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Player’s Handbook
, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest's Pack, and 7 GP; or (B) 110 GP
Clerics draw power from the realms of the gods and harness it to work miracles. Blessed by a deity, a pantheon, or another immortal entity
devotion through prayer and rituals, not through magic. Many mortals claim to speak for the gods, but few can marshal the power of those gods the way a Cleric can.
Becoming a Cleric...
As a Level 1
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
The rounded head of this flail is perforated with tiny holes, arranged in symbols and patterns. The flail counts as a holy symbol for you. When you hit with an attack using this magic flail, the
target takes an extra 1d8 radiant damage.
As a bonus action, you can speak the command word to cause the flail to emanate a thin cloud of incense out to 10 feet for 1 minute. At the start of each of your
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (3 slots): bless, cure wounds, sanctuary
Channel Divinity: Turn Undead. As an action, Erky may present his holy symbol and speak a prayer censuring the undead. Each undead
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
You are haunted by something so terrible that you dare not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail. Whatever this thing is that haunts you can’t be slain
hunter's pack (containing a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three stake (wooden);wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a holy water (flask);flask of holy water, a manacles; set of manacles, a mirror, steel;steel
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
damage from holy water, this trait doesn't function at the start of Tloques-Popolocas next turn.
Spider Climb. Tloques-Popolocas can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
form, Tloques-Popolocas can't speak, its walking speed is 5 feet, and he has a flying speed of 30 feet. His statistics, other than his size and speed, are unchanged. Anything he's wearing transforms
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
speak, his walking speed is 5 feet, and he has a flying speed of 30 feet. His statistics, other than his size and speed, are unchanged. Anything he is wearing transforms with him, but nothing he is
carrying does. He reverts to his true form if he dies.
While in mist form, Zorak can't take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. He is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can hover, and can
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
running water. If the vampire takes radiant damage or damage from holy water, this trait doesn't function at the start of the vampire's next turn.
Shapechanger. If the vampire isn’t in sunlight, it
can use its action to polymorph into a Large hyena or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form.
While in hyena form, the vampire can’t speak, and its walking speed is 50 feet. Its
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Abbot retains its game statistics and ability to speak, but its AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and special senses are replaced by those of the new form, and it gains any statistics and
nameless holy figure, whom others call the Abbot, was drawn to the abbey after Saint Markovia died by Strahd's hand. He sought to restore the abbey after it fell to corruption, but was himself
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can't speak, her walking speed is 5 feet, and she has a flying speed of 30 feet. Her statistics, other than her size and speed, are unchanged. Anything she is wearing transforms with her, but nothing she
is carrying does. She reverts to her true form if she dies.
While in mist form, Keresta can't take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. It is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can hover
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
bat or wolf form, Strahd can’t speak. In bat form, his walking speed is 5 feet, and he has a flying speed of 30 feet. In wolf form, his walking speed is 40 feet. His statistics, other than his
actions, speak, or manipulate objects. He is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can hover, and can enter a hostile creature’s space and stop there. In addition, if air can pass through a
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
agenda similar to that of the Harpers. Its methods are vastly different, however: bearers of the gauntlet are holy warriors on a righteous quest to crush evil and promote justice, and they never hide
, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
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I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4
Nothing can shake my optimistic
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric&mdash
, or even an occult group that served a fiendish master that you now deny.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
transformation. Your alignment becomes lawful good, and you gain the following traits:
Angelic Language. You can speak, read, and write Celestial.
Celestial Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic and
.
Holy Light. The sword sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet. Fiends find the sword’s light disconcerting and painful, even if they can’t see it, and
Acolyte
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and
.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of
Vampire Warrior
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
vampire can't speak, its walking speed is 5 feet, and it has a flying speed of 30 feet. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are unchanged. Anything it is wearing transforms with it, but nothing
it is carrying does. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
While in mist form, the vampire can't take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. It is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can
Vampire
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
, the vampire can’t speak, its walking speed is 5 feet, and it has a flying speed of 30 feet. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are unchanged. Anything it is wearing transforms with it
, but nothing it is carrying does. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
While in mist form, the vampire can’t take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. It is weightless, has a flying
Vampire Spellcaster
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
vampire can't speak, its walking speed is 5 feet, and it has a flying speed of 30 feet. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are unchanged. Anything it is wearing transforms with it, but nothing
it is carrying does. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
While in mist form, the vampire can't take any actions, speak, or manipulate objects. It is weightless, has a flying speed of 20 feet, can
magic-items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
some fell goal.
The wand is topped with a skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the grip of its user. All Holy Water
Death
3
Power Word Kill
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Speak with Dead
1
While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0
Bugbear
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
One useful trick: if ye face bugbears who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything.
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natural state. Thanks to Grankhul, they can use their size and strength to work as stealthy assassins rather than blundering around like ogres.
Bullying, murder, and engaging in battle are all holy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, residents of towns with high concentrations of devils tend to also speak Infernal, while those in locales frequented by angels prefer to trumpet their holy praise in Celestial.
Language Like Sigil, the Outlands are home to speakers of every language, but creatures generally speak Common. Still, certain locations attract those who favor a particular tongue. For example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, residents of towns with high concentrations of devils tend to also speak Infernal, while those in locales frequented by angels prefer to trumpet their holy praise in Celestial.
Language Like Sigil, the Outlands are home to speakers of every language, but creatures generally speak Common. Still, certain locations attract those who favor a particular tongue. For example
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Haunted One You are haunted by something so terrible that you dare not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail. Whatever this thing is that haunts you can’t be slain
pack for 33 gp, which is cheaper than buying the items in it individually. It includes a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Haunted One You are haunted by something so terrible that you dare not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail. Whatever this thing is that haunts you can’t be slain
chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), one trinket of special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Haunted One You are haunted by something so terrible that you dare not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail. Whatever this thing is that haunts you can’t be slain
pack for 33 gp, which is cheaper than buying the items in it individually. It includes a chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Haunted One You are haunted by something so terrible that you dare not speak of it. You’ve tried to bury it and run away from it, to no avail. Whatever this thing is that haunts you can’t be slain
chest, a crowbar, a hammer, three wooden stakes, a holy symbol, a flask of holy water, a set of manacles, a steel mirror, a flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torches), one trinket of special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Horn of Blasting Wondrous item, rare You can use an action to speak the horn’s command word and then blow the horn, which emits a thunderous blast in a 30-foot cone that is audible 600 feet away
percent chance of causing the horn to explode. The explosion deals 10d6 fire damage to the blower and destroys the horn. Left to Right: Holy Avenger, Horn of Blasting, Immovable Rod, and Horn of Valhalla
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
a holy symbol for you. When you hit with an attack using this magic flail, the target takes an extra 1d8 radiant damage. As a bonus action, you can speak the command word to cause the flail to emanate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
across its face, its feeble mouth babbling even though it can’t speak. Lemure
Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil
Armor Class 7
Hit Points 13 (3d8)
Speed 15 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
5
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Infernal but can’t speak
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the lemure’s darkvision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
across its face, its feeble mouth babbling even though it can’t speak. Lemure
Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil
Armor Class 7
Hit Points 13 (3d8)
Speed 15 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
5
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Infernal but can’t speak
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the lemure’s darkvision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
True Resurrection 9th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a sprinkle of holy water and diamonds worth at least 25,000 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration
organs and limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
True Resurrection 9th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a sprinkle of holy water and diamonds worth at least 25,000 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration
organs and limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Understands Infernal but can’t speak
CR 0 (XP 10; PB +2)
Traits
Hellish Restoration. If the lemure dies in the Nine Hells, it revives with all its Hit Points in 1d10 days unless it is killed by a creature
under the effects of a Bless spell or its remains are sprinkled with Holy Water.
Actions
Vile Slime. Melee Attack Roll: +2, reach 5 ft. Hit: 2 (1d4) Poison damage.
John Tedrick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
a holy symbol for you. When you hit with an attack using this magic flail, the target takes an extra 1d8 radiant damage. As a bonus action, you can speak the command word to cause the flail to emanate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
True Resurrection 9th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a sprinkle of holy water and diamonds worth at least 25,000 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration
organs and limbs. If the creature was undead, it is restored to its non-undead form. The spell can even provide a new body if the original no longer exists, in which case you must speak the creature’s name. The creature then appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 10 feet of you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Horn of Blasting Wondrous item, rare You can use an action to speak the horn’s command word and then blow the horn, which emits a thunderous blast in a 30-foot cone that is audible 600 feet away
percent chance of causing the horn to explode. The explosion deals 10d6 fire damage to the blower and destroys the horn. Left to Right: Holy Avenger, Horn of Blasting, Immovable Rod, and Horn of Valhalla