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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Variant Rules A shared campaign might use some variant rules to handle certain aspects of the game. The Adventurers League, for instance, has variant systems for gaining levels and acquiring treasure
. These “house rules,” presented below, serve as a sort of common language, ensuring that the rewards all characters receive are equivalent no matter what kind of adventure a character experienced.
Monsters
Monster Manual
its next turn.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 by its presence, creating the following effects:
Negative Energy Suffusion. Whenever a creature within 1 mile of the lair regains Hit Points from a spell, it subtracts 1d10
Monsters
Monster Manual
its next turn.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 by its presence, creating the following effects:
Negative Energy Suffusion. Whenever a creature within 1 mile of the lair regains Hit Points from a spell, it subtracts 1d10
Spells
Player’s Handbook
from this spell, the steed is replaced by the new one.
The steed resembles a Large, rideable animal of your choice, such as a horse, a camel, a dire wolf, or an elk. Whenever you cast the spell, choose
Initiative count, and it functions as a controlled mount while you ride it (as defined in the rules on mounted combat). If you have the Incapacitated condition, the steed takes its turn immediately
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Wishes. Biha Babir knows the Wish spell but can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way Biha Babir can
understand. If Biha Babir casts the spell for a creature, she suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once Biha Babir has cast it three times, she can’t do so again for 365 days.Multiattack. Biha
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: command
3/day: dominate monster
1/day: feeblemindInstinctive Charm. When a creature
have no personalities or memories; they’re driven only by the desire to commit evil. The amnizus that patrol here drill the rules of the Nine Hells into the new arrivals’ minds and marshal
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
(spell save DC 18):
At will: dancing lights, detect magic, message, thaumaturgy
1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, levitate (self only), silence, suggestion
.
Variant: Demon Summoning
Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow inquisitors have an action that allows them to summon a yochlol.
Summon Demon (1/Day). The drow
Variant Human
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
If your campaign uses the optional feat rules from the Player’s Handbook, your Dungeon Master might allow these variant traits, all of which replace the human’s Ability Score Increase trait.
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
This dull, cold crystal sits heavy and leaden, saturated by the Shadowfell’s despair. As an action, you can attach the shard to a Tiny object (such as a weapon or a piece of jewelry) or detach
it. It falls off if your attunement to it ends. You can use the shard as a spellcasting focus while you hold or wear it.
When you use a Metamagic option on a spell while you are holding or wearing
Moloch
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Innate Spellcasting. Moloch's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 21). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self (can become
Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, burning hands (as a 7th-level spell), confusion, detect magic, fly, geas, major image, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire
1/day each: flame
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: Mending (as an action), Prestidigitation
2/day each: Invisibility
roll to use, potentially turning the failure into a success.Leprechauns are manifestations of the Feywild rules of hospitality and reciprocity. These rules infuse leprechauns with a deep connection to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8
)
Dragon Turtle Spellcasting
Age
Spell Save DC
Spells Known
Young Dragon Turtle;Young
13
fog cloud
Dragon Turtle Adventures
The Dragon Turtle Adventure Hooks table offers
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creature takes an action to shake it.
Spellcasting. The drow casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At
-forming in the Abyss, siphoning its essence into themselves.
drow shadowblade (summoner variant);Variant: Demon Summoning
Some drow shadowblades have an action that allows them to summon a demon
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
point maximum to 0. This transformation can be ended only by a wish spell.
Wolf Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Wolf Bite"} to hit, reach 10
following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At will: dispel magic, polymorph, telekinesis, teleport
3/day: lightning boltThe
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
echo of discovery—but also the desiccation of despair.
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"poison"} poison damage.
Spellcasting. The grung casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: druidcraft
3/day each: cure wounds, spike
gold. All grungs secrete a substance that is harmless to them but poisonous to other creatures, and sometimes that substance has a special effect based on the grung’s color (see “Variant
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toward Moloch.
Breath of Despair (Recharge 5-6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Breath of Despair"}. Moloch exhales in a 30-foot cube. Each creature in that area must
succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or take 27 (5d10);{"diceNotation":"5d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Breath of Despair","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, drop whatever it is holding
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dark Devotion. The fanatic has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Spellcasting. The fanatic is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC
11, +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The fanatic has the following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light, sacred
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Multiattack. The law bender makes three Arcane Burst attacks and uses Power of Authority or Spellcasting.
Arcane Burst. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"spell
to be made with advantage or disadvantage.Members of the Fraternity of Order find and exploit loopholes in the laws of the multiverse. Law benders are magistrates who skirt the rules of probability
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
can’t increase. The curse doesn’t advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell. When the cursed target’s Charisma becomes 2, the target dies, and its head
tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille reflection. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete ends the curse and
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
+ 4);{"diceNotation":"6d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dreadful Contact", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage if the target has the frightened condition.
Eye Beam. Ranged Spell
Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Eye Beam"} to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Eye Beam
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dual Mind. The Inspired has advantage on Wisdom saving throws.
Suggestion (3/Day). The Inspired can cast the suggestion spell (spell save DC 13), requiring no material components.
Innate Spellcasting
(Psionics). The Inspired's spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: mage hand, vicious mockery
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dual Mind. The Inspired has advantage on Wisdom saving throws.
Fear (1/Day). The Inspired can cast the fear spell (spell save DC 13), requiring no material components.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics
). The Inspired's spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: mage hand, vicious mockery (see “Actions
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dark Devotion. The fanatic has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Spellcasting. The fanatic is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC
11, +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The fanatic has the following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light, sacred
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Amphibious. The hag can breathe air and water.
Innate Spellcasting. The hag’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring
the wizard’s spell list but must share the spell slots among themselves:
1st level (4 slots): charm person, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): alter self, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): dispel
Species
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature that has the
additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dual Mind. The Inspired has advantage on Wisdom saving throws.
All Around Vision. The Inspired can’t be surprised.
Arcane Eye (3/Day). The Inspired can cast the arcane eye spell, requiring no
material components.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The Inspired’s spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material
classes
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Artificer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Artificer Features table. See the multiclassing rules in the Player’s Handbook to determine your available spell slots, adding half your
Artificer levels (round up).
Artificer Features
—Spell Slots per Spell Level—
Level
Proficiency Bonus
Class Features
Plans Known
Magic Items
Cantrips
Prepared
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damage on a successful one.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The duergar casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At
crafting bold new works. The bonds of friendship and kinship are strong, though navigating the inevitable outbursts of frustration and despair is not always easy. Similarly, duergar tend to be very
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", "rollAction":"Negative Energy Burst", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. Ankhtepot casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At Will: Dispel Magic, Divination, Mage Hand (hand is Invisible), Power Word Stun
1/Day Each: Animate Dead, Sunburst
Touch of Death (Recharge 6
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
, the creature takes half as much damage only.
Spellcasting. The baernaloth casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell
.
Afflict Despair. When a creature that the baernaloth can see within 60 feet of itself hits with an attack roll or succeeds on a saving throw, the baernaloth forces the creature to reroll the d20 and use
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Soth was trapped in Sithicus, escaped, and was trapped again, perpetuating a cycle of despair. Soth’s story and where characters encounter him are for you to detail in your adventures
effects end immediately.
Lord Soth’s Lair
Lord Soth rules from Nedragaard Keep, a twisted, copy of his accursed fortress on Krynn, Dargaard Keep. Nedragaard Keep grows and withers over time like
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dual Mind. The Inspired has advantage on Wisdom saving throws.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The Inspired’s spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the
surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI VESSEL
The Inspired are vessels for quori spirits, allowing the quori to manifest a portion of their power while the vessel is possessed. An Inspired can
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Spell Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Elemental Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7) acid;{"diceNotation":"2d10+7
material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: dancing lights, detect magic, druidcraft, mage armor (self only)
2/day each: faerie fire, gust of wind