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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
sunlight, these hounds are usually met as a pack. Some faiths devoted to deities of gloom and night, such as that of Shar in the Forgotten Realms, perform unholy rites to summon shadow mastiffs to work
Ethereal Awareness. The shadow mastiff can see ethereal creatures and objects.
Sunlight Weakness. While in bright light created by sunlight, the shadow mastiff has disadvantage on attack rolls
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your
, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goat-like legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling
; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
From the Oasis Theater’s spectacular singers and acrobats to the pantomimes and shadow puppeteers of the Wide, Baldur’s Gate hosts a colorful array of performers. Good acts can always
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Entertainer Routines
A good entertainer is versatile, spicing up every performance with a variety of different routines. Choose one to three routines or roll on the table below to define your expertise as an
Half-Elf
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
Flint squinted into the setting sun. He thought he saw the figure of a man striding up the path. Standing, Flint drew back into the shadow of a tall pine to see better. The man’s walk was
-Elf Variants
Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the hand and lead it to the proper afterlife. Kelemvor’s priests teach that those who revere the gods according to the rites of their religion have done their proper service and will be offered the
rites for those who can’t afford the lavish ceremonies of their faith. The tenets of Kelemvor’s faithful compel them to forestall or prevent untimely deaths whenever possible. Different sects and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
orcs and other foul creatures, practicing strange rites by the light of the moons. While flawed, this vision isn’t entirely inaccurate. The Shadow Marches are a desolate land of swamps and moors. The
Shadow Marches Capital: Zarash’ak (unofficial) Hallmarks: Eberron dragonshards, herbs When most people think of the Shadow Marches, they imagine a fetid backwater where illiterate humans mingle with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
with orcs and other foul creatures, practicing strange rites by the light of the moons. While flawed, this vision isn’t entirely inaccurate. The Shadow Marches are a desolate land of swamps and moors
The Shadow Marches Capital: Zarash’ak (unofficial) Noted for Eberron dragonshards, herbs When most people think of the Shadow Marches, they imagine a fetid backwater where illiterate humans mingle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
tolerate bright light, but they shun sunlight. Summoned for Service. Some faiths devoted to deities of gloom and night, such as Shar in the Forgotten Realms, perform unholy rites to summon shadow mastiffs
Shadow Mastiff These black hounds of the Shadowfell move invisibly through the shadows, always on the hunt. In gloomy places where the veil between the Shadowfell and the Material Plane is thinnest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
devoted to deities of gloom and night, such as that of Shar in the Forgotten Realms, perform unholy rites to summon shadow mastiffs to work as temple sentinels and bodyguards. Shadow Mastiff
Medium
Shadow Mastiffs Shadow mastiffs—hounds of the Shadowfell—move invisibly through the shadows, always on the hunt. Shadow Mastiff Shunning sunlight, these hounds are usually met as a pack. Some faiths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
lady of fortune” (Tymora) — an indication, tieflings say, that one’s outward appearance and bloodline are less important to the gods than the heart and soul within. TIEFLING VARIANTS
Since not all
tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling character, although
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
part of a cult, work with the DM to define your personal beliefs, along with the size and scope of your cult. Does your faith have wide support across the Shadow Marches? Or are you and your family the only people who share your particular beliefs?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Skill Variants A skill dictates the circumstances under which a character can add his or her proficiency bonus to an ability check. Skills define those circumstances by referring to different aspects
the following variants. Choose whichever one best suits your campaign. Ability Check Proficiency With this variant rule, characters don’t have skill proficiencies. Instead, each character has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of a haunted afterlife as a restless spirit. The dead earn no rest, no finality, no peace—just a passage into a shadow world of wispy phantoms, mournful groaning, and clanking chains. At first glance
its hard-working farmers, fishers, and laborers. From the loftiest families to the lowliest workers, Mordent’s people cling to traditions that define the order of society and each person’s place in it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Details Opportunities to subvert minds and deeds exist throughout Baldur’s Gate. When an opportunity presented itself, the characters seized on one in particular. Define the particulars of their
within Mandorcai’s Mansion. You and others sought the tools and rites to prod the power within, to draw it out and make it yours. But what lies within the mansion refuses to ever serve again.
3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
houses. It’s up to you to define your relationship to the house. Were you brought up in the house? Or are you independent from it? This is best represented by your background. Consider the following
, but you also don’t have responsibilities. Guild artisan is a good choice to reflect basic house training, but you could choose entertainer for the Mark of Shadow, sailor for the Mark of Storms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Details Opportunities to subvert minds and deeds exist throughout Baldur’s Gate. When an opportunity presented itself, the characters seized on one in particular. Define the particulars of their
Mandorcai’s Mansion. You and others sought the tools and rites to prod the power within, to draw it out and make it yours. But what lies within the mansion refuses to ever serve again. 3 Too long has the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Asian martial-arts movies is a perfect match for D&D. Players can define the appearance of their characters and gear however they like for the campaign, and spells need only minor flavor changes so
Devotion (bushido) that includes fealty to a lord (daimyo) among its tenets. A ninja is a monk who pursues the Way of Shadow. Whether called a wu jen, a tsukai, or a swami, a wizard, sorcerer, or warlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. With constant upheaval, no one has performed the rites necessary to placate what dwells in the deep.
4 Dozens of servants were hired to help host a grand gala thrown by Arijani. The event was
, and the shadow-bereft soon sicken and die. A local leader claims that the strange plague’s cure lies among the hidden isles known as the Ashram of Niranjan (detailed in “Other Domains of Dread
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
above it. Drowned Altar The sea boils around an ancient, submerged ruin called the Drowned Altar. With Kalakeri’s upheaval, no one has performed the rites to placate what dwells in the deep. Forest of the
The shadows of people of Meenakara are disappearing, and the shadow-bereft soon sicken and die. Meenakara’s people believe the cure lies in the Ashram of Niranjan. Neelakurinji Bandits overtook the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
guardian that resembles a deer with two heads. 10 A shadow that appears only when individuals look away from the woods’ tree line. Villain Torments Folk horror villains have been consumed by the
traditions or land they embody, causing them to fail in their duties or their rites to spin out of control. Choose from or roll on the Folk Horror Torments to determine how these twisted traditions torment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
symbol or druidic focus, even if it isn’t needed for spellcasting. Each of you also has a book containing prayers, rites, and scriptures of your faith. Proficiencies. Each member of your party gains
deity. Religious Order Contact d6 Contact 1 Shadow Tongue. A mysterious speaker for your order advises your next steps but fears being discovered by a powerful rival faith. 2 Inspired Creator. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Gods of the Orcs Orcs believe their gods to be invincible. They see the principles that define them and their deities at work every day in the world around them — nature rewards the strong and
with distaste and unease. They interact with the tribe mostly on occasions of death, claiming the bones of fallen warriors to add to the ossuary shrines of Yurtrus, and sometimes during shamanic rites
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
shadow demon that directs his wererat minions through wispy messages scrawled on passage walls. The King of the Rats spends his lonely hours obsessively counting the treasure the rats sift from the Ditch
released when the Athar carry out rites to destroy magic items created by priests of those they consider false gods. The divine energy concentrates within the tree and its fruit, which are the source of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the attacks of these fish. 80. Black Gate Pool Beneath walls set with relief carvings of humanoid couples romantically entwined, the bottom of a slimy, dimly luminous pool is shrouded in shadow
tow. Part of the deal the Red Wizards struck with the sahuagin involves providing prisoners for dark rites and horrid meals. The magic of the black shrine keeps ten commoners standing around it in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
provoking opportunity attacks.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the mangler takes the Hide action.
Star Spawn Seer A star spawn seer is most often encountered as the
energy sources and perform the dire rites that will extend a bridge between the Material Plane and the squirming chaos of an Elder Evil’s realm. An entity that appears as a star spawn seer in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
wizards were able to use the raging blue fire that followed Mystra’s death to propel their nation safely into the realm of Toril’s twin, Abeir (displacing part of that world into the Plane of Shadow). Now
great peninsula of Aglarond juts out into the Inner Sea, and that body of water and the forests of the Yuirwood define much of the nation’s character. A realm of humans living in harmony with their elf