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Player’s Handbook
territorial mob of halflings like those in the Dark Sun setting.
Halflings who prefer to live underground are sometimes called strongheart halflings or stouts. Nomadic halflings, as well as those who
live among humans and other tall folk, are sometimes called lightfoot halflings or tallfellows.
Halfling Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Small (about 2–3 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
some much-needed light to Barovia. His efforts worked for a while, but then the Dark Powers began to corrupt him.
Imperfections. The Abbot's fall from grace started when the Belviews—a family of sickly
traits, and the Abbot, taking pity on them, yielded to their mad desires.
Enter Vasili von Holtz. The Abbot's early experiments proved fatal to their subjects, but the Belviews insisted that he keep trying
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hive abandon their lair and search for a new one. When a suitable location is found, the largest kruthik in the hive undergoes a metamorphosis, forming a cocoon around itself and emerging several weeks
floor with their sharp legs.
In addition to having an acute sense of smell, kruthiks can see in the dark and can detect vibrations in the earth around them. They take the scent of their own dead as a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
protect that creature. Great strength and a ferocious nature make gray renders fierce guardians, but they lack a shred of cunning.
Gray renders reproduce by forming nodules on their bodies that, on
ground
8
Attacks carts and wagons as if they were terrible monsters
9
Howls when it rains
10
Whines piteously in the dark
11
Buries treasure it finds
12
Chases birds, leaping into the air to catch them, heedless of the destruction it causes
Reincarnate
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Spells
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14-21
Dwarf, mountain
22-25
Elf, dark
26-34
Elf, high
35-42
Elf, wood
43-46
Gnome, forest
47-52
Gnome, rock
53-56
Half-elf
57-60
Half-orc
61-68
had in its original form, except it exchanges its original race for the new one and changes its racial traits accordingly.
Axe of the Dwarvish Lords
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
as the First King. When he became old, he passed the weapon, which had become his badge of office, to his heir. The rightful inheritors passed the axe on for many generations.
Later, in a dark era
the creature neither loses its racial traits nor gains the racial traits of a dwarf. The physical changes wrought by the axe aren’t considered magical in nature (and therefore can’t be
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your tiefling
; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
Species
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Since not all tieflings are of the blood of Asmodeus, some have traits that differ from those in the Player’s Handbook. The Dungeon Master may permit the following variants for your
, choose 1d4 + 1 of the following features: small horns; fangs or sharp teeth; a forked tongue; catlike eyes; six fingers on each hand; goat-like legs; cloven hoofs; a forked tail; leathery or scaly skin; red or dark blue skin; cast no shadow or reflection; exude a smell of brimstone.
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devices, the Dark Powers provide him with any creation he desires, no matter how bizarre.
Ivana and Ivan’s Domain
Borca is altered by Ivana’s and Ivan’s presences, creating the
the sensor appears.
If a Darklord of Borca dies, that Darklord’s effects end immediately. Those effects resume if that Darklord gains a new body (see Darklord Restoration traits).
Madam Eva
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monsters
Curse of Strahd
domain, in hopes that they will find a way to destroy the vampire or set Strahd free.
For the Love of Strahd. The Dark Powers of Ravenloft would consider Madam Eva a worthy choice to replace Strahd as
her ability to locate such an individual.
None of Madam Eva’s Vistani kin know her true identity or purpose. They puzzle over her desire to remain in Barovia.
Madam Eva’s Traits
Ideal
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
curse on a success.The transformation into a demilich isn’t a bitter end for all liches that experience it. Made as a conscious choice, the path of the demilich becomes the next step in a dark
skull and the dust from its other bones.
In its crypt, a demilich has access to lair actions and additional uses for its legendary actions. Its whole lair also has unique traits. A demilich in its
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
an extended, muscular neck; a smiling face framed by long, pointed ears and lank, dark hair; and bat-like wings are furled against his powerful shoulders. He can assume other forms, however, from the
topped with razors and hooks. Corkscrew towers loom above twisted domes and vast amphitheaters, forming a surreal and disorienting cityscape.
The challenge rating of Fraz-Urb’luu is 24 (62,000
Human
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
tall and have green or brown eyes, but these traits are hardly universal. Humans of Chondathan descent dominate the central lands of Faerûn, around the Inner Sea.
Chondathan Names: (Male) Darvin
the Inner Sea, the Mulan are generally tall, slim, and amber-skinned, with eyes of hazel or brown. Their hair ranges from black to dark brown, but in the lands where the Mulan are most prominent, nobles
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
additional 20 feet, or make the gem go dark.
Turn the dagger into a compass that, while resting on Artus’s palm, points north.
Cast dimension door from the dagger. Once this property is used
presence in the party might put the characters in danger.
Artus Cimber’s Traits
Ideal. “The preservation of knowledge and history is important to me.”
Bond. “I long to be
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; Elminster
The serpent creatures known as yuan-ti are all that remains of an ancient, decadent human empire. Ages ago their dark gods taught them profane, cannibalistic rituals to mix their flesh
primordial world heeded the prayers of these people and hissed dark demands into their ears. The people tainted their souls by performing human sacrifices in the name of the gods, debased their flesh by
Reborn
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sensations or visions of the past to come rushing back.
Rather than sleeping, reborn regularly sit and dwell on the past, hoping for some revelation of what came before. Most of the time, these are dark
, but you aren’t any longer. You now possess only your lineage’s racial traits.
When you create a character using a lineage option, follow these additional rules during character creation
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
immense power.
Creating a Sapphire Dragon
Use the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire
Dragon Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
1
I often fixate on specific historical battles or wars and won’t rest until my
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Formed by the Mists. When created, the horror’s body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains. While such nightmares typically manifest as nothing more than impressions, whispers, or vaporous visions amid the fog, mysterious
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Formed by the Mists. When created, the horror’s body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
law-abiding citizens of Ravnica.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I revel in mayhem, the more destructive the better.
2
When violence breaks out, I lose myself in
very amusing dark side.
2
A Boros captain really wants to “redeem” me.
3
I think a member of my troupe is a Dimir agent.
4
I once convinced a Golgari medusa to participate
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
Creating a Dragon Turtle
Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting
those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
1
I speak slowly and deliberately
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Formed by the Mists. When created, the horror’s body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains. While such nightmares typically manifest as nothing more than impressions, whispers, or
Unspeakable Horror
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Formed by the Mists. When created, the horror’s body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the
by reminding them of death’s inevitable approach.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
Remember, I could kill you in your sleep. Or put centipedes in your bedroll
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
spellcasting, forming spirals that reflect the mathematical perfection of nature.
Suggested Characteristics
The bizarre science of the Simic Combine attracts a certain type of personality and encompasses
attached to.
Personality Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I can’t wait to see what I become next!
2
I am convinced that everything inclines toward constant improvement
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Formed by the Mists. When created, the horror’s body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
;Disguise kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this
Traits
d8
Personality Trait
1
I’m good at hiding my true thoughts and feelings.
2
When I’m in doubt about revealing something, I assume it’s a secret, and I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Y1. Trail The trail through the thick woods leads to a hill covered with dead grass and cairns of black rock. Dark, ominous clouds gather high above, and a single bolt of lightning strikes the
hilltop. West of the hill, the land, the woods, and the sky vanish behind a towering wall of fog. The trail splits as it climbs the hillside, forming two concentric rings (area Y2). The trail also leads to the hilltop (areas Y3 and Y4). The wall of fog (area Y5) marks the edge of Strahd’s domain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
The Labyrinth Beneath the Sands of Sute lie generations of hidden tombs, built one atop the other and hidden by the sands of ages. Elaborated upon by the Dark Powers, these endless, entangled crypts
to the City of the Dead. But many less-traveled passages lie throughout the Labyrinth, forming a sprawling wilderness of crumbling, monster-haunted ruins and trap-laden passages. Within the deepest
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits and Sapphire Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive sapphire dragon characters.
Sapphire Dragon Personality Traits
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manage to access the other side of the cave’s crystal walls discover a network of dark, cobweb-choked tunnels extending deep into the earth, set with natural steps and shelves throughout. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
flickers of divine insight. Near the base of the mountain is a giant carving of a snake’s head, its forked tongue forming a ten-foot-wide, twenty-foot-high stone ramp. Stone fangs descend from the
roof of the serpent’s mouth, which forms a canopy over a dark, ten-foot-wide tunnel leading into the mountain. The tunnel at the back of the serpent’s head is 200 feet long and corkscrews gently down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Arijani Arijani is the charming face of resistance for all who oppose Ramya’s control of the Sapphire Throne. Like Ramya and Reeva, Arijani was given a second life by the Dark Powers. Now a rakshasa
, Arijani uses his mastery of illusions and Reeva’s insights to manipulate Ramya and his other foes. He’s gregarious and enjoys the finer things in life, traits that ingratiate him with the wealthy and
Compendium
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Clandestine Hags If having three dryads working together is too immediate a tipoff that these might be hags forming a coven, you can add a fourth illusory mother to the mix to help allay suspicion
of help, with Banrion the unicorn an evil creature that must be defeated to save the woods. The unicorn might even be using its dark magic to cause the dryads to appear as hags.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K60. North Tower Peak If the characters climb the stairs to this area, read: The stairs end at a dark and dreary room with manacles attached to the walls. In the middle of the room is a wood-framed
through the trapdoor’s rotting wood, forming a puddle around the base of the ladder.
The ceiling here is 9 feet high. The manacles are rusted and can be easily torn from the walls. The trapdoor in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of the corruptible, the resolve of the truly heroic—the Dark Powers savor these traits. Whether for a night or an eternity, Ravenloft seeks heroes of all sorts and pits them against their greatest
adventures. Lineages. Consider an origin that ties you to a grim progenitor or inexplicable experience. Lineages can serve as your character’s race or overshadow your previous race. Dark Gifts. Determine