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Undercity Medusa

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

medusas of Ravnica, often called gorgons, are a monstrous race of creatures that appear superficially similar to human women. In place of hair, a gorgon has a writhing mass of black, serpentine

harmless. This deadly gaze attack gives medusas a degree of power among the Golgari that is out of proportion with their small numbers. Medusas command a significant share of the guild's smaller cells

Athlete

Backgrounds Mythic Odysseys of Theros

You strive to perfect yourself physically and in execution of everything you do. The thrill of competition lights fire in your blood, and the roar of the crowd drives you forward. Tales of your

excel. Favored Event d8 Favored Event 1 Marathon 2 Long-distance running 3 Wrestling 4 Boxing 5 Chariot or horse race 6 Pankration (mixed

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

their race, allowing them to shed their frail humanity like dead skin. Those that did not transform eventually became slaves or food for the blessed of the serpent gods. The yuan-ti empires withered

individual who attains enough power can devour and replace one of the yuan-ti gods. The yuan-ti strive for ascension and are willing to commit the darkest atrocities to achieve it.Poison

Zuggtmoy Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

’, is a soulless mockery of mortal life and its many facets. Zuggtmoy’s cultists often follow her unwittingly. Most are fungi-infected to some degree, whether through inhaling her mind

.” 41–60 “I see an altered version of reality, with my mind convincing itself that things are true even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.” 61–80

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Gang Mentality Since bugbears aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The

remove opposition or exile weaker or unpopular members to keep the rest of the gang strong. Fortunately for the race as a whole, even young and elderly bugbears have the ability to survive alone in the

Dragonborn Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

proudly through a world that greets them with fearful incomprehension. Shaped by draconic gods or the dragons themselves, dragonborn originally hatched from dragon eggs as a unique race, combining the

self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate to fail, and they push themselves to extreme efforts before they

A Race without a Home

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

A Race without a Home As offspring of the infernal, tieflings call no place in Faerûn their own, although some places and nations are more tolerant of them than most. In the North, the largest

, particularly in cosmopolitan cities (where they can be anonymous to some degree) and in rough and poor settlements that welcome anyone who can help them survive and prosper. Tieflings are common in

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

shorter lives that they strive to achieve as much as they can in the years they are given. Or maybe they feel they have something to prove to the elder races, and that’s why they build their mighty

seek adventure are the most daring and ambitious members of a daring and ambitious race. They seek to earn glory in the eyes of their fellows by amassing power, wealth, and fame. More than other people

Roleplaying Phandalin NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

impressing your players with your thespian skills (or lack thereof). Get inside the NPCs’ minds. Imagine how they might react to the characters, and strive to be realistic. Mug it up. Scowl, smile, snarl

have no reason to fight ordinary townsfolk. Hence, no game statistics are provided for them. If statistics become necessary, use the commoner stat block to represent an adult NPC of any race.

Creating a Race or Subrace

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

Creating a Race or Subrace This section teaches you how to modify existing races, as well as create new ones. The most important step in customizing or designing races for your campaign is to start

with the story behind the race or subrace you wish to create. Having a firm idea of a race’s story in your campaign will help you make decisions during the creation process. Ask yourself several

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

weretouched, as many believe they are the descendants of humans and lycanthropes. Whatever their origins, shifters have evolved into a unique race. They are humanoids with a bestial aspect; while they

to friends and kin, shifters place great value on self-reliance and freedom. It’s a shifter proverb to “always be prepared for the journey yet to come,” and most shifters strive to be

Dwarves

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

dwarves have revered Moradin and sought to follow in his footsteps. Through constant, steady work, they strive to emulate the perfect example set by the originator of the arts and skills the dwarves pursue

raw materials around them and thereby unlock the beauty that hides within. Moradin is also worshiped as the All-Father, in acknowledgment of his role as the progenitor of the dwarven race. In this

Self-Sufficient Clans

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

maintaining the bounds of that position. A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate to

commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn. Though all dragonborn strive to be self-sufficient, they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. But the best source

Gods and Religion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

primordial dragons differently. To metallic dragons, Bahamut is more like a king than a god. Individual dragons might owe Bahamut allegiance, respect him, pay tribute to him, and strive to emulate him

greatwyrms who have undergone a sort of apotheosis, joining multiple echoes of themselves into a single powerful form. A few are ancient dragons who have cultivated their dragonsight to such a degree that

Self-Sufficient Clans

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

maintaining the bounds of that position. A continual drive for self-improvement reflects the self-sufficiency of the race as a whole. Dragonborn value skill and excellence in all endeavors. They hate

commitment find it easy to earn the respect of a dragonborn. Though all dragonborn strive to be self-sufficient, they recognize that help is sometimes needed in difficult situations. But the best source

Ancient Black Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

strive to create vast, dead domains where they are the greatest things that remain. Martin Mottet As terrifying as it is titanic, an ancient black dragon eradicates unwanted life in its despoiled

can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting to cast Melf’s Acid Arrow (level 4 version). Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +15, reach 15 ft. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 8) Slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) Acid damage

Alabaster Racetrack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Alabaster Racetrack Sleek white pillars surround what looks like a racetrack. The stands bustle with patrons, all eager to bet on the impending race. This arena hosts nightmare racing. Audience

members can place bets, earning a payout depending on which steeds place in the top two of a given race. Up to six nightmares race at any given time; those who bet on the first-place steed receive triple

Your Character's Abilities

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

Your Character’s Abilities Take your character’s ability scores and race into account as you flesh out his or her appearance and personality. A very strong character with low Intelligence might think

, and his alignment (lawful good). His high Strength and Constitution suggest a healthy, athletic body, and his low Intelligence suggests a degree of forgetfulness. Bob decides that Bruenor comes from a

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

that the yuan-ti have prepared a special ambush at the end of the pursuit. Capture, Not Kill The objective of the yuan-ti as a race is to conquer and enslave others; they don’t espouse the sort

Blood Witch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

powerful, so their voices do carry some weight. Blood witches strive both to protect the cult from external interference and to punish those who bring harm to the guild. They claim grandiose titles, such

as Tormentor of the Wojek, as a way of mocking their intended victims. Blood Witch Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic evil Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor) Hit Points 78 (12d8 + 24) Speed

Firbolg Traits

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

detect magic and disguise self spells with this trait. When you use this version of disguise self, you can seem up to 3 feet shorter or taller. Once you cast either of these spells with this trait, you

spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race). Hidden Step. As a bonus action, you can magically turn invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack

Ancient Bronze Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Ancient Bronze Dragon Ancient bronze dragons develop dramatic patinas on their glimmering scales. These dragons strive to protect whole regions, continents, or planets from threats. They seek

dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version). Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +16, reach 15 ft. Hit

Roleplaying a Yuan-ti

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

1 Greed. I display my wealth as a sign of my power and prosperity. (Evil) 2 Aspiration. I strive to follow the path toward becoming an anathema. (Evil) 3 Unity. No leader shall put personal goals

above those of our race. (Any) 4 Kinship. My allegiance is to my caste and my city. Other settlements can burn for all I care. (Any) 5 Inspiration. My actions set an example for the lesser castes to

Damselfly Ship

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

race one another through asteroid belts and other obstacle courses, either for rewards or bragging rights. Damselfly Ship Summary Armor Class: 19 (metal) Cargo: 5 tons Hit Points: 200 Crew: 9 Damage

fire it. Mangonel Stone. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 200/800 ft. (can’t hit targets within 60 feet of it), one target. Hit: 27 (5d10) bludgeoning damage. Damselfly Ship Deck PlansView Unlabeled Version

Undercity Medusa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Undercity Medusa The medusas of Ravnica, often called gorgons, are a monstrous race of creatures that appear superficially similar to human women. In place of hair, a gorgon has a writhing mass of

Ravnican medusa is harmless. This deadly gaze attack gives medusas a degree of power among the Golgari that is out of proportion with their small numbers. Medusas command a significant share of the

Oracular Conflux

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

make predictions based on rainfall, wind, thunder, and other weather measurements. In some communities, oracles actively strive to be struck by lightning, risking their lives to receive mighty messages

in such a place. Oracular Conflux Adventures d12 Adventure Goal 1 Race an air elemental to an oracular conflux in order to receive a prediction of the future before the elemental’s

Orc Culture and Beliefs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should react to them. As a race, orcs

, grayish-white ash to represent death, and charcoal to represent darkness. The unwritten laws that govern the status of individual orcs within a tribe are manifested to a degree in how each orc uses

Airship Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Airship Locations The following locations are identified on map 4.3. Map 4.3: Dragon Cult Airship View Player Version 1. Furnace In the middle of the upper deck is a 10-foot-tall, cylindrical

contain only one fire elemental at a time. 2. Harpoon Gun A spring-loaded harpoon gun, fashioned from burnished bronze with iron fittings, is bolted to the forward upper deck. It has a 90-degree arc of

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

strong social structure that stresses devotion to the tribe, are clever with their hands, and viciously work together in order to overcome their physical limitations. In the kobolds’ version of

at the actions or deeds of other races. They aren’t forgiving of other races, and they enjoy nursing their hatred until they get a chance to wreak revenge on a creature or a race that has wronged

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

react to them. As a race, orcs have no noteworthy universal social traits, but some commonality does exist in the crude written communication that all orcs employ and in the way that they use

represent darkness. The unwritten laws that govern the status of individual orcs within a tribe are manifested to a degree in how each orc uses these colors on itself and its personal items. For

Ultroloth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

, ultroloths use their eerie eyes and innate magic to hypnotize or charm targets. Ultroloths strive to achieve planes-spanning plots. Roll on or choose a result from the Ultroloth Conspiracies table to

save DC 17): At Will: Alter Self, Clairvoyance, Detect Magic 1/Day Each: Dimension Door, Fireball (level 5 version), Wall of Fire Bonus Actions Fiendish Guile (Recharge 4–6). The ultroloth casts

14. Psipod Nexus I

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. Each capsule is tilted at a 45-degree angle, connected to metal floor panels with thick copper wires, and coated in a thin, slimy residue. Illithids. Four mind flayers carrying dark sheets of metal

— or rather, an alternate version of Waterdeep created by Extremiton. Through extensive telepathic contact with Waterdavians, the ulitharid has created a realistic simulation of Waterdeep that is

4. Describe Your Character

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

character’s ability scores and race into account as you flesh out his or her appearance and personality. A very strong character with low Intelligence might think and behave very differently from a very

). His high Strength and Constitution suggest a healthy, athletic body, and his low Intelligence suggests a degree of forgetfulness. Bob decides that Bruenor comes from a noble line, but his clan was

Mind Flayers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. Extremiton is also gathering thralls of every race to help defend the colony if the neothelid is destroyed or fails in its task. City of the Mind Extremiton can sense intelligent creatures within 2 miles of it

captive audience reacts. Meanwhile, it continues to use its telepathy to reach out to the Waterdavians in the city above, gathering more information to better realize its version of the city.

If It Exists In D&D, There's A Place for It in Eberron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Thelanis and these are all the kenku in the world. So just because it’s possible to put anything you want in the world, don’t assume that the streets of Sharn are a zoo flooded with every character race

found his way to Eberron from the core cosmology. But the DM can always say “No, there is no version of Gruumsh in my Eberron.” This comes to a critical point. Nothing is set in stone. Like every

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