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Dungeon Master’s Guide
book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and use its Adjusted Ability Scores, Tireless Form, Spells, Vile Lore, and Vile Speech properties.
The Book of Vile Darkness
by any means while your soul remains imprisoned.
Adjusted Ability Scores. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. Another ability score of your choice decreases by 2, to
Observant
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Feats
Player’s Handbook (2014)
Quick to notice details of your environment, you gain the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
If you can see a creature's mouth while it is
speaking a language you understand, you can interpret what it's saying by reading its lips.
You have a +5 bonus to your passive Wisdom (Perception) and passive Intelligence (Investigation) scores.
Book of Vile Darkness
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
reading and studying the book, one ability score of your choice increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. Another ability score of your choice decreases by 2, to a minimum of 3. The book can’t adjust your
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a creature of good alignment that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to
the following random properties:
2 minor beneficial properties
2 major beneficial properties
Increased Wisdom
After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, your
Ezmerelda d'Avenir
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monsters
Curse of Strahd
, a Vistana, is the protégé of Rudolph van Richten—despite the fact that her first encounter with the vampire hunter was anything but pleasant.
Witness to Tragedy. When Ezmerelda
herself.
Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in her wagon (chapter 11, area V1). Although the cards aren’t magical, Ezmerelda can use them to perform a card reading for the
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
banished using magic such as the dispel evil and good spell. The banished spirit returns to the book.
Adjusted Ability Scores. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lurking just out of sight, and many of them have sneaked away from that god’s influence.
They are long of limb and covered in coarse hair, with wedge-shaped ears and pointed teeth. Despite their
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 Increases
When determining
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
Clad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight despite the dust and grime of long travel, a human lays down her sword and shield and places her hands on a mortally wounded man. Divine radiance
. Although the class features related to your oath don’t appear until you reach 3rd level, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
The saurian lizardfolk are thought by some sages to be distant cousins of dragonborn and kobolds. Despite their resemblance to those other scaled folk, however, lizardfolk are their own people and
level, you 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Dexterity check with thieves’ tools can open it. Despite his crude manner, Bog Luck is a somewhat educated man, as evidenced by the books of philosophy and natural history on his reading shelf.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Dexterity check with thieves’ tools can open it. Despite his crude manner, Bog Luck is a somewhat educated man, as evidenced by the books of philosophy and natural history on his reading shelf.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Observant Quick to notice details of your environment, you gain the following benefits: Increase your Intelligence or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20. If you can see a creature’s mouth while it
is speaking a language you understand, you can interpret what it’s saying by reading its lips. You have a +5 bonus to your passive Wisdom (Perception) and passive Intelligence (Investigation) scores.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
character’s origin and give you the ability to create many different types of characters. Despite that versatility, a D&D race that has the Ability Score Increase trait includes little or no choice—a lack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Owlbear Magically Perfected Predator Created long ago by mages, owlbears combine keen avian eyes, thick feathers, and a tearing beak with a mighty bearlike frame. Despite their magical origins
AC 13 Initiative +1 (11)
HP 59 (7d10 + 21)
Speed 40 ft., Climb 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 20 +5 +5
Dex 12 +1 +1
Con 17 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
with other skeletons, despite being hacked to animate splinters. 3 Mimics ways it entertained itself in life, such as acting, dancing, or reading. 4 Performs a familiar task, such as cleaning, cooking, mining, or praying. 5 Repeats its final moments of life. 6 Stands guard at the post it protected in life.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
at their heads and ears.
Despite the ominous murals and the devil face carving, this hall is devoid of traps. Any character who searches the devil face finds a lizard hiding in the carving’s
shallow mouth cavity. The recipient of an awaken spell cast by a Chultan druid, the lizard has an Intelligence score of 10 and speaks Druidic. The Company of the Yellow Banner captured it in Omu and brought
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Winged Kobold Some kobolds are born with wings. Called urds by others of their kind, these kobolds are thought to be blessed by a dragon or Tiamat, the Dragon Queen. Despite their favored status
30 ft., Fly 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 7 −2 −2
Dex 16 +3 +3
Con 9 −1 −1
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 8 −1 −1
Wis 7 −2 −2
Cha 8 −1 −1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
thousand feet below. If a character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher peers over the wall, add: Underneath the platform on which you stand, about one hundred feet down, a stone
aid of magic or the use of a climber’s kit. Anyone who falls from the overlook plummets 1,000 feet. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading indicates an encounter with Strahd in this area, he is looking out over the balcony.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
the university, several large courtyards among the towers feature grass and small trees. Locals call these courtyards the “ground floor” of the campus, despite their position high above the Menthis
halls, study halls, small libraries (mostly focused on books assigned for student reading), dining halls, and faculty offices. Morgrave is a constant bustle of activity while classes remain in session
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
fissures to take their prey by surprise. Despite their stealthiness, these stalkers exude a distinctly repulsive stench. Descriptions of what troglodytes smell like span a spectrum as complex as it is
+ 4)
Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 14 +2 +2
Dex 10 +0 +0
Con 14 +2 +2
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 6 −2 −2
Wis 10 +0 +0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
tails bristling with detachable spikes. These monsters launch their tail spikes at their prey, skewering those on the ground or knocking flying creatures from the air. Despite their ravenous tendencies
vantage point in the sky. Manticore Large Monstrosity, Lawful Evil
AC 14 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 68 (8d10 + 24)
Speed 30 ft., Fly 50 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save Str 17 +3 +3 Dex 16 +3 +3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, plan ahead for that choice by reading the oath descriptions at the end of the class. Are you a devoted servant of good, loyal to the gods of justice and honor, a holy knight in shining armor venturing
have not yet attained. Quick Build You can make a paladin quickly by following these suggestions. First, Strength should be your highest ability score, followed by Charisma. Second, choose the noble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Foreshadow that threat after characters decide where they’re headed by reading the following description: To the southwest, the crack of shearing stone sounds from a distant temple whose grounds teem with
passive Wisdom (Perception) score recognizes the Undead dragon’s rider from Kalaman’s catacombs—this is the knight Lord Soth, whose image they saw there. The temple the characters see is detailed in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Conflicted Souls Despite its celestial origin, an aasimar is mortal and possesses free will. Most aasimar follow their ordained path, but some grow to see their abilities as a curse. These
score increase, with those of a fallen aasimar. Similarly, if your fallen aasimar turns to good, your DM might allow you to become a protector or scourge aasimar.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
-reading abilities aid them in creating near-perfect disguises and plucking secrets from unguarded minds. Occasionally, doppelgangers use their shape-shifting ability in more overt ways, transforming into
Monstrosity, Neutral
AC 14 Initiative +4 (14)
HP 52 (8d8 + 16)
Speed 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 11 +0 +0
Dex 18 +4 +4
Con 14 +2 +2
Ability Score Mod Save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
under a dense canopy above. The ground is littered with fallen nuts. Tree trunks are coated in thick patches of fungus, and a musty smell fills the air. Yet despite the rising gloom, vivid sunbeams
characters’ progress. If the check is 14 or higher, or if any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 studies the fey after they’ve been spotted, the fey appear mean and grubby. The fey run off if they are noticed, shouting with barely disguised menace to “enjoy our sunny woods.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, one ability score of your choice increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. Another ability score of your choice decreases by 2, to a minimum of 3
destroys whatever it touches. Even stone cracks and turns to powder if the book rests on it long enough. A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Lady Wachter’s Wish Ernst Larnak (see area N4) begins shadowing the characters. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 or higher notice him doing so. If they confront him, he
her that asks the Vistani to dispose of the characters once they have left town. The Vistani burn the letter after reading it, as per Lady Wachter’s request. If the characters have rescued Arabelle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. You spend at least 1 minute in meditation and prayer, then receive dreamlike, shadowy glimpses of recent events. You can meditate in this way for a number of minutes equal to your Wisdom score and
must maintain concentration during that time, as if you were casting a spell. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Object Reading. Holding an object as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
End Simulation After two full rounds of combat have been resolved, end the combat by reading or paraphrasing the following: A thunderous explosion shakes the ship, filling the air with splinters of
-toe) bears are testament to her status as a battle-hardened veteran. Despite having one of her wing flaps torn away long ago, she remains as capable as ever while on board a ship. Spelljammer Academy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Andir Valmakos Despite his aptitude for magic and his parents’ being wizards themselves, Andir completed his apprenticeship and chose not to immediately seek out other Mages of High Sorcery. Instead
another 1st-level spell: Tenser’s floating disk. 4th 27 (5d8 + 5) Ability Score Improvement. Andir’s Intelligence score increases by 2, raising the modifier by 1, so increase the following numbers by 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
are those that individuals devise for themselves. Despite having massive claws and overwhelming physicality, glabrezus excel at using flattery and misdirection to coerce victims into isolating
Glabrezu Large Fiend (Demon), Chaotic Evil
AC 17 Initiative +6 (16)
HP 189 (18d10 + 90)
Speed 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 20 +5 +9
Dex 15 +2 +2
Con 21 +5 +9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
the earth. Stone giants have rugged features and skin with patterns and hues similar to the rock common near their homes. This makes them adept at blending in with their stony surroundings despite
Huge Giant, Neutral
AC 17 Initiative +5 (15)
HP 126 (11d12 + 55)
Speed 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 23 +6 +6
Dex 15 +2 +5
Con 20 +5 +8
Ability Score Mod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
believe is right in the moment. Purphoros’s Favor Purphoros is notoriously impulsive, often selecting champions based on momentary whims. Despite this seemingly blasé attitude, he is dedicated to all his
. (Good)
6 Rage. I follow my passions, no matter how dark they might seem to others. (Evil)
Earning and Losing Piety You increase your piety score to Purphoros when you expand the god’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. You can’t gain this benefit from the book more than once. Enlightened
it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages