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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Regeneration. As long as the pledgemage has at least 1 hit point remaining, the pledgemage regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn.
Verdant Talisman. At the end of a 10-minute ritual, the
magical potions and talismans, in addition to their spellcasting studies. Their magic ranges from necrotic shadows and withering bursts of poison to flourishing bursts of plant life.
Witherbloom Scholars
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
hit points. An affected creature’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The creature dies if
’s end is an asset waiting to be tapped.
Witherbloom Scholars
Witherbloom College studies the magic inherent in the natural cycle of life and death. Witherbloom professors approach the
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though
many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their studies and travel the world to see history made before their eyes. Their magic can range from spells
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
restoration, mass cure wounds, pass without trace, plant growth, revivify
Summon Nature’s Avatar (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The professor magically summons a Groff. The groff
espouse the philosophy that a thriving system benefits all.
Witherbloom Scholars
Witherbloom College studies the magic inherent in the natural cycle of life and death. Witherbloom professors approach
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their
studies and travel the world to see history made before their eyes. Their magic can range from spells tampering with the flow of time itself to concussive blasts that break through old ruins—to
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, the giant can inscribe a fire rune on an object in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest.Multiattack. The giant makes three Forge Hammer attacks or two Heated Rock attacks.
Forge
Surtur’s name. Some forgecallers prefer to live and work in isolation, seeking the hottest fires in volcanoes’ hearts or the Elemental Plane of Fire to pursue their own crafts and studies
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons’ attentiveness to unusual
emerald dragon.
3
Two balor;balors act as jailers for an ancient emerald dragon imprisoned by a long-dead enemy.
4
An ancient emerald dragon works to summon a solar to get a firsthand account
Hermit
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
case stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp
Life of Seclusion
What was the reason for your isolation, and what
uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the past that could rewrite history. It might be information that would be damaging to the people who consigned you to exile, and
Equipment
, and they have advantage on those checks. The effects of the balm last until the creature finishes a long rest.
A character who studies a sample of balm for 1 week and succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A scroll case stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp
Hermit Origins
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powerful beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the
Kenku
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes.
Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any
tapping a stone to show how bored he is. He plays with his dagger and studies the Lords’ Alliance agent sitting at the bar.” Creating a vocabulary of noises for the other players to decode
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Intro to Stormwreck Isle
Elf Wizard Richard Whitters Your parents identified your magical talent early in your long elven life and arranged for you to be apprenticed to a kindly wizard in the city of Neverwinter. You
excelled at your studies and forged friendships and rivalries with other apprentices. You always had a particular knack for wielding flashy, energetic forces, and you focused your study on the school of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
29. Eye See You! Hanging Shields. Sixteen old shields bearing emblems from long-forgotten human, dwarven, and elven realms hang on the north and south walls of this tunnel.
Scrying Eye. As the
characters traverse the corridor, a large floating eye surrounded by glowing motes of light appears ahead of them. This is one of Halaster’s scrying eyes (see “Halaster’s Lair”). It studies the characters for a minute or two before disappearing without a sound.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cosmic Horror Torments Darklords in this genre are endowed with powers stemming from their studies or ancestry, or granted by ancient numinosities. Darklords in cosmic horror realms commonly suffer
into a long-extinct being or something from the far-flung future.
3 The Darklord sees multiple dimensions at once and is going blind from their incandescence.
4 The Darklord is haunted by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
bears a collection of dusty flasks and beakers. The table is draped in cobwebs and obviously hasn’t been disturbed in a long time. The paraphernalia is meant to distract viewers from the polymorph trap
upon which the table rests (see “Polymorph Traps”).
The chalk scribblings were left by one of Arcturia’s failed apprentices. Any character who studies the markings and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Monastery A monk studies in a monastery in preparation for a life of asceticism. Most of those who enter a monastery make it their home for the rest of their lives, with the exception of adventurers
it looms over a treacherous pass. 2 Your monastery is high in the branches of an immense tree in the Feywild. 3 Your monastery was founded long ago by a cloud giant and is inside a cloud castle that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Faculty The faculty members of Strixhaven are mages and scholars—experts in their various fields and in the use of magic to enhance their studies. They are dedicated to their research and to
themselves over the course of a long career—typically at least twenty years—hope to be recognized with the title of esteemed professor. This honor is bestowed in recognition of groundbreaking research as well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Wizardry There’s a reason most powerful wizards are old. The special formulas of action, item, and sound that produce wizardly magic require precision, and such precision comes only from long
mental barriers in order to achieve ever greater mastery. Of all peoples, elves are perhaps best suited to wizardry. They have centuries of life to devote to their studies, and their trance effectively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. Melissara’s Study Bookcase. A long bookcase with glass doors takes up much of the north wall (see “Bookcase” below).
Desk. A sturdy writing desk covered in stacks of parchment stands against
studies regarding the nature of the Far Realm. The other notes are nonsensical ravings that hint at a fractured mind slowly coming undone. The bottom drawer is sealed with an arcane lock spell cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
School of Illusion You focus your studies on magic that dazzles the senses, befuddles the mind, and tricks even the wisest folk. Your magic is subtle, but the illusions crafted by your keen mind make
dissipates. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Illusory Reality By 14th level, you have learned the secret of weaving shadow magic into your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Background In centuries long past, a common scholar named Kwalish took an unlikely path to becoming one of the most powerful arcane inventors of all time, after his discovery of strange magic in the
Barrier Peaks. His studies of an ancient, crashed planar craft set him on a path that might have seen him rival Ioun and Heward — until his experiments overtook him, and he became lost to the ages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Faerzress-Suffused Fungi The Whorlstone Tunnels are home to two unique kinds of faerzress-suffused mushrooms: bigwigs and pygmyworts. Any character who studies these mushrooms can identify their
pygmywort is a mushroom with a one-inch-long stem and a stubby blue cap with white dots. A creature that eats one can choose to make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw to not be affected by the mushroom’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy The curriculum of Witherbloom College focuses on various sciences, revolving around the life sciences. Biology, ecology, botany, chemistry, and related sciences combine with
and decay. Its traditional name comes from the prominence of vampires within the college, whose conceptions of draining life through the vein have long proven an important counterweight to the growth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
studies are driven by a desire to manipulate reality. Flames Your magical ability stems from a gamble you made with a Fiend—though you’re not sure if you won or lost. Fool You use your arcane prowess to
con unsuspecting individuals. Gem You carry a seemingly ordinary item stolen from a powerful archmage, and it causes inexplicable things to happen around you. Jester You come from a long tradition of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
some developing skills as clerics, rogues, wizards, or other classes. Such characters often come from the sage background and have proficiency in skills that reflect their studies, such as Arcana
this role, as are paladins—as long as they aren’t asked to do things that violate the tenets of their oaths. Marshal. Combat is the specialty of the Marshal, who focuses on enforcing the law of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the orcs of the region. In her studies of the Prophecy, Vvaraak had foreseen a great threat that could be stopped only by the younger races. So she taught the orcs the secret language of the natural
Wardens of the Wood, the Greensingers, and the Ashbound. Today, the Gatekeepers are one of the smaller sects, and many of the sites of their long-ago battles have been abandoned and forgotten. But some Gatekeepers still remain in the Shadow Marches and the Eldeen Reaches, continuing their vigil to this day.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Frost Giant of Evil Water I learned enough about the Temple of Elemental Evil in my studies with Mordenkainen that I regard giants connected to the cult with a healthy amount of respect. When you
these giants, water is a cruel and destructive force that finds its ultimate expression in ice. These cultists of Evil Water often hide their allegiance as long as possible while urging their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. Zaythir is a scholar of the planes who studies the Outlands and the planes beyond. She has guarded the walking castle alone for years. The Castellan. This magical being is Zaythir’s companion and the
repository of learning and a place to study the Outer Planes. It was created by githzerai long ago. Modron. Zaythir was recently visited by a monodrone who called himself R04M. He had been using a mimir (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, the characters need a reason for Lord Neverember to request their help in chapter 1, even if it’s simply because their heroics are widely known. Regardless, 10th-level characters have already had long
documents and items from crafty villains. 5 The character studies and preserves nonmagical historical artifacts and has traveled widely in pursuit of rare items of deep significance. While securing items for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
the west, but it fell long ago and only a few broken arches of masonry remain. The eastern side of the tower is undergoing repair; from here, characters can climb a ladder to ascend to the scaffolds
monsters into the tower. Soapwort’s chamber has long since caved in, and his bed is buried underneath a pile of rubble. Characters who spend at least 30 minutes clearing the wreckage discover humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
knowledge even against a great cataclysm. Tiefling Druid of Stars Star Map 2nd-level Circle of the Stars feature You’ve created a star chart as part of your heavenly studies. It is a Tiny object and can
expending a spell slot. You can do so a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. If you lose the map, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alike, uses commoner statistics. When the characters arrive at the looming stone structure, they are met at the door by Brey, a troubled youth who has a worrying way of staring at people for a long time
characters, she is harried and protests that she has no time for long conversations or prying questions. But as soon as any character mentions Jarme or the Lantern Ghost killings, her attitude changes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Whitters Your parents identified your magical talent early in your long elven life and arranged for you to be apprenticed to a kindly wizard in the city of Neverwinter. You excelled at your studies
graduating from your apprenticeship, you and your peers went your separate ways to focus on your own studies. Recently, you received a letter from one of your colleagues, pointing you toward a source of lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, classrooms and laboratories (mostly used for first-year classes and interdisciplinary studies), and space for social gatherings. Two of the sites on map 1.1 are described elsewhere in the book: Aerojaunt Field
books. The interior of the Biblioplex is vast, with long hallways, archive chambers tall enough to have their own weather, and even pools and moat-passages crossable only by boat. Five lines of beacon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what changed to
beings of the outer planes, or the forces of nature. It could be a site that no one else has ever seen. You might have uncovered a fact that has long been forgotten, or unearthed some relic of the past