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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
This dull, cold crystal sits heavy and leaden, saturated by the Shadowfell’s despair. As an action, you can attach the shard to a Tiny object (such as a weapon or a piece of jewelry) or detach
the shard, you can momentarily curse one creature targeted by the spell; choose one ability score, and until the end of your next turn, the creature has disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws that use that ability.
Species
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
echo of discovery—but also the desiccation of despair.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a member of the human race or one of
the game’s fantastical races. If you select one of the dragonborn races in this chapter, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
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classes
Basic Rules (2014)
fierce animal spirits. Others draw from a roiling reservoir of anger at a world full of pain. For every barbarian, rage is a power that fuels not just a battle frenzy but also uncanny reflexes
violated, or a coup that removed you from a position of authority.
QUICK BUILD
You can make a barbarian quickly by following these suggestions. First, put your highest ability score in Strength
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Githzerai migrated to the Everchanging Chaos of Limbo after the ancient schism that split their ancestors from their cousins, githyanki. Limbo is a roiling maelstrom of matter and energy, collapsing
choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score
classes
Player’s Handbook
an indelible mark on the Sorcerer, a churning magic that can be passed down through generations.
Sorcerers don’t learn magic; the raw, roiling power of magic is part of them. The essential art
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Undead haunt this bleak plane, as do other creatures that thrive in the gloom, including cloakers and darkmantles. Julian Kok The Shadowfell is a realm of death, despair, and dread Shadow Crossings Shadow
in darkness, closing as soon as they feel light’s kiss. Domains of Dread In a far-flung corner of the Shadowfell drifts a hidden expanse of roiling mist and vague semireality. At this eerie edge of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hardiest adventurers find themselves worn down over time, their performance suffering as they struggle to cope with the dread and despair. Various circumstances might cause a character stress. Stress
can be tracked numerically as a Stress Score, increasing in trying situations and decreasing with care. At your discretion, a character’s Stress Score might increase by 1 when one of the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Shadowfell Shard Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer) This dull, cold crystal sits heavy and leaden, saturated by the Shadowfell’s despair. As an action, you can attach the shard
a Metamagic option on a spell while you are holding or wearing the shard, you can momentarily curse one creature targeted by the spell; choose one ability score, and until the end of your next turn, the creature has disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws that use that ability.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their deaths on harpies’ vicious claws or amid natural perils. Harpies dwell in remote, dismal places tainted by tragedy and despair. Some tales claim harpies offended the gods and were transformed as
squawking and compel only the magically enthralled. Harpy Medium Monstrosity, Chaotic Evil
AC 11 Initiative +1 (11)
HP 38 (7d8 + 7)
Speed 20 ft., Fly 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gibbering Mouther Ravenous Chorus of Unreality Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: None Helge C. balzer Gibbering mouthers endlessly feed on and regrow their own amoeboid bodies—amorphous heaps roiling
vengeful deity. Gibbering Mouther Medium Aberration, Chaotic Neutral
AC 9 Initiative −1 (9)
HP 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 20 ft., Swim 20 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save Str 10 +0 +0 Dex 8 −1 −1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
-haunted miasma, its crew and passengers feel despair. Each hour a vessel is immersed in the fog, the crew must make a quality score check by rolling a d20 and adding their quality score to the number. The
DC for this check is 10 + the number of hours the ship has been immersed in the Shadowfell fog. If the crew fails this check, their quality score decreases by 1 while within the Shadowfell fog and for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Sea Hag Hag of Despair and the Dismal Deep Habitat: Coastal, Underwater; Treasure: Arcana Lorenzo Mastroianni
Sea hags loathe peace and beauty. Bitter, jealous creatures, they spread chaos
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HP 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 30 ft., Swim 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 16 +3 +3
Dex 13 +1 +1
Con 16 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 12 +1 +1
Wis 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Shadow Dragon Lairs Shadow dragons lair in places of darkness and despair, such as accursed ruins, the depths of the Underdark, or the Shadowfell. The region around a shadow dragon’s lair is twisted
., Fly 80 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 21 +5 +5
Dex 19 +4 +9
Con 18 +4 +4
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 14 +2 +2
Wis 12 +1 +6
Cha 18 +4 +4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The cylinder is difficult terrain. Grasping Muck. Tendrils of roiling muck
10 miles of the dragon’s lair are filled with listless despair. Grating Spies. Trilling, obnoxious birds, bugs, and reptiles follow any Humanoid creatures unknown to the dragon within 6 miles of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Despair. Creatures within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair that have an Intelligence score of 5 or higher feel forlorn and hopeless. Dying Light. Light is diminished within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair, lightly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
The Dreaming Dark The sinister and mysterious Dreaming Dark—a metaphysical force trying to prolong the current age of despair and violence—seeks to extend its reach toward Khorvaire. Over a century
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Ability Score Mod Save
Str 14 +2 +2
Dex 17 +3 +3
Con 15 +2 +2
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 18 +4 +7
Wis 16 +3 +6
Cha 17 +3 +6
Skills
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
characters into despair. If the characters haven’t yet defeated the purple worm in the Briny Pool, it joins the fight against the characters at the beginning of the third round of combat. Refraction
within 100 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each one’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
creature. After doing so, Kirgaz is satisfied and returns to the Spire. Tomb of the Frog On entering this area, the character with the highest passive Wisdom (Perception) score hears heavy breathing
creature is in a deep despair and is indifferent to the characters. Creatures that don’t disturb him can walk past him unimpeded. If one or more characters make themselves known to the giant, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Deep Ethereal, one typically needs a Plane Shift spell, a Gate spell, or a magical portal. Visitors to the Deep Ethereal are engulfed by roiling mist. Scattered throughout the plane are curtains of
Passive Perception score of 15 or higher receive 1 minute of warning: a deep thrum in the ethereal matter. Travelers who can’t reach a curtain or portal leading elsewhere suffer the cyclone’s effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Intelligence is halved; when the second stage is over, its Intelligence score increases by 1d6. To complete the process, the thrall receives a new set of proficiencies, a new alignment, and a new
groups, and their fear and despair in the face of a mind flayer incursion make their brains tasty to the illithid palate. They are also relatively easy for larger, stronger humanoid thralls to control
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher can see that the dogs are surrounding a crudely dug hole in the ground. The characters must get within 5 feet of the hole to see that it’s a
who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 13 or higher spots the dryad and the shrubs before they arrive, and all other characters are surprised. The dryad, Meadowleaf, was bound to an enchanted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
next sunset, the sun doesn’t rise again for 36 hours. During this time, the sky over the region might hold a crimson moon, be obscured by roiling fog, or display blinking, alien stars. 36–40 During
damage greater than its Constitution score. A creature becomes charmed or frightened. A creature experiences telepathic communication. Animals converse after gaining sapience from ambient psychic energy