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Variant Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

If your campaign uses the optional feat rules from the Player’s Handbook, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait.

Human Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

HUMAN TRAITS If your campaign uses the optional feat rules from chapter 6, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait

Human Traits It’s hard to make generalizations about humans, but your human character has these traits. Ability Score Increase. Your ability scores each increase by 1. Age. Humans reach adulthood in

Variant: Customizing Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Variant: Customizing Ability Scores At your Dungeon Master’s option, you can use this variant for determining your ability scores. The method described here allows you to build a character with a set

of ability scores you choose individually. You have 27 points to spend on your ability scores. The cost of each score is shown on the Ability Score Point Cost table. For example, a score of 14 costs

Strength

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

determining how a character is hindered by the weight of equipment. When you use this variant, ignore the Strength column of the Armor table. If you carry weight in excess of 5 times your Strength score, you

. Lifting and Carrying Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. The following terms define what you can lift or carry. Carrying Capacity. Your carrying capacity is your Strength

Variant Human: Mark of Handling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Human: Mark of Handling If your human character has the Mark of Handling, the following traits replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook. Ability Score

Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Wild Intuition. When you make a Wisdom (Animal Handling) or Intelligence (Nature) check, you can roll a

Variant Half-Elf: Mark of Storm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Half-Elf: Mark of Storm If your half-elf character has the Mark of Storm, the following traits replace the half-elf’s Ability Score Increase and Skill Versatility traits in the Player’s

Handbook. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1. Windwright’s Intuition. When you make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check or any ability check

Variant Human: Mark of Sentinel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Human: Mark of Sentinel If your human character has the Mark of Sentinel, the following traits replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook. Ability Score

Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1. Sentinel’s Intuition. When you make a Wisdom (Insight) or Wisdom (Perception) check, you can roll a d4 and add the

Strength

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

a character is hindered by the weight of equipment. When you use this variant, ignore the Strength column of the Armor table in chapter 5. If you carry weight in excess of 5 times your Strength score

Carrying Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. The following terms define what you can lift or carry. Carrying Capacity. Your carrying capacity is your Strength score

Variant Human: Mark of Making

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Human: Mark of Making If your human character has the Mark of Making, the following traits replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook. Ability Score Increase

. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Artisan’s Intuition. When you make an Arcana check or an ability check involving artisan’s tools, you

Variant Half-Elf: Mark of Detection

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Half-Elf: Mark of Detection If your half-elf character has the Mark of Detection, the following traits replace the half-elf’s Ability Score Increase and Skill Versatility traits in the

Player’s Handbook. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Deductive Intuition. When you make an Intelligence (Investigation) or

Variant Human: Mark of Passage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Human: Mark of Passage If your human character has the Mark of Passage, the following traits replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait in the Player’s Handbook. Ability Score Increase

. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and one other ability score of your choice increases by 1. Courier’s Speed. Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet. Intuitive Motion. When you make a

Variant Half-Orc or Human: Mark of Finding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Variant Half-Orc or Human: Mark of Finding If your half-orc or human character has the Mark of Finding, the following traits replace the character’s racial traits in the Player’s Handbook, aside

from age, alignment, size, and speed. Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as

3. Determine Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

score, which is a number you record on your character sheet. The six abilities and their use in the game are described in the Using Ability Scores section. The Ability Score Summary table provides

from the ability score and then divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores. BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3 Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14

Aundairian Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Aundairian Characters Regardless of your Intelligence score, if you’re an Aundairian you’re sure you’re the smartest person in the room. Consider the following things. Arcane Talent. If you’re not

going to play a magical class, consider being a high elf or a variant human with the Magic Initiate feat. Whether you learn offensive cantrips and fight as a wandslinger or pick up a few practical tools

Brass Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

necessary, thwarting foes with magical sleep and searing them with flame. Brass dragons favor warm climes, particularly steppes and rocky or sandy deserts, and they usually dwell near prominent crossroads or

quests. Brass Dragon Wyrmling Medium Dragon (Metallic), Chaotic Good AC 15 Initiative +2 (12) HP 22 (4d8 + 4) Speed 30 ft., Burrow 15 ft., Fly 60 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 15

Variant Abilities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Variant Abilities When a beholder’s dream-imagination runs wild, the result can be an offspring that has an unusual or unique set of abilities. Rather than the standard powers of a beholder’s central

eye and eyestalks, the creature has one or more variant abilities — guaranteed to surprise any enemies who thought they knew what they were getting themselves into. This section provides several

Difficulty Class

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

ability score of 20 still needs a 19 or 20 on the die roll to succeed at a task of this difficulty. Variant: Automatic Success Sometimes the randomness of a d20 roll leads to ludicrous results. Let’s

easy task around 50 percent of the time. A moderate task requires a higher score or proficiency for success, whereas a hard task typically requires both. A big dose of luck with the d20 also doesn’t

Thri-kreen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Thri-kreen Thri-kreen wander the deserts and savannas of the world, avoiding all other races. Thri-Kreen Communication. Thri-kreen employ a language without words. To show emotion and reaction, a

thri-kreen have such short lifespans, the average thri-kreen life expectancy being only thirty years. VARIANT: THRI-KREEN WEAPONS Some thri-kreen employ special martial weapons. A gythka is a two

Initiative Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Initiative Variants This section offers different ways to handle initiative. Initiative Score With this optional rule, creature don’t roll initiative at the start of combat. Instead, each creature

has an initiative score, which is a passive Dexterity check: 10 + Dexterity modifier. By cutting down on die rolls, math done on the fly, and the process of asking for and recording totals, you can

Efreeti

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Elementals. On many worlds, efreet dwell in sweltering deserts and volcanic regions. Those that make their homes on the Elemental Plane of Fire create incredible cities among seas of flame and molten

. (hover) Ability Score Mod Save Str 22 +6 +6 Dex 12 +1 +1 Con 24 +7 +7 Ability Score Mod Save Int 16 +3 +3 Wis 15 +2 +6 Cha 19 +4 +8

The Rifts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

The Rifts Three large chasms score the floor of the cavern of Menzoberranzan. Clawrift The Clawrift’s uncharted depths have long been rumored to extend into the Abyss. This legend was seemingly

proven true when the demon lord Demogorgon emerged from the Clawrift, obliterating the rope bridges that once extended across it. Bregan D’aerthe spies are assessing the damage from their base in a ruined

Shadow Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

for shadow dragons. Like many other dragons, shadow dragons collect hoards. Their tastes tend to be morbid—collecting coins from ruined empires and their victims’ skulls. Juvenile Shadow Dragon Medium

Dragon, Chaotic Evil AC 15 Initiative +4 (14) HP 45 (6d8 + 18) Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft., Fly 60 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 17 +3 +3 Dex 14 +2 +4 Con 17 +3 +3

Meeting the Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

table, giving them benefits and penalties according to what they have done so far. The characters might have a negative score at this point if they were hostile toward the lizardfolk prior to their

characters give it back. If the mission isn’t ruined by how they conduct themselves prior to this first audience, the queen allows the characters to circulate through the lair for a brief time to give

Earth Elemental

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

matter. 5 Mounds of sand studded with shells. 6 Rubble or pieces of a ruined structure. 7 Striking striations or bands of color. 8 Veins of iron or other ore. The foundations of our homes, the strength

Earth Elemental Large Elemental, Neutral AC 17 Initiative −1 (9) HP 147 (14d10 + 70) Speed 30 ft., Burrow 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 20 +5 +5 Dex 8 −1 −1 Con 20 +5 +5

Gray Ooze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

is partly corroded and takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. VARIANT: PSYCHIC GRAY OOZE A gray ooze that

, suggesting that the ooze can sense and mimic psionic ability. A psionic gray ooze has an Intelligence score of 6 (−2), as well as the following additional action. Psychic Crush (Recharge 5–6). The ooze

Skills

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Skills Each ability covers a broad range of capabilities, including skills that a character or a monster can be proficient in. A skill represents a specific aspect of an ability score, and an

hiding. The skills related to each ability score are shown in the following list. (No skills are related to Constitution.) See an ability’s description in the later sections of this chapter for examples of

8. Unkh's Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

to solving the shrine’s puzzle. The doors to the shrine are not locked and hang heavy on their hinges. Each door weighs 600 pounds, so one or more characters need a combined Strength score of 20 or

higher to heave them open. 8B. Ruined Workshop The roof of this workshop collapsed long ago, and now a thick mass of plants grows from the rubble. Through the moss, you see hundreds of iron keys

Human Names and Ethnicities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

, Ramondo VARIANT HUMAN TRAITS If your campaign uses the optional feat rules from chapter 6, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human’s Ability Score

Increase trait. Ability Score Increase. Two different ability scores of your choice increase by 1. Skills. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice. Feat. You gain one feat of your choice.

Slaadi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Slaadi In the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo, bits of forest and meadow, ruined castles, and isolated islands drift through a tumult of fire, water, earth, and wind. The foremost inhabitants of this

creation and either doesn’t perceive the slaadi as threats or chooses to ignore them. Embedded in a slaad’s brain is a magic gem. Acquire it, and the slaad is yours to command. VARIANT

Skills

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Skills Each ability covers a broad range of capabilities, including skills that a character or a monster can be proficient in. A skill represents a specific aspect of an ability score, and an

hiding. The skills related to each ability score are shown in the following list. (No skills are related to Constitution.) See an ability's description in the later sections of this section for examples of

Talking Snakes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

within 5 feet of the altar. Each awakened snake is unaligned, has an Intelligence score of 10, and speaks Common. The snakes claim to have useful information to share if the characters are willing to

one of them. Ras Nsi and his fellow yuan-ti have built a temple under the ruined city of Omu, west of the Peaks of Flame. One of Ras Nsi’s greatest enemies is a naga named Saja N’baza. The naga dwells

Where Do Monsters Dwell?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

are sprawling underground complexes. Here are a few other examples: A ruined wizard’s tower atop a lonely hill riddled with goblin-infested tunnels A pharaoh’s pyramid filled with haunted crypts and

vast, sunless sea that’s home to aboleths and kuo-toa The Wilderness Not all monsters lurk underground. Many of them inhabit deserts, mountains, swamps, canyons, forests, and other natural settings

Armor and Shields

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

separates them into three categories: light armor, medium armor, and heavy armor. Many warriors supplement their armor with a shield. VARIANT: EQUIPMENT SIZES In most campaigns, you can use or wear any

ill-fitting when an adventurer tries to wear it as a disguise. Using this variant, when adventurers find armor, clothing, and similar items that are made to be worn, they might need to visit an

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

former contents. These ruined, side-by-side cottages look as though they might have been the homes of prosperous shopkeepers or well-off farmers in their time. All that remains are collapsed walls and

effect on it early with a successful save. 4. Druid’s Watch When Reidoth visits Thundertree, this is where he makes camp. This small house appears to be in better condition than the ruined and

Areas of Mistshore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

year. Although some were rebuilt, others were ruined beyond repair and are now used as roofless dens by homeless children and rats. The following locations are keyed to map 4.2. View Player Version

to mention this to the characters for fear of scaring them off. Obliteros is a giant shark, with these changes: The shark’s alignment is chaotic evil. Its Intelligence score is 10 (+0), and it can speak and understand Aquan.

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