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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the shadow has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.
A duplicate reduced to 0 hit points or targeted by a dispel magic spell vanishes in a
Amorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the shadow can take the Hide action as a bonus action
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
disadvantage if it can see the rider, ending the condition on itself on a success.Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the deathless riders serve a warlock-queen, known simply as the Shadow
Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the result of imagination trying to account for a terrifying and
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
This gemstone contains an unstable extradimensional rift. Its facets are ribboned with iridescent veins that seem to move of their own accord. Five types of shard solitaire are known to exist, each
charges; the duplicate created by the spell has the same number of hit points as the creature it imitates)
Shard Solitaire (Jacinth);Jacinth
Fireball (2 charges), fire storm (6 charges)
Shard
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
regard for mortal values of honor and law, but they nonetheless operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must always be repaid, promises must be honored, and outright lies must never be
, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksLoot Likeness. The high fae magically transforms into a duplicate of a Small or Medium creature it can see. While transformed, the high fae retains its
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
impossible to duplicate. To interact with other folk, thri-kreen rely on a form of telepathy.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your character is a
member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you create a character using a race option presented here, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, and topaz—gleam in these dragonborn’s scaled skin and course through their veins. Theirs are the wonders of the mind, the force of will, the brilliant light of insight, and the resounding
the game’s fantastical races. If you select one of the dragonborn races in this chapter, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your
Dhampir
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to one of the following Domains of Dread (detailed in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft):
Barovia. In the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, tales flourish of those who love or descend from vampires
lineage option, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your ability scores, you increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different
Aasimar
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
dark eyes
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Starkly colored hair
4
An unusual hue tinting your shadow
5
A ghostly halo crowning your head
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Rainbows gleaming on your skin
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 race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
veins making it clear that they’ve been touched by death. Other reborn are marvels of magic or science, being stitched together from disparate beings or bearing mysterious minds in manufactured
, but you aren’t any longer. You now possess only your lineage’s racial traits.
When you create a character using a lineage option, follow these additional rules during character creation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the character’s movements, allowing a shrewd player to use the duplicate to dispense with the liquid in the font. The shadow duplicate has the statistics of a commoner and is immune to poison damage. It
, but the treasure does not appear. The illusory soup reappears 1 minute later. The shadow duplicate can’t exert pressure on objects and glides through any obstacles it encounters. Casting dispel magic on
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of stone and earth or a human skin tone with glittering sparkles like gem dust. Some earth genasi have lines marking their skin like cracks, either showing glimmering gemlike veins or a dim, yellowish
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.
Ability Score Increases
When
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Basic Rules (2014)
exhales and a blast of fire roars from his mouth, engulfing his foes.
Moving with the silence of the night, a black-clad halfling steps into a shadow beneath an arch and emerges from another inky
shadow on a balcony a stone’s throw away. She slides her blade free of its cloth-wrapped scabbard and peers through the open window at the tyrant prince, so vulnerable in the grip of sleep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
area of a detect magic spell. When a humanoid passes between the two westernmost mirrors, a shadowy duplicate of that creature emerges from each of those mirrors. These duplicates are hostile toward
all creatures except each other. A duplicate reduced to 0 hit points or targeted by a dispel magic spell vanishes in a wisp of inky smoke. Otherwise, each duplicate disappears after 1 minute. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Way of Shadow Monks of the Way of Shadow follow a tradition that values stealth and subterfuge. These monks might be called ninjas or shadowdancers, and they serve as spies and assassins. Sometimes
, rich merchants, or anyone else who can pay their fees. Regardless of their methods, the heads of these monasteries expect the unquestioning obedience of their students. Shadow Arts Starting when you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spectral duplicate of itself and send the duplicate out to gather information on other planes by watching places where the gods and their servants gather. When a berbalang is perceiving its
environment through its duplicate, its actual body is unconscious and can’t protect or nourish itself. Thus, a berbalang typically uses its duplicate for only a short time before returning its consciousness to
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
+1 bonus to initiative rolls.
You are unable to hear any speech louder than a whisper.
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An exact duplicate of you appears next to you, dressed as you but lacking any gear. The duplicate
functions as a familiar and has the statistics of a cat.
An exact duplicate of you appears next to you, dressed as you but lacking any gear. It loudly tries to convince all other creatures that it is you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the illusion), provided that you can see the illusion. Illusory Self Beginning at 10th level, you can create an illusory duplicate of yourself as an instant, almost instinctual reaction to danger. When
a creature makes an attack roll against you, you can use your reaction to interpose the illusory duplicate between the attacker and yourself. The attack automatically misses you, then the illusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Unearthed Arcana
Horror Subclasses May 6, 2025
Scream! … for joy with this new Unearthed Arcana document in which we explore horror themed subclasses using the rules from the 2024 Player’s Handbook. This playtest
document presents revised subclasses for the Bard (College of Spirits), Cleric (Grave Domain), Rogue (Phantom), Sorcerer (Shadow Sorcery), and Warlock (Hexblade Patron and Undead Patron) as well as new subclasses for the Artificer (Reanimator) and Ranger (Hollow Warden).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
demons. There are three rules to endings. First, good always wins. Second, evil always returns. Third, the first rule isn’t always true.
—Tarsheva Longreach,
planar traveler
Shadow Demon Medium
Shadow Demon Vestige of Evil Habitat: Planar (Abyss); Treasure: None Lars Grant-west Shadow demons form when exceptionally wicked demons are destroyed and prevented from reconstituting their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
follows: Door Handles. The black basalt doors leading to the dais (area 15b) have handles on this side and are easily pulled open from within.
Mithral Veins. Thin veins of mithral spread across the
(see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute when an invisible creature stands directly in front of the mirror. Characters must be 11th level or higher to pass through this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Creating a Dragonmarked Character Dragonmarks manifest on certain members of a few species, represented in the rules by variant race options: For humans and half-orcs, a dragonmark is a variant race
. For dwarves, elves, gnomes, and halflings, the dragonmark replaces your subrace. So, if you’re making an elf character, you can choose to take the Mark of Shadow instead of being a wood elf or a high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Horrors and Madness Horrors on Ravnica are terror and madness personified. You can represent this reality by using the madness rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Whenever a character fails a saving
throw against the flying horror’s Frightening Screech, the shadow horror’s claw attack, or the skittering horror’s Maddening Presence, note that fact. At the end of the encounter, have each character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Raven Queen, The The Raven Queen is a being of mystery. Those who claim to have encountered her have described an array of disturbing images: a terrible shadow that clawed at their innermost thoughts
into the gloom. Despite all attempts to demystify her, the Raven Queen has remained enigmatic and aloof. She rules from her Raven Throne within the Fortress of Memories, a mazelike castle deep within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
shadow; see chapter 7), a rising star in scriptology whose dynamic lectures are practically performance art. This course’s first Exam takes place a short while after the events of the “Mascots Everywhere
!” section and tests students on their knowledge of scrivening and symbology, as expressed in glyph of warding spells. For more information about the rules used for Exams, see chapter 3. Scribing magic is an important field of study at Strixhaven, as sloppiness can have strange effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
House Thuranni The story of the Shadow Schism that sundered House Thuranni from its kindred in House Phiarlan is a tangled knot of mystery. The surface details of the tale seem simple enough. About
the new political powers of Khorvaire, and the division of Thuranni from Phiarlan embodies that new reality. From his enclave in Regalport (in the Lhazaar Principalities), Baron Elar d’Thuranni rules a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Siberys Dragonmarks Lee Moyer Left to Right: Siberys Mark of Detection, Siberys Mark of Shadow, Siberys Mark of Making
While the people of Khorvaire have a limited understanding of
damage, and manifest the Siberys mark of Storm. A character with ties to House Phiarlan or House Thuranni might represent the Siberys mark of Shadow by choosing the Boon of the Night Spirit. What’s New
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Shadow monk, can their silence be dispelled? A spell is a spell, no matter its source. When you cast a spell through a feature, the spell is subject to the normal spellcasting rules, unless the feature
type of melee weapon attack. The game often makes exceptions to general rules, and this is an important exception: that unarmed strikes count as melee weapon attacks despite not being weapons. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
closely tied to the distant land of Xen’drik. The following optional rules are a way to explore this aspect of the setting. Optional Rule: Common Languages
Common is the language of the Five Nations
usually speak Goblin.
Goblin is the common tongue of Darguun, Droaam, and the Shadow Marches, along with most “monstrous” creatures in Khorvaire. It was the language of the goblin empire that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
images: a terrible shadow that clawed at their innermost thoughts, a pale and regal elf who exploded into an untold number of ravens, a shambling tangle of slick roots and sticks that overwhelmed them with
questions. She rules from her Raven Throne within the Fortress of Memories, a mazelike castle deep within the bleakness of the Shadowfell. From there she sends out her ravens to find interesting souls she can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
discovered a beating heart that filled an entire room, pumping blood through veins in the walls of the building. According to Allis, the staff claimed to be “creating the heart of Galifar,” apparently
serve the demon overlord Sul Khatesh in exchange for secrets of magic. In the Mror Holds, dwarf clans bargain with Dyrrn the Corruptor to gain symbionts and sinister gifts. The Shadow Marches contain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
to see that Gleam casts no shadow. While she has no shadow, Gleam is cursed (see the “Shadowless” sidebar). SHADOWLESS
A shadowless creature is one that carries the curse of having no shadow—a fact
evident only when the creature is in bright or dim light. A remove curse spell or similar magic ends the curse on a shadowless creature, reuniting it with its shadow instantly.
Creatures native to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
, and they’ve grown increasingly common in recent years. In Eberron: Rising from the Last War, only a character of a particular species could have each dragonmark. Those rules reflected the common
Draconic Prophecy, or it could be an aberrant mark that happens to duplicate an established one. You’ll probably never meet an NPC in the world like you, and House Jorasco might not claim you. To build a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
warlock. Standard Dark Spellcaster Franchise Rules
No summoning circles in the bathroom. No “tentacle talk” during mealtimes. You must wear a gag at bedtime. That constant screaming makes it hard for
walking the fine line between light and shadow. Or, you know, walking the shadow but being pretty sure the light is over there somewhere. As such, you’re the perfect person to take point when your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
deathless riders serve a warlock-queen, known simply as the Shadow Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the
Deathless Rider Igor Krstic “Headed to the wilds? Beware the dead riders who serve the Shadow Queen.”
—Scalan, Edgewall innkeeper
Legends told in the courts of Eldraine suggest that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
of the spectrum, even a hag without lofty status is likely to have strange, single-use items that don’t emulate common spells or even follow the normal rules of magic. For inspiration in devising the
blackness equivalent to darkness (a 2nd-level spell). A hag carefully shepherds her use of weird magic because the items in her repertoire are often impossible to duplicate or replace. To reflect this fact