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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
illusion of a creature, determined by rolling on the Deck of Illusions table, forms over the thrown card and remains until dispelled. The illusory creature created by the card looks and behaves like a
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Erinyes
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Ettin
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Fire Giant
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Frost Giant
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Gnoll Warrior
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Goblin Warrior
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Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
trust Omin Dran. Wait, that’s two pieces of advice. You owe me.
Sometimes a goblin can’t catch a break. First, you fall in with a cult that works for the release of a death god. Then
you get taken prisoner by a group of sociopathic adventurers who end up letting you die after you save their sorry lives. One minute, you’re a dead goblin named Splug. And then you’re alive
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
them.
Bavlorna has the ability to conjure minions that look like tiny versions of herself.
Bavlorna has two sisters whom she loathes. Together, the three hags form the Hourglass Coven.
Using an
artifact called Iggwilv's Cauldron, the coven has frozen time in Zybilna’s palace, trapping the archfey inside.
A goblin named Jingle Jangle has the key to Sir Talavar’s birdcage. She lives
Water Weird
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
those its summoner declares as off limits. When slain, a water weird becomes an inanimate pool of water.
Good and Evil Weirds. Like most elementals, a water weird has no concept of good or evil
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
circlet of blasting, or the like) and learned how to use it.
Booyahg Whip. Khurgorbaeyag saw fit to gift this goblin with powers that enable it to dominate others. The goblin has 1d3 other goblins
cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids
Tiefling
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Basic Rules (2014)
eyes. “You fight it, don’t you? Like a little wildcat, I wager. Every little jab and comment just sharpens your claws.”
— Erin M. Evans, Brimstone Angels
To be greeted with
horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Hobgoblins trace their origins to the ancient courts of the Feywild, where they first appeared with their goblin and bugbear kin. Many of them were driven from the Feywild by the conquering god
hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks of devoted soldiers famed for their unity.
Hobgoblins are generally taller than their goblin cousins but not quite as big as bugbears. They have curved
Backgrounds
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: One type of musical instrument
Languages: One of your choice of Elvish, Gnomish, Goblin, or Sylvan
Equipment: A musical instrument (one of your choice), a set of
and gained a fey mark, determined by rolling on the Fey Mark table.
Fey Mark
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Fey Mark
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Your eyes swirl with iridescent colors.
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You have a sweet scent, like that of
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
The Feywild is home to many fantastic peoples, including fairies. Fairies are a wee folk, but not nearly as much so as their pixie and sprite friends. The first fairies spoke Elvish, Goblin, or
Sylvan, and encounters with human visitors prompted many of them to learn Common as well.
Infused with the magic of the Feywild, most fairies look like Small elves with insectile wings, but each fairy has
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. “I came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this
they came to Khorvaire, they battled the champions of the goblin empire. The greatest heroes of those struggles live on after death, known as the patron ancestors. When you became an adult, one of
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
eyes. “You fight it, don’t you? Like a little wildcat, I wager. Every little jab and comment just sharpens your claws.”
— Erin M. Evans, Brimstone Angels
To be greeted with
horns like a ram, others have straight and tall horns like a gazelle’s, and some spiral upward like an antelopes’ horns. They have thick tails, four to five feet long, which lash or coil
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FEATURE: ADEPT LINGUIST
You can communicate with humanoids who don’t speak any language you know. You must observe the
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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
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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Caerys held her double blade in the falcon guard, level with her shoulders and spreading out like wings. “I came in search of legends. Ten thousand years ago Daealyth of Taeri stood this
they came to Khorvaire, they battled the champions of the goblin empire. The greatest heroes of those struggles live on after death, known as the patron ancestors. When you became an adult, one of
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
-hearted killer, or a visionary in search of meaning.
Living Steel and Stone
Warforged are formed from a blend of organic and inorganic materials. Root-like cords infused with alchemical fluids serve as
deeper meaning.
The typical warforged has a sexless body shape. Some warforged ignore the concept of gender entirely, while others adopt a gender identity.
The more a warforged develops its
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
’s march of progress.
Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Athletics
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: Choose one of Draconic, Giant, Goblin, or Sylvan
work in a raid, but seems to think that I’m not like other Gruul.
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I foolishly borrowed money from an Orzhov syndic to indulge a shameful vice.
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A close friend left our clan and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Languages: Choose one of Draconic, Goblin, or Vedalken
Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools
Equipment: An Izzet insignia, one set of artisan’s tools, the charred
pursuits, and others just like explosions.
Personality Traits
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Personality Trait
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I have a hard time staying focused on … oh, and my brain tends to jump from one &hellip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and bugbears, like to bully goblins into submission. Goblins are lazy and undisciplined, making them poor servants, laborers, and guards. “If you want soldiers or thugs, hire hobgoblins. If you want
all manner of wickedness. Leaders and Followers. Goblins are ruled by the strongest or smartest among them. A goblin boss might command a single lair, while a goblin king or queen (who is nothing more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Appendix E: Concept Gallery Just as most adventurers don’t walk into a dragon’s lair without a plan, neither were D&D’s iconic monsters developed without considerable forethought. This gallery
number of designs focused on threats integral to the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. This includes explorations of well-known Forgotten Realms villains, like the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Appendix E: Concept Gallery Just as most adventurers don’t walk into a dragon’s lair without a plan, neither were D&D’s iconic monsters developed without considerable forethought. This gallery
number of designs focused on threats integral to the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. This includes explorations of well-known Forgotten Realms villains, like the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Appendix E: Concept Gallery Just as most adventurers don’t walk into a dragon’s lair without a plan, neither were D&D’s iconic monsters developed without considerable forethought. This gallery
number of designs focused on threats integral to the Tyranny of Dragons campaign. This includes explorations of well-known Forgotten Realms villains, like the Cult of the Dragon and the Red Wizards of Thay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the concept for your monster. What makes it unique? Where does it live? What role do you want it to serve in your adventure, your campaign, or your world? What does it look like? Does it have any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, which means “Ever-Gnawing” in Goblin. Spellix was repulsed by the goblins’ squalor and took pity on them. Abandoning all concern for his former mates, whom he didn’t particularly like anyway, Spellix
Secret of Chief Yarb-Gnock Ruling a goblin horde is a thankless job. That’s a hard lesson for a rock gnome sorcerer to learn. Five years ago, before Icewind Dale became the perpetually frozen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dwellers, while the goblins fight to keep it open. Admission into the goblin bazaar is free, but non-goblinoids are closely watched. The goblin boss, Yek, recently found a magic circlet that transformed him
like to see Yek returned to normal. They might conspire with adventurers toward that end, offering them the circlet as a reward for undoing Yek’s “curse.”
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discoveries is that their physical forms change as they age, signifying that the mutative power of That-Which-Endures is not done with them. The first verdan emerged from the Underdark as creatures of goblin
spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind
Firbolg
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
world.
A few rare firbolgs are entrusted by their clan with an important mission that takes them beyond their homes. These firbolgs feel like pilgrims in a strange land, and usually they wish only to
adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Running This Chapter This chapter kicks off once the characters venture into Wave Echo Cave, shown on map 4.1. The characters need not face significant dangers on their way to the cave. If you’d like
to make the journey more interesting, consider rolling on the Triboar Trail Random Encounters table in chapter 3. Reroll a result of “Cragmaw goblin band” since the characters dealt with the goblins in that chapter.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
“Lick the floor!” and “Roll like a dog!” The bugbears here are bullying their goblin slave. This barracks contains four roughly built wooden bunks, with heaped-up blankets and dirty dishes scattered
9. Guard Barracks A character who listens at this door with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check hears several gruff voices issuing demeaning commands in the Goblin tongue. Examples include
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
drawings are crude renderings of the green dragon Valdemar, the archdruid Wyllow, and her tree-like tower. One werebat points to specific drawings as it recalls the story of how the goblin tribe
16. Werebat Caves These dark, rough-hewn caves have rubble-strewn floors and 30-foot-high ceilings. In total, nineteen goblin werebats (see appendix A) dwell here. If combat breaks out anywhere in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Karkolohk Locations (K8-K13) K8. Goblin Huts Ramshackle huts cling precariously to the rock face, their rope ladders swaying with every gust of wind.
These huts are secured to the rock face with
contains an adult goblin and 1d6 goblin children (noncombatants). When the fortress comes under attack, the goblins who live here pull up their rope ladders, which makes getting to the huts difficult. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
others. Goblin Names The Goblin language is fond of certain sounds, and goblin names tend to repeat those sounds to form what can sound like nonsense words. A goblin’s name gives no indication of
Goblin
KARL KOPINSKI
Whether sniveling in fear, cackling with mad laughter, or snarling in a fury, goblins are wretched and inconsequential — at least in the eyes of most of Ravnica’s other folk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M8. Endelyn’s Mask Collection The walls of this room are adorned with wooden masks, most of which look like shocked goblin faces. Dozens of masks hang neatly from hooks on the walls, and several more
are stowed haphazardly on the shelves of an old bookcase.
Two padlocked cages stand in a far corner; one is occupied by a panic-stricken goblin, and the other is empty.
In the middle of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
embodying a concept. Their final work was the Material Plane, where all ideas would become manifest: a realm that could know war and peace, life and death, order and chaos. But cruel Khyber sought ultimate
on the continent of Xen’drik that were devastated by a war with the dragons of Argonnessen. The goblin empire of Dhakaan ruled Khorvaire until its reign was shattered by an invading army of mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
depth varies from a few feet to as much as 30 feet in spots. Characters who trawl the depths for treasure might find the odd bauble here and there, or possibly something more dangerous like a sleeping
hydra. At various points along the river are crude wooden signs, each one carved with the word “Underdark” in Goblin and an arrow pointing downriver.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
he or she looks like and how he or she behaves in general terms. Using the information in the chapter 4 "Personality and Background," you can flesh out your character’s physical appearance and
. Your DM might offer additional backgrounds beyond the ones included in chapter 4, and might be willing to work with you to craft a background that’s a more precise fit for your character concept. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
blasting, or the like) and learned how to use it. Booyahg Whip. Khurgorbaeyag saw fit to gift this goblin with powers that enable it to dominate others. The goblin has 1d3 other goblins that slavishly obey
and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids. Beast Masters and Slave Drivers Goblins