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Storm King's Thunder
: dancing lights, mage hand, message, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardiansThe Uthgardt are suspicious and
with one foot in the land of the living and the other in the land of the dead. Those who walk the shadowed path between two lands do so because the spirits of the dead compel them. Other Uthgardt fear
Gnome
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
beauties of the world in their long years, but gnomes seem to worry that even with all that time, they can’t get in enough of the things they want to do and see.
Gnomes speak as if they can’t
) risks and dreaming large.
Bright Burrows
Gnomes make their homes in hilly, wooded lands. They live underground but get more fresh air than dwarves do, enjoying the natural, living world on the surface
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
proliferation of secret societies and conspiracies in those lands. If your background is as an agent for one of the main factions of the North and Sword Coast, here are some possibilities.
The Harpers
, empathizing with them and always working toward peace.
3
I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4
Nothing can shake my optimistic
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Underdark near the lairs of the earliest dragons. In some lands, kobolds serve chromatic or metallic dragons—even worshiping them as divine beings. In other places, kobolds know too well how
can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Created by the Cat Lord—a divine being of the Upper Planes—to blend the qualities of humanoids and cats, tabaxi are a varied people in both attitude and appearance. In some lands, tabaxi
can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
contact with Frostfell dwarves in modern times. Legends speak of undead hordes, free-roaming fiends, and terrifying monsters in these arctic lands.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Nonhumans and humans of other lands are rarely seen here; most who do live here dwell in Promise. Languages. The people of Godsbreath speak their own language, known as Godstongue, as well as Common.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
folk, and they regard elves and good fey as their most important allies. These gnomes also befriend small forest animals and rely on them for information about threats that might prowl their lands
. Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1. Natural Illusionist. You know the minor illusion cantrip. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it. Speak with Small Beasts. Through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
halflings speak Common to converse with the people in whose lands they dwell or through which they are traveling. Subrace. The two main kinds of halfling, lightfoot and stout, are more like closely related families than true subraces. Choose one of these subraces.
being frightened. Halfling Nimbleness. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling. The Halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
halflings speak Common to converse with the people in whose lands they dwell or through which they are traveling. Subrace. The two main kinds of halfling, lightfoot and stout, are more like closely related families than true subraces. Choose one of these subraces.
being frightened. Halfling Nimbleness. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling. The Halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
greatest cities of Galifar. While many of the dwarves of the Five Nations still speak the language of their ancestors, they feel a bond to the lands of their birth. A Brelish dwarf feels a deep, personal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
around me intended to speak with the Daughters of Sora Kell. All I could think about was the stories my grandmother used to tell me. Sora Maenya can crush a giant with her bare hands. She can eat the
children. Eleven years ago, they seized the lands west of the Graywall Mountains and founded the nation of Droaam. Although Breland laid claim to these barren lands, Galifar had never tamed this wild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
rumors of a vast forest describe the land beyond. To the north, the coastal lands become a barren region of badlands crossed by a labyrinth of arid canyons, with minotaur lands beyond. The minotaurs
speak of impenetrable mountains rising amid a dark forest to the north. The Siren Sea is studded with islands large and small. The largest cluster near the mainland, called the Dakra Isles, is poorly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
tales of their greatest heroes, they often speak of centaurs who found their heroic destiny on a protoporos. Pheres Raiders The Pheres roam the wild lands between Setessa and Akros in small raiding
side, and can speak to animals to learn about the surrounding lands. Trompers are the most powerful and feared warriors of the herd. Centaur legends say that when the gods first fashioned humans from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Keepers of the Feather When asked about the origins of their society, the members of the Keepers of the Feather speak of their traditions originating long ago and beyond the Mists. This is true, but
some among them learned of other lands suffering beyond the Mists. Unwilling to let the innocents of those lands fend for themselves, some of the Keepers of the Feather ventured forth, hoping to share
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
is forbidden. A dryad can emerge from the tree and travel the lands around it, but the tree remains her home and roots her to the world. As long as the tree remains healthy and unharmed, the dryad
. Woodland Magic. Dryads can speak with plants and animals. They can teleport from one tree to another, luring interlopers away from their groves. If pressed, a dryad can beguile humanoids with her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
Redtooth Keep are agile and adept rangers, expertly patrolling the lands around one of the last elven citadels in Eldraine. But at night, terrifying howls echo from the keep’s halls as its inhabitants
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Common, Elvish (can’t speak in fox form)
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Actions
Multiattack. The werefox makes two Bite attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
, monstrous rats empowered by fiendish blood. This unholy influence gives sewer kings their enormous size, supernatural strength, wicked cunning, and ability to speak. Deep in the bowels of towns and cities
rat’s beck and call. LORD SKITTER OF EDGEWALL
Lord Skitter is a sewer king who lives deep in the ancient dwarven ruins beneath the town of Edgewall, situated in the lands between the realm and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardians
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shaman is to stand with one foot in the land of the living and the other in the land of the dead. Those who walk the shadowed path between two lands do so because the spirits of the dead compel them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, seeking knowledge unavailable in their own lands. Svirfneblin Subrace Traits The svirfneblin subrace has the gnome traits in the Player’s Handbook, plus the subrace traits below. Unlike other gnomes
. Your darkvision has a radius of 120 feet. Stone Camouflage. You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in rocky terrain. Extra Language. You can speak, read, and write Undercommon. DEEP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
stresses cooperation above all other traits, and the ability to work well with others is the most valued behavior in their lands. Pushed from their nests, strongheart haflings typically try to have as many
halfling traits in the Player’s Handbook, plus the subrace traits below.
Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.
Silent Speech. You can speak telepathically to any creature within 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Druid Circles Druidic ways are ancient and largely practiced in secret, away from the eyes of the uninitiated. In many lands, the Old Ways of the First Circle have given way to new churches and
temples, but druids and their followers still gather to honor the cycles of nature and to ensure the natural balance isn’t threatened. People who dwell in or near wild lands do well to learn if a druid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
in protective briars, and moonlight dances around the unicorn’s horn. Those who threaten the Forest Master’s lands find themselves beguiled by magical mist and nigh-impregnable thorny thickets, but
, pass without trace, speak with plants
Bonus Action
Erupting Briars (Recharge 4–6). The Forest Master touches his horn to the earth and causes a 5-foot-tall wall of briars to erupt in a 90-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
forged for a creature of its size.
Legendary Stupidity. Few ogres can count to ten, even with their fingers in front of them. Most speak only a rudimentary form of Giant and know a smattering of Common
javelins for hunting. When they establish lairs, they settle near the rural edges of settled lands, taking advantage of poorly protected livestock, undefended larders, and unwary farmers.
An ogre sleeps in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Hosts of the Nine Hells Tiamat has long threatened Faerûn, often appearing in lands such as Chessenta and Unther to drive mortals to worship her awesome power. Although mortals don’t know it, the end
the opportunity to speak with devils that aren’t working for the cult, don’t be afraid to offer them diabolical assistance. Such an offer should put all characters—not just those of good alignment—in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Hosts of the Nine Hells Tiamat has long threatened Faerûn, often appearing in lands such as Chessenta and Unther to drive mortals to worship her awesome power. Although mortals don’t know it, the end
and dragons. Devils are supreme manipulators, and if the characters have the opportunity to speak with devils that aren’t working for the cult, don’t be afraid to offer them diabolical assistance. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
massive hammer, which deals bludgeoning damage but is otherwise identical to a fire giant’s Greatsword attack. He can speak Common, Giant, and Tletlahtolli. Xocopol isn’t interested in fighting unless he’s
kin, Xocopol dislikes the tendency of Humanoids to build settlements near the volcanic mountains. The awakening tlexolotls, however, have made the small folk of these lands the lesser of two evils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
as he circles frantically. This is Yarana’s companion, Nene. He lands on the shoulder of any character who beckons to him. Nene Nene is a macaw from the Feywild. He uses the hawk stat block but has
the Fey type, has Intelligence 7, and can speak and understand simple phrases and concepts in Common. Nene has a boisterous personality but is easily distracted. He can mime straightforward responses to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
time you throw the weapon, it flies back to your hand after the attack. If you don’t have a hand free, the weapon lands at your feet. Shock Wave. You can use an action to strike the ground with Whelm
Wisdom of 12, and a Charisma of 15. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Dwarvish, Giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Undercommon but can’t speak, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Advanced Telepathy. The flumph can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t
be surprised by creatures with any form of telepathy.
Prone Deficiency. If the flumph is knocked prone, roll a die. On an odd result, the flumph lands upside-down and is incapacitated. At the end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
’-wisps are the souls of evil beings that perished in anguish or misery as they wandered forsaken lands permeated with powerful magic. They thrive in swampy bogs and bone-strewn battlefields where the
feed on their misery. Agents of Evil. Will-o’-wisps rarely speak, but when they do, their voices sound like faint or distant whispers. In the miserable domains they haunt, will-o’-wisps sometimes form
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Incarnates The keepers of vast wisdom from distant lands, the Incarnates are collections of spirits bound within gemstones. Each of an Incarnate’s component gemstones holds a spirit from the same
a puzzle to solve. Some speak plainly; others respond in poem or parable. And some refuse to speak at all.
Dawn Incarnates of the Preserve Each Dawn Incarnate that inhabits the Preserve of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
basis for comparison, domain inhabitants call those who speak of other worlds liars. For them, the following topics are standard aspects of life in their home domain or in a broader collection of
speak their own unique language, which either take the name of their domain or a culturally specific name. For example, the language of Barovia could be Barovian or Balok. The languages of specific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
bloodthirsty minotaurs, they know there are those who forsake Mogis’s depravities. The people of Meletis, Setessa, and lands beyond are also generally open-minded and curious about minotaurs who wander
into their lands. Epics like The Callapheia also describe multiple heroic minotaurs. As a result, a minotaur traveling in the company of other non-minotaurs is likely to be accepted in any polis. See
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
vampire was never vanquished, and to this day, the soldiers dare to speak her name only in hushed tones. (Drelnza is further detailed in appendix B.) Consider awarding inspiration to characters who share
between two low peaks. The dragon has been raiding the surrounding lands in ever-widening sweeps, expanding her territory. Berythrach soars overhead, scouring the mountains for prey. The characters can