person act and his claim

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book

a minimum of 3. The book can’t adjust your ability scores again. Tireless Form. While the book is on your person, you have Immunity to the Exhaustion condition. Random Properties. The Book of

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

which you are proficient appears on your person. The DM chooses the weapon. Knight. You gain the service of a Knight, who magically appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 30 feet of

) Slashing damage plus 4 (1d8) Necrotic damage. Star. Increase one of your ability scores by 2, to a maximum of 24. Sun. A magic item (chosen by the DM) appears on your person. In addition, you gain 10

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

At the highest mountain peaks — far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl — dwell the reclusive goliaths. Few folk can claim to have seen a

goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great

Catoblepas

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

tail is a club that can rattle body and soul if it strikes true, leaving a victim unable to act while the catoblepas feasts on its body. Blighted Territory A catoblepas’s nature as a creature of

pestilence and rot created catoblepases as embodiments of their influence, while other stories link them to misfortune. Some such tales claim that swamp-dwelling hags tend catoblepases like cattle

Nagpa

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, fly, hold person, suggestion, wall of fire 1/day each: dominate person, etherealness, feeblemindLong ago, the Raven Queen cursed a cabal of powerful wizards for meddling in a ritual that would have

. Hungry to claim more power despite the Raven Queen’s curse, nagpas strive to bring about world-shaking destruction. From the shadows, they manipulate events to bring about ruin. They can bring to

Mirror Shade

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

’t observed the mirror shade move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the mirror shade isn’t the creature’s own reflection

enter the afterlife, the spirit sometimes becomes a mirror shade instead. Mirror shades are incorporeal Undead that, in their true forms, look like person-shaped blobs of shining light. More often

Annis Hag

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

their kind, standing eight feet tall. They can easily tear a fully grown person apart, but they love hunting the young, preferring their flesh above all others. Annis hags leave tokens of their cruelty

at the edges of forests and other areas they claim to provoke fear and distrust in nearby villages and settlements. To an annis hag, nothing is sweeter than making a once-vibrant community paralyzed

Carrionette

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

False Object. If the carrionette is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the carrionette move or act, that

explores the world in its stolen guise—often that of the very person who wished the carrionette into being. Carrionettes might appear as any type of toy or piece of art. While marionettes and

Wood Woad

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

evil act if the victim-to-be is a willing sacrifice. In the ritual, a living person’s chest is pierced and the heart removed. A seed is pushed into the heart, which is then placed in a tree

Nightmare Shepherd

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

each: confusion, dispel magic, hold person, suggestion Magic Resistance. The shepherd has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The shepherd makes two

Sunlight Weakness; see the Monster Manual) arise in unoccupied spaces within 20 feet of the shepherd. The shadows act right after the shepherd on the same initiative count and fight until they’re

Dullahan

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

summons three death's head;death's heads, one of each type, in unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of it. The death's head;death's heads are under the dullahan’s control and act immediately after the

shards of its shattered skull. 2 A vain dullahan pursues it own relatives, seeking to claim a head with its family resemblance. 3 A greedy dullahan seeks to recover its bejeweled helmet

Ezmerelda d'Avenir

Monsters Curse of Strahd

following spells on the target (save DC 14), requiring neither somatic nor material components to do so: animal friendship, charm person, or hold person. If the target succeeds on the initial saving throw

they had given him. Ezmerelda witnessed van Richten’s act of mercy and was deeply moved by it. Van Richten’s Tragic Tale. At the age of fifteen, Ezmerelda, still troubled by what her

Vellynne Harpell

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

laughter 2nd level (3 slots): darkvision, hold person, ray of enfeeblement 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, Leomund's tiny hut, vampiric touch (see “Actions” below) 4th level (2 slots

. Companions. Since arriving in Icewind Dale, Vellynne has secured the services of six icewind kobold;Icewind kobolds that act as her valets and guides. Two of them were killed by a Melf's acid arrow spell (cast

Inheritor

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

hook, sending you on quests to learn more about its history or true nature, or confronting you with foes who want to claim it for themselves or prevent you from learning what you seek. The DM also

inheritor. Your bond might be directly related to your inheritance, or to the person from whom you received it. Your ideal might be influenced by what you know about your inheritance, or by what you

Orzhov Representative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

concentrates the spoils at the top of the hierarchy. As a functionary in that system, your best hope is to claim as much as possible of the money that passes through your hands on its way up, so that

Personality Trait 1 I am always willing to act in accordance with the financial incentive offered. 2 Debts are never meant to be forgiven. 3 I am accustomed to enjoying the

Guild Keyrune

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

over someone’s body, either to impersonate that person for a brief time or to extract secrets from their mind. When the mission is complete, the creature returns to you, reports its success

duration of 3 hours. In this form, it will serve you as a bodyguard, lift and carry things for you, act as a test subject for your experiments, or aid you in any other way that its capabilities allow

Ki-rin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

coronation, everyone present understands that the creature is telling them the person so honored could become a great force for good. Ki-rins have also been known to appear at the sites of great battles

lair, winds buoy creatures that fall due to no act of the ki-rin or its allies. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and take no falling damage. Aberrations, Fiends, and Undead don

Boros Legionnaire

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

suffer because of the arrogance of the powerful. (Good) 4 Solidarity. It is most crucial to act with a single will, marching side by side in perfect accord. (Lawful) 5 Order.

. 6 I do what I can to help out the spouse of a comrade who died in battle. Flaws d6 Flaw 1 I act bravely when I’m in a group, but I’m a coward when I&rsquo

Uthgardt Tribe Member

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

traditions of your people. You will never cut down a still-living tree, and you may not countenance such an act being done in your presence. The Uthgardt ancestral mounds—great hills where the

Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic) 2 Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

are added to all of them.) Selesnya Guild Spells Spell Level Spells Cantrip druidcraft, friends 1st aid, animal friendship, charm person 2nd animal

former colleague still resents me for that act. 2 A good friend, eager for action, left the Selesnya and joined the Boros. 3 I had a relationship with a guild mate who turned out to be a

Rakdos Cultist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. Rakdos Contacts d8 Contact 1 I was part of a two-person act until my former partner moved to a different troupe. 2 My sibling and I ran away from home and joined the Cult

;flaming sphere 3rd fear, haste 4th confusion, wall of fire 5th dominate person Your magic often produces a flashy spectacle, wreathing you or your targets in a mixture

Criminal - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

only breaking knees when it can plausibly be claimed as an act of personal revenge. Others join up with crews for protection, or with the Guild itself. A few former Guild members have been cast out of

tail and run when things look bad. 6 An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I’m okay with that.

Acolyte - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

background might aspire to greater things, not for themselves, but for their faith. You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary

person’s deeds and example. 2 I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward peace. 3 I see omens in every event and action. The

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

library, a university, or an independent scholar or other learned person or creature. Knowing where the information can be found doesn’t automatically enable you to learn it; you might need to

make a nice sideshow act. 9 I left the Selesnya — and a lover — behind when I joined the Simic. 10 Roll an additional Simic contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.

Moonblade Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

. A moonblade passes down from parent to child. The sword chooses its bearer and remains bonded to that person for life. If the bearer dies, another heir can claim the blade. If no worthy heir exists

, the sword lies dormant. It functions like a normal longsword until a worthy soul finds it and lays claim to its power. A moonblade serves only one master at a time. The attunement process requires a

Sword of Kas Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

When Vecna grew in power, he appointed an evil and ruthless lieutenant, Kas the Bloody Handed, to act as his bodyguard and right hand. This despicable villain served as advisor, warlord, and assassin

your person, you add a d10 to your initiative at the start of every combat. In addition, when you use an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor

The Vermintoll Abomination

monsters

no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At will:Dispel Magic, Hypnotic Pattern 1/Day Each: Contagion, Dream, Dominate Person Legendary

isn’t compelled to act in a specific way. The target repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds automatically

Acolyte Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and

particular hero of my faith, and constantly refer to that person’s deeds and example. 2 I can find common ground between the fiercest enemies, empathizing with them and always working toward

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

careful to position themselves and their banners to claim the greatest victories in any conflict, and they portion out opportunities and responsibilities to other banners as politics dictate. Each

will result in death if the act will bring glory to the banner or the legion. Honor the Gods. Hobgoblins give regular recognition to the deities left to them after Maglubiyet’s conquest. Idols

Flaws Legacy

Rules

Your character's flaw represents some vice, compulsion, fear, or weakness—in particular, anything that someone else could exploit to bring you to ruin or cause you to act against your best interests

. More significant than negative personality traits, a flaw might answer any of these questions: What enrages you? What's the one person, concept, or event that you are terrified of? What are your vices?

Paladin Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

of the world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil. Sometimes

her faith or from another paladin of the same order. The paladin might spend an all-night vigil in prayer as a sign of penitence, or undertake a fast or similar act of self-denial. After a rite of

Benefactor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

responsible, and that person has now just become known to you. Who helped you in the past, whether or not you knew it at the time, and what do you owe that person as recompense? Benefactors d6 Benefactor

1 A smuggler kept you from getting caught but lost a valuable shipment in doing so. Now you owe that person an equally valuable favor. 2 The Beggar King has hidden you from your pursuers many times

Benefactor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

responsible, and that person has now just become known to you. Who helped you in the past, whether or not you knew it at the time, and what do you owe that person as recompense? Benefactors d6 Benefactor

1 A smuggler kept you from getting caught but lost a valuable shipment in doing so. Now you owe that person an equally valuable favor. 2 The Beggar King has hidden you from your pursuers many times

Faction Agents

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

of Sigil Name Summary Athar Claim the gods are frauds Bleak Cabal Find no sense in the multiverse Doomguard Celebrate destruction Fated Take all they can Fraternity of Order Discover laws to find

truth Hands of Havoc Free society through chaos Harmonium Enforce peace through might Heralds of Dust Believe we’re already dead Mercykillers Bringers of merciless justice Mind’s Eye Seekers of godhood Society of Sensation Find truth through experience Transcendent Order Act unfettered by thought

Faction Agents

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

of Sigil Name Summary Athar Claim the gods are frauds Bleak Cabal Find no sense in the multiverse Doomguard Celebrate destruction Fated Take all they can Fraternity of Order Discover laws to find

truth Hands of Havoc Free society through chaos Harmonium Enforce peace through might Heralds of Dust Believe we’re already dead Mercykillers Bringers of merciless justice Mind’s Eye Seekers of godhood Society of Sensation Find truth through experience Transcendent Order Act unfettered by thought

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