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"You did not always possess arcane gifts within. These abilities were gained through contagious, communicable means. Perhaps a disease that escaped from a plane of high magic, or a parasite gifting you with magical prowess. However infected, these sorcerers are so fundamentally altered by an arcane pathogen that it infuses their blood with the essence of the arcane weave."
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Sorcerous Origins
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This document provides a collection of six alternative sorcerous origins and metamagic options for the sorcerer class in 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. The material in this article is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination.
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Halloween is just around the corner, and this free excerpt from Festivals, Feasts & Fairs is here to help you inject a little spooky fun into your Dungeons & Dragons sessions. Enjoy! ... [click here for more] |
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Spell Lenses bend the weave as other lenses bend light. When magical power enters one of these quartz disks, it recieves a transformative effect. A caster may even create an array of lenses in series, resulting in spells with wildly different effects.
A complete list of the items presented in this document is included below:
BEES
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Spell becomes a swarm of bees
Bifurcation
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Interacting with illusions can be a difficult thing to judge as the DM. As such, this rule is in place to make running illusion magic easier for the DM and more clear for players as far as how to deal with the cognitive dissonance of knowing in real life that the illusion is fake, while their character does not.
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Based on the comprehend languages spell, the Archive is a Challenge 0 sci-fi monster. A useful companion in Planescape and Spelljammer adventures, the archive allows for quck and easy translation in unexplored worlds!
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Based on the animal friendship spell, the Beast Lord is a Challenge 10 animal-themed monster. Help a local beast lord protect local animals, or battle a mighty monster with animal companions!
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Based on the fog cloud spell and Italian folklore, the Borda is a Challenge 13 fey monster that lurks in misty moors and fog-bound coasts. She strikes from the fog, strangling her victims with a magic cord. The borda can serve as a local legend, a quest hook for a ranger of Fey Pact warlock, or a random encounter for a high-level party! The borda also makes for an excellent... [click here for more] |
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Based on the burning hands spell, the Burning Hand is a Challenge 1/2 fiery monster that is simultaneously loot for your player characters! This escaped azer's gauntlet is a dangerous opponent or potent ally, particularly for a party hunting undead.
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Based on the ensnaring strike spell, the Canniballista is a Challenge 2 plant monster. It spreads by hurling seeds at humanoids it can consume, creating a wave of hungry plants in its wake! This title include three statblocks for various canniballista, including the fearsome canniballista-troll symbiote!
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Based on the hellish rebuke spell, the Censure Devil is a Challenge 2 devil that bullies, cajoles, and intimidates mortals into infernal contracts. A censure devil can serve as an excellent low-level boss in an infernal campaign. Their Sunder Resistance action also makes them excellent minions for higher-level monsters that rely on dealing fire damage.
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Based on the charm person spell, the Clurichaun is a Challenge 1/2 festive monster. The fey creature is renowed for its drunken binges and antics. Run a charming village party, or help a poor local whose brewery is haunted by the fey.
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Based on the false life spell, the Draugur is a Challenge 2 undead barbarian hungry for glory. When a berserker's valor is unsufficient to ferry its soul to Ysgard, sometimes that soul returns to claim in death the glory it could not claim in life. The draugur are desperate to prove themselves, and they do so with vicious attacks fueled by temporary hit points.
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Based on the find familiar spell, the Familiarist is a Challenge 3 mage who works in tandem with his or her familiar on and off the battlefield. These strange wizards always have a familiar present and will go to great length to bind new, more powerful familiars to their service. The familiarist makes for a great NPC for the characters to run into in town or on an adventure,... [click here for more] |
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Based on the goodberry spell, the Goodberry Bush is a Challenge 1/2 plant creature. Small and kind, the goodberry bushes help travellers of good intent lost in the woods. They often team up with dryads, unicorns, werebears, and other good aligned forest dwelling creatures. A goodberry bush could also serve as a familiar for a Pact of the Chain warlock!
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Based on the compelled duel spell and the famous Arthurian legend, the Green Knight is a chivalric Challenge 7 fey monster. Appearing like a knight with green hair and armor, these wandering warriors put knights and paladins to the ultimate test. If you're looking for an interesting puzzle encounter, a new quest hook, or a bruiser for your fey villain, the green knight is a perfect fit!
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Based on the guiding bolt spell, the Hammer of Judgment is a Challenge 14 celestial that brings the judgment of a god against its foes! The Hammer of Judgment is a great mentor for an oath of vengeance paladin, or a great opponent for players characters who might have accidentally desecrated a temple that one time...
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Based on the cure wounds spell, the Healer is a Challenge 4 NPC cleric for use as an ally or enemy.
Making the party's new companion a dedicated healer allows DMs to forward the plot and provide a new character to roleplay with who's useful in a fight without overshadowing the PCs.
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Based on the arms of hadar spell, the Herald of Hadar is a Challenge 6 cosmic-horror-themed monster. It can serve as a warning to a Great Old One warlock in your D&D party, or signify the looming, madness-inducing threat of an otherwordly entity.
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Based on the color spray spell, the Iridescent Angelfish is a Challenge 1/4 aquatic monster. Though nearly harmless on their own, these magical fish become much more dangerous around creatures that deal radiant damage or cast the the color spray spell. Have them accompany an enemy druid, or set your next aquatic battle in the midst of a school of these rainbow fish... [click here for more] |
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Based on the faerie fire spell, the Irontooth Cat is a Challenge 1/2 fey monster that preys upon other fey. The monster can be run as a savage predator of benevolent fey, a minion for more powerful fey, or as a strange NPC encountered in the Feywild, like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. The statblock is simple, and the title includes three sample... [click here for more] |
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Based on the detect magic spell, the Mage Hound is a Challenge 1 magic-tracking mastiff! This highly-trained hound makes for a great sidekick for a faction of witch hunters, or a useful companion for players who want to get the drop on their magic-wielding foes!
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Based on the detect evil and good spell, the Makara is a Challenge 6 guardian of temples and holy sites. Consistent with their descriptions in real-world mythology, the makara features a wide variety of forms and abilities, which DMs can choose or roll randomly to determine. The makara makes for an excellent mount for a powerful cleric or sentinel in an ancient temple!
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Based on the dissonant whispers spell and H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Music of Erich Zann", the Melomaniac is a Challenge 4 eldritch horror themed monster. When a bard's mind is broken by an encounter with the Far Realm, his music takes on an otherworldly quality, inspiring both fascination and horror in the listener. An adventuring party could encounter a melomaniac... [click here for more] |
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Based on the chromatic orb spell, the Mutable Elemental is a Challenge 2 elemental monster. Keep players on their toes with this monster with ever-changing immunity! It also makes an excellent summon option using the Conjure Minor Elementals spell.
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Based on the divine favor spell, the Octopod Archon is a Challenge 4 aquatic celestial monster. These strange celestials serve as foot soldiers for aquatic deities, and fit well in aquatic campagins as summon options for clerics or as guards in submerged temples.
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Based on the create or destroy water spell, the Peri is a Challenge 1/2 elemental creature from Persian folklore. These wind spirits claim deserts as their domain. Trickster peris might steal a traveller's water for causing them offense, or they might aid a kind-hearted adventurer on the brink of lethal dehydration.
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Based on the armor of agathys spell, the Petitioner of Agathys is a Challenge 5 monster of fiendish cold that must always stay moving to live. The monster's unique weakness gives tactical players an opportunity to use the battlefield and their own abilities to their best advantage!
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Based on the floating disk spell, the Porter is a Challenge 1/8 fey monster/butler. Porters are the obsequious servants of fey masters, such as archfey, hags, or goblin kings. Porters can lend limited utility to their masters in combat, and all manner of helpful service outside of combat. A Pact of the Archfey warlock might even recieve the service of a porter for a time... [click here for more] |
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Based on the expeditious retreat spell, the Quicksilver Lion is a Challenge 6 construct controlled by drinking a magic potion. The title includes the statblock, the potion, and a useful table for customizing the lion's flaws. The quicksilver lion is a great guardian for gnomes or other tinkerers or alchemists. Give characters a quest to locate a potion of quicksilver... [click here for more] |
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Based on the disguise self spell, the Rusalka is a Challenge 10 monster from Slavic folklore. These undead creatures haunt rivers and seasides, luring unfortunate travelers to a watery grave. The rusalka is a great fit for a random encounter table, or for a monstrer-hunting quest!
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Based on the bless spell, the Seraphling is a Challenge 1 celestial designed as a minor divine spirit to assist the faithful of the gods. Seraphlings are effective combatants alongside guards and soldiers, or as familiars for clerics.
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Based on the alarm spell, the Sightless Haunting is a Challenge 12 horror-themed monster. Run a Quiet Place style adventure, forcing players to avoid making noise lest they attract the haunting's attention!
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Based on the grease spell, the Slipslime is a Challenge 7 greasy, flammable, quick-as-lightning ooze that roams dungeons in search of adventurers to make pratfall! Unlike most other ooze monsters, the Slipslime is fast and agile, able to make area of difficult terrain so player characters have a hard time keeping up. Fighting it presents a fire risk as well!
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Based on the healing word spell, the Spirit of Valor is a Challenge 6 celestial that represents morale itself! The invisbile spirit aids those fighting against impossible odds in service of a righteous cause. Allies of both bards and clerics, the spirit of valor can turn the tide of a battle for those whose deeds earn the favor of the gods!
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Based on the command spell, the Unearthly Beauty is a Challenge 6 fey monster. Similar to a medusa, anyone who meets an unearthly beauty's gaze can be charmed by it and forced to obey its commnds. They work well as conniving villains, petty divas, or inspiring allies!
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Based on the detect poison and disease spell, the Weretiger Yuan-ti Hunter is a Challenge 6 lycanthrope dedicated to hunting down venomous creatures. They make for a great addition to jungle-based campaigns, particularly if you're using yuan-ti as an adversary in your campaign. Make the yuan-ti hunter the leader of a weretiger tribe or run a shadow war between yuan-ti... [click here for more] |
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Based on the entangle spell and the player character race from 4th Edition, the Wilden Protector is a Challenge 12 fey monster dedicated to defending nature from all that would despoil it, including aberrations, humanoid civilizations and overzealous player characters! The wilden make for excellent allies to druids, rangers, and Oath of the Ancient paladins, but they also... [click here for more] |
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Based on the hail of thorns spell and the player character race from 4th Edition, the Wilden Seeker is a Challenge 12 fey monster dedicated to defending nature from all that would despoil it, including aberrations, humanoid civilizations and overzealous player characters! The wilden make for excellent allies to druids, rangers, and Oath of the Ancient paladins, but they... [click here for more] |
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Based on the feather fall spell, the Zephyrian is a Challenge 1/2 playful air elemental. Locals might hire a party to clear out a zephyrian making a nuisance in town, or they might hang around cloud giants or djinn castles. One could even serve as a useful, whimsical familiar for a Pact of the Chain warlock!
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Spooktober Spectacular Statblock: The Haunting Howler
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In celebration of the spookiest month, a sinister new monstrosity has been dredged from the darkest pages of history: the Haunting Howler. A stealthy, deceptive, and intelligent foe capable of severing both limbs and friendships, the Howler is the posessed husk of a gnomish harvester machine, perfect for a CR 7 climax to... [click here for more] |
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Are your players hoarding their inspiration for that big boss battle that may never come?
Players arguing and not working together as a team?
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5 easy and quick to use new stat blocks for Viking inspired Goliath and Halfling sea raiders. Born aloft on their longships, the crews raid coastal and riverside settlements all across the Civilized World. ... [click here for more] |
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Elder Evils. Great Old Ones. The Far Realm. Scant few know of these beings and the plane of madness which is said to spawn them. Wholesome folk instinctively recoil from such aberrations, but there are those who's curiosity or thirst for power drive them to learn ever more terrible secrets about these malign entities. Starcasters of Leng is an evil non-player character faction for... [click here for more] |
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There are so many options and so much information in the manuals! Many, many new players (and even veterans) can become overwhelmed by all the information.
In order to help ANYONE create an adventure / dungeon for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, I made this simple one-page step by step guide, complete with page numbers. This guide uses only the Dungeon Master's Guide and some dice.
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For all those DMs who want to put their epic level players in a war zone, to make them feel like super soldiers, and not get crushed by action economy, I've made "swarms" of humans, following aspects of NPCs from the monster manual and Volo, mixed with rules for swarms.
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Four varied, mid level encounters featuring two suped-up Bulettes. These are appropriate for any setting, and can spice things up with these absolute wrecking balls barreling through your players.
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Tavern Tables
Characters for Carousing
Loot The Room, Cowboy Centaur Papercraft, Daivd Okum, Jean Lorber, Kev's Lounge (Papercraft Dungeon), Dwarves in a Trenchcoat, Trash Mob Minis, and more come together to bring you Tavern Tables, a collection of 50 characters and groups of NPCs for your party to encounter in a tavern!
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"Deep in the Kryptgarden Forest lies a forgotten temple. Are you brave enough to face the dangers within?"
Temple of the Nightwind is a short LVL 2 adventure designed for new players and new dungeon masters. My goal was to design a fun adventure that anyone can grab and play, without doing too much prep work. You can place the adventure in any setting and you do not need the Monster Manual or Dungeon... [click here for more] |
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