game changing living

Magic Jar

Spells Player’s Handbook

returning to your living body (and ending the spell) or attempting to possess a Humanoid’s body. You can attempt to possess any Humanoid within 100 feet of you that you can see (creatures warded

game statistics. Meanwhile, the possessed creature’s soul can perceive from the container using its own senses, but it can’t move and it is Incapacitated. While possessing a body, you can

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

roll the prophecy die and add the number rolled to the total, potentially changing the outcome. The blessing ends after 1 hour or when the living portent ends the blessing (no action required) or uses

power to defy death. RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.

Tlacatecolo

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

transforms into a Medium owl, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the tlacatecolo is reduced to 0 hit points or if it uses its action to end it. Plague

mortals. These fiends spread an affliction that leaches heat and life from the living, dispersing it upon winds that rattle like a gasp from a frozen body. Sunlight staves off the disease, but those affected rarely survive the dark of night.Cold, Poison

Haint

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

appearance of the Humanoid it was in life, while retaining its game statistics. The assumed appearance ends if the haint is reduced to 0 hit points or uses an action to end it.Rising from the

a living creature. These spirits might mistakenly view innocents as those who killed them or entreat mortals to exact revenge on their behalf.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Fire, Thunder; Bludgeoning

Emerald Enclave Caretaker

Backgrounds Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

your fellow Emerald Enclave members or by yourself, you’ve learned essential skills for living with the land: how to track game, where to forage for useful herbs, and even how to forecast the

Gremorly's Ghost

Monsters The Book of Many Things

, Wisdom, Charisma, and immunity to the charmed and frightened conditions. He otherwise uses the target’s game statistics, but Gremorly doesn’t gain access to the target’s knowledge

’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

creature to take his place. If the creature accepts, it is transformed into a noble djinni. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by those of Nafas (including this trait), though it

circumstance, Nafas relies on adventurers—whom he considers the living manifestations of a wish granted—to respond to these calls. To friendly adventurers and weary travelers along the

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

power manifests visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with

normal rate.Cold, NecroticChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the

Ancient Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon’s psionic power manifests visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back

, but new ones form at a normal rate.Cold, NecroticChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

. — Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Dragons of Autumn Twilight Elves are a magical people of otherworldly grace, living in the world but not entirely part of it. They live in places of

skill with sword, bow, and strategy. Hidden Woodland Realms Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and

Magic Jar Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

living body (and ending the spell) or attempting to possess a humanoid's body. You can attempt to possess any humanoid within 100 feet of you that you can see (creatures warded by a protection from evil

container. On a success, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can't attempt to possess it again for 24 hours. Once you possess a creature's body, you control it. Your game statistics

Duergar

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Duergar are dwarves whose ancestors were transformed by centuries living in the deepest places of the Underdark. That chthonic realm is saturated with strange magical energy, and over generations

identifies the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. A race tells you what your character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For

character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid

Giff

Species Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

crowds. They're also natural swimmers. Most giff believe they originated on one world, but their home world is now the stuff of legend, because no living giff has seen it or knows where it is. The

character is a member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation

Living Portent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it. Reactions Price of

Living Portent Living portents are embodiments of prophecy sent by deities or other cosmic forces. These Celestials descend to Material Plane worlds in the form of falling stars. When the living

Emherst

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

stage. Every “resident” is an in-character actor, and most are younger than thirty, including those playing aged roles. These are students of the Emherst School of Living Theater located in the

” week. As actors refuse to break character, outsiders find the performances changing around them to incorporate their interactions with the community. Ruthless competition for prime roles leads to tragedy, the appearance of tragedy, or individual breaks with reality.

Dungeon Master Toolbox

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Dungeon Master Toolbox The first five chapters provide tools for DMs: Chapter 1: Fool. This chapter includes a history of the deck in D&D—illustrating both the deck’s importance and its ever-changing

nature—and a summary of the book’s contents. Chapter 2: Key. This vital chapter advises you on introducing the deck and using it in a campaign without breaking your game! Chapter 3: Balance. Cards

Fifth Edition

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

deck has been in every edition of D&D, but there is no single “best” version of the deck. It has always been changing, and it always will. When you include the deck in your game, tailor it to your table

doesn’t change the game effects of these cards. Idiot. This card has been renamed Puzzle, inspiring the puzzles, riddles, and traps found in chapter 4. Vizier. This card has been renamed Sage, inspiring the character options, spells, and magic items in chapter 7.

Life in Umizu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

consult ancestral spirits before making life-changing decisions, but the perspectives of the dead can be just as flawed as those of the living. Disagreements in large family clans sometimes result in

battles involving hundreds of ancestor spirits, with tumultuous consequences for their living descendants. Seasonal Misfortune The Demon Festival kicks off the summer monsoon season, marking a city-wide

Hidden Woodland Realms

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

Hidden Woodland Realms Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and magic allow them to support themselves

good living by trading crafted items for metals (which they have no interest in mining). Elves encountered outside their own lands are commonly traveling minstrels, artists, or sages. Human nobles compete for the services of elf instructors to teach swordplay or magic to their children.

Hidden Woodland Realms

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

Hidden Woodland Realms Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and magic allow them to support themselves

good living by trading crafted items for metals (which they have no interest in mining). Elves encountered outside their own lands are commonly traveling minstrels, artists, or sages. Human nobles compete for the services of elf instructors to teach swordplay or magic to their children.

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points

with whom they have alliances or enmities. Their lairs are highly individual. Some are woven from networks of living fungus. Others are built upon the ruins of ancient cities or carved into caves near

Using Your Journal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Using Your Journal Use your journal to plan out your next game session (see “Preparing a Session” in chapter 1). Then, when the game session is over, use the journal to capture anything else of

importance that might have bearing on future sessions, such as the name of an NPC you created on the fly or a critical piece of information the characters learned. During a game session, you can use your

Floon Blagmaar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

drinking and carousing. He gets by on his looks and doesn’t know what to do with his life, and has shown little interest in working for a living. Game Statistics Floon is a chaotic good Illuskan human commoner with an Intelligence of 7 (−2) and a Charisma of 13 (+1). He speaks Common.

The Radiant Citadel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Radiant Citadel

hope. It’s a living relic of the ingenuity and collaboration of twenty-seven great civilizations. Abandoned and lost for ages, the Citadel was resurrected from its slumber and reclaimed by descendants of

Citadel’s founding civilizations. In the haze of the Ethereal Plane, the Auroral Diamond is a scintillating beacon visible from leagues away. The diamond itself seems to have moods, changing colors

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Change Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0

alliances or enmities. Their lairs are highly individual. Some are woven from networks of living fungus. Others are built upon the ruins of ancient cities or carved into caves near underground lakes. Deep

The Radiant Citadel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

The Radiant Citadel Gathering Place of Strangers and Stories Against the unending mist and unseen terrors of the Ethereal Plane, the Radiant Citadel stands bright as a bastion of hope. It’s a living

founding civilizations. In the haze of the Ethereal Plane, the Auroral Diamond is a scintillating beacon visible from leagues away. The diamond itself seems to have moods, changing colors unpredictably, but

Settlements and Sites

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

and take their plunder sparingly, or the wrath of the Darklord will surely find them. Valachan has no established roads, but well-traveled game trails snake through the dense forest, marked out by

generations of inhabitants. These paths are easily spotted by those who know how to look for them. Every living thing in Valachan generates wily camouflage, venom, spines, tricks, or traps. Nothing here is safe, defenseless, or as it seems.Map 3.14: valachan View Player Version

Quandrix Campus

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

Hall’s architecture is mapped to an ever-changing three-dimensional grid, which slowly evolves. Some Quandrix faculty members insist that mage-students shouldn’t linger too long inside the hall, lest

numerical possibilities. ESIX, FRACTAL BLOOM Tasked with devising an infinite equation, a group of Quandrix students accidentally created Esix, a living theorem obsessed with infinity. Over the years

What If Everyone Dies?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

What If Everyone Dies? Misadventure can wipe out an entire group. (You’ll sometimes hear players refer to this as a “total party kill” or “TPK.”) Such a catastrophe doesn’t have to end the whole game

—rather, it presents an opportunity to take the game in a new direction. Consider these possibilities. A Fresh Start Everyone makes new characters, and the campaign starts anew. This might be the most

Part 1: Master of Worlds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

game, you make that world your own over the course of a campaign. The world where you set your campaign is one of countless worlds that make up the D&D multiverse, a vast array of planes and worlds where

, game products, and digital games are assumed to take place. The world is yours to change as you see fit and yours to modify as you explore the consequences of the players’ actions. Your world is

11. Midna's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

exploding out of a spellbook and changing a wizard into a gibbering mouther. 11b. Master of the Unseen Flickering torchlight created by continual flame spells spills out of this room into the hall. The 15

human priest of Shar) relaxes in one of several overstuffed chairs in the middle of the room, waited on by nine living unseen servants (see appendix A). Around her neck, she wears two holy symbols: one

Underworld Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

all the memories and skills it enjoyed in life. In all respects, it is identical to its living self, including its game statistics. Though souls can enjoy the acts of eating, drinking, and sleeping

section examines fates and features of the Underworld, including how the living and the dead might interact with this grim land and its inhabitants. Methods of escaping this supposedly final resting

Witherbloom Faculty

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

colorful metaphors. Lisette believes in preserving nature and life, and she instills in her students a respect for all living things. While Dean Valentin’s exploitation of living creatures disgusts her

, she also knows she can use the results of his cruelty to help future lives. Valentin, Dean of the Vein Dean Valentin (neutral vampire) is ancient and drinks the blood of living creatures throughout the

Middle Dura

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

the dozens of permanent shops and smithies, the streets of the bazaar are an ever-changing tapestry of stalls and tents. It’s said that you can find anything here, if you’re not too worried about

Conquer. One of Sharn’s only game stores. It does most of its business in cards and dice. 7 The Old Apothecary. Selling supplies for herbalists and alchemists, this claims to be Bazaar’s oldest shop. 8

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