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Curse of Strahd
with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check.Multiattack. The mongrelfolk makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claw or dagger.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3
original forms. Mongrelfolk that are born are true mongrelfolk and not the subjects of a spell or an effect that can be undone.
Mongrelfolk can breed with other humanoids, but nearly all children born to
Aasimar
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
born to serve as champions of the gods, their births hailed as blessed events. They are a people of otherworldly visages, with luminous features that reveal their celestial heritage.
Celestial Champions
, 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
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
books and scrolls, but also through first-hand observation—by visiting far-flung settlements and exploring local histories and customs.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, ReligionLanguages
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Suggested Characteristics
Anthropologists leave behind the societies into which they were born to discover what life is like in other parts of the world. They seek to see how other races and civilizations
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
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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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
hand. The child’s smile suggests benign curiosity. As this illustration suggests, the Key is often associated with great power in humble (or even hapless) hands. Omen of Insight. Those born to the Key
Zodiac Signs A zodiac sign is a mythological entity associated with a constellation in a zodiac. For the Sky of Many Things, a creature is said to be “born under” a zodiac sign if its birthday occurs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the City of Skilled Hands. Even if you’re not city-born or city-bred, this background can describe your early years as a member of law enforcement. Most settlements of any size have their own
constables and police forces, and even smaller communities have sheriffs and bailiffs who stand ready to protect their community. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Insight Languages: Two of your choice Equipment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Sphinx’s Shroud. You are immune to any effect that allows other creatures to sense your emotions or read your thoughts. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain your intentions or sincerity have
times.
5 Why wouldn’t I phrase every statement as a question?
6 I was born a sphinx, but a god cursed me into humanoid form and saddled me with the limits of mortal knowledge. I won’t rest until I break the curse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
more than a few miles from where they were born. You aren’t one of those folk. You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances
: Insight, Perception Tool Proficiencies: Any one musical instrument or gaming set of your choice, likely something native to your homeland Languages: Any one of your choice Equipment: One set of traveler’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Handling, History, Insight, Performance, or Persuasion. Alternatively, you learn one language of your choice. Born to the Saddle Starting at 3rd level, your mastery as a rider becomes apparent. You
Cavalier The archetypal Cavalier excels at mounted combat. Usually born among the nobility and raised at court, a Cavalier is equally at home leading a cavalry charge or exchanging repartee at a
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->Curse of Strahd
original forms. Mongrelfolk that are born are true mongrelfolk and not the subjects of a spell or an effect that can be undone. Mongrelfolk can breed with other humanoids, but nearly all children
born to such parents are mongrelfolk. (About one child in every hundred is born looking like its non-mongrelfolk parent.) Mongrelfolk
Medium humanoid (mongrelfolk), any alignment
Armor Class 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Circumstance
1 You were born amid a great storm that destroyed most of your village.
2 One of your parents was struck by lightning.
3 As a child, you were favored by an oracle of
great power who saw Keranos’s spark within you.
4 You solved a riddle, puzzle, or cipher that was previously thought unsolvable.
5 You were born under auspicious stars.
6 You have no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
blood and goose feathers. It is from this noxious slurry that the Goose Mother was born. Within days, the Goose Mother grew to prodigious size, and the witch grew fearful. One night, while the Goose
)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
17 (+3)
INT
12 (+1)
WIS
18 (+4)
CHA
15 (+2)
Saving Throws Str +6, Int +4
Skills Insight +7, Investigation +4, Perception +10
Condition Immunities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
with the characters’ books. A successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check confirms that the acolyte’s mistake was an honest one. In response to any discussion of the mark that has appeared on the
) is Candlekeep’s foremost expert on the subject of curses. Born and raised in the magocracy of Halruaa, Teles has always been comfortable around magic but also understands its inherent dangers. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
became an entertainer because … 1 Members of my family made ends meet by performing, so it was fitting for me to follow their example. 2 I always had a keen insight into other people, enough so that
I could make them laugh or cry with my stories or songs. 3 I ran away from home to follow a minstrel troupe. 4 I saw a bard perform once, and I knew from that moment on what I was born to do. 5 I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
born of dragon and elf could become a godlike avatar of death. Illmarrow Rises. Even as dragons and elves fought to destroy the line of Vol, a child was born to the house: Erandis. A scion of elf and
)
Saving Throws Con +12, Int +15, Wis +12
Skills Arcana +15, History +15, Insight +12, Perception +12
Damage Resistances cold, lightning
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison; bludgeoning, piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(see appendix B) and the slaad tadpole hasn’t been born or destroyed yet, it bursts from the character’s chest when the character enters this cavern. H33. Watcher in the Walls This fifteen-foot-high
as far as the dryad’s grove (area H36) before taking refuge in this cave. The nothics use their Weird Insight to glean secrets from the characters. They are reluctant to provoke a well-armed group of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
about the damage to the Pronged Goat, Grynsk gives them a dismissive wave of the hand. “Don’t you see? Bloody ice everywhere. Last crew were apparently born with pits for eyes, because they sailed right
into a damned ice floe! I ain’t gotten around to repairin’ the gunwale yet, but she floats just fine.”
A character who succeeds on a DC 11 Wisdom (Insight) check can tell that Grynsk is lying. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Laeral Silverhand Anamanué Laeral Silverhand was born in the Year of the Cowl (765 DR), the fifth of seven daughters of the goddess Mystra. Each of the Seven Sisters is a powerful and ageless beauty
17(+3)
CON
20(+5)
INT
20(+5)
WIS
20 (+5)
CHA
19(+4)
Saving Throws Int +11, Wis +11
Skills Arcana +17, History +17, Insight +11, Perception +11, Persuasion +10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Path of the Pilgrim climbs past shrines to each of Annam’s children to reach the All-Father’s temple Diancastra Diancastra is the youngest child of Annam, born of a mortal giant mother shortly before
maintaining the community, tending to agriculture, and educating children. Others patrol the wilderness surrounding the enclave, guarding against threats to the community. Iallanis Born about the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
H12. Twelve shadows haunt this 30-foot-high cave. They swarm over members of the party but recoil from any character who presents a holy symbol of Mystryl. The shadows were born from those who
frighten intruders. Each statue is carved in the vague likeness of a kobold, which a character can discern with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check. Each ice sculpture is a Small object that weighs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
might spontaneously arise in the shadows or darkness nearby. If more than one meenlock is born, a lair also magically forms. The earth creaks and moans as narrow, twisting tunnels open up within it
(+3)
CHA
17(+3)
Saving Throws Con +7, Int +8, Wis +7, Cha +7
Skills Arcana +8, Deception +7, History +8, Insight +7, Perception +7, Stealth +5
Damage Resistances cold, lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
for a job gone wrong, for killing the wrong person, or simply for being born into a family that’s already in conflict with powerful, unscrupulous people. Types of Criminal Syndicates Criminal
you. 3 Former Law Enforcement. Your contact used to be (or maybe still is) a member of local law enforcement. They have sharp insight into the law’s workings in your area and a healthy dose of paranoia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Skills Arcana +6, History +6, Insight +4, Perception +4, Performance +6
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Elvish
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP
traffic that passes through the gate — and ensures that her associates in the Black Network can come and go freely. Born to a well-off family in Calimshan, Tashlyn has an unfettered sense of superiority
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. Doing so provides no special insight but reveals a few details of the life of the legendary character who lies interred within these halls. If a worshiper of Phenax enters the room, though, that
holds Solt, who was born Returned. Crypt D holds Gathus Gadus, who could whisper anyone and anything to sleep. Crypt E is empty. The name on the sarcophagus is violently scratched out, and the engraved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, Insight +3, Intimidation +4
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Orc
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Aggressive. As a bonus action, the orc can move up to its speed toward
than risk raising a natural-born tanarukk, most tribes slay such abominations. Tanarukk
Medium fiend (demon, orc), chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 95 (10d8 + 50)
Speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
crushing—move fast!” “The master of this tomb longs to be free. Wouldn’t you, if you were he?” “Steal not from the library, for it holds trouble.” “Illusions are we, born from a mix of wanderlust and
similar effect uncovers concealed writing on the ledge before the bridge, which reads as follows: “The vortex eats all magic, save for that from which it was born.”
To cross the bridge safely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
their physical forms, elves lost the ability to transform in this way. Yet occasionally elves are born who are so androgynous that they are proclaimed to be among the blessed of Corellon — living symbols
of memory, many artists and poets worship Sashelas. They seek his creative insight by spending time floating on the waves, then return to shore to write down or sketch out the gifts bequeathed to them.