conflicted rarely grasp to her raised

Dzaan's Simulacrum

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

hit with spell attacks). It has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): acid splash,* light, minor illusion, shocking grasp* 1st level (2 slots): detect magic, disguise self, magic

missile* 2nd level (2 slots): invisibility, levitate, phantasmal force *See “Actions” below.Shocking Grasp (Cantrip). Melee Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Dzaan

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): acid splash,* light, minor illusion, shocking grasp* 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, disguise self, magic missile

“Actions” below.Shocking Grasp (Cantrip). Melee Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shocking Grasp"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature (the attack roll

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

the households of their genie parents. Wild and Confident Genasi rarely lack confidence, seeing themselves as equal to almost any challenge in their path. This certainty might manifest as graceful

audience. They rarely stay in one place for long, always looking for a new sky to see and breathe. Air genasi who don’t live in cities favor open lands such as plains, deserts, and high

Plasmoid

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

grasp and manipulate weapons and tools. Although most plasmoids are translucent gray, they can alter their color and translucence by absorbing dyes through their pores. Plasmoids don’t have

the scores can be raised 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 Player’s

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Spells Cantrip produce flame, shocking grasp 1st chaos bolt, create or destroy water, unseen servant 2nd heat metal, rope trick 3rd call lightning,

me with conflicted feelings. 5 I helped a minor Gruul chieftain acquire an Izzet weapon. 6 Roll an additional Izzet contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival. 7

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

blossom into hard feelings, loud arguments, and head-butting contests, but they rarely escalate beyond that. Creating Your Character When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your

scores to increase. You’re free to 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

Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

smear the blood of my enemies over my skin. 7 I was, in fact, raised by maaka. 8 HarrRRAAGGHH! [I rarely form a coherent sentence and prefer to express myself by breaking things

Disembodied

races

vanish as suddenly as they appeared. Gradually, it became clear that these poor souls were the survivors of the Ethereal Rift, now trapped between worlds and trying to retain their tenuous grasp on

two realms, often haunted by memories of the city’s destruction, of which they rarely if ever speak. Disembodied Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Your size is Small or Medium, as you

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, wandering the wilds as trappers, foresters, hunters, or adventurers and visiting civilization only rarely. Like elves, they are driven by the wanderlust that comes of their longevity. Others, in

naming conventions. As if to emphasize that they don’t really fit in to either society, half-elves raised among humans are often given elven names, and those raised among elves often take human names

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material

Plane in the stasis of undeath. Orcus allows the wand to slip from his grasp from time to time. When it does, it magically appears wherever its master senses an opportunity to achieve some fell goal

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

set bards apart from their fellows. Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries

. Perhaps you had a secure and mundane childhood. There’s no good story to be told about that, so you might paint yourself as an orphan raised by a hag in a dismal swamp. Or your childhood might be

Healing

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

a body, or malevolent ghosts or wraiths might escape from the netherworld along with the person being raised. Before the healers take gold to perform a resurrection, a Jorasco adept will first cast

. These devout clerics rarely sell their services, however, and the high priest would need a compelling reason to help someone who has different beliefs.

Healing

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

a body, or malevolent ghosts or wraiths might escape from the netherworld along with the person being raised. Before the healers take gold to perform a resurrection, a Jorasco adept will first cast

. These devout clerics rarely sell their services, however, and the high priest would need a compelling reason to help someone who has different beliefs.

2. Hall of War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

supply wagons. Soakosh is fat and has a forked tongue. He’s rarely seen without a bag of his favorite food at hand: candied grung eggs. If the alarm is raised, Soakosh commands the broodguards to unchain

the basilisks from their hooks and lead them into battle like war hounds. If the alarm has not been raised but combat ensues here, one broodguard runs to sound the gong in area 9. If the triceratops is

2. Hall of War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

supply wagons. Soakosh is fat and has a forked tongue. He’s rarely seen without a bag of his favorite food at hand: candied grung eggs. If the alarm is raised, Soakosh commands the broodguards to unchain

the basilisks from their hooks and lead them into battle like war hounds. If the alarm has not been raised but combat ensues here, one broodguard runs to sound the gong in area 9. If the triceratops is

Languages in Eberron

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

Languages in Eberron In Eberron, languages are tied to culture and geography as opposed to biology. A dwarf raised in Breland might not actually know Dwarvish, while the language of the giants is

regions or cultures. The DM may change the languages assigned to a monster or NPC to reflect this. Giant is the common tongue of Xen’drik. It is rarely encountered on Khorvaire. Monsters in Khorvaire

Languages in Eberron

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

Languages in Eberron In Eberron, languages are tied to culture and geography as opposed to biology. A dwarf raised in Breland might not actually know Dwarvish, while the language of the giants is

regions or cultures. The DM may change the languages assigned to a monster or NPC to reflect this. Giant is the common tongue of Xen’drik. It is rarely encountered on Khorvaire. Monsters in Khorvaire

Fall of the Witch Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Fall of the Witch Queen Iggwilv the Witch Queen created the persona of Zybilna to hide from her most hated enemies. In the Feywild, she raised a magnificent palace and set about establishing herself

as the benevolent archfey Zybilna of Prismeer, avatar of mercy for destitute mortals. Her closest allies saw the cracks in her facade, flashes of arrogance and cruelty that conflicted with her kindly

Fall of the Witch Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Fall of the Witch Queen Iggwilv the Witch Queen created the persona of Zybilna to hide from her most hated enemies. In the Feywild, she raised a magnificent palace and set about establishing herself

as the benevolent archfey Zybilna of Prismeer, avatar of mercy for destitute mortals. Her closest allies saw the cracks in her facade, flashes of arrogance and cruelty that conflicted with her kindly

Princes and Scorpions

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

scorpions are hostile and of a rare, fluorescent breed known as twilight dune scorpions. Any character who succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Nature) check knows this and that the scorpions rarely

battle, both princes thank the characters for their assistance. Kirina, Prince of Niba As the eldest son of the king of Niba, Kirina (chaotic evil, human veteran) was raised knowing he might be named

Princes and Scorpions

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

scorpions are hostile and of a rare, fluorescent breed known as twilight dune scorpions. Any character who succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Nature) check knows this and that the scorpions rarely

battle, both princes thank the characters for their assistance. Kirina, Prince of Niba As the eldest son of the king of Niba, Kirina (chaotic evil, human veteran) was raised knowing he might be named

Blood Will Tell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

raid and scavenge. As a result, the word “orc” has no pleasant connotation in the minds of other Faerûnians. At the same time, the word “half” is a mark of derision among orcs. Some half-orcs raised

anger and inclined to lash out at those who treat them unfairly. Having grown up among orcs or under the shadow of their heritage, half-orcs rarely have experience with pleasant society, and they often

Blood Will Tell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

raid and scavenge. As a result, the word “orc” has no pleasant connotation in the minds of other Faerûnians. At the same time, the word “half” is a mark of derision among orcs. Some half-orcs raised

anger and inclined to lash out at those who treat them unfairly. Having grown up among orcs or under the shadow of their heritage, half-orcs rarely have experience with pleasant society, and they often

Elves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

elves of Ansalon largely keep to themselves, half-elves are few and are rarely seen outside the elven nations. Silvanesti High Elves Silvanesti, the original elven kingdom, lies in southern Ansalon. For

a Qualinesti high elf, you might have been raised in seclusion in the forests of Qualinesti. You could have been sent forth to learn the state of the wider world or to pursue rumors of Silvanesti’s

Elves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

elves of Ansalon largely keep to themselves, half-elves are few and are rarely seen outside the elven nations. Silvanesti High Elves Silvanesti, the original elven kingdom, lies in southern Ansalon. For

a Qualinesti high elf, you might have been raised in seclusion in the forests of Qualinesti. You could have been sent forth to learn the state of the wider world or to pursue rumors of Silvanesti’s

L2. Living Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

L2. Living Quarters Members of the order live in a modest single-story building built on raised posts. Its shingled roof provides protection from the elements, and its sliding exterior wall panels

made from small tree stumps. Monks take their meals in shifts. Bak Mei usually keeps to himself, rarely eating among his students. L2f. Garden Next to the living quarters is a well, north of which is

L2. Living Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

L2. Living Quarters Members of the order live in a modest single-story building built on raised posts. Its shingled roof provides protection from the elements, and its sliding exterior wall panels

made from small tree stumps. Monks take their meals in shifts. Bak Mei usually keeps to himself, rarely eating among his students. L2f. Garden Next to the living quarters is a well, north of which is

Mind Flayer Thralls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

them, rather than attempting to keep them penned up or docile. Quaggoths Mind flayers find that the quaggoths’ innate, though rarely manifested, talent for psionics makes them excellent thralls. When

. Small humanoids are only rarely transformed into thralls or otherwise kept under firm control. Almost any humanoid creature can end up as a thrall, and mind flayers sometimes work with whatever

Mind Flayer Thralls

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

them, rather than attempting to keep them penned up or docile. Quaggoths Mind flayers find that the quaggoths’ innate, though rarely manifested, talent for psionics makes them excellent thralls. When

. Small humanoids are only rarely transformed into thralls or otherwise kept under firm control. Almost any humanoid creature can end up as a thrall, and mind flayers sometimes work with whatever

Cleric

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

Those other clerics don’t love your deity like you do. 8 You were raised religious, but you only really go to church on the high holidays. 9 Your deity’s grace gives you peace. Their anger

Magic and Metaphysics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Magic and Metaphysics Eerie vendors such as those at the Carnival’s Litwick Market deal in unique Mist talismans The Dark Powers manipulate the domains and creatures within their grasp in the most

life and death to escape these realms. Beyond that, who does and doesn’t have a soul among the domains rarely matters unless an adventure explores themes of life, death, and reincarnation. Players

Manshoon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

years ago by the two wizards who built it. The edifice is surrounded by a magical barrier that has the properties of a wall of force. Manshoon rarely leaves the towers and uses a teleportation circle

prepared: Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile, shield 2nd level (3 slots): detect