and it speaks both Common and Giant. You can
roll on any encounter table in chapter 3 to determine the guardian’s current form. If the guardian dies, it re-forms in a new guise at the next dawn. A creature can convince the guardian to grant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
cambion’s evil accomplices: three human veterans who speak Common and Infernal. Their names are Falar and Zaroud al’Ryshal, and Nulra Blacksaddle. When the cambion gives the order in Infernal, the veterans
might encounter him again in Candlekeep, in the guise of a monk. The next time he encounters the party, Kaddrus fights to the death to claim the shield.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, playing the part of a dwarf one day and a dragonborn the next. Although changelings can adopt any guise, most rely on a few established personas, each with a developed history and a network of friends and
Languages Common, Dwarvish, Elvish, Halfling, thieves’ cant
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Change Appearance. The changeling can use its action to polymorph into a Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
spread fear, suspicion, and deceit better than doppelgangers. Found in every land and culture, they can take on the guise of any individual of any race. Doppelganger
Medium monstrosity
Deception +6, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
two dwarf guards, ready to make his final stand. If the oni survived the courtyard battle, it is here as well, in the guise of a female dwarf. Development Grumink carries fragmentary maps and partial
fact, false. (“They’re digging in the wrong place!”) Obratu carries a folded scrap of paper with the following message written on it, in Common: Obratu,
There’s too much sunlight up here. I’ll try the route from the Underdark. Maybe we’ll meet in the palace.
Reulek
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
spread fear, suspicion, and deceit better than doppelgangers. Found in every land and culture, they can take on the guise of any individual of any race. Stealing Secrets. A doppelganger’s adopted
, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to polymorph
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
frame. The carrionette then imprisons its old body, keeping the animate doll hidden while it explores the world in its stolen guise—often that of the very person who wished the carrionette into being
. Carrionettes might appear as any type of toy or piece of art. While marionettes and porcelain dolls are the most common, all manner of deadly stuffed animals, crawling jack-in-the-boxes, bloodthirsty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
path. Each patrols its territory in the guise of an arctic fox, a mountain goat, a snowy owl, or a wolf, reverting to human form only when it attacks. Clever ambushers, they use hallucinatory terrain
darkvision 60 ft. (beast form only), passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Druidic
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Spellcasting (Humanoid Form Only). The druid is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. For now, it has adopted the guise of a scatterbrained, shabbily dressed young man who has, for reasons he would rather not divulge, set up an alchemist’s lab in this cave. The slaad refers to itself
the Alchemist a visit, it has one of each of the potions described below available to trade. Each potion is a common magic item. It keeps these potions on its person, and a sneaky character can try to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Faith in Diversification Despite their supposed wisdom, many common clerics fail to grasp the simple concept of using the best tool for the job. To the devoted priest of Tempus, every problem is just
screaming “Shut up!” at anyone who makes noise
4 Sleep another hour; your deity says it’s fine
5 Burning incense and lighting a candle on a makeshift altar while you recite your vows
6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
that the original text can’t be divined. Nature can’t abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys
can take a Magic action to recite words from its pages in a foul, dead language. Each time you do so, you take 1d12 Psychic damage, and each creature within 15 feet of you takes 3d6 Psychic damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the order, he traveled to distant lands to wage war against the forces of evil. The dragon stayed home and, in the guise of a human noble named Lord Argynvost, brought new initiates into the order
modifications: Vladimir’s alignment is lawful evil. His Armor Class is 17 (half plate). He has 192 hit points. He speaks Common and Draconic. Vladimir wields a greatsword, +2 with a hilt sculpted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
fiend in its true form, for it can take on any guise it wants, although it prefers to masquerade as someone powerful or influential: a noble, cardinal, or rich merchant, for example. A rakshasa’s
from magic weapons wielded by good creatures
Damage Immunities bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
three questions. Rare or Mundane? Consider how common orc, goblin, and similar adventurers are in your setting. Are they regarded as no stranger than elves or dwarves? Are they met with suspicion? The
guise. A creative tie between a monstrous character and the rest of the party helps make for a memorable campaign. The Monstrous Origin table gives a number of ideas for adding a monstrous character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
cruel twists; for example, a petitioner who asks to be reunited with a lost love might be transformed into one of their loved one’s cherished items, such as a favorite bonnet. Skabatha assumes the guise
+5, Perception +6, Stealth +2
Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Elvish, Infernal, Sylvan
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Boon of Immortality
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
hulking serpent when threatened. She has attained precise control over her petrifying gaze, rendering her immune to its effects and allowing her to use it while not in her medusa guise. Despite her alarming
from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, petrified, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 21
Languages Common, Druidic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
night hag, the heirloom is her heartstone, and the thief is a shadow dragon in Humanoid guise.
4 As war brews in a Material Plane world, a shrewd shadow dragon exploits a convergence with the
common foes.
4 An adult shadow dragon and a beholder share a precarious bond, allied against an ancient sapphire dragon neither can defeat alone.
5 An adult shadow dragon is gathering a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wrought. Mother Night transformed Katarina into an ageless crone gifted with the power of magical foresight. In the guise of Madam Eva, she uses this ability to help Strahd. She can send her Vistani
Languages Abyssal, Common, Elvish, Infernal
Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)
Spellcasting. Madam Eva is a 16th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
creator who must be obeyed. Legend holds that the green hag preferred to travel in the guise of a regal hobgoblin queen. If the crab folk ever encounter someone who bears a strong resemblance to that form
40 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
19(+4)
DEX
10(+0)
CON
17(+3)
INT
7(−2)
WIS
9(−1)
CHA
9(−1)
Senses darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages Common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
the guise of a traveling monk and is waiting for Zhentarim reinforcements to arrive (see the “Seven Snakes” section). She had nothing to do with the cloud giant attack, but she intends to take over the
associates arrived. The snake belongs to Xolkin Alassandar (see the “Seven Snakes” section), and it now coils around Kella’s left arm. Its message is scrawled in Common on a strip of parchment in Kella’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
pay the price specified in the contract immediately suffers a penalty for breaching the contract, as specified in the contract itself. Common penalties include the following: The character’s soul is
4 Lemure kiss
5 Song of the devil
6 Written in stone
Baby Dolls. The devil produces two baby dolls made of dirty rags or rotting wood. The dolls recite the deal in high-pitched
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to Waterdeep in the guise of an Illuskan human named Zardoz Zord. “Captain Zord” is the master of the Sea Maidens Faire, a carnival that travels up and down the Sword Coast in three ships: the
Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Elvish, Undercommon
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)
Special Equipment. Jarlaxle wears +3 leather armor, a hat of disguise, a bracer of flying daggers (see appendix A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
accompanying adventurers in the guise of an intelligent magic item and steering them to fulfill the dragon’s designs. A draconic shard is difficult to destroy. Destroying the shard’s spectral form or an object
, prone
Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 26
Languages Common, Draconic, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 17 (18,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6
Deflection. The shard’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragons of Many Worlds Whether it is regarded as interpretive myth or historical record, “Elegy for the First World” offers an explanation for the common elements that appear in the legends and
agents as she strives to dominate the world, while metallic dragons have helped the peoples of Krynn to foil her schemes. Meanwhile, Paladine, in the guise of a doddering old wizard named Fizban
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
impersonate another Watch captain the characters have met before. Then, in the guise of Hyustus Staget (see “The Watch Arrives”), the doppelganger kills the guards in area H8 with its bare hands and
range of 60 feet. He speaks Common and Elvish. The magister has already heard the testimony of the arresting officers, as well as that of any eyewitnesses. The characters are given an hour to plead