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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
damage on a successful one.Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary mimics—that spits acid.Acid
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mighty.
FORMS OF YOUR ASTRAL SELF
The astral self is a translucent embodiment of the monk’s soul. As a result, an astral self can reflect aspects of a monk’s background, ideals, flaws, and
this monastic tradition are known more for the appearance of their astral self than for their physical appearance.
When choosing this path, consider the quirks that define your monk. Are you obsessed
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FORMS OF YOUR ASTRAL SELF
The astral self is a translucent embodiment of the monk’s soul. As a result, an astral self can reflect aspects of a monk’s background, ideals, flaws, and
monastic tradition are known more for the appearance of their astral self than for their physical appearance.
When choosing this path, consider the quirks that define your monk. Are you obsessed with
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
coin flows. As a result, it’s easy for you to hustle a load of cargo ashore or see such a cargo onto a cooperative ship without attracting suspicion or taxation. You also know the movements of
the Gray Wavers—the Flaming Fist harbor guards—and have a sense of how to operate the city’s mechanized cranes.
Variant Sailor: Pirate
You spent your youth under the sway of a
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city. If they do, it is generally as thrill-seeking tourists or enclosed by a retinue of armed guards, not as friends or neighbors. As a result, many patriars are at once acutely attuned to the
almost all the nobility of Baldur’s Gate. As a result, for those who wish to play patriars, the Patriar feature below replaces the Position and Privilege feature of the noble background. Those who
Entertainer
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routines or roll on the table below to define your expertise as an entertainer.
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Entertainer Routine
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Actor
2
Dancer
3
Fire-eater
4
Jester
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Juggler
liking to you.
Variant Entertainer: Gladiator
A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Hashalaq quori have studied their mortal prey for centuries. Inhabiting human bodies as Inspired (Hashalaq variant);Inspired has granted the hashalaq a deep understanding of the hedonistic urges of
humanity. As a result, they have developed numerous ways to control humanoids through pleasure — even as they have developed a taste for such things themselves.
The Learned of Dal Quor. Hashalaq quori
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
expected—not that they remember what it was they expected. As a result of having followed the Path of Phenax (see chapter 4), the Returned lose their identities, which manifest as separate beings
. They think and speak and even feel emotions based on their new experiences, but given their circumstances, those emotions tend to be muted.
VARIANT: RETURNED KAKOMANTIS
Although the dead typically
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part of them expressed to an extreme. To define a persona, feel free to choose characteristics from other backgrounds, particularly folk hero, hermit, or noble. For the person behind the persona, the
one who truly strives to be faceless, consider a distinct set of faceless characteristics. As a result, those with this background have two sets of characteristics, one for their persona, and one for
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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
occupation or social class that frequents the establishment. This contact is delighted to talk with you, and to listen.
Variant Entertainer: Gladiator
A gladiator is as much an
Spell Scroll
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copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.
VARIANT: SCROLL MISHAPS
A creature who tries and fails to cast a spell from a spell scroll must make a DC 10
Intelligence saving throw. If the saving throw fails, roll on the Scroll Mishap table.
Scroll Mishap
d6
Result
1
A surge of magical energy deals the caster 1d6 force damage per level of
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result is rolled after it’s been used, you draw the next lowest unused tooth on the table.
Sowing Teeth. To sow the tooth, you place it on the ground in an unoccupied space within your reach
;green hags in a Green Hag (Coven Variant);coven
When you damage a target that hasn’t taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades.
5
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FEATURE: CRIMINAL CONNECTIONS
In Baldur’s Gate, crime is just another business. As a result, you can arrange a meeting with a low-ranking operative of nearly any business, patriar family, crew
always occur in shady venues.
Variant Criminal: Spy
Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Carrying Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. The following terms define what you can lift or carry. Carrying Capacity. Your carrying capacity is your Strength score
a Tiny creature, halve these weights. Variant: Encumbrance The rules for lifting and carrying are intentionally simple. Here is a variant if you are looking for more detailed rules for determining how
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Lifting and Carrying Your Strength score determines the amount of weight you can bear. The following terms define what you can lift or carry. Carrying Capacity. Your carrying capacity is your Strength
lift. For a Tiny creature, halve these weights. Variant: Encumbrance The rules for lifting and carrying are intentionally simple. Here is a variant if you are looking for more detailed rules for
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
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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can transform an individual into a more powerful type. The cost and time required to perform the ritual is prohibitive, and as a result most yuan-ti never get the opportunity to undergo such a
can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Variant Abilities When a beholder’s dream-imagination runs wild, the result can be an offspring that has an unusual or unique set of abilities. Rather than the standard powers of a beholder’s central
eye and eyestalks, the creature has one or more variant abilities — guaranteed to surprise any enemies who thought they knew what they were getting themselves into. This section provides several
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
beings, such as the sphinx Medomai, an oracle like Atris or Kydele, or a repository of mystical knowledge. Some heroes are born with supernatural power or born as a result of supernatural events. A
result of a fateful encounter with a sphinx or an oracle? Does it indicate the nature of your birth? Each gift’s description also includes a table to spark your imagination as you think about your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
) piercing damage.
VARIANT: DISEASED GIANT RATS
Some giant rats carry vile diseases that they spread with their bites. A diseased giant rat has a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP) and the following
Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. Until the disease is cured, the target can’t regain hit points except by magical means, and the target’s hit point maximum decreases by 3 (1d6) every 24 hours. If the target’s hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
national service. Piechota. The estate of Borca’s best ranchers lies half ruined as the result of another family’s treachery. Their wealth largely expended, the Piechotas open their home to travelers along
and their ashes scattered in the wastelands. Ritter. The shear-wielding Ritters define the cutting edge of fashion. Their coveted designs change seasonally, and any who create reproductions meet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
an action. Applying an oil might take longer, as specified in its description. Once used, a potion takes effect immediately, and it is used up. VARIANT: MIXING POTIONS
A character might drink one
potion while still under the effects of another, or pour several potions into a single container. The strange ingredients used in creating potions can result in unpredictable interactions.
When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
remembering where you are in the list can bog the game down. If you want quicker combats, at the risk of those combats becoming unbalanced, try using the side initiative rule. Under this variant, the
is complete. This variant encourages teamwork and makes your life as a DM easier, since you can more easily coordinate monsters. On the downside, the side that wins initiative can gang up on enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
your character’s six abilities to assign scores to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Afterward, make any changes to your ability scores as a result of your race
from the ability score and then divide the result by 2 (round down). Write the modifier next to each of your scores.
BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 3
Bob decides to use the standard set of scores (15, 14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Mimic Mimics are shape-shifting monsters described in the Monster Manual. The variant presented here is a particularly large and voracious specimen—the result of Netherese experiments on ordinary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. There, a new modron is created by Primus, with a steady stream of monodrones leaving the Great Modron Cathedral on Mechanus as a result. VARIANT: ROGUE MODRONS
A modron unit sometimes becomes
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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 mercilessly eliminates the weak and the
rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims.
On some occasions, though, tribes that have a common concern band together. The result is an orc horde — a sea of slavering
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
thri-kreen have such short lifespans, the average thri-kreen life expectancy being only thirty years. VARIANT: THRI-KREEN WEAPONS
Some thri-kreen employ special martial weapons. A gythka is a two
texture of its surroundings. As a result, it has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
Standing Leap. The thri-kreen’s long jump is up to 30 feet and its high jump is up to 15 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a troupe of adventuring Entertainers. The origins the players choose define who their characters were before becoming adventurers. Think about how the characters’ backgrounds might inform adventures
the variant rules presented in this or any other book, let your players know about them. Remember, you’ll always know more about your campaign world than the players do. Having spent all their lives in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
routines or roll on the table below to define your expertise as an entertainer. d10 Entertainer Routine 1 Actor 2 Dancer 3 Fire-eater 4 Jester 5 Juggler 6 Instrumentalist 7 Poet 8 Singer 9 Storyteller
I have trouble keeping my true feelings hidden. My sharp tongue lands me in trouble. 6 Despite my best efforts, I am unreliable to my friends. Variant Entertainer: Gladiator A gladiator is as much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
hero or extraordinary person they are every day. That’s all a facade, though, or a part of them expressed to an extreme. To define a persona, feel free to choose characteristics from other backgrounds
, particularly folk hero, hermit, or noble. For the person behind the persona, the one who truly strives to be faceless, consider a distinct set of faceless characteristics. As a result, those with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Characteristics A faceless character usually plays their persona — the hero or extraordinary person they are every day. That’s all a facade, though, or a part of them expressed to an extreme. To define a
distinct set of faceless characteristics. As a result, those with this background have two sets of characteristics, one for their persona, and one for their faceless selves. Faceless Personality Traits
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result of cruel experiments on dwarves by mind flayers. Like duergar, the derro were a slave race to the mind flayers, but eventually freed themselves. Born to Madness. The process of their creation
fall prone.
Light Repeating Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 40/160 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
VARIANT: DERRO SAVANT
Derro savants have an affinity for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
affecting the dragon’s challenge rating (as noted under “Customizing Dragons” earlier in this chapter). Likewise, if you use the Monster Manual variant rule to make dragons innate spellcasters, you could
questions about Humanoid art, culture, history, and politics.
Of course, years of careful scheming can be quickly unraveled if a shape-shifted dragon’s true nature is discovered. As a result, such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tables below to randomly generate an event to inspire your imagination. The attempt to justify a random result can reveal unforeseen possibilities. To get started, select a world-shaking event category
. What are the ongoing effects of this cataclysm? The following points can help you define the nature and consequences of the disaster: Decide what caused this cataclysm and where it originated. An omen