Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'deities insight are birth'.
Other Suggestions:
deities insight are both
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
much damage on a successful one.Living portents are embodiments of prophecy sent by deities or other cosmic forces. These Celestials descend to Material Plane worlds in the form of falling stars. When
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Outer Planes, ki-rins in service to benevolent deities take a direct role in the eternal struggle between good and evil. In the mortal world, ki-rins are celebrated far and wide as harbingers of destiny
good fortune. They consider seeing a ki-rin fly overhead a blessing and events that happen on such a day especially auspicious. If a ki-rin alights during a ceremony such as a birth announcement or a
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
Aasimar
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Dragons
Aasimar bear within their souls the light of the heavens. They are descended from humans with a touch of the power of Mount Celestia, the divine realm of many lawful good deities. Aasimar are
, and feelings.
The angelic being is far from omniscient. Its guidance is based on its understanding of the tenets of law and good, and it might have insight into combating especially powerful evils
Tortle
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
The Tortle Package
and its siblings inherit whatever tools, weapons, and gifts their parents left behind. Each young tortle is expected to fend for itself. It leaves the place of its birth and finds its own corner of the
gravitate toward Celestian, Fharlanghn, Pelor, Pholtus, and St. Cuthbert. Tortles are often drawn to the Gods of Good in Dragonlance and the Sovereign Host in Eberron. Among the nonhuman deities, Moradin and
Backgrounds
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
coins from different worlds and planes
Sigil Faction Affinities
Faction
Skill
Athar
Religion
Bleak Cabal
Insight
Doomguard
Nature
Fated
Intimidation
. Deities are frauds and merely channel the might of a true, higher power.
Bleak Cabal. There is no greater truth to the multiverse. Each being must discover their own meaning.
Doomguard. Nothing lasts
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
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to
to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and mercilessly eliminates the weak and the
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Nonhuman Deities Certain gods closely associated with nonhuman races are revered on many different worlds, though not always in the same way. The nonhuman races of the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk
share these deities. Nonhuman races often have whole pantheons of their own. Besides Moradin, for example, the dwarf gods include Moradin’s wife, Berronar Truesilver, and a number of other gods thought
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Forgotten Realms Dozens of deities are revered, worshiped, and feared throughout the world of the Forgotten Realms. At least thirty deities are widely known across the Realms, and many more are
worshiped locally, by individual tribes, small cults, or certain sects of larger religious temples. Deities of the Forgotten Realms Deity
Alignment
Suggested Domains
Symbol
Auril, goddess
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
religion of the dwarves is at the root of the societal roles that dwarves follow. Where most other creatures view their deities as ultrapowerful beings who stand forever apart from their worshipers
, the dwarves see their gods as exemplars who blaze a path for their lives to follow. Dwarven deities exist in a wide variety, with a few common across many worlds. They are collectively known as the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Empyrean Iota Empyrean iotas are the thoughts, memories, or indirect attentions of deities personified and given a measure of autonomy. Resembling floating glyphs, motes of color, icons of divinity
−5 −5
Dex 14 +2 +2
Con 10 +0 +0
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 15 +2 +2
Wis 16 +3 +3
Cha 16 +3 +3
Skills History +4, Insight +5, Perception +5
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Ki-rin Ki-rins are noble, celestial creatures. In the Outer Planes, ki-rins in service to benevolent deities take a direct role in the eternal struggle between good and evil. In the mortal world, a
alights during a ceremony, such as a birth announcement or a coronation, everyone present understands that the creature is telling them great good could be in the offing. The ki-rin conveys its gifts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
forces that try to prevent peace from flourishing. See the Peace Deities table for a list of some of the gods associated with this domain. Human Cleric of Peace Clerics of the Peace Domain preside
those who are driven to fight for the way of peace. Peace Deities Example Deity Pantheon Angharradh Elven Berronar Truesilver Dwarven Boldrei Eberron Cyrrollalee Halfling Eldath Forgotten Realms
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Living Portent Living portents are embodiments of prophecy sent by deities or other cosmic forces. These Celestials descend to Material Plane worlds in the form of falling stars. When the living
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 power to defy death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Mercane Mercanes are the mysterious, magical creations of one or more deities whose portfolios revolve around fair commerce. Standing 12 feet tall, they are lanky blue beings who dress in elegant
16 (+3)
CHA
15 (+2)
Saving Throws Int +7, Wis +6, Cha +5
Skills Insight +9, Perception +6, Persuasion +5
Senses passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Giant, telepathy 60 ft. (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, royalty and their servants, inventors and their creations, or other bonds. Empyreans’ existences are fundamentally influenced by their patrons and their connection to the heavenly deities of the
Upper Planes or the fiendish deities of the Lower Planes. Nevertheless, empyreans have free will. Celestial empyreans are typically noble beings who quest to prove themselves worthy of their divine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
dragonborn serve, at least according to the dragonborn’s former masters. Another legend asserts that Io created the dragons at the birth of the world, but dragonborn did not yet exist. Then, during the
dragonborn are clearly inferior to the dragons that were made by Io’s loving hand, while others emphasize that the dragonborn arose from Io’s own blood — just as two draconic deities arose from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
-worshipers to lend the weight of truth to all the rumors and suspicion. Tieflings who revere a god other than Asmodeus often worship deities who watch over and care for outsiders, including Ilmater
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
deities are more likely to spread doom than peace and bounty. Some leonin, known as iconoclasts, devote themselves to thwarting the gods by hunting down their followers and all things born of Nyx that
14 (+2)
DEX
18 (+4)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
13 (+1)
WIS
17 (+3)
CHA
10 (+0)
Saving Throws Dex +7, Wis +6
Skills Arcana +4, Insight +6, Intimidation +3, Stealth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Ki-rin Ki-rins are noble, celestial creatures. In the Outer Planes, ki-rins in service to benevolent deities take a direct role in the eternal struggle between good and evil. In the mortal world, ki
a ceremony such as a birth announcement or a coronation, everyone present understands that the creature is telling them the person so honored could become a great force for good. Ki-rins have also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
Irda The Dragon Queen created the irda long ago. While most irda embraced their wicked creator’s teachings, some of them adopted the philosophies of other deities. Those irda who don’t serve the
)
Saving Throws Dex +4, Cha +5
Skills Insight +6, Perception +6, Stealth +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., truesight 5 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Giant, Sylvan
Challenge 1 (200 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
south some more.” Of 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
are on a pilgrimage to understand the gods that others worship, so that you might better appreciate your own deities. The Underdark. Though your home is physically closer to the Sword Coast than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, though, keeping their hearth fires burning bright and wearing heavy woolen clothing and furs to stay warm.
Martial Experts. From birth, a fire giant is taught to embrace a legacy of war. At the
livestock and harvesting fields whose bounty is almost entirely tithed to the fire giant kings.
Fire giant crafters work through insight and experience rather than writing or arithmetic. Though most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful
I could not have. 5 Should my discovery come to light, it could bring ruin to the world. 6 My isolation gave me great insight into a great evil that only I can destroy. d6 Flaw 1 Now that I’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
worth of coins from different worlds and planes Sigil Faction Affinities Faction Skill Athar Religion Bleak Cabal Insight Doomguard Nature Fated Intimidation Fraternity of Order History Hands of
following philosophies: Athar. Deities are frauds and merely channel the might of a true, higher power. Bleak Cabal. There is no greater truth to the multiverse. Each being must discover their own meaning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the creature’s birth—might carry more weight. Each zodiac sign is associated with an omen: a vague prophecy of the events of an individual’s life. These predictions might not come true, or they might
misfortune they endure is eventually balanced by good tidings. Many Balances live up to their birth sign’s moniker by becoming traders or merchants. Sage The Wise One; Most Prominent in Early Spring In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
(+0)
CON
22 (+6)
INT
12 (+1)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
16 (+3)
Saving Throws Con +10, Wis +7, Cha +7
Skills Insight +7, Perception +7
Senses passive Perception 17
the Trickster, the cleverest and slyest of the giant deities. Cloud giants align themselves according to the aspects and exploits of Memnor that they most admire, with evil cloud giants emulating his