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Gladiator
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Brave. The gladiator has advantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the gladiator hits with it (included in the attack
would hit it. To do so, the gladiator must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Gladiators battle for the entertainment of raucous crowds. Some gladiators are brutal pit fighters who treat
Equipment
Critical Hits on a natural roll of 19 or 20. If your Critical Range is already increased, instead increase it by 1 point (such as from 19-20 to 18-20). When you score a Critical Hit with a Brutal weapon against a creature, the weapon deals one additional die of damage.
feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Brutal. This weapon is designed for maximum damage. Brutal weapons score
Equipment
Critical Hits on a natural roll of 19 or 20. If your Critical Range is already increased, instead increase it by 1 point (such as from 19-20 to 18-20). When you score a Critical Hit with a Brutal weapon against a creature, the weapon deals one additional die of damage.
feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Brutal. This weapon is designed for maximum damage. Brutal weapons score
Equipment
weapons score Critical Hits on a natural roll of 19 or 20. If your Critical Range is already increased, instead increase it by 1 point (such as from 19-20 to 18-20). When you score a Critical Hit with a Brutal weapon against a creature, the weapon deals one additional die of damage.
Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Fighting Chain, Brutal, you must take the Advanced
Equipment
Critical Hits on a natural roll of 19 or 20. If your Critical Range is already increased, instead increase it by 1 point (such as from 19-20 to 18-20). When you score a Critical Hit with a Brutal weapon against a creature, the weapon deals one additional die of damage.
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Brutal. This weapon is designed for maximum damage. Brutal weapons score
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
important than the gear and fighting style of its members, and so most of these orders aren’t limited to fighting types, but are open to all sorts of folk who are willing to battle and die for the
, such as the brutal Warlock Knights of Vaasa. Other knighthoods are secular and nongovernmental organizations of warriors who follow a particular philosophy, or consider themselves a kind of extended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Brutal Critical Beginning at 9th level, you can roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack. This increases to two additional dice at 13th level and three additional dice at 17th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Brutal Critical Beginning at 9th level, you can roll one additional weapon damage die when determining the extra damage for a critical hit with a melee attack. This increases to two additional dice at 13th level and three additional dice at 17th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Score Improvement
4
+2
9th
+4
Brutal Critical (1 die)
4
+3
10th
+4
Path Feature
4
+3
11th
+4
Relentless Rage
4
+3
12th
+4
Ability Score Improvement
5
+3
13th
+5
Brutal Critical (2 dice)
5
+3
14th
+5
Path Feature
5
+3
15th
+5
Persistent Rage
5
+3
16th
+5
Ability Score Improvement
5
+4
17th
+6
Brutal Critical (3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, Fast Movement
3
+2
6th
+3
Path Feature
4
+2
7th
+3
Feral Instinct
4
+2
8th
+3
Ability Score Improvement
4
+2
9th
+4
Brutal Critical (1 die)
4
+3
10th
+4
Path Feature
4
+3
11th
+4
Relentless Rage
4
+3
12th
+4
Ability Score Improvement
5
+3
13th
+5
Brutal Critical (2 dice)
5
+3
14th
+5
Path Feature
5
+3
Weapon Property
from 19-20 to 18-20). When you score a Critical Hit with a Brutal weapon against a creature, the weapon deals one additional die of damage.
A Brutal weapon is designed for maximum damage. Brutal weapons score Critical Hits on a natural roll of 19 or 20. If your Critical Range is already increased, instead increase it by 1 point (such as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Improvement 4 +2 3 9 +4 Brutal Strike 4 +3 3 10 +4 Subclass feature 4 +3 4 11 +4 Relentless Rage 4 +3 4 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 +3 4 13 +5 Improved Brutal Strike 5 +3 4 14 +5 Subclass feature
5 +3 4 15 +5 Persistent Rage 5 +3 4 16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 +4 4 17 +6 Improved Brutal Strike 6 +4 4 18 +6 Indomitable Might 6 +4 4 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 +4 4 20 +6 Primal Champion 6 +4 4 Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Improvement 4 +2 3 9 +4 Brutal Strike 4 +3 3 10 +4 Subclass feature 4 +3 4 11 +4 Relentless Rage 4 +3 4 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 5 +3 4 13 +5 Improved Brutal Strike 5 +3 4 14 +5 Subclass feature
5 +3 4 15 +5 Persistent Rage 5 +3 4 16 +5 Ability Score Improvement 5 +4 4 17 +6 Improved Brutal Strike 6 +4 4 18 +6 Indomitable Might 6 +4 4 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 +4 4 20 +6 Primal Champion 6 +4 4 Level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
over his brother. Such an event could be fraught with unforeseen consequences for the fate of Theros! Mogis’s Divine Schemes Mogis takes a brutal hand in the affairs of gods and mortals. The Mogis’s
and Setessa. Thousands will die unless the scheme is put to rest.
4 Mogis agrees to ally with three other gods against their rivals if they help him defeat Iroas. Mogis’s brother does the same. Soon the entire pantheon divides along faction lines and prepare for the final war.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Gladiator Gladiators battle for the entertainment of raucous crowds. Some gladiators are brutal pit fighters who treat each match as a life-or-death struggle, while others are professional duelists
weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the gladiator hits with it (included in the attack).
Actions
Multiattack. The gladiator makes three melee attacks or two ranged attacks.
Spear. Melee or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
implacable master. And they call that liberation?
— Adaka Fell Hand, githzerai monk
From birth, githyanki are conditioned to fight and die for their queen. Children endure a brutal upbringing that
Born to Serve Under the illithids, we and the githyanki fought and died across a thousand worlds for implacable masters. Under Vlaakith, our kin fight and die across a thousand words for an
Orc
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
great unknown.
NISHREK AND THE ETERNAL WAR
Orcs believe that if they die with honor, their spirits go to the plane of Acheron, the Infinite Battlefield — specifically the layer of Nishrek
Ruhk
Neega
Bone Crusher
7
Mobad
Baggi
Flesh Ripper
8
Shamog
Shautha
Doom Hammer
9
Mugrub
Ovak
Elf Butcher
10
Bajok
Vola
Spine Snapper
11
Rhorog
Engong
Death Spear
12
Jahrukk
Volen
The Brutal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
rises or falls in the ordning as a consequence. A giant isn’t judged by other giants on the basis of whether what it did was inherently good or evil, but on whether its actions enhanced or diminished
, because brutal raiding is an inborn trait of the hill giants. If those same hill giants worshiped Yeenoghu, however, that act would represent a flagrant turning away from the traditions of the ordning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of brutal military campaigning, he defeated his rivals and forged a nation. Retiring from war, Strahd settled in the beautiful valley where he’d won his greatest victory. There, in the way of his
castle’s guards and wedding’s guests rose up to assassinate Strahd. Despite suffering countless wounds, Strahd did not die. The nature of his bargain with the Dark Powers was revealed, and Strahd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
life shift into a new form. Druids of this circle have a complex relationship with the undead. They see nothing inherently wrong with undeath, which they consider to be a companion to life and death
: When you deal your Halo of Spores damage, roll the damage die a second time and add it to the total. Your melee weapon attacks deal an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to any target they hit. These benefits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
into death and the great unknown. NISHREK AND THE ETERNAL WAR
Orcs believe that if they die with honor, their spirits go to the plane of Acheron, the Infinite Battlefield — specifically the layer of
weakness of their enemy like a pack of hungry wolves. Bahgtru, “the Leg Breaker” Despite the influence of Ilneval, orcs are and will forever be brutal and feral in how they wage war. Bahgtru is the deity who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Flint Rock. The Elk tribe’s great chief is Rond Vaarson, an old, battle-hardened warrior who has spilled so much blood that he no longer craves it. Younger chieftains are waiting for him to die so
sway of a brutal chieftain known as Wormblod. The tribe’s spirit mound is located inside Great Worm Cavern, in the Spine of the World. Wormblod and his tribe strike out from this cavern only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Koletras are said to bring good luck to a band, but are also usually fated to die in defense of their family. Not every guros has a koletra of its own, and guri share their best warriors among each other
Pheres can be brutal and greedy, but they are clever as well, and understand the value of strategic leadership. Other centaurs in Pheres herds work as scouts, archers, warriors, and foragers. In addition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
brutal.
— Volo
Stealthy Shock Troops. Bugbears that are subsumed into a host function as a special cadre of spies, assassins, and bodyguards, answering to the senior leadership of the host rather
ultimately offers only two options: submit or die. If the settlement has holy sites dedicated to conquered gods, these are converted into shrines to the Mighty One. All representations of the defeated gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
atop the plateaus. Each has five javelins. They are slaves of the aboleth, and slime covers their translucent flesh. They aren’t afraid to die. Unless they are drawn to area P20 to protect the aboleth
young Gar Shatterkeel into brutal indenture. The other is the same Calishite pirate vessel that attacked the Tethyrian merchant galley, an event that caused Gar to be cast adrift and lose his arm to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
is 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (5d8) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Brutal and Cruel. All
finishing off its enemies. A black dragon strikes at its weakest enemies first, ensuring a quick and brutal victory, which bolsters its ego as it terrifies its remaining foes. On the verge of defeat






