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Returning 35 results for 'shadow traits'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Mark of Shadow Traits If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you have this subrace, with the following traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Cunning Intuition. When
Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the Mark of Shadow Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. Mark of Shadow Spells Spell
Spells
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
You call forth a shadowy spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Shadow Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an emotion
: Fury, Despair, or Fear. The creature resembles a misshapen biped marked by the chosen emotion, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points
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
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
’s Handbook can be used for a character whose origin lies with one of the other barbarian tribes in Faerûn. You might be a fair-haired barbarian of the Reghed, dwelling in the shadow of the
traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a member of an Uthgardt tribe.
Even if you have left your tribe behind (at least for now), you hold to the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Creating a Moonstone Dragon
Use the Moonstone Dragon Personality Traits and Moonstone Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive moonstone dragon characters.
Moonstone Dragon
Personality Traits
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Trait
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I often lose track of whether I’m in the Feywild or on the Material Plane.
2
I have
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn’t useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
Creating a Deep Dragon
Use the Deep Dragon Personality Traits and
Personality Traits
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Trait
1
I will not risk injury at the hands of weaker creatures—especially while I can turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating a Shadow Dragon Use the Shadow Dragon Personality Traits and Shadow Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive shadow dragon characters. If you use the variant rule in the
innate spells with spells more appropriate to their tenebrous nature, such as darkness, fog cloud, misty step, or nondetection. Shadow Dragon Personality Traits d8 Trait
1 I am a creature of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Elf Subrace: Mark of Shadow If you’re an elf with the Mark of Shadow, you have this subrace, with the following traits. Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1. Cunning Intuition
the Mark. If you have the Spellcasting or the Pact Magic class feature, the spells on the Mark of Shadow Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. Mark of Shadow Spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that replaces traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race that lets you keep some half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark
. 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->Monster Manual
Blindsight 10 ft., Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Draconic
CR 4 (XP 1,100; PB +2)
Traits
Living Shadow. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the dragon has Resistance to
Shadow Dragons Dragon Corrupted by Darkness Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark; Treasure: Any Justin Gerard A shadow dragon lurks among haunted ruins, attended by shadows raised by its life
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Equipment
samples have the following traits regardless of size:
Immune to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; as well as bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Resistant to
humanoid corpses within 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;haze husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
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The shadow;shadows of 1d6 random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
normal traits associated with those races. For half-elves, a dragonmark is a variant race. You keep some of the standard half-elf traits and replace others with the traits associated with your mark
. 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 high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Roll on or choose an option from the Shadow Quirk table to determine how your living shadow behaves. Additionally, you gain the traits that follow. Shadow Quirk d6 Quirk
1 My shadow often
Living Shadow The shadow you cast is animate and ever-present, even when lighting conditions would otherwise prevent it. Your shadow occasionally moves out of sync with you. Sometimes it appears to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Half-Orcs of the Shadow Marches Where the people of the Five Nations know little of your kind, in the swamps of the Shadow Marches half-orcs are celebrated. Human refugees settled in the Shadow
Marches centuries ago, and the first half-orcs helped to cement the bond between these outsiders and the native orcs. Many Marchers feel that the half-orc carries the best traits of both races, with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Unconscious
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages None
CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2)
Traits
Amorphous. The shadow can
Shadow Disembodied, Life-Drinking Shade Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark, Urban; Treasure: None Michael Broussard Shadows are incorporeal Undead that feed on life. They resent the living for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Exhaustion, Frightened
Senses Darkvision 120 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Common plus one other language
CR 8 (XP 3,900; PB +3)
Traits
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The vampire takes
Shadow Strike attack.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) Necrotic damage. The target’s Hit Point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the Necrotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
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
physical forms in the Abyss. This might occur due to divine intervention, when a demon is destroyed in the Abyss, or under more unusual circumstances. Shadow demons are the incorporeal remnants of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
(XP 10,000, or 11,500 in lair; PB +5)
Traits
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in Dim
Shadow Dragon Lairs Shadow dragons lair in places of darkness and despair, such as accursed ruins, the depths of the Underdark, or the Shadowfell. The region around a shadow dragon’s lair is twisted
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Equipment
samples have the following traits regardless of size:
Immune to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; as well as bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Resistant to
humanoid corpses within 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;haze husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
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The shadow;shadows of 1d6 random
Delerium Geode
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samples have the following traits regardless of size:
Immune to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; as well as bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Resistant to
humanoid corpses within 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;haze husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
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The shadow;shadows of 1d6 random
Delerium Massive Cluster
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Equipment
samples have the following traits regardless of size:
Immune to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; as well as bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Resistant to
humanoid corpses within 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;haze husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
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The shadow;shadows of 1d6 random
Delerium Crystal
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Equipment
samples have the following traits regardless of size:
Immune to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; as well as bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Resistant to
humanoid corpses within 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;haze husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
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Delerium Shard
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Equipment
samples have the following traits regardless of size:
Immune to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage; as well as bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Resistant to
humanoid corpses within 120 feet animate as hostile haze husk;haze husks. The shrieking undead beg frantically for forgiveness as they rip apart the living.
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The shadow;shadows of 1d6 random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
shadowy spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Shadow Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an emotion: Fury, Despair, or
Fear. The creature resembles a misshapen biped marked by the chosen emotion, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
; PB +2)
Traits
Amorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the shadow has Disadvantage on
; Exhaustion, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 8
Languages Understands Common and Giant but can’t speak
CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Traits
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
)
Traits
Contortionist. The manes can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Sickening Vapors. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 5
manes’s Sickening Vapors for 24 hours.
Actions
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Slashing damage plus 5 (2d4) Necrotic damage.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the manes takes the Hide action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Prone, Restrained, Unconscious
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages None
CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2)
Traits
Amorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1
.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Sahuagin
CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2)
Traits
Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points.
Limited
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
(including the Dragon Appearance, Dragon Mannerisms, Dragon Bonds, and Dragon Flaws and Secrets tables), as well as the tables of personality traits and ideals in chapter 5, to help you elaborate the
fate across the worlds
8 Roll again, and in addition the echo is Undead (a dracolich, hollow dragon, ghost dragon, or draconic shard) or a shadow dragon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
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Languages Common, Primordial (Auran)
CR 1/4 (XP 50; PB +2)
Traits
Mimicry. The kenku can mimic any sounds it has heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are
imitations with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Actions
Shadow Blade. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) Necrotic damage. Hit or Miss: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Suggested Characteristics Use the tables for the outlander background in the Player’s Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your
Reghed, dwelling in the shadow of the Reghed Glacier in the far North near Icewind Dale.
You might also be of the nomadic Rashemi, noted for their savage berserkers and their masked witches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Zhentarim The Black Network has an open recruitment policy. Anyone can join. Tenacity and loyalty are highly valued (but not essential) traits in new members. The Zhentarim is a shadow organization
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
in mind, so he skips the personality traits suggested in the folk hero background, noting instead that Bruenor is a caring, sensitive dwarf who genuinely loves his friends and allies, but he hides
, Bruenor’s bond is obvious: he aspires to someday reclaim Mithral Hall, his homeland, from the shadow dragon that drove the dwarves out. His flaw is tied to his caring, sensitive nature—he has a soft spot for orphans and wayward souls, leading him to show mercy even when it might not be warranted.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, Exhaustion
Senses Blindsight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 23
Languages Common plus three other languages
CR 15 (XP 13,000, or 15,000 in lair; PB +5)
Traits
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in
Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shadow Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place, it teleports into its resting place unless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
, wood elves, and dark elves, though there is little physical difference among the three subraces here. Elves share the traits described in the Player’s Handbook for their race and subrace. High Elves
sometimes called the elves of shadow. They are closely connected to the Golgari Swarm, and because they generally live underground, they share other dark elves’ sensitivity to sunlight. Unlike the