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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
training in those arts alongside other members of their house. House Thuranni agents, in contrast, are always both artists and spies.Shadow Cloak. The agent has the Invisible condition until the start of its next turn. This invisibility ends early immediately after the agent makes an attack roll.
Phiarlan and House Thuranni, who are primarily elves, combine stealth and espionage with mastery of the performing arts—and dragonmarked heirs augment those skills with shadow magic. This stat block
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
damage is reduced to 0, the adept catches the missile if it’s small enough to hold in one hand and the adept has a hand free.Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks with extensive training in
food and lodging.
Some martial artists adorn themselves with tattoos to honor inspirations or instructors, or to memorialize profound lessons, triumphs, or defeats. You may roll on the Martial Arts
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
receive secret training in the arts of magic and stealth. This indoctrination is a slow and arduous process; many aspirants don’t finish it, and years might go by during which the iron shadows
welcome no new members into their ranks. When a recruit’s training is complete, they are tasked with conducting assassinations and spy missions.
GOBLINOIDS OF THE FEYWILD
The goblinoid
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
2/day each: fireball, fly, fog cloud, gust of wind, lightning boltHobgoblins with a prodigious talent for magic sometimes undergo grueling training to become hobgoblin devastators. Devastators are
of the magical arts, they learn the basics of weapon use, and they measure their deeds by the enemies defeated though their magic. They have the respect of other members of the host and receive
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
death, Bak Mei became obsessed with living an unending life. He began collecting texts on the subject, consulting with practitioners of the necromantic arts, and seeking audiences with dark forces.
The
recruit new members. Under Bak Mei’s cruel tutelage and eccentric training methods, the order has grown in power and numbers, living in seclusion while he planned his revenge on his former
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’s Tools or Musical Instrument
Armor Training
None
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 5 Dagger;Daggers, Artisan’s Tools or Musical Instrument chosen for the tool
proficiency above, Explorer's Pack, and 11 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Monks use rigorous combat training and mental discipline to align themselves with the multiverse and focus their internal reservoirs of
Hobgoblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
to keep the knowledge fresh for new generations. When hobgoblins aren’t waging war, they farm, they build, and they practice both martial and arcane arts.
These trappings of civil society do
longsword and a handaxe. They are responsible for martial training as well as instruction in strategy and battlefield tactics. Bargrivyek’s priests wield his symbol, a flail with a head dipped in
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Basic Rules (2014)
they gain experience, their martial training and their mastery of ki gives them more power over their bodies and the bodies of their foes.
Training and Asceticism
Small walled cloisters dot the
training. Many entered the monastery as children, sent to live there when their parents died, when food couldn’t be found to support them, or in return for some kindness that the monks had performed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Martial Arts Adept Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks with extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. Some protect monasteries; others travel the world seeking enlightenment or new forms of
memorialize profound lessons, triumphs, or defeats. You may roll on the Martial Arts Adept Tattoos table to determine what sort of tattoo an adept bears. Martial Arts Adept Tattoos d8 Tattoo 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Martial Arts Adept Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks who have extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. Some protect monasteries; others travel the world seeking enlightenment or new forms
of combat to master. A few become bodyguards, trading their combat prowess and loyalty for food and lodging. Martial Arts Adept
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 16
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Mentor It’s not unusual for would-be druids to seek out (or be sought out by) instructors or elders who teach them the basics of their magical arts. Most druids who learn from a mentor begin their
training at a young age, and the mentor has a vital role in shaping a student’s attitudes and beliefs. If your character received training from someone else, who or what was that individual, and what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
, and thespians hone their talents. In addition to these public skills, students can also study spy-craft and information brokering. Those who visit looking for training in the arts might find themselves
Noteworthy Sites In addition to its robust agricultural holdings, Zinda is home to magical universities, conservatories, museums, and other centers of the arts. Map 5.2: zindaView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Property. Your training with weapons allows you to use the mastery property of one kind of Simple or Martial weapon of your choice, provided you have proficiency with it. Whenever you finish a Long
. Monk Class Features Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of martial arts gives you mastery of combat styles that use your Unarmed Strike and Monk weapons, which are the following: Simple Melee weapons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
series of tests designed to reveal any potential for treachery. Those who fail are slain, while those who pass receive secret training in the arts of magic and stealth. This indoctrination is a slow
and arduous process; many aspirants don’t finish it, and years might go by during which the iron shadows welcome no new members into their ranks. When a recruit’s training is complete, they are tasked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
places of warfare to educate generals and kings in the arts of strategy and battlefield tactics. Many of the leaders they approached turned them away at first, but it soon became apparent that those
and training. Her priests believe that drilling one’s troops in a temple courtyard is a form of propitiation that the Red Knight looks upon with special favor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bonus Class Features Martial Arts Focus Points Unarmored Movement 1 +2 Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense 1d6 — — 2 +2 Monk’s Focus, Unarmored Movement, Uncanny Metabolism 1d6 2 +10 ft. 3 +2 Deflect
1d10 16 +25 ft. 17 +6 Subclass feature 1d12 17 +25 ft. 18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft. 19 +6 Epic Boon 1d12 19 +30 ft. 20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft. Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bonus Class Features Martial Arts Focus Points Unarmored Movement 1 +2 Martial Arts, Unarmored Defense 1d6 — — 2 +2 Monk’s Focus, Unarmored Movement, Uncanny Metabolism 1d6 2 +10 ft. 3 +2 Deflect
1d10 16 +25 ft. 17 +6 Subclass feature 1d12 17 +25 ft. 18 +6 Superior Defense 1d12 18 +30 ft. 19 +6 Epic Boon 1d12 19 +30 ft. 20 +6 Body and Mind 1d12 20 +30 ft. Level 1: Martial Arts Your practice of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
are trained; Arach-Tinilith, a spider-shaped cathedral where drow priestesses worship their demon goddess; and Sorcere, a magnificent tower where drow mages learn to master the magical arts. Non-drow
Academy; however, drow guards are trained to tell the difference between training exercises and the sound of real combat. The latter attracts reinforcements in the form of 1d4 drow elite warriors every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Performance skill if you don’t already have it. Your martial arts technique mixes combat training with the precision of a dancer and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Kensei (4 weapons) 17th Unerring Accuracy, Path of the Kensei (5 weapons) Path of the Kensei When you choose this tradition at 3rd level, your special martial arts training leads you to master the use
used to express the beauty and precision of the martial arts. That such mastery makes a kensei a peerless warrior is but a side effect of intense devotion, practice, and study. Why did the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
training in the magical and martial arts. This indoctrination is a slow and arduous process; many aspirants don’t finish it, and years might go by during which the Iron Shadows welcome no new members
Hobgoblins Hobgoblins of the cruelest bent gain admittance to elite organizations that provide special training above and beyond what military service has to offer. The Academy of Devastation and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
necromantic arts, and seeking audiences with dark forces. The abbots of his temple confronted Bak Mei about his radical pursuits and demanded that he cease his activities. In response, he tried to stage a
settled in the forest near Baldur’s Gate, where they recruit new members. Under Bak Mei’s cruel tutelage and eccentric training methods, the order has grown in power and numbers, living in seclusion while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
training at this site. 4 Elite Institute. This cutthroat college of science or the arts accepts only the crème de la crème of society and talent. 5 Vault of Secrets. This conspiracy strives to keep or
Academy For all you novice wizards thinking about magic training, seriously consider apprenticing. I know liches who are still paying off their academy loans.
Tasha
The world’s mysteries are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Hobgoblin Devastator Hobgoblins with a prodigious talent for magic sometimes undergo grueling training to become hobgoblin devastators. Devastators are spellcasters who call down fireballs and other
to every foe around them. Far from being cloistered academics, hobgoblin devastators are masters of the battlefield. In addition to tactical applications of the magical arts, they learn the basics of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mastery of the magical arts. He has watched from afar as countless events unfolded in the Underdark and across Faerûn, gathering information and making plans for his eventual return. After waiting for
patron of the council. The young drow has continued his magical training under the archmage’s tutelage. Grin is loyal to his master but not well suited to such a solitary existence. He longs for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
in Tu’narath. Since time doesn’t pass on the Astral Plane, the githyanki have no need to labor for food or water. To keep their minds sharp, Vlaakith orders them to pursue a variety of arts and studies
party of ten warriors. A githyanki war leader retains that status in times of peace, looking after her underlings and maintaining their discipline and combat training. A silver sword in motion is a liquid thing, as much a weapon of the mind as a piece of metal in the hand.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
religious rites and festivals. Priests at such sites relate stories of the gods, teach the ethics of their patron deities, offer advice and blessings, perform religious rites, and provide training in
Life, War
Dragon’s head, in profile, facing left
Bane, god of war and conquest
LE
War
Claw with three talons pointing down
Corellon, god of magic and the arts
CG
Light
Eight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
surroundings, because the githzerai will it. Each monastery is overseen by monks that impose a strict schedule of chants, meals, martial arts training, and devotions according to their own philosophy. Behind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Class Training If you haven’t chosen your class yet, do so now, keeping in mind your background and all the other details you have established so far. Once you’ve made your selection, roll a d6 and
or a thief wronged me, so I focused my training on mastering the skills of my enemy to better combat foes of that sort. 3 An experienced rogue saw something in me and taught me several useful tricks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
teach the magical arts. These lessons in magic typically include a well-rounded education in the sciences and philosophy. Some thaumaturges find their magical studies aligning with popular Meletian
them. More likely, though, their extensive training in battlefield tactics and magic gives them an edge over other soldiers, with most Meletian hoplites knowing at least a little magic. Nonhumans in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
Staff (1366 DR) by wealthy Waterdhavian patrons and named for the old College of Ollamh. Students of the college undergo training in their chosen instruments, along with rigorous practice in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
history of shared traditions, recorded and retold to keep the knowledge fresh for new generations. When hobgoblins aren’t waging war, they farm, they build, and they practice both martial and arcane arts
always wield his favored weapons, a longsword and a handaxe. They are responsible for martial training as well as instruction in strategy and battlefield tactics. Bargrivyek’s priests wield his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
: Irradiated Rooms Apart from their locations, these irradiated rooms are identical to those on the ship’s first level (see area S13). S40: Gymnasium Kevin Glint Three malfunctioning physical training
hostile toward the characters. When the characters enter, the androids approach them and commence “physical training exercises.” Each android selects an opponent from the party and politely challenges them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
talent for magic and, with proper training, become apprentice mages. But to be accepted into one of the robed orders, a mage must officially join the Mages of High Sorcery and be subjected to the Test of
High Sorcery, wherein their dedication to the magical arts is challenged. Failing the test can be deadly, but those who dare to seek magical power without passing the test are branded renegades and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
the tribe, and most are skilled in the healing arts. The most powerful among Luthic’s disciples are the claws of Luthic, which can use the Cave Mother’s magic to heal, protect, and curse. Orc Claw of
thieves that follow the cult of the Red Fang. They perform assassinations, stealthy raids, and other covert operations on the tribe’s behalf. They rely on a mix of intense training and magic granted to