merchant shifter with only admire from for long

Shifter

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Shifting (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the shifter takes on a more bestial form for 1 minute or until it dies. The shifter gains 5 temporary hit points. It can make a

noses, pointed ears, and light fur over much of their bodies. When a shifter fully embraces the beast within by “shifting,” these features become even more pronounced.

Returned Kakomantis

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

mouths. These blank surfaces they cover with distinctive golden masks. Returned reenter the world blank and undead. No longer possessing the ability to form long-term memories, they generally can

such cursed relics or with those who try to traffic in them. Finding an unscrupulous merchant willing to trade for Returned masks is rare, as the items are effectively another sapient being’s face

Returned Drifter

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

long-term memories, they generally can’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to

Returned and want nothing to do with such cursed relics or with those who try to traffic in them. Finding an unscrupulous merchant willing to trade for Returned masks is rare, as the items are

Returned Sentry

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

mouths. These blank surfaces they cover with distinctive golden masks. Returned reenter the world blank and undead. No longer possessing the ability to form long-term memories, they generally can

such cursed relics or with those who try to traffic in them. Finding an unscrupulous merchant willing to trade for Returned masks is rare, as the items are effectively another sapient being’s face

Returned Palamnite

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

they cover with distinctive golden masks. Returned reenter the world blank and undead. No longer possessing the ability to form long-term memories, they generally can’t build meaningful

who try to traffic in them. Finding an unscrupulous merchant willing to trade for Returned masks is rare, as the items are effectively another sapient being’s face. Convincing a merchant to buy

Mahadi the Rakshasa

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

curse takes effect whenever the target takes a short or long rest, filling the target’s thoughts with horrible images and dreams. The cursed target gains no benefit from finishing a short or long

, Mahadi loses this action option.Mahadi appears as a wealthy merchant lord. Though extremely powerful, Mahadi doesn’t believe in taking unnecessary risks, particularly in the Nine Hells where he

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval

Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage. Variant Sailor: Pirate

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are rare among them and mustaches even more so. They like to wear simple, comfortable, and practical clothes, favoring bright

, go talk to the farmers and herders and you’ll find good, solid folk. Not that there’s anything wrong with the barons and soldiers—you have to admire their conviction. And by

Failed Merchant

Backgrounds Acquisitions Incorporated

Maybe you come from a long line of merchants. Perhaps you were an entrepreneur. Regardless, your ventures ended poorly. Whether it was because of outside influences, bad luck, or simply because your

: Investigation, Persuasion Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools Languages: Any one of your choice Equipment: One set of artisan’s tools, merchant’s scale, a set of fine

Fisher

Backgrounds Ghosts of Saltmarsh

work ethic, and they admire others who earn their living honestly. Fishers tend to be superstitious, forming attachments to particular fishing lures or special fishing spots. They have a connection

nature. 2 My friends are my crew; we sink or float together. 3 I need long stretches of quiet to clear my head. 4 Rich folk don’t know the satisfaction of hard work. 5 I

Knight Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working

inheritance that no one cares what you do, as long as you don’t embarrass the family? How does the head of your family feel about your adventuring career? Are you in your family’s good graces, or

Noble Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working

inheritance that no one cares what you do, as long as you don’t embarrass the family? How does the head of your family feel about your adventuring career? Are you in your family’s good graces, or

Soldier Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

War has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the

standing army, a town guard, or a village militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion

, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food. In good times, a bugbear gang

Shifter Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

(minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You also gain additional benefits that depend on your shifter subrace, described below. Once you shift, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest

Shifter Traits Your shifter character has the following traits. Age. Shifters are quick to mature both physically and emotionally, reaching young adulthood at age 10. They rarely live to be more than

Folk Hero Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

disaster. 3 I stood alone against a terrible monster. 4 I stole from a corrupt merchant to help the poor. 5 I led a militia to fight off an invading army. 6 I broke into a tyrant

arguments. 5 I’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others. 6 Thinking is for other people. I prefer action. 7 I misuse long words in an attempt

Shifter Traits

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

(minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You also gain additional benefits that depend on your shifter subrace, described below. Once you shift, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest

Shifter Traits Your shifter character has the following traits. Age. Shifters are quick to mature both physically and emotionally, reaching young adulthood at age 10. They rarely live to be more than

Shifter Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Shifter Traits As a shifter, you have the following racial traits. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You are Medium. Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet. Bestial Instincts. Channeling the

shift a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Whenever you shift, you gain an additional benefit based on one of the following

Sailor - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval vessel, a ship of discovery, or a pirate ship? How famous (or infamous) is it? Is it widely traveled? Is it still sailing, or is it missing and presumed lost

that will meet your every need. Your Dungeon Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew

Rumors in Red Larch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. Larmon hangs around Gaelkur’s. He can guide the characters to the site where he found the graves, but he insists on waiting until morning. An Amnian merchant heading north on the Long Road stopped

from Endrith Vallivoe, a local shopkeeper drinking in the Swinging Sword, who bought one of the books from a merchant recently arrived from Womford. Four new graves — simple rock cairns, really — have

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

they use for everyone who shares your origin. The folk of Kara-Tur occasionally travel to Faerûn as diplomats or to forge trade relations with prosperous merchant cartels. You might have come

course, you followed an equally long route when you came north from your place of birth. Though it isn’t unusual for Zakharans to visit the southern extremes of Faerûn for trading purposes, few

Other Nonplayer Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

. He is suspicious of everyone and makes outrageous accusations at the drop of a hat. Beyd Sechepol (Male Half-Elf Merchant). Ale and beer are so common that not much money can be made hauling them long

this way. She is friendly, if somewhat quiet, as long as the conversation stays away from her past. Lai Angesstun (Male Gold Dwarf Merchant). This ambitious merchant is hauling scented cooking oil and

Merchants' Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

Merchants’ Ward The western half of the city is called the Merchants’ Ward because it’s the site of the Grand Souk and because many of the merchant princes’ villas are there. In general, this is the

upper-class section of the city. The majority of the city’s merchants and traders actually live and work in the Market Ward. 4. Goldenthrone This palace serves as the meeting place for the merchant

Baldur's Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

, characters might have just a few days to wait in Baldur’s Gate, or up to a tenday. Most of that time should be spent contacting a merchant recommended by Frume and arranging affairs so they can spot the

he sells all the material needed for long-distance freight hauling: wagons, rope, netting, grease, chains, wheels, and so on. His shop also repairs wagons. He is not directly involved in the hiring of

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Mercenaries, private guards, Watch soldiers, and members of the Flaming Fist number among just a few of the many soldiers on the streets of Baldur’s Gate. War has been your life for as long as

militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation Tool Proficiencies: One type of

Noble - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working

inheritance that no one cares what you do, as long as you don’t embarrass the family? How does the head of your family feel about your adventuring career? Are you in your family’s good graces, or

Chapter 4: On the Road

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

Chapter 4: On the Road The treasure looted from the Greenfields is headed north on the Trade Way, hidden in unmarked freight wagons that are part of the regular merchant traffic of that well

-traveled road. The heroes must find out where all that loot is going, which means taking a long, danger-filled trip northward. The characters should travel from the abandoned cult camp southeast of Greenest

Setting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

’ travel through the wilderness. One good example is the Great Alluvial Sand Wastes. The long-lost dwarven citadel of Tyar-Besil lies beneath the rocky badlands about 30 to 40 miles northwest of the village

-Besil lies. Rivergard Keep is admittedly a little problematic in a desert world, but the solution is simple: It lies on the dusty banks of a river long dried up. The Crushing Wave cultists occupying

Azure Sea

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Azure Sea The Azure Sea has long been a turbulent body of water in every sense. Its storms have sent countless ships to their doom, and warfare of one sort of another is conducted across its surface

Azure Sea, merchant vessels can reach almost every important trading realm in the world of Greyhawk. Shipwrecks The waters of the Azure Sea have claimed many ships, whether through natural causes or as

Small and Practical

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

. Halflings’ skin ranges from tan to pale with a ruddy cast, and their hair is usually brown or sandy brown and wavy. They have brown or hazel eyes. Halfling men often sport long sideburns, but beards are

with the barons and soldiers — you have to admire their conviction. And by protecting their own lands, they protect us as well.”

Manticore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

long tail ends in a cluster of deadly spikes that can impale prey at impressive range. Evil Predators. Manticores are fierce killers that hunt far and wide for prey. They work together to take down

. “Manticores love the taste of human flesh. That’s why, on trips through the mountains, I always travel with human guards.” — Marthok Uldarr, dwarf copper merchant Manticore Large monstrosity, lawful

Patriars

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

cafes in the city and is awash in gambling debts. Hullhollyn owns a merchant fleet and has a trade truce with the Irlentree family. Irlentree owns a merchant fleet, has a trade truce with the

Hullhollyn family, and has membership in the Merchants’ League. Jannath owns tin and copper mines. Jhasso is part owner of the struggling Seven Suns Trading Coster, a long-standing trade organization

Aristocrat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

of Aristocrats From the heads of scheming merchant families to immortal sorcerer-queens, each member of the aristocracy holds a measure of wealth and power—and they desire more. The rulers of a barony

that power and prestige lie just around the corner, this minor lordling grasps for every opportunity to climb the ranks. 2 Merchant Mastermind. Reputation, wealth, and power are one and the same for

Welcome to Eberron

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

Eberron has a rich history built on heroic deeds, evolving magic, and the wounds of a long, devastating war. Action, adventure, good, evil, and a thousand shades of gray paint the landscape in broad

unknown in either the modern world or any world of medieval fantasy. Great cities where castles scrape the sky prosper throughout the continent of Khorvaire, and a thriving aristocracy of merchant

New Characters

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

in the employ of a powerful merchant, mage, or monarch who sent the character to Lord Neverember as a favor. Neverember needed the character’s help to handle growing problems with undead in

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