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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
unfold during adventures that lead your character to replacing their race with this new lineage. Work with your DM to establish if you’re amenable to such a development and how such stories
overshadow their original race, if any, becoming their new race. A character might choose a lineage during character creation, their transformation having occurred before play begins. Or, events might
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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
. Kalashtar are often seen as wise, spiritual people with great compassion for others. But there is an unmistakable alien quality to the kalashtar, as they are haunted by the conflicts of their otherworldly
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weretouched, as many believe they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they
body and mind. Some shifters believe that these spirits are independent entities, and they may speak of Bear or Wolf as ancestors or guides. Most just see the beast within as a formidable expression
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; entire society forever stands prepared for war.
Brutal Civility
Hobgoblins hold themselves to high standards of military honor. The race has a long history of shared traditions, recorded and retold
gods unique to their race, the only survivors of a pantheon that was decimated by Maglubiyet so long ago that hobgoblins don’t remember the names of the fallen. Nomog-Geaya is the greater of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
questions: Why does my campaign need the race to be playable? What does the race look like? Where do the members of this race live? Are there interesting conflicts built into the race’s history that make
increasing the diversity of options for a particular race, rather than replacing some options with other ones. The following example walks through the creation of an elf subrace: the eladrin. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
are replacing your race with a lineage, replace any Ability Score Increase you previously had with these. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and
campaign. If you are replacing your race with a lineage, you retain any languages you had and gain no new languages. Creature Type Every creature in D&D, including every player character, has a special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
unfold during adventures that lead your character to replacing their race with this new lineage. Work with your DM to establish if you’re amenable to such a development and how such stories unfold. WHAT
overshadow their original race, if any, becoming their new race. A character might choose a lineage during character creation, their transformation having occurred before play begins. Or, events might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
-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. Kalashtar are often
seen as wise, spiritual people with great compassion for others. But there is an unmistakable alien quality to the kalashtar, as they are haunted by the conflicts of their otherworldly spirits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Scout Scouts are skilled hunters and trackers who offer their services for a fee. Most hunt wild game, but a few work as bounty hunters, serve as guides, or provide military reconnaissance. Scout
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 13 (leather armor)
Hit Points 16 (3d8 + 3)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
11 (+0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
from among the possibilities on a table. Of course, you also have the option of disregarding the result of a die roll if it conflicts with another result. Likewise, if the text instructs you to roll on
character’s race — but you could also wait until later in the process. You might prefer to establish more facts about your character’s game identity — such as your class, ability scores, and alignment — before supplementing that information with what’s offered here.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
throughout the Savage Frontier. Humans are famous for their adaptability. No other race lives in so many diverse lands or environments, from lush jungles to burning deserts, from the eternal cold of the
than those of other races, making humans one of the dominant races in much of the world today. It has also led to conflicts between communities of humans because of their cultural and political
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
these three nights. Wise people spend these nights indoors with friends, but those who celebrate the darkness may take to the streets to prey on the weak and foolish. The Race of Eight Winds (23 Lharvion
) is an aerial race that takes place around Dura Quarter. See the sidebar for more information. Sun’s Blessing (15 Therendor). The festival of Dol Arrah, this is a day of peace and a time for enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
of these few heroic drow have tempered some people’s opinions toward the race, although the appearance of a dark elf on the surface remains a rare event and a cause for alarm. Many drow in Faerûn hail
the city-states. Most of these individuals live as outcasts and wanderers, though a rare few find new homes with another race or culture. Drow have the racial traits of dark elves in the Player’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
philosophies against one another and highlight subjective views. Situations might encourage characters to reexamine their beliefs in the face of plane-spanning philosophies, conflicts, and revelations
greatest characters and monsters in situations where they’re not pitted against one another. You’ll see these concepts highlighted throughout this book and its companions. Use these themes as guides and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Using This Book This book is a gateway to using Eberron as a setting for your D&D campaign. It guides players and the Dungeon Master through the process of creating characters and adventures set in
this world. This introduction presents an overview of the world: its history, its calendar, and the themes that drive it. Chapter 1 details how to create Eberron characters. It offers race options and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Dungeons & Dragons campaign to explore. A vast, sprawling city that covers the whole of the known world, Ravnica teems with intrigue and adventure, driven by the conflicts among the ten powerful guilds that
your point of entry into Ravnica as a setting for your D&D campaign. It guides you through the process of creating characters and adventures set here. Chapter 1 is all about building characters. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Attitude and Race Each ship’s crew and passengers have an attitude that guides how they interact with the characters. Friendly ships seek to trade or share news, neutral ones attack if they feel
table to determine the nature of the crew. The race chosen or rolled need not be the only one found on the ship, and you might use a table multiple times to make a ship’s crew and passengers more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
their race. The spell succeeded, but it rippled backward and forward in time, and the land was sundered, changing the face of the world. The largest continent of this new world is now called Faerûn
thousand years ago, war broke out between the elven nations of Aryvandaar and Miyeritar, beginning a series of conflicts known as the Crown Wars. Lasting some three thousand years, these conflicts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Tarkanan Assassin
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-good alignment
Armor Class 15 (studded leather)
Hit Points 45 (7d8 + 14)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14
mark, replacing the spells in the stat block’s Innate Spellcasting trait.
Aberrant Dragonmark Innate Spells d6 At Will 1/Day
1 Fire bolt (2d10) Burning hands (3d6)
2 Shocking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
make the class over- or underpowered. Ask yourself the following questions about a feature you’re replacing: What impact does replacing the feature have on exploration, social interaction, or combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
by a brief upturn in violence. Sun’s Blessing (15 Therendor) The festival of Dol Arrah is a day of peace and a time when enemies are urged to find a peaceful resolution to their conflicts. It’s one
Landing. The Race of Eight Winds (23 Lharvion) This event is an aerial race that takes place around Dura Quarter. The Hunt (4 Barrakas) In honor of the Sovereign Balinor, a fierce beast is brought to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs
through the same area later on. Mountain guides, druids, and rangers might be familiar with many of these symbols, enabling them to keep their charges from inadvertently stumbling into a tribe’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
peace. The conflicts, the anger, and the pain of the long war remain, however, and the new nations seek every advantage as they prepare for the next war to break out on the continent. Dragonmarked
humans and lycanthropes, a union that grants them limited bestial abilities and feral instincts. The warforged are a constructed race created during the Last War, seeking to find its place in a post
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, including multiple images of her namesake lynx. She has also lost one eye from old adventuring misfortunes, replacing it with a glass eye of hazy crystal. Several of her teeth have also been replaced
Guides” section below for information on Eludecia’s statistics. The construct travels with the characters, and can magically teleport them to either the Tomb of Horrors or the Temple of Moloch, transporting the party to either location in the distant past.
Kobold
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resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen.
For example, two
at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged
Orc
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react to them.
As a race, orcs have no noteworthy universal social traits, but some commonality does exist in the crude written communication that all orcs employ and in the way that they use
,” or “go this way.” A orc raiding party might leave such a sign in its wake, as an aid to other warriors that travel through the same area later on. Mountain guides, druids, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Ability Check 1 Acrobatic performances 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) 2 Deimatic displays 16 Charisma (Intimidation) 3 Reptile trivia 14 Intelligence (Nature) 4 Swimming race or weightlifting 17 Strength
claims to know nothing of any disruptions in the Outlands or conflicts beyond the recent competitions in their bog. Soon after, Semuanya grows bored and departs to judge some fantastic competition elsewhere on the planes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
your core belief system. Ideals might answer any of these questions: What are the principles that you will never betray? What would prompt you to make sacrifices? What drives you to act and guides
to your class, your background, your race, or some other aspect of your character’s history or personality. You might also gain new bonds over the course of your adventures. Flaws Finally, choose a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
personality traits. Choose your character’s alignment (the moral compass that guides his or her decisions) and ideals. The Personality and Background section also helps you identify the things your character
character’s ability scores and race into account as you flesh out his or her appearance and personality. A very strong character with low Intelligence might think and behave very differently from a very
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, farmhands, guides, or other unskilled laborers. For the most part, those who attend this fair are brutes, bandits, freeholders whose lands can no longer sustain them, or Uthgardt who wish to be among
order to free up the post for one of her rivals within the city. It is conflicts and schemes such as this that keep Yartar from gaining prominence in the North. If the town can overcome its internal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
randomly determine a disaster that conflicts with your setting, you can reroll, but the challenge of justifying the catastrophe can produce interesting results. With two exceptions, the disasters on the
. The lost resource might be a precious metal, a species of plant or animal that held an important place in the local ecology, or an entire race or culture of people. Its absence causes a chain
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
adventurers cause problems in groups alongside others who don’t share their interests and objectives. Generally, evil alignments are for villains and monsters.
Languages Your race indicates the languages
sacrifices? What drives you to act and guides your goals and ambitions? What is the single most important thing you strive for?
You can choose any ideals you like, but your character’s alignment is a good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
winning a dinosaur race, stopping a rampaging carnivore, or completing an expedition that made significant discoveries). The exception is Wakanga O’tamu, who welcomes any adventurers traveling in the
guides.” This ritual takes 24 hours, during which Zitembe sees visions of “a jungle city far to the south, enclosed by cliffs and crawling with snakes” and “a black obelisk draped in vines.” He dared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
it desperately tries to defend its life. Likewise, kinship to their own tribe can prompt kobolds to battle another kobold tribe for resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two
races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged them. URDS: WINGED KOBOLDS
Winged kobolds, known as urds, hatch seemingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
dwarf-like human can live so deep below ground for only so long. Almost all of its citizens, regardless of race, honor Moradin and the dwarven gods, making Mirabar a dwarven city in spirit and ethics
guides and “the people who know the right people” in human-dominated cities everywhere along the Sword Coast and in much of the Heartlands. Most adult Mierren have dealings with a variety of human