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Nilbog

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of reprisal. This nilbog also gains strange powers that drive others to do the opposite of what they desire. Attacking the possessed goblin is foolhardy, and killing them just prompts the spirit to

call the possessing spirit, as well as the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (“goblin” spelled backward), and they revel in the chaos a nilbog sows. Whenever goblinoids form a host, there is

Nilbog Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Maglubiyet, this trickster god survives in splintered form as a possessing spirit that arises when goblinoids form a host, causing disorder in the ranks unless it is appeased. Goblins have no name for

this deity and dare not give it one, lest Maglubiyet use its name to ensnare and crush it as he did their other deities. They call the possessing spirit, and the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (&ldquo

Headless Iron Golem

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits

that drive them, and are susceptible only to weapons imbued with magic or the strength of adamantine. Blind Obedience. When its creator or possessor is on hand to command it, a golem performs flawlessly

Stone Cursed

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit

, animating the statue and turning it into a useful guardian. Stone cursed possess a malevolent drive to slay the living, yet they are utterly loyal to whoever performed the ritual to animate them, and

Kalashtar Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

I am kalashtar, born of two worlds. Over a thousand years ago, my ancestor bound her bloodline to the spirit Kashtai, and I am a child of that union. Kashtai moves within me. Her memories come to

spirits. Bound to Spirits Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, a bond shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but their spiritual connection affects them

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

to the clan can result in expulsion and exile. Each dragonborn knows his or her station and duties within the clan, and honor demands maintaining the bounds of that position. A continual drive for

give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn. Though

Aereni Elf

Species Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

into the eyes of the stunned onlookers. She smiled behind her spirit veil, counting the blades arrayed against her. “But forty will.” Elven culture began on the distant continent of Xen

master of these skills? Do you have ancestors in the Undying Court, and if so, what’s your relationship with them? Do you find dealing with the short-lived races to be a challenge, or are you patient with them?

Harengon

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Harengons originated in the Feywild, where they spoke Sylvan and embodied the spirit of freedom and travel. In time, these rabbitfolk hopped into other worlds, bringing the fey realm’s

of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

of many other races. They are slightly shorter than humans on average, ranging from well under 5 feet tall to just over 6 feet. They are more slender than humans, weighing only 100 to 145 pounds

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

Dhampir Legacy

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

their lineage. Dhampir Origins d8 Origin 1 You are the reincarnation of an ancestor who was a vampiric tyrant. 2 Your pact with a predatory deity, fiend, fey, or spirit causes

ancestors. Creating Your Character At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races. Alternatively, you can choose a lineage. If

Reborn Legacy

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Your body hosts a possessing spirit that shares its memories and replaces your missing appendages with phantasmal limbs. 8 In public, you pass as an unremarkable individual, but you can feel the

character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races. Alternatively, you can choose a lineage. If you choose a lineage, you might have once been a member of another race

Bound to Spirits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Bound to Spirits Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but the spiritual connection affects them in a variety of

their quori spirits. A kalashtar might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants kalashtar minor

Self-Sufficient Clans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

maintaining the bounds of that position. A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate to

fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

away in the night to seek the cold will of fate. In some ways, the goliath drive to outdo themselves feeds into the grim inevitability of their decline and death. A goliath would much rather die in

, committed by the goliath. Goliaths assign and use nicknames with their friends of other races, and change them to refer to an individual’s notable deeds. Goliaths present all three names when

Bound to Spirits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Bound to Spirits Kalashtar Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, a bond shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but their spiritual connection

communicate with their quori spirits. Rather, they might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants

Self-Sufficient Clans

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

maintaining the bounds of that position. A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate

to fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they give up on something. A dragonborn holds mastery of a particular skill as a lifetime goal. Members of other races who share the same

Half-Elves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

-elf into the Undying Court, and the Valenar elves don’t consider half-elves capable of channeling a Valenar ancestral spirit. Among humans, though, half-elves don’t experience any more prejudice or

bias than members of other races, and some half-elves could easily be mistaken for human. In making a half-elf character, consider whether you were born in a Khoravar community, or if your parents were

Shrieker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Shrieker A shrieker is a human-sized mushroom that emits a piercing screech to drive off creatures that disturb it. Other creatures use the fungi as an alarm to signal the approach of prey, and

various intelligent races of the Underdark cultivate shriekers on the outskirts of their communities to discourage trespassers. Shrieker Medium plant, unaligned Armor Class 5 Hit Points 13 (3d8

Going to Gracklstugh

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

other subterranean and surface-dwelling races. Gracklstugh’s Blade Bazaar might be the ideal place to find traders or explorers heading to the surface world. If Buppido or Hemeth isn’t with the party

Zuggtmoy’s spores drive him to seek a densely populated area where he can spread his contagion. It’s also possible the party arrives at Gracklstugh involuntarily. Duergar slavers scour the Underdark in search

Elemental Engines

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Elemental Engines Airships are powered by an elemental spirit bound to a core carved from a Khyber dragonshard. This core is placed into a heavily fortified containment chamber connected to an arcane

matrix spanning—and powering—the whole ship. When the elemental spirit within the core is activated, its elemental energy flows through the matrix’s arteries and the ship’s binding struts, forming

Human

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

, no current guildmaster is human. But humans are lieutenants, advisors, and strategists in many guilds. Their ambition and drive propel them toward the top, but the sheer might of beings such as

shape the names of most of Ravnica’s humans. Humans sometimes borrow names from other races, but they have a rich pool of traditional names to draw from. The use of family names seems to be a peculiarly

Tepest Campaign Arc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

no god, but a powerful hag who wanders the land in a walking tower called the Gurgyl. They send the group on a quest to learn from a mystical site or elder forest spirit how to infiltrate the hag’s

into chaos as fey from Mount Arak run wild. The characters might become involved in a power struggle between the good and evil fey of Arak. Lorinda’s return might drive the fey back—but the Darklord will help only if someone becomes her new child.

Walking a Different Path

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

of commerce still exist in the spirit world, bemoaning their losses and looking to balance their debts in the afterlife by providing guidance to others. Sometimes these spirits appear as officious

to be of assistance. d6 Spirit Guardian 1 A half-orc enforcer called Joey Plantain, missing his right arm 2 A disgraced tax collector named Nibbin Clutchquill 3 An overly

Studies and Philosophy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

fundamental conflict at the heart of Lorehold’s philosophy. This conflict revolves around the forces that underlie and drive history. Is the course of time driving toward a well-ordered ideal state or

—law, religion, economics, education, social class, and so on—and how those structures drive historical events. Order focuses on systemic changes and the actions of people collectively. The perspective

Nilbog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

trickster deity who was determined to get the last laugh. Although its essence was shattered by Maglubiyet, this trickster god survives in splintered form as a possessing spirit that arises when goblinoids

other deities. They call the possessing spirit, and the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (“goblin” spelled backward), and they revel in the fear that a nilbog sows among the ranks of the bugbears and

Half-Elves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

by the rise of House Lyrandar and House Medani. In making a half-elf character, think about whether you were born into a Khoravar community, or if you were born to parents of different races. Is your

half-elf identity a source of pride, or something that has been difficult for you? The elves of Aerenal have never allowed a half-elf into the Undying Court, and the Valenar elves don’t consider half-elves to be capable of channeling a Valenar ancestral spirit.

Nilbog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

fearless of reprisal. This nilbog also gains strange powers that drive others to do the opposite of what they desire. Attacking the possessed goblin is foolhardy, and killing them just prompts the spirit

other deities. They call the possessing spirit, as well as the goblin possessed by it, a nilbog (“goblin” spelled backward), and they revel in the chaos a nilbog sows. Whenever goblinoids form a host

Types of Hauntings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Types of Hauntings The Spirit of Lady Theodora Halvhrest When the party enters the house, few menaces initially present themselves. As characters explore, though, spirits gradually stir to life

third séance (see the following “Séances” section). Use ambient haunts and the atmosphere-building tips from earlier in this chapter to drive the adventure toward a dramatic scene where it feels

9. Study and Library

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

as a thief when one of his prize tomes was misplaced. Ilda died not long after Diderius, and her spirit returned here to act as caretaker to his great stores of knowledge. Ilda is not violent except

creature whose spirit is tied to the world out of anguish, and any interaction with Ilda should be a precarious process of talking to a character who might fly off the handle at any moment. She might vanish

Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

mortal races. The farther away from nature their actions take them, the more corrupting their influence becomes. As druids, we seek mainly to protect and educate, to preserve the Great Balance, but

embody these natural forces, producing magical phenomena that link them to the spirit of nature and the flow of life. Because of their strange and mysterious power, druids are often revered, shunned

Uthgardt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

ascending to godhood. In addition to revering Uthgar, each tribe venerates a totem animal spirit after which the tribe is named. Numerous Uthgardt tribes have been vanquished over the years, and at

its hunting grounds — territory that often overlaps with the hunting grounds of other Uthgardt tribes as well as land claimed by civilized races, orcs, dragons, goblinoids, and other creatures

9. Study and Library

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

master, but was mistakenly banished as a thief when one of his prize tomes was misplaced. Ilda died not long after Diderius, and her spirit returned here to act as caretaker to his great stores of

still be harrowing. This is a creature whose spirit is tied to the world out of anguish, and any interaction with Ilda should be a precarious process of talking to a character who might fly off the

Travelers in the Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

likewise be remarkable or have a desperate reason to have braved the Mists. Learning about such wanderers can drive the characters from a single adventure into a larger campaign that explores other

carrying a message from the Keepers of the Feather 4 Curious members of the Keepers of the Feather led by a wereraven (see chapter 5) in disguise 5 A band of Vistani 6 A spirit that cries out before being yanked back into the Mists, leaving behind a Mist talisman

Chapter 3: Player Options

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

the entrepreneurial spirit of the campaign by using this material to inspire ideas of your own. Do you want to embrace the feel of Acq Inc right from the get-go? Consider one of the new backgrounds in

environment? We’ve got the advice and narrative options you need. This chapter also presents a new race inspired by the chaotic drive to achieve that underlies every Acq Inc campaign, as well as a number of

19. Steering Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes. This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of Esclarotta

, who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or

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