more still with only are from for lived

Oshundo the Alhoon

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

within 60 feet of itself that is casting a spell. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, the spell fails, but any spell slots or charges aren’t wasted.Oshundo lived in Illithinoch at the height of the

mind flayer empire many centuries ago, but Oshundo was driven out for practicing arcane magic. It’s obvious that this rejection still stings Oshundo, who refers to Illithinoch’s longdead

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society, which is regimented from day to day but constantly changing over decades, so

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

You are an experienced criminal with a history of breaking the law. You have spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer

important was taken from me, and I aim to steal it back. 4 I will become the greatest thief that ever lived. 5 I’m guilty of a terrible crime. I hope I can redeem myself for it. 6

Firbolg

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

magic still thrums inside a firbolg, even one who has never lived under the boughs of a great forest. A firbolg’s magic is an obscuring sort, which allowed their ancestors to pass through a forest

Dwarf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

friend. In spite of the added discomfort, the dwarf’s long, pointed, often-broken nose and gray-streaked though still-fiery red beard came as a welcome sight to Drizzt. “Knew I’d find

them into an exile that lasted over 250 years. This longevity grants them a perspective on the world that shorter-lived races such as humans and halflings lack. Dwarves are solid and enduring like the

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

reckonings of most worlds, humans are the youngest of the common races, late to arrive on the world scene and short-lived in comparison to dwarves, elves, and dragons. Perhaps it is because of their

; Elves. “It’s best not to wander into elven woods. They don’t like intruders, and you’ll as likely be bewitched as peppered with arrows. Still, if an elf can get past that damned

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the criminal underworld. You’re far closer than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the

realizing the connection. You got the Guild to back off demands for your death by offering to make amends by working for the criminals, but even so the kingpin still plots a personal revenge. 2 The

Uthgardt Tribe Member

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

traditions of your people. You will never cut down a still-living tree, and you may not countenance such an act being done in your presence. The Uthgardt ancestral mounds—great hills where the

duty to provide children to sustain my tribe. d6 Flaw 1 I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants. 2 There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the

Firbolg

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

magic still thrums inside a firbolg, even one who has never lived under the boughs of a great forest. A firbolg’s magic is an obscuring sort, which allowed their ancestors to pass through a forest

Living in Reverie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

outside life, not for those still within its loom. Still I shall tell you of my lifetime and my clan’s lifetime, as my clansong has not been sung in over a century. In reverie, the People may learn all

enter a trance when they need to rest. In this state, elves remain aware of their surroundings while immersing themselves in memories. What an elf remembers during this reverie depends largely on how long the elf has lived, and the events of the lives that the elf’s soul has experienced before.

Zorzula's Rest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

mind flayer colony also abandoned the outpost when their underground empire fell, but echoes of their presence still cling there. Zorzula’s Rest is still the home of an enclave of secretive goblins

flayers who also once lived there. Only recently have the goblins ventured beyond the outpost and ransacked nearby areas. This effort is helmed by a goblin named Ruxithid the Chosen, who receives orders

Half-Orc Homelands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Half-Orc Homelands In lands far from the Sword Coast, such as Thesk and Chessenta, there are large communities of half-orcs, where generations of them have lived as a people in their own right. Yet

make up a tiny percentage of the population, yet even at that they still number in the hundreds. Half-orcs who call Waterdeep home appreciate the acceptance, or at least tolerance, they receive in the

Exploration and Adventure

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

Exploration and Adventure Elves take up adventuring out of wanderlust. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society

Although they can be haughty, elves are generally gracious even to those who fall short of their high expectations—which is most non-elves. Still, they can find good in just about anyone. Dwarves

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Cognoscenti rarely collect enough evidence to support their outlandish claims. Still, the organization occasionally stumbles upon something of true significance. Recently the group acquired a magical painting

known as Constantori’s Portrait, a work reputed to depict one of the most beautiful men who ever lived. The group spent a small fortune acquiring the painting and prepared to host a debate over its

Exploration and Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Exploration and Adventure Elves take up adventuring out of wanderlust. Since they are so long-lived, they can enjoy centuries of exploration and discovery. They dislike the pace of human society

Although they can be haughty, elves are generally gracious even to those who fall short of their high expectations—which is most non-elves. Still, they can find good in just about anyone. Dwarves

Echoes across the Worlds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon that has ever lived has had a unique echo on every world of the Material Plane. Some of those echoes are very similar to each other, but others are more radically different. You can use the

different family (with a similar breath weapon or habitat), with similar appearance but very different ideals or alignment 7 Radically different in almost every way imaginable but still bound by

Roleplaying Strahd

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. In his mind, her death couldn’t have been prevented, and what is done cannot be undone. In life, Strahd lived to conquer. In undeath, he conquers still—not realms, but people, driving good souls to

Adventure Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

. They found his petrified body buried beneath the citadel, still holding it aloft. When all efforts to restore him failed, the heroes built a mausoleum around Xeluan’s body to honor his sacrifice. The

heroes lived prosperous lives, and afterward, their bodies were interred in Xeluan’s tomb. When the last hero died, the tomb was sealed, and so it remained for centuries. Xeluan’s sacrifice was lost to

11. Treasure Vault

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

11. Treasure Vault While Diderius lived, this area was his bedchamber, and it still contains an elegant bed, sets of bookshelves, a large wooden chest, and a side table set with ewer and goblets. The

Dust Hulk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Dust Hulk Dust hulks are descended from enclaves of stone giants who lived in extreme environments, isolated from others. Elemental energy from the Plane of Air eroded their physical forms and slowly

hardly fair to the giants who still survive and thrive in the world, heirs of tremendous glory. —Bigby Dust Hulk Large Elemental, Typically Chaotic Neutral Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit

11. Treasure Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

11. Treasure Vault While Diderius lived, this area was his bedchamber, and it still contains an elegant bed, sets of bookshelves, a large wooden chest, and a side table set with ewer and goblets. The

Castle Naerytar

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

Castle Naerytar Over a century ago, a half-elf wizard built a castle at the edge of the Mere of Dead Men. He lived there a relatively short time before the growing swamp flowed past the castle on all

spiders out of the tower, and forged an alliance with the nearby tribe of bullywugs. During that time, the half-dragon was still thinking of the castle simply as a fortified hideout. When she discovered

Cities without Sunlight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, the drow have long been accustomed to the harsh conditions of life in the Underdark. They’ve lived away from sunlight for so long that they can’t bear the touch of it on their flesh, and thus they

. Drow congregate to throw stones at the still-dazed creature and drive it into the tunnels beyond the city’s environs. If it’s unlucky, it’s attacked by a roper, a carrion crawler, or another drider. If

Chapter 22: Euryale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

, for Asteria’s father never gave up hope his daughter still lived. After a decade of searching, he found her new home and ordered his soldiers to retrieve her through any means necessary. The idyllic

her unconscious body far from the kingdom’s shore to a secret grotto in which the reclusive medusa Euryale lived alone. Despite Euryale’s anxiety (she was painfully aware that even kind folk feared her

Asmodeus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

. Still, for the next few decades, the cult of Asmodeus struggled for acceptance. In the beliefs of the people of the North — which coincide with many tales told by dwarves, elves, and others — Asmodeus is

soul will spend the rest of eternity. Those who lived their lives most in keeping with a deity’s outlook are taken first. Others, who have transgressed in the eyes of their favored god or have not

Age of Heroes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Mariner, told in The Callapheiea, is a more coherent narrative focused on a single hero and her exploits. Known as the greatest mariner who ever lived, Callaphe was a human trickster from Meletis who sailed

among the stars. The tales of her adventures are a mythic tour of the Dakra Isles and the coastlands of Theros, describing a panoply of creatures, nations, and marvelous phenomena—some of which still

Castle Naerytar

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

Castle Naerytar Over a century ago, a half-elf wizard built a castle at the edge of the Mere of Dead Men. He lived there a relatively short time before the growing swamp flowed past the castle on all

spiders out of the tower, and forged an alliance with the nearby tribe of bullywugs. During that time, the half-dragon was still thinking of the castle simply as a fortified hideout. When she discovered

Ankhtepot's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Ankhtepot has grown bored with mortal concerns, the Children of Ankhtepot have pursued their own vices. Many dream and despair in their crypts. Others foment small cults of their own. And still others

seek to undermine the pharaoh and claim his position—including the treacherous mummy lord Senmet. The Gods’ Law. Although Ankhtepot cares nothing for fragile, short-lived mortals, he has a tyrant’s

Dwarves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

following the Cataclysm on the surface. Now known as hill dwarves, they lived among the lands and peoples of the surface for centuries. Few still call themselves by their old name, the Neidar

, preferring to forget their ties to their mountain dwarf cousins. Some hill dwarves live as traveling traders, while others make their homes among the communities of Ansalon’s other peoples. Still other

Secondary Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

on your body, and you are missing an ear, 1d3 fingers, or 1d4 toes. 11–20 You suffered a grievous injury. Although the wound healed, it still pains you from time to time. 21–30 You were wounded, but

d12 War Outcome 1 You were knocked out and left for dead. You woke up hours later with no recollection of the battle. 2–3 You were badly injured in the fight, and you still bear the awful scars of

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

out while still getting decent performance out of the slaves. But humanoids and monsters that are especially capable or that provide unusual services find themselves treated like favored (though

occasionally abused) pets. Virtually any kind of creature that can be browbeaten into service might be found with a goblin tribe, but rats and wolves are nearly always present. Both have lived in concert

Hermit

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

Hermit You lived in seclusion — either in a sheltered community such as a monastery, or entirely alone — for a formative part of your life. In your time apart from the clamor of society, you found

ones who might still be hunting me. I must someday confront them. 3 I’m still seeking the enlightenment I pursued in my seclusion, and it still eludes me. 4 I entered seclusion because I loved someone

High Forest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

sylvan creatures of all types lived among the trees. Even today the High Forest has barely known the tread and touch of humans, and old growth dominates its flora. Elven communities in the forest are

remind us of the fallen cities and empires of the past. The High Forest once sheltered three great elven realms beneath its boughs, and the bones of those empires still lie tangled in its roots. Many

The Web Runners

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

The Web Runners The Web Runners are a pair of thrill-seeking goblins named Yuk Yuk and Spiderbait. They have lived in the Underdark for as long as either can remember, with much of their time spent

treasure hunting and surviving in the Silken Paths. The goblins are prone to daring (and often foolish) stunts. That either of them is still alive is a testament to their luck and skill. Modify their

Family and Friends

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

or higher Palace or castle *After making this roll, apply the modifier from the Family Lifestyle table to arrive at the result. Childhood Memories 3d6 + Cha mod Memory 3 or lower I am still

–12 I had a few close friends and lived an ordinary childhood. 13–15 I had several friends, and my childhood was generally a happy one. 16–17 I always found it easy to make friends, and I loved being around people. 18 or higher Everyone knew who I was, and I had friends everywhere I went.

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