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Shapechange
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hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious.
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is physically capable of doing
or merge into your new form. Equipment that merges has no effect in that state.
During this spell's duration, you can use your action to assume a different form following the same restrictions and
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Material Plane to forge their own destinies.
Once shadar-kai were Fey like the rest of their elven kin; now they exist in a state between life and death, thanks to being transformed by the Shadowfell
, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features by entering a state they call shifting.
Shifters are similar to humans in height and build but are typically more lithe and flexible. Their
race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your characterâs ability
Deck of Many Things
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entombed in a state of suspended animation in an extradimensional sphere. Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the space you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until
30 feet of you. The fighter is of the same race as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the fates have drawn him or her to you. You control this character.
Moon. You are granted the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
survive with just their wits in situations that would be deadly for other folk. Because of that fact, many lizardfolk myths state that their people were placed by the gods in the Material Plane to guard
level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
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Bugbear
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
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Gang Mentality
Since bugbears arenât a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The
remove opposition or exile weaker or unpopular members to keep the rest of the gang strong. Fortunately for the race as a whole, even young and elderly bugbears have the ability to survive alone in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
featuresâa state they call shifting. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. A shifter walks on the knifeâs edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
many believe they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they canât fully
change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features â a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knifeâs edge between the wilds and the world around them. Do they embrace their primal instincts or the path of civilization?
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders.
One Race, Many Forms
The bodies of all
one city-state were killed and eaten to create the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the
Shifter
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weretouched, as many believe they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they
canât fully change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features â a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knifeâs edge between the wilds and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Because the Silver Flame is Thraneâs state religion, characters of any class from that nation might work toward the Silver Flameâs ends. The Emerald Enclave The Wardens of the Word or the Gatekeepers
alternative to the five factions, you can use Eberronâs dragonmarked houses. If you do so, remember that many members of the houses donât possess dragonmarks, and that even houses dominated by one race (the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
vulnerable. Some linger like scars, not always visible but ever-present. Perhaps more so than any other race, elves are familiar with all aspects of memory. From birth, elves donât sleep but instead
enter a trance when they need to rest. In this state, elves remain aware of their surroundings while immersing themselves in memories. What an elf remembers during this reverie depends largely on how long the elf has lived, and the events of the lives that the elfâs soul has experienced before.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Finding Icespire Hold Icespire Hold is so tucked away in the mountains that few people know of its existence, let alone anything about its history or current state. Characters might learn of it after
the way to the dragonâs lair, having come from there. Dobinâs steed is a retired, well-behaved race horse named Four-Leaf Clover.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Martial Arts Adept Within a lavish chamber inside The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, two dust-covered bodies are found reclining. If their rest is disturbed, the bodies awaken from a state of suspended
animation and reveal themselves to be monks of considerable capability. Martial Arts Adept Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 60 (11d8 + 11)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
(your choice of race) are on an errand for their drow mage master when they run into the party by accident. If the characters state that they have legitimate business in Sorcere, the slaves answer
goes on alert. Succubus or Incubus A sometime lover and ally of one of the towerâs wizards, this fiend adopts the form of a slave (your choice of race). Curious to see the inside of Gromphâs sanctum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
A). Annoyed at the disturbance, Gazaia tells the party and Riffel to state their business or leave her sanctum at once. The Last Peylon Fruit. Gazaia says that there is one ripe peylon fruit left in
. On the world of Krynn, kender are a race of Humanoid creatures with pointed ears. They are similar to halflings on other worlds and about the same size. For more information about kender, see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
a lively debate on the current state of the Race of Eight Winds. Detention is run by a halfling who calls herself Brandy. She claims to be a excoriate, driven from House Ghallanda after refusing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Ilhargâs hoofs will trample every brick and stone of Ravnicaâs soaring skylines to rubble. The world will return to a state of nature in which the lawless code of muscle and savagery will reign once again
another leader â one who is loyal to the Old Ways â will arise among the Gruul before the End-Raze begins.
Druid of the Old Ways
Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic neutral
Armor Class 14 (hide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Dragonbait Dragonbait is a champion of good and a saurial â a race that originated on a distant world and whose members have long lives. Very few saurials dwell in the Forgotten Realms, and no
member of any class. Using an ability known as the Shen-state, he can determine the alignment of any creature within 60 feet of him. An Unexpected Friendship. Dragonbait met Artus Cimber in Port
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
a Qualinesti high elf, you might have been raised in seclusion in the forests of Qualinesti. You could have been sent forth to learn the state of the wider world or to pursue rumors of Silvanestiâs
possible to find individual membersâor even small enclavesâof folk like dragonborn, halflings, tieflings, or any other race in Ansalon. Perhaps such individuals stepped through a portal and found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you arenât knocked unconscious. You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is
either fall to the ground or merge into your new form. Equipment that merges has no effect in that state. During this spellâs duration, you can use your action to assume a different form following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
reduce your normal form to 0 hit points, you arenât knocked unconscious. You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is
either fall to the ground or merge into your new form. Equipment that merges has no effect in that state. During this spellâs duration, you can use your action to assume a different form following
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
leaderâs passing: Name one positive change that the leader brought to his or her domain or sphere of influence. Does that change persist after the leaderâs death? State the general mood or attitude of the
victory against those they wish to overthrow, even if itâs a pyrrhic victory. Which of their three goals do they achieve? How long is this achievement likely to last? State the cost exacted upon the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
score for that ability increases by 2, as does the characterâs maximum for that score. Physical Transformation. A character bargaining with the hags can choose to change their race, sex, or appearance
one year older than the standard for adulthood (as noted in the traits for the characterâs race). All such benefits last no longer than a year, and they end immediately if the painting of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
arenât a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The individuals in a group typically number
unpopular members to keep the rest of the gang strong. Fortunately for the race as a whole, even young and elderly bugbears have the ability to survive alone in the wild, and the cast-off members of a gang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17 Constitution saving throw or fall unconscious, lulled into that state by a soothing psionic vibration that the ulitharid produces. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw must repeat it at the
can survive in this state for the remainder of its natural life, its mind and body nourished by the psipodâs psychic energy. If the psipod is shut down, or if the unconscious creature is removed from
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
), but no being is turned away from Silverymoon because of its race â though a drow or an orc proving true to oneâs blood is sure to be punished in full for transgressing against the peace of the city
being entrusted to a deserving person. In the east of the city is the High Palace, capital of the city and of the fallen state of Luruar. Lord Methrammar Aerasumé lives in this high, slender-spired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
this tome, the elves set down thoughts regarding the power of innocence. They recounted how they had long observed the halfling race, watching as the chaos of the world swept around them and left
their villages untouched. While orcs, dwarves, and humans struggled, fought, and spilled blood to expand their territory, the elves noted that the halflings dwelled in a state of placid disregard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
state of shock. Who could unleash such power? Was this a weapon, and if so, when would those responsible issues their demands? Were the borders of the lingering walls of mist stable, or could they
serving the Mourning? Or do you believe that you siphon power from it and weaken it with your actions? As a member of an unusual race, you could say that you are actually a creation of the Mourning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
entombed in a state of suspended animation in an extradimensional sphere. Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the space you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until
. The fighter is of the same race as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the fates have drawn him or her to you. You control this character. Moon. You are granted the ability to cast the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
enough to gain one level. Otherwise, this card has no effect. Donjon. You disappear and become entombed in a state of suspended animation in an extradimensional sphere. Everything you were wearing and
the service of a 4th-level fighter who appears in a space you choose within 30 feet of you. The fighter is of the same race as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the fates have drawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
unknown, as is Corellon, yet elves called âdarkâ exist in this world. These are elves whom others believe have betrayed their people, but to the eye, they bear none of the physical hallmarks of drow. I wonder if, with so mutable a race as elves, that state is permanent.
aspect of Kiaransalee that appeals to most drow, because it becomes a necessity in every ambitious drowâs life â usually more than once. The state of undeath is of less concern to them, but those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
wealth and wisdom to keep the enterprise going a few more decades. Luiren. Long the homeland of halflings and thought to be the place where their race had its genesis, Luiren was lost during the
as a vassal state, mercenary work and adventuring were popular livelihoods among Sembians who didnât have local families to feed. Those endeavors are even more popular now among veterans of the war
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
tunnels beneath the warehouse were dug as smugglersâ byways. Later, worshipers of That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the âNew Race: Verdanâ section in chapter 3) excavated chambers beneath the ground
altar, the gearwork maul, or Teeshe herself), the spirit controlling Sergeant Teeshe forces her to attack. Use the thug stat block for her in this state. Entropy Guardian. The gearwork device above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Metallic Dragons Metallic dragons seek to preserve and protect, viewing themselves as one powerful race among the many races that have a place in the world. Noble Curiosity. Metallic dragons covet
state of trance or reverie within 6 miles of the dragonâs lair, the dragon can establish telepathic contact with that creature and converse with it in its dreams. The creature remembers its conversation






