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Goliath Giant-Kin

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

":"damage", "rollAction":"Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.Goliaths are Humanoids distantly related to giants. Infused with the supernatural

giant-kin often revere the divine ancestors of the giants, with a particular affinity for Annam’s daughters: Diancastra, Hiatea, and Iallanis. They also tend to extol the same virtues as the giants

Moonstone Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness. As a rule

from the heart, a lock of a loved one’s hair, or a painting of a favorite place. A story of happy times fondly remembered is more precious to a moonstone dragon than a sack of gold. Creating a

Young Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness. As a rule, moonstone dragons are not particularly interested in gold or copper

painting of a favorite place. A story of happy times fondly remembered is more precious to a moonstone dragon than a sack of gold. Creating a Moonstone Dragon Use the Moonstone Dragon Personality Traits

Ancient Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

artists and poets, encourage great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness. As a rule

. Creating a Moonstone Dragon Use the Moonstone Dragon Personality Traits and Moonstone Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive moonstone dragon characters. Moonstone Dragon

Adult Moonstone Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

great thinkers, and spur adventurers to heroic deeds. They sometimes give guidance to those in need or request help from adventurers to encourage them to greatness. As a rule, moonstone dragons are

lock of a loved one’s hair, or a painting of a favorite place. A story of happy times fondly remembered is more precious to a moonstone dragon than a sack of gold. Creating a Moonstone Dragon

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Fist or the Watch. If you do, you have responsibilities related to your post. For as long as you perform these responsibilities, you gain benefits. If you stop performing your responsibilities, though

soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred. d8 Personality Trait 1 I’m always polite and

Goliath Legacy

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

The first goliaths lived on the highest mountain peaks—far above the tree line, where the air is thin and frigid winds howl. Distantly related to giants and infused with the supernatural

essence of their ancestors’ mountainous home, goliaths stand between 7 and 8 feet tall and have a wide array of skin tones resembling different types of stone. Creating Your Character At 1st level

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

creatures wouldn’t feel safe. Kobolds take advantage of their size by creating small-diameter tunnels that they can easily pass through, but that require larger creatures to hunch over or even

humanoids, but they know that there is greatness within them and they are proud that they were chosen to be the blood-kin of dragons. Kobolds willingly serve chromatic dragons and worship them as if

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

nature. Instead, they see themselves as extensions of nature’s indomitable will. Power of Nature Druids revere nature above all, gaining their spells and other magical powers either from the force

, druids take on a more active role in combating the threat, as adventurers. Creating a Druid When making a druid, consider why your character has such a close bond with nature. Perhaps your

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

, and even the smallest victory against it can tilt the cosmic balance away from oblivion. Creating a Paladin The most important aspect of a paladin character is the nature of his or her holy quest

. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth

warriors go on their raids are weaker than their tribe mates or otherwise not suited for a life of battle. Worshipers of Luthic fall into this category, as do some of those that revere Yurtrus or Shargaas

Fighter

classes Basic Rules (2014)

left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but also much greater rewards—few fighters in the city watch have the opportunity to discover a magic flame tongue sword, for example. Creating a

Fighter As you build your fighter, think about two related elements of your character’s background: Where did you get your combat training, and what set you apart from the mundane warriors

Creating a Dragonmarked Character

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

Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks are associated with race, depicted by a combination of variant races and subraces. For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race that replaces

elf. There is another option related to dragonmarks if your group uses feats: the Aberrant Dragonmark feat grants potentially dangerous magical abilities. Aberrant dragonmarks aren’t tied to the dragonmark houses and can be taken by a character of any race.

Creating a Fighter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Creating a Fighter As you build your fighter, think about two related elements of your character’s background: Where did you get your combat training, and what set you apart from the mundane

Warlock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

piece together arcane secrets to bolster their own power. Warlocks view their patrons as resources, as means to the end of achieving magical power. Some Warlocks respect, revere, or even love their

from the Core Warlock Traits table: Hit Point Die and training with Light armor. Gain the Warlock’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Warlock Features table. See the multiclassing rules in “Creating a Character” to determine your available spell slots.

Creating a Dragonmarked Character

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

Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks manifest on certain members of a few species, represented in the rules by variant race options: For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race

elf. There is another option related to dragonmarks if your group uses feats: the Aberrant Dragonmark feat (see below) grants potentially dangerous magical abilities. Aberrant dragonmarks aren’t tied

Preserve of the Ancestors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel

frequently brings injured animals here to be healed and rehabilitated. The Preserve is where the druids keep animals that can no longer survive in their native habitats, creating a menagerie of rare

jewels and assemble into amalgamations known as Incarnates. Some are small collections of spirits, but the greatest—related to the citadel’s founding civilizations—are larger-than-life beings that embody the wisdom of ages (see the “Incarnates” section for details).

Goliath Giant-Kin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Goliath Giant-Kin Goliaths are Humanoids distantly related to giants. Infused with the supernatural essence of their ancestors’ mountainous home, goliaths have the strength and fortitude to garner a

relatives into mighty melee attacks. Though they are not part of the ordning, goliath giant-kin often revere the divine ancestors of the giants, with a particular affinity for Annam’s daughters

Featured Domains

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

domains share the following format: Overview. Each domain has a brief overview with its Darklord’s name, the horror genres that inspire it (explored in chapter 2), distinctive hallmarks, and related Mist

the domain. Domain Focus. For most domains, this final section highlights specific story elements and provides domain-specific tools to aid you in creating adventures around the domain’s Darklord and the horror of their realm.

Preserve of the Ancestors

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

frequently brings injured animals here to be healed and rehabilitated. The Preserve is where the druids keep animals that can no longer survive in their native habitats, creating a menagerie of rare

jewels and assemble into amalgamations known as Incarnates. Some are small collections of spirits, but the greatest—related to the citadel’s founding civilizations—are larger-than-life beings that embody the wisdom of ages (see the “Incarnates” section for details).

Children of the All-Father

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

as mountains. Since that time, many lesser races have attained greatness and themselves fallen into obscurity. Few hints of the giants’ once-great empire have survived the relentless accumulation of

years. But the giants remember. Their empire and their unified purpose are long gone, but a yearning for a return to the greatness that was once theirs burns in all their memories. OSTORIA AND OTHER

A Treasury of Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

an alternative method for randomly creating a dragon’s hoard. Chapter 5 provides extensive resources related to each of twenty different draconic creatures. For each kind of dragon, this chapter

dragons of the worlds of D&D. It introduces the gem dragons—a family of five dragon kinds—as well as a variety of other Dragons and dragon-related monsters, character options, and inspirations. This

Scribing a Spell Scroll

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Scribing a Spell Scroll With time and patience, a spellcaster can transfer a spell to a scroll, creating a spell scroll. Resources. Scribing a spell scroll takes an amount of time and money related

the scroll. 4 Due to a strange error in creating the scroll, it is instead a random spell of the same level. 5 The rare parchment you bought for your scroll has a barely visible map on it. 6 A thief attempts to break into your workroom.* *Might involve a rival

Gods of Neutrality

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

and shy, they are fiercely protective of their domain, regarding all plants and animals as their children. Chislev’s followers are often hermits, druids, and others who revere nature without asking

illusions to fool gods and heroes alike. Reorx Reorx is the god of creation, inspiration, and artisanship, credited with creating the gnomes, dwarves, kender, and even Krynn itself. He invents new things that

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

heroes of Theros might come from any of the backgrounds presented in the Player’s Handbook, the gods have a way of interceding in the lives of those meant for greatness. When determining your

background ideals related to their worship—along with other boons that might entice you into their service. Your character doesn’t need to be a follower of any of the gods, but if you’re not, there’s

Creating Religions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Creating Religions A list of gods is a good starting point, and it can be sufficient to get a campaign started. But you can add more depth to your campaign world by fleshing out more details of

shrine devoted to any gods the locals revere. Temples and shrines outside settlements often mark places where a god (or the manifestation of a god) appeared or caused a miracle. These sites can become

Githzerai

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

overlords. Under the teachings of Zerthimon, who called on his people to abandon the warlike ambitions of Gith, the githzerai focused their mental energy on creating physical and psychic barriers to

forms and creating oases and sanctuaries within the maelstrom. Githzerai fortress-monasteries stand resolute against the chaos that surrounds them, virtually impervious to the turmoil of their

The Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

The Ordning Each of the main giant races — the cloud giant, fire giant, frost giant, hill giant, stone giant, and storm giants — are related by common elements of history, religion, and culture. They

automatically revere their kind’s primary deity, however. Many good cloud giants refuse to worship the deceitful Memnor, and a storm giant dwelling in the icy mountains of the north might pay more homage

Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

will be transformed into light. And two related nations of elves revere their ancestral spirits: the Undying Court, preserved as spirits or even undead forms, and the glorified Spirits of the Past, the

Creating a Portal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Creating a Portal You can create portals quickly by choosing or rolling on the Planar Portals table. First, decide whether the portal’s destination resides in Sigil or on another plane. Then, roll on

the table twice: once to generate a portal anchor—the physical location in Sigil where the portal exists—and again for a destination and its thematically related portal keys. Sigil destinations

Creating a Fighter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Creating a Fighter As you build your fighter, think about two related elements of your character’s background: Where did you get your combat training, and what set you apart from the mundane

During the Siege

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

deliver orders from General Drakov (likely related to the siege’s climax). As the battle reaches what you determine to be the halfway point, start rolling 2d6 on the Zombie Siege Encounters table and

wall. 6 Zombie bodies pile up, creating a growing ramp onto a section of wall. 7 Zombies dig through or under the wall, allowing them to flow steadily into the city. 8 Zombies cause a

Domains

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

storm, so do domains create inescapable spaces where horror adventures unfold. Domains Are Themed. Each domain reflects its Darklord and facilitates horror tales related to that villain. Just as

for creating horror adventures (a topic further discussed in chapter 4). As a balancing factor, use these tools judiciously and occasionally, in the characters’ favor. The Dark Powers delight in

Arcane Workshop

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

magical reagents. Most of them have small libraries containing works related to the workshop’s signature creations. Arcane Workshop Features Arcane workshops have many features in common, from workbenches

Workshop Adventures table. Map 4.1: Arcane Workshop View Player Version Arcane Workshop Adventures d12 Adventure Goal 1 Steal a pattern for creating a magic item, before the workshop’s

Creating a Paladin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Creating a Paladin The most important aspect of a paladin character is the nature of his or her holy quest. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level

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