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Sir Jared

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Hilarion with helping him change his ways and use his skills for good instead of gold, but he feels unworthy of the organization and has grown lonely after so long away from the Solar Bastion.

Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

wealth from the constraints of a feudal social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right

practicing the same trade. However, your guild might instead be a loose network of artisans who each work in a different village within a larger realm. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your

Big Game Hunter

classes

The Big Game Hunter is an individual who has honed their tracking and ranged attack skills to become a fierce monster slayer. Rather than specialising in slaying particular types of creatures, they

instead focus on how to levy a creature’s size against it – the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Xill

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

commoners. Instead, they target young but promising adventurers, those whose natural talent and aptitude point to a bright future but whose skills have not yet grown sharp enough to repel a dedicated assault.

to be a cross between a lizard and insect. They emerge from the Ethereal Plane to fall upon their victims with their vicious claws, but their aim is not to kill. Instead, a xill injects its victim with

Flitterstep Eidolon

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

saving throw to take only half damage, the eidolon instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails. It can’t use this trait if it’s incapacitated

eidolons possess many of the skills and details related to their past lives, they’re disconnected from those experiences, choosing to wander the world or brood in haunts they’re drawn to in

Materializer

classes

Easily Create and Destroy Matter as a Master Artisan and Arcanist Some Wizards abandon the limitations set by magic schools and instead focus on the binding force that holds everything together

. These mages spend their efforts weaving and recreating matter from thin air to create art as well as utility. They value the craftsmanship taught by artisans around the world and consider their skills

Tlincalli

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

sun sets, the newly hatched young emerge from the lair to eat the captives alive. These predators see themselves as great hunters, and respect others with such skills. If a tlincalli encounters a more

clothing, or mine metals. Instead, they scavenge much of what they need or want. They do, however, melt down scavenged metal to forge crude weapons, armor, and tools.

Rewarded

Backgrounds The Book of Many Things

possess rare and unusual skills unknown to ordinary folk. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion Languages: One of your choice Tool Proficiencies: One gaming set of your choice (such as playing

family debts with a fortuitous round of three-dragon ante, you might be Lucky instead. Alternatively, you could use the Skilled feat to reflect whatever trial you endured to secure your new destiny and to model the knowledge and abilities imparted to you by whatever force transformed your life.

Guild Artisan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion

might instead be a loose network of artisans who each work in a different village within a larger realm. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your guild. You can select your guild business

Harkon Lukas

monsters

choose to succeed instead. Regeneration. Harkon gains 10 Hit Points at the start of each of its turns if he has at least 1 Hit Point. If Harkon takes Radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function

following effect: Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17. Failure: The target is curses;cursed. If the cursed target drops to 0 Hit Points, it instead becomes a Werewolf under the DM’s control and has

Enchanting Infiltrator

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the infiltrator fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Veiled Presence. The infiltrator’s AC includes its Wisdom modifier, and the infiltrator

on the Insight, Perception, and Persuasion skills. Potent Toxins. When members of the villain’s organization deal poison damage while within 3 miles of the lair, they ignore the target’s

Titivilus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Titivilus fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Titivilus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects

to get what he wanted. Charming and pleasant, he is a master at negotiation, able to twist words so as to leave his victims confused and believing he’s on their side. Through these skills

Otherworldly Corrupter

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Resistance (3/Day). If the corrupter fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Spider Climb. The corrupter can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without

villain’s organization have disadvantage on ability checks that rely on the Insight, Perception, and Persuasion skills. Potent Toxins. When members of the villain’s organization deal poison

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

contrast, throw themselves into the thick of society, putting their charisma and social skills to great use in diplomatic roles or as swindlers. Half-Elf Names Half-elves use either human or elven

-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:

Rogue

classes Basic Rules (2014)

variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the

skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks. When it comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue

Firbolg Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

formidable skills with weapons and druidic magic. Humble Guardians Firbolgs love nothing more than a peaceful day spent among the trees of an old forest. They see forests as sacred places, representing the

adopt elven names when they must deal with outsiders, although the concept of names strikes them as strange. They know the animals and plants of the forest without formal names, and instead identify the

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against

higher-ranking castes keep their status by not sharing their knowledge and skills with other families, while those in the lower castes have little hope of escaping their plight. Outsiders who don&rsquo

Proficiencies

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

Proficiencies Each background gives a character proficiency in two skills. Skills are described in the Using Ability Scores section. In addition, most backgrounds give a character proficiency with

one or more tools. Tools and tool proficiencies are detailed in the Equipment section. If a character would gain the same proficiency from two different sources, he or she can choose a different proficiency of the same kind (skill or tool) instead.

Proficiencies

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

Proficiencies Each background gives a character proficiency in two skills (described in chapter 7, "Using Ability Scores"). In addition, most backgrounds give a character proficiency with one or more

tools (detailed in chapter 5, "Equipment"). If a character would gain the same proficiency from two different sources, he or she can choose a different proficiency of the same kind (skill or tool) instead.

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

you are proficient with appears in your hands. The DM chooses the armor. If you lack proficiency with any armor, your base AC instead now equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier while you aren’t

wearing armor. Ship. You gain proficiency in three skills chosen by the DM. Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item. Stairway. You can choose to

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

successful DC 17 Wisdom (Insight) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam results—how many Student Dice they gained and what skills they used during the test—on their copies of the tracking

sheet. If the characters gave Weale or Woe: An Interpretive Sketch to Professor Blackstone before the Exam, their Exam results are adjusted as follows: If they failed the Exam, they pass instead. If

Skill Variants

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

would gain an additional skill proficiency, that character instead selects another ability check in which to gain proficiency. This option removes skills from the game and doesn’t allow for much

table roll their eyes at its absurdity, go ahead and reward the player for making the effort. If a character has the Expertise feature, instead of choosing skills and tools to gain the benefit of that

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death. Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who

battle skills. 3 I always appear like I am about to kill everyone around me. 4 I love a good brawl. 5 I drink the blood of monsters to consume their power. 6 I chant orcish war

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

results—how many Student Dice they gained and what skills they used during the test—on their copies of the tracking sheet. Cheating Due to Dean Tullus’s absence and the lax attention of the teaching

masquerade costume adjusts their Exam results as follows: If the character failed the Exam, they pass instead. If the character passed the Exam, they ace it instead. If the character aced the Exam, they receive three Student Dice, instead of two.

Skills

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

Skills The Skills entry is reserved for monsters that are proficient in one or more skills. For example, a monster that is very perceptive and stealthy might have bonuses to Wisdom (Perception) and

new equipment. For example, a hill giant typically wears hide armor and wields a greatclub. You could equip a hill giant with chain mail and a greataxe instead, and assume the giant is proficient with both, one or the other, or neither.

Centaur Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

you because of your equine legs. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet instead of the normal 1 extra foot. Hooves. You have hooves that you can use to make unarmed

strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Natural Affinity. Your fey connection

Adolescence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Adolescence Most elves experience their First Reflection in their second or third decade. It marks the beginning of the period when an elf must focus on acquiring the knowledge and skills needed for

frequently. The Drawing of the Veil is the name that elves give to the occasion when a young elf no longer experiences primal memories during trance but instead recalls only the events of its current mortal existence.

Satyr Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. Magic Resistance. You have

standing jump. This extra distance costs movement as normal. Reveler. As an embodiment of revelry, you have proficiency in the Performance and Persuasion skills, and you have proficiency with one musical instrument of your choice.

Pteranodon

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

has no teeth, instead using its sharp beak to stab prey too large to swallow with one gulp. Pteranodon Medium beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 13 (3d8) Speed 10 ft

., fly 60 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 15 (+2) CON 10 (+0) INT 2 (−4) WIS 9 (−1) CHA 5 (−3) Skills Perception +1 Senses passive Perception 11 Languages

Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

14 (+2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 14 (+2) Saving Throws Dex +9 Skills Acrobatics +13, Performance +6, Persuasion +6, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +13 Senses passive Perception 10

incapacitated and subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage

Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

(+2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 14 (+2) Saving Throws Dex +6 Skills Acrobatics +9, Performance +5, Persuasion +5, Sleight of Hand +6, Stealth +9 Senses passive Perception 10 Languages

incapacitated and subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it

Expert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

14 (+2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 14 (+2) Saving Throws Dex +8 Skills Acrobatics +12, Performance +6, Persuasion +6, Sleight of Hand +8, Stealth +12 Senses passive Perception 10

incapacitated and subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if

Tools and Skills Together

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Tools and Skills Together Tools have more specific applications than skills. The History skill applies to any event in the past. A tool such as a forgery kit is used to make fake objects and little

else. Thus, why would a character who has the opportunity to acquire one or the other want to gain a tool proficiency instead of proficiency in a skill? To make tool proficiencies more attractive

Goblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

+0 +0 Ability Score Mod Save Int 10 +0 +0 Wis 8 −1 −1 Cha 8 −1 −1 Skills Stealth +6 Gear Daggers (3) Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 9

−1 Dex 15 +2 +2 Con 10 +0 +0 Ability Score Mod Save Int 10 +0 +0 Wis 8 −1 −1 Cha 8 −1 −1 Skills Stealth +6 Gear Leather Armor, Scimitar, Shield

Andir Valmakos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Andir Valmakos Despite his aptitude for magic and his parents’ being wizards themselves, Andir completed his apprenticeship and chose not to immediately seek out other Mages of High Sorcery. Instead

) Saving Throws Wis +2 Skills Arcana +4, History +4, Investigation +4, Religion +4 Senses passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Draconic Proficiency Bonus +2 Bonus Proficiencies. Andir is

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