most some with only along focus for led

Flaming Fist Mercenary

Backgrounds Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Clothes, Manacles, Portable Ram, 4 GP; or (B) 50 GP The chief law enforcement branch of Baldur’s Gate is the Flaming Fist, a brawny mercenary guild led by the city’s grand duke. You once

of the toughest, most resilient warriors along the Sword Coast, and you seek to maintain that reputation.

Jester's Mask

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

This colorful, harlequin domino mask is edged with pearls. While wearing this mask, you gain the following benefits: Charismatic Focus. You can use the mask as a spellcasting focus. You gain a +3

disappear in a puff of smoke and colorful sparkles. You take no damage and instead teleport, along with anything you are wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space you can see within 30 feet of

Shadow Mastiff Alpha

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

is successful or the effect ends for it, the target is immune to any shadow mastiff’s Terrifying Howl for the next 24 hours.Each pack of shadow mastiff;shadow mastiffs is led by an alpha, the

darkness, the shadow mastiff becomes invisible, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. The invisibility lasts until the shadow mastiff uses a bonus action to end it or until the shadow mastiff attacks, is in bright light, or is incapacitated.

Quandrix Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

natural reality. Quandrix Scholars The scholars of Quandrix College focus on the mathematical principles that govern reality. Through these formulas, they can manipulate properties of matter and

":"Vortex Calculus"}. The pledgemage teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of itself. Immediately after it teleports, each creature

Quandrix Professor of Substance

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Translation (2/Day). When the professor is hit by an attack roll, it can increase its AC by 3 against that attack, potentially causing it to miss. The professor can then teleport, along with any equipment

. Quandrix Scholars The scholars of Quandrix College focus on the mathematical principles that govern reality. Through these formulas, they can manipulate properties of matter and space, as well as

Fulminating Treatise

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

This thick, scorched spellbook reeks of smoke and ozone, and sparks of energy crackles along the edges of its pages. When found, the book contains the following spells: contingency, fireball, gust of

wind, Leomund's tiny hut, magic missile, thunderwave, and wall of force. It functions as a spellbook for you. While you are holding the book, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your wizard

Grim Champion of Desolation

Monsters The Book of Many Things

. The Grim Champions The Grim Harrow is led by three powerful entities with the title of grim champion. Each champion embodies a terrible facet of death. Jyn Corvis, Grim Champion of Desolation, is

the oldest and most powerful of the three and embodies all-consuming nothingness. She led the Grim Harrow to the Gardens of Delight long ago and is the nominal leader of all the Undead in the

Charmayne Daymore

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

":"Elemental Rebuke", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage to the attacker. Charmayne then teleports, along with any equipment she is wearing or carrying, up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space she can

magic to tear out Jhaeros’s heart while keeping it alive. She then used the still-beating heart as the focus of a ritual to destroy Ghalasine.Fire

Jiangshi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

their descendants and the communities they knew in life, sowing terror and taking retribution for the slights or neglected burial rites that led to their cursed resurrections. Rigor mortis notoriously

afflicts the limbs of jiangshi, causing them to hold their arms rigidly and to walk with a stiff gait. This, along with their flight, lead many to call them hopping vampires. By day, jiangshi lurk

Naiad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

hidden system of currents and arteries, a ship might reach any destination in record time, be it across the sea or along a river a hundred miles inland. Naiads do nothing to dissuade sailors from this

belief, and certainly numerous reports tell of charmed nymphs leading lost seafarers home. Yet, if tales of naiad-led galleys appearing amid the headwaters of mountain rivers are true, only the nymphs

Githzerai Anarch

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature’s turn. The githzerai regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Strike. The githzerai makes one Unarmed Strike attack. Teleport. The githzerai teleports, along with any

other peoples, they focus on controlling and manipulating their endlessly malleable home.An Anarch’s Lair In Limbo, githzerai anarchs create islands of tranquility in the otherwise turbulent

Knight of Eldraine

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

: the wildest parts of Eldraine. To that end, they patrol the forests along the Boundary Lands, turning back loggers and hunters—by force if necessary. Though they’ve renounced their

former oaths, the knights of the Verdant Order retain their focus on the five virtues of the courts, so their Knightly Virtue trait remains unchanged.

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every giff has a military rank. It must follow orders from those of superior rank, and it can give orders to those of lower

, clerics, and other kinds of spellcasters, but they’re so infrequent that most giff mercenary units have no magical capability. Typical giff are as smart as the average human, but their focus on

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along the back

adventurers in the hopes of pitting them against fire giant rivals. Hoarded Histories Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and individuals

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

sparkles. If you use an arcane focus, it probably takes the form of an intricate device that could include metal gauntlets, glass canisters, copper tubing, and leather straps attaching it to your body

; did I mention focus? 2 I get really excited about my ideas and I can’t wait to talk about them and start putting them into practice and tinkering with them and I want to tell you about how

Far Traveler

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Almost all of the common people and other folk that one might encounter along the Sword Coast or in the North have one thing in common: they live out their lives without ever traveling more than a

;n. Recent events in your homeland have led to the abolition of slavery, and a corresponding increase in the traffic between Mulhorand and the distant parts of Faerûn. Those who leave behind

Rogue Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the

was the trigger that led you away from your previous life? Did a great con or heist gone terribly wrong cause you to reevaluate your career? Maybe you were lucky and a successful robbery gave you the

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

necessarily commensurate from one legion to another or even between banners in the same legion. A phalanx of foot soldiers led by a captain in one legion might be two hundred strong, while in another such

a force numbers just twenty. One banner might have four warriors mounted on worgs led by a fist, while a fist in another banner of the same legion might lead ten mounted warriors. If any rank doesn

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

fervent desire to share the joy you have experienced with Ravnica. Along with the rest of the conclave, you are committed to resisting the ambitions of the other guilds — with military force if

conclave has a deeper connection to the Worldsoul than I do. 6 I’m trying to atone for the life of crime I led before I joined the Selesnya, but I find it hard to give up my bad habits

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

warlocks toward adventure. Creating a Warlock As you make your warlock character, spend some time thinking about your patron and the obligations that your pact imposes upon you. What led you to make the

score, followed by Constitution. Second, choose the charlatan background. Third, choose the eldritch blast and chill touch cantrips, along with the 1st-level spells charm person and witch bolt. The

Satyr Legacy

Species Mythic Odysseys of Theros

longer below the knees. Short, soft hair grows down their neck and spine, along their shoulders, and on their forearms. Embracing Life Most satyrs believe that the other peoples of Theros are woefully

raucous revels his people had ever known. However, when fate led him to discover the nature of the gods and how they were beholden to mortals for their very existence, the whole order of the world

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

the dragon ages. Eventually, the scales become translucent and shimmer in the light, rippling as the dragon moves. The dragon’s horns and spines hover above the body, moving and shifting along

experienced adventurers in the hopes of pitting them against fire giant rivals. Hoarded Histories Emerald dragons prize knowledge, particularly local histories that focus on magical events and

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

If you’re considering taking a scaled one along on an adventure, remember this important fact. The strange, inhuman glint in its eyes as it looks you over is the same look you might give a

swamps they inhabit are filled with a staggering variety of threats. Lizardfolk focus on survival above all, without sentiment. Lizardfolk assess everyone and everything in terms of utility. Art and

Special Facility Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Special Facility Descriptions Special facilities are presented in alphabetical order. The Special Facilities table lists all the special facilities presented in this section, along with their

Arcane Focus or a tool as a Spellcasting Focus Craft 5 Armory None Trade 5 Barrack None Recruit 5 Garden None Harvest 5 Library None Research 5 Sanctuary Ability to use a Holy Symbol or Druidic Focus as a

Ancient Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon. 2 A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goal—destroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated

. Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow

Special Facilities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Special Facilities The special facilities here are presented in alphabetical order. The Special Facilities table lists those special facilities, along with their prerequisites and orders, in order of

Navigator’s Helm None Empower 9 Orien Helm Renown 15+ with House Orien Empower 13 Artificer’s Forge Ability to use Artisan’s Tools as a Spellcasting Focus Craft 13 Inquisitive Agency None Research 13

Bandit Attack

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

bandits led by one bandit captain. The bandits try to take out sentinels outside the camp perimeter first. Otherwise, the attack starts with a volley of sixteen bolts, lit on fire and all directed at

one wagon. The wagon starts to burn, and the attackers flee back toward their camp. Anyone pursuing them is led up over a ridge, straight into an ambush of the massed bandits waiting below the crest

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

the snake as the embodiment of the qualities they most appreciated. They developed a philosophy of separating emotion from intellectual pursuits, allowing them to focus their energy on personal

focus on intellectual pursuits. These nobles turned to philosophy and prayer, offering gifts of magic and animal sacrifices to their serpent gods, paying homage to the perfection of the ophidian form. The

Background

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

Keeps are abandoned outposts that predate the Cataclysm. They once guarded the entrances to the ancient dwarven enclave. Rivergard Keep lies along the White-Rage River, north of Haven. The calamitous

forces of the Cataclysm destroyed and buried countless cities, but also unearthed ancient ruins and places of power. In the wake of this destruction, the perceived absence of Krynn’s gods led humans to

Upper Menthis

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

Stargazer Theater, along with the Kavarrah Concert Hall. It’s the location of Morgrave University. It includes upscale shops with a focus on fine food and fashion; the most remarkable glamerweave in

Raiders of Clan Ironeye

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Raiders of Clan Ironeye The duergar of Clan Ironeye, led by a half-shield dwarf, half-duergar prospector named Skella Ironeye, have come to plunder this level of Undermountain. They are assisted in

contrast to the usual duergar focus on utility. The duergar she leads are content to follow her for the sake of what their raids will earn them, and they care nothing for the historical value of the relics

Roads and Pathways

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

Roads and Pathways The roads around Saltmarsh are heavily patrolled, part of the crown’s effort to make its influence felt in the region. Travel along these thoroughfares is usually safe, with most

grow more widely spaced, bandit raids become more likely. Travelers on the road meet 1d4 caravans per day and have a 5 percent chance of being the target of an ambush by 2d4 bandits led by a bandit

Preparing the Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Preparing the Hall After the dance lessons, characters have time to focus on classes or other activities, but the date of the Magister’s Masquerade is getting close. A week before the ball, each

, Murgaxor uses this gathering to test his curse on a larger, more dangerous scale. The following sections detail the parts of Kollema Hall where students set up for the Magister’s Masquerade, along with several incidents that plague their work.

Wyvern Tor

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

Wyvern Tor This crag is a prominent landmark in the rugged hills northeast of the Sword Mountains, and it is easily visible from twenty miles away. People traveling along the Triboar Trail in the

years ago. Though the wyverns never returned, other creatures lair here from time to time—including a band of orc raiders that set up camp a couple of months ago. Led by an orc named Brughor Axe-Biter

House Vadalis

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

exotic creatures aren’t enough to satisfy the most innovative members of the house, and this has led to the practice of magebreeding. Using the Mark of Handling and dragonshard focus items, Vadalis

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