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Gladiator Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes

collect local rumors and spread gossip. 3 I’m a hopeless romantic, always searching for that “special someone.” 4 Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

, as long as you have seen an example of the kind of document or the handwriting you are trying to copy. BALDUR’S GATE FEATURE: LONG-LOST HEIR You’re well-versed in the mannerisms and

idiosyncrasies of Baldurian patriars and other nobles, imitating them smoothly enough to convince even the snootiest family heads of your authenticity. You’re skilled at posing as the long-lost heir

Entertainer - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your

place, I collect local rumors and spread gossip. 3 I’m a hopeless romantic, always searching for that “special someone.” 4 Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long

Charges

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Charges Some magic items have charges that must be expended to activate their properties. The number of charges an item has remaining is revealed when the Identify spell is cast on it. A creature attuned to an item knows how many charges the item has and how many it regains.

Charges

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

Charges Some magic items have charges that must be expended to activate their properties. The number of charges an item has remaining is revealed when an identify spell is cast on it, as well as when

6. Statue Gallery

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

armor is destroyed, two more activate. When there are no more suits of armor to activate, the suits reassemble themselves from the components littering the ground. Reassembling takes a suit’s entire

action—it can do nothing else on that turn. After reforming, the animated armor resumes attacking. This continues as long as any character remains in this area. Each time a suit of armor is destroyed

The Cure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

a child. To activate the spells imbued within the dagger, the weapon must pierce the flesh of the intended target. After the purifying magic is released, the dagger loses its magical properties.

Tockworth's Clockworks

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

, forcing a town-wide evacuation. At the heart of the matter is Security Overseer Tixie Tockworth, a tinkerer who has turned malicious. In this adventure, the characters must enter Little Lockford

, recover a security key, and use it to activate a fail-safe device that shuts off the automatons. The svirfneblin town of Little Lockford holds many wonders—and many hidden dangers

Bodak

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

life Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Aura of Annihilation. The bodak can activate or deactivate this feature as a bonus action. While active, the aura deals 5 necrotic damage to any creature that ends its

make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw if the bodak isn’t incapacitated and can see the creature. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is reduced to 0 hit points, unless it is immune

Boneclaw

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

shadowy recesses, waiting for victims to approach within reach of its long, bony limbs. Once speared, a creature is pulled into the darkness to be sliced apart. Boneclaw Large Undead, Typically Chaotic

Boneclaw A wizard who tries to become a lich but fails might become a boneclaw instead. These hideous, cackling monsters share a few of liches’ attributes, but while liches are immortal masters of

Wards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

discussed below. Magic Restriction. Wards prevent anyone from entering Candlekeep by any route other than through the front gates. Any attempt to magically bypass these gates fails. These wards do not

don’t discuss with outsiders. If pages from a book or parts of a scroll are torn away, these fragments can be removed from Candlekeep as long as the bulk of the work remains in the library. Similarly

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

promote elven causes or involve destroying orcs, gnolls, and the like. Prospective employers must leave written word (in Elvish) near Evereska, and the Silent Rain sends a representative if interested. The

company, including the names and reputations of its commanders and leaders, and who has hired them recently. You can find the taverns and festhalls where mercenaries abide in any area, as long as you speak

Outlander - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

the path to Baldur’s Gate fully understanding the complex social morass that awaits. You enter the city an outsider, and it’s likely that—no matter how long you spend in the city&mdash

them. Alone or accompanied by a handful of equally bereft survivors, you must navigate a new life that you never asked for. 4 You were captured by kidnappers and taken far from your home. The

Sample Haunted Traps

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

later, a phantom performer appears and begins playing the instrument for the next minute. While the performer plays, any creature that enters or starts its turn in the haunted trap’s area must

creature enters the area, the trap’s emanation manifests as the creature’s distorted reflection in the mirror. If that creature is still in the area at the start of its next turn, it must succeed on a DC

Channel Divinity

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

create. You must then finish a short or long rest to use your Channel Divinity again. Some Channel Divinity effects require saving throws. When you use such an effect from this class, the DC equals

within 30 feet of you must make a Wisdom saving throw. If the creature fails its saving throw, it is turned for 1 minute or until it takes any damage. A turned creature must spend its turns trying to move

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

Adventure Hooks All the characters have volunteered, for whatever reason, to join Spelljammer Academy: a shadowy enclave of spellcasters and swords-for-hire situated on the remote and mysterious

island of Nimbral. While the characters are still encouraged to develop backstories, they should be looking for adventure with few long-term bonds to tie them to their homelands. The campaign takes the

Story Overview

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

two power groups that is on the verge of flaring into violence. The Zhentarim, a shadowy network of mercenaries, and Xanathar, the beholder crime lord of Waterdeep, are at odds, and when they clash

Ahghairon’s Tower in the Castle Ward and is permanent. Dragons and all other creatures of the dragon type are physically unable to enter the city (or its sewers) as long as the dragonward persists

Fighter Class Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

, you can reroll it with a bonus equal to your Fighter level. You must use the new roll, and you can’t use this feature again until you finish a Long Rest. You can use this feature twice before a Long

to 1d10 plus your Fighter level. You can use this feature twice. You regain one expended use when you finish a Short Rest, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. When you reach

Spectral Cloud

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

, observers can sometimes spot a shadowy bipedal figure lurking within. At the heart of the cloud, the figure’s appearance becomes clear: a skeletal cloud giant corpse. Tales suggest cloud giants sometimes seek

this fate rather than accept the end of their naturally long lives. In such stories, a cloud giant undergoes a ritual in which its heart is transplanted into a cloud, causing the giant’s body to

Para-elemental Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil

Para-elemental Queen Ulsedra Vox recently learned from the Elder Elemental Eye how to activate the portal in the Temple of Elemental Evil’s high altar. The portal led to the buried Primordial Nexus

first minions. The characters must defeat Vox and these monsters before the minions become an army. Ulsedra Vox, Para-elemental Queen Ulsedra Vox leads the Primordial Alliance. Murderous and

Entering the Mortuary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

). Creatures that convincingly play dead long enough—such as with a feign death spell—can inconspicuously enter the bowels of the Mortuary through Death’s Door. Front Gate. The most obvious path into the

fog-shrouded collection of memorials and tombs at its base. Those who bypass the front gate must contend with hordes of skeletons, zombies, and other unnatural deterrents that roam the Mortuary’s

Torm's Bridges

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

bridge is called Torm’s Reach, while the south bridge is named Torm’s Blade. Unless the characters can fly or teleport, they must use one of the bridges on their trek toward the High Hall. When the

two sections. The riotous din of the battle taking place far below the city is louder here, echoing up and through the jagged open chasm. A bridge twenty feet wide and more than a hundred feet long

Extracurricular Benefits

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

the character makes, provided the check uses one of the skills listed in the Extracurricular’s description. The player can wait until after rolling the d20 before rolling the Student Die, but must do

so before you say whether the check succeeds or fails. No more than one Student Die can be rolled per check. After rolling a Student Die, a player can’t roll it again until the character finishes a

Thessalheart Construct

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Thessalheart Construct A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the construct

. Actions Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. If the

Warrior

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

warriorcan reroll a saving throw that it fails, but it must use the new result. Martial Role. The warrior has one of the following traits of your choice: Attacker. The warrior gains a +2 bonus to

attack rolls. Defender. The warrior gains the Protection reaction below. Second Wind (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The warrior can use a bonus action on its turn to regain hit points equal

Bane

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

your choice that you can see within range must each make a Charisma saving throw. Whenever a target that fails this save makes an attack roll or a saving throw before the spell ends, the target must

Magic [Action]

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

that has a casting time of 1 minute or longer, you must take the Magic action on each turn of that casting, and you must maintain Concentration while you do so. If your Concentration is broken, the spell fails, but you don’t expend a spell slot. See also “Concentration.”

Umbraxakar

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

characters explore areas of Vanrakdoom, they experience magical visions of terrible things that the dragon experienced long ago. These visions, byproducts of Umbraxakar’s despair, provide clues that can

encounter magical projections of Umbraxakar. These shadowy images take the form of harmless, dragon-shaped clouds of black fog. A projection that is targeted by a dispel magic spell or touched by an antimagic field is destroyed instantly. It otherwise cannot be harmed.

True Polymorph

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

object must be neither worn nor carried by another creature). The spell lasts for the duration, or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. If you concentrate on this spell for the full

reverts as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to its normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn’t reduce the creature’s normal form to 0 hit points, it isn’t

Far Realm Exposure

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

Far Realm Exposure The Far Realm is toxic to most mortals. Characters who enter a Far Realm rift must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or have the poisoned condition for 1 hour. A

character makes this save the first time they enter each rift only; after that, regardless of whether their saving throw succeeds or fails, their bodies acclimate to that particular region of the Far Realm.

Contagion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

the target. If the target fails three of the saves, the spell lasts for 7 days on it. Whenever the Poisoned target receives an effect that would end the Poisoned condition, the target must succeed on a Constitution saving throw, or the Poisoned condition doesn’t end on it.

Contagion Level 5 Necromancy (Cleric, Druid) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Component: V, S Duration: 7 days Your touch inflicts a magical contagion. The target must succeed on a

Plasmoid Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

humanlike shape, you can wear clothing and armor made for a Humanoid of your size. As a bonus action, you can extrude a pseudopod that is up to 6 inches wide and 10 feet long or reabsorb it into your body

. As part of the same bonus action, you can use this pseudopod to manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, or pick up or set down a Tiny object. The pseudopod contains no sensory organs and can’t attack, activate magic items, or lift more than 10 pounds.

Drowned Master

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

caught in the ink must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 27 (6d8) necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails this saving throw is blinded until the end of its next turn and contracts bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar).

reduces the drowned master to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the drowned

Animal Friendship

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

. Choose a beast that you can see within range. It must see and hear you. If the beast’s Intelligence is 4 or higher, the spell fails. Otherwise, the beast must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be

Pipes of Haunting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Pipes of Haunting Wondrous item, uncommon You must be proficient with wind instruments to use these pipes. They have 3 charges. You can use an action to play them and expend 1 charge to create an

eerie, spellbinding tune. Each creature within 30 feet of you that hears you play must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you for 1 minute. If you wish, all creatures in the

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