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Monsters
Curse of Strahd
. A phantom warrior retains the alignment and personality it had before it died, and it remembers how it died. Memories of its life from shortly before it died are hazy, and older memories are
forgotten. A phantom warrior can usually remember the last 1d10 + 10;{"diceNotation":"1d10+10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Faded Memories"} days of its life; everything that happened before that is an
Genasi
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
which they are born. The more strange their appearance, the harder time they have. Many genasi lose themselves in teeming cities, where their distinctiveness hardly raises an eyebrow in places
, or a member of a desert tribe, is an auspicious event. Most Athasians believe a given genasi is destined for greatness—or infamy.
Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder
classes
Player’s Handbook
: Athletics, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple and Martial weapons
Armor Training
Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields
Starting
definition, the life of a Paladin is an adventuring life, for every Paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against annihilation. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of a world&rsquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Armory Level 5 Bastion Facility Prerequisite: None
Space: Roomy
Hirelings: 1
Order: Trade
An Armory contains mannequins for displaying armor, hooks for holding Shields, racks for storing
weapons, and chests for holding ammunition. Trade: Stock Armory. When you issue the Trade order to this facility, you commission the facility’s hireling to stock the Armory with armor, Shields, weapons
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
You are a member of a teeming horde — one small part of a sprawling organism. Just as you are part of the swarm, the swarm is part of a larger ecosystem, a never-ending cycle of life, death
, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
You have spent your life aboard fishing vessels or combing the shallows for the bounty of the ocean. Perhaps you were born into a family of fisher folk, working with your kin to feed your village
. Maybe the job was a means to an end — a way out of an undesirable circumstance that forced you to take up life aboard a ship. Regardless of how you began, you soon fell in love with the sea, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
individuals typically express the following common assumptions: Brutal Outlook. Violence is normal and part of everyday life. Quick Fixes. Magic is the solution to every problem. Spellcasters’ Privilege
. Magic-users will always be privileged in society, while those who don’t use magic will always be at a disadvantage. Stratified Society. Low Netherese have harder lives than High Netherese. Superiority Complex. Netheril is the apex of civilization, and its fall would be the end of history.
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
. Ash is associated with life and oak with strength. These woods make excellent hafts or whole weapons, such as clubs or quarterstaffs, as well as shields. Alder is associated with air, and it might be
; activities.
Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery
use their training as adventurers. The dungeon delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she
classes
Player’s Handbook
, Arcana, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Tool Proficiencies
Herbalism Kit
Armor Training
Light armor and Shields
.
Druids are concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over
classes
Player’s Handbook
, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
Light and Medium armor and Shields
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield
prayers and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer Planes.
Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, or Survival Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Tool Proficiencies Herbalism Kit Armor Training Light armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A
sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over regions of unspoiled nature, but when a significant danger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
own and typically adopt the cultures and societies into which they are born. The more strange their appearance, the harder time they have. Many genasi lose themselves in teeming cities, where their
distinctiveness hardly raises an eyebrow in places accustomed to a variety of different people. Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder time. People there tend to be less accepting of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
and rites that help them draw on power from the Outer Planes. Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Leather Armor, Shield, Sickle, Druidic Focus (Quarterstaff), Explorer’s Pack, Herbalism Kit, and 9 GP; or (B) 50 GP Druids belong to ancient orders that
concerned with the delicate ecological balance that sustains plant and animal life and with the need for people to live in harmony with nature. Druids often guard sacred sites or watch over regions of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Shirt, Shield, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 7
Planes. Not every member of a temple or shrine is a Cleric. Some priests are called to a simple life of temple service, carrying out their devotion through prayer and rituals, not through magic. Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple and Martial weapons Armor Training Light, Medium, and Heavy armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain
power they wield: power to heal the injured, smite their foes, and protect the helpless and those who fight at their side. Almost by definition, the life of a Paladin is an adventuring life, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain Mail, Shield, Longsword, 6 Javelins, Holy Symbol, Priest’s Pack, and 9 GP; or (B) 150 GP Paladins are united by their oaths to stand against the
, the life of a Paladin is an adventuring life, for every Paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against annihilation. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of a world’s armies, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
nature of their profession that rogues often come into contact with criminal elements, whether out of choice or necessity. Some of those people can be adversaries too, and they’re likely to be harder to
adversary has appeared in your life. Perhaps you’ve been the subject of scrutiny for a while from someone who wants to use you for nefarious purposes and has just now become known to you. Such an incident
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Palace of Spires Tooba Rezaei Tucked away in a demiplane of its own, the Palace of Spires shields inhabitants from the worries of the world Porphura constructed this magnificent palace to house
let the magic that preserved her own life beyond its natural span end. The Gardener said their final farewell to Caerwyn and Porphura, sealed the tomb, and left the palace forever. Out of respect for their late friends, the Gardener won’t enter the Palace of Spires for any reason.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
several of the chairs have been overturned or smashed to pieces. Suspended above the table is a crystal chandelier that glows with a soft white light. Standing in windowed alcoves are two life-sized
statues depicting knights with dragon-winged helms and shields.
Rainwater trickles through cracks in the ceiling, flowing down the west wall and adding to a large puddle on the floor.
Five sets of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
elected for life. The current Waterbaron is Nestra Ruthiol, a hot-tempered woman who is wickedly calculating; though she is free with her words and her insults, she seldom takes action against rivals
creatively call the Three Rivers), Yartar is a fishing town, and its tables have fish as fare at every meal. Fresh crabs, eels, and other river life are available both to eat and to purchase, and serve as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
School of Necromancy The School of Necromancy explores the cosmic forces of life, death, and undeath. As you focus your studies in this tradition, you learn to manipulate the energy that animates
all living things. As you progress, you learn to sap the life force from a creature as your magic destroys its body, transforming that vital energy into magical power you can manipulate. Most people see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
encounters might be easier or harder than you expect unless you adjust them. Situation. Each adventure lays out what’s going on—the situation that the adventurers are called on to deal with. See “Lay Out
to life, and build on the ideas the players bring to each encounter. Alter these outlines freely to suit your tastes—and those of your players—and your ideas for your campaign. A Starting Campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
scimitars or sickles might be fashioned from it. Ash is associated with life and oak with strength. These woods make excellent hafts or whole weapons, such as clubs or quarterstaffs, as well as shields
lengths of oak or yew or sprigs of mistletoe.
Similarly, a druid uses such woods to make other objects, such as weapons and shields. Yew is associated with death and rebirth, so weapon handles for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, incorporating lengths of oak or yew or sprigs of mistletoe.
Similarly, a druid uses such woods to make other objects, such as weapons and shields. Yew is associated with death and rebirth, so weapon
handles for scimitars or sickles might be fashioned from it. Ash is associated with life and oak with strength. These woods make excellent hafts or whole weapons, such as clubs or quarterstaffs, as well as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
life from shortly before it died are hazy, and older memories are forgotten. A phantom warrior can usually remember the last 1d10 + 10 days of its life; everything that happened before that is an
energy surrounds a phantom warrior’s ghostly armor, shields, and weapons, which become as hard as steel yet don’t impede the warrior’s ability to move through walls and other solid objects. Undead Nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q36. Dragon’s Audience Hall The west wall of this fifty-foot-long, thirty-foot-wide audience hall has crumbled, leaving a gaping hole and a pile of rubble. Weapons and shields that once hung from the
hate more than Strahd von Zarovich. He slew Argynvost, broke the life of the knight I loved, and destroyed the valiant order to which I devoted my life, but Strahd has already died once. He can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Ekene-Afa Deals in weapons, shields, traveling gear, rain catchers, saddles, wagons, and canoes Ekene-Afa (LG female Chultan human gladiator) won numerous gladiatorial contests in Port Nyanzaru’s arena
teenage sons named Soshen and Tiryk. Soshen is a city guard, and Tiryk is a popular dinosaur racer. Both were named after Chultan rivers. Ekene-Afa sells nonmagical weapons and shields of every kind
Goblin
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— for goblins, life is short.
Goblins seek to trap and enslave any creatures they encounter, but they flee from opposition that seems too daunting. For miles around their lair, they employ pit
Painted or stained hands
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Bugs kept in a bag for snacking
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War cry tattooed on chest
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Shields made from ankheg chitin
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Bracelet made of pieces of goblins turned to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Fisher You have spent your life aboard fishing vessels or combing the shallows for the bounty of the ocean. Perhaps you were born into a family of fisher folk, working with your kin to feed your
village. Maybe the job was a means to an end — a way out of an undesirable circumstance that forced you to take up life aboard a ship. Regardless of how you began, you soon fell in love with the sea, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Life in the City of Blades The duergar are called gray dwarves not only because of the color of their skin, but also because of their drab and joyless lifestyle. While they make no time for merriment
. Rather, they roll up their sleeves and work harder to increase their prestige through the fruits of their labor. All the honor and honesty the duergar apply among themselves doesn’t apply to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, making it difficult to leave one domain and even harder to find a path to another. The Mists rise and fall at the whim of the Dark Powers, and they can even slip across the planes to drag people
violate both natural and moral laws amid the frozen bogs and glacial expanses of Lamordia. The worst of them is the domain’s Darklord, Doctor Viktra Mordenheim, whose efforts to create life and abolish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
right in front of them already. Gildha Duhn, former majordomo for the Company of the Golden Mongoose, is grieving her lost employers and anxious to put her life back together. With previous experience
is that the company can drive a much harder bargain than the characters would ever be able to strike. This beneficial deal might have hidden downsides, though, as the thin profit margins of the lease
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
DC 15). The spell ends prematurely if the character loses the business card. Why Be a Secretarian? d8 Reason
1 You believe that people shouldn’t work harder; they should work smarter. And
then they should work harder.
2 You’ve always yearned to be in the people business, because inanimate objects can’t pay you.
3 Being able to hand out “Employee of the Month” stickers has