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Half-Orc
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
marriages, half-orcs are born. Some half-orcs rise to become proud leaders of orc communities. Some venture into the world to prove their worth. Many of these become adventurers, achieving greatness for
name for a human name. Some half-orcs with human names decide to adopt a guttural orc name because they think it makes them more intimidating.
Male Orc Names: Dench, Feng, Gell, Henk, Holg, Imsh, Keth
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
ties to two worlds, yet belonging to neither. Some genasi are born of mortal–genie unions, others have two genasi as parents, and a rare few have a genie further up their family tree, manifesting
a planar convergence. Elemental energy saturates any creatures in the area and might alter their nature enough that their offspring with other mortals are born as genasi.
Heirs to Elemental Power
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;We weren’t born tame or domesticated, so we shouldn’t have to live that way. (Neutral)
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Might. The strongest are meant to dominate the weak. (Evil)
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Rage.
spiritual guidance at times.
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Roll an additional Gruul contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.
6
An Izzet scientist blames the Gruul for the destruction of his life’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
improve your party’s chances to survive the many perils in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Talk to your fellow players and your DM to decide whether your characters know one another, how they met, and what sorts of quests the group might undertake.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
improve your party’s chances to survive the many perils in the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Talk to your fellow players and your DM to decide whether your characters know one another, how they met, and what sorts of quests the group might undertake.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
questions: Will the rule or change improve the game? Will my players like it? If you’re confident that the answer to both questions is yes, give the new rule a try. Present house rules as experiments
rule comes up in your game, record how you decide to interpret it. Add that to your collection of house rules so you and the players can reference it when the rule comes up again later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
welcoming — city. Many of the patriar families of Baldur’s Gate can trace their lineage back for generations, but a significant portion of Baldurians were not born in the city. Most citizens began their
lives in Tethyr, the North, the Western Heartlands, or other communities along the Sword Coast. Baldurians born in Amn, the High Forest, and nations bordering the Inner Sea are less common, but still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
welcoming — city. Many of the patriar families of Baldur’s Gate can trace their lineage back for generations, but a significant portion of Baldurians were not born in the city. Most citizens began their
lives in Tethyr, the North, the Western Heartlands, or other communities along the Sword Coast. Baldurians born in Amn, the High Forest, and nations bordering the Inner Sea are less common, but still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
questions: Will the rule or change improve the game? Will my players like it? If you’re confident that the answer to both questions is yes, give the new rule a try. Present house rules as experiments
rule comes up in your game, record how you decide to interpret it. Add that to your collection of house rules so you and the players can reference it when the rule comes up again later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, or other features of their classes or species. In other cases, you decide whether a circumstance would merit Advantage or Disadvantage. As described in the Player’s Handbook, if different
player shows exceptional creativity or cunning in attempting or describing a task. Previous actions (whether taken by the character making the attempt or some other creature) improve the chances of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
backstory and decide what terrain feels most like home, whether or not you were born there. What does that terrain say about your personality? Does it influence which spells you choose to learn? Have
grew up, either as a result of being born there or moving there at a young age. For other rangers, civilization was originally home, but the wilderness became a second homeland. Think of your character’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Creating a New Item If modifying an item doesn’t quite do the trick, you can create one from scratch. A magic item should either let a character do something he or she couldn’t do before, or improve
column suggests an appropriate bonus based on the item’s rarity. Attunement Decide whether the item requires a character to be attuned to it to use its properties. Use these rules of thumb to help you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Instructor Some fighters are natural-born combatants who have a talent for surviving in battle. Others learned the basics of their combat prowess in their formative years from spending time in a
accomplished veteran of the craft. That instructor was, or perhaps still is, well versed in a certain aspect of combat that relates to the student’s background. If you decide that your character had an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
you have. If you are a dwarf or an elf, subtract 2 from your roll. Then, roll on the Birth Order table for each sibling to determine that person’s age relative to yours (older, younger, or born at the
how the others do. Other Details. You can decide any other details you like about each sibling, including gender, personality, and place in the world. Number of Siblings d10 Siblings 2 or lower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
beings, such as the sphinx Medomai, an oracle like Atris or Kydele, or a repository of mystical knowledge. Some heroes are born with supernatural power or born as a result of supernatural events. A
character in Theros begins with one supernatural gift chosen from those in this section. Work with the DM to decide where your character’s gift came from. Is it tied to the god you serve? Was it the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
discipline to improve the body. The next step brings light into the world, using courage and compassion to banish the darkness in the people around you. Mediate disputes. Extinguish hatred by guiding
in Khorvaire, it is largely unknown outside kalashtar communities. The shadow watchers champion a sect born in Khorvaire, and the elders of Adar have condemned its methods. If you follow the Path of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, actions, spells, or other features of their classes or backgrounds. In other cases, you decide whether a circumstance influences a roll in one direction or another, and you grant advantage or impose
creature) improve the chances of success. Consider imposing disadvantage when… Circumstances hinder success in some way. Some aspect of the environment makes success less likely (assuming that aspect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
crew’s time to grant extended breaks, provide instruction, and generally improve the quality of life on the ship. Once every 24 hours, if the crew’s quality score is 3 or lower, the first mate can
DM might decide that a threat can be noticed only by characters in a specific area of the ship. For example, only characters below deck might have a chance to hear or spot a creature hiding on board
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nyxborn Creatures Just as the gods are born of Nyx, so are many creatures. Nyxborn creatures are beings of legend, some the subjects of hopeful dreams and others the product of nightmares. They come
break the power of the gods. You can use the Nyxborn Monster Origin table to help you decide what brought a Nyxborn creature into existence. Nyxborn Monster Origin d6 Origin
1 A god created
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
through you, and you can decide whether to use your own voice or to allow the god’s voice to come through your mouth to deliver the message, translated into any language you speak. Oracle’s Insight. The
roll the d20 before deciding to add the d10, but you must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Creating a New Item If modifying an item doesn’t quite fulfill the need, you can create one from scratch. A magic item should either let a character do something they couldn’t do before or improve
the item’s rarity. Attunement Decide whether the item requires a character to be attuned to it to use its properties. Consider the following guidelines. Limit Sharing. If having all the characters in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
decide whether they want to open the engagement at range or close to boarding distance. In either case, the Xaryxian ships are surprised at the beginning of combat. The Xaryxian Armada The enemy armada
of a ship loyal to Xedalli can, with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check, improve the attitude of that crew, changing it from hostile to indifferent, by claiming to be acting on Xedalli’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
occasional family heirloom. It’s up to you to decide how pervasive magic is in a domain, choosing whether a dearth or an excess of magic is more terrifying. Rarity of Magic. In domains where
. How these changes manifest are for you to decide and can shift from domain to domain. Do summoned creatures appear undead in one domain or violently mutated in another? Do divination spells rasp in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
have done. Goliaths love to win, but they see defeat as an incentive to improve their skills. Above all else, every goliath is driven to outdo their past performance, taking greater and greater risks. As
. Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Mountain Born. You have resistance to cold damage. You’re also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
-disposed toward the party that no Charisma check can improve its attitude, in which case any attempt to sway it through diplomacy fails automatically. 2. Conversation Play out the conversation. Let the
hostile. Whether the adventurers can shift a creature’s attitude is up to you. You decide whether the adventurers have successfully couched their statements in terms that matter to the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, your renown score with that guild increases by 2. Chapter 4 includes information for the DM about missions appropriate for your guild. Other tasks that don’t involve adventuring can also improve your
renown score. You can use the time between adventures to improve your renown within your guild by performing these tasks, as well as by socializing with prominent people in the guild. After doing so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
can rid an afflicted lycanthrope of the curse, but a natural born lycanthrope can be freed of the curse only with a wish. A lycanthrope can either resist its curse or embrace it. By resisting the
decide that a change in alignment places the character under DM control until the curse of lycanthropy is removed.
The following information applies to specific lycanthropes.
Werebear. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
and longing a matter for judges to decide? The heart knows what the soul wants.
— Amlaruil Moonflower, Last Queen of Evermeet
Long before elves existed, Corellon danced from world to world and
, a new elf god was born. One of these beings, although privileged to be elevated above the rest of the primal elves, was not satisfied with being one of Corellon’s trusted underlings. She — for she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
hopeful beacon to others? Or will you be a source of terror to those who feel the stab of your mind and witness the strange manifestations of your might? As an Aberrant Mind sorcerer, you decide how you
acquired your powers. Were you born with them? Or did an event later in life leave you shining with psionic awareness? Consult the Aberrant Origins table for a possible origin of your power. Aberrant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
society, although they usually rise to the top, becoming revered leaders and honorable heroes. You might decide to use the aasimar as a counterpoint to the tiefling race. The two races could even be
with the new race’s traits. Since we want aasimar to be effective paladins and clerics, it makes sense to improve their Wisdom and Charisma instead of Intelligence and Charisma. Like tieflings, aasimar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Background Roll on the appropriate table in this section as soon as you decide your background, or at any later time if you choose. If a background includes a special decision point, such as a folk
I could make them laugh or cry with my stories or songs. 3 I ran away from home to follow a minstrel troupe. 4 I saw a bard perform once, and I knew from that moment on what I was born to do. 5 I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
existence. Initiates are born into a new life, remaining in the world of mortal affairs but feeling elevated to a higher sphere. The initiate is promised a place in the god’s realm after death, but also
vestiges.
Demigods are born from the union of a deity and a mortal being. They have some divine attributes, but their mortal parentage makes them the weakest quasi-deities.
Titans are the divine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
can match, but the giants’ understanding of strategy is rudimentary. This deficiency isn’t born from a lack of ability, but has its roots in tradition. In ages past, when the giants worked together
giants, is believed to have been born alongside Thrym. Each twin then tried to be the first to cry out, the first to walk, and the first to talk, and they have competed with one another ever since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ability determines its ability modifier, as shown in the Ability Scores and Modifiers table in the Player’s Handbook. If you can’t decide what a monster’s ability scores should be, look for comparable
d20 10½ Step 9. Damage Vulnerabilities, Resistances, and Immunities Decide whether your monster has vulnerability, resistance, or immunity to one or more types of damage (see the Combat section of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
holds Solt, who was born Returned. Crypt D holds Gathus Gadus, who could whisper anyone and anything to sleep. Crypt E is empty. The name on the sarcophagus is violently scratched out, and the engraved
character drips their blood upon the sarcophagus lid, though, you can decide if their blood turns black or not—choosing if you want the character’s story to go in that direction (and you think the character’s