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Player’s Handbook
commended, respected, and feared on many worlds.
Humans are as diverse in appearance as the people of Earth, and they have many gods. Scholars dispute the origin of humanity, but one of the earliest known
human gatherings is said to have occurred in Sigil, the torus-shaped city at the center of the multiverse and the place where the Common language was born. From there, humans could have spread to
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion.
Desertification. Precipitation is almost nonexistent within 6 miles of the scion, parching the land and withering most
Annam’s grandchildren, and they occupy a privileged place among giants. On some worlds, these scions ruled the first empires of giants until Annam retreated into seclusion. On other worlds, the
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the giant’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Abundant Ore. Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion.
Desertification. Precipitation is
, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they are Annam’s grandchildren, and they occupy a privileged place among giants. On some worlds, these scions ruled the
Equipment
Beholders carve tyrant ship;tyrant ships out of stone using their disintegration rays and use these ships to wander the Astral Plane, looking for worlds to conquer and rival beholders to destroy. No
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Wildspace systems and lay waste to worlds. After feeding on the minds and bodies of a world’s inhabitants until it is sated, a cosmic horror usually returns to the void, where it falls into a deep
they have certain qualities in common. Each one is roughly 100 feet long or tall, and its physical form is a seemingly impossible conglomeration of eyes, mouths, wings, tentacles, and less recognizable organs and appendages.Acid, Poison
Backgrounds
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
(such as a bag of golden tea leaves or the tooth of a planar beast), a manifesto of your guiding philosophy, a set of common clothes in your faction’s style, and a pouch containing 10 gp worth of
coins from different worlds and planes
Sigil Faction Affinities
Faction
Skill
Athar
Religion
Bleak Cabal
Insight
Doomguard
Nature
Fated
Intimidation
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
ties to two worlds, yet belonging to neither. Some genasi are born of mortal–genie unions, others have two genasi as parents, and a rare few have a genie further up their family tree, manifesting
, elemental forces hold greater sway than they do on other worlds. As a people touched by elemental power, genasi are viewed as seers, prophets, and chosen ones. The birth of a genasi, whether a slave, a noble
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances.
Klauth spends many waking hours scrying Faerûn with his spells, and he probably knows more
legendary red dragon’s lair is warped by the dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:
Small earthquakes are common within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair.
Water
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Sylvan
Equipment: A Selesnya insignia, a healer’s kit, robes, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Conclave’s Shelter
As a
voices and actions aligned in common purpose. (Good)
3
Order. Like a well-pruned tree, society thrives when everything is kept in good order. (Lawful)
4
Life. Preserving life and
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function
do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and its
for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
I
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
I represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
I would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function
do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Species
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
themselves falling through portals to other planes and worlds.
Kender sometimes amass impressive collections of curiosities. Some might collect mundane knickknacks or relics from magical sites, while
follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
and twisted remains of a failed experiment, a hammer, a block and tackle, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 5 gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)
Feature: Urban Infrastructure
The popular
even the lowliest attendant to make friends (and enemies) in laboratories across Ravnica.
Roll twice on the Izzet Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Izzet Contacts table
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Tomb of Annihilation
disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
3
I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me.
4
I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that
museum, or a university.
d6
Flaw
1
I have a secret fear of some common wild animal—and in my work, I see them everywhere.
2
I can’t leave a room without
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
branch.
Today, hadozees are sapient, bipedal beings eager to leave behind the fearsome predators of their home world and explore other worlds.
In addition to being natural climbers, hadozees have feet
follow those suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and its
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
I
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
I represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
I represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
I would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
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
Contacts table, giving you an ally who serves as your contact in Dimir. Then roll twice on the table for your secondary guild. The first roll gives you an ally there, and the second roll gives you a rival
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
: Choose one of Elvish, Giant, or Kraul
Equipment: A Golgari insignia, a poisoner’s kit, a pet beetle or spider, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp worth of mixed
meaningful connections with others.
Roll twice on the Golgari Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Golgari Contacts table.
Golgari Contacts
d8
Contact
1
One
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;s wing, a tattered piece of a Boros banner (a souvenir from a famous battle), a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 2 gp (Boros-minted 1-zino coins)
Feature: Legion Station
You have
important to me than my life.
6
Dangerous work is best accomplished by an orderly group working with common purpose.
7
I treat my weapons, uniform, and insignia with reverence, for they
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital
would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
represent my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function
would do anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and its
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge.
4
I
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
my house and take pride in my looks.
6
I’m critical of monarchies and limits on the houses.
D6
IDEAL
1
Common Good. My house serves a vital function, and
anything for my family.
2
I love someone from another house, but the relationship is forbidden.
3
Someone I love was killed by a rival faction within my house, and I will have revenge
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
clade — a diverse group of individuals combining disparate talents in pursuit of a common goal — or a researcher on a specialized, short-term project focused on addressing an immediate
members are former members of other guilds.
Roll twice on the Simic Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Simic Contacts table.
Simic Contacts
d8
Contact
1
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, a set of common clothes, a belt pouch containing 10 gp (a mix of Azorius and Boros 1-zino coins), and a bottle of sweet, red juice
A Flair for the Dramatic
Rakdos performance styles typically fuse
in different troupes, which allows for the possibility of a widespread network of contacts.
Roll twice on the Rakdos Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Rakdos Contacts table
Half-Elf
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, Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity
children. Many half-elves, unable to fit into either society, choose lives of solitary wandering or join with other misfits and outcasts in the adventuring life.
Of Two Worlds
To humans, half-elves look
High Elf
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As a high elf, you have a keen mind and a mastery of at least the basics of magic. In many of the worlds of D&D, there are two kinds of high elves. One type (which includes the gray elves and
other type (including the high elves of Greyhawk, the Qualinesti of Dragonlance, and the moon elves of the Forgotten Realms) are more common and more friendly, and often encountered among humans and
Gith
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
by revenge and convinced that they deserved to take whatever they wanted from the worlds they traveled. Ranging out from the titanic city of Tu’narath on the Astral Plane, they send raiders out
to plunder the Material Plane and other worlds, bringing treasures and slaves back to their ageless realm. At the same time, they hunt down and kill mind flayers whenever possible, as recompense for
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their
empires on the foundation of conquest and trade. Whatever drives them, humans are the innovators, the achievers, and the pioneers of the worlds.
A Broad Spectrum
With their penchant for migration