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Returning 23 results for 'pact shadow'.
Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
lineage.
Dhampir Origins
d8
Origin
1
You are the reincarnation of an ancestor who was a vampiric tyrant.
2
Your pact with a predatory deity, fiend, fey, or spirit causes you
one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in chapter 3):
Barovia. In the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, tales flourish of those who love or descend from vampires. You might have such a connection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the Mark of Shadow Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. Mark of Shadow Spells
Elf Subrace: Mark of Shadow If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you have this subrace, with the following traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Cunning Intuition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the Mark of Shadow Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. Mark of Shadow Spells Spell
Mark of Shadow Traits If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you have this subrace, with the following traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Cunning Intuition. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
world. This is also a logical path for a warlock using the Great Old One pact. You could be a simple hunter from the Shadow Marches. You might have fought as a mercenary in the Last War, or you could be seeking your fortune or a real challenge in the world that lies beyond.
Half-Orcs of the Shadow Marches Where the people of the Five Nations know little of your kind, in the swamps of the Shadow Marches half-orcs are celebrated. Human refugees settled in the Shadow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Amber Temple Once a haven of virtuous wizards, the Amber Temple was long ago corrupted by evil. It was here that Strahd made his pact with the Dark Powers to become a vampire, with the blessing
of the lich Exethanter. While the lich remains, albeit as a mere shadow of its former self, the true evil within the Amber Temple lies within its collection of amber sarcophagi. These monoliths hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
mated adult metallic dragons try to rebuild their lives after one becomes a shadow dragon.
Ancient Shadow Dragon Connections d4 Connected Creatures
1 A warlock hopes to make a pact with
Shadow Dragon Adventures The Shadow Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving shadow dragons. Shadow Dragon Adventure Hooks d8 Adventure Hook
1 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. Aspect of the Moon Prerequisite: Pact of the Tome feature You no longer need to sleep and can’t be forced to sleep by any means. To gain the benefits of a long rest, you can spend all 8 hours doing
). Once you use this invocation, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Eldritch Smite Prerequisite: 5th level, Pact of the Blade feature Once per turn when you hit a creature with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Those who choose to follow these sinister deities embrace darkness. A barbarian may thank the Fury for the gift of rage. An assassin walks the path of the Mockery, while a warlock’s pact may be a gift
of the Shadow.
The Dark Six inspire worship in different ways among diverse cultures. Temples to the Dark Six appear in Droaam, along with wild revels driven by the Fury. The Dark Six aren’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own with its Reaction. Pact of the Tome Stitching together strands of shadow, you conjure forth a book in
make to maintain Concentration. Eldritch Smite Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock, Pact of the Blade Invocation Once per turn when you hit a creature with your pact weapon, you can expend a Pact Magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
action, you can forgo one of your own attacks to allow your familiar to make one attack of its own with its Reaction. Pact of the Tome Stitching together strands of shadow, you conjure forth a book in
make to maintain Concentration. Eldritch Smite Prerequisite: Level 5+ Warlock, Pact of the Blade Invocation Once per turn when you hit a creature with your pact weapon, you can expend a Pact Magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
The Hexblade You have made your pact with a mysterious entity from the Shadowfell — a force that manifests in sentient magic weapons carved from the stuff of shadow. The mighty sword Blackrazor is
use your Charisma modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls. This benefit lasts until you finish a long rest. If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Robust Patronage No matter what your pact, the process of binding yourself to power has prepared you well for life in an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise. Gathering secret information from the
walking the fine line between light and shadow. Or, you know, walking the shadow but being pretty sure the light is over there somewhere. As such, you’re the perfect person to take point when your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
by a god or other divine source Sorcerer Shadow Magic 1st Wields the grim magic of the Shadowfell Sorcerer Storm Sorcery 1st Crackles with the power of the storm Warlock The Celestial 1st Forges a pact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
ownership. Isolde, the eladrin who ran the fey-themed carnival, traded places with the two shadar-kai who ran the shadow-themed carnival. This arrangement would last until the two carnivals met again
from Witch and Light, the hags would punish the shadar-kai for their impudence (see the “Witch and Light’s Hourglass Pact” sidebar). Witch and Light do what they can to appease the hags while secretly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
combat.
Psi Warrior to augment attacks with psionic power.
Monk. Dart in and out of melee while striking fast and hard. Then become a Warrior of...
Mercy to heal or harm with a touch.
Shadow
magic of dragons.
Wild Magic to unleash chaos magic.
Warlock. Cast spells derived from occult knowledge. Then form a pact with the...
Archfey Patron to teleport and wield fey magic.
Celestial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
hard. Then become a Warrior of...
Mercy to heal or harm with a touch.
Shadow to employ shadows for subterfuge.
The Elements to wield elemental power.
The Open Hand to master unarmed combat
pact with the...
Archfey Patron to teleport and wield fey magic.
Celestial Patron to heal with heavenly magic.
Fiend Patron to call on sinister powers.
Great Old One Patron to delve into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the shadow theater (area M10). To enter the prison (area M17), one needs the fool’s scepter that belongs to Endelyn’s master of ceremonies, Stagefright. The hag has a special guest—a hateful woman
named Charmay, who claims to get her magic from a pact she made with Baba Yaga. Charmay has powerful friends and belongs to a group called the League of Something-or-Other. She doesn’t like goblins and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
refers to Endelyn’s weakness, as described in appendix B.) The second goat says, “Play to her passions. Stay on script. A cat, a horn, or a shadow ripped.” (This prophecy refers to Endelyn’s desire to
thing. Yanking the string from Feenia’s grasp releases the goblin child from the pact but also ages her 10 years for every bow that is attached to the kite. The most she can age is 50 years—enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of the dreams sent to him by Patrina, Kasimir informs the characters that the secret to breaking Strahd’s pact and freeing Barovia from its curse might be hidden there. Kasimir doesn’t know whether
scream again. Standing in the bigger man’s shadow is a third man also clad in studded leather. “Easy, brother,” he says to the whip-wielding brute. “I think Alexei has learned his lesson.” The two men in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
emphasis. If you play a character who has the Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, your guild spells are added to the spell list for your class, thereby expanding the spell options available to
, minotaur bartenders, and vedalken tailors all go about their lives in the shadow of the guilds but divorced from those groups’ intrigue and politics. Starting Contacts Your character starts the game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
fey pact with Zybilna of Prismeer (mimics the sound of the wind blowing through willows and faraway tinkling bells).”
Flaw. “I have a volatile temper (mimics the sound of a kettle boiling over
apparitions that curse him, but their presence still unnerves him.
Alignment. Neutral.
Personality Trait. “I speak in a trembling voice and jump at the slightest shadow.”
Ideal. “I seek atonement. I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
pact with Zybilna of Prismeer (mimics the sound of the wind blowing through willows and faraway tinkling bells).”
Flaw. “I have a volatile temper (mimics the sound of a kettle boiling over
apparitions that curse him, but their presence still unnerves him.
Alignment. Neutral.
Personality Trait. “I speak in a trembling voice and jump at the slightest shadow.”
Ideal. “I seek atonement. I was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
were set aside for Markos’s pupils, who shared his drive for knowledge but didn’t share in their master’s reward for contacting Krokulmar. The pupils fled the mansion after Markos made his pact. Each
, which functions as a potion of poison but has an additional property. When the poison effect ends, the imbiber sprouts a tentacle made of inky shadow. This shadowy tentacle lasts for 1 hour. As a bonus