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Ioun Stone

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Dexterity increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this deep-red sphere orbits your head. Ioun Stone of Awareness;Awareness (Rare). While this dark-blue rhomboid orbits your head, you have Advantage on

. Ioun Stone of Insight;Insight (Very Rare). Your Wisdom increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this incandescent blue sphere orbits your head. Ioun Stone of Intellect;Intellect (Very Rare). Your

Icewind Kobold

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

hostile climate. Their sensitive eyes appreciate sunless days and long, dark nights. They use wooden javelins as tools to test the snow ahead of them. Kobolds native to Icewind Dale frequently wander

shoulders. Three kobolds in cold weather gear can pass themselves off as a clumsy human with a successful group Charisma (Deception) check, the DC of which equals the onlooker’s Wisdom (Insight) check result.

Moodmark Paint

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

(Insight) check can discern whether you are happy, sad, angry, disgusted, surprised, or afraid, as well as the main source of that emotion. For example, you might communicate fear caused by a monster you

just saw around the corner, grief at the loss of a friend, or happiness derived from pride in your performance in combat. A dark elf has advantage on this check.

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Whisperer. A purple star whose guidance and minions seem to help for a time but whose influence inevitably leads to disaster. Hadar, the Dark Hunger. A cinder-red dying star that siphons life from its

minions to avert its own demise. Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths. Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

some much-needed light to Barovia. His efforts worked for a while, but then the Dark Powers began to corrupt him. Imperfections. The Abbot's fall from grace started when the Belviews—a family of sickly

present since birth. The Abbot became consumed with a prideful, obsessive desire to rid the poor Belviews of their lingering imperfections. The Belview family, however, had strange ideas of what it

Fraz-Urb'luu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

an extended, muscular neck; a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair; and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful shoulders. He can assume other forms, however, from the

) and Wisdom (Insight) checks have disadvantage, and all Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Performance) checks have advantage. Nostalgic Pangs. Sapient creatures within 1 mile of the lair frequently

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

skills. This dedication to competition has a dark side. Goliaths are ferocious competitors, but above all else they are driven to outdo their past efforts. If a goliath slays a dragon, he or she might

wisdom in their leadership, for they can rarely count on a wisdom grown with age. Goliath Names Every goliath has three names: a birth name assigned by the newborn’s mother and father, a nickname

Infernal Calling

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Uttering a dark incantation, you summon a devil from the Nine Hells. You choose the devil’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 6 or lower, such as a barbed devil or a bearded devil

, you must make a Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion) check contested by its Wisdom (Insight) check. You make the check with advantage if you say the devil’s true name. If your check

Ioun Stone Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

(Rare). You can't be surprised while this dark blue rhomboid orbits your head. Ioun Stone of Fortitude;Fortitude (Very Rare). Your Constitution score increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this pink

targeted by a spell whose level is higher than the number of spell levels the stone has left, the stone can't cancel it. Ioun Stone of Insight;Insight (Very Rare). Your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a

I Pierced the Illusion

feats

sacrificial garden, or the family that took you in on a dark, stormy night were actually hungry cannibals. You survived because you saw their disguise and escaped or struck first. You gain the following

benefit a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus. You regain expended uses when you finish a long rest. Subtle Interrogation. You have advantage on Insight checks made against creatures that you are speaking with.

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

; Elminster The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh

primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Thanks to your noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every

effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to. Baldur

Courtier

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

circumstances of your birth, could have secured you this position. You might have been one of the many functionaries, attendants, and other hangers-on in the Court of Silverymoon, or perhaps you

;Insight, PersuasionLanguages: Two of your choiceEquipment: A set of fine clothes and a pouch containing 5 gp FEATURE: COURT FUNCTIONARY Your knowledge of how bureaucracies function lets you

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

Those who think of other planes at all consider them remote, distant realms, but planar influence can be felt throughout the world. It sometimes manifests in beings who, through an accident of birth

accustomed to a variety of different people. GENASI ON ATHAS Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting

Something New

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

health of the mother and the child. Dimira gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but the baby doesn’t cry. While the mother coddles the infant, characters who succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check can

Something New The characters learn that a Krezkite woman named Dimira Yolensky (LG female human noncombatant) is about to give birth. A local midwife named Kretyana Dolvof (LG female human commoner

Birth of a Darklord

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

Birth of a Darklord Upon the completion of the Darklord’s greatest irredeemable act, the Mists drag them—and perhaps the lands around them—into the Domains of Dread. At this point, you should have an

idea of who your Darklord is, what they did, what form their evil takes, and how they came to the attention of the Dark Powers. Flesh out these details, referring back to how the Darklord reflects

Genasi Names

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. GENASI ON ATHAS Although any world that includes one or more elemental planes can feature genasi, on Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting, 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, or a member of a desert tribe, is an auspicious event. Most Athasians believe a given genasi is destined for greatness — or infamy.

Courtier

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

than the circumstances of your birth, could have secured you this position. You might have been one of the many functionaries, attendants, and other hangers-on in the Court of Silverymoon, or perhaps

organization that gave you your start in life. In any event, the abilities that you honed while serving as a courtier will stand you in good stead as an adventurer. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A set of fine clothes and a pouch containing 5 gp

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

; Skill Proficiencies: Insight, PerceptionTool Proficiencies: Any one musical instrument or gaming set of your choice, likely something native to your homelandLanguages: Any one of your

course, you followed an equally long route when you came north from your place of birth. Though it isn’t unusual for Zakharans to visit the southern extremes of Faerûn for trading purposes, few

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

diplomacy. They care only for satisfying their insatiable desire for battle, to smash their foes and appease their gods. Booming Birth Rate In order to replenish the casualties of their endless warring

, orcs breed prodigiously (and they aren’t choosy about what they breed with, which is why such creatures as half-orcs and ogrillons are found in the world). Females that are about to give birth are

Noble

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

company of guards, as well as servants who are commoners. The noble’s statistics can also be used to represent courtiers who aren’t of noble birth. Noble Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment

Deception +5, Insight +4, Persuasion +5 Senses passive Perception 12 Languages any two languages Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Actions Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

Nothic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

secret dark. Secret and dark, like all that I know I shouldn’t know! —Scratches in Shadowdusk Hold Brian Valenzuela Nothic Medium Aberration, Neutral Evil AC 15 Initiative +3 (13) HP 45

−1 −1 Skills Arcana +3, Insight +4, Perception +4, Stealth +5 Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 14 Languages Undercommon CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2) Actions Multiattack. The

The Carnival

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

The Carnival Wandering Domain of Wonders Darklord: Nepenthe Genres: Body horror and dark fantasy Hallmarks: Entertainment, fey bargains, misfits, wandering exiles Mist Talismans: Carnival flier

. Visibly marked as outsiders by birth, circumstance, intention, or talent, the Carnival’s troupers trade their unique performances for coin and whatever else they need to survive. Although these

Hag Names

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

Hag Names Hags have whimsical names, often with a dark twist. A hag gives her newborn daughter a name that the girl keeps during her childhood, but upon gaining her full hag powers the daughter

chooses her own name, which might or might not relate to her birth name. Some hags use different names in different guises, but still prefer their original name as their favorite. The Hag Names table

Tragic Flaws

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

flaw can also be supernatural in nature. A hermit who harbors “dark, bloodthirsty thoughts that my isolation and meditation failed to quell” might have a sinister connection to the vicious god Mogis

. NATAL OMENS The birth of a hero is often accompanied by signs in Nyx and Theros alike. You can use the Omens table in chapter 4 to randomly determine an omen that appeared when you were born. It’s up to you and your DM to determine the omen’s meaning.

After the Battle

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

destroyed her birth village and killed her parents, neighbors took her in and moved to Etizalan. There she learned a sense of community and acquired a strong desire to help others. As a youth, her

aptitude with tools and weapons led her to train with the inventors known as the Shapers of Obsidian in Itzimico. She returned to Etizalan as an adult to ensure her birth village’s fate would never

Sorcerer

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

, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 2 Daggers, Arcane Focus (crystal), Dungeoneer’s Pack

or family history. The blessing of a dragon or a dryad at a baby’s birth or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a Sorcerer’s gift. So too might the gift of a deity, exposure to the

Shrine of Fangs

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

flickers of divine insight. Near the base of the mountain is a giant carving of a snake’s head, its forked tongue forming a ten-foot-wide, twenty-foot-high stone ramp. Stone fangs descend from the

roof of the serpent’s mouth, which forms a canopy over a dark, ten-foot-wide tunnel leading into the mountain. The tunnel at the back of the serpent’s head is 200 feet long and corkscrews gently down

What Sarah Knows

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

What Sarah Knows A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check or who is able to calm the ghost with appropriate roleplaying can glean some information from Sarah’s mournful moaning

: Lord Viallis Yellowcrest was responsible for the murders of his wife, his children, Sarah, and three other servants, all of whom were killed as part of a dark ritual. (The trauma Sarah suffered has

Drow Priestess of Lolth

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

Drow Priestess of Lolth Female drow with blood ties to a noble house are molded and trained from birth to become priestesses of Lolth. The Spider Queen doesn’t allow male drow to hold such positions

Throws Con +4, Wis +6, Cha +7 Skills Insight +6, Perception +6, Religion +4, Stealth +5 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16 Languages Elvish, Undercommon Challenge 8 (3,900 XP

Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Charisma Skill Proficiencies Choose 2: Arcana, Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B:(A) Spear, 2

others trace it to strange events in their personal or family history. The blessing of a dragon or a dryad at a baby’s birth or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a Sorcerer’s gift

8. Nothic's Niche

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

tentacles sprouting from its dark corners. The nothic uses the fissure in the ceiling as a private lair. It observes intruders and uses its Weird Insight on interesting-looking characters so it can

When Elves Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

look friendly. Best ready yourselves for a fight.” The astral elf vessel is a star moth called the Dark Star. It is crewed by three astral elf warriors—Captain Azmadian (lawful evil), Lieutenant

Boo’s Astral Menagerie for the astral elf and plasmoid stat blocks). The Dark Star Ship-to-Ship Battle See chapter 2 of the Astral Adventurer’s Guide for rules on ship-to-ship engagements. Captain

Lone Faithful

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

accident of their birth as a kind of cruel joke they have chosen to embrace. Equally intriguing and disturbing to followers of some faiths in Faerûn are stories spread by tieflings who claim to have

visions in which the gods of Faerûn appear to them modeled in the tieflings’ own image. One such is the entity they call the “pale horned goddess of the moon” (Selûne); another is the “dark, devilish

X33. Amber Vaults

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. The shaft leads up to area X6. Characters who touch the amber sarcophagi are offered dark gifts by the evil vestiges contained within them (see the “Amber Sarcophagi” sidebar). West Sarcophagus. The

vestige within this sarcophagus offers the dark gift of Fekre, Queen of Poxes. Fekre’s gift is the power of spreading disease. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the contagion spell as an

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