defenses instincts are bestial

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

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

world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization? The Beast Within Early in childhood, a shifter forms a bond with a beast within, a totemic force that shapes their

Shifters

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

many believe that they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they cannot fully change shape they can temporarily enhance their animalistic

features—a state they call shifting. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. A shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?

Shifters

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

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 can’t fully

change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features — a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?

Shifter Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Shifter Traits As a shifter, you have the following racial traits. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You are Medium. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet. Bestial Instincts. Channeling the

were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray. Shifting. As a bonus action, you can assume a more bestial appearance. This

Adventures in Falkovnia

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

of bestial super soldiers. He works to perfect what he calls his “primal serum,” an elixir that inflicts those injected with a random form of lycanthropy. He seeks to use the characters as test

influential Talon plans to overthrow General Drakov during the next zombie assault on Lekar by sabotaging the city’s defenses and admitting the zombies to the Bastion Ward. 7 The Jimsonweeds, a

Seven Things to Know

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

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

Sylvira Savikas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

touching it. CANDLEKEEP DEFENSES Attacking Candlekeep would be foolhardy. Although most of the monks are simple scholars, a few are powerful spellcasters. If any trouble occurs, an archmage and 1d4

Resolute, which binds them to defend the nation of Elturgard. I met him years ago, and my instincts told me he was a charlatan. Afterward, I grew to suspect that he had cut a deal with one or more powerful

The Stone Tooth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

Mountain Door, the orc army burrowed into the hillside to circumvent the dwarven defenses. The tunnel is still passable, but its entrance is choked with brush and debris. If the characters enter this area

in dirty hide armor approach along the trail, snarling and muttering to each other in a guttural tongue. Yellow tusks jut from their bestial faces. If the orcs come across the camp and aren’t

Abyss

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

release in the Gnoll Lord’s realm. Layer 600: The Endless Maze The demon lord Baphomet, also known as the Horned King and the Prince of Beasts, embodies bestial bloodlust. If he had his way, civilization

would crumble and all mortals would embrace their predatory instincts. Baphomet’s layer is a never-ending dungeon with the Horned King’s enormous palace at its center. A confusing jumble of crooked

The Mountain Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

, the path opens onto a wide ledge and then doubles back sharply into the mountainside. Two bestial humanoids in hide armor stand watch on the ledge. They appear inattentive and bored. Creatures

heard by the orc in area 4 and then attempt to flee to area 3. See the “Mountain Door Defenses” sidebar. If the archers are alerted to the party’s presence, they open fire on intruders on the ledge and in

Chromatic Dragons

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

vast swamp, while a red dragon might claim the caldera of an active volcano. In addition to the natural defenses of their lairs, powerful chromatic dragons use magical guardians, traps, and

Vengeful. White dragons lack the cunning and tactics of most other dragons. However, their bestial nature makes them the best hunters among all dragonkind, singularly focused on surviving and slaughtering

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