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Species
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or choose an option from the Hexblood Origins table to determine how your character gained their lineage.
Hexblood Origins
d6
Origin
1
Seeking a child, your parent made a bargain
with a hag. You are the result of that arrangement.
2
Fey kidnappers swapped you and your parents’ child.
3
A coven of hags lost one of its members. You were created to replace the
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
You belong to an order of knights who have sworn oaths to achieve a certain goal. The nature of this goal depends on the order you serve, but in your eyes it is without question a vital and honorable
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the soldier background in the Player’s Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit
races
cannot naturally reproduce or create anything truly living. Dhampir are thus most often the result of some form of necromantic accident—a dying child revived by fell magic, an apothecary mixing
they will never achieve positions of actual power in vampire society.
Dhampir Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Small or Medium, as you determineSpeed: 30 feetAge: The curse that creates a Dhampir
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
treaty, or achieve whatever other objective led to the interaction in the first place. The creatures they interact with also have agendas. Some DMs prefer to run a social interaction as a free-form
somewhere in between, balancing player skill (roleplaying and persuading) with character skill (reflected by ability checks).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
treaty, or achieve whatever other objective led to the interaction in the first place. The creatures they interact with also have agendas. Some DMs prefer to run a social interaction as a free-form
somewhere in between, balancing player skill (roleplaying and persuading) with character skill (reflected by ability checks).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-foot-high, 6-inch-wide window slits that peer into the starry void. Ashtyrranthor’s youngest child is miserable on Stardock. He is eager to leave the asteroid and begin life on his own, but his mother
achieve their goals in the asteroid if they promise to kill his mother and help him carve out a lair for himself in Undermountain. He’s very particular and doesn’t consider any lair other than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-foot-high, 6-inch-wide window slits that peer into the starry void. Ashtyrranthor’s youngest child is miserable on Stardock. He is eager to leave the asteroid and begin life on his own, but his mother
achieve their goals in the asteroid if they promise to kill his mother and help him carve out a lair for himself in Undermountain. He’s very particular and doesn’t consider any lair other than the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
player takes on the role of an adventuring character: a hero with skill and knowledge—and sometimes magic—that lets them overcome challenges and achieve greatness!
One of the participants in the game
game, you need this adventure and dice: a d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, and d4. If you don't have these dice, you can find digital dice rollers online. Each player should also have a way to take notes and keep track of changes to their character sheet as the game progresses.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
their own volition. Perhaps they have succumbed to the lure of power, or they see it as the only way to achieve a greater goal. Regardless, the first step in any Transformation should involve a
discussion between the player, the GM, and the rest of the players involved in the campaign. Intentions should be clearly stated, as campaigns with a lighter tone or strict moral boundaries may not suit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
player takes on the role of an adventuring character: a hero with skill and knowledge—and sometimes magic—that lets them overcome challenges and achieve greatness!
One of the participants in the game
game, you need this adventure and dice: a d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, and d4. If you don't have these dice, you can find digital dice rollers online. Each player should also have a way to take notes and keep track of changes to their character sheet as the game progresses.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
understand what motivates both them and their characters. Player Input It’s not up to you to create every aspect of a D&D campaign. Players contribute through their characters’ actions and by
players for thoughts about the campaign. Indirect Input. The choices a player makes, starting at character creation, can indicate what they want to see in the game. For example, a Rogue player likely wants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Supernatural Gifts Most heroes of Theros have some kind of supernatural aid to help them achieve their goals. Often this aid comes from the gods, but some heroes might find their support from other
language and trace the patterns of Nyx in the written word. (Linguist)
The gods smile on me, but I dread the day when they withdraw their favor and my luck runs out. (Lucky)
As a child, I used to run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Supernatural Gifts Most heroes of Theros have some kind of supernatural aid to help them achieve their goals. Often this aid comes from the gods, but some heroes might find their support from other
language and trace the patterns of Nyx in the written word. (Linguist)
The gods smile on me, but I dread the day when they withdraw their favor and my luck runs out. (Lucky)
As a child, I used to run
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
inspiration. Roleplaying. Using inspiration to reward roleplaying is a good place to start for most groups. Reward a player with inspiration when that player causes his or her character to do something that
everyone at the table laugh. In essence, you reward the player for roleplaying in a way that makes the game more enjoyable for everyone else. Take into account each player’s roleplaying style, and try
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
understand what motivates both them and their characters. Player Input It’s not up to you to create every aspect of a D&D campaign. Players contribute through their characters’ actions and by
players for thoughts about the campaign. Indirect Input. The choices a player makes, starting at character creation, can indicate what they want to see in the game. For example, a Rogue player likely wants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
might be an unconventional and exciting patron of the player characters. Phenax is the archetypal outsider, and his champions might be tasked with disrupting the established order of a polis or aiding
aggressive gods who oppress or subjugate others. Alternatively, the party could be a band of freedom fighters resisting the tyrannical ruler of their polis. Even though Phenax traffics in lies and deceit, a morally gray campaign can be built around the use of illicit means to achieve righteous ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
inspiration. Roleplaying. Using inspiration to reward roleplaying is a good place to start for most groups. Reward a player with inspiration when that player causes his or her character to do something that
everyone at the table laugh. In essence, you reward the player for roleplaying in a way that makes the game more enjoyable for everyone else. Take into account each player’s roleplaying style, and try
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
might be an unconventional and exciting patron of the player characters. Phenax is the archetypal outsider, and his champions might be tasked with disrupting the established order of a polis or aiding
aggressive gods who oppress or subjugate others. Alternatively, the party could be a band of freedom fighters resisting the tyrannical ruler of their polis. Even though Phenax traffics in lies and deceit, a morally gray campaign can be built around the use of illicit means to achieve righteous ends.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Grim Hollow: Player’s Guide
impoverished farmer stealing vital medicine from their elderly neighbor to treat their own sickly child, the people of Etharis are rarely given a fair choice when deciding between decency and survival
privilege sustained by societal structures such as religion or birthright. Dealing with non-player characters (NPCs) is a cornerstone of roleplaying, but the aforementioned conditions in Etharis
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. They are the most traditionalist yuan-ti and believe that they are best equipped to achieve the goals of their people. Pit masters are deeply involved in yuan-ti’s long-term plan to take over Humanoid
. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Yuan-ti TempleView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
achieve the pinnacle of their class features, becoming heroic archetypes. The fate of the world or even the order of the multiverse might hang in the balance during their adventures. Bonus Feats at
feat of their choice for every 30,000 XP the character earns above 355,000 XP. Epic Boon feats are especially appropriate for these bonus feats, but a player can choose any feat for which their level 20 character qualifies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
achieve the pinnacle of their class features, becoming heroic archetypes. The fate of the world or even the order of the multiverse might hang in the balance during their adventures. Bonus Feats at
feat of their choice for every 30,000 XP the character earns above 355,000 XP. Epic Boon feats are especially appropriate for these bonus feats, but a player can choose any feat for which their level 20 character qualifies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Resolving Outcomes You decide when a player makes a D20 Test based on what the character is trying to do. Players shouldn’t just roll ability checks without context; they should tell you what their
characters are trying to achieve, and make ability checks only if you ask them to. When a situation comes up and you’re not sure how to adjudicate it using the rules, use these four questions to help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. They are the most traditionalist yuan-ti and believe that they are best equipped to achieve the goals of their people. Pit masters are deeply involved in yuan-ti’s long-term plan to take over Humanoid
. The yuan-ti transforms into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
Yuan-ti TempleView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
achieve the pinnacle of their class features, becoming heroic archetypes. The fate of the world or even the order of the multiverse might hang in the balance during their adventures. Bonus Feats at
feat of their choice for every 30,000 XP the character earns above 355,000 XP. Epic Boon feats are especially appropriate for these bonus feats, but a player can choose any feat for which their level 20 character qualifies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Resolving Outcomes You decide when a player makes a D20 Test based on what the character is trying to do. Players shouldn’t just roll ability checks without context; they should tell you what their
characters are trying to achieve, and make ability checks only if you ask them to. When a situation comes up and you’re not sure how to adjudicate it using the rules, use these four questions to help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Chapter 3: Player Options At Acquisitions Incorporated, no one ever asks, “Should it be done?” Instead they ask, “How can it be done — and then how do we turn what we’ve done into cold, hard cash
environment? We’ve got the advice and narrative options you need. This chapter also presents a new race inspired by the chaotic drive to achieve that underlies every Acq Inc campaign, as well as a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
achieve the pinnacle of their class features, becoming heroic archetypes. The fate of the world or even the order of the multiverse might hang in the balance during their adventures. Bonus Feats at
feat of their choice for every 30,000 XP the character earns above 355,000 XP. Epic Boon feats are especially appropriate for these bonus feats, but a player can choose any feat for which their level 20 character qualifies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Chapter 3: Player Options At Acquisitions Incorporated, no one ever asks, “Should it be done?” Instead they ask, “How can it be done — and then how do we turn what we’ve done into cold, hard cash
environment? We’ve got the advice and narrative options you need. This chapter also presents a new race inspired by the chaotic drive to achieve that underlies every Acq Inc campaign, as well as a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Path to Perfection Every fall of the hammer on the anvil, every fire stoked in the forge, is a step on a journey set before me by Moradin himself. It isn’t work. It is a challenge to achieve
dragon protecting a treasure hoard. Such protectiveness isn’t often called for in the company of friends and family — but just as a parent doesn’t leave a child unattended, a dwarf doesn’t craft an item
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
appear. Each character in the adventuring party visited the Witchlight Carnival when they were a child—in fact, they snuck in without buying a ticket—and had something stolen from them. Fate brings
sneaking into the carnival as a child without paying for a ticket. That memory has grown foggy over time, though it still conjures a weird admixture of emotions—wonder and awe mixed with loss and regret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
appear. Each character in the adventuring party visited the Witchlight Carnival when they were a child—in fact, they snuck in without buying a ticket—and had something stolen from them. Fate brings
sneaking into the carnival as a child without paying for a ticket. That memory has grown foggy over time, though it still conjures a weird admixture of emotions—wonder and awe mixed with loss and regret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
The Path to Perfection Every fall of the hammer on the anvil, every fire stoked in the forge, is a step on a journey set before me by Moradin himself. It isn’t work. It is a challenge to achieve
dragon protecting a treasure hoard. Such protectiveness isn’t often called for in the company of friends and family — but just as a parent doesn’t leave a child unattended, a dwarf doesn’t craft an item
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Shankha Trials, the Riverine’s Shankha, don’t see it. Map 9.1: forest heartView Player Version Amanisha Manivarshi Amanisha Manivarshi is an accomplished dancer and the most recent champion of the
Manivarsha proud by bringing home the Riverine’s Shankha.” Bond. “The folk of the Manivarshi diaspora cling too much to memories. I will give them something new to celebrate.” Flaw. “I am both a child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ornaments from the eaves. Scores of ravens are trapped in each one. They squawk and flutter their wings excitedly as you approach.
Map 10.2: Baba Lysaga’s Creeping HutView Player Version Baba Lysaga
reinforced with brass bands, and an iron tub stained with blood. In the middle of the room is a ghastly wooden crib with a small, angelic child sitting in it. All the furnishings except for the crib