condition rather gentle to her race

Way of Mercy Legacy

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

bring a swift end as an act of mercy. Those who follow the Way of Mercy might be members of a religious order, administering to the needy and making grim choices rooted in reality rather than idealism

. Some might be gentle-voiced healers, beloved by their communities, while others might be masked bringers of macabre mercies. The walkers of this way usually don robes with deep cowls, and they often conceal their faces with masks, presenting themselves as the faceless bringers of life and death.

Dabus

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and have the grappled condition (escape DC 13). While grappled in this way, the creature has the restrained condition. The appendages vanish after 1

cobblestone hands. When dabus communicate, rather than speaking or signing words, they create esoteric illusory images and symbols in front of themselves. Scholars have yet to determine the origin of

Deadbark Dryad

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

":"damage", "rollAction":"Poisonous Thorn", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition until

target has the grappled condition (escape DC 16). Until the grapple ends, the target has the restrained condition, and the dryad can’t use the same vine on another target. A creature restrained

Vladimir Horngaard

Monsters Curse of Strahd

frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with disadvantage if it can see Vladimir, ending the frightened condition on itself on a success.Vladimir Horngaard joined the

witnessing Strahd himself slay Vladimir's beloved, his fellow knight Sir Godfrey Gwilym. With the battle won, Strahd surrounded Argynvostholt. Rather than cower in his lair, Argynvost emerged and

Cradle of the Cloud Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. Vortex (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Vortex"}. The cradle conjures a vortex of wind at a

restrained condition within the vortex. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and is pushed to the nearest unoccupied space outside the cylinder. The vortex lasts until the start of the

Kelubar Demodand

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

automatically remove the grappled condition from itself. Magic Resistance. The kelubar has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The kelubar makes two Bite attacks

farastu minions—rather than fight directly. Demodands Demodands, also called gehreleths, are Fiends from the Tarterian Depths of Carceri. Cast into the prison plane long ago for forgotten

Tempest Spirit

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

energy and doesn’t disperse into the elements. Rather, it absorbs the elemental energy around it, and its lower body becomes a storm cloud. The resulting tempest spirit is similar in appearance

", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage and has the prone condition. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.

Moonstone Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

teachers and storytellers who anchor Feywild communities. The worst of them are pompous and ill behaved, but even those remain gentle by nature and curious about all things—especially travelers

others is often difficult because I’m so easily distr… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver? 7 I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my

Young Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

worst of them are pompous and ill behaved, but even those remain gentle by nature and curious about all things—especially travelers from faraway places. Moonstone dragons can project themselves

… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver? 7 I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my time asleep, in the realm of dreams. 8 I find the

Scion of Memnor

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 26 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Thunderous Vortex", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage and must succeed on a DC 24 Constitution saving throw or have the stunned condition until the end of its next

Spectral Cloud

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

);{"diceNotation":"7d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chilling Winds", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage and has the incapacitated condition for 1 minute. The affected creature can repeat the

’s appearance becomes clear: a skeletal cloud giant corpse. Tales suggest cloud giants sometimes seek this fate rather than accept the end of their naturally long lives. In such stories, a

Gray Dwarf (Duergar) Legacy

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

artistic value. Few duergar become adventurers, fewer still on the surface world, because they are a hidebound and suspicious race. Those who leave their subterranean cities are usually exiles. Check

thus made them into the superior race. Duergar have no appreciation for beauty, that ability having been erased from their minds by the mind flayers long ago and any thought of recapturing it

Kas the Betrayer

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

frightened condition. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Kas fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Regeneration. Kas regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn if he has at least 1

blood to sow terror rather than for sustenance. If destroyed, Kas revives in 1d100;{"diceNotation":"1d100", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Strength of the Night"} nights in an unoccupied space in

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, the target has the incapacitated condition until the start of Alustriel’s next turn. On a successful save, the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of Alustriel’s

in her true form. She helped create Silverymoon’s famous Moonbridge and cofounded the Lady’s College, the first school in Faerûn for mages as students rather than as apprentices in

Adult Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

teachers and storytellers who anchor Feywild communities. The worst of them are pompous and ill behaved, but even those remain gentle by nature and curious about all things—especially travelers from

often difficult because I’m so easily distr… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver? 7 I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my time asleep

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

silver light dance in the air around you, and phantasmal green leaves might waft through the air. A sensation of gentle warmth and the smell of spring flowers or autumn leaves might accompany your

1 I never raise my voice or lose my temper. 2 I feel the pains and joys of everyone around me, friend or foe. 3 I would rather make a friend than thwart an enemy. 4 I’m

Ancient Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

mature into wise teachers and storytellers who anchor Feywild communities. The worst of them are pompous and ill behaved, but even those remain gentle by nature and curious about all things&mdash

Conversing with others is often difficult because I’m so easily distr… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver? 7 I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. On a failed save, a creature takes 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Create Vortex", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage and has the restrained condition. On a

, and the target must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. Lightning Strike. A bolt of lightning strikes a point Nafas can see within 120 feet of him. Each creature

Anthropologist

Backgrounds Tomb of Annihilation

and the ways of their people, who eventually treated you as one of their own. One culture had more of an influence on you than any other, shaping your beliefs and customs. Choose a race whose culture

. 2 I’m a stickler when it comes to observing proper etiquette and local customs. 3 I would rather observe than meddle. 4 By living among violent people, I have become

Nass Lantomir's Ghost

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

; 10 years. A frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the frightened condition on itself on a success. If the target’s saving throw is successful or

overheard her master talking to another wizard about a covert expedition to Icewind Dale being undertaken to seek out long-lost magic from a bygone empire. Rather than carry out her original plan, Nass

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

subterranean cities or settlements, you are probably a member of the race that occupies the place—but you might also have grown up there after being captured and brought below when you were a child

foreign land. 2 I pretend not to understand the local language in order to avoid interactions I would rather not have. 3 I have a weakness for the new intoxicants and other pleasures of this

Adult Deep Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature. Deep Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"} Ideal

of my power. (Evil) 6 Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good) Deep Dragon

Ancient Deep Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature. Deep Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"} Ideal

of my power. (Evil) 6 Patience. All creatures might teach me something, and I’m willing to wait and find out what that might be rather than acting in haste. (Good) Deep Dragon

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

then passing through the shadow of That-Which-Endures changed them forever. Now the newest race to call Faerûn home, the verdan do their best to find their way in an unfamiliar world

. Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant

Kalashtar

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

-Lashtavar. —Lakashtai, servant of the light The kalashtar are a compound race created from the union of humanity and renegade spirits from the plane of dreams — spirits called quori

with their quori spirits. Rather, they might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants kalashtar

Nox

monsters

roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of Nox that doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition and Nox doesn’t have Disadvantage on the attack roll. Sunlight Sensitivity

instrument. Creatures immune to the Charmed condition are immune to this effect. Response: Nox rolls a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Unnerving Riff"} and subtracts the result

Shanrigol Heap

monsters

":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 12). Bone Shard. Ranged Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType

of shanrigol is called, based on its general shape, a shanrigol heap. These amalgamations of warped flesh and shattered bone establish hunting grounds by accident rather than design, remaining where

Flying Polyp

monsters

+10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Writhing Tentacles", "rollDamageType":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC

24). While Grappled the target has the Restrained condition. Wind Blast (Recharge 5–6). Strength Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point the flying

Chafkhem

monsters

can see Chafkhem, it is subjected to the following effect. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 14. Failure: The target gains the Frightened condition until the end of Chafkhem’s next turn. If the saving

throw fails by 5 or more, the target also has the Paralyzed condition for the same duration. Success: The target is immune to Chafkhem’s Dreadful Glare for the next 24 hours. Spellcasting

Firbolg Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

the group’s needs, but the effect each action will have on the forest and the rest of the natural world. Firbolg tribes would rather go hungry than strain the land during a famine. Hidden

Shepherds As caretakers of the land, firbolgs prefer to remain out of sight and out of mind. They don’t try to dominate nature, but rather seek to ensure that it prospers and survives according to its

Changeling

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, investigation, and combat. Personas can be shared by multiple changelings; a community might be home to three healer changelings, with whoever is on duty adopting the persona of Andrea, the gentle

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

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

30 feet of you. The fighter is of the same race as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the fates have drawn him or her to you. You control this character. Moon. You are granted the

summoner Speed 60 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) Damage Immunities necrotic, poison Condition

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, even by the standards of his diminutive race, with the fluff of his curly brown locks barely cresting the three-foot mark, but his belly was amply thickened by his love of a good meal, or several, as

treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering. Kind and

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

rather than perform the work or confront the foe. Even when subsumed into a goblinoid host and drawn into war, bugbears must often be roused from naps and bribed to get them to do their duties. This

. Gang Mentality Since bugbears aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

that the yuan-ti have prepared a special ambush at the end of the pursuit. Capture, Not Kill The objective of the yuan-ti as a race is to conquer and enslave others; they don’t espouse the sort

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