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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
;Change takes time. Those who have walked the path of the wicked must be given reminders to keep them honest and true. Once you have planted the seed of righteousness in a creature, you must work day
The Oath of Redemption sets a paladin on a difficult path, one that requires a holy warrior to use violence only as a last resort. Paladins who dedicate themselves to this oath believe that any
Noble
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unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working
landowner who cares deeply about the people who live and work on your land, keenly aware of your responsibility to them.
Work with your DM to come up with an appropriate title and determine how much
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
natural enemies of civilization in the North. They seek to preserve the arctic wilderness by destroying outsiders who cross their path. Each patrols its territory in the guise of an arctic fox, a mountain
Sickle. A frost druid can carve a sickle out of ice, requiring a total of 24 hours for the work. Bitter cold courses through this weapon while it’s in the druid’s hands. If the druid dies, the ice sickle melts away. The weapon is otherwise identical to a normal sickle.Cold
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the effect ends on a successful one.An enormous golem of bronze and iron overlooks the path leading to the polis of Akros. Though it is rarely called on to defend the polis, the sight of its towering
form is enough to ease the minds of the populace. In truly desperate times, priests of Purphoros work their magic to call the colossus to life, whereupon the earth rumbles as it steps down from its twin
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
work well together, sharing the unified goals of overcoming their foes and getting back to the task at hand.
Returned have escaped the Underworld and dwell among the living once more, but their
second lives are rarely what they expected—not that they remember what it was they expected. As a result of having followed the Path of Phenax (see chapter 4), the Returned lose their identities
Knight
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working
landowner who cares deeply about the people who live and work on your land, keenly aware of your responsibility to them.
Work with your DM to come up with an appropriate title and determine how much
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
undead, and ease the suffering of the dying. Their magic also allows them to stave off death for a time, particularly for a person who still has some great work to accomplish in the world. This is a
2nd
Channel Divinity: Path to the Grave
6th
Sentinel at Death’s Door
8th
Potent Spellcasting
17th
Keeper of Souls
Relentless Juggernaut
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monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
turn. The juggernaut regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Implacable Advance. The juggernaut moves up to its speed, ignoring difficult terrain. Any object in its path takes 55
is washed away in a tide of gore and rage. These killers’ grisly work swiftly becomes the stuff of legends,striking fear into innocents across lands and over ages.
Creating a Relentless Killer
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
;Change takes time. Those who have walked the path of the wicked must be given reminders to keep them honest and true. Once you have planted the seed of righteousness in a creature, you must work day
The Oath of Redemption sets a paladin on a difficult path, one that requires a holy warrior to use violence only as a last resort. Paladins who dedicate themselves to this oath believe that any
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
location. At first, effects are minor — grass turns brown, animals become listless, work and travel become very tiring. The longer Imix remains, the worse the heat becomes; after 5 days, crops
are caught in the path of a wildfire moving 50 feet per round. Each character must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction
classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
undead, and ease the suffering of the dying. Their magic also allows them to stave off death for a time, particularly for a person who still has some great work to accomplish in the world. This is a
2nd
Channel Divinity: Path to the Grave
6th
Sentinel at Death’s Door
8th
Potent Spellcasting
17th
Keeper of Souls
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
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Ideal
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Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
2
Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good
path to power and domination. (Evil)
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Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)
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Bond
1
It is my duty to protect my students
Sage
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Basic Rules (2014)
situations.
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I’m convinced that people are always trying to steal my secrets.
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Ideal
1
Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral
infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
5
Power. Knowledge is the path to power and domination. (Evil)
6
Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, evidence from a past case (choose one or roll for a trinket from the Horror Trinkets table after this background), a set of Clothes, Common;common clothes, and 10 gp
Path to Mystery
Your first case
did it set you on the path to investigating other mysteries? Roll on or choose details from the First Case table to develop the mystery that started your career as an investigator.
First Case
Kalashtar
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
minor psionic abilities, as well as protection from psychic attacks. All of these quori dream-spirits are virtuous, but some are warriors and others are more contemplative. Work together with the DM
kalashtar communities focus on acts of devotion known as the Path of Light. But the dark powers of Dal Quor have their own plans for Eberron. Through the force known as the Dreaming Dark, these monsters
classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
spies.
Many shadar-kai of the Shadowfell are masters of these macabre techniques, and some are willing to teach this path. In places like Thay in the Forgotten Realms and Karrnath in Eberron, where many
necromancers practice their craft, a Phantom can become a wizard’s confidant and right hand. In temples of gods of death, the Phantom might work as an agent to track down those who try to cheat
classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
spies.
Many shadar-kai of the Shadowfell are masters of these macabre techniques, and some are willing to teach this path. In places like Thay in the Forgotten Realms and Karrnath in Eberron, where many
necromancers practice their craft, a Phantom can become a wizard’s confidant and right hand. In temples of gods of death, the Phantom might work as an agent to track down those who try to cheat
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
curse on a success.The transformation into a demilich isn’t a bitter end for all liches that experience it. Made as a conscious choice, the path of the demilich becomes the next step in a dark
souls of the insolent intruders to his tomb, magically transferring them to his phylactery.
Liches who follow Acererak’s path believe that by becoming free of their bodies, they can continue
Soldier
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, work with your DM to determine which military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your military career. Was it a
solution is the best path to success.
d6
Ideal
1
Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good)
2
Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
1
Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
2
Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good)
3
Logic. Emotions must
not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful)
4
No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
5
Power. Knowledge is the path to power and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lichlike state.
Elder brains forbid mind flayers from pursuing magic power aside from psionics
oblivion, and thus alhoons often work together to create elaborate protections for their periapt and their preferred ritual site. Sometimes a single alhoon is entrusted with the periapt of mind
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a former merchant just elevated to the nobility, or a disinherited scoundrel with a disproportionate sense of entitlement. Or you could be an honest, hard-working
landowner who cares deeply about the people who live and work on your land, keenly aware of your responsibility to them.
Work with your DM to come up with an appropriate title and determine how much
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, cutting through barriers both physical and psychic. These rogues discover psionic power within themselves and channel it to do their roguish work. They find easy employment as members of thieves&rsquo
the trees of ancient forests on the Material Plane and in the Feywild, some wood elves walk the path of the Soulknife, serving as silent, lethal guardians of their woods. In the endless war among the
Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
never be reached. This viewpoint leads vedalken to pursue their work with delighted enthusiasm, never deterred by setbacks and excited by every opportunity for improvement.
Vedalken are tall and slender
affiliation, they put their intelligence to use in crafting and improving things, whether those things are laws, procedures, or magical sciences.
Vedalken believe that the path toward the impossible
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Being who you are, you could never be a hero. Whether due to your class, your people, your family, or your sins, something about you prevents you from effectively pursuing the path you’ve
identity. Roll on the Faceless Persona table to determine your persona, or work with the DM to create a persona that’s unique to your character and suits the tone of your game.
d6
Persona
Halfling
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avoid unwanted attention.
Halflings work readily with others, and they are loyal to their friends, whether halfling or otherwise. They can display remarkable ferocity when their friends, families, or
despite the rise and fall of empires.
Many halflings live among other races, where the halflings’ hard work and loyal outlook offer them abundant rewards and creature comforts. Some halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Barbarian If you want to play a barbarian, your most likely guild home is the Gruul Clans, but you could also put your rage to work in the wild spectacles of the Cult of Rakdos. Gruul barbarians of
the Zhur-Taa clan often choose the path of the Totem Warrior and a boar totem spirit. The effects are the same as for a bear spirit. Barbarian Subclass Guild Path of the Ancestral Guardian* Gruul
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
you like to identify what event set you on the path to adventure. If nothing on the table appeals to you, work with your DM to create an origin story for your character.
Like gnomes, autognomes can
certain types in different ways. For example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature that has the Construct type. (The autognome is a noteworthy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Clerics The gods are most active through their chosen clerics, who carry out the gods’ work on the Material Plane. A typical cleric in Faerûn serves a single divine patron, but some individuals feel
not all of those clerics wish to be bound to a hierarchy. Conversely, not everyone who pursues a religious vocation is a true cleric. Some acolytes discover a different path for their lives than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Featured Encounters The following encounters work best if they occur before the characters are ready to move on to chapter 4, “The Chosen Path.” Some of the special quests given out in chapter 2
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
the language. You can find mercenary work between adventures sufficient to maintain a comfortable lifestyle (see “Practicing a Profession” under “Downtime Activities” in
a crude sense of humor.
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I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success.
d6
Ideal
1
Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
path to satisfy their obsessions become wandering tinkers and minstrels.
These tabaxi work in small troupes, usually consisting of an elder, more experienced tabaxi who guides up to four young ones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
might work with when the head of state is indisposed. State Contacts d8 Contact 1 A disapproving courtier who finds your extrajudicial work highly distasteful 2 A fawning sycophant who figures you
are the best path to the head of state’s good graces 3 A wide-eyed bureaucrat who dreams of living a life as exciting and dangerous as yours 4 A scheming relative of the head of state who sees you as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
to their work, such as burial sites on other worlds and magical furnaces on the Plane of Elemental Fire for cremating fire-resistant creatures. Characters can use the Path of Graves to reach the same
as a springboard for a campaign centered on the Mortuary and its inhabitants. Characters don’t need to join the Heralds of Dust to undertake these adventures. Path of Graves Calder Moore Through its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
locals don’t recollect the fog and beast attacks that Wan-Ha’s gwishin uses to impede their work, they’re aware that accidents, vandalism, and missing workers delay construction. When the characters
dents on her weapons or personally suffering inexplicable minor wounds at random—unknown to Jung-Soon, these are the results of defending her work site from creatures appearing amid the fog. Jung-Soon