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Player’s Handbook
, providing additional protection to shore up their armor and also allowing them to engage many foes at once with explosive magic.
Support Combat Skills with Arcane Magic
Eldritch Knights combine the martial mastery common to all Fighters with a careful study of magic. Their spells both complement and extend their combat skills
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Light property
Tool Proficiencies
Thieves’ Tools
Armor Training
Light armor
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, 2 Dagger;Daggers, Shortsword, Shortbow
, 20 Arrows, Quiver, Thieves' Tools, Burglar's Pack, and 8 GP; or (B) 100 GP
Rogues rely on cunning, stealth, and their foes’ vulnerabilities to get the upper hand in any situation. They
Classes
Player’s Handbook
armor. Even so, their martial skills are secondary to the magical power they wield: power to heal the injured, smite their foes, and protect the helpless and those who fight at their side.
Almost by
: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields
Starting
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Choose 2: Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Persuasion, Perception, or Survival
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
Light
, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A, B, or C: (A) Chain Mail, Greatsword, Flail, 8 Javelin;Javelins, Dungeoneer's Pack, and 4 GP; (B) Studded Leather;Studded Leather
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Tool Proficiencies
Choose 3 Musical Instruments
Armor Training
Light armor
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Leather;Leather Armor, 2 Dagger
, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic
Classes
Player’s Handbook
: Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and
Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Studded Leather;Studded Leather Armor, Scimitar, Shortsword, Longbow, 20 Arrows, Quiver, Druidic Focus (sprig of mistletoe), Explorer's Pack, and 7 GP
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
of 20, while this marbled pink and green sphere orbits your head.
Ioun Stone of Mastery;Mastery (Legendary). Your Proficiency Bonus increases by 1 while this pale green prism orbits your head.
Ioun
Stone of Protection;Protection (Rare). You gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class while this dusty-rose prism orbits your head.
Ioun Stone of Regeneration;Regeneration (Legendary). You regain 15 Hit Points at
Classes
Player’s Handbook
: Animal Handling, Athletics, Intimidation, Nature, Perception, or Survival
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting
features, which are listed in the Barbarian Features table.
Barbarian Features
Level
Proficiency Bonus
Class Features
Rages
Rage Damage
Weapon Mastery
1
+2
Rage, Unarmored
Classes
Player’s Handbook
’s Tools or Musical Instrument
Armor Training
None
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 5 Dagger;Daggers, Artisan’s Tools or Musical Instrument chosen for the tool
strength into their attacks, with or without the use of weapons. In a Monk’s hands, even the most basic weapons can become sophisticated implements of combat mastery.
Many Monks find that a
Classes
Player’s Handbook
, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield
, a Cleric can reach out to the divine magic of the Outer Planes—where gods dwell—and channel it to bolster people and battle foes.
Because their power is a divine gift, Clerics typically
Classes
Player’s Handbook
, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
None
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) 2 Dagger;Daggers, Staff
Mastery
5
23
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3
3
3
1
1
1
1
19
+6
Epic Boon
5
24
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
20
+6
Signature Spells
5
25
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Wizard Class Features
As a Wizard
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Toxic Mastery. Lohezet ignores a creature’s resistance to poison damage.Multiattack. Lohezet makes three Withering Blast attacks and uses Miasma if it’s available. He can replace one of
will: detect magic, light, prestidigitation
2/day each: dimension door, mage armor
1/day each: arcane eye, dominate person, wall of forceNoxious Rebuke (3/Day). When a creature within 60 feet of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
and roc;rocs to challenge dragons’ mastery of the sky, storm crabs were meant to battle dragon turtles, bronze dragons, and other aquatic foes. On many worlds, these creatures fiercely guard the
water to crush foes.
Giants on some worlds claim Stronmaus or one of his children created storm crabs in the early years of an ancient empire. Just as behir;behirs were created to fight dragons on land
Dragonborn
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Her father stood on the first of the three stairs that led down from the portal, unmoving. The scales of his face had grown paler around the edges, but Clanless Mehen still looked as if he could
wrestle down a dire bear himself. His familiar well-worn armor was gone, replaced by violet-tinted scale armor with bright silvery tracings. There was a blazon on his arm as well, the mark of some
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
stamp out all opposition while richly rewarding those who swear fealty.
Warrior Cult. Cultists of Bane are warriors who wear heavy armor and wield maces, swords, spears, and crossbows. They paint the
right gauntlet of their armor black in honor of their patron. Bane’s clerics wield black maces with heads shaped to look like a closed fist.
Cult Ranks. Bane’s cultists operate according
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Bane are warriors who wear heavy armor and wield maces, swords, spears, and crossbows. They paint the right gauntlet of their armor black in honor of their patron. Bane’s clerics wield black
soldiers who obey all orders without hesitation. They are led by iron consul;iron consuls, cunning field officers who excel at coordinating the fists in combat. The black gauntlet of bane;black gauntlets are the priests who command the consuls.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Headfirst Charge. If the giff moves at least 20 feet in a straight line and ends
enemy strongholds. Each one is adept at softening up the enemy from a distance with firearms before charging into melee to mop up the foes that remain standing.
Giff
It’s easy to spot giff in a
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
an insatiable hunger. These fensir devourers use their great size and strength to overwhelm foes. They can also issue a baleful curse in their final moments.
Fensirs
Long ago, a band of frost
giants led trolls in a campaign to win Annam’s favor by conquering the outer plane of Ysgard. The campaign’s aspirations of conquest quickly failed, but the raiders discovered a key feature of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a fearsome aspect.
Verbeeg craft their own armor and weapons. They prefer thrown spears above all other weapons, and a verbeeg usually has several spears for that purpose.
Marauders. Verbeeg conduct
hill giants and ogres. It's not unusual to find a gang of hill giants and ogres led by a verbeeg, since verbeeg are much smarter than their brutish cousins. Verbeeg also enjoy the company of
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
to strike the foes of the Eternal Flame. The armor forged in these flames welds to the flesh, so while the giant isn’t burned, the armor can’t be removed once donned. When the giant dies, the armor explodes as a final gift from the All-Consuming Fire.Fire
Shrapnel Explosion. When the giant drops to 0 hit points, its armor explodes, destroying the giant’s body and scattering the armor as shrapnel. Creatures within 10 feet of the giant when its
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
wear metal armor, aurumvoraxes prioritize attacking armored foes—whether that armor is metal or not.
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature wearing armor of any type, the aurumvorax regains 4 (1d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
hand
1/day each: dimension door, enlarge/reduce, mage armor, plant growthThe students of Quandrix College—first as Quandrix apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—immerse themselves
in the magic of geometry and metaphysics. Their ultimate goal isn’t mastery, however. Rather, in their projects they explore and expand knowledge without expecting concrete answers. Whether
Feats
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
You are descended from a master of the double-bladed scimitar, and some of that mastery has passed on to you. You gain the following benefits:
Increase your Dexterity or Strength score by 1, to a
maximum of 20.
While you are holding a double-bladed scimitar with two hands, you gain a +1 bonus to Armor Class.
A double-bladed scimitar has the finesse property when you wield it.
To gain
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):
At will: Detect Magic, Mage Armor (self only)
2/day each: Blight, Blindness/Deafness
. Aleron rides a warhorse skeleton with flies buzzing in its gaping eye sockets.
The Grim Champions
The Grim Harrow is led by three powerful entities with the title of grim champion. Each champion
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
subterranean settlements. As defenders of such communities often wear metal armor, aurumvoraxes prioritize attacking armored foes—whether that armor is metal or not.
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature wearing armor of any type, the aurumvorax gains one of the following benefits of its choice:
Frenzy. The aurumvorax has
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
enemies on the ground, and engage flying foes.
The shape of a Skyjek roc's body makes it relatively easy to saddle and ride, and it is typically equipped with armor plating on its head and chest
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
invisible with it.Soulblades are duergar combatants whose mastery of psionics allows them to manifest blades of psychic energy to slice apart their foes.
Duergar
Duergar are dwarves of the deep
Eldritch Knight
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Classes
Player’s Handbook (2014)
The archetypal Eldritch Knight combines the martial mastery common to all fighters with a careful study of magic. Eldritch Knights use magical techniques similar to those practiced by wizards. They
foes at once, extending the fighter’s reach in combat. These knights learn a comparatively small number of spells, committing them to memory instead of keeping them in a spellbook.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, cure wounds, daylight, mage armor
1/day each: hypnotic pattern, tonguesProfessors of radiance call up magic through spoken words and glyphs formed of magically shaped ink and light. The professors
strike at their foes with searing radiance.
These Silverquill teachers seek to inspire greatness in all that they do, pushing their students to look for the good in all things and bring that into the
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
":"force"} force damage.
Spellcasting. The champion casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: Light, Mage Armor (self only), Mage
boast a greater repertoire of spells than their fellows and can radiate an aura of illusions to confuse their foes.
Mages of Usamigaras
The Mages of Usamigaras are Cynidicean spellcasters who
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: minor illusion
2/day each: control water, create or destroy water, mage armor, stone shape
1/day: wall of iceProfessors of perfection combine elemental magic
foes.
These teachers stress attention to fine details, drilling their students on the most minuscule points. The perfect foundation ultimately leads to a flawless work of art, and the professors of
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Instinctive Reflexes. The conduit has advantage on initiative rolls, and it can’t have disadvantage on attack rolls.
Unarmored Defense. While the conduit is wearing no armor and wielding no
Transcendent Order train to act without thinking, eliminating thought behind action. Conduits react with the cadence of the multiverse. Their sharp reflexes border on precognition, allowing them to unconsciously act before their foes.
Fighter
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
Well-Rounded
A human in clanging plate armor holds her shield before her as she runs toward the massed goblins. An elf behind her, clad in studded leather armor, peppers the goblins with arrows loosed from his
Equipment
This 8-foot-tall sculpture of a giant’s hand holding a volcanic glass orb is constructed from weapons, armor, holy symbols, jewelry, and an assortment of other metal objects taken from now-dead
a monument to their triumph over all foes.
You can give this monument to a Giant, who in exchange will perform one favor for you. This favor can be life-threatening to the Giant, but the GM decides just how much the Giant is willing to do in exchange for the monument.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
save DC 15):
At will: dancing lights, friends
2/day each: bane, command, darkness, mage armor
1/day each: tonguesProfessors of shadow wield the linguistic magic of Silverquill College through slicing
wit and debilitating inky shadow. Whether weaving their magic through spoken incantations and scathing insults or through shadows, these teachers break down the resolve of their foes.
The professors