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Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
they split into two distinct cultures: the introspective Aereni and the warlike Tairnadal. While neither of these cultures have much interest in human activities, a small number of elves have immigrated
’re a wizard, your ancestor was likely a legendary archmage. If you’re a ranger, was your ancestor a famous blademaster, or a stealthy hunter? Was your ancestor chivalrous or merciless? Bold
Shifter
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
can’t fully change shape, they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features — a state they call shifting. Each shifter walks on the knife’s edge between the wilds and the
ready for change or opportunity.
Shifters have a natural inclination toward classes with a primal connection. A shifter barbarian draws their rage from the beast within. A shifter ranger indulges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
four distinct stages of life, from lowly wyrmlings to ancient dragons, which can live for over a thousand years. In that time, their might can become unrivaled and their hoards can grow beyond price
. Dragon Age Categories Category Size Age Range Wyrmling Medium 5 years or less Young Large 6–100 years Adult Huge 101–800 years Ancient Gargantuan 801 years or more VARIANT: DRAGONS AS INNATE
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a night hag (coven variant);night hag coven are determined to prevent an adult moonstone dragon from contacting creatures in the dream realm, and the dragon has no idea why.
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An adult
’s lair is altered by the dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Dream Communication. Whenever a creature that can understand a language sleeps or enters a state of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
can dramatically shape adventurers’ lives. The following sections present a variety of options for creating characters with a tie to dragons: “Draconic Races” presents variant dragonborn race options to
give characters a draconic heritage strongly linked to the three great dragon families. “Subclass Options” allows monk and ranger characters to explore deeper ties with dragonkind. “Heroes of the
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
one city-state were killed and eaten to create the first yuan-ti, and once the news of how to perform these rituals spread to other leaders, the call for slaves to fuel the process increased. As the
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->Player's Handbook (2014)
Variant: Customizing Ability Scores At your Dungeon Master’s option, you can use this variant for determining your ability scores. The method described here allows you to build a character with a set
, ranger, rogue
Racial Increases:
Elf (+2)
Halfling (+2)
Forest gnome (+1)
Human (+1)
Constitution Measures: Health, stamina, vital force
Important for: Everyone
Racial Increases:
Dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
final hit points: 10 + his Constitution modifier of +3, for a total of 13 hit points.
Variant: Customizing Ability Scores At your Dungeon Master’s option, you can use this variant for determining
, paladin
Racial Increases
Mountain dwarf (+2), Dragonborn (+2), Half-orc (+2), Human (+1)
Dexterity
Important for: Monk, ranger, rogue
Racial Increases: Elf (+2), Halfling (+2), Forest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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
Wisdom Monk Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence Paladin Strength, Wisdom, or Charisma Ranger Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom Rogue Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma Sorcerer Intelligence or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Chapter 1 introduces draconic-themed options for adventurers, including three variant dragonborn races, two dragon-oriented subclasses (the Drakewarden ranger and the Way of the Ascendant Dragon monk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Elves Several distinct elven cultures inhabit Ansalon, including the Qualinesti and Silvanesti high elves, the Kagonesti wood elves, and the Dargonesti and Dimernesti sea elves. Over two thousand
a Qualinesti high elf, you might have been raised in seclusion in the forests of Qualinesti. You could have been sent forth to learn the state of the wider world or to pursue rumors of Silvanesti’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
it is attacked, a pseudodragon fights back using the poisonous stinger at the tip of its tail, one jab of which can put a creature into a catatonic state that can last for hours. Draconic Familiars
target falls unconscious for the same duration, or until it takes damage or another creature uses an action to shake it awake.
VARIANT: PSEUDODRAGON FAMILIAR
Some pseudodragons are willing to serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
any kind, but it can’t be relied on to carry out tasks with any speed or efficiency. An imp can assume animal form at will, but in its natural state it resembles a diminutive red-skinned humanoid with
or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the imp wears or carries is invisible with it.
VARIANT: IMP FAMILIAR
Imps can be found in the service to mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
die. It is the embodiment of goodness, a spiritual realm where evil can’t abide. It is as much a state of being and of mind as it is a physical location. When discussing anything to do with deities
. Coupleofkooks Layers of the Outer Planes Most Outer Planes include a number of distinct realms. These environments are often imagined as a stack of related parts of the same plane, so travelers refer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
an existing feature that can be used as a model? How does the new class feature compare to other features of the same level? Variant: Spell Points One way to modify how a class feels is to change how
it uses its spells. With this variant system, a character who has the Spellcasting feature uses spell points instead of spell slots to fuel spells. Spell points give a caster more flexibility, at the
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
,” which are variously described as “beautiful humans transformed into dragons” or as a distinct variety of metallic dragon. The world of Greyhawk has legends of similar dragons, called either Greyhawk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
might have to scrounge for excuses to explain their disordered state to parents, employers, family, or friends. VARIANT: SATYR PIPES
A satyr might carry panpipes that it can play to create magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
.”
— Tale of a half-orc ranger
Forest Protectors. Sprites build little villages in the boughs of trees and willing treants, in verdant glades brightened by moss, wild flowers, and toadstools. Wild
takes damage or another creature takes an action to shake it awake.
Heart Sight. The sprite touches a creature and magically knows the creature’s current emotional state. If the target fails a DC 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the demigods who control the skies of Arcadia stand vigilant at the bottom of the ziggurat’s steps. Each sculpted from an element in its purest state, the lawful good guardians use stat blocks similar
experience, patrons can visit the second floor, where the Beehive’s proprietor—a mind flayer arcanist (a variant mind flayer) that uses a disguise self spell to appear as a grinning human cosmetician named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
are the shambling mound and the treant. Fungal creatures such as the gas spore and the myconid also fall into this category. Undead are once-living creatures brought to a horrifying state of undeath
to make it into something more useful for you, perhaps by borrowing a trait or two from a different monster or by using a variant or template, such as the ones in this book. Keep in mind that modifying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
–18 Neutral evil 19–20 Chaotic evil NPC Class d20 Class 1 Barbarian 2 Bard 3–4 Cleric 5 Druid 6–7 Fighter 8 Monk 9 Paladin 10 Ranger 11–14 Rogue 15 Sorcerer 16 Warlock 17–20 Wizard Dungeon
what happened to them can help shape the dungeon’s current state. The Dungeon History table notes key events that can transform a site from its original purpose into a dungeon for adventurers to explore
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ranger. The vampire has long been imprisoned within a magical iron coffin mounted atop animated golem legs (an early Kwalish design), forced to atone for his evil deeds by working for the Cartophile
to quietly tempt party members to draw a card. (See appendix D for more information on the deck, and its distinct connections to the adventure.) Mary is always accompanied by her familiar, a glowing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
harmless to them but poisonous to other creatures. A grung also uses venom to poison its weapons. VARIANT: GRUNG POISON
Grung poison loses its potency 1 minute after being removed from a grung. A
grung is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). It knows the following ranger spells:
1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, jump
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
their habitats. The Dreadwood Long a home of horrid monsters and vicious raiders, the Dreadwood hides within its borders a multitude of terrors. Keoland maintains ranger patrols that sweep through the
as lightly wooded as those of any other forest and extend five to ten miles into the woods. This part of the forest is as safe as any other woodland, thanks to frequent ranger and elf patrols that keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
information. If the steam mephits are released, they might try to immediately escape (a 50 percent chance), but they otherwise attack everyone in the lab. A mind flayer arcanist (a variant creature in the
and useful for the powered armor. If the characters loot Kwalish’s lab, then rescue the gnome from stasis or a disembodied state (see below), their ability to blame the thefts on other creatures is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
result of this damage instantly transforms into a meenlock at full health and under the DM’s control. Only a wish spell or divine intervention can restore a transformed creature to its former state
target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
VARIANT: MIND FLAYER LICH (ILLITHILICH)
The path to true lichdom is something only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
glabrezu, yochlol 4 nalfeshnee 5 marilith 6 balor, goristro VARIANT: DEMON SUMMONING
Some demons can have an action option that allows them to summon other demons.
Summon Demon (1/Day). The demon
— repulsive, self-loathing creatures doomed to spend eternity in a state of perpetual discontent. Their low intelligence makes dretches unsuitable for anything but the simplest tasks. However, what they lack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
its escape if the players state their intentions quickly enough. Exercise care, for even if the two upper levels have been completely cleared of sahuagin, there are enough sahuagin in various parts of
each) A silver ring bearing the signet of the Prince of Monmurg, a spire rising against a blue ocean sky. 200 pp scattered loosely 53. Arena This area consists of two distinct sections, so the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
. Creature. In his current state, the dragonpriest is slower and weaker than a normal troll. Use troll statistics, but the dragonpriest starts with 30 hit points, regenerates only 5 hit points per round
(up to normal for a troll), and can’t use Multiattack. If he is defeated in this state, the dragonpriest is worth 450 XP. Development. The dragonpriest won’t pursue fleeing characters. Instead, he