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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
interfere with the goings-on of the faerie court. Instead, treefolk serve as guardians and shepherds of their wild groves, dispensing wisdom and blessings to travelers who wander under their branches
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“Right now, you are a feeble stick, but I will help you grow some rings.”
—Borogrove, Tuinvale treefolk
Bludgeoning, PiercingFireOaken Boon. The treefolk blesses one creature other
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Deadly Critical. Rak Tulkhesh scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh's spellcasting ability is Charisma
, staggering smite
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Rak Tulkhesh fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Rak Tulkhesh has advantage on saving throws against spells and
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Boon of Immortality. Iggwilv is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Iggwilv fails a saving throw, she can choose to
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Iggwilv has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. (This trait is bestowed by her robe of the archmagi.)
Special Equipment. Iggwilv wears
Backgrounds
The Book of Many Things
containing 18 gp
Feature: Fortune’s Favor
Your unexpected good fortune is reflected by a minor boon. You gain the Lucky, Magic Initiate, or Skilled feat (your choice). Your choice of feat
family debts with a fortuitous round of three-dragon ante, you might be Lucky instead. Alternatively, you could use the Skilled feat to reflect whatever trial you endured to secure your new destiny and to model the knowledge and abilities imparted to you by whatever force transformed your life.
feats
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Heroic Resistance. If you
fail a saving throw, you can cause yourself to succeed instead. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.
feats
D&D Free Rules (2024)
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Peerless Aim. When you miss
with an attack roll, you can hit instead. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until the start of your next turn.
feats
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Augmented Health. When you
gain Temporary Hit Points, increase the number of Temporary Hit Points you gain by 5.
Superior Recuperation. When you spend one or more Hit Point Dice to regain Hit Points, you can instead use the highest number possible for each die.
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Eternal Rest. Creatures you
reduce to 0 Hit Points can't become Undead.
Powerful Radiance. When you make a damage roll that deals Radiant damage, you can instead use the highest number possible for each damage die. Once you use this benefit, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
feats
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Antitoxic. You have Immunity
to Poison damage and the Poisoned condition.
Perfect Poisoner. Once per turn, when you roll dice to determine Poison damage a creature takes from your attack, spell, or feature, you can instead use the highest number possible for each die.
Feats
Player’s Handbook (2024)
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Last Stand. When you would be
reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can drop to 1 Hit Point instead and regain a number of Hit Points equal to half your Hit Point maximum. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you
feats
Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 30.
Gaseous Form. If
you drop to 0 Hit Points but aren’t killed outright, you can instead drop to 1 Hit Point and cast Gaseous Form without expending a spell slot (no action required). When you cast this spell this
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
instead of killing them, he showed mercy and even honored them in a way by setting them free — under his control — so that bugbears could continue to employ their talents against his enemies
a bugbear gang with a special boon. A gang that gains the favor of Hruggek and Grankhul in this way might find that the head will emit a shout when an enemy gets too close (in the fashion of an alarm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Boon of Combat Prowess When you miss with a melee weapon attack, you can choose to hit instead. Once you use this boon, you can’t use it again until you finish a short rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Boon of Combat Prowess Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30. Peerless
Aim. When you miss with an attack roll, you can hit instead. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until the start of your next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Boon of Combat Prowess Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30. Peerless
Aim. When you miss with an attack roll, you can hit instead. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until the start of your next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
in, if any. If an NPC becomes a character’s Friend, the character receives the Bond Boon noted in the NPC’s entry. If the NPC becomes a Rival, the character suffers the noted Bond Bane instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Boon of Recovery Epic Boon Feat (Prerequisite: Level 19+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase one ability score of your choice by 1, to a maximum of 30. Last Stand. When
you would be reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can drop to 1 Hit Point instead and regain a number of Hit Points equal to half your Hit Point maximum. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Navigation Have the players designate one party member as the navigator. The navigator might be an NPC, such as a guide, and the party can switch its navigator day to day. At the start of each new
the day, or a –5 penalty if the group is moving at a fast pace. It’s possible to get lost on a river by following a tributary instead of the main branch. If the check succeeds, the navigator knows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Epic Boon feat (see “Feats”) or another feat of your choice for which you qualify. Boon of Combat Prowess is recommended. Level 20: Three Extra Attacks You can attack four times instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.
feature 4 5 16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 4 6 17 +6 Action Surge (two uses), Indomitable (three uses) 4 6 18 +6 Subclass feature 4 6 19 +6 Epic Boon 4 6 20 +6 Three Extra Attacks 4 6 Level 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
feature 4 5 16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 4 6 17 +6 Action Surge (two uses), Indomitable (three uses) 4 6 18 +6 Subclass feature 4 6 19 +6 Epic Boon 4 6 20 +6 Three Extra Attacks 4 6 Level 1
which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Fighter levels 6, 8, 12, 14, and 16. Level 5: Extra Attack You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Level 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
ward (cantrip), expeditious retreat (1st level), spider climb (2nd level), gaseous form (3rd level) Levistus has no cult in the traditional sense. Instead, he offers favors to those who are desperate to
pledge their souls to him a single chance to escape from danger, but some cunning folk strike a deal with Levistus, pledging their souls to him in return for escape at a future date. This boon takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
will-o’-wisps are chaotic good instead of evil. They are the spirits of creatures that drowned when Bavlorna flooded their realm. Consequently, they both fear and shun the hag. The will-o’-wisps ask
additional action option, which they use to grant boons to those who promise to oppose Bavlorna: Magic Boon (Recharges after a Long Rest). The will-o’-wisp grants a boon to one creature it can see within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
-spirited. Her exacting judgment has led her to join the Dragonchess Club, and while she is still honing her skill at the game itself, she compensates by reading her opponent instead of the board. Many a
. The faculty at Strixhaven are convinced that, if she wished, one day Tilana would make an excellent professor.
Extracurriculars: Dragonchess Club, Intramural Silkball Club
Job: None
Bond Boon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character gains proficiency in a skill. The character gains a feat. ALTERNATIVES TO EPIC BOONS
You might decide to grant one of the following rewards to a 20th-level character, instead of awarding
an epic boon. These two options can be awarded to a character more than once.
Ability Score Improvement. The character can increase one ability score by 2 or increase two ability scores by 1 each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
designate a party leader, who is then the only person who tells you what the group is doing. It becomes the leader’s role to work with the rest of the players to find consensus on what the group will do
Information. If you tell the players what the Armor Class of their opponents is, you reduce the steps of interaction needed to resolve an attack. Instead of telling you a number and asking if it hits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
1d10 16 +25 ft. 17 +6 Subclass feature 1d12 17 +25 ft. 18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft. 19 +6 Epic Boon 1d12 19 +30 ft. 20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft. Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of
Features table. Dexterous Attacks. You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier for the attack and damage rolls of your Unarmed Strikes and Monk weapons. In addition, when you use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Foe Slayer 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Spellcasting You have learned to channel the magical essence of nature to cast spells. See chapter 7 for the rules on
the language tables in chapter 2. Level 2: Fighting Style You gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice (see chapter 5). Instead of choosing one of those feats, you can choose the option below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Foe Slayer 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Spellcasting You have learned to channel the magical essence of nature to cast spells. See “Spells” for the rules on
the language tables in “Creating a Character”. Level 2: Fighting Style You gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice (see “Feats”). Instead of choosing one of those feats, you can choose the option
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
1d10 16 +25 ft. 17 +6 Subclass feature 1d12 17 +25 ft. 18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft. 19 +6 Epic Boon 1d12 19 +30 ft. 20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft. Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of
Features table. Dexterous Attacks. You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier for the attack and damage rolls of your Unarmed Strikes and Monk weapons. In addition, when you use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, you can transfer some or all of the sword’s bonus to your Armor Class, instead of using the bonus on any attacks that turn. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack and damage rolls to
prevent the creature from passing through an interdimensional portal.
You and any creature you designate when you use the shackles can use an action to remove them. Once every 30 days, the bound
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
18 +6 Elusive 9d6 19 +6 Epic Boon 10d6 20 +6 Stroke of Luck 10d6 Level 1: Expertise You gain Expertise in two of your skill proficiencies of your choice. Sleight of Hand and Stealth are recommended
: Evasion You can nimbly dodge out of the way of certain dangers. When you’re subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
18 +6 Elusive 9d6 19 +6 Epic Boon 10d6 20 +6 Stroke of Luck 10d6 Level 1: Expertise You gain Expertise in two of your skill proficiencies of your choice. Sleight of Hand and Stealth are recommended
certain dangers. When you’re subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw and only half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
another player’s character requires that player’s consent. Additionally, you gain the following traits. Boon Aura. Your allies within 5 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against being
hit you instead. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest. Companion Relationships d6 Relationship
1 Another character is my lover or dearest friend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
4 3 3 3 1 18 +6 Aura Expansion 3 14 4 3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 3 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Subclass feature 3 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Lay On Hands Your blessed touch can heal wounds. You have a pool of
properties of Halberds and Flails. Level 2: Fighting Style You gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice (see “Feats” for feats). Instead of choosing one of those feats, you can choose the option below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
forested wilds. Though many treefolk rival members of the high fae in age, they rarely interfere with the goings-on of the faerie court. Instead, treefolk serve as guardians and shepherds of their wild
/day each: enlarge/reduce, speak with plants
1/day: commune with nature (as an action)
Bonus Actions
Oaken Boon. The treefolk blesses one creature other than itself that it can see within 60 feet






