NPC Statblock Compendium March 2019 - GM Binder PDF

NPC Statblock Compendium:
March 2019
120 Statblocks for 128 Published and Unpublished 5th Edi on Subclasses
Wri en by /u/gaylordqueen69
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Contents
Barbarians (pg. 13) Monks (pg. 58)
Ancestral Inheritor (XGE) Blood Bender (DAPC)
Berserker (PHB) Death Researcher (SCAG)
Blood Rager (DAPC) Drunken Master (XGE)
Kuldjargh (SCAG) Elemental Monks (PHB)
Spirit Totem Barbarians (PHB, SCAG) Kensei (XGE)
Storm Herald (XGE) Open Hand Monk (PHB)
Zealot (XGE) Shadow Monk (PHB)
Sun Soul Monk (SCAG, XGE)
Bards (pg. 20) Tranquil Master (UA)
Blade (XGE)
Glamour Bard (XGE) Paladins (pg. 67)
Jester (UA) Aspect of Vengeance (PHB)
Lore Bard (PHB) Feysworn (PHB)
Shadow Dancer (DAPC) Holy Redeemer (XGE)
Valor Bard (PHB) Kingsguard (PHB)
Whisper Bard (XGE) Knight Conqueror (XGE)
Mortal Traitor (UA)
Clerics (pg. 27) Oathbreaker (DMG)
Sovereign Knight (SCAG)
Arcana Priest (SCAG)
Winter Knight (DAPC)
Death Priest (DMG)
Forge Priest (XGE)
Grave Priest (XGE) Rangers (pg. 76)
Knowledge Priest (PHB) Beastmaster (PHB)
Life Priest (PHB) Gloom Stalker (XGE)
Light Priest (PHB) Herbalist (UA)
Nature Priest (PHB) Horizon Walker (XGE)
Night Priest (DAPC) Hunter (PHB)
Protection Priest (UA) Monster Hunter (XGE)
Tempest Priest (PHB) Nightstalker (DAPC)
Trickery Priest (PHB) Primeval Guardian (UA)
War Priest (PHB)
Druids (pg. 40) Rogues (pg. 84)

Arcane Thief (PHB)
Arch Shepherd (XGE) Assassin (PHB)
Dream Guardian (XGE) Guerilla Scout (XGE)
Land Druid (PHB) Inquisitor (XGE)
Liminal Druid (DAPC) Mastermind (SCAG, XGE)
Moon Druid (PHB) Shadow Rogue (DAPC)
Spore Spreader (UA) Privateer (SCAG, XGE)
Twilight Mendicant (UA) Thief (PHB)
Fighters (pg. 47) Sorcerers (pg. 92)

Banneret (SCAG) Deathtouched Sorcerer (DAPC)
Battlemasters (PHB) Dragon Sorcerers Sorcerers (PHB)
Blood Knight (DAPC) Favoured Chosen (XGE)
Brute (UA) Phoenix Sorcerer (UA)
Cavalier (XGE) Sea Sorcerer (UA)
Champion (PHB) Shadow Sorcerer (XGE)
Eldritch Knight (PHB) Stone Sorcerer (UA)
Elite Elven Archer (XGE) Storm Sorcerer (SCAG, XGE)
Samurai (XGE) Vampiric Sorcerer (DAPC)
Sharpshooter (UA) Wild Magic Sorcerer (PHB)
Standard Bearer (UA)
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Warlocks (pg. 102) Appendices (pg. 142)
Celestial Servant (XGE) General
Faith Seeker (UA) Challenge Rating Guidelines
Hexblade Wielder (XGE) Encounter Building
The Undying (SCAG) Familiars
Warlock of the Archfey (PHB) More Animal Companions and Forms
Warlock of the Archlich (DAPC) Spellcasting
Warlock of the Fiend (PHB) Using NPCs from Other Books
Warlock of the Great Old One (PHB) Clari ications
Warlock of the Raven Queen (UA) Aspect of Vengeance
Gloom Stalker
Wizards (pg. 111) Master-At-Arms
Shadow Monk
Bladesingers (SCAG) Silver/White Dragon Sorcerer
Chronomancer (TehlalTheAllTelling) Spirit Totem Barbarian
Hemomancer (DAPC)
Inventor (UA)
Lore Master (UA)
Reawakener (DAPC)
Scholarly Wizards (PHB)
Shrouded Wizard (SargeBriar)
Statblocks Listed by
Theurge (UA)
War Wizard (XGE)
Challenge Rating
CR 0
Arti icers (pg. 121) Commoner (MM)
Alchemist (UA)
Artillerist (UA)
Attuner (UA)
CR 1/8
Bandit (MM)
Blood Hunters (pg. 124) Courtier
Cultist (MM)
Ghostbane Blood Hunter (Mercer) Noble (MM)
Lycan Blood Hunter (Mercer) Tribal Warrior (MM)
Mutant Blood Hunter (Mercer)
Profane Blood Hunter (Mercer)
CR 1/4
Long Rangers (pg. 128) Acolyte (MM)
Apprentice Mage (VGM)
Beast Tamer (GQ69) Guard (MM)
Bounty Hunter (GQ69) Jester
Primal Warden (GQ69) Rune Scribe
Mystics (pg. 131) CR 1/2

Awakened Mystic (UA) Brawler
Immortal Mystic (UA) Celestial Servant
Dirty Fighter
Miscellaneous (pg. 133) Faith Seeker
Scout (MM)
Brawler (GQ69) Thug (MM)
Commander (GQ69) Warlock of the Raven Queen
Courtier (GQ69)
Defender (GQ69)
Dirty Fighter (GQ69)
Duelist (GQ69)
Mercenary (GQ69)
Rune Scribe (UA)
Other (PHB, VGM)
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CR 1 CR 3
Awakened Mystic Arcane Thief
Commander Archer (VGM)
Deathtouched Sorcerer Arti icer
Defender Bard (VGM)
Discount Assassin Blood Bender
Duelist Bounty Hunter
Herbalist Death Researcher
Mercenary Elite Elven Archer
Nature Priest Illusionist (VGM)
Shadow Dancer Knight (MM)
Shadow Rogue Lore Bard
Sharpshooter Martial Arts Adept (VGM)
Master Thief (VGM)
CR 2 Monster Hunter
Privateer
Air Bender Protection Priest
Alchemist Swashbuckler (VGM)
Arcana Priest Twilight Mendicant
Artillerist Veteran (MM)
Bandit Captain (MM) Whisper Bard
Beastmaster
Berserker (MM)
Cult Fanatic (MM)
CR 4
Death Priest Beast Tamer
Druid (MM) Blade
Earth Bender Chief Berserker
Fire Bender Forge Priest
Grave Priest Gloom Stalker
Guerilla Scout Inventor
Hunter Kuldjargh
Inquisitor Light Priest
Kensei Shrouded Wizard
Knowledge Priest Storm Herald
Life Priest Tempest Priest
Mastermind Valor Bard
Mechanical Servant Vampiric Sorcerer
Night Priest Warlock of the Archfey (VGM)
Nightstalker
Priest (MM)
Shadow Monk
Spy (MM)
Sun Soul Monk
Theurge
Tranquil Master
Trickery Priest
Water Bender
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CR 5 CR 9
Ancestral Inheritor Abjurer (VGM)
Bear Totem Barbarian Champion (VGM)
Blood Rager Evoker (VGM)
Cavalier Ghostbane Blood Hunter
Dream Guardian Necromancer (VGM)
Eagle Totem Barbarian Warlock of the Archlich
Elk Totem Barbarian War Priest (VGM)
Enchanter (VGM) Zealot
Horizon Walker
Gladiator (MM)
Glamour Bard
CR 10
Kraken Priest (VGM) Brute
Mutant Blood Hunter Drunken Master
Primal Warden Mortal Traitor
Profane Blood Hunter Spore Spreader
Red Tiger Bladesinger Stone Sorcerer
Shadow Sorcerer Storm Sorcerer
Standard Bearer War Wizard
Tiger Totem Barbarian Winter Knight
Transmuter (VGM)
Wolf Totem Barbarian CR 11
Aspect of Vengeance
CR 6 Kingsguard
Chronomancer
Conjurer (VGM) CR 12
Eldritch Knight
Archdruid (VGM)
Green Dragon Sorcerer
Archmage (MM)
Knight Conqueror
Liminal Druid
Lore Master
Moon Druid
Lycan Blood Hunter
Phoenix Sorcerer
Mage (MM)
Sovereign Knight
Rally Guard
Warlord (VGM)
Samurai
Sea Sorcerer
The Undying CR 14
Warlock of the Great Old One (VGM)
Favoured Chosen
CR 7 CR 15
Banneret Hexblade Wielder
Black/Copper Dragon Sorcerer
Blood Knight
Blue/Bronze Dragon Sorcerer CR 17
Brass/Gold/Red Dragon Sorcerer Death Knight (MM)
Feysworn
Immortal Mystic
Warlock of the Fiend (VGM)
CR 21
Solar (MM)
CR 8
Arch Shepherd
Assassin (MM)
Blackguard (VGM)
Diviner (VGM)
Holy Redeemer
Master-At-Arms
Primeval Guardian
Silver/White Dragon Sorcerer
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Statblocks Listed by Death
Thematic Similarity Ancestral Inheritor
Aspect of Vengeance
Awakened Mystic
Academic Death Priest
Acolyte (MM) Death Researcher
Arcana Priest Deathtouched Sorcerer
Arcane Thief Ghostbane Blood Hunter
Attuner Grave Priest
Battlemasters Immortal Mystic
Chronomancer Hemomancer
Courtier Scholarly Wizards (Necromancer)
Cultist (MM) Night Priest
Cult Fanatic (MM) Oathbreaker
Death Researcher Reawakener
Eldritch Knight Scholarly Wizards
Hemomancer Shadow Rogue
Inquisitor Spore Spreader
Inventor The Undying
Kensei Twilight Mendicant
Knight (MM) Vampiric Sorcerer
Knowledge Priest Warlock of the Archlich
Lore Bard Warlock of the Raven Queen
Lore Master Winter Knight
Mastermind
Monster Hunter Elements
Noble (MM)
Blood Bender
Reawakener
Dragon Sorcerers
Rune Scribe
Elemental Monks
Samurai
Forge Priest
Scholarly Wizards
Light Priest
Shrouded Wizard
Phoenix Sorcerer
Theurge
Rune Scribe
Scholarly Wizards
Celestial Sea Sorcerer
Aspect of Vengeance Stone Sorcerer
Awakened Mystic Storm Herald
Celestial Servant Storm Sorcerer
Favoured Chosen Tempest Priest
Holy Redeemer Winter Knight
Kingsguard
Life Priest Fiendish
Light Priest
Blood Knight
Protection Priest
Blood Rager
Sun Soul Monk
Cultist (MM)
Theurge
Cult Fanatic (MM)
Zealot
Forge Priest
Knight Conqueror
Oathbreaker
Mortal Traitor
Profane Blood Hunter
Warlock of the Fiend
Zealot
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For Hire Healing
Alchemist Acolyte (MM)
Arcane Thief Alchemist
Archer (VGM) Arcana Priest
Assassin Awakened Mystic
Bandit (MM) Celestial Servant
Bandit Captain (MM) Favoured Chosen
Battlemasters Grave Priest
Beast Tamer Herbalist
Blade Holy Redeemer
Brawler Kingsguard
Bounty Hunter Knowledge Priest
Brute Land Druid
Champion Life Priest
Commoner (MM) Light Priest
Courtier Moon Druid
Defender Nature Priest
Dirty Fighter Priest (MM)
Duelist Protection Priest
Forge Priest The Undying
Ghostbane Blood Hunter Theurge
Guard (MM) Tranquil Master
Guerilla Scout Valor Bard
Herbalist War Priest
Hunter
Inventor
Jester
Nature
Lore Bard Archer (VGM)
Lycan Blood Hunter Arch Shepherd
Mercenary Beastmaster
Monster Hunter Beast Tamer
Mutant Blood Hunter Bladesingers
Privateer Dream Guardian
Profane Blood Hunter Elite Elven Archer
Protection Priest Feysworn
Rune Scribe Herbalist
Scholarly Wizards Hunter
Scout (MM) Land Druid
Sharpshooter Liminal Druid
Shrouded Wizard Moon Druid
Storm Sorcerer Glamour Bard
Thief Nature Priest
Thug (MM) Night Priest
Valor Bard Primeval Guardian
Primal Warden
Scout (MM)
Sea Sorcerer
Spirit Totem Barbarians
Warlock of the Archfey
Winter Knight
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Nonmagical Planes
Archer (VGM) Ancestral Inheritor
Assassin Awakened Mystic
Bandit (MM) Dream Guardian
Bandit Captain (MM) Faith Seeker
Banneret Horizon Walker
Battlemasters Immortal Mystic
Beastmaster Phoenix Sorcerer
Beast Tamer Scholarly Wizards
Berserker Sea Sorcerer
Bounty Hunter Stone Sorcerer
Brawler Storm Sorcerer
Brute Warlock of the Great Old One
Cavalier Wild Magic Sorcerer
Commoner (MM)
Champion
Commander
Shadow
Courtier Hexblade Wielder
Cultist (MM) Gloom Stalker
Defender Night Priest
Dirty Fighter Nightstalker
Duelist Shadow Dancer
Guard (MM) Shadow Monk
Guerilla Scout Shadow Rogue
Herbalist Shadow Sorcerer
Hunter Shrouded Wizard
Knight (MM) Twilight Mendicant
Kuldjargh Warlock of the Raven Queen
Mercenary Winter Knight
Noble (MM)
Open Hand Monk Tribal
Privateer
Archer (VGM)
Samurai
Ancestral Inheritor
Scout (MM)
Beastmaster
Sharpshooter
Beast Tamer
Standard Bearer
Berserker
Thief
Bladesingers
Thug (MM)
Brawler
Tribal Warrior (MM)
Elite Elven Archer
Guerilla Scout
Peace Herbalist
Awakened Mystic Hunter
Commoner (MM) Kraken Priest (VGM)
Courtier Land Druid
Dream Guardian Liminal Druid
Faith Seeker Lycan Blood Hunter
Holy Redeemer Moon Druid
Jester Mutant Blood Hunter
Noble (MM) Primal Warden
Protection Priest Scout (MM)
Samurai Spirit Totem Barbarians
Scholarly Wizards Tribal Warrior (MM)
Tranquil Master
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Urban War
Acolyte (MM) Archer (VGM)
Alchemist Artillerist
Arcana Priest Assassin
Arcane Thief Banneret
Assassin Battlemasters
Attuner Blood Knight
Banneret Blood Rager
Blade Cavalier
Bounty Hunter Champion
Brute Commander
Chronomancer Defender
Commoner (MM) Forge Priest
Courtier Guard (MM)
Dirty Fighter Guerilla Scout
Drunken Master Immortal Mystic
Duelist Kingsguard
Eldritch Knight Knight (MM)
Forge Priest Knight Conqueror
Guard (MM) Kuldjargh
Inquisitor Mastermind
Inventor Mercenary
Jester Protection Priest
Kingsguard Scholarly Wizards
Knight (MM) Scout (MM)
Knight Conqueror Sharpshooter
Knowledge Priest Sovereign Knight
Kuldjargh Standard Bearer
Lore Bard Valor Bard
Lore Master War Priest
Mastermind War Wizard
Mortal Traitor
Noble (MM)
Protection Priest
Rune Scribe
Scholarly Wizards
Shadow Rogue
Shrouded Wizard
Sovereign Knight
Standard Bearer
Thief
Thug (MM)
Trickery Priest
Whisper Bard
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Statblocks Listed by Source Xanathar's Guide to Everything
(Order of Appearance) Ancestral Inheritor
Storm Herald
Zealot
Player's Handbook Blade
Berserker Glamour Bard
Spirit Totem Barbarians Whisper Bard
Lore Bard Forge Priest
Valor Bard Grave Priest
Knowledge Priest Arch Shepherd
Life Priest Dream Guardian
Light Priest Cavalier
Nature Priest Elite Elven Archer
Tempest Priest Samurai
Trickery Priest Drunken Master
War Priest Kensei
Land Druid Sun Soul Monk
Moon Druid Holy Redeemer
Battlemasters Knight Conqueror
Champion Gloom Stalker
Eldritch Knight Horizon Walker
Elemental Monks Monster Hunter
Open Hand Monk Guerilla Scout
Shadow Monk Inquisitor
Aspect of Vengeance Mastermind
Feysworn Privateer
Kingsguard Favoured Chosen
Beastmaster Shadow Sorcerer
Hunter Storm Sorcerer
Arcane Thief Celestial Servant
Assassin Hexblade Wielder
Thief War Wizard
Dragon Sorcerers
Wild Magic Sorcerer Unearthed Arcana
Warlock of the Archfey
Jester
Warlock of the Fiend
Protection Priest
Warlock of the Great Old One
Spore Spreader
Scholarly Wizards
Twilight Mendicant
Brute
Dungeon Master's Guide Sharpshooter
Death Priest Standard Bearer
Oathbreaker Tranquil Master
Mortal Traitor
Sword Coast Adventurer's Herbalist

Primeval Guardian
Guide Phoenix Sorcerer
Sea Sorcerer
Kuldjargh Stone Sorcerer
Spirit Totem Barbarians Faith Seeker
Arcana Priest Warlock of the Raven Queen
Banneret Inventor
Death Researcher Lore Master
Sun Soul Monk Theurge
Sovereign Knight Alchemist
Mastermind Artillerist
Privateer Attuner
Storm Sorcerer Awakened Mystic
The Undying Immortal Mystic
Bladesingers Rune Scribe
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Homebrew
Dark Arts Player's Companion
Blood Rager
Shadow Dancer
Night Priest
Liminal Druid
Blood Knight
Blood Bender
Winter Knight
Nightstalker
Shadow Rogue
Deathtouched Sorcerer
Vampiric Sorcerer
Warlock of the Archlich
Hemomancer
Reawakener
GQ69
Beast Tamer
Bounty Hunter
Primal Warden
Brawler
Commander
Courtier
Defender
Dirty Fighter
Duelist
Mercenary
Matt Mercer
Ghostbane Blood Hunter
Lycan Blood Hunter
Mutant Blood Hunter
Profane Blood Hunter
SargeBriar
Shrouded Wizard
TehlalTheAllTelling
Chronomancer
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Barbarians
Ancestral Inheritor (XGE)
The ancestral inheritor is accompanied by the spirits of its Ancestral Inheritor
ancestors who assist it in glorious battle for its tribe, knowing Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
that should it die in combat while its sons and daughters still
live, its soul will join theirs and be passed down through
Armor Class 15
generations.
Hit Points 85 (10d8 + 40)
Speed 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

18 (+4) 13 (+1) 18 (+4) 9 (-1) 15 (+2) 10 (+0)
Skills Athletics +7, History +2, Survival +5

Damage Resistances nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing,
and slashing
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages any one language
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The inheritor's spellcas ng ability is

Wisdom (spell save DC 13). It can cast the following
spells innately:
1/day each: augury, clairvoyance
Ancestral Demise. When the inheritor dies, it
disintegrates and becomes an ancestral spirit, joining
the other ancestral spirits as they pass on to guard one
of the inheritor's children chosen at random. If the
inheritor has no children, it dies, along with all of its
ancestral spirits.
Ancestral Protectors. In ba le, the inheritor is
surrounded and protected by ancestral spirits, the souls
of its ancestors. The first me the inheritor hits a
creature with a melee weapon a ack on its turn, the
creature becomes the target of the ancestral spirits,
hindering its a acks. The target has disadvantage on
a acks rolls un l the start of the inheritor's next turn.
Unarmored Defense. While the inheritor is wearing no
armor, its AC includes its Cons tu on modifier.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The inheritor makes two a acks with its
greataxe.
Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 10 (1d12 + 4) slashing damage.
Reac ons
Spirit Shield. When a creature the inheritor can see
within 30 feet of it takes damage from an a ack, the
inheritor can use its reac on to provide aid through its
ancestral spirits, reducing the damage by 7 (2d6) hit
points.
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Berserker (PHB)
Berserkers are wild, uncontained beasts who fear not death nor Chief Berserker
pain. They will defend their tribes with their lives. Some Medium humanoid (any race), any chaotic alignment
gladiators, pirates, soldiers, and others may also become
berserkers in combat. Armor Class 16
Berserker, MM pg. 344. Speed 40 ft.
The berserker in the monster manual is suf icient to represent a
berserker, but for a higher challenge or for higher level play,
included is a slightly more powerful version of the berserker. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 16 (+3) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 10 (+0)

and slashing
Reckless. At the start of its turn, the berserker can gain

advantage on all melee weapon a ack rolls during that
turn, but a ack rolls against it have advantage un l the
start of its next turn.
Unarmored Defense. While not wearing armor, the
berserker's AC includes its Cons tu on modifier.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The berserker makes two a acks with its
greataxe.
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Blood Rager (DAPC)
Using ancient forbidden practices of channeling their own Blood Rager
expelled blood in combat, blood ragers seek out greater and Medium humanoid (any race), any chaotic alignment
greater dangers, growing steadily in power and control with
each ordeal they survive. Armor Class 16
Speed 30 ft.

16 (+3) 13 (+1) 20 (+5) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 10 (+0)
Skills Perception +7
and slashing
Blood Points. When the blood rager takes damage, it

gains blood points equal to half the damage taken
(rounded up). On its turn, the blood rager can spend all
of its blood points at once to empower itself in ba le,
choosing one of the following effects. The blood rager
loses unspent blood points at the end of its turn.
Empowered Attack. The blood rager adds extra damage
to an a ack that hits equal to the amount of blood
points spent.
Empowered Senses. Un l the end of its turn, the blood
rager can see invisible creatures as if they were visible
up to a range equal to five mes the number of blood
points spent.
Empowered Speed. Un l the end of its turn, the blood
rager's speed increases by 5 feet for every 2 blood
points spent.
Bloodshed Armor. While the blood rager is not wearing
armor, its AC includes its Cons tu on modifier.
Reckless. At the start of its turn, the blood rager can
gain advantage on all melee weapon a ack rolls it
makes during that turn, but a ack rolls against it have
advantage un l the start of its next turn.
The Smell of Blood. The blood rager has advantage on
Wisdom (Percep on) checks that rely on smell to detect
creatures that are at half their maximum hit points or
fewer. Creatures up to 1 mile away smell as strongly to
the blood rager as they would if they were only 5 feet
away.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The Blood Rager makes two melee a acks.
Battleaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) slashing damage, or 8 (1d10
+ 3) slashing damage if used with two hands.
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Kuldjargh (SCAG)
The kuldjargh (literally, "axe idiot") are specialised dwarven Kuldjargh
warriors who throw themselves into battle, using their armor as Medium humanoid (dwarf), any alignment
a weapon as much as their axes. They don't tend to live very
long, but they irmly believe that their gods will resurrect them Armor Class 16 (spiked armor)
after death. Hit Points 102 (12d8 + 48)
Speed 35 ft.

18 (+4) 14 (+2) 18 (+4) 7 (-2) 8 (-1) 8 (-1)
Skills Athletics +6
Damage Resistances poison; nonmagical bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages Dwarvish plus any one language
Aggressive. As a bonus ac on, the kuldjargh can move

up to its speed towards a hos le creature that it can
see.
Dwarven Resilience. The kuldjargh has advantage on
saving throws to resist being poisoned.
Reckless. At the start of its turn, the kuldjargh can gain
advantage on all melee weapon a ack rolls it makes
during that turn, but a ack rolls against it have
advantage un l the start of its next turn.
Spiked Armor. A creature within 5 feet of the kuldjargh
that hits it with a melee weapon a ack takes 2 (1d4)
piercing damage. Addi onally, a creature grappling or
grappled by the kuldjargh takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage
at the start of the kuldjargh's turn.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The kuldjargh makes three melee weapon
a acks: two with its handaxes and one with its spiked
armor.
Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit,
reach 5 . or range 20/60 ., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4)
slashing damage.
Spiked Armor. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.
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Spirit Totem Barbarians Bear Totem Barbarian
Barbarians who worship the power of the natural world often Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
craft totems based on an animals whose traits they wish to
emulate.
Armor Class 13 (hide armor)
Bear Totem (PHB) Speed 40 ft.
Bear totem barbarians are included as a full statblock here. Your
NPC barbarian might have another animal totem instead.
If so, the barbarian loses its Totem of the Bear feature and STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
its damage resistances (except bludgeoning, piercing, and 18 (+4) 13 (+1) 18 (+4) 9 (-1) 15 (+2) 10 (+0)
slashing from nonmagical weapons). Its CR is unaffected.
Skills Athletics +7
Eagle Totem Barbarian (PHB) Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, force, lightning,
The barbarian gains pro iciency in the Perception skill and a ly necrotic, poison, radiant, thunder; nonmagical
speed of 40 feet. bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing
Elk Totem Barbarian (SCAG) Languages any one language
The barbarian increases its speed by 15 feet. Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Tiger Totem Barbarian (SCAG) Innate Spellcasting. The barbarian's spellcas ng ability is
The barbarian gains pro iciency in the Stealth and Survival skills Wisdom (spell save DC 13). It can cast the following
and the following trait: spells innately, but only as a ritual:
Totem of the Tiger. The barbarian's long jump is up to 20
At will: beast sense, speak with animals
feet and its high jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running
start. Totem of the Bear. Hos le creatures within 5 feet of the
barbarian that can see and hear it have disadvantage on
Wolf Totem Barbarian (PHB) a ack rolls against creatures other than the barbarian.
The barbarian gains the following trait:
Totem of the Wolf (1/Turn). When the barbarian hits a Ac ons
Large or smaller creature with a melee weapon attack, it can Multiattack. The barbarian makes four a acks with its
choose to force the target to make a DC 15 Strength saving scimitars.
throw. The target falls prone on a failed save.
Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 .,
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Storm Herald (XGE)
Compelled by dark shamans and unknowable gods, the arrival Storm Herald
of a band of storm heralds portends great natural disasters in a Medium humanoid (any race), any chaotic alignment
region. Storm heralds work together to cleanse the land of the
in luence of humanoid civilisation just before nature reclaims it. Armor Class 15 (scale mail)
Speed 40 ft., swim 40 ft.

16 (+3) 12 (+1) 17 (+3) 9 (-1) 11 (+0) 9 (-1)
Damage Resistances lightning; nonmagical

bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing
Languages Primordial plus any one language
Aggressive. As a bonus ac on, the storm herald can

move up to its speed towards a hos le creature that it
can see.
Aura of the Sea. Creatures that start their turn within 5
feet of the storm herald must make a DC 13 Dexterity
saving throw, taking 7 (2d6) lightning damage on a
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one.
Reckless. At the start of its turn, the storm herald can
gain advantage on all melee weapon a ack rolls during
that turn, but a ack rolls against it have advantage un l
the start of its next turn.
Ac ons
Trident. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
piercing damage, or 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage if used
with two hands to make a melee a ack. Addi onally,
the target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving
throw or fall prone.
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Zealot (XGE)
Zealots are those from uncivilised tribes whose sheer force of Zealot
will has garnered them the attention of gods, good or evil. Medium humanoid (any race), any non-good alignment
Powered by holy (or unholy) energy, zealots lead their tribes to
glory, often armed with powerful magic weapons that bolster Armor Class 17 (half plate, shield)
the resolve of their allies. Hit Points 90 (12d8 + 36)
Speed 30 ft.

16 (+3) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 9 (-1) 11 (+0) 9 (-1)
Damage Resistances necrotic, radiant; nonmagical

Languages Abyssal, Celestial, or Infernal, plus any one
language
Beyond Death (3/Day). When the zealot is reduced to 0

hit points by an a ack that isn't a cri cal hit, and the
zealot is not killed outright, it can choose to fall to 1 hit
point instead.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). When the zealot fails a
saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Reckless. At the start of its turn, the zealot can gain
advantage on all melee weapon a ack rolls during that
turn, but a ack rolls against it have advantage un l the
start of its next turn.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The zealot makes two a acks with Dawn
Star.
Dawn Star. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage, plus 7
(2d6) radiant damage. Addi onally, if the target is a
creature, it must succeed on a DC 10 Charisma saving
throw or begin shedding bright light in a 10 foot radius
and dim light for 10 feet beyond that. The glowing light
grants advantage on a ack rolls against the target, and
it lasts un l the start of the target's next turn.
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Bards
Blade (XGE)
Blades are guards that master the use of swords and other Blade
deadly weapons. They turn combat into an artform, dancing and Medium humanoid (any race), any chaotic alignment
singing with glee for every enemy they cut down. They're also
often employed as spies and dignitaries, in iltrating enemy
Armor Class 16 (breastplate)
soirees until the critical moment when they open their
Hit Points 72 (16d8)
technicolor coats to reveal their shortswords and armor hidden Speed 40 ft.
within.

12 (+1) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 14 (+2)
Skills Acrobatics +5, Performance +6

Languages any four languages
Blade Flourish (1/Turn). When the blade hits with an

a ack on its turn, the blade can use one of the
following op ons.
Defensive Flourish. The blade rolls 1d8 and adds the
amount to the damage of its attack. It also adds this
amount to its AC until the start of its next turn.
Mobile Flourish. The blade rolls 1d8 and adds the
amount to the damage of its attack. Additionally, the
blade pushes its target a number of feet equal to 5 +
the amount rolled. The blade can then move up to
its speed.
Slashing Flourish. The blade chooses a creature
within 5 feet of its original target. Both targets take
an additional 4 (1d8) slashing damage.
Spellcasting. The blade is a 3rd-level spellcaster. Its

spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). It
knows the following bard spells.
Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, true strike, vicious
mockery
1st level (4 slots): bane, disguise self, faerie fire,
heroism
2nd level (2 slots): cloud of daggers, phantasmal force,
see invisibility
Ac ons
Multiattack. The blade makes three a acks with its
shortswords.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5
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Glamour Bard (XGE)
Glamour bards are professional spies by trade. They change Glamour Bard
identities and disguises as often as one would change one's Medium humanoid (any race), any chaotic alignment
clothes. While they're not afraid of confrontation, they work
best working behind the scenes and manipulating others into Armor Class 13 (leather armor)
doing their ighting for them. Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.

11 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 7 (-2) 14 (+2)
Saving Throws Wis +1, Cha +5

Skills Performance +8
Innate Spellcasting. The bard's innate spellcas ng ability

is Charisma (spell save DC 13). It can cast the following
spells innately:
At will: command, enthrall
Majesty. The first me a creature a acks the bard on a
turn, the a acker must make a DC 13 Charisma saving
throw. On a failed save, it can't a ack the bard on this
turn, and it must choose a new target for the a ack or
the a ack is wasted.
Spellcasting. The bard is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its
Cantrips (at will): friends, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): charm person, comprehend
languages, disguise self, illusory script, silent image
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, phantasmal force,
suggestion, knock
3rd level (2 slots): hypnotic pattern, major image
Ac ons
Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ., one
target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
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Jester (UA)
Jesters draw their magic power from embarrassing people more Jester
important than them. Medium humanoid (any race), any chaotic alignment
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 40 (9d8)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

13 (+1) 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 20 (+5)
Skills Acrobatics +8, Performance +9, Sleight of Hand

+6, Thieves' Tools +6
Languages any two languages
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Light-Footed. The jester has resistance to damage taken

as a result of a fall.
Innate Spellcasting. The jester's innate spellcas ng
ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can cast the
following spells.
At will: friends, minor illusion, prestidigitation, vicious
mockery
Tumbler. As a bonus ac on, the jester can take both the
Dash and Disengage ac ons.
Ac ons
Jester's Club. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to
hit, reach 5 . or range 20/60 ., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4
+ 1) bludgeoning damage, and the target has
disadvantage on the next ability check it makes before
the end of its next turn.
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Lore Bard (PHB)
Lore bards use music as a pathway to understanding deeper
truths about the universe they live in, truths with manifest in
exotic magical abilities.
Bard, VGM pg. 211.

To distinguish a lore bard from the standard bard in Volo's
Guide to Monsters, implement the following changes.
Skills Arcana +4, History +4, Religion +4
Additionally, the lore bard removes the Taunt ability and

adds the following reaction:
Cutting Words. When a creature the bard can see within 60

feet of it makes an attack roll, ability check, or damage roll,
the bard subtract 4 (1d8) from the result. This has no effect if
the creature can't hear the bard or is immune to being
charmed.
These changes do not adjust the bard's CR.
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Shadow Dancer (DAPC)
The best stories have the darkest endings. Tellers of tales of Shadow Dancer
terror, shadow dancers use the medium of shadows to entertain Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
their thralls, whether that's dancing around a roaring bon ire in
the darkest woods, casting puppets with their hands against the Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
wet walls of a rainy alley, or dousing all the lights in the room Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12)
and communicating through the senses that are only unlocked Speed 30 ft.
when all eyes are closed.

11 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 17 (+3)
Skills Performance +7, Stealth +7

Languages any four languages, usually including at least
one from Abyssal, Infernal, or Undercommon
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Spellcasting. The dancer is an 8th-level spellcaster. The

dancer's spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC
13, +5 to hit with spell a acks). It knows the following
bard spells.
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, dancing lights, minor
illusion
1st level (4 slots): bane, disguise self, dissonant
whispers, silent image, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, darkvision,
enthrall, invisibility
3rd level (3 slots): fear, major image, nondetection
4th level (3 slots): confusion, greater invisibility
Spreading Shadow. When the dancer rolls ini a ve, it
chooses itself and up to 3 allies within 60 feet of it.
Creatures chosen by the dancer can move an addi onal
20 feet on their turn as long as that movement is in dim
light or darkness, and they can take the Disengage or
Hide ac on as a bonus ac on.
Ac ons
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
piercing damage.
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Valor Bard (PHB)
While other bards are often content to sing tunes in taverns or Valor Bard
lose themselves in love of literature, valor bards are at the front Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
lines of battle, inspiring soldiers to push themselves beyond
their limitations, and leading by example at the irst charge. Armor Class 18 (scale mail, shield)
Speed 30 ft.

14 (+2) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 14 (+2)
Saving Throws Dex +4, Wis +3

Skills Acrobatics +4, Perception +5, Performance +8

spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4 to
hit with spell a acks). It knows the following bard
spells.
Cantrips (at will): friends, mage hand, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): charm person, healing word,
heroism, sleep, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, shatter
Song of Rest. The bard can perform a song while taking
a short rest. Any ally who hears the song regains an
extra 1d6 hit points if it spends an Hit Dice to regain hit
points at the end of that rest. The bard can confer this
benefit on itself as well.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The bard makes two a acks with its
longsword.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 .,
+ 2) slashing damage if used with two hands to make a
melee a ack.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
150/600 ., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing
damage.
Reac ons
Combat Inspiration. When an a ack roll is made against
the bard or a friendly creature the bard can see within
60 feet of it, the bard can add 4 (1d8) to the target's AC
against that a ack.
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Whisper Bard (XGE)
Bards of this school would never identify themselves as such. Whisper Bard
Glamour bards might take pleasure in the profession of illusion, Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic neutral or
but whisper bards live and die by their disguises. Assassins and chaotic evil
thieves that lack true morals, they tarnish the reputation of any
school they come from and spread chaos and distrust wherever Armor Class 13
they emerge from hiding. Hit Points 36 (8d8)
Most whisper bards carry a dagger that they feed all of their Speed 30 ft.
nasty, intrusive thoughts, and when they wield it against a living
creature, all of the bard's pent-up hatred and chaos is funneled
into that creature's mind.
10 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 16 (+3)
Skills Deception +7, Performance +5

Languages any six languages

Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): bane, charm person, disguise self,
Tasha's hideous laughter
2nd level (3 slots): detect throughts, invisibility, knock,
phantasmal force, suggestion
Ac ons
Intrusive Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5
to hit, reach 5 . or range 20/60 ., one creature. Hit: 5
(1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) psychic
damage.
Mantle of Whispers. The bard weaves a shadow it has
captured through its Whispers of Death like a puppet.
The bard vanishes, magically transforming into a
disguise of the person whose shadow the bard has
captured. The bard takes on the appearance of the
dead person, but healthy and alive. The disguise lasts
for 1 hour un l the bard ends it as a bonus ac on.
While in the disguise, the bard gains access to all
informa on that the humanoid would freely share with
a casual acquaintance and can easily pass as the person
by drawing on its memories. Another creature can see
through the disguise by succeeding on a DC 17 Wisdom
(Insight) check.
Reac ons
Whispers of Death (Recharges on a Long Rest). When a
humanoid dies within 30 feet of the bard, it can use its
reac on to magically capture the humanoid's shadow.
The bard retains this shadow un l it uses its Mantle of
Whispers ac on or completes a long rest.
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Clerics
Arcana Priest (SCAG)
Arcana priests reject the notion that divine and arcane magic
Arcana Priest
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
are fundamentally different. They believe that magic, just as all
things, come from the will of the gods and should be
worshipped as such. Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 36 (8d8)
Speed 30 ft.
Gods of the Arcana Priests
Azuth, God of Wizards STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Followers ind their homes piling up with books of arcane
8 (-1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 17 (+3) 10 (+0)
knowledge they have no recollection of acquiring.
Mystra, Goddess of Magic Skills Arcana +5, Religion +5

Opposing magic always seems to just barely miss followers.
They're just outside of the blast of a ireball, or the eldritch blast
strikes their ally instead, or a paladin decides to use his words
rather than a zone of truth.
Spell Breaker. When the cleric restores hit points to an
ally with a spell of 1st level or higher, it can also end
Oghma, God of Knowledge one spell affec ng that creature. The level of the spell
Followers are occasionally struck by facts they would have had ended must be equal to or lower than the level of the
no way of iguring out on their own. spell slot expended to heal the ally.
Spellcasting. The cleric is a 6th-level spellcaster. It
spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +6 to hit
with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
prepared.
Cantrips (at will): prestidigitation, mending, chill touch,
thaumaturgy
1st Level (4 slots): cure wounds, detect magic, inflict
wounds, magic missile
2nd Level (3 slots): lesser restoration, magic weapon,
Nystul's magic aura
3rd Level (3 slots): mass healing word, dispel magic,
magic circle
Ac ons
piercing damage.
Abjure the Supernatural (Recharges after a Short or Long
Rest). One celes al, elemental, fey, or fiend the cleric
can see within 30 feet of it that can see and hear the
cleric must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or
become frightened by the cleric. While it is frightened,
it cannot take ac ons or reac ons and must use its
movement to move as far away from the cleric as it can.
The target can repeat the save at the end of its turn if
the cleric isn't in line of sight, ending the effect on a
success.
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Death Priest (DMG)
Death priests worship foul gods. While some might intend to Death Priest
further the study of medicine and alleviate the suffering of those Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment (usually
in need, most are drawn to this domain by the blackness in their evil)
hearts.
Armor Class 13 (chain shirt)
Gods of the Death Priests Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
Speed 30 ft.
Bhaal, God of Murder
Followers must wipe their faces to remove the blood that
periodically leaks from their eyes.
10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
Kelemvor, God of the Dead
Out of the corner of one's eye, one can see, only through the Skills Medicine +7, Persuasion +3, Religion +3
re lection of a mirror, a skeletal apparition where the follower Senses passive Perception 13
would be standing. Languages any two languages
Loviatar, Goddess of Pain
Followers can withstand brutal torture without breaking a Morbid Weapons. The priest's weapon a acks are
sweat. magical. When the priest hits a creature with a melee
weapon a ack, it deals an addi onal 9 (2d8) necro c
Myrkul, God of Death damage (included in the a ack).
Followers are pale as a ghost. Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its
Shar, Goddess of Darkness and Loss with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
Followers frequently seem to disappear into the shadows. prepared.
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, spare the dying,
Talona, Goddess of Disease and Poison thaumaturgy
Followers are carriers and spreaders of countless debilitating
1st level (4 slots): false life, inflict wounds, ray of
diseases, yet suffer no symptoms themselves. sickness
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, ray of
enfeeblement
3rd level (2 slots): animate dead, vampiric touch
Ac ons
Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ., one
target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8)
necro c damage.
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Forge Priest (XGE)
A priest won't consider themselves worthy of the domain of the Forge Priest
forge unless they have produced armor worthy of combat Medium humanoid (any race), any lawful alignment
against demons and other creatures that would challenge the
forward march of civilisation. Armor Class 19 (Armor of the Divine Forge)
Many forge priests forgo the strongest aspects of divine magic Hit Points 60 (8d8 + 24)
in exchange for weapons and armor blessed by the gods. Speed 30 ft.
Gods of the Forge Priests STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Chauntea, Goddess of Agriculture 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 12 (+1)
Followers are never wanting for bountiful crops.
Damage Resistances fire
Gond, God of Craft Senses passive Perception 11
Followers suffer agonising dreams of others destroying their Languages Primordial plus any one language
creations and live in constant paranoia when working on a Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
project around others.
Innate Spellcasting. The priest's innate spellcas ng
Helm, God of Protection ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 11, +3 to hit with spell
A shield is always at the side of a follower, whether they're a acks). It can cast the following spells innately:
carrying it or someone else is. At will: create bonfire, guidance, mending
1/day: continual flame
Ilmater, God of Endurance
Followers can run for a thousand miles without stopping to Magic Weapons. The priest's melee weapon a acks are
catch their breath.
magical.
Tempus, God of War Ac ons

No follower has ever been caught at home when there's a ight Hammer of the Divine Forge. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
to be had. to hit, reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4)
bludgeoning damage, plus 9 (2d8) fire damage, and the
Torm, God of Courage and Self-Sacri ice target must succeed on a DC 13 Cons tu on saving
Nearly everyone has a story of the heroism of a dead follower throw or ignite in flames. At the start of each of the
they once knew. target's turns, the target makes another Cons tu on
saving throw, taking 4 (1d8) fire damage on a failed
Waukeen, Goddess of Trade save, or ending the effect on a success. If the target or a
There isn't a business deal in the known world that doesn't creature within 5 feet of it uses an ac on to put out the
bene it a follower in some obscure, roundabout way. flames, or if some other effect douses the flames, the
effect ends.
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Grave Priest (XGE)
In opposition to priests of the domain of Death, grave priests Grave Priest
consider themselves caretakers and shepherds of the living to Medium humanoid (any race), any neutral alignment
their rightful plane of existence after passing on. Neither good
nor evil, to grave priests death is simply a facet of existence that Armor Class 14 (chain shirt)
must be nurtured and respected. Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
Gods of the Grave Priests
Eldath, Goddess of Peace STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Others feel a palpable sense of warmth and comfort from 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 13 (+1)
followers.
Helm, God of Protection Languages any one language
A shield is always at the side of a follower, whether they're Challenge 2 (450 XP)
carrying it or someone else is.
Circle of Mortality. When the cleric would normally roll
Kelemvor, God of the Dead one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell to a
Out of the corner of one's eye, one can see, only through the creature at 0 hit points, it instead uses the highest
re lection of a mirror, a skeletal apparition where the follower number possible for each die.
would be standing.
Spellcasting. The cleric is a 6th-level spellcaster. It
Lathander, God of Birth and Renewal with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
The families of followers contain twins and triplets exclusively, prepared.
and their children are always healthy.
Cantrips (at will): mending, sacred flame, spare the
Myrkul, God of Death dying, thaumaturgy
1st Level (4 slots): bane, cure wounds, false life, healing
Followers are pale as a ghost.
word, inflict wounds, sanctuary
2nd Level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, feign death,
Savras, God of Divination and Fate gentle repose, lesser restoration
Keen observers know to avoid a room that a follower refuses to 3rd Level (3 slots): ray of enfeeblement, revivify, speak
walk into. with dead, vampiric touch
Torm, God of Courage and Self-Sacri ice
Nearly everyone has a story of the heroism of a dead follower
Ac ons
they once knew. Grave Scythe. Melee Spell Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 13 (2d12) slashing damage.
Protect the Dying (Recharge 5-6). The cleric chooses up
to three unconscious creatures it can see within 30 feet
of it. The priest can choose to spend one spell slot of
1st level or higher; if it does so, each target regains 6 hit
points. If the priest doesn't spend a spell slot, the
targets are instead stabilised.
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Knowledge Priest (PHB)
Knowledge priests took a liking to the studious nature of their Knowledge Priest
profession rather than the martial responsibilities. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Gods of the Knowledge Priests Armor Class 13 (chain shirt)

Azuth, God of Wizards Speed 30 ft.
Deneir, God of Writing 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
Followers often carry a quill pen that never seems to run out of
ink, and their packs are always illed with paper. Skills History +5, Medicine +7, Persuasion +3, Religion
+5
Gond, God of Craft Senses passive Perception 13
Followers suffer agonising dreams of others destroying their Languages any four languages
creations and live in constant paranoia when working on a Challenge 2 (450 XP)
project around others.
Innate Spellcasting. The priest's innate spellcas ng
Mystra, Goddess of Magic ability is Wisdom (save DC 13). The priest can cast the
Opposing magic always seems to just barely miss followers. following spells innately.
They're just outside of the blast of a ireball, or the eldritch blast 3/day each: detect thoughts, suggestion
strikes their ally instead, or a paladin decides to use his words
rather than a zone of truth. Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its
Oghma, God of Knowledge with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
Followers are occasionally struck by facts they would have had
prepared.
no way of iguring out on their own. Cantrips (at will): light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, guiding bolt, sanctuary
Savras, God of Divination and Fate 2nd level (3 slots): lesser restoration, spiritual weapon
Keen observers know to avoid a room that a follower refuses to 3rd level (2 slots): dispel magic, spirit guardians
walk into.
Ac ons
Selune, Goddess of the Moon Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ., one
In the waxing period, followers are exuberant, youthful, and target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage.
optimistic. In the waning period, followers are mellow, dour, and
pessimistic.
Waukeen, Goddess of Trade

There isn't a business deal in the known world that doesn't
bene it a follower in some obscure, roundabout way.
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Life Priest (PHB)
Life priests are devoted to the preservation of life at all costs. Life Priest
They are numerous and highly valued as doctors, healers, and Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment (usually
medics in times of peace and war. good)
Gods of the Life Priests Armor Class 16 (chain mail)

Chauntea, Goddess of Agriculture Speed 30 ft.
Followers are never wanting for bountiful crops.
Eldath, Goddess of Peace
Others feel a palpable sense of warmth and comfort from 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
followers.
Skills Medicine +7, Persuasion +3, Religion +3
Helm, God of Protection Senses passive Perception 13
A shield is always at the side of a follower, whether they're Languages any two languages
carrying it or someone else is. Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Ilmater, God of Endurance Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its

Followers can run for a thousand miles without stopping to spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
catch their breath. with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
prepared.
Lathander, God of Birth and Renewal Cantrips (at will): light, mending, spare the dying
The families of followers contain twins and triplets exclusively, 1st level (4 slots): cure wounds, guiding bolt, sanctuary
and their children are always healthy. 2nd level (3 slots): lesser restoration, spiritual weapon
3rd level (2 slots): mass healing word, spirit guardians
Lliira, Goddess of Joy
Others are often unsettled by the relentless smiles of followers. Ac ons
Selune, Goddess of the Moon Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ., one
In the waxing period, followers are exuberant, youthful, and target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage.
optimistic. In the waning period, followers are mellow, dour, and Preserve Life (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The
pessimistic. priest targets up to six creatures it can see within 30
feet. The priest heals these creatures, dividing up 30 hit
Sune, Goddess of Love and Beauty points between them.
Followers are supernaturally beautiful.
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Light Priest (PHB)
Light priests emanate radiant energy wherever they go, whether Light Priest
through their personality or through their deeds. They are Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
generally focused on spreading the word of their gods rather
than performing miracles, though miracles do tend to follow Armor Class 13 (chain shirt)
them. Hit Points 82 (15d8 + 15)
Speed 30 ft.
Gods of the Light Priests
Helm, God of Protection STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
A shield is always at the side of a follower, whether they're 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 15 (+2)
Lathander, God of Birth and Renewal Senses passive Perception 13
The families of followers contain twins and triplets exclusively, Languages any two languages
and their children are always healthy. Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Milil, Goddess of Poetry and Song Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its
Followers noticeably glow when they sing or recite poetry. spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
Sune, Goddess of Love and Beauty prepared.
Followers are supernaturally beautiful. Cantrips (at will): light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): burning hands, cure wounds, faerie
fire
2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, scorching ray
3rd level (2 slots): daylight, fireball
Ac ons
target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage.
Radiance of the Dawn (Recharge 5-6). Each creature
within 30 feet of the priest that can see it must make a
DC 13 Cons tu on saving throw, taking 14 (2d10 + 3)
radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much
damage on a successful one.
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Nature Priest (PHB)
Nature priests, like druids, revere the beauty of the natural Nature Priest
world. They build temples and churches glorifying the Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
architecture from which the world was made.
Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
Gods of the Nature Priests Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
Speed 30 ft.
Auril, Goddess of Winter
Followers are cold to the touch and rarely complain about chilly
weather.
10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
Chauntea, Goddess of Agriculture
Followers are never wanting for bountiful crops. Skills Medicine +7, Persuasion +3, Religion +3
Eldath, Goddess of Peace Languages any two languages
Others feel a palpable sense of warmth and comfort from Challenge 1 (200 XP)
followers.
Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its
Malar, God of the Hunt spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
Followers are adept trackers regardless of their environment, with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
and once they've found their quarry they are ravenous in prepared.
appetite, even if this causes some awkwardness. Cantrips (at will): guidance, thorn whip, druidcraft
1st level (4 slots): animal friendship, goodberry, speak
Mielikki, Goddess of Forests with animals
Followers are never found sleeping inside. 2nd level (3 slots): barkskin, spike growth
3rd level (2 slots): plant growth, wind wall
Sylvanus, God of Wild Nature
Followers are prone to its of unbridled rage followed quickly by
apologies.
Ac ons
Charm Animals and Plants (Recharge After a Short or
Long Rest). Each animal and plant within 30 feet of the
priest that can see and hear it must make a DC 13
Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target is
charmed by the priest un l the end of its next turn.
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Night Priest (DAPC)
The night may not necessarily be full of terrors, nor should it Night Priest
always be dark when the moon is full. A night priest may Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic evil (50%) or
provide relief from the darkness of night, or it may bring it chaotic good (50%)
down upon its enemies.
Armor Class 13 (chain shirt)
Gods of the Night Priests Hit Points 55 (10d8 + 10)
Speed 30 ft.
Auril, Goddess of Winter
Followers are cold to the touch and rarely complain about chilly
weather.
10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
Lathander, God of Birth and Renewal
The families of followers contain twins and triplets exclusively, Skills Medicine +7, Persuasion +3, Religion +3
and their children are always healthy. Senses passive Perception 13
Savras, God of Divination and Fate Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Keen observers know to avoid a room that a follower refuses to
walk into. Moonlight Weapons. The priest's weapon a acks are
magical. When the priest hits a creature with a melee
Shar, Goddess of Darkness and Loss weapon a ack, it deals an addi onal 7 (2d6) radiant
Followers frequently seem to disappear into the shadows. damage (included in the a ack).
Selune, Goddess of the Moon spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
In the waxing period, followers are exuberant, youthful, and with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
optimistic. In the waning period, followers are mellow, dour, and prepared.
pessimistic.
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, light, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): bane (evil), guiding bolt (good),
Sune, Goddess of Love and Beauty protection from evil and good, sleep
Followers are supernaturally beautiful. 2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness (evil), darkness,
gentle repose (good), moonbeam, silence
Sylvanus, God of Wild Nature 3rd level (2 slots): animate dead (evil), daylight (good),
Followers are prone to its of unbridled rage followed quickly by fear, feign death
apologies.
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Moonlight Sickle. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit,
reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) slashing damage plus
7 (2d6) radiant damage, and the target is bathed in
moonlight, gran ng advantage to the next a ack roll
made against it made before the end of the priest's
next turn.
Midnight Gloom (Recharge 5-6). All magical and
nonmagical lights within 30 feet of the priest are
ex nguished. Each hos le creature within that radius
must make a DC 13 Cons tu on saving throw. On a
failed save, the target takes 14 (4d6) necro c damage
and can't benefit from darkvision for 1 minute. On a
successful save, the target takes half damage instead
and suffers no other effects.
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Protection Priest (UA)
While priests devoted to the life domain heal the sick and the Protection Priest
weak, those devoted to the protection domain strive to ensure Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment (usually
nobody becomes sick or weak through unjust means. good)
Gods of the Protection Priests Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)

Helm, God of Protection Speed 30 ft.
A shield is always at the side of a follower, whether they're
Ilmater, God of Endurance 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
Followers can run for a thousand miles without stopping to
catch their breath. Skills Medicine +7, Persuasion +3, Religion +3
Torm, God of Courage and Self-Sacri ice Languages any two languages
Nearly everyone has a story of the heroism of a dead follower Challenge 3 (700 XP)
they once knew.
Tyr, God of Justice spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
Followers are capable of coming to moral and ethical with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
conclusions in a fraction of a second, and their decisions are prepared.
almost always fair. Cantrips (at will): light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): compelled duel, cure wounds,
protection from evil and good, sanctuary
2nd level (3 slots): aid, lesser restoration, protection
from poison
3rd level (2 slots): protection from energy, slow
Ac ons
Radiant Defense (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest).
The priest chooses an ally it can see within 30 feet of it.
The first me that creature is hit by an a ack in the
next minute, the a acker takes 16 (3d10) radiant
damage.
Reac ons
Shield of the Faithful. When a creature a acks a target
other than the priest within 5 feet of the priest, it can
impose disadvantage on the a ack roll as long as it can
see both the a acker and the target.
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Tempest Priest (PHB)
Tempest priests chase the thrill of great storms, taking great Tempest Priest
interest in weather patterns and the chaos of nature. While Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
others run from tornadoes and avalanches, a tempest cleric can
often be found standing their ground, arms outstretched, Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)
whispering a prayer in awe. Hit Points 55 (10d8 + 10)
Speed 30 ft.
Gods of the Tempest Priests
Akadi, Goddess of Air STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Followers are light as a feather, skipping and dancing in de iance 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 13 (+1)
of gravity.
Auril, Goddess of Winter Senses passive Perception 13
Followers are cold to the touch and rarely complain about chilly Languages any two languages
weather. Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Talos, God of Storms Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its

Followers feel a great ache in their bones when the weather is spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
about to change dramatically. with spell a acks). It has the following cleric spells
prepared.
Umberlee, Goddess of the Sea Cantrips (at will): gust, shocking grasp, thaumaturgy
Followers can hold their breath far longer than they should be 1st level (4 slots): create or destroy water, purify food
able to. and drink, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): shatter, spiritual weapon
3rd level (2 slots): create food and water, water walk
Ac ons
Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage, or
7 (1d10 + 2) bludgeoning damage if wielded with two
hands to make a melee a ack.
Reac ons
Thunderous Rebuke. When a creature hits the priest
with a melee weapon a ack, the priest can force the
creature to make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking
9 (2d8) lightning or thunder damage on a failed save, or
half as much damage on a successful one.
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Trickery Priest (PHB)
Trickery priests worship trickster gods whose mad schemes and Trickery Priest
inscrutable motivations excite them to no end. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Gods of the Trickery Priests Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)

Beshaba, Goddess of Misfortune Speed 30 ft.
Even masters of their craft tend to trip up and make mistakes
around followers.
Cyric, God of Lies 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 14 (+2)
Followers enjoy the feeling of lies lowing off their tongue and
ind it physically painful to tell the truth. Skills Deception +6, Medicine +7, Persuasion +3,
Religion +3, Stealth +6
Leira, Goddess of Illusion Senses passive Perception 13
Followers have a knack for spotting illusions and tend to Languages any two languages
examine their world in more detail. Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Mask, God of Thieves Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its

Pairs of followers often "swap faces" for a day or two. spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit
Shar, Goddess of Darkness and Loss prepared.
Followers frequently seem to disappear into the shadows. Cantrips (at will): guidance, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, detect magic, inflict
Waukeen, Goddess of Trade wounds
There isn't a business deal in the known world that doesn't 2nd level (3 slots): pass without trace, spiritual weapon
bene it a follower in some obscure, roundabout way. 3rd level (2 slots): invisibility, tongues
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piercing damage.
Cloak of Shadows (Recharge After a Short or Long Rest).
The priest becomes invisible un l the end of its next
turn, or un l it casts a spell.
Invoke Duplicity. The priest creates a perfect illusion of
itself that lasts for 1 minute or un l it loses its
concentra on, as if concentra ng on a spell. The illusion
appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of the
priest. As a bonus ac on, the priest can move the
illusion up to 30 feet to a space within 120 feet of the
priest that it can see. Addi onally, when both the priest
and its illusion are within 5 feet of a creature that can
see the illusion, the priest has advantage on a ack rolls
against that creature.
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War Priest (PHB)
War priests view battle ields as sacred ground. While not
soldiers themselves, they are often found among the ranks of
armies, providing aid and bolstering the resolve of their allies to
spur them into victory. Even a lost battle, and death at the hands
of the enemy, is something to strive for in the eyes of a war
priest.
War Priest, VGM pg. 218

The war priest in Volo's Guide to Monsters is suf icient to
represent this subclass.
Gods of the War Priests

Tempus, God of War
No follower has ever been caught at home when there's a ight
to be had.
Torm, God of Courage and Self-Sacri ice

Nearly everyone has a story of the heroism of a dead follower
they once knew.
Tyr, God of Justice

Followers are capable of coming to moral and ethical
conclusions in a fraction of a second, and their decisions are
almost always fair.
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Druids
Arch Shepherd (XGE)
An arch shepherd is a powerful igure strongly in tune with Arch Shepherd
animals. They use their powers to protect the animal kingdom, Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
but at the same time understand that the natural cycle of birth
and death must also be preserved.
Hit Points 154 (28d8 + 28)
Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 17 (+3)
Skills Medicine +8, Nature +4, Perception +8

Languages Druidic and Sylvan plus any one language
Speech of the Woods. The arch shepherd can

communicate with animals as if they share a language.
Most beasts lack the intelligence to convey complex
ideas, but can express emo ons and short memories
with ease.
Spellcasting. The arch shepherd is an 9th-level
spellcaster. Its spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save
DC 16, +8 to hit with spell a acks). It has the following
druid spells prepared.
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, mending, thorn whip
1st Level (4 slots): animal friendship, beast bond
2nd Level (3 slots): animal messenger, beast sense,
enhance ability, locate animals or plants
3rd Level (3 slots): conjure animals
4th level (3 slots): conjure woodland beings, dominate
beast, giant insect, locate creature
5th level (2 slots): awaken, commune with nature,
insect plague
Ac ons
Animal Aura (Recharges on a Short or Long Rest). The
arch shepherd chooses a point within 60 feet that it can
see and calls forth an aura with a 30-foot radius around
that point. The arch shepherd can move the aura up to
60 feet to a point it can see as a bonus ac on. The aura
persists for 1 minute or un l the arch shepherd is
incapacitated. The aura has one of the following effects:
Bear Aura. Each creature in the aura when it appears
gains 14 (4d6) temporary hit points and has
advantage on Strength checks and saving throws
while in the aura.
Hawk Aura. When a creature in the aura makes an
attack roll, the arch shepherd can use its reaction to
grant advantage on that roll.
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Dream Guardian (XGE)
Some druids are so consumed by the magic of forests that they Dream Guardian
live equally in a dreaming state and a waking state. A visit by a Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
dream guardian is a sure ire sign that one has yet to awaken
from their slumber. Armor Class 11
Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 15 (+2)

Skills Insight +7, Nature +3, Perception +7, Persuasion
+5
Languages Druidic plus any one language
Moonlight Hearth. During a short or long rest, the

dream guardian touches a point in space, and an
invisible, 30-foot-radius sphere of magic appears,
centered on that point. Total cover blocks the sphere.
While within the sphere, the dream guardian and its
allies gain a +5 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) and Wisdom
(Percep on) checks, and any light from open flames in
the sphere isn't visible outside of it. The sphere
vanishes at the end of the rest or when the dream
guardian leaves the sphere.
Spellcasting. The dream guardian is a 9th-level
Cantrips (at will): create bonfire, guidance
1st Level (4 slots): charm person, create or destroy
water, faerie fire, sleep
2nd Level (3 slots): enhance ability, invisibility, mirror
image, moonbeam, pass without trace
3rd Level (3 slots): daylight, meld into stone, slow
4th level (3 slots): confusion, divination, freedom of
movement, greater invisibility, hallucinatory terrain
5th level (2 slots): dream, geas, tree stride
Summer Balm (3/Day). As a bonus ac on, the dream
guardian blesses a creature it can see within 120 feet of
it. The target regains 10 (3d6) hit points and 9
temporary hit points.
Ac ons
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage, or 4
(1d8) bludgeoning damage if used with two hands to
make a melee a ack.
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Land Druid (PHB)
The vast majority of druids are protectors of their land, drawing
upon special powers drawn from the elemental nature of the
region that they use in turn to nourish it.
Druid, MM pg. 346

Archdruid, VGM pg. 210
To signify either of these druids as land druids of a particular
circle, you can add the Circle Spells from PHB pg. 68 to their list
of prepared spells, as long as they have spell slots of the same
level or higher. This does not affect their challenge ratings.
Arctic
2nd level: hold person, spike growth
3rd level: sleet storm, slow
4th level: freedom of movement, ice storm
5th level: commune with nature, cone of cold
Coast
2nd level: mirror image, misty step
3rd level: water breathing, water walk
4th level: control water, freedom of movement
5th level: conjure elemental, scrying
Desert
2nd level: blur, silence
3rd level: create food and water, protection from energy
4th level: blight, hallucinatory terrain
5th level: insect plague, wall of stone
Forest
2nd level: barkskin, spider climb
3rd level: call lightning, plant growth
4th level: divination, freedom of movement
5th level: commune with nature, tree stride
Grassland
2nd level: invisibility, pass without trace
3rd level: daylight, haste
4th level: divination, freedom of movement
5th level: dream, insect plague
Mountain
2nd level: spider climb, spike growth
3rd level: lightning bolt, meld into stone
4th level: stone shape, stoneskin
5th level: pass wall, wall of stone
Swamp
2nd level: darkness, Melf's acid arrow
3rd level: water walk, stinking cloud
4th level: freedom of movement, locate creature
5th level: insect plague, scrying
Underdark
2nd level: spider climb, web
3rd level: gaseous form, stinking cloud
4th level: greater invisibility, stone shape
5th level: cloudkill, insect plague
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Liminal Druid (DAPC)
Most druids ind some way to reconcile their beliefs about the Liminal Druid
sanctity of nature with the existence of civilisation and the Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic neutral
encroachment of alien races on their homes. A harmonic
existence is achievable despite it all, isn't it? Armor Class 12
Not for liminal druids. They follow the ways of the old druids, Hit Points 165 (30d8 + 30)
far before the humanoid races ever managed to build walls and Speed 30 ft.
wheels and weapons. Their power is ancient and inscrutable,
and they are to be feared. The nature they revere is not one of
harmony -- it is one of teetering perilously on the edge of death.
While they may not look much different from regular druids, 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 15 (+2)
it is vitally important to recognise one when you see it and lee
as soon as you can, for they can easily slay one of your Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 15
companions and use their blood to make the very air you and all Languages Druidic plus any one language
of your companions breathe rot your lungs from the inside out, Challenge 12 (8,400 XP)
an af liction that spreads for miles across the land and cannot be
escaped. Ritual Sacrifice. When the druid reduces a creature to 0
hit points, that creature dies and the druid can
immediately cast one of the following spells without
material components, triggering its effects immediately.
Once it has cast one of these ritual spells, it can't the
same spell using this trait un l it finishes a long rest.
Wisdom is its spellcas ng ability for these spells (spell
save DC 17).
Ritual spells. augury, commune with nature, find
familiar, forbiddance (deals necro c damage and
targets humanoids instead of other creatures), meld
into stone, silence
Spellcasting. The druid is a 13th-level spellcaster. Its
with spell a acks). It has the following druid spells
prepared.
Cantrips (at will): create bonfire, druidcraft, infestation,
primal savagery
1st level (4 slots): create or destroy water, earth tremor,
entangle, faerie fire
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, earthbind, enhance ability,
gentle repose, spike growth
3rd level (3 slots): erupting earth, plant growth, speak
with dead, tidal wave, wind wall
4th level (3 slots): blight, dominate beast, guardian of
nature, hallucinatory terrain
5th level (3 slots): antilife shell, contagion, dominate
person, insect plague, wrath of nature
6th level (1 slot): bones of the earth, conjure fey
7th level (1 slot): control weather
Ac ons
Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ., one
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Moon Druid (PHB)
Druids of the moon often consider their wild shapes to be their
true form while their humanoid bodies are but a disguise.
Archdruid, VGM pg. 210

For a more interesting battle with an archdruid, you can change
the rules of its Change Shape ability to more accurately re lect
the class feature: instead of the archdruid sharing its pool of hit
points with its animal shapes, each animal shape has its original
hit points which are independent of the archdruid's. The party
must defeat each animal shape individually before ultimately
defeating the archdruid in its true form.
This works best if you choose two different animals.
Additionally, you can remove the CR limitation on the
archdruid's animal shapes, allowing it to transform into any
beast that exists in its world.
If you make these changes, the CR of the archdruid isn't
changed. Instead, you add the appropriate XP of each animal
shape to the amount of XP your party gains upon defeating the
archdruid.
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Spore Spreader (UA)
Worshippers of Zuggtmoy, Lady of Fungi are sometimes granted Spore Spreader
dark gifts that mimic the powers of the druids of the overworld. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment (usually
Spore spreaders disguise themselves as land druids while evil)
secretly seeding the earth with their dark children.
Many spore spreaders wield a mace shaped like a mushroom. Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Fungal infections across their skin offer them a degree of natural Hit Points 165 (30d8 + 30)
protection. Speed 30 ft.

15 (+2) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 10 (+0)

Languages Druidic and Undercommon plus any one
language
Halo of Spores. As a bonus ac on, the spore spreader

can ac vate or deac vate its halo of spores. While
ac vated, the spore spreader is surrounded by deadly
fungal spores: creatures that start their turn within 10
feet of the spore spreader take 7 (2d6) poison damage.
Servitude. When the spore spreader reduces a creature
to 0 hit points, the creature dies. If the body isn't
destroyed, the creature returns to life in 1d4 hours as a
spore servant.
Spellcasting. The spore spreader is a 9th-level
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, druidcraft
1st Level (4 slots): disguise self, sleep
2nd Level (3 slots): gentle repose, ray of enfeeblement
3rd Level (3 slots): animate dead, gaseous form
4th level (3 slots): blight, confusion
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, contagion
Ac ons
Mushroom Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit,
reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning
damage plus 3 (1d6) poison damage.
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Twilight Mendicant (UA)
Druids who have peeled back the veil between worlds and seen Twilight Mendicant
the the Shadowfell in all its gloomy glory may devote their lives Medium humanoid (any race), any non-evil alignment
to banishing undead beings whose life force is powered by the
realm of darkness and death. Armor Class 12 (leather armor)
Many wear dark cloaks and wield magical scythes, imitating Hit Points 49 (9d8 + 9)
the look of an Avatar of Death. Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 11 (+0) 19 (+4) 11 (+0)

Aura of the Threshold. While the mendicant isn't

incapacitated, allies within 30 feet of it have advantage
on death saving throws.
Death Speech. When the mendicant converses with
undead or dead humanoids, it can communicate as if
they share a language.
Innate Spellcasting. The mendicant's innate spellcas ng
ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell
a acks). It has the following spells prepared, which it
can cast without material components.
3/day: speak with dead
1/day: etherealness
Ac ons
Multiattack. The mendicant makes two a acks with its
Harvest's Scythe.
Harvest's Scythe. Melee Spell Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10) force damage, and the
wielder regains 5 hit points. If the target is undead, the
wielder regains 10 hit points instead.
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Fighters
Banneret (SCAG)
Bannerets (in the Forgotten Realms, called Purple Dragon Banneret
Knights) are noble protectors of the realm whose devotion to Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
the state inspires their allies to strive beyond their capabilities.
Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54)
Speed 30 ft.

20 (+5) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 15 (+2)
Skills Animal Handling +4, Athletics +8, History +4,

Persuasion +8
Inspiring Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest).

A er taking an ac on on its turn, the banneret can take
one addi onal ac on. When it does so, it can also
choose up to two friendly creatures within 60 feet of it
that can see and hear the banneret. A target can
immediately use its reac on to make one melee or
ranged weapon a ack.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The banneret makes two melee weapon
a acks.
one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) slashing damage, or 10
(1d10 + 5) slashing damage if used with two hands to
make a melee a ack.
Rallying Cry (Recharge 5-6). The banneret and up to
three creatures within 60 feet of it that can hear it gain
10 temporary hit points.
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Battlemasters (PHB)
Battlemasters are students of warfare, using their knowledge Rally Guard
and research to develop new tactics, strategies, and maneuvers Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
in battle. Some of them even employ magical weapons to bolster
their natural abilities. Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)
Included are two very different battlemasters: a duelist who Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54)
leads their forces by example, and a protector of the weak who Speed 30 ft.
inspires others to ight in their stead.

18 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 12 (+1)
Master-at-Arms
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment Skills Athletics +7, History +4, Sculptor's Tools +4
Armor Class 18 (plate) Languages any three languages
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54) Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Speed 30 ft.
Rally. As a bonus ac on, the rally guard chooses a
friendly creature within 30 feet of it that can see and
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA hear it. The target gains 5 (1d8 + 1) temporary hit
points.
22 (+6) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
Skills Athletics +9, History +4, Painter's Tools +4 Ac ons

Senses passive Perception 10 Multiattack. The rally guard makes two melee weapon
Languages any three languages a acks, or it makes one melee weapon a ack and uses
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) its Commander's Strike.
Action Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). A er Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5
taking an ac on on its turn, the master-at-arms can take ., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage, or
one addi onal ac on. 9 (1d10 + 4) bludgeoning damage if used with two
Maneuvers (1/Turn). When the master-at-arms hits with
a melee weapon a ack, it can choose to apply a Commander's Strike. The rally guard chooses one
maneuver to that a ack. The a ack deals an addi onal friendly creature that can see and hear it. That creature
5 (1d10) damage, and the master-at-arms chooses one can immediately use its reac on to make one weapon
of the following effects. a ack, adding 4 (1d8) to the a ack's damage roll.
Disarming Attack. The target must succeed on a DC

15 Strength saving throw or drop an object it is
Reac ons
holding of the master-at-arms's choice. The object Protection. When a creature the defender can see
lands at its feet. a acks a target other than itself that is within 5 feet of
Distracting Strike. The next attack roll against the its posi on, it can impose disadvantage on that a ack
target by an attacker other than the master-at-arms roll.
has advantage if that attack is made before the start
of the master-at-arms's next turn.
Trip Attack. If the target is Large or smaller, it must
succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or fall
prone.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The master-at-arms makes three melee
weapon a acks.
Longsword of Unnatural Strength. Melee Weapon
Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 10 (1d8 +
6) slashing damage, or 11 (1d10 + 6) slashing damage if
used with two hands to make a melee a ack.
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Blood Knight (DAPC)
Blood knights are scarcely more than maniacs driven mad by Blood Knight
their lust for battle and engorged with the sweet metallic taste Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic evil
of blood.
Armor Class 18 (plate)
Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.

18 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 8 (-1) 10 (+0) 8 (-1)
Saves Int +2, Wis +3, Cha +2

Innate Spellcasting. The knight's innate spellcas ng

ability is Cons tu on (spell save DC 14). It knows the
following spells, which it can cast without material or
soma c components.
3/day: bestow curse, compelled duel, false life
Madness. The knight has advantage on saving throws
against being charmed or frightened.
The Smell of Blood. The knight has advantage on
Wisdom (Percep on) checks that rely on smell to detect
creatures that are at half their maximum hit points or
fewer. Creatures up to 1 mile away smell as strongly to
the knight as they would if they were only 5 feet away.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The knight makes two a acks with its
greatsword. It can subs tute one of these a acks with
its Draining Touch.
Draining Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5
., one target below its hit point maximum. Hit: 14
(4d6) necro c damage, and the knight regains hit points
equal to the amount of necro c damage dealt.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage.
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Brute (UA)
Brutes are dumb brawlers who get by on sheer force of will. Brute
They're not good at anything except for hitting things hard and Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
getting hit harder.
Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
Hit Points 153 (18d8 + 72)
Speed 30 ft.

20 (+5) 8 (-1) 18 (+4) 8 (-1) 9 (-1) 9 (-1)
Saving Throws Str +8, Con +7

Skills Athletics +8
Brute Force. When the brute hits with a melee weapon

a ack, it rolls one addi onal damage die and adds it to
the damage of the a ack (included in the a ack).
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). When the brute fails a
saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Survivor. The brute regains 10 hit points at the start of
its turn if it has at least 1 hit point but fewer hit points
than half its hit point maximum.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The brute makes three a acks with its
greataxe.
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Cavalier (XGE) Cavalier
Cavaliers ride their mounts into battle, propelled by an Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
enthusiasm for crushing their enemies under their feet.
Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)
Cavalier Mounts Hit Points 47 (5d8 + 25)
Speed 30 ft.
While most cavaliers ride warhorses, your cavalier NPC might
be riding any of the following mounts depending on many
factors, including their homeland, their personal experiences, or STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
the speci ic designs of their army.
18 (+4) 10 (+1) 20 (+5) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 10 (+0)
Allosaurus, MM pg. 80
Aurochs, VGM pg. 207 Skills Animal Handling +6
Axe Beak, MM pg. 317 Senses passive Perception 12
Brown Bear, MM pg. 319 Languages any one language
Camel, MM pg. 320 Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Deinonychus, VGM pg. 139 (Small riders only)
Dire Wolf, MM pg. 321 Charger. If the cavalier moves at least 20 feet in a
Elephant, MM pg. 322 straight line towards a creature and then hits it with a
Elk, MM pg. 322
lance a ack, the creature takes an addi onal 6 (1d12)
piercing damage and must succeed on a DC 14 Strength
Giant Bat, MM pg. 323
saving throw or be knocked prone.
Giant Boar, MM pg. 323
Giant Eagle, MM pg. 324 Saddle Master. The cavalier has advantage on saving
Giant Owl, MM pg. 327 throws made to avoid falling off its mount. If the
Giant Scorpion, MM pg. 327 cavalier falls off its mount and descends no more than
Giant Sea Horse, MM pg. 328 10 feet, it can land on its feet, and it isn't incapacitated.
Giant Spider, MM pg. 328 Dismoun ng a creature only takes 5 feet of movement
Giant Strider, VGM pg. 143 for the cavalier.
Griffon, MM pg. 174
Guard Drake, VGM pg. 158 (Small riders only) Ac ons
Hell Hound, MM pg. 182 Multiattack. If the cavalier is mounted, it can make two
Hippogriff, MM pg. 184 lance a acks. These a acks cannot be made against the
Mastiff, MM pg. 332 (Small riders only) same target.
Nightmare, MM pg. 235
Owlbear, MM pg. 249 Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 .,
Pegasus, MM pg. 250 one target. Hit: 10 (1d12 + 4) piercing damage. The
Plesiosaurus, MM pg. 80
cavalier has disadvantage on this a ack if it isn't
mounted.
Riding Horse, MM pg. 336
Unicorn, MM pg. 293 War Pick. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 .,
Warhorse, MM pg. 340 one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.
Winter Wolf, MM pg. 340
Worg, MM pg. 341 Reac ons
Wyvern, MM pg. 303
Warding Maneuvers. When a creature the cavalier can
Yeth Hound, VGM pg. 201 see targets the cavalier or its mount with an a ack, the
cavalier adds 2 to the AC of both itself and its mount
against a acks from that creature un l the start of the
cavalier's next turn.
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Champion (PHB)
Most ighters found in the world are champions: they ight for a
cause (though not necessarily one that comes from their own
ideals) and can be hired as soldiers, mercenaries, duelists, or
performance artists. Anyone who needs someone to ight and
die for their cause can ind a champion willing to help for a coin
or two.
Champion, VGM pg. 212

Gladiator, MM pg. 346
Veteran, MM pg. 350
Warlord, VGM pg. 220.
Any of these are suf icient to represent a champion ighter.
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Eldritch Knight (PHB)
Combining martial prowess with partial training as a wizard, Eldritch Knight
eldritch knights use arcane powers to gain an edge in battle. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
This eldritch knight uses a spear to take advantage of its
returning weapon to make two thrown spear attacks each turn. Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)
You can choose other one-handed melee weapons for your Hit Points 105 (14d8 + 42)
eldritch knight instead, such as a battleaxe or a quarterstaff. Speed 30 ft.
This does not change its CR.

18 (+4) 11 (+0) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
Skills Arcana +5, Athletics +7

Bonded Weapon. The knight's bonded weapon is its

spear. The eldritch knight cannot be disarmed if it is
wielding its spear. As a bonus ac on, the eldritch knight
can magically teleport its spear into its hand.
Spellcasting. The knight is a 2nd-level spellcaster. Its
spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5
to hit with spell a acks). It knows the following wizard
spells, which it can cast without soma c or material
components.
Cantrips (at will): prestidigitation, ray of frost
1st level (3 slots): alarm, shield, unseen servant
Ac ons
Multiattack. The knight makes two a acks with its spear.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit,
piercing damage, or 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage if used
with two hands to make a melee a ack.
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Elite Elven Archer (XGE)
The most venerated archers in elven society use their innate Elite Elven Archer
magical abilities to infuse their arrows with deadly effects. Medium humanoid (elf), any alignment
Armor Class 16 (studded leather)

Speed 35 ft.

14 (+2) 19 (+4) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 10 (+0)
Skills Perception +7, Stealth +6

Languages Elvish plus any one language
Arcane Shot (1/Turn). When the archer hits a creature

with a ranged weapon a ack, it can apply one of the
following effects to the target in addi on to the damage
of the a ack:
Grasping Arrow. The target takes 7 (2d6) poison
damage, its speed is reduced by 10 feet, and it is
overwhelmed by brambles, taking 7 (2d6) slashing
damage the first time on each turn it moves 1 foot
or more without teleporting. The target or any
creature that can reach it can use its action to
remove the brambles. Otherwise, they last for 1
minute.
Shadow Arrow. The target takes 7 (2d6) psychic
damage, and it must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom
saving throw or be blinded until the start of the
archer's next turn.
Fey Ancestry. The archer has advantage on saving

throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to
sleep.
Magic Arrows. The archer's ranged weapon a acks are
magical.
Mask of the Wild. The archer can take the Hide ac on
when lightly obscured by natural phenomena.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The archer makes two a acks with its
longbow.
damage.
Piercing Arrow (Recharge 5-6). The archer looses a
magic arrow in a 30 foot by 1 foot line, passing
harmlessly through objects and ignoring cover. Each
creature in the line must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving
throw, taking 17 (3d8 + 4) piercing damage on a failed
save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
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Samurai (XGE)
Samurai are noblemen trained from birth to master the two Samurai
greatest tests of ability: master of the sword, and master of the Medium humanoid (any race), any lawful alignment
social code. They are equally comfortable slicing their foes in
two as they are hosting a feast for a foreign dignitary. Armor Class 17 (splint mail)
Hit Points 110 (10d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft.

16 (+3) 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 15 (+2) 15 (+2) 15 (+2)
Saving Throws Str +6, Wis +5, Int +5

Skills History +5, Persuasion +7
Languages any three languages
Fighting Spirit (3/Day). As a bonus ac on, the samurai

gains 10 temporary hit points, plus advantage on melee
weapon a acks un l the end of its turn.
Master of the Blade (1/Turn). When the samurai makes a
melee weapon a ack against a creature on its turn, it
can add one of the following effects to its a ack:
Disarming Attack. The samurai chooses an item its
target is holding. On a hit, the target takes an
additional 5 (1d10) slashing damage and must
succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or drop
the object. The object lands at its feet.
Lunging Attack. The samurai's reach for the attack is
increased by 5 feet. On a hit, the target takes an
additional 5 (1d10) slashing damage.
Pushing Attack. On a hit, the target takes an
additional 5 (1d10) slashing damage, and if the
target is Large or smaller, it must succeed on a DC
14 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 15
feet away from the samurai.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The samurai makes three a acks with its
katana.
Katana. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ., one
target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) slashing damage, or 8 (1d10 + 3)
slashing damage if wielded with two hands to make a
melee a ack.
Reac ons
Parry. The samurai adds 3 to its AC against one melee
a ack that would hit it. To do so, the samurai must see
the a acker and be wielding a melee weapon.
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Sharpshooter (UA)
The worst part of getting shot through the head with an arrow is Sharpshooter
you'll never see who shot you. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 15 (leather)

Speed 30 ft.

11 (+0) 18 (+4) 16 (+3) 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 10 (+0)

Steady Aim. The sharpshooter's longbow a acks ignore

half and three quarters cover and deal an addi onal 4
(1d8) damage (included in the a ack).
World-Class Bowmanship. If the sharpshooter has
disadvantage on a ack rolls made with its longbow, it
can choose to ignore the disadvantage. If it does so, it
cannot benefit from effects that would grant it
advantage on the a ack.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The sharpshooter makes two a acks with
its longbow.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 600
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Standard Bearer (UA)
In battle, the nation's lag held high signals to the soldiers that Standard Bearer
they may ight on in service of the crown, and if it should fall, Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
their hope is lost. A standard bearer is expected to wade
through the unwashed masses of its nation's enemies, seek out Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
its rival standard bearer, and defeat him or her in single combat. Hit Points 120 (16d8 + 48)
These duels often decide the outcome of the war. Speed 30 ft.

19 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 16 (+3)
Skills Animal Handling +8, Athletics +7, History +4,

Intimidation +9, Persuasion +6
Bearer of Resolve. Allied creatures that can see the

standard bearer have advantage on saving throws
against being frightened.
Innate Spellcasting. The standard bearer's innate
spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can
cast the following spells, requiring no material
components.
At will: compelled duel, enthrall
Saddleborn. Moun ng or dismoun ng a creature costs 5
. of movement for the standard bearer. It has
advantage on saving throws made to avoid falling off its
mount, and if it falls, it can automa cally land on it feet
if it falls less than 10 feet and isn't incapacitated.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The standard bearer makes two a acks with
its pike or its longsword.
melee a ack.
Pike. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ., one
target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage.
Reac ons
Hold the Line. When a creature moves at least 1 foot
while within 5 feet of the standard bearer (or within 10
feet while it wields its pike), the standard bearer can
make an opportunity a ack against that creature. If it
hits, the creature's speed is reduced to 0 un l the end
of its turn.
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Monks
Blood Bender (DAPC)
There exists a secret sect of monks who once followed the Way Blood Bender
of the Water Element before they were excised from their order Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
for practicing the forbidden technique of blood bending, where
they take total control over another person through the
manipulation of the blood in their veins.

10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 12 (+1)

Bleeding Edge. As a bonus ac on, the bender reduces its

hit points by any amount up to 7 and un l the end of its
turn increases its speed by 5 feet for each hit point lost
in this manner. Alterna vely, it can instead reduce its hit
points by 7 to take the Dodge ac on.
Fists of the Bloodied Soul. The bender's unarmed strikes
are considered to be magical for the purpose of
overcoming damage resistances and immuni es.
Transfusion. The bender regains 2 (1d4) hit points when
it hits a creature with a melee a ack, as long as that
creature has blood and isn't an undead or a construct.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The bender makes four unarmed strikes, or
makes two unarmed strikes and uses its Dominion of
Blood.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach
5 ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
Dominion of Blood. The bender makes one unarmed
strike against a target that has blood. On a hit, it can
cast dominate person on the target. Wisdom is its
spellcas ng ability for this spell (spell save DC 14). Once
a creature has failed its saving throw against this spell,
the bender can't use this ac on un l it finishes a long
rest.
Water Whip. Melee Spell Attack: +6 to hit, reach 30 .,
one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) bludgeoning damage, and
the target must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw.
On a failed save, the target takes 22 (4d10) bludgeoning
damage and is knocked prone or pulled up to 25 feet
toward the bender (bender's choice). On a successful
save, the target takes half as much damage and isn't
pulled or knocked prone.
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Death Researcher (SCAG)
Some monks devote their lives to the study of the liminal space Death Researcher
between life and death. To augment their research, they are Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
required by their abbeys to put their theory into practice
through mortal combat. Armor Class 15
Speed 40 ft.

10 (+0) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0)

Mastery of Death (3/Day). When the researcher is

reduced to 0 hit points and not killed outright, it can
choose to drop to 1 hit point instead.
Unarmored Defense. While the researcher isn't wearing
armor, its armor class includes its Wisdom modifier
Ac ons
Multiattack. The researcher makes two a acks with its
Death Strike.
Death Strike. Melee Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage, plus
11 (2d10) necro c damage. If the damage from this
a ack reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the researcher
gains 13 (2d10 + 2) temporary hit points.
Empty Face (Recharge 5-6). Each creature within 30 feet
of the researcher that can see it must succeed on a DC
12 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened by it
un l the end of the researcher's next turn.
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Drunken Master (XGE)
Be wary of the old red-nosed alcoholic you see stumbling in the Drunken Master
alleys behind your local tavern. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 20
Hit Points 109 (12d8 + 55)
Speed 50 ft.

20 (+5) 20 (+5) 20 (+5) 20 (+5) 20 (+5) 20 (+5)
Skills Brewer's Supplies +9, Performance +9

Condition Immunities poisoned
Languages any eight languages
Deflect Missiles. When the drunken master is hit by a

ranged weapon a ack, the damage is reduced by 25
(1d10 + 20).
Drunkard's Luck (1/Turn). When the drunken master has
disadvantage on an a ack roll, ability check, or saving
throw, it can choose either result for that roll.
Drunken Technique. The drunken master does not
trigger opportunity a acks when it moves on its turn.
Also, when prone, the drunken master can spend 5 feet
of movement to stand up.
Ki Fists. The drunken master's unarmed strikes are
magical.
Legendary Resistances (3/Day). When the drunken
master fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed
instead.
Lucky (3/Day). The drunken master can re-roll an a ack
roll, ability check, or saving throw it makes and use
either result.
Slow Fall. The drunken master takes no damage as a
result of a fall.
Unarmored Defense. While the drunken master isn't
wearing armor, its armor class includes its Wisdom
modifier.
Ac ons
Flailing Arms. The drunken master makes two unarmed
strikes against each creature within 5 feet of its
posi on.
Reac ons
Redirect Attack. When a creature misses the drunken
master with a melee a ack roll, the drunken master can
use its reac on to cause that a ack to hit one creature
of its choice, other than the a acker, that it can see
within 5 feet of it.
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Elemental Benders (PHB) Fire Bender
Monks who obsess over the four elements of the world can Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
unlock the power to control them.
Armor Class 13 (leather armor)
Air Bender Speed 35 ft.
Armor Class 13 (leather armor) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1)
Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft. Damage Resistances cold, fire
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Challenge 2 (450 XP)
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1)
Senses passive Perception 12 Ac ons

Languages Primordial plus any one language Multiattack. The bender makes two Fangs of the Fire
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Snake a acks.
Fangs of the Fire Snake. Melee Spell Attack: +4 to hit,
Ac ons reach 10 ., one target. Hit: 13 (2d10 + 2) fire damage.
Fist of Unbroken Air. Melee Spell Attack: +4 to hit, reach
5 ., one target. Hit: 22 (4d10) bludgeoning damage,
and the target must make a DC 12 Strength saving
throw. On a failed save, the target is pushed 20 feet
away and knocked prone. On a successful save, it is Water Bender
pushed 10 feet and isn't knocked prone. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment

Earth Bender Speed 35 ft., swim 35 ft.
Armor Class 16 (natural armor) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1)
Speed 25 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA Challenge 2 (450 XP)
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1)
Ac ons
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and
Water Whip. Melee Spell Attack: +4 to hit, reach 30 .,
slashing from nonmagical weapons
one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) bludgeoning damage, and
the target must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw.
On a failed save, the target takes 22 (4d10) bludgeoning
damage and is knocked prone or pulled up to 25 feet
toward the bender (bender's choice). On a successful
Ac ons save, the target takes half as much damage and isn't
pulled or knocked prone.
Fist of Four Thunders. Melee Spell Attack: +4 to hit,
reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) bludgeoning
damage, and each creature other than the bender
within 10 feet that can see and hear the bender must
succeed on a DC 12 Cons tu on saving throw or take
11 (2d10) thunder damage.
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Kensei (XGE)
Kensei spend years practicing with a particular weapon to the Kensei
point where it feels as much a part of them as their hand or their Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
face.
This kensei uses a battleaxe, but your kensei NPC might use Armor Class 17 (battleaxe)
other melee weapons instead, as long as they aren't heavy. Using Hit Points 49 (9d8 + 9)
different weapons doesn't change the kensei's challenge rating. Speed 40 ft.

15 (+2) 17 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 10 (+0)
Skills Painter's Supplies +5

Agile Parry. The kensei gains the same benefits from its
ba leaxe as it would from a shield.
Magic Weapons. The kensei's weapon a acks are
magical.
Unarmored Defense. While the kensei isn't wearing
armor, its armor class includes its Wisdom modifier.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The kensei makes two a acks: one with its
unarmed strike and one with its ba leaxe.
melee a ack.
damage.
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Open Hand Monk (PHB)
Monks who study the way of the open hand are masters of the
martial arts. Unique to other martial studies, their hands are as
deadly as any weapon.
Martial Arts Adept, VGM pg. 216

While the martial arts adept is suf icient to represent a monk
that follows the way of the open hand, some adepts might
secretly possess the following technique, which they are sworn
against using except in the most dire situations.
Quivering Palm (Recharges after a Long Rest). When

the adept hits a creature with an unarmed strike, it can apply
hidden (but lethal) vibrations to their body. These vibrations
last for 14 (4d6) days or until the adept uses this action on
another creature, after which the effects end harmlessly.
Otherwise, the adept can use its action to force the target to
make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the
target falls to 0 hit points. On a successful save, the target
takes 33 (6d10) necrotic damage. The adept can also choose
to end the vibrations harmlessly as an action.
As this is a secret and forbidden technique that might go

unnoticed in a ight without affecting the outcome, and it's
impossible to tell without magic which martial arts adepts can
use this technique, it does not affect the CR.
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Shadow Monk (PHB)
Shadow monks carry out deeds that other monks would balk at. Shadow Monk
They thrive in darkness and can strike their target and Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
disappear faster than the target's allies can react.
Speed 40 ft.

11 (+0) 17 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0)

Innate Spellcasting. The monk's innate spellcas ng

ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell
a acks). It can cast the following spells innately without
expending material components.
At will: darkvision, minor illusion
1/day each: darkness, pass without trace, silence
Shadow Step. When the monk is in dim light or
darkness, as a bonus ac on it can teleport up to 60 feet
to an unoccupied space it can see that is also in dim
light or darkness. The monk gains advantage on the
next a ack it makes before the end of its turn.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The monk makes two a acks with its punch
dagger.
Punch Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5
Cloak of Shadows (Recharge 5-6). The monk becomes
invisible un l the end of its next turn, or un l it a acks
or casts a spell.
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Sun Soul Monk (SCAG, XGE)
Monks who follow the way of the sun soul are devoted to the Sun Soul Monk
elimination of dark in luences upon the world, venturing out in Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
search of heretical beings to cleanse.
Armor Class 15
Speed 40 ft.

10 (+0) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0)

Unarmored Defense. While the monk isn't wearing

armor, its armor class includes its Wisdom modifier
Ac ons
Multiattack. The monk makes two a acks with its Sun
Bolt. It can then use its Radiant Swathe, if available.
Sun Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 30 .,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) radiant damage.
Radiant Swathe (Recharge 5-6). The monk swishes its
hands through the air, crea ng a streak of white-hot
light. Each creature in a 15-foot cone origina ng from
the monk must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving
throw or take 14 (4d6) radiant damage.
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Tranquil Master (UA)
Most monks don't achieve the power of an adventurer due to Tranquil Master
their virtues of peace, forgiveness, and reconciliation. Some of Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
them, however, become powerful as a result of these attributes,
rather than despite them. Armor Class 14
Speed 40 ft.

10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 14 (+2)
Skills Performance +4, Persuasion +4

Diplomat. The master has advantage on Charisma

(Persuasion) checks made to calm violent emo ons or
to counsel peace.
Healing Pool. The master has a pool of 20 hit points it
can draw from to use its Healing Hands ac on. It
replenishes the pool when it completes a long rest.
Unarmored Defense. While the master isn't wearing
armor, its armor class includes its Wisdom modifier.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The master makes three a acks with its
Unarmed Strike, or it makes two a acks with its
Unarmed Strike then uses its Healing hands.
Calming Touch. The master touches a creature that is at
its hit point maximum. The creature must succeed on a
DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or lose its ability to a ack
for 1 minute. During that period, it also cannot cast
spells that deal damage or that force a target to make a
saving throw. The effect ends if the target is a acked,
takes damage, or is forced to make a saving throw.
Healing Hands. The master touches a willing creature.
The target regains a number of hit points of the
master's choice, drawn from its Healing Pool.
Alterna vely, the master can spend 5 hit points from its
pool to cure one disease or one poison afflic ng the
target.
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Paladins
Aspect of Vengeance (PHB)
Powerful knights and ighters slain in the midst of a great Aspect of Vengeance
injustice sometimes return to the Material realm as Aspects of Medium celestial, any alignment
Vengeance, holy warriors possessed by a drive to right what has
been wronged.
Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft.

18 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 17 (+3)

Condition Immunities frightened
Skills Intimidation +7, Investigation +5, Survival +4,
Languages Celestial plus any two languages
Aura of Courage. The aspect and friendly creatures

within 30 feet of it can't be frightened while the aspect
is conscious.
Sacred Weapons. The aspect's weapon a acks are
magical. When the aspect hits with its maul, the
weapon deals an extra 18 (4d8) radiant damage
(included in the a ack).
Vow of Enmity (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As
a bonus ac on, the aspect targets a creature it can see
within 10 feet of it. The aspect always knows in which
direc on its target can be found, and the aspect has
advantage on a ack rolls against the creature un l the
creature dies or the aspect chooses another target.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The aspect uses its Abjure Enemy, if it can.
It then makes three a acks with its maul.
Maul. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ., one
target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 18
(4d8) radiant damage.
Abjure Enemy (Recharge 5-6). The aspect targets a
creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The creature
must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw, and the
creature has disadvantage on its save if it is a fiend or
undead. On a failed save, the the creature is frightened
for 1 minute or un l it takes any damage. While
frightened, the creature's speed is 0, and it can't benefit
from any bonus to speed. On a successful save, the
creature's speed is halved for 1 minute or un l it takes
any damage. This ac on has no effect on creatures
immune to being frightened.
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Feysworn (PHB)
Paladins who willingly take on the mantle of an archfey and do Feysworn
great deeds to further its in luence in the world are called Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Feysworn.
Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 105 (14d8 + 45)
Speed 30 ft.

15 (+2) 17 (+3) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 18 (+4)

Skills Nature +4, Perception +5, Religion +4
Languages Sylvan plus any two languages
Aura of Warding. The feysworn and friendly creatures

within 30 feet of it have resistance to damage from
spells.
Innate Spellcasting. The feysworn's innate spellcas ng
ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell
a acks). It can cast the following spells innately.
At will: speak with animals
3/day each: moonbeam, misty step
1/day each: plant growth, protection from energy,
commune with nature
Sacred Weapons. The feysworn's weapon a acks are
magical. When the feysworn hits with its sickle, the
Ac ons
Multiattack. The feysworn uses its Nature's Wrath, if it
can. It then makes two a acks with its sickle.
Sickle. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ., one
target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) slashing damage plus 18 (4d8)
radiant damage.
Nature's Wrath (Recharge 5-6). The feysworn targets a
creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The creature
must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be
restrained by magical vines for 1 minute. The target can
repeat this saving throw at the end of each of its turns,
ending the effect on a success.
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Holy Redeemer (XGE)
Paladins who break their oaths don't always go mad with self- Holy Redeemer
pity and regret. Some of them use their experiences to take on a Medium humanoid (any race), any good alignment
new oath: one where they seek redemption for themselves by
providing that same redemption to others. Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
Speed 30 ft.

17 (+3) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 18 (+4)
Skills Persuasion +10

Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, force, lightning,
necrotic, poison, psychic, radiant, thunder;
Languages Celestial plus any one language
Emissary of Redemption. The paladin's resistances don't

func on against creatures it has a acked or targeted
with a spell since the last dawn.
Spellcasting. The paladin is a 3rd-level spellcaster. Its
spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It has
the following spells prepared.
1st level (4 slots): compelled duel, cure wounds,
protection from evil and good, sanctuary, sleep
2nd level (2 slots): calm emotions, hold person, lesser
restoration
Ac ons
Multiattack. The paladin makes two a acks with its
quarterstaff.
., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage
plus 9 (2d8) radiant damage, or 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning
damage plus 9 (2d8) radiant damage if wielded with
two hands to make a melee a ack.
Reac ons
Protect the Innocent. When a creature within 30 feet of
the paladin takes damage, it can use its reac on to
magically take that damage instead. The paladin doesn't
transfer any other effects that might accompany the
damage, and this damage can't be reduced in any way.
Rebuke the Violent. When the paladin sees an a acker
within 30 feet of it deal damage with an a ack against a
creature other than the paladin, it can use its reac on
to force the a acker to make a DC 15 Charisma saving
throw. On a failed save, the a acker takes radiant
damage equal to the damage it just dealt. On a
successful save, it takes half as much damage.
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Kingsguard (PHB)
The most devoted and religious of paladins take on an oath to Kingsguard
protect the realm from the in luence of the wrong religion. They Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
are often sponsored by the state, taking on the mantle of a
Kingsguard. Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)
Hit Points 120 (16d8 + 48)
Speed 30 ft.

19 (+4) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 17 (+3)

Skills Athletics +8, Intimidation +7, Perception +6
Aura of Protection. The kingsguard and friendly

creatures within 30 feet of it have advantage on saving
throws.
Innate Spellcasting. The kingsguard's innate spellcas ng
expending soma c or material components.
3/day each: protection from evil and good, sanctuary
1/day each: lesser restoration, zone of truth, dispel
magic
Sacred Weapons. The kingsguard's weapon a acks are
magical. When the kingsguard hits with its morningstar,
the weapon deals an extra 18 (4d8) radiant damage
Ac ons
Multiattack. The kingsguard makes three a acks with its
morningstar.
Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 18
Divine Sense (3/Day). Un l the end of the kingsguard's
next turn, it knows the loca on of any celes al, fiend,
or undead within 60 feet of it that is not behind total
cover. It knows the type of creature but not its iden ty.
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Knight Conqueror (XGE)
Some paladins use their abilities for glory, either for themselves, Knight Conqueror
their nation, or their cause. Leading scores of heavily-armored Medium humanoid (any race), any lawful alignment
devotees, a knight conqueror becomes a igure of terrible power (usually evil)
carving its way through the battle ield.
Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
Speed 30 ft.

18 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 19 (+4)
Skills History +5, Intimidation +7

Innate Spellcasting. The knight conqueror's innate

spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can
cast the following spells.
At will: command
3/day each: hold person, fear
1/day: bestow curse
Mark of the Conquered. As a bonus ac on, the knight
conqueror extends its finger towards a creature it can
see within 60 feet of it. The target is marked un l the
start of the knight conqueror's next turn. While the
target is marked, it has disadvantage on a ack rolls
against targets other than the knight conqueror.
Righteous Might. The knight conqueror scores a cri cal
hit on a roll of 18, 19, or 20.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The knight conqueror makes two a acks
with its flail.
Conqueror's Flail. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach
5 ., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage
plus 9 (2d8) necro c damage.
Conquering Presence (1/Day). Each creature of the
knight conqueror's choice that can see it within 30 feet
of it must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a
failed save, the target becomes frightened of the knight
conqueror for 1 minute. The target can repeat this
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the
effect on itself on a success.
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Mortal Traitor (UA)
Paladins wooed by demon lords such as Grazz't or Orcus take Mortal Traitor
upon their powers of deception and manipulation with one goal: Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic evil
bring chaos and destruction to the world. Their tactics often
include accusing virtuous paladins of being mortal traitors Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)
themselves. Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.

18 (+4) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 18 (+4)

Skills Deception +8, Stealth +6
Languages Abyssal plus any one language
Aura of Treachery. The mortal traitor has advantage on

melee a ack rolls against any creature that has one or
more of its allies within 5 feet of it.
Deceitful Nature. The mortal traitor can use its bonus
ac on to turn invisible un l the end of its next turn or
un l it a acks, deal damage, or forces a creature to
make a saving throw. Addi onally, the mortal traitor can
choose to ignore the disadvantage imposed by heavy
armor when it makes a Dexterity (Stealth) check.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The mortal traitor makes two a acks with
its flail.
Flail. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ., one
(4d8) poison damage.
Reac ons
Treacherous Strike. If a creature within 5 feet of the
mortal traitor misses it with a melee a ack, the mortal
traitor can magically force it to reroll that a ack against
a creature of its choice that is within 5 feet of the
a acker. This reac on fails if the a acker is immune to
being charmed.
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Oathbreaker (DMG)
Paladins that forsake their sacred oaths in pursuit of sel ish
goals risk losing their holy powers and falling from grace. Those
who have devoted their lives to the study of divine magic might
be unwilling (or outright incapable) of beginning a new life
devoid of power or strength and therefore seek out new sources
of power. Evil gods prey upon these fallen paladins, promising
them untold power in exchange for blind devotion, and the
weakest-willed of them become Oathbreakers, terrible forces of
necromantic energy that carve a path of destruction across the
world in service of their dark gods.
Blackguard, VGM pg. 211

Death Knight, MM pg. 47
Either of these are suf icient to represent a paladin that has
turned to dark forces as a result of falling from grace.
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Sovereign Knight (SCAG)
Some nations have institutionalised paladin training, forcing Sovereign Knight
their most elite soldiers to take up the mantle of a sovereign Medium humanoid (any race), any lawful alignment
knight in service of their King or Queen. These men and women
often have their spirits broken and their wills driven to the dust Armor Class 18 (plate)
to make more obedient servants, more devoted protectors, and Hit Points 157 (21d8 + 63)
more deadly killers. Speed 30 ft.

20 (+5) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 7 (-2) 7 (-2) 17 (+3)

Skills Athletics +9, History +2, Persuasion +7
slashing from nonmagical weapons
Condition Immunities paralyzed, stunned
Aura of the Exalted. The knight and friendly creatures

within 30 feet of the knight have advantage on Wisdom
saving throws and death saving throws.
expending soma c or material components.
At will: command, compelled duel
3/day each: warding bond, zone of truth
1/day each: banishment
Sacred Weapons. The knight's weapon a acks are
magical. When the knight hits with its halberd, the
Ac ons
Multiattack. The knight makes three a acks with its
halberd.
Halberd. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 .,
one target. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5) piercing damage plus 18
Divine Sense (3/Day). Un l the end of the knight's next
turn, it knows the loca on of any celes al, fiend, or
undead within 60 feet of it that is not behind total
cover. It knows the type of creature but not its iden ty.
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Winter Knight (DAPC)
Winter Knights struggle against the blight of undeath, seeing it Winter Knight
as a barrier between souls and their rightful place in the Medium humanoid, any alignment
afterlife. They take on forms that evoke the chill of death in
order to remind their enemies of that which necromancy seeks Armor Class 18 (plate)
to overcome, that which will always cede to the coming of Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)
winter. Speed 30 ft.

18 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 17 (+3)

Skills Intimidation +11, Nature +5
Damage Resistances necrotic
Aura of the Winter Knight. Allied creatures within 30 feet

of the knight have resistance to necro c damage and
cannot be charmed, frightened, or possessed by
undead creatures. Hos le creatures that start their turn
within this radius take 10 cold damage, and their
movement speed is reduced by 10 feet un l the start of
their next turn.
a acks). It can cast the following spells innately,
requiring no material or soma c components.
At will: ice knife, wrathful smite
3/day each: Snilloc's snowball swarm, speak with dead
1/day each: cone of cold, gentle repose, ice storm
Vow of Death. Creatures reduced to 0 hit points by the
knight are killed and cannot become undead or return
to life through any method short of a wish spell.
Winter Weapons. The knight's weapon a acks are
magical and deal an addi onal 14 (4d6) cold damage on
a hit (included in the a ack).
Ac ons
Multiattack. The knight makes two a acks with its maul.
(4d6) cold damage.
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Rangers
Beastmaster (PHB)
Beastmasters are legendary animal tamers. Their words calm Beastmaster
their beasts and terrify their animals. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
The beastmaster's challenge rating doesn't include its animal
companion. Since we're not strictly limited by what the class can
actually do, we can give the beastmaster any animal companion Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 30)
available in a published book. Included are some randomly- Speed 30 ft.
picked suggestions.
Dire Wolf (MM pg. 321) STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
The enormous hound sticks loyally by the woman's heel, head 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 12 (+1)
down, fangs bared. Its eyes lick meaningfully to its master's face,
reading her expression and relaxing when it sees that she's in a Skills Animal Handling +8, Survival +6
good mood. Senses passive Perception 14
Giant Scorpion (MM pg. 327) Challenge 2 (450 XP)
The clicking of its claws fades as its master strokes its head. "Not
yet," the man says. "Knock them out irst." And with that, the Animal Companion. The beastmaster is bonded to a
stinger shoots down. beast, which is its animal companion. The companion
acts on its own ini a ve, but otherwise obeys the
Hunter Shark (MM pg. 330) beastmaster's commands. As a bonus ac on, the
The merfolk seems surprised to see a boat so far out to sea. He beastmaster can command its companion to use its
uncorks a potion to release a foul-smelling aroma, and in less than reac on to take the Dash, Disengage, Dodge, or Help
a minute, a in emerges from the waters. A striped shark sidles up ac on.
beside him, nudging him for food.
Ac ons
Tyrannosaurus Rex (MM pg. 80)
The monster leaps across the plains, crossing the width of rivers in Multiattack. The beastmaster makes two weapon
a single bound, shaking the foundations of the earth with every
a acks.
thunderous step. Clinging to its neck, hollering words of Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10 ., one
encouragement, is a little old lady gnome. target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage.
Quetzalcoatlus (VGM pg. 140) Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
The sky darkens and the usual lively sounds of birds chirping goes
damage.
deadly silent. A single lap of the beast's wings sends the grass
bouncing and dancing. With a gust strong enough to blow down a
house, the beast lands in front of its master.
Aurochs (VGM pg. 207)

The young hill dwarf can barely hold on as the big-horned
creature sprints at the side of the red barn. He hides his face just
before he feels the crunch of splintering wood.
Goat (MM pg. 330)

The ranger kneels down by her goat and lifts up its big loppy ear.
She whispers, "If you don't stop eating random trash while we're
supposed to be ighting off orcs, I'll take you to the market and
trade you for a box of apples."
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Gloom Stalker (XGE)
Gloom stalkers skulk around the underdark, killing and eating Gloom Stalker
spiders for sustenance. Every now and then someone asks them Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
to be their guide through the caves, and the gloom stalkers kill
and eat them too. Armor Class 14 (leather)
Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 8 (-1)
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +5, Survival +4

Languages Undercommon plus any one language
Surprise Attack (Recharges on a Short or Long Rest). If

the gloom stalker surprises a creature and hits it with
an a ack on the first turn of combat, the target takes an
addi onal 9 (2d8) damage from the a ack.
Umbral Shroud. While in darkness, the gloom stalker is
invisible to any creature that relies on darkvision to see
it in that darkness.
Vanish. The gloom stalker can take the Hide ac on as a
bonus ac on.
Ac ons
Multiattack. On the first turn of combat, the gloom
stalker makes two a acks with its darts.
Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 20/60 .,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 5 (2d4)
poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC
13 Cons tu on saving throw or become poisoned by
the darts for 1 hour. If the target fails this save by 5 or
more, it is also unconscious while poisoned in this way.
The target wakes up if it takes damage or another
creature takes an ac on to shake it awake.
Reac ons
Shadowy Dodge. When a creature targets the gloom
stalker with an a ack, the gloom stalker can use its
reac on to impose disadvantage on that a ack.
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Herbalist (UA)
Herbalists are nonmagical guardians of the natural land, whose Herbalist
expertise in gathering and brewing rare lora allows them to Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
create delicious, healing concoctions. They're also deadly
ighters, using natural poisons to augment their strikes. Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Speed 30 ft.

11 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 11 (+0) 17 (+3) 11 (+0)
Skills Nature +4, Perception +5, Survival +7

Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Disarming Attack (1/Turn). When the herbalist hits a

creature with an a ack from its shortsword or
shortbow, it can choose to force the target to succeed
on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or take an addi onal
3 (1d6) piercing damage from the a ack and drop an
object it is holding of the herbalist's choice. The object
lands at its feet.
Poultice (3/Day). The herbalist spends 1 minute to apply
a poul ce to a wounded creature. That creature regains
14 (4d6) hit points. Alterna vely, it can use this ability
to cure the creature of one poison afflic ng it.
Ac ons
., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage plus 7
Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
80/320 ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage
plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
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Horizon Walker (XGE)
Horizon walkers slip through gaps between the realms to cross Horizon Walker
a thousand miles in a single step. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment

Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 18 (+4) 10 (+0)
Skills Arcana +5, Perception +7, Survival +7

Languages Deep Speech and Primordial plus any one
language
Distant Strike. When the horizon walker makes an

a ack, it can teleport up to 10 feet before each a ack
to an unoccupied space it can see.
Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus ac on, the horizon walker can
magically shi from the Material Plane to the Ethereal
Plane, or vice versa.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The horizon walker makes three a acks
with its subtle knife. Each a ack must be against a
different target.
Subtle Knife. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5
., one creature or one planar opening. Hit: 13 (1d4 +
2d8 + 2) force damage. If the horizon walker targets a
planar opening and deals it at least 10 force damage in
a single a ack, it opens a one-way portal to a randomly-
determined plane of existence. The portal stays open
un l the end of the horizon walker's turn.
Reac ons
Spectral Defense. When the horizon walker takes
damage from an a ack, it can use its reac on to give
itself resistance to all of that a ack's damage on this
turn.
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Hunter (PHB)
Scouring the wilderness across the entire material realm are Hunter
mendicants and peregrines who are really good with a bow. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment

Speed 30 ft.

11 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 11 (+0)
Skills Nature +2, Perception +5, Stealth +4, Survival +3

Colossus Slayer (1/Turn). The hunter deals an addi onal

4 (1d8) damage with its weapons when it hits a
creature below its hit point maximum.
Keen Hearing and Sight. The hunter has advantage on
Wisdom (Percep on) checks that rely on hearing and
sight.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The hunter makes two ranged a acks then
one addi onal ranged a ack against a creature within 5
feet of one of the original targets.
damage.
Reac ons
Giant Killer. When a Large or larger creature targets the
hunter with a melee weapon a ack, the hunter can
make one weapon a ack against that creature. The
hunter's a ack triggers a er the creature hits or misses.
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Monster Hunter (XGE)
When innocent people are terrorised by monstrosities, they Monster Hunter
might recall seeing a scrap of parchment nailed to a job board: Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
"For hire: a guy who kills monsters." A monster hunter is that
guy. Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
Speed 30 ft.

16 (+3) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 8 (-1)
Skills Investigation +4, Nature +4, Perception +5

Hunter's Sense (3/Day). As a bonus ac on, the monster

hunter examines a creature it can see within 60 feet of
it, discerning whether the creature has any damage
immuni es, resistances, or vulnerabili es and what
they are. If the creature is hidden from divina on
magic, it senses that it has no damage immuni es,
resistances, or vulnerabili es.
Innate Spellcasting. The monster hunter's spellcas ng
ability is Wisdom (+5 to spell a ack rolls, save DC 13). It
can cast the following spells innately, without
expending material components.
3/Day each: absorb elements, chromatic orb, detect
magic, detect poison and disease
1/Day each: fog cloud, protection from evil and good
Slayer's Prey. As a bonus ac on, the monster hunter
designates one creature it can see within 60 feet of it as
its prey. The first me on the monster hunter's turn that
it hits its prey with a weapon a ack, the prey takes an
extra 7 (2d6) damage from the weapon.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The monster hunter makes two longsword
a acks.
+ 3) slashing damage if wielded with two hands to make
a melee a ack.
Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
range 100/400 ., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing
damage.
Reac ons
Slayer's Counter. When the monster hunter's prey forces
it to make a saving throw, the monster hunter can use
its reac on to immediately make one weapon a ack
against the prey, which it makes before the saving
throw. If the a ack hits, the monster hunter
automa cally succeeds on the saving throw against the
prey's effect.
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Nightstalker (DAPC)
Lost in the Shadowfell, nightstalkers are forced to turn to Nightstalker
shadowy magics in order to survive, binding the corruption of Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
the Shadowfell to unsuspecting beasts and bending them to
their will. The beasts have been stripped of their physical bodies Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
and exist only as extensions of the nightstalker. Although the Hit Points 55 (10d8 + 10)
nightstalker has since torn their way out of the Shadowfell and Speed 30 ft.
back to civilisation, they ind it nearly impossible to return to
normal life with the constant reminder of their dark deeds
simmering in a pocket dimension in their brain, with only one STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
carefully spoken word the barrier to being released once more. 11 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 11 (+0) 16 (+3) 11 (+0)
Nightstalkers are naturally drawn to one another, as they are the
only ones in the world who can understand. Skills Perception +5, Stealth +6, Survival +5
Alternate Beasts Languages any one language
A given nightstalker may have chosen a different form for its
animal thrall. If so, replace the nightstalker's Piercing Howl Shadow Thrall. The nightstalker has an animal thrall,
action with a new action listed below, based on the animal. which is a wolf. The thrall has the following rules.
Beast Ac on The nightstalker can summon or dismiss their thrall
as a bonus action. The thrall appears within 5 feet of
Roar (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The bear
the nightstalker when summoned. The thrall is
lets out a terrifying roar. Each creature within 30
automatically dismissed if the nightstalker starts its
feet of it must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw
turn more than 120 feet from its thrall.
Bear or become frightened of the nightstalker for 1
The thrall has the base speed of the animal form it
minute. An affected creature can remake this save
has taken, plus it gains a flying speed of 30 feet if it
at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on
can't fly already.
a success.
As a bonus action, the thrall and the nightstalker can
Electric Zipper (Recharge 5-6). The eel flies 30 feet in magically swap places.
a straight line. Each creature within 5 feet of any The thrall is an illusion. Attacks made against the
Eel
posi on along that line must succeed on a Dexterity thrall automatically miss. It cannot be made to make
saving throw or take 7 (2d6) lightning damage. a saving throw. It is immune to magical effects.
Shadow Splash (Recharge 5-6). The octopus casts Truesight and other methods of seeing through
Octopus color spray as a 2nd level spell, emi ng black oil illusions reveal the animal to be nothing more than a
instead of a rainbow of colours. twitching black ball of dark energy.
Panther
Pounce. The panther moves up to 30 feet towards a
creature. If it ends this movement within 5 feet of Ac ons
the target, the target must succeed on a Strength Multiattack. The nightstalker makes two a acks. It can
saving throw or be knocked prone. replace one of its a acks with either its Thrall Strike
Pursuit. The raven moves up to 45 feet towards a ac on or its wolf's Piercing Howl.
creature. If it ends this movement within 5 feet of
Raven Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
the target, the target's movement speed on its next
turn is halved. ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Venom Strike. A target within 5 feet of the snake Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
must succeed on a Cons tu on saving throw or take 150/600 ., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing
Snake damage.
9 (2d8) poison damage and become poisoned un l
the end of its next turn. Thrall Strike. Melee Spell Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target within 5 feet of its animal thrall. Hit: 11
A nightstalker with an animal thrall not included here can (2d10) necro c damage. The animal thrall can move up
choose one of the listed effects that feels the most thematically to its speed before or a er making this a ack.
appropriate for their animal. Piercing Howl (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The
wolf lets out a wail that infuses nearby creatures with
false energy. The nightstalker and up to 3 creatures of
its choice within 30 feet of the wolf gain 10 (3d6)
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Primeval Guardian (UA)
Primeval guardians are rangers who were entranced by dryads. Primeval Guardian
Originally having the ability to shapeshift into a tree, soon the Large plant, any alignment (usually chaotic)
tree became the only form they could shapeshift into, because
they could no longer shapeshift at all, because they were a tree. Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
All of them. Trees. All the way down, it's just trees. Hit Points 204 (24d10 + 72)
Speed 20 ft.

19 (+4) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 10 (+0)

Languages Sylvan plus any one language
Guardian Soul. The primeval guardian gains 10

temporary hit points at the beginning of each of its
turns.
Innate Spellcasting. The guardian's innate spellcas ng
ability is Wisdom (save DC 14). It can cast the following
spell without expending components.
At will: entangle
Rooted Defense. The ground within 30 feet of the
guardian is difficult terrain.
Sylvan Thorns. The guardian's weapon a acks are
magical. When the primeval guardian hits a creature
with a slam a ack, it deals an addi onal 7 (2d6)
piercing damage (included in the a ack).
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Multiattack. The guardian makes two slam a acks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 15 ., one
(2d6) piercing damage.
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Rogues
Arcane Thief (PHB)
Arcane thieves steal stuff with magic. Arcane Thief
Medium humanoid (any race), any non-lawful
alignment

Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 13 (+1) 15 (+2)
Skills Deception +4, Sleight of Hand +7, Stealth +5,

Thieves' Tools +7
Languages Thieves' Cant plus any two languages
Invisible Hand. The thief gains addi onal benefits when

it casts mage hand. For a creature to no ce the hand or
the tasks the hand is performing, it must succeed on a
Wisdom (Percep on) check.
The hand created by the spell is invisible.
The thief can use the hand to stow or retrieve one
object into or from a container worn or carried by
another creature, or to use its Thieves' Tools.
The thief can use its bonus action to control the
hand, or to distract a creature within range of the
spell. If it distracts a creature, it gains advantage on
attack rolls against the target until the end of the
thief's turn.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The thief deals an extra 10 (3d6)

damage when it hits a target with a weapon a ack and
has advantage on the a ack roll, or when the target is
within 5 feet of an ally of the thief that isn't
incapacitated and the thief doesn't have disadvantage
on the a ack roll.
Spellcasting. The thief is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its
to hit with spell a acks). It knows the following wizard
spells.
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking
grasp
1st level (4 slots): charm person, disguise self, silent
image, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, rope trick, suggestion
Ac ons
piercing damage.
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Assassin (PHB)
Assassins kill people really well. Discount Assassin
Assassin, MM pg. 343.
This is suf icient to represent an assassin for higher level play, Armor Class 14 (studded leather)
but an option for a weaker assassin is included here. Hit Points 38 (7d8 + 7)
Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
Skills Stealth +6
Languages Thieves' Cant plus any one language
Ambusher. The assassin has advantage on a ack rolls

against creatures it has surprised.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The assassin deals an extra 7
(2d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon
a ack and has advantage on the a ack roll, or when
the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the assassin that
isn't incapacitated and the assassin doesn't have
disadvantage on the a ack roll.
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piercing damage.
Blowgun. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
25/100 ., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage plus 5
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Guerilla Scout (XGE)
Great commanders aren't enough. A proper army needs people Guerilla Scout
who can sneak up on other people, murder them brutally, and Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
get away clean.
Speed 40 ft.

10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 10 (+0)
Skills Athletics +2, Nature +8, Perception +6, Stealth

+5, Survival +8
Guerilla Fighter. The scout has advantage on ini a ve

checks. The scout can ignore the limita on of 1 use of
sneak a ack per turn if it hits addi onal enemies it has
surprised on the first turn of combat; it can apply sneak
a ack once to each enemy.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The scout deals an extra 10 (3d6)
damage when it hits a target with a weapon a ack and
has advantage on the a ack roll, or when the target is
within 5 feet of an ally of the scout that isn't
incapacitated and the scout doesn't have disadvantage
on the a ack roll.
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Multiattack. The scout makes three a acks on the first
turn of combat.
damage.
Reac ons
Skirmisher. When a creature ends its turn within 5 feet
of the scout, the scout can move up to 20 feet without
provoking opportunity a acks.
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Inquisitor (XGE)
In a world under siege by inconceivably powerful magic, Inquisitor
inquisitors can achieve all they can and more with nothing but a Medium humanoid (any race), any lawful alignment
few choice words and a knowing look. The people they lock up
often describe them as "emotionally terrifying". Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
Speed 30 ft.

9 (-1) 15 (+2) 13 (+1) 17 (+3) 16 (+3) 15 (+2)
Skills Insight +7, Intimidation +6, Investigation +5,

Perception +5
Eye for Detail. The inquisitor has advantage on Wisdom

(Percep on) and Intelligence (Inves ga on) checks, and
a +5 bonus to its passive Percep on and passive
Inves ga on scores.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The inquisitor deals an extra 10
the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the inquisitor that
isn't incapacitated and the inquisitor doesn't have
disadvantage on the a ack roll. The inquisitor also
doesn't need advantage if it has detected the presence
of decep ve magic from its target creature using its
Unerring Eye.
Unerring Eye (3/Day). The inquisitor can use a bonus
ac on to sense the presence of illusions, shapechangers
not in their original form, and other magic designed to
deceive the senses within 30 feet of it, provided it isn't
blinded or deafened. The inquisitor senses only the
presence of these effects, not their form.
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Multiattack. The inquisitor makes two shortsword
a acks.
Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit,
damage.
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Mastermind (SCAG, XGE)
A thousand strong warriors have died in battle, but if a Mastermind
mastermind is to believed, no smart one has. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment

Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 16 (+3) 13 (+1) 20 (+5) 15 (+2) 18 (+4)
Skills Arcana +7, Deception +8, History +9, Persuasion

+6, Stealth +5
Loyal Goons. When the mastermind is targeted by an

a ack and an ally is within 5 feet of it, the mastermind's
ally can use its reac on to swap places with the
mastermind, and the ally becomes the target instead.
Master of Tactics. The mastermind can use the Help
ac on as a bonus ac on. When used to assist an ally in
a acking a creature, the target of the a ack can be
within 30 feet of the mastermind.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The mastermind deals an extra
14 (4d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon
the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the mastermind
that isn't incapacitated and the mastermind doesn't
have disadvantage on the a ack roll.
Soul of Deceit. The mastermind's thoughts can't be read
by telepathy or other means. The mastermind can
present false thoughts by succeeding on a Charisma
(Decep on) check contested by the mind reader's
Wisdom (Insight) check. Addi onally, the mastermind is
unaffected by magic that would compel it to tell the
truth; instead, such magic always indicates that the
mastermind is truthful.
Ac ons
piercing damage.
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Privateer (SCAG, XGE)
Privateers man warships in search of lawbreakers to hunt down, Privateer
but they can also be tempted towards lawbreaking themselves Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
without proper measures of control from their superiors.
Swashbuckler, VGM 217 Hit Points 60 (9d8 + 9)
The swashbuckler from Volo's Guide to Monsters is a good Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., swim 40 ft.
statblock to represent a rogue with the swashbuckler archetype.
Presented is an alternate interpretation that uses further
roguish tricks to supplement its ighting style. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
12 (+1) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 15 (+2)
Skills Acrobatics +5, Athletics +3, Survival +3, Vehicles

(Water) +3
Cunning Action. The privateer can take the Dash,

Disengage, or Hide ac ons as a bonus ac on on its turn.
Fancy Footwork. During the privateer's turn, if it makes
a melee a ack against a creature, that creature cannot
make opportunity a acks against it un l the end of the
privateer's turn.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The privateer deals an extra 7
the target is within 5 feet of the privateer and the
privateer doesn't have disadvantage on the a ack roll.
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Multiattack. The privateer makes two a acks.
Hand Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
damage.
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Shadow Rogue (DAPC)
A non-evil creature slain by a shadow has a new shadow rise up Shadow Rogue
from its corpse. Should the creature be returned to life, however, Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
the undead monster remains. The creature's true shadow
disappears while its monstrous shadow stalks it, waiting for the Armor Class 14 (leather armor)
right moment to drain the life of its former host. Some deft Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
rogues, however, are slippery enough to both cheat death and Speed 30 ft.
escape the consequences, and have formed a pact with their
monstrous shadow for greater collective power.
10 (+0) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 15 (+2)

Shadow Pact. The rogue casts no shadow. It has

advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks in dim light or
darkness. Its shadow, represented by the shadow
statblock, has a mental connec on with the rogue while
they are within 500 feet of each other. Within this
range, they have two-way telepathy. Addi onally, as a
bonus ac on, they can teleport to the other's loca on
as long as they are both on the same plane of existence.
They also share the Black Eyes ac on.
Shadowy Magic. The rogue and the shadow share the
same innate spellcas ng abili es, drawing from the
same pool of available spells. Spells unavailable to the
rogue also become unavailable to the shadow, and vice
versa. Their shared innate spellcas ng ability is Wisdom
(spell save DC 10, +2 to hit with spell a acks). They can
cast the following spells.
At will: chill touch, dancing lights, thaumaturgy
6/day: darkness, fog cloud, misty step, sleep
3/day: invisibility, pass without trace
1/day: hunger of Hadar
Shadowy Resurrection. If the rogue or the shadow are
killed, a member of the pair that is s ll alive can spend
1 hour to resurrect the other as long as 30 days have
not passed. If the rogue leaves behind a body, it
disintegrates. The resurrected reappears within 5 feet
of the resurrector.
Ac ons
piercing damage. The rogue deals an addi onal 10
(3d6) necro c damage if it has advantage on the a ack
roll or if its shadow is within 5 feet of the target and
isn't incapacitated.
Black Eyes. The rogue becomes blind and deaf through
its own senses and instead sees and hears through the
senses of the shadow, or vice versa. Either the rogue or
the shadow can end this effect as an ac on.
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Thief
Thieves are super good at stealing stuff.
Master Thief, VGM pg. 216

Spy, MM pg. 349
The master thief is suf icient for an effective cat burglar or
dashing vagrant, while the spy is suf icient to represent the
roleplay focus of a more social setting.
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Sorcerers
Deathtouched Sorcerer (DAPC)
Survivors of an attack by an undead creature may ind that the Deathtouched Sorcerer
necromantic energy fueling that creature has seeped into their Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
very bones, unlocking a dark and costly power within them.
Deathtouched sorcerers often take on visual aspects of the
Armor Class 13
creature that nearly killed them, such as sharp fangs for
survivors of a vampire's bite, deathly pale skin for those that Speed 30 ft.
withstood the paralysis of a ghoul, or empty, glassy eyes for
victims of a ghost's possession.
10 (+0) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 16 (+3)
Skills Stealth +6, Survival +4

Innate Spellcasting. The sorcerer's innate spellcas ng

ability is Charisma (+6 to hit with spell a acks, spell
save DC 14). The sorcerer can cast the following spells
innately.
At will: invisibility, speak with dead
3/day: etherealness
Spellcasting. The sorcerer is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its
spellcas ng ability is Charisma (+6 to hit with spell
a acks, spell save DC 14). It knows the following
sorcerer spells.
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, dancing lights, message,
minor illusion
1st level (4 slots): charm person, disguise self, false life,
ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, levitate, misty step
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Possession (Recharge 6). One humanoid that the
sorcerer can see within 5 feet of it must succeed on a
DC 14 Charisma saving throw or be possessed by the
sorcerer; the sorcerer then disappears, and the target is
incapacitated and loses control of its body. The sorcerer
now controls the body but doesn't deprive the target of
awareness. While doing so, the sorcerer is considered
to be undead. The sorcerer can't be targeted by any
a ack, spell, or other effect, except ones that turn
undead, and it retains its alignment and its Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Charisma scores. It otherwise uses the
possessed target's sta s cs, but doesn't gain access to
the target's knowledge, class features, or proficiencies.
The possession lasts un l the body drops to 0 hit points,
the sorcerer ends it as a bonus ac on, or the sorcerer is
forced out by an effect like the dispel good and evil
spell. When the possession ends, the sorcerer
reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the
body. The target is immune to the sorcerer's Possession
for 24 hours a er succeeding on the saving throw or
a er the possession ends.
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Dragon Sorcerers (PHB) Red Dragon Sorcerer
Dragon sorcerers gain their powers in a myriad of ways, from Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
being born as a result of a polymorphed dragon mating with a
human, or other ways. It's mostly the polymorph thing.
The included statblock is for a red, gold, or brass dragon Hit Points 117 (18d8 + 36)
sorcerer. For other subtypes, remove the ire immunity and Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft.
make the following changes.
Black or Copper Dragon Sorcerer STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Damage Immunities acid 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 18 (+4)
Spellcasting. The sorcerer replaces its list of spells with the
following.
Skills Arcana +3, Persuasion +7
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, dancing lights, minor illusion, Damage Immunities fire
friends Senses passive Perception 10
1st level (4 slots): charm person, chromatic orb (acid only), Languages Draconic plus any one language
silent image, sleep Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
2nd level (3 slots): crown of madness, hold person, levitate,
Melf's acid arrow Spellcasting. The sorcerer is a 7th-level spellcaster. Its
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fear spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to
4th level (2 slots): vitriolic sphere hit with spell a acks). It knows the following sorcerer
spells.
Blue or Bronze Dragon Sorcerer
Damage Immunities lightning Cantrips (at will): control flames, create bonfire, fire
bolt, light
1st level (4 slots): burning hands, color spray, detect
following.
magic, expeditious retreat
Cantrips (at will): gust, minor illusion, mold earth, shocking
2nd level (3 slots): agnazzar's scorcher, pyrotechnics,
grasp scorching ray
1st level (4 slots): absorb elements, chromatic orb (lightning 3rd level (3 slots): daylight, fireball, protection from
only), create or destroy water, silent image energy
2nd level (3 slots): dust devil, earthbind, gust of wind, mirror 4th level (2 slots): wall of fire
image
3rd level (3 slots): erupting earth, hypnotic pattern, lightning Ac ons
bolt
4th level (2 slots): blight, storm sphere Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
Green Dragon Sorcerer piercing damage.
following.
Cantrips (at will): friends, minor illusion, poison spray
1st level (4 slots): fog cloud, ray of sickness, sleep
2nd level (3 slots): phantasmal force, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): gaseous form, stinking cloud
4th level (2 slots): blight, confusion
Silver or White Dragon Sorcerer

Damage Immunities cold
following.
Cantrips (at will): frostbite, gust, ray of frost, shape water
1st level (4 slots): chromatic orb (cold only), ice knife
2nd level (3 slots): gust of wind, misty step, Snilloc's snowball
swarm, warding wind
3rd level (3 slots): protection from energy, sleet storm
4th level (2 slots): ice storm
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Favoured Chosen (XGE)
A favoured chosen is a mortal being chosen by the gods for Favoured Chosen
mysterious reasons. Through absolutely no hard work or effort Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic good (75%) or
on their part whatsoever, they are suddenly saddled with chaotic evil (25%)
extreme divine power. Most of them go completely insane as a
result. Armor Class 15 (breastplate)
Hit Points 247 (26d8 + 130)
Speed 30 ft., 30 ft. fly

20 (+5) 13 (+1) 20 (+5) 15 (+2) 15 (+2) 20 (+5)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +10, Wis +7, Cha +10
Skills Arcana +7, Intimidation +10, Persuasion +10,
Religion +7
Damage Immunities necrotic, radiant
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, or Infernal, plus any one
language
Angelic Weapons. The chosen's weapon a acks are

magical. When the chosen hits with any weapon, the
weapon deals an extra 9 (2d8) radiant damage (good)
or necro c damage (evil). This is included in the a ack.
Favored by the Gods. The chosen magically adds 5 (2d4)
to the result of each a ack roll, ability check, and saving
throw it makes.
Spellcasting. The chosen is an 18th-level spellcaster. The
chosen's spellcas ng ability is Charisma (+10 to hit with
spell a acks, spell save DC 18). The chosen has the
following spells prepared, which it can cast without
material components.
At will: light, mending, sacred flame, thunderclap
1st level (4 slots): charm person, comprehend
languages, cure wounds (good), inflict wounds (evil),
magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, enhance ability,
levitate, spiritual weapon (a scepter)
3rd level (3 slots): crusader's mantle, fireball (evil),
mass healing word (good), protection from energy
4th level (3 slots): banishment, polymorph
5th level (3 slots): commune, creation, hallow
6th level (1 slot): harm (evil), heal (good), sunbeam
7th level (1 slot): divine word, plane shift
8th level (1 slot): earthquake (evil), holy aura (good),
sunburst
9th level (1 slot): gate
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Multiattack. The chosen makes two a acks with its royal
scepter.
Royal Scepter. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage
plus 9 (2d8) radiant damage (good) or necro c damage
(evil).
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Phoenix Sorcerer (UA)
Humanoids reborn by the ires of a phoenix may inherit some of Phoenix Sorcerer
the phoenix's abilities, which may only manifest in times of Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
stress, or even remain latent until their children's children feel
the ires awakening within them. Armor Class 12
They are among the least subtle sorcerers in the world, given Hit Points 187 (22d8 + 88)
that they literally give off light and they have giant iery wings Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft.
erupting from their back.

10 (+0) 14 (+2) 18 (+4) 10 (+0) 11 (+0) 20 (+5)
Damage Immunities fire

Burning Aura. When a creature hits the sorcerer with a

melee a ack, it takes 7 (2d6) fire damage.
Glowing Skin. As a bonus ac on, the sorcerer can
ac vate or deac vate its glowing skin. While ac ve, it
sheds bright light in a 30 foot radius and dim light 30
feet beyond that.
Phoenix Spark (1/day). When the sorcerer is reduced to
0 hit points, it can instead choose to drop to 1 hit point.
If it does so, each creature within 30 feet of it must
make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 28 (8d6)
fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
on a successful one.
Spellcasting. The sorcerer is a 10th-level spellcaster. The
sorcerer's spellcas ng ability is Charisma (+9 to hit with
spell a acks, spell save DC 17). The sorcerer has the
At will: control flames, create bonfire, fire bolt, light,
produce flame
1st level (4 slots): burning hands, chromatic orb (fire
only), faerie fire, searing smite
2nd level (3 slots): agnazzar's scorcher, continual flame,
flame blade, flaming sphere, heat metal, pyrotechnics,
scorhing ray
3rd level (3 slots): daylight, elemental weapon (fire
only), fireball, flame arrows
4th level (3 slots): conjure minor elementals (magmin
only), elemental bane (fire only), fire shield, wall of fire
5th level (3 slots): conjure elemental (fire elemental
only), flame strike, immolation
Untamed Flame. When the sorcerer rolls fire damage on
its turn, it deals an addi onal 5 fire damage to each
affected creature.
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Sea Sorcerer (UA)
Sons and daughters of a siren or a merfolk who've enraptured a Sea Sorcerer
mortal landlubber can manifest the power of the sea ... but most Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
never realize their true potential. Their powers are only
unlocked by scraping the veil of death through drowning. Armor Class 12

10 (+0) 18 (+4) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 18 (+4)
Damage Resistances fire; bludgeoning, piercing, and

slashing damage from nonmagical weapons
Amphibious. The sorcerer can breathe on land and

under water.
Curse of the Sea. When a sorcerer targets a creature
with a spell that deals cold damage, deals lightning
damage, or forces the target to move, the target suffers
addi onal effects on a hit or a failed save, as listed
below.
Cold Damage. The target's speed is reduced by 15 feet.
Lightning Damage. The target takes an addi onal 7
(2d6) lightning damage.
Forced movement. The target is moved an addi onal 15
feet.
Spellcasting. The sorcerer is a 6th-level spellcaster. The
At will: gust, ray of frost, shape water, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): chromatic orb (cold or lightning only),
create or destroy water, thunderwave, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): gust of wind, Snilloc's snowball
swarm, warding wind
3rd level (3 slots): lightning bolt, wall of water, water
breathing, water walk
Watery Form. The sorcerer can move through a space as
narrow as 3 inches wide without squeezing.
Ac ons
Trident. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit,
reach 5 . or range 20/60 ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6)
piercing damage or 4 (1d8) piercing damage if used
Reac ons
Watery Defense. When a creature hits the sorcerer with
an a ack, the sorcerer can move up to its speed
without provoking opportunity a acks.
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Shadow Sorcerer (XGE)
Shadow sorcerers draw their power from the Shadowfell, a Shadow Sorcerer
really dark place with scary monsters. Medium humanoid (any race), any evil alignment
Armor Class 13
Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 18 (+4)

Damage Immunities necrotic
Languages Deep Speech plus any one language
Darkness Incarnate. The sorcerer can cast darkness at

will as a bonus ac on without expending verbal or
Douser of Light. Natural fires and other light sources not
worn or carried by a creature are magically
ex nguished when the sorcerer starts its turn within 30
feet of them. While not in direct sunlight, the sorcerer
can choose to magically appear as a black silhoue e,
gran ng it advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. A
DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check exposes the sorcerer's
true appearance (but doesn't reveal the sorcerer if it is
hidden).
Innate Spellcasting. The sorcerer's spellcas ng ability is
Charisma (+7 to hit with spell a acks, spell save DC 15).
The sorcerer can cast the following spells innately:
At will: chill touch, false life, minor illusion, sleep
3/day each: blindness/deafness, disguise self, fear, ray
of sickness
1/day each: blink, circle of death, invisibility
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the sorcerer to 0
hit points, it must make a Cons tu on saving throw
with a DC of 5 plus the damage taken, unless the
damage is radiant or from a cri cal hit. On a success,
the sorcerer drops to 1 hit point instead.
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Summon Hound of Ill Omen (1/Day) The sorcerer
summons a hell hound from the Nine Hells to an empty
space within 30 feet of it. The hell hound is fiercely loyal
to the sorcerer and remains in the material realm for 1
minute or un l the sorcerer dismisses it as an ac on.
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Stone Sorcerer (UA)
When a humanoid is unjustly buried alive, their cries are Stone Sorcerer
sometimes answered by the elemental plane of earth. Like a Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
revenant, they return from the dead to wreak their revenge.
Gifted with weapons that do not break and a resolve that will Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
not shatter, they hunt down and personally duel anyone who Hit Points 170 (24d8 + 80)
had wronged them in life. Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

19 (+4) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 16 (+3)
Skills Intimidation +7, Investigation +4, Perception +7

slashing damage from nonmagical weapons
Senses Tremorsense 30 ft., passive Perception 17
Blessed by Stone. The sorcerer's weapon a acks are

magical. When the sorcerer hits a creature with a melee
weapon a ack, it deals an addi onal 22 (4d10) force
damage (included in the a ack).
Earth Aegis. Up to three friendly creatures of the
sorcerer's choice within 30 feet of it also benefit from
the sorcerer's resistances to bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing damage from nonmagical weapons.
Spellcasting. The sorcerer is an 8th-level spellcaster. The
At will: booming blade, gust, mold earth, thunderclap
1st level (4 slots): absorb elements, compelled duel,
earth tremor, thunderwave, wrathful smite
2nd level (3 slots): dust devil, earthbind, gust of wind,
hold person, Maximilian's earthen grasp
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, erupting earth, Melf's
minute meteors, protection from energy
4th level (3 slots): staggering smite
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Multiattack. The sorcerer makes two weapon a acks.
(4d10) force damage.
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Storm Sorcerer (SCAG, XGE)
Storm sorcerers are often found in the employ of merchant Storm Sorcerer
ships, as their powers lend themselves well to good winds and Medium humanoid (any race), neutral
strong currents.
Armor Class 12
Speed 30 ft., 30 ft. fly

10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 13 (+1) 18 (+4)
Damage Immunities lightning, thunder

Conductor of the Wind. The sorcerer can use its bonus

ac on to change the direc on of the wind within a 100-
foot radius around it. The sorcerer can choose the
direc on but not the strength of the wind.
Innate Spellcasting. The sorcerer's spellcas ng ability is
Charisma (+8 to hit with spell a acks, spell save DC 16).
The sorcerer can cast the following spells innately:
At will: gust, shocking grasp, thunderclap, thunderwave
3/day each: gust of wind, shatter, thunderous smite
1/day each: call lightning, storm sphere, warding wind,
wind wall
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Lightning Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit,
reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage
plus 2 (1d4) lightning damage, and the target must
succeed on a DC 16 Cons tu on saving throw or be
stunned un l the end of its next turn.
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Wind's Lash. When the sorcerer is hit by an a ack, it can
use its reac on to force its a acker to make a DC 16
Cons tu on saving throw. On a failed save, the target
takes 14 (4d6) thunder damage and is pushed 20 feet in
a direc on of the sorcerer's choice. On a successful
save, the target takes no damage and is pushed 10 feet.
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Vampiric Sorcerer (DAPC)
Not all vampires turn their thralls into other vampires. Vampiric Sorcerer
Sometimes mortals are more useful as slaves. Mortals under the Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
servitude of a vampire are permanently scarred by their
experiences, and this scarring may travel down their bloodline Armor Class 12
to reawaken in their children's children as unholy powers, Hit Points 105 (14d8 + 42)
mimicking the best and worst of the vampiric curse. While some Speed 30 ft.
vampiric sorcerers attempt to use their evil powers for good,
others revel in cruelty and make arrangements to become true
vampires after death. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
14 (+2) 14 (+2) 17 (+3) 11 (+0) 12 (+1) 19 (+4)
Saves Dex +4, Wis +3, Cha +6

Magic Weapons. The sorcerer's weapon a acks are

magical.
Misty Escape. When the sorcerer drops to 0 hit points
and isn't killed outright, it can instead drop to 1 hit
point and cast gaseous form on itself without
expending a spell slot or components. If it can't cast this
spell, it drops to 0 hit points as usual.
Partial Regeneration. The sorcerer gains 10 temporary
hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit
point. If it starts its turn in sunlight or running water, it
gains 5 temporary hit points instead, replacing any
temporary hit points it might have gained through other
sources. This trait doesn't func on if the sorcerer is
prevented from regaining hit points on its turn, such as
through the chill touch spell.
Shapechanger. The sorcerer can use its ac on to
polymorph into a Tiny bat or back into its true form.
While in bat form, the sorcerer can't speak, its walking
speed is 5 feet, and it has a flying speed of 30 feet. Its
sta s cs, other than its size and speed, are unchanged.
Anything it is wearing transforms with it, but nothing it
is carrying does. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Spellcasting. The sorcerer is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its
a acks, spell save DC 14). It knows the following
sorcerer spells.
Cantrips (at will): control flames, friends, infestation,
minor illusion
1st level (4 slots): charm person, false life, fog cloud,
sleep
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, misty step, suggestion
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Multiattack. The sorcerer makes two unarmed strikes.
Unarmed Strike (Humanoid Form Only). Melee Spell
Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4)
bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, the
sorcerer can grapple the target (escape DC 13).
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Wild Magic Sorcerer (PHB)
If anyone knew how wild magic sorcerers were created, they
would probably shut it down somehow.
Apprentice Mage, VGM pg 209

Mage, MM pg. 347
Archmage, MM pg. 342.
Any of these, or in fact any creature with spellcasting, can
represent a wild magic sorcerer. Simply add the following trait
to that creature:
Wild Magic Surge. When the creature casts a spell of 1st-

level or higher, it rolls twice on the Wild Magic Surge Table
(PHB pg. 104) and uses either number.
As the effects are unpredictable, this does not change a

creature's challenge rating.
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Warlocks
Celestial Servant (XGE)
Servants of angels and other great celestial beings are often Celestial Servant
granted small boons to assist them in their work. Medium humanoid (any race), lawful good (75%) or
lawful evil (25%)
Celestial Gifts
Armor Class 16 (scale mail)
Patron Chain Blade Tome
An eagle Speed 30 ft.
A war pick in A silken scroll
with a
The Kirin the shape of a woven from the
golden
horseshoe kirin's hair STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
beak
A greatsword 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 8 (-1) 8 (-1) 15 (+2)
Michail, An Glowing runes on
that some mes
Solar aarokocra the warlock's body
flies away Skills Religion +1
A black A small shield with Damage Resistances necrotic, radiant
Godsworth, A maul made of Senses passive Perception 9
bear with ritual carvings on
Empyrean solid light Languages Celestial plus any one language
white fur the inside
Spellcasting. The servant is a 2nd-level spellcaster. Its

a acks, spell save DC 12). It regains its expended spell
slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the
following warlock spells.
Cantrips (at will): guidance (good), light, sacred flame,
thaumaturgy (evil)
1st level (2 slots): cure wounds (good), guiding bolt,
inflict wounds (evil), protection from evil and good
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Faith Seeker (UA)
Warlocks that wander through the astral planes in search of Faith Seeker
deeper knowledge are called Faith Seekers, their ingertips Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment (usually
brushing across the stars themselves. While they can use their good)
magical chain in combat, they prefer to resolve con licts
peacefully. Armor Class 12
Faith Seeker Gifts Speed 30 ft.

Planes A long-legged A star A sack full of
Walker stork chain feathers 11 (+0) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 15 (+2)
Skills Arcana +4, Insight +3, Investigation +4,

Perception +3, Persuasion +4, Religion +4
Damage Resistances cold, fire
Aurora (3/day). As a bonus ac on, the faith seeker

ac vates an aurora in a 10-foot radius around itself un l
the end of its next turn. While the aurora is ac ve, the
faith seeker has resistance to all damage, and if a
hos le creature ends its turn within the radius, it takes
9 (2d8) radiant damage.
Innate Spellcasting. The faith seeker's innate spellcas ng
following spells without material components.
3/day: augury
1/day: plane shift
Spellcasting. The faith seeker is a 3rd-level spellcaster.
Its spellcas ng ability is Charisma (+4 to hit with spell
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, minor illusion,
prestidigitation
1st-2nd level (2 slots): feather fall, levitate, locate
object, jump
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Star Chain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10 .,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 3
(1d6) force damage.
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Hexblade Wielder (XGE)
Like shadow sorcerers, wielders of a hexblade draw their power Hexblade Wielder
from mighty creatures from the Shadowfell. These warlocks' Medium humanoid (any race), chaotic neutral or the
powers are often presented in the form of legendary weapons alignment of its bonded weapon
such as Blackrazor, the Life Drinker, and without such
weapons they are rendered powerless or killed outright. Armor Class 17 (half plate)
Hexblade wielders in your campaign might have different Hit Points 97 (15d8 + 30)
weapons to Blackrazor. You can replace the bonded weapon Speed 30 ft.
with a sentient weapon listed in the DMG or with a custom
weapon of your design. Note that the challenge rating might not
accurately re lect the power of other weapons.
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 18 (+4)
Hexblade Gifts Senses passive Perception 10
Patron Chain Blade Tome Languages any one language, plus one language shared
A twelve- A shadowy orb that with its bonded weapon
Shadowfell Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)
legged Blackrazor whispers its spells in
Wanderer
spider your ear
Hexblade. The hexblade wielder is bonded to a sen ent
weapon, for which it uses its Charisma modifier for its
a ack and damage rolls. The hexblade wielder and its
weapon can communicate telepathically, and the
hexblade wielder obeys its bonded weapon's
commands. The hexblade wielder can use its bonus
ac on to teleport its bonded weapon into a free hand,
or a bonus ac on to temporarily dismiss the bonded
weapon into a pocket dimension. If the hexblade
wielder spends at least 1 hour without touching its
bonded weapon, the hexblade wielder dies and the
weapon appears in an empty space within 10 feet of it.
Spellcasting. The hexblade wielder is a 5th-level
spellcaster. Its spellcas ng ability is Charisma (+9 to hit
with spell a acks, spell save DC 17). It regains its
expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long
rest. It knows the following warlock spells.
Cantrips (at will): eldritch blast, true strike
1st-3rd level (3 slots): blur, shield, wrathful smite
Weapon Bond: Blackrazor. The hexblade wielder's
bonded weapon is Blackrazor, a chao c neutral sen ent
greatsword that can speak Common and Deep Speech
(Int 21, Wis 17, Cha 25). Blackrazor is a legendary +3
magic weapon.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The hexblade wielder makes three a acks
with its bonded weapon.
Blackrazor. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) slashing damage, plus
14 (4d6) necro c damage. If a cri cal hit is scored with
Blackrazor, the wielder rolls damage dice three mes,
instead of twice. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points
by this weapon, it dies; its body is destroyed, its soul is
absorbed by the Blackrazor, and the wielder gains 54
(12d6) temporary hit points.
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The Undying (SCAG)
Those who fear the afterlife, or worse, the oblivion of true death, The Undying
seek out forces that can help them understand these processes Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
better and even stay the hand of Death itself, for a time. When
they make pacts and deals in search of this knowledge, they Armor Class 13 (leather armor)
become Undying warlocks. Hit Points 114 (12d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
Undying Gifts
Patron Chain Blade Tome STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
A A very 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 20 (+5) 17 (+3) 17 (+3) 18 (+4)
Silk, Guardian An po ed cactus, each
poisonous long, scaly
Naga needle a different spell
snake whip Skills Religion +6
Arcy A dagger A small vial of liquid Condition Immunities exhaustion
Rackenwort, A skeleton carved that refills each me it Senses passive Perception 13
Lich from bone is drunken from Languages Celestial plus any one language
Princess An
Aursley, indignant A royal A love le er from the Death Defier (3/Day). When the undying succeeds on a
Cursed human scepter princess death saving throw or stabilises a creature with spare
Immortal guard the dying, it regains 11 (2d8 + 2) hit points.
Spellcasting. The undying is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, spare the dying
1st-5th level (3 slots): aura of life, blindness/deafness,
contagion, deafness, death ward, false life, feign death,
legend lore, ray of sickness, silence, speak with dead
Undying Nature. The undying can hold its breath
indefinitely, and it doesn't require food, water, or sleep.
Addi onally, undead have disadvantage on a ack rolls
against the undying, and the undying has advantage on
saving throws against spells and other magical effects
created by undead.
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Warlock of the Archfey (PHB)
The archfey of the Feywild are ickle beings known for making
promises they cannot possibly hope to keep. Those who fall prey
to such false promises become their warlocks.
Warlock of the Archfey, VGM pg. 219

The warlock in Volo's Guide to Monsters is suf icient to
Archfey Gifts
Queen
A sickle that A bauble of light that
Titania of the A
waxes and wanes swims with magical
Summer pixie
with the moon incanta ons
Court
Hyrsam, the A book that never
A A net with holes
Prince of opens to the right
satyr that are too big
Fools page you need
A gnarled old A dissected sprite
Sheff,
A dagger with a with rituals carved
Ancient
goblin pickled eye set in into its internal
Green Hag
its hilt organs
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Warlock of the Archlich (DAPC)
Ancient liches who irst uncovered the secrets of lichdom are Warlock of the Archlich
powerful enough to promise foolish mortals a taste of their Medium humanoid (any race), any evil alignment
magic through a pact of evil. Just as the archlich amasses
warlocks, so too can their warlocks often be found surrounded Armor Class 12
by cultists and zealots, none of whom truly understand the price Hit Points 114 (12d8 + 60)
that such power demands from them. Speed 30 ft.
Raven Queen Gifts STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Patron Chain Blade Tome 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 20 (+5) 17 (+3) 17 (+3) 18 (+4)
A quarterstaff A stone tablet with
The A
constructed from a ancient spells carved Skills Arcana +7
Archlich mummy
human spine in its surface Damage Resistances necrotic
Bond of Unlife. The warlock uses its bonus ac on to

choose a willing creature within 30 feet of it that can
see and hear it to form a dark bond. At the start of each
of the warlock's turns, it drains 10 hit points from that
creature, increasing its own hit points by the amount
drained. The warlock can dismiss such a bond as a
bonus ac on. It can have up to three bonded creatures
at the same me.
Innate Spellcasting. The warlock's innate spellcas ng
following spells innately.
1/day: circle of death
2/day: animate dead
Spellcasting. The warlock is an 11th-level spellcaster. Its
spellcas ng ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to
hit with spell a acks). It knows the following warlock
spells.
Cantrips (at will): chill touch, mage hand, minor
illusion, prestidigitation
1st-5th level (3 5th-level slots): cloudkill, contagion,
detect thoughts, Evard's black tentacles, fear, hex,
inflict wounds, Melf's acid arrow, ray of sickness, speak
with dead, vitriolic sphere
Unholy Resilience (1/Day). When the warlock is reduced
to 0 hit points and not killed outright, it can choose to
drop to 1 hit point instead.
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slashing damage.
Shared Fate. The warlock chooses a creature within 30
feet of it that can see and hear it. The target must make
a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, whenever the
warlock takes damage, the target takes the same
amount of damage as necro c damage. The target can
remake the save at the end of each of its turns, ending
the effect on a success.
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Warlock of the Fiend (PHB)
While devils are more likely to approach mortals with deals they
can't possibly refuse, demons are often the ones being
approached instead, offering powers beyond comprehension
and giving the insane the hope that others may see the world
like they do.
Yugoloths are ignored of course. They're sitting in the corner
eating glue.
Warlock of the Fiend, VGM pg. 219

Fiend Gifts
A jet-black book of
A spined
Asmodeus A whip incomprehensible
devil
runes
A silk gown with
A A three-
Belial embroidery that
succubus pronged pike
carries deep magic
A randomly A book wri en in
determined an assortment of
A weapon that incompa ble
Demogorgon
cockatrice changes form languages that
before every screeches when
a ack opened
An elven book
A giant A poisoned whose pages rot
Lolth
spider shortsword and twist in one's
hands
A mace in the
A form of a A flesh-bound book
Orcus crawling scepter topped with a human spine
claw with a woman's encasing it
skull
A mace that A cracked red book
Pit Fiend A magmin sizzles with whose pages smell
heat of brimstone
A scimitar A set of scales, each
A winged
Tiamat made from a with a spell carved
kobold
dragon's claw on them
A flail with A book with teeth
A giant
Yeenoghu made of three and a habit of bi ng
hyena
cackling skulls its readers
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Warlock of the Great Old One
(PHB)
Most Great Old Ones are too vast and powerful to even
understand that warlocks draw their power from them, much
like humans have no comprehension of the lives of the mites
that live in their eyelashes, feasting on their dead skin.
"Gifts" from a Great Old One are usually constructed (or
recruited) by the warlock themselves. The Great Old One
provides nothing but inspiration.
Warlock of the Great Old One, VGM pg. 220

Great Old One "Gifts"

A heavy
Illusory texts that
Ghaunadaur, crossbow with a
only the holder
That Which A spectator spyglass
of a glass eye can
Lurks mounted on the
see
top
A flesh-bound
Great A giant
A hooked glaive book that reeks
Cthulhu octopus
of fish
Tharizdun, A small empty Ta oos inscribed
A
the Chained cage turned into over the
homunculus
God a maul warlock's body
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Warlock of the Raven Queen
(UA) Warlock of the Raven
Warlocks of the raven queen are lawful servants of Her Deathly Queen
Grace tasked with seeking out those who would cheat death, Medium humanoid (any race), any lawful alignment
bringing them towards the black void like everyone else.
Raven Queen Gifts Hit Points 44 (8d8 + 8)
Speed 30 ft.
The Raven A black silken A black swirling A black velvet
Queen raven sickle book STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 14 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 17 (+3)
Damage Resistances necrotic
Condition Immunities frightened
Raven Queen's Servant. The warlock has a familiar in the

form of a raven. While the raven is perched on its
shoulder, it cannot be targeted by a acks, spells, or
other harmful effects, it can't take damage, and it is
incapacitated un l the warlock releases it from its
shoulder as a bonus ac on. The warlock can perceive
through the raven's senses and the raven can use its
ac on to teleport to a space within 5 feet of the
warlock as long as they are on the same plane of
existence. The raven doesn't sleep and can wake the
warlock as a bonus ac on if it is within 100 feet of it.
The raven vanishes if it or the warlock is killed.
Raven's Gifts. If the warlock's raven isn't perched on its
shoulder, it loses its darkvision and its proficiency in
Percep on.
Spellcasting. The warlock is a 3rd-level spellcaster. Its
a acks, spell save DC 13). It can use its shadowy orb in
place of any material components. It regains its
expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long
rest. It knows the following warlock spells.
Cantrips (at will): chill touch
1st-2nd level (2 slots): false life, sanctuary, silence,
spiritual weapon (a scythe)
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Wizards
Bladesingers (SCAG)
There exists a community of elves who believe that martial Red Tiger Bladesinger
mastery and arcane mastery are fundamentally interlinked. Medium humanoid (elf), any alignment
Master over the body equals mastery over the mind. These
bladesingers, as they're called, wield weapons according to their
af iliated faction and literally carve their spells out of the air.
Included is a Red Tiger bladesinger. Your NPC bladesinger Speed 40 ft.
might be af iliated with a different bladesinger faction and as a
result wield a different weapon, such as a whip or a longsword.
It uses its Dexterity for any one-handed melee weapon it wields. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Changing the bladesinger's weapon does not affect its challenge 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 15 (+2) 18 (+4) 13 (+1) 15 (+2)
rating.
Skills Acrobatics +8, Perception +4, Performance +8
Languages Elvish plus any two languages
Bladesong. While the bladesinger isn't wearing Medium

or Heavy armor or using a shield, its AC includes its
Intelligence modifier, and it has advantage on
Cons tu on saving throws made to maintain
concentra on on a spell.
Fey Ancestry. The bladesinger has advantage on saving
throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to
sleep.
Spellcasting. The bladesinger is a 5th-level spellcaster. It
to hit with spell a acks). It has the following wizard
spells prepared.
Cantrips (at will): gust, mending, prestidigitation, ray of
frost
1st Level (4 slots): color spray, expditious retreat, false
life, find familiar, shield
2nd Level (3 slots): cloud of daggers, hold person,
mirror image, misty step, see invisibility, spider climb
3rd Level (2 slots): counterspell, fly, haste
Victorious Blades. The bladesinger's melee weapon
a acks are magical, and it adds its Intelligence modifier
to the weapon's damage (included in the a ack).
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Multiattack. The bladesinger makes two a acks with its
scimitar.
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Chronomancer Chronomancer
(TehlalTheAllTelling) Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Manipulators of time, a chronomancer takes on an appearance
that sparks pity to fool any who underestimate them. They often Armor Class 13 (16 with mage armor)
have an eccentricity that can indicate their unfamiliarity with
Speed 30 ft.
the way that time passes for other beings. You can roll randomly
to determine your chronomancer's eccentricity, or pick from the
following list (reprinted from the class document). STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Chronomancer Eccentrici es 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 11 (+0) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 11 (+0)
d6 Eccentricity
Skills Arcana +6, History +6
The chronomancer looks significantly younger or older Senses passive Perception 11
1
than they are. Languages any two languages
The chronomancer always reports the me with the Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
2
fullest amount of informa on.
3 The chronomancer gets their tenses mixed up very easily. Improved Ready Action. The chronomancer can take the
Ready ac on as a bonus ac on. The chronomancer
The chronomancer uses "month" and "minute" does not require concentra on to ready a spell using
4
interchangeably. the Ready ac on.
Some mes the chronomancer's beard or fingernails are
Reactive. The chronomancer can take two reac ons
5 shorter at the end of the day than they were in the
each round, rather than one.
morning.
The chronomancer is either very pa ent or very Spellcasting. The chronomancer is an 18th-level
6 impa ent, and some mes one a er the other spellcaster. Its spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell
interchangeably. save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell a acks). It has the
following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): blade ward, true strike
1st level (4 slots): longstrider, mage armor, magic
missile, shield, sleep, snare, unseen servant
2nd level (3 slots): blur, continual flame, gentle repose,
hold person
3rd level (3 slots): clairvoyance, counterspell, dispel
magic, haste, slow
4th level (3 slots): arcane eye
5th level (3 slots): dream, far step, hold monster,
modify memory, scrying
6th level (1 slot): contingency, true seeing
7th level: (1 slot): delayed blast fireball, simulacrum,
time stop (considered to be a 7th-level spell)
8th level (1 slot): clone, mind blank, power word stun
9th level (1 slot): foresight
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5 ., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage.
Reac ons
Chronostasis (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest).
When the chronomancer takes damage, it can cast
either haste targe ng itself or slow centred on itself
without expending a spell slot or using components for
either. If it does so, the chronomancer does not need to
concentrate on either spell.
Drift Together. When a creature the chronomancer can
see casts time stop, the chronomancer can also cast
time stop if it can, expending a spell slot and using
components as normal. While time stop is ac ve for
both the target and the chronomancer, their turns
alternate star ng at the top of ini a ve.
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Hemomancer (DAPC)
Hemomancers use forbidden blood magic to conduct dark
rituals.
Necromancer, VGM pg. 217

The necromancer from Volo's Guide to Monsters is suf icient
to represent this subclass. You can add the following traits to get
across the lavour of a hemomancer.
Blood Pact. The hemomancer can reduce its hit points by 5

to cast a spell of irst level without expending a spell slot. It
can cast spells at higher level using this trait, but it must
expend an additional 5 hit points for each level of the spell
above 1st.
Deepen Wound. When the hemomancer hits a creature that
is below its hit point maximum with a spell, the creature
takes an additional 5 (1d10) necrotic damage.
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Inventor (UA)
50% mad scientist, 50% Iron Man, 100% sex appeal. Inventor
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment (usually
chaotic)
Armor Class 15 (arcanomechanical armor)

Hit Points 117 (18d8 + 36)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft.

10 (+0) 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 17 (+3)
Skills Arcana +6, Persuasion +5, Tinker's Tools +6

Antimagic Susceptibility. The inventor is incapacitated

while in the area of an antimagic field and while it
wears its armor. If targeted by dispel magic while
wearing its armor, the inventor must succeed on a
Cons tu on saving throw against the caster's spell save
DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute.
Reckless Spellcasting. The inventor is a 4th-level
spellcaster. Its reckless spellcas ng ability is Intelligence
(spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell a acks). When the
inventor casts a spell, it rolls a d10 twice from the list of
cantrips or the list of spells of the same level of the
spell slot consumed and chooses either result. If the
inventor chooses to roll again, it can cast both of the
new results, but if either of the new results are 10, it
wastes the ac on and the spell slot. It knows the
following wizard spells.
Cantrips (at will): 1: acid splash, 2: chill touch, 3: fire
bolt, 4: light, 5: poison spray, 6: ray of frost, 7: sacred
flame, 8: shocking grasp, 9: thorn whip, 10: roll again
1st level (4 slots): 1: burning hands, 2: chromatic orb,

3: color spray, 4: faerie fire, 5: false life, 6: fog cloud,
7: jump, 8: magic missile, 9: thunderwave, 10: roll
again
2nd level (3 slots): 1: blur, 2: darkness, 3:

enlarge/reduce, 4: gust of wind, 5: invisibility, 6:
levitate, 7: Melf's acid arrow, 8: scorching ray, 9:
shatter, 10: roll again
Ac ons
Arcanomechanical Blast. Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit,
range 30 ., one target. Hit: 5 (2d4) force damage.
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Lore Master (UA) Lore Master
Magic nerd. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Altering Spells Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)

Lore masters can change the damage type and saving throw of
Speed 30 ft.
their spells. A limited number of suggestions of how to
thematically adjust ireball are included below. You can use your
own ideas for other ability scores or spells. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Cons tu on Saving Throw (Physical Effects) 8 (-1) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 19 (+4) 9 (-1) 8 (-1)
Damage Type Descrip on
Skills Arcana +8, History +8, Nature +8, Religion +8
Acid A popping bubble of acid Senses passive Perception 9
Cold A cloud of chilling rain Languages any six languages
Fire A box that fills with shimmering heat
Force Magical energy yanked out of the body Elemental Secrets (1/Turn). When the lore master deals
Lightning Two rota ng magne c stones acid, cold, fire, force, lightning, necro c, radiant, or
thunder damage, it can subs tute that damage type
Necro c Each creature ages 10 years with one other type from that list.
Radiant The clouds part and blast sunrays
Secrets of the Body and Mind (Recharges after a Short or
Thunder Deafening sound Long Rest). When the lore master casts a spell that
forces the target to make a saving throw, the lore
Intelligence Saving Throw (Unknown Interac ons) master can change the saving throw from one ability
score to another of its choice.
Damage
Type Descrip on Spellcasting. The lore master is a 6th-level spellcaster. Its
Clear liquid spreads across the ground spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (+7 to hit with spell
Acid a acks, spell save DC 15). It has the following wizard
(hydrochloric acid)
spells prepared.
Cold Slow, lazy fog fills the area (liquid nitrogen)
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, mage hand, poison spray,
Orange goop sprays and s cks to everything it prestidigitation
Fire
touches (napalm) 1st level (4 slots): charm person, expeditious retreat,
A speck of dust spins around the group, speeding identify, illusory script, mage armor, thunderwave,
Force unseen servant
up (par cle accelerator)
2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, detect thoughts,
Lightning A so , felt carpet (sta c shock) invisibility, knock, locate object, see invisibility, shatter
Necro c A strange patch of mould (flesh-ea ng bacteria) 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, clairvoyance, fireball,
sending
A single green rock lands in the middle of the
Radiant
group (uranium)
A small humming device rolls towards a black box
Ac ons
Thunder Pencil. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ., one
(amplifier and feedback loop)
target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.
Wisdom Saving Throw (Inflicted Curses)
Damage Type Descrip on
Acid Nausea
Cold Hypothermia
Fire Heatstroke
Force Internal bleeding
Lightning Stroke
Necro c Runny nose, sore throat
Radiant Sunburn
Thunder Heart a ack
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Reawakener (DAPC)
Reawakeners are dual practitioners of necromancy and
conjuration, taking the souls of creatures they have slain and
turning those souls against their former allies.
Conjurer, VGM pg. 212

Necromancer, VGM pg. 217
The conjurer or necromancer statblock from Volo's Guide to
Monsters is suf icient to represent this subclass. In addition, you
can choose up to 3 monsters that the reawakener has defeated
in combat, adding them to the encounter and giving them the
following template.
Reawakened Monster Template

The monster replaces its creature type with undead.
The monster losees its multiattack feature.
The monster's maximum hit points equal the mage's
maximum hit points.
The monster replaces its movement speed with ly 30 ft.
(hover).
The monster gains immunity to necrotic and poison damage.
The monster gains immunity to the charmed, exhaustion,
frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petri ied, poisoned, prone,
and restrained conditions.
Incorporeal Movement. The monster can move through
other creatures and objects as if they were dif icult terrain. It
takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an
object.
Spectral Weapons. The monster's weapon attacks are
magical and deal force damage instead of their regular
damage type.
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Scholarly Wizards (PHB) Wizard Companions
Abjurer, VGM pg. 209 A wizard might have companions that follow it around and do
Abjurers use magic to protect those who cannot fend for its bidding, willingly or otherwise. They are listed here for easy
themselves and to defeat other wizards. reference while building your wizard encounters.
Conjurer, VGM pg. 212 Familiars

Conjurers create something out of nothing and bind the spirits Familiars are loyal servants that assist the wizard in arcane
of extraplanar beings to their will. matters and rituals.
Crawling Claw, MM pg. 44

Diviner, VGM pg. 213 Gazer, VGM pg. 126
The future is a limitless haze to most people, but to a diviner, it
Faerie Dragon, MM pg. 133
is a certainty.
Imp, MM pg. 72
Pixie, MM pg. 253
Enchanter, VGM pg. 213 Pseudodragon, MM pg. 254
Enchanters and enchantresses are infamous for the hold they
Quasit, MM pg. 63
take over another's will.
Spectator, MM pg. 30
Sprite, MM pg. 283
Evoker, VGM pg. 214
Explosive and vibrant, evokers are the artillery of any magical
Guardians
war, annihilating their enemies with destructive blasts.
Guardians are beings that wizards employ (or coerce) into their
service for physical protection.
Illusionist, VGM pg. 214
Illusionists don't actually exist. They're a myth. Animated Armor, MM pg. 19
Flying Sword, MM pg. 20
Necromancer, VGM pg. 217 Guard Drake, VGM pg. 158
Necromancers have a stereotype for committing nasty deeds. Shield Guardian, MM pg. 271
Their stereotype is earned, unfortunately. Skeleton, MM pg. 272
Zombie, MM pg. 316
Transmuter, VGM pg. 218
Transmuters look at the state the world is in and whisper to Other Employees
themselves, "that simply shall not do." For extra fun, your wizard can employ any humanoid of CR 3 or
lower, in this document or from the Monster Manual or Volo's
Guide to Monsters. Humanoids of CR 1/4 or lower are usually
paid about 2 sp per day, while more powerful or skilled
humanoids can be paid 2 gp or more for a day's work.
Monstrous humanoids such as orcs and kobolds will probably
require another form of payment from their wizard employer,
such as land, resources, or license to kill and plunder as they
wish.
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Shrouded Wizard (SargeBriar)
The shrouded arts of magic are not taught using textbooks. Shrouded Wizard
Prospective learners must irst prove themselves among the Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
best and brightest among their classes, at which point they are
handpicked by a master to learn new techniques and spells Armor Class 13
through rote memorisation alone. If any of the secrets a Hit Points 54 (12d8)
shrouded wizard keeps were to be released, the world would Speed 30 ft.
crumble to its foundations, so all of their spells, all of their
techniques, all of their knowledge, are stored safely inside of
their own minds. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 15 (+2) 14 (+2)
Skills Arcana +7, Deception +4, Stealth +5

Shrouded Arts. The wizard requires no spellbook,

commi ng its spells to memory instead. It can replace
any verbal components of its spells with soma c
components instead.
Shroud of Oblivion. The wizard wears a magical shroud
that grants it certain innate spellcas ng abili es. The
wizard's innate spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell
save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell a acks). It can cast the
following spells innately, using the shroud as its focus.
At will: disguise self, nondetection
3/day each: greater invisibility, modify memory
1/day each: mind blank, Nystul's magic aura
Spellcasting. The wizard is a 10th-level spellcaster. The
wizard's spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell save DC
15, +7 to hit with spell a acks). It knows the following
wizard spells.
Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, friends, minor illusion,
prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): charm person, color spray, fog cloud,
illusory script, silent image, sleep, Tasha's hideous
laughter, unseen servant
2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, darkness, detect
thoughts, hold person, invisibility, knock, phantasmal
force, rope trick, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse, blink, counterspell,
enemies abound, glyph of warding, tiny servant
4th level (3 slots): arcane eye, charm monster,
confusion, dimension door, phantasmal killer
5th level (3 slots): dominate person, dream, geas,
mislead, scrying, seeming
Ac ons
piercing damage.
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Theurge (UA)
The gods of magic don't always compel their followers to be Theurge
clerics. They say, "I'm a magic god, be a wizard" and then their Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
followers was a wazard. Hoooo.
Armor Class 12
Gods of the Theurgy Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12)
Speed 30 ft.
Azuth, God of Wizards
10 (+0) 15 (+2) 13 (+1) 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 10 (+0)
Deneir, God of Writing
Followers often carry a quill pen that never seems to run out of Skills Arcana +5, Religion +5
ink, and their packs are always illed with paper. Senses passive Perception 12
Languages Celestial plus any two languages
Leira, Goddess of Illusion Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Followers have a knack for spotting illusions and tend to
examine their world in more detail. Knowledge of the Ages (Recharges after a Short or Long
Rest). As a bonus ac on, the theurge chooses one skill
Mystra, Goddess of Magic or tool and gains proficiency in it un l they use this
Opposing magic always seems to just barely miss followers. ability again.
They're just outside of the blast of a ireball, or the eldritch blast Spellcasting. The theurge is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its
strikes their ally instead, or a paladin decides to use his words spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 13, +5
rather than a zone of truth. to hit with spell a acks). It has the following wizard and
cleric spells prepared.
Oghma, God of Knowledge
Followers are occasionally struck by facts they would have had
Cantrips (at will): light, mage hand, minor illusion,
prestidigitation, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
no way of iguring out on their own.
1st level (4 slots): alarm, charm person, command,
feather fall, identify, protection from evil and good,
Savras, God of Divination and Fate thunderwave, unseen servant
Keen observers know to avoid a room that a follower refuses to 2nd level (3 slots): augury, blindness/deafness, gentle
walk into. repose, hold person, magic mouth, scorching ray,
suggestion
Ac ons
Read Thoughts. The theurge targets one creature it can
see within 60 feet of it. The target must make a DC 13
Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the target is
immune to this effect for 24 hours. On a failed save, for
1 minute, the theurge can read the target's surface
thoughts while it is within 60 feet of the theurge.
During that me, the theurge can use its ac on to end
the effects and cast suggestion without spending a
spell slot; the target automa cally fails its saving throw
against suggestion.
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War Wizard (XGE)
War wizards are bored senseless by the academic pursuits of War Wizard
their cohorts and believe warfare to be the true inal exam of Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
any self-respecting arcane scholar.
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Speed 30 ft.

12 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 13 (+1)

Combat Caster. The wizard has advantage on

Cons tu on saving throws made to maintain
concentra on on a spell. While the wizard maintains
concentra on on a spell, it has a +3 bonus to AC and all
saving throws.
Spellcasting. The wizard is a 6th-level spellcaster. The
wizard's spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell save DC
16, +8 to hit with spell a acks). It has the following
wizard spells prepared.
Cantrips (at will): blade ward, fire bolt, mending,
shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): absorb elements, expeditious retreat,
feather fall, fog cloud, grease, mage armor, magic
missile, protection from evil and good
2nd level (3 slots): blur, darkness, earthbind, invisibility,
pyrotechnics, web
3rd level (3 slots): blink, counterspell, dispel magic,
fireball, fly, protection from energy
Ac ons
Reac ons
Arcane Deflection. When the wizard is hit by an a ack
or it fails a saving throw, it can use its reac on to gain a
+3 bonus to its AC against that a ack or a +6 bonus to
that saving throw. Addi onally, up to three creatures of
the wizard's choice that it can see within 60 feet of it
each take 10 (4d4) force damage.
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Arti icers
Alchemist (UA)
Not all magic is conducted through books. Sometimes, the true Alchemist
potential of magic can only be unlocked through rigorous Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
experimentation unchained by the puritanical concerns of
"ethics" or "common decency".
Armor Class 13
While most spellcasters conjure forth spells from the aether, Hit Points 63 (14d8)
alchemists instead use tools and physical objects to produce the Speed 30 ft.
effects (though the result is still magical in nature). An acid
splash may literally be a vial of magical acid chucked at a foe.
Invisibility might be an array of mechanical scales covering the STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
alchemist that mimic the environment around them. Identify 12 (+1) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 13 (+1)
might involve a set of miniature drones that hover above the
item, scanning it with their mechanical eyeballs before reporting Skills Alchemist's Supplies +8, Herbalism Kit +5
back. Imagination is key to getting across how an alchemist Damage Resistances acid, poison
differentiates its spellcasting from wizards. Condition Immunities poisoned
Most alchemists have created for themselves a homunculus to Senses passive Perception 11
function as their familiar, as per the familiar sidebar on the Languages any two languages
homunculus page in the Monster Manual. Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The alchemist's innate spellcas ng

ability is Intelligence (+6 to hit with spell a acks, spell
save DC 14). The alchemist can cast the following spells
innately.
4/day: lesser restoration
1/day: greater restoration
Magic Weapons. The alchemist's weapon a acks are
magical.
Spellcasting. The alchemist is a 4th-level spellcaster. The
alchemist's spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (+6 to hit
with spell a acks, spell save DC 14). The alchemist
knows the following ar ficer spells.
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): alarm, detect magic, grease, identify,
purify food and drink, ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): alter self, invisibility, magic mouth,
Melf's acid arrow, spider climb, web
Ac ons
Multiattack. The alchemist makes two a acks with its
compound hand crossbow. It can replace one of these
a acks with its Po on Vial ac on.
Compound Hand Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6
to hit, range 30/120 ., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4)
piercing damage. This crossbow does not have the
loading property of crossbows and does not need to be
reloaded between a acks. It grants its wielder a +1 to
a ack and damage rolls (included in the a ack).
Potion Vial. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range
15/40 ., one target. Hit: The target and all other
creatures within 5 feet of the target take 10 (3d6)
damage of a type of the alchemist's choosing. The type
can be acid, cold, fire, poison, or lightning.
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Artillerist (UA)
Many wizards see magic as an opportunity to do good in the Artillerist
world. Artillerists would call them naive. Every use of magic is Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
just a roundabout way to cause destruction and death. Why not
embrace that and just start with the mindset of blowing Armor Class 13
everything to smithereens? Hit Points 63 (14d8)
Artillerists use arcane turrets in battle. The arcane turret is Speed 30 ft.
included here as a statblock for reference.

12 (+1) 17 (+3) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 13 (+1)
Arcane Turret
Medium construct, unaligned Skills Tinker's Tools +8, Woodcarver's Tools +6,
Smith's Tools +6
Armor Class 18 (natural armor) Senses passive Perception 11
Hit Points 31 (7d8) Languages any two languages
Speed 15 ft., climb 15 ft. Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Arcane Turret. As a bonus ac on, the ar llerist can

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA summon an arcane turret, which appears within 5 feet
of it and acts on the ar llerist's ini a ve. The turret
10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 1 (-5) 1 (-5) 1 (-5)
lasts un l it is dismissed by the ar llerist as a bonus
ac on or un l 10 minutes have passed. The ar llerist
Damage Immunities poison, psychic can have up to 3 turrets summoned at once.
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened,
exhaustion, frightened, incapacitated, paralyzed, Magic Weapons. The alchemist's weapon a acks are
petrified, poisoned, stunned, unconscious magical.
Spellcasting. The alchemist is a 4th-level spellcaster. The
Languages --
ar llerist's spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (+6 to hit
with spell a acks, spell save DC 14). The ar llerist
knows the following ar ficer spells.
Arcane Repairs. If mending is cast on the turret, it
regains 10 (3d6) hit points. Cantrips (at will): firebolt, mending
1st level (4 slots): expeditious retreat, false life,
Ac ons longstrider, shield, shield of faith, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): blur, continual flame, enhance
Flamethrower. The turret exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. ability, heat metal, scorching ray, shatter
Each creature in the area must make a DC 14 Dexterity
saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) fire damage on a failed save Ac ons
or half as much damage on a successful one. The fire
ignites any flammable objects in the area that aren't Multiattack. The ar llerist makes two a acks with its
being worn or carried. compound hand crossbow.
Compound Hand Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6
Force Arrow. Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 120
to hit, range 30/120 ., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4)
., one target. Hit: 13 (3d8) force damage, and if the
piercing damage. This crossbow does not have the
target is a creature, it is pushed up to 5 feet away from
loading property of crossbows and does not need to be
the target.
reloaded between a acks. It grants its wielder a +1 to
Detonation. Each creature within 10 feet of the turret a ack and damage rolls (included in the a ack).
must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 14
(4d6) force damage on a failed save or half as much
damage on a successful one. The turret is destroyed.
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Attuner (UA)
Spells are ephemeral. Items are not. Attuner
Attuner Inventory Armor Class 12
Your NPC attuner might have magical items on their person that Hit Points 66 (12d8 + 12)
don't factor into their combat statblock. Roll 1d6 on the table of Speed 30 ft.
Attuner Inventory, then randomly determine which items from
the given lists the arti icer might have on them.
You can also have the attuner be attuned to the magic items STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
and use them in battle. Keep in mind that the challenge rating 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
doesn't account for magic items held by the attuner.
Skills Smith's Tools +5, Tinker's Tools +5
A uner Inventory Senses passive Perception 10
d6 Loot Languages any three languages
1 a set of broken tools Challenge 3 (700 XP)
2 1 trinket Superior Attunement. The a uner can a une to four
3 2d4 trinkets magic items maximum, instead of three.
4 1 trinket plus 1 uncommon magic item
5 1d4+1 uncommon magic items
Ac ons
6 1 rare magic item Thunder Cannon. Ranged Weapon Attack: +0 to hit,
damage plus 7 (2d6) thunder damage.
Blast Wave (Recharge 5-6). The a uner releases energy
Mechanical Servant from its cannon in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the
cone must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or
Large construct, Lawful Neutral
take 14 (4d6) thunder damage and be pushed 10 feet
away from the a uner.
Speed 40 ft.
Reac ons
Aid Me, Servant! When a creature targets the a uner
with a melee a ack and the a uner's mechanical
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA servant is within 5 feet of the creature, the a uner can
20 (+5) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 6 (-2) 13 (+1) 7 (-2) command its mechanical servant to make a melee
weapon a ack against that creature. The mechanical
servant's a ack hits before the target creature's a ack.
Condition Immunities charmed, poisoned
Languages understands the languages of its creator but Suggested Magic Items
can't speak Different attuners could have vastly different magic items
Challenge 2 (450 XP) depending on their preferred tactics in battle.
For an attuner that focuses on mobility, use the following
Ac ons magic items.
Multiattack. The servant makes two a acks: one with its Boots of Striding and Springing
slam and one with its slash. Eyes of the Eagle
Necklace of Adaptation
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ., one Ring of Jumping
target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.
For an attuner that focuses on stealth, use the following magic
Slash. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ., one
target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage. items.
Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location

Cloak of Elvenkind
Hat of Disguise
Slippers of Spider Climbing
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Blood Hunters
Ghostbane Blood Hunter (Matt
Mercer) Ghostbane Blood Hunter
The process of becoming a blood hunter and steeling oneself
against evil can take a blood hunter close to death. The
imbibement of the hunter's bane, a ritual sacred to the blood Armor Class 16 (half plate)
hunters, can induce a state that is indistinguishable, for a Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
moment, from death itself. Many blood hunters embrace this
Speed 30 ft.
aspect of their identity and seek to untether their souls from
their body to ight on past the darkness. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 11 (+0)
Skills Insight +6, Intimidation +4, Survival +6

Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Beyond Death. When the blood hunter is reduced to 0

hit points, it falls unconscious and its spirit rises from its
body. Its spirit is a ghost that replaces its ac ons with
only the Rite Scythe a ack. If the blood hunter dies, its
spirit also dies, and vice versa. If the spirit reduces a
creature to 0 hit points, the blood hunter regains 9
(2d8) hit points. The blood hunter's spirit immediately
returns to its body if the blood hunter wakes up by any
means.
Hunter's Bane. The blood hunter has advantage on
Wisdom (Survival) checks to track fey, fiends, and
undead, and on Intelligence checks to recall informa on
about them.
Rite Weapon. The blood hunter's rite weapon is its
scythe. Its a acks with its rite weapon are magical and
deal an addi onal 4 (1d8) necro c damage plus 4 (1d8)
radiant damage (included in the a ack).
Ac ons
Multiattack. The blood hunter makes three a acks with
its rite weapon.
Rite Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) slashing damage plus 4
(1d8) necro c damage plus 4 (1d8) radiant damage. If
the damage reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the
blood hunter regains 9 (2d8) hit points.
Reac ons
Blood Curse of the Fallen Puppet. When an ally of the
blood hunter is reduced to 0 hit points while within 30
feet of it, the blood hunter can give the creature a final
act of aggression. Before it falls unconscious or dies, the
ally can make one weapon a ack against a target of the
blood hunter's choice within weapon range.
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Lycan Blood Hunter (Matt
Mercer) Lycan Blood Hunter
Blood hunters that embrace the aspect of the wolf in their
rituals are among the most feared and the least trusted of their Armor Class 17 (half plate)
order. Some turn to the order as penance for atrocities Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
committed while under the in luence of the full moon, in an Speed 40 ft.
attempt to do enough good in the world to counteract the bad.
Others deliberately undergo a ceremony to in lict lycanthropy
upon themselves, seduced by the potential it brings them. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
20 (+5) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 10 (+0) 17 (+3) 8 (-1)

slashing damage from weapons that aren't silvered

undead, and on Intelligence checks to recall informa on
about them.
Keen Hearing and Smell. The blood hunter has
advantage on Wisdom (Percep on) checks that rely on
hearing or smell.
Lycan Resistance. The blood hunter's damage
resistances func on only while in its hybrid form.
Feral Desperation. While in hybrid form, the blood
hunter has advantage on ability checks and saving
throws using Strength, and it has a +2 bonus to melee
a ack and damage rolls (included in the a ack).
Pack Tactics. The blood hunter has advantage on a ack
rolls against a creature if at least one of its allies is
within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t
incapacitated.
Rite Weapon. The blood hunter's rite weapon is its
unarmed strike (or Rite Strike). Its a acks with its rite
weapon are magical and deal an addi onal 4 (1d8)
slashing damage (included in the a ack).
Shapechanger. The blood hunter can use its bonus
ac on to polymorph into a wolf-humanoid hybrid, or
back into its true form, which is humanoid. Its sta s cs
are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing
or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form
if it dies.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The blood hunter makes two Rite Strikes.
Spear (Humanoid Form Only). Melee or Ranged Weapon
Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 . or range 20/60 ., one
target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) piercing damage or 9 (1d8 + 5)
piercing damage if wielded with two hands to make a
melee a ack.
Rite Strike (Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack:
+10 to hit, reach 5 ., one target. Hit: 16 (2d8 + 7)
slashing damage.
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Mutant Blood Hunter (Matt
Mercer) Mutant Blood Hunter
Enchanted by the process of mutating their bodies in their
hunter's bane ritual, some blood hunters seek out new methods Armor Class 13 (half plate)
of mutating their bodies to suit their needs, side effects be Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
damned. Speed 20 ft.
Other Mutations STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

The blood hunter in this statblock has mutated its body in three
22 (+6) 6 (-2) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 11 (+0)
ways: irst, it increased its maximum strength, but reduced its
dexterity in the process. Second, it gave itself the ability to
regenerate at the cost of its top movement speed. Finally, it
allowed itself to ignore being grappled, paralyzed, or restrained,
Condition Immunities grappled, paralyzed, poisoned,
and it chose to ignore any side effects of this mutation using its restrained
strange metabolism. Senses passive Perception 12
The simplest way to change your blood hunter's mutations is Languages any one language
to change its speed to 30 ft., remove its reconstruction trait, and Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
choose one of the following options to replace it. Using these
alternatives may affect the dif iculty of the blood hunter. Blood Curse of the Transfusion. As a bonus ac on, the
blood hunter can heal an allied creature within 30 feet
Muta on Effect Side Effect of it by 14 (4d6) hit points. The blood hunter takes
Aether Drain. The blood hunter damage equal to the hit points regained.
Speed 30 ., fly
Aether has disadvantage on ability checks
20 . Hunter's Bane. The blood hunter has advantage on
using Strength or Dexterity.
Multiattack. The undead, and on Intelligence checks to recall informa on
blood hunter Cruel Punishment. The blood about them.
Cruelty makes three hunter has disadvantage on
a acks with its saving throws. Reconstruction. The blood hunter regains 5 hit points at
rite weapon. the start of its turn as long as it has more than 0 hit
points.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in
Senses Rite Weapon. The blood hunter's rite weapon is its
sunlight, the blood hunter has
darkvision 60 greatsword. Its a acks with its rite weapon are magical
Nighteye disadvantage on a ack rolls, as
., passive and deal an addi onal 4 (1d8) poison damage (included
well as on Wisdom (Percep on)
Percep on 12 in the a ack).
checks that rely on sight.
Rapidity Speed. 45 .
Weak Points. A acks made against
the blood hunter score a cri cal
Ac ons
hit on a roll of 19 or 20. Multiattack. The blood hunter makes two a acks with its
rite weapon.
Since the mutant blood hunter concocts slurries to mutate its
body, rather than the mutations being innate, the blood hunter
Rite Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach
5 ., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing damage plus
might have one or more of these mutations on its person as
4 (1d8) poison damage.
potions that can be drunk by other creatures. Refer to the blood
hunter class mutagens for examples of how these potions might
affect a creature.
The rules for potions you pick up from a defeated mutant
blood hunter might be different to those in the class feature to
make for more interesting rewards. A creature must be a
humanoid of size Small or Medium to be affected by such a
potion. The creature both bene its from the effects and suffers
from the side effects. The effects and side effects last for 1
minute and are considered to be nonmagical. A creature can
discover the effects and side effects of such a potion given one
hour of study and a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Alchemist's
Tools) or Intelligence (Medicine) check.
Allies ighting alongside the mutant blood hunter might also
have some of the mutations active during a ight.
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Profane Blood Hunter (Matt
Mercer) Profane Blood Hunter
Profane blood hunters make pacts with minor evils, a necessary
moral compromise to make in the face of greater threats. Armor Class 17 (half plate)
Hit Points 112 (15d8 + 45)
Profane Pacts Speed 30 ft.
The profane blood hunter in this statblock has made a pact with
a iend, such as an erinyes or a barlgura. As a result, its rite STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
weapon deals ire damage and it has resistance to ire damage.
12 (+1) 16 (+3) 16 (+3) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 11 (+0)
For other pacts, you can replace the damage resistance and the
damage in licted by its rite weapon with other types based on
the creature it has made its pact with at your discretion. One of
Damage Resistances fire
its spells might also be swapped for a different spell depending
on its pact. Some examples are listed below, none of which affect Languages any one language
the blood hunter's challenge rating. Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Patron Damage Spell Replaces ...
Barbed Devil fire sword burst blade ward Wisdom (Survival) checks to track fey, fiends, and
Green Hag necro c invisibility fear undead, and on Intelligence checks to recall informa on
about them.
Ice Devil cold frostbite chill touch
Incubus/ Rite Weapon. The blood hunter's rite weapon is its
necro c suggestion hold person longbow. Its a acks with its rite weapon are magical
Succubus
and deal an addi onal 4 (1d8) fire damage (included in
Lamia psychic calm emotions earthbind the a ack).
Oni cold sleep charm person Spellcasting. The blood hunter is a 5th-level spellcaster.
crown of Its spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to
Medusa poison blindness/deafness hit with spell a acks). It regains its expended spell slots
madness
when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the
ray of following warlock spells, and can cast them using its rite
Mindflayer psychic phantasmal force
enfeeblement weapon as its spellcas ng focus.
Mummy necro c mending mage hand
Cantrips (at will): blade ward, chill touch, mage hand
1st-3rd level (2 3rd-level slots): charm person, crown of
madness, earthbind, fear, hold person, ray of
enfeeblement
Ac ons
Multiattack. The blood hunter can either make two
a acks with its rite weapon or cast a cantrip and make
one weapon a ack.
piercing damage.
Rite Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range
150/600 ., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage
plus 4 (1d8) fire damage. If the damage from this a ack
reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the blood hunter
regains an expended spell slot.
Diabolic Channel. The blood hunter makes one a ack
with its rite longbow against a creature. If the a ack
hits, the blood hunter can cast one spell on the target,
regardless of the regular rules for range, affec ng only
that target. If the spell requires an a ack roll, it
automa cally hits. If the spell requires a saving throw,
the creature has disadvantage on the first saving throw
made against the spell.
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Long Rangers
Beast Tamer (GQ69)
With a loyal beast by its side to help it track down and tear apart Beast Tamer
its foe, beast tamers are feared not for their strength but for Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
their resourcefulness. The central tactic that underlines a beast
tamer's approach is maneuverability, working in tandem with
its beast to expertly skirt around the lines of battle in a
whirlwind of death. Speed 40 ft.
A beast tamer's animal companion can be any beast that
seems thematically appropriate to the encounter. You can add
the following traits to that beast to make it more effective in STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
combat and demonstrate its connection with its master. 14 (+2) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 15 (+2)
Distracting Claws. When the beast hits a creature with an
attack, each attack made against that creature by the beast
Skills Animal Handling +8, Athletics +4, Perception +6
tamer before the end of the beast tamer's next turn is made
with advantage.
Through Bared Fangs (Recharges after a Long Rest).
When the beast takes damage that would reduce it to 0 hit
Follow Prey. The beast tamer has advantage on checks
points without killing it outright, it can choose to regain all of
to track a target, and its passive Percep on is increased
its hit points instead of taking damage. by 5.
Vicious Loyalty. As a bonus action, the beast can move up
to its speed towards the beast tamer. Thrown Weapon Specialist. The beast tamer can use its
Dexterity instead of Strength to make ranged a acks
You can also give the beast the following reaction: with its handaxes. If it does so, it gains a +2 to its a ack
roll (included in the a ack). The beast tamer has 12
Distance Keeper. When a hostile creature ends its turn handaxes available.
within 5 feet of the beast, the beast can move up to half its
speed without provoking opportunity attacks. Tracker's Mark. As a bonus ac on, the beast tamer
chooses one target within 60 feet of its posi on that it
For suggestions on what kind of beasts might be appropriate can see, or replaces its mark with a new target it can
for the beast tamer, you can consult the beastmaster's page in see within range. The beast tamer's weapon a acks
this document and draw from the same set of creatures. ignore any damage resistances of the marked target
and deal an addi onal 7 (2d6) damage.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The beast tamer makes three a acks with
its handaxes.
Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit
with a melee a ack or +7 to hit with a ranged a ack,
slashing damage, or 7 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage if used
to make a ranged weapon a ack. A er making this
a ack, the beast tamer and its beast can both move up
to 5 feet without expending movement.
Reac ons
Distance Keeper. When a hos le creature ends its turn
within 5 feet of the bounty hunter, the bounty hunter
can move up to 15 feet without provoking opportunity
a acks.
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Bounty Hunter (GQ69)
Bounty hunters specialise in capturing and disabling their prey Bounty Hunter
to bring them in alive. They hunt dangerous monsters for Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
zoological menageries, vile criminals for the city watch, slaves
for brutal despots, and anything and anyone for whoever pays Armor Class 15 (studded leather)
the right price. Hit Points 77 (14d8 + 14)
Speed 30 ft.

14 (+2) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 15 (+2) 18 (+4) 10 (+0)
Skills Intimidation +2, Investigation +4, Perception +6,

Survival +6
Crossbow Specialist. The bounty hunter ignores the

loading property of crossbows, and it has a +2 to a ack
rolls made with its heavy crossbow (included in the
a ack).
Follow Prey. The bounty hunter has advantage on
checks to track a target, and its passive Percep on is
increased by 5.
Tracker's Mark. As a bonus ac on, the bounty hunter
can see, or replaces its mark with a new target it can
see within range. The bounty hunter's weapon a acks
ignore any damage resistances of the marked target
Tripwire Specialist. The bounty hunter incurs no
disadvantage on ranged a acks made against targets
that are prone, and when it reduces a creature to 0 hit
points, it can choose to knock the creature unconscious
and stabilise them rather than kill them.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The bounty hunter makes two a acks with
its heavy crossbow.
damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 14
Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.
Restrain. The bounty hunter a empts to restrain a
prone creature within 5 feet of its posi on. The target
must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity or Strength saving
throw (its choice) or become grappled and restrained
by the bounty hunter (escape DC 14).
Reac ons
Distance Keeper. When a hos le creature ends its turn
within 5 feet of the bounty hunter, the bounty hunter
can move up to 15 feet without provoking opportunity
a acks.
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Primal Warden (GQ69)
As protectors of the natural world and an expert at living at one Primal Warden
with the land, it is the duty of a primal warden to extend Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
protection to anyone who is an ally of the forests, and to strike
down any who threaten the natural order of things. Unlike a Armor Class 14 (hide armor)
druid, the primal warden's smaller pool of spells is focused Hit Points 104 (19d8 + 19)
around making itself a greater threat in combat. Speed 30 ft.

10 (+0) 17 (+3) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 19 (+4) 10 (+0)
Skills Nature +4, Perception +7, Survival +7

Follow Prey. The primal warden has advantage on

checks to track a target, and its passive Percep on is
increased by 5.
Innate Spellcasting. The primal warden's innate
spellcas ng ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 15). It can
cast the following spells innately.
1/day each: alter self, gaseous form, meld into stone,
polymorph
Longbow Specialist. The primal warden ignores half
cover and three quarters cover when it makes a acks
with its longbow, and it has a +2 to ranged weapon
a ack rolls (included in the a ack).
Spellcasting. The primal warden is a 4th-level
spells prepared.
Cantrips (at will): druidcraft, guidance, mold earth
1st level (4 slots): absorb elements, alarm, ensnaring
strike, hail of thorns
2nd level (3 slots): cordon of arrows, pass without
trace, spike growth
Tracker's Mark. As a bonus ac on, the primal warden
can see, or replaces its mark with a new target it can
see within range. The bounty hunter's weapon a acks
ignore any damage resistances of the marked target
Ac ons
Multiattack. The primal warden makes two a acks with
its longbow.
damage.
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Mystics
Awakened Mystic (UA)
This mortal form is merely a stepping stone for a mystic to Awakened Mystic
achieve the purest state of being: mental energy, and nothing Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
else, loating in the void of existence.
Ultimate Form Hit Points 45 (10d8)
Speed 30 ft.
Some awakened mystic achieve their ultimate form and
transcended their humanoid bodies, becoming a powerful
celestial being. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
8 (-1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 15 (+2) 10 (+0)
Solar (MM pg. 18)
A solar can be used to represent such a mystic. Instead of
presenting itself as a humanoid igure, the solar appears instead
Saves Str +1, Con +2, Int +7, Wis +4
Skills Insight +6, Perception +4, Religion +7
as a bauble of glowing white energy. It removes its damage
Senses truesight 30 ft., passive Perception 14
resistances and the Angelic Weapons trait, replaces any
Languages all, telepathy 120 ft.
reference to radiant damage with psychic damage, and makes Challenge 1 (200 XP)
the following changes to its statblock. These changes do not
affect its challenge rating.
Borrow Expertise (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest).
Large celestial, any alignment
As a bonus ac on, the mys c chooses one creature with
which it has a telepathic link. The mys c gains one skill,
Speed 0 ft., ly 150 ft. (hover)
tool, or weapon proficiency of that creature (mys c's
Damage Immunities psychic; nonmagical bludgeoning,
choice), las ng un l it finishes a short or long rest.
piercing, and slashing
Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The mys c’s innate
petri ied, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15). It
Languages can't speak but understands all languages, can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
telepathy 600 ft. components:
Incorporeal Movement. The solar can move through other At will: spare the dying, vicious mockery
creatures and objects as if they were dif icult terrain. It takes 3/day each: calm emotions, cure wounds, fear, lesser
5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. restoration
Psychic Weapons. The solar's weapon attacks are magical, 1/day each: charm monster, clairvoyance, greater
and its weapons are illusions visible only to the solar and the restoration, remove curse
target of the attack. When the solar hits with any weapon,
the weapon deals an extra 6d8 psychic damage (included in Ac ons
the attack).
Mind Thrust. The mys c blasts psychic energy at a
The solar can also add the spells from the awakened mystic's creature it can see within 5 feet of it. The target must
Innate Spellcasting trait to its own Innate Spellcasting. succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take 12
(2d6 + 5) psychic damage and be pushed up to 10 feet
away from the mys c.
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Immortal Mystic (UA)
This mortal form is incomplete. Only by unlocking one's true Immortal Mystic
potential through psionic powers can one become inally whole. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 18 (chain mail, shield)

Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)

13 (+1) 18 (+4) 15 (+2) 18 (+4) 11 (+0) 10 (+0)
Saves Str +4, Con +5, Int +7, Wis +3

Skills Insight +3, Perception +3
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The mys c’s innate

spellcas ng ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15). It
can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
components:
At will: vicious mockery
3/day each: shield, shield of faith
1/day each: haste
Psionic Resilience. If the mys c starts its turn with at
least 1 hit point, it gains 5 temporary hit points.
Psychic Weapons. The mys c's weapon a acks are
magical. Its weapons have a +1 to a ack and damage
rolls and deal an addi onal 13 (3d8) psychic damage on
a hit (included in the a ack). Its weapons are illusions
visible only to the mys c and the target of the a ack.
Surge of Speed. As a bonus ac on, the mys c can take
both the Dash and Disengage ac ons.
Ac ons
target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) piercing damage plus 13 (3d8)
psychic damage.
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Miscellaneous
Brawler (GQ69)
Brawlers prefer to get up close and personal, forgoing the Brawler
weight of armor for the weight of a meaty strike to the temple. Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
They can be found as boxers and ring ighters, as acrobats and
clowns in a sinister circus, or even stoic monks in a temple.
What they don't share in origin, they share in dogged
determination and an unwillingness to retreat from danger. Speed 30 ft.
Alternative Weapons STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Instead of brass knuckles, a brawler might use any of the
15 (+2) 15 (+2) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
following weapons. This does not affect the brawler's challenge
rating.
Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ., one
Ac ons
Multiattack. The makes three melee weapon a acks.
Brass Knuckles. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ., one
., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage.
The brawler can also instead use a quarterstaff. If it does so, it

makes two attacks instead of three. This does not affect the
brawler's challenge rating.

6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage if used with two hands
to make a melee a ack.
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Commander (GQ69)
Commanders have seen better days, better battles, better men. Commander
But they still have a ire left in them, and years of experience in Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
warfare have made them excellent leaders and strategists. A
commander in the ield can make every single soldier better Armor Class 18 (plate)
than they ever thought possible. Commanders can be sergeants Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6)
in an army, great political leaders with martial training, criminal Speed 30 ft.
lords of great standing, or old women who have raised their
children and grandchildren to be merciless protectors of their
estate. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
15 (+2) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 12 (+1) 15 (+2)
Alternative Weapons Skills Animal Handling +3, History +3, Intimidation +4,
Instead of a greatsword, a commander might use any of the Persuasion +4
following weapons. This does not affect the commander's Senses passive Perception 11
challenge rating. Languages any two languages
Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10 ., Ac ons

one target. Hit: 8 (1d12 + 2) piercing damage. The
commander's a ack roll has disadvantage if the target Multiattack. The commander makes two melee weapon
is within 5 feet of the commander's posi on and the a acks, or it makes one melee or ranged weapon a ack
commander is not mounted. and uses its commander's strike.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) slashing damage.
damage.
Commander's Strike. The commander chooses one
friendly creature that can see and hear it. That creature
can immediately use its reac on to make one weapon
a ack, adding 3 (1d6) to the a ack's damage roll.
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Courtier (GQ69)
Courtiers aren't really cut out for the whole killing business. Courtier
However, they are often found in ights despite their best efforts Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
to stop it ... or perhaps they self-sabotage because secretly they
enjoy the thrill. Nonetheless, courtiers use their natural Armor Class 11
charisma and ability to read others' emotional states to twist the Hit Points 9 (2d8)
battle to their liking and support their allies. Courtiers can be Speed 30 ft.
literal courtiers in a noble's palace, or they may have other roles
such as a young duke, the daughter of a master general, or an
entertainer in a bar. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 13 (+1) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 15 (+2)
Skills History +3, Insight +4, Persuasion +6

Ac ons
Multiattack. The cour er uses its Rally, if it can. It can
then either make a melee weapon a ack or take the
Dodge ac on.
piercing damage.
Rally (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The cour er
chooses up to 3 friendly creatures within 30 feet that
can see and hear it. Each target gains 5 (1d6 + 2)
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Defender (GQ69)
Weighed down by enormous armor and a hefty shield, Defender
defenders are often hired as guards and escorts. Their shield is Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
an extension of their arm, compensating for their numerous
personality de iciencies. Defenders can be knights for a lowly Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)
lord, protectors of a general, or even priests without a blessing Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8)
from their god. Some come from lowly stock, but most have Speed 30 ft.
enough money for armor.

Alternative Weapons 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
Instead of a spear, a defender might use any of the following
weapons. This does not affect the defender's challenge rating. Senses passive Perception 10
Handaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 .,
one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) slashing damage. Ac ons
Multiattack. The defender makes one melee weapon
a ack. If the a ack misses, the defender can
immediately use its shield bash against the same target.
one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage, or 7 (1d10 Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit,
+ 2) slashing damage if used with two hands to make a reach 5 . or range 20/60 ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2)
melee a ack. piercing damage, or 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage if used
Shield Bash. The defender bashes its shield against a
creature within 5 feet of it. The target makes a DC 12
Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ., one Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the target is
target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage. pushed 5 feet away.
Reac ons
Protection. When a creature the defender can see
a acks a target other than itself that is within 5 feet of
its posi on, it can use its reac on to impose
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Dirty Fighter (GQ69)
Some people prefer slinking about and stabbing someone in the Dirty Fighter
dark than running up foolishly and hitting a slavering monster Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
with a stick. Those people are pretty smart. Dirty ighters rely
on opportunities and cheap tricks to get the upper hand. Dirty Armor Class 13 (leather)
Fighters can be princesses taught to use their slight frames to Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2)
their advantage, gladiators who skirt around their opponents to Speed 30 ft.
tire them out, or squires to knights that can't quell their own
bloodlust.
10 (+0) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
Skills Stealth +6
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The dirty fighter can deal an extra

7 (2d6) damage to one creature it hits with an a ack if
it has advantage on the a ack roll. The dirty fighter
doesn't need advantage on the a ack roll if another
enemy of the target is within 5 feet of it, that enemy
isn't incapacitated, and the dirty fighter doesn't have
Ac ons
Multiattack. The dirty fighter makes two melee weapon
a acks.
piercing damage.
Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range
80/320 ., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
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Duelist (GQ69)
Duelists taunt their opponents into a hasty strike before making Duelist
a few quick cuts or jabs and darting away. They prefer one-on- Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
one battles where they can show off their expert dexterity and
handiwork. Duelists can be swashbuckling pirates trading barbs, Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)
a noble who would die for his family's honor, or an old man Hit Points 16 (3d8 + 3)
relying on his old skills to defend his home from thieves. Speed 30 ft.
Alternative Weapons STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Instead of a rapier, a duelist might use any of the following 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
weapons. This does not affect the duelist's challenge rating.
Duelist. The duelist has a +2 bonus to damage rolls with
melee weapons it wields with one hand, (included in
the a ack). It does not benefit from this trait if it is
holding an item or wielding a weapon in its other hand.
Ac ons
Multiattack. The duelist makes two melee weapon
a acks.
Hand Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit,
damage.
Reac ons
Parry. The duelist adds 2 to its AC against one melee
a ack that would hit it. To do so, the duelist must see
the a acker and be wielding a melee weapon.
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Mercenary (GQ69)
Some guys and gals subsist on a couple scraps of armor and a Mercenary
big honking weapon. Whether they're a young farmboy seeking Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
his destiny, a top thug for a criminal gang, a young woman trying
to return a sword to her ancestral home, or just your regular Armor Class 16 (half plate)
rank and ile soldier, a mercenary is a valuable companion in a Hit Points 19 (3d8 + 6)
ight. Most people with the skills to wield a big weapon will Speed 30 ft.
happily accept money for murder.

Alternative Weapons 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)
Instead of a battleaxe, a mercenary might use any of the
following weapons. This does not affect the mercenary's Senses passive Perception 10
challenge rating. Languages any one language

Ac ons
+ 2) slashing damage if used with two hands to make a Multiattack. The mercenary makes two melee weapon
melee a ack. a acks.
Pike. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10 ., one melee a ack.
Light Crossbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit,
damage.
Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5
7 (1d10 + 2) bludgeoning damage if used with two
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Rune Scribe (UA)
A rune scribe is a scholar that gains their power through the Rune Scribe
power of ancient runes left by civilisations that have long passed Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
their expiration date. Not all knowledge has been passed down
to modern society and some secrets long thought to have been Armor Class 12
erased from history have resurfaced, and as a result are Hit Points 31 (7d8)
jealously guarded by those who wish to keep their power for Speed 30 ft.
themselves.

Runes 10 (+0) 15 (+2) 10 (+0) 19 (+4) 12 (+1) 10 (+0)
Ild Rune
The rune scribe included here possesses a rapier bearing the Skills Arcana +6, Calligrapher's Supplies +6, History +6,
Opal of the Ild Rune, a magic weapon that deals ire damage Mason's Tools +3, Woodcarver's Tools +3
instead of piercing. The rune scribe might possess other runes, Damage Resistances cold
either in place of its Ild Rune or in addition to it. Changing runes Senses passive Perception 11
does not affect the rune scribe's challenge rating. Languages any three languages, at least one of which is
If your rune scribe does not possess its rapier bearing the
usually an exotic language
Opal of the Ild Rune, change the following aspects of its
statblock.
Spellcasting. The rune scribe is a 2nd-level spellcaster.
Remove its resistance to cold damage. Its spellcas ng ability is Intelligence. It can cast the
Remove its rapier, Combustion, Ignite, and Fire Tamer following spells.
actions. Cantrips (at will): mending
1st-level (3 slots): comprehend languages, identify
Stein Rune
A mace bearing the Orb of the Stein Rune is a magic weapon that
ignores resistances and immunities to bludgeoning damage and
Ac ons
knocks a creature prone on a critical hit. If your rune scribe Ild Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 .,
possesses this mace, add the following traits and abilities. one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) fire damage.
STR 15 (+2) Combustion (Recharge 5-6). The rune scribe marks the
Condition Immunities petri ied Ild Rune with ash on a creature within 5 feet of its
Stein Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
posi on. The creature immediately takes 11 (2d10) fire
damage.
Indomitable Stand. The rune scribe scratches the Stein Ignite. The rune scribe marks the Ild Rune with ash on a
Rune with a chisel into the ground at its feet. Until it moves, flammable object. That object immediately bursts into
it gains advantage on all ability checks and saving throws flames.
that would force it to move, and it can force a creature that Fire Tamer. The rune scribe traces the Ild Rune with its
moves within 10 feet of its position to succeed on a DC 14 hand over an open flame. The rune scribe can
Strength saving throw or have its movement speed reduced manipulate the flame as per the control flames spell.
to 0 until the start of its next turn.
Stone's Secrets. The rune scribe scratches the Stein Rune
with a chisel into a stone wall or loor. It learns the location Kalt Rune
and size of any creatures touching the surface within 30 feet A war pick bearing the Shard of the Kalt Rune is magic weapon
of its position at the moment it completes the rune. that deals cold damage instead of piercing. If your rune scribe
possesses this war pick, add the following traits and abilities.
Vind Rune
A whip bearing the Pennant of the Vind Rune is a magic weapon STR 15 (+2)
with a reach of 20 feet, and while the rune scribe possesses this Damage Resistances ire
whip, it does not suffer disadvantage due to range and adds the Kalt War Pick. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
following traits and abilities. one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) cold damage.
Frigid Touch. The rune scribe traces the Kalt Rune with its
Speed 30 ft., ly 30 ft. (hover) foot over a body of water. The water freezes in a 10-foot
Damage Immunities poison radius around the rune.
Condition Immunities poisoned Icy Mantle (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The
Vind Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 20 ft., one rune scribe paints the Kalt Rune with water on itself or a
target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage. willing creature, forming a mantle of ice that lasts for 8
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 600 ft., hours. While the mantle is active, the next time the target
one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage. takes damage, the damage is reduced to 0 and the mantle is
destroyed.
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Noble (MM pg. 348)
Other (PHB, VGM) The noble may have received some training as a ighter, but is
There exist many statblocks from the Monster Manual and meant to represent an upper-class twit who has never been
Volo's Guide to Monsters for NPCs that have not otherwise been shaken by the adrenaline of pitched combat.
listed in this document. They've been placed here for reference.
Priest (MM pg. 348)
Acolyte (MM pg. 342) The priest is a stock standard representation of a low-level
The acolyte can represent a cleric or a paladin in training. cleric or paladin.
Archer (VGM pg. 210) Scout (MM pg. 349)

The archer can represent a ighter, a ranger, or a rogue with a The scout might be a ighter, a ranger, or a rogue, or it might be a
specialty in longbows. It's also a good pick to represent the good it for the Long Ranger homebrew class.
homebrew Long Ranger class.
Thug (MM pg. 350)
Bandit (MM pg. 343) The thug could be a ledgling ighter given enough training, but
The bandit might be a person on the path to become a ighter, its domain seems to irmly be in the underworld of crime; giving
rogue, or barbarian. it some thief rogue features like Thieves' Cant and Second Story
Work could add colour to your thugs. Some thugs may even
Bandit Captain (MM pg. 344) pivot their skill set to become a Blood Hunter as per the
The bandit captain is likely a ighter. homebrew class by Matt Mercer.
Commoner (MM pg. 345) Tribal Warrior (MM pg. 350)

The commoner is intended to be used to represent the The tribal warrior is a good it for a barbarian, but may also be
overwhelming majority of people living within the world. For receptive to training as a druid, ighter, ranger, rogue, or long
every person strong enough to be represented by a statblock in ranger.
this document, there are hundreds of thousands of commoners
just living a normal life, completely oblivious to the
unimaginable cosmic power that those few with ambition seek
out.
Cultist (MM pg. 345)

The cultist might be the apprentice or minion of a cleric
(perhaps a death priest or a night priest), druid (perhaps
working under a liminal druid or spore spreader), paladin
(knight conqueror, mortal traitor, or oathbreaker), sorcerer
(deathtouched or vampiric), or most commonly a warlock of
almost any type.
Cult Fanatic (MM pg. 345)

The cult fanatic is likely well on their way to gaining the power
to become one of the more sinister subclasses listed above, most
commonly a warlock.
Guard (MM pg. 347)

The guard can be used to represent a very low-powered ighter.
Knight (MM pg. 347)

The knight could be a ighter or a paladin that has yet to gain the
powers granted to them by their oath.
Kraken Priest (VGM pg. 215)

The kraken priest is an unusual statblock given that it calls upon
the naming conventions of the priest in the MM and clearly has
abilities based on class features, yet is not represented in any
way by any published subclasses. It has a very speci ic use as the
devoted religious follower of a kraken, which is not a being
capable of granting it divine powers; hence, the kraken priest's
abilities suggest that it is more akin to a warlock than a cleric.
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Appendices
General More Animal Companions and Forms
Similar to the familiars of the warlocks, the options presented
Challenge Rating Guidelines for beastmasters and other sublasses that incorporate beasts
The guidelines for determining challenge rating are located in into their statblock design (most notably the Cavalier and
the Dungeon Master's Guide, pgs. 274-282. Archdruid/Moon Druid) can ignore any class restrictions on the
kinds of beasts they can use. Since the beasts are balanced
Encounter Building around the power of player characters, there's no similar need
I'd like to talk about the concept of challenge rating in 5th to balance them for NPCs as they already come with a built-in
edition. Hopefully this can help inform the way that you build balancing system, namely their respective Challenge Ratings.
encounters using these NPCs and other monsters.
Challenge rating is an average score that attempts to Spellcasting
consolidate the defensive and offensive capabilities of a given Creatures in the PHB that are based on spellcasters without a
creature. A challenge rating of "1" suggests that a creature is full spellcasting progression (e.g. the Death Knight using a
strong enough to provide a "Medium" challenge for a standard paladin's progression) use the progression of the class they're
party of four 1st-level adventurers. A challenge rating of 2 is a mimicking rather than a full spellcasting progression.
Medium challenge for a party of 2nd level adventurers, etc. Keep What this means is that the Death Knight says it's an 18th-
in mind a single monster will be easily defeated regardless. level spellcaster despite only having up to 5th level spell slots.
This doesn't apply at levels lower than 1 (it can be CR 0, 1/8, Even though this is the convention, I've chosen to ignore it.
1/4, or 1/2) or for levels higher than 20, which is the level cap Each time the spellcasting trait is used, it's based off of a full
for 5th edition. The tarrasque is a CR 30 creature, but it will spellcasting progression. This helps keep things consistent and
never ight a party of four 30th-level adventurers. helps compare the relative power of different spellcasters. The
Having greater numbers of enemies or higher CR enemies death knight's 18th-level spellcasting ability is not at all
increases the dif iculty from Medium to Hard or Deadly. comparable to the archmage's 18th-level spellcasting ability,
Similarly, smaller numbers of enemies and weaker CR enemies which does follow the PHB rules but is kind of messy and
decreases the dif iculty from Medium to Easy or Trivial. There's unclear sometimes.
a formula for calculating it which I won't go into, but you can use Since it's simply a notation of the rules, rather than a rule
tools like this. The system for calculating the "deadliness" of an itself, I've chosen to maintain my own conventions in this
encounter is based on a two assumptions. document (such as for the Eldritch Knight and Arcane
First, it assumes that the party is not at full strength; they've Trickster). It doesn't have a measurable affect upon play.
been ighting for most of the day and can't just nuke the monster
with everything they've got. Using NPCs From Other Books
Second, it assumes an "adventuring day", which is de ined as Throughout this document, many of the subclasses aren't given
eight encounters that decrease resources (hit points, class statblocks. Instead, there are references to NPC statblocks from
features, gold pieces, NPC helpers, spell slots, etc). These are the Monster Manual and Volo's Guide to Monsters. These are
usually combat encounters, but they can be anything, including also included in the Challenge Rating section of the index.
traps and roleplay scenarios. These references to pre-built NPCs are intended to avoid
Xanathar's Guide to Everything goes into more detail about overshadowing the NPCs created already by Wizards of the
the expectations (which you can read about in more detail here). Coast, and to encourage the acquisition of the aforementioned
In one hour of play, you should expect four easy ights or two books, which I don't wish this document to be a replacement for.
dif icult ights. Instead of providing new options, I've merely turned your
Whether these are realistic assumptions is left up to the attention to the options already available to you. For some, I've
reader, but the CR system is based upon these assumptions, and provided some minor suggestions on how to adapt them to
they should be considered when planning encounters using focus more on the lavour of the subclass.
these NPC statblocks. That said, many of the statblocks in this document take heavy
inspiration from NPCs in these books. The privateer is an
Familiars alternative to the Swashbuckler in VGM, the Hunter is a Scout
The "Chain" options presented for warlocks in this document from the MM with expanded abilities, the Sharpshooter ful ills
are not representative of the options available to player the same function as an Archer from VGM, and many of the
characters and don't follow the same rules. priests here are "palette-swapped" from the Priest in the MM,
Instead, the companions are independent creatures that serve usually with some extra abilities or different spells.
the patron in a partnership with the warlock. These creatures For many of these statblocks that take heavy inspiration from
might spy on their warlock "master" as much as they spy on its others, I've provided other bits of lavour to further differentiate
enemies. them, such as divine boons and patron gifts.
Together with the clari ications in the appendix, you can dig
into the nitty-gritty process of hacking together a statblock and
take initiative to see how a monster clicks together. I hope this
provides you with a small bit of inspiration to start working on
your own stuff.
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Gloom Stalker
Clari ications Gets bonuses on irst turn of combat, like the scout. I'll give it
Aspect of Vengeance the same kind of multiattack that only functions on turn 1, plus
the bugbear's Surprise Attack trait that gives extra damage to
Offensive Challenge Rating creatures it has surprised.
Since it's inspired by drow tactics, we'll give it poison abilities
The aspect of vengeance deals 29 damage with every strike of
similar to the drow. I like to use the illustration in Xanathar's to
its maul, for a total of 87 per turn. Additionally, it has an ability
determine the weapon it uses but in this instance I'll do my own
which grants it, basically, permanent advantage.
thing because the pickaxes / shortsword combo doesn't really
87 damage is CR 14. Permanent advantage, as seen with Pack
make sense for the abilities it has; I'd prefer a ranged weapon.
Tactics, grants a +1 to effective attack bonus. Even upping this
It'll use darts because it shouldn't be able to multiattack with a
effective bonus to +2 doesn't change the ranking in this
crossbow, and a shortbow doesn't ... feel ... right. And also
situation, unfortunately.
because monster statblocks are a fun way to incorporate lesser-
What about Abjure Enemy? It's unclear, because there aren't
used weapons such as the dart anyway.
any precedents in the DMG about the impact of affecting an
Umbral Sight can be simpli ied to darkvision, but the
opponent's ability to escape a ight. However, the dire wolf and
"invisible in darkness" ability is cool enough to keep.
other creatures that can knock enemies prone (an ability which
Iron Mind isn't crucial to the concept of the class. It's nice but
also halves an enemy's speed and makes them vulnerable) don't
it's not necessary, so I won't include it.
seem to gain any bene it from it in terms of CR.
Same with the lurry ability which is also really inicky for the
It's still a potent ability. I'll give it the bene it of the doubt and
DM. Unnecessary.
say that it increases the attack bonus by another +1. This inally
brings our offensive CR up by one ranking. The shadowy dodge ability is cool, simple, and thematic, so
we'll add a Reactions section and include it there. We'll even
Offensive Challenge Rating: 15
boost it by removing a limitation -- the stipulation "as long as
Defensive Challenge Rating the attacker doesn't have advantage on the roll" will simply not
be mentioned, because the lavour is what we're going for, not
The aspect of vengeance has 150 hit points, AC 18, and some the balance.
saving throws, immunities, and light. The saving throws and
Most regular ranger abilities don't contribute to the "gloom
immunities are not suf icient enough to affect its ranking, and
stalker" aesthetic except for Hide in Plain Sight and Vanish,
without ranged weapons to take advantage of its light, it
which I'll include (in simpli ied form).
doesn't impact the ranking either.
I'll take out spellcasting because it isn't critical and it adds a
However, we can see that frightening an enemy does have an
layer of complexity.
effect! Having Frightful Presence, an ability that targets a large
First turn, two attacks with poison darts (1d4 + 3 piercing,
number of enemies, increases your effective hit points by a large
2d4 poison, Con save or asleep like the drow poison). Ambusher
amount if you're ighting a party of 10th level or lower.
gives extra 2d8 damage. Next two turns add two more attacks
This creature isn't meant to be a solo monster, as evidenced
with poison darts. Divide by three for total: 17 damage per
by its aura ability, which means it is meant to be included as part
round.
of a group of enemies ighting a higher-tiered party of
That's CR 2. We'll give it a +5 bonus to attack to boost it to CR
adventurers. Additionally, its Abjure Enemy only targets a single
3. Let's keep it at CR 3 -- we only need to get to CR 2 in defense,
creature, not a whole party. Ultimately I would say that it doesn't
so we'll aim for that.
affect the ranking.
We'll lump all of its stealth abilities together -- a goblin's
So, 150 hit points brings us to CR 6 and the AC increases that
nimble escape gives it +4 to AC and ... attack bonus ... which
to CR 7.
actually boosts our offensive CR to 5!
Defensive Challenge Rating: 7
I want to keep it at a +2 prof bonus, so CR 3 maximum for
Luckily for us, if my judgement is wrong for the offensive defense.
challenge rating and it should stay at CR 14 instead of 15, the
Shadowy Dodge itself adds a bonus to defense, which we'll
inal challenge rating is the same due to rounding.
simplify to +2 AC as a parry equivalent.
Final Challenge Rating +6 effective AC. If we start at AC 13, we want to be at least
three steps down from CR 3. We can give it leather armor and
15 + 7 = 22. boost its actual AC to 14 without changing this.
22 / 2 = 11. Hit points would therefore be between 50-70 HP. I still think
Challenge: 11 (7,200 XP). that's too much for a squishy ambusher so I'll make it between
36 and 49.
Constitution will be +1. 8d8 + 8 gives us 44 which is good.
Let's squish it a bit down to 38 (7d8 + 7).
So, Defensive CR 2, 38 HP, 14 AC, +6 effective AC.
Offensive CR 5, 17 DPR, +5 attack bonus, +4 effective attack
bonus.
Total CR: 7/2=3.5 round up to 4.
Challenge: 4 (1,100 XP).
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Quality of life stuff: main stat Dex, secondary stat Wisdom.
Final Challenge Rating
Three skills: perception, survival, stealth. Extended darkvision.
Speaks Undercommon. Surprise Attack is limited to one To get the total, we add them together, divide by 2, and round
instance to account for the fact that Gloom Stalker has the result (favouring upwards). 2 + 1 = 3.
multiattack and the bugbear doesn't. Change "Umbral Sight" to 3 / 2 = 1.5. Round up to 2.
"Umbral Shroud" to re lect the change in focus of the ability.
Challenge: 2 (450 XP)
Take out Hide in Plain Sight after all because it's complicated
and redundant given all the other stealth bonuses. Silver/White Dragon Sorcerer
First round: activate ice storm. 46 damage
Master-At-Arms Second round: ice storm plus fourth level snowball storm.
The master-at-arms has a longsword (instead of a greatsword)
46+35=81 damage.
to make it more convenient for the DM to roll its damage dice,
Third round: ice storm plus fourth level snowball storm plus
considering it can make up to 6 attacks per turn and its
third level chromatic orb. 46+35+22.5=103.5 damage.
maneuvers also use a d10.
Total: 230.5/3 = 76.83, CR 12 offensive. Step down to 11.
Challenge Rating: Offensive: 3 rounds, 15d10 + 72 = 154.5.
Final CR: 5+11=16/2=8. Challenge: 8 (3,900 XP).
Average 51.5 dpr. +9 bonus. CR 9.
Defensive: 135 hp, 18 AC. CR 6.
Spirit Totem Barbarian
Total: (6+9)/2 = 7.5, round to 8.
The spirit totem barbarian gets all of the regular barbarian
Challenge Rating: 8 (3,900 XP) abilities: Rage, Unarmored Defense, Reckless Attack, Danger
Sense, Extra Attack, Fast Movement, Feral Instinct, Brutal
Shadow Monk Critical, Relentless Rage, Persistent Rage, Indomitable Might,
Offensive Challenge Rating and Primal Champion. On top of that, it gets features speci ic to
its subclass: Spirit Seeker, Totem Spirit, Aspect of the Beast,
To calculate the offensive challenge rating, we look at the Spirit Walker, and Totemic Attunement.
maximum amount of damage the monk can dish out on average As you can see, this is a lot. The goal is to it the statblock onto
over three turns. We can ignore Cloak of Shadows and the column on the right. Otherwise, a DM is going to be balk at
Spellcasting for now, as they don't contribute to damage. the statblock due to its complexity. Our design goals are
Additionally, the monk can max its damage on every turn, so simplicity while still capturing the essence of what makes the
we don't need to worry about taking the average of three turns subclass distinct: reckless attack is a good ability, but it's not
like we'd have to do for dragons (which only breathe ire about crucial to the "essence" of the spirit totem in the same way it is
once every three turns) or spellcasters (who might have to cast for the berserker. We're also focusing on combat-related
different spells as their slots get used). abilities: roleplay-focused "ribbons" like Spirit Walker don't
The monk makes two punch dagger attacks each turn. While need to be included in our statblocks.
1d6 + 3 is noted as 6 average damage, this is actually not quite The spirit totem barbarian is a creature that draws upon
right: it actually does 6.5 on average, but we round it down for animal spirits to give it unnatural strength in battle, so we're
notation. 1d6 does 3.5 damage, and we add its Dexterity going to focus on the following features and ignore the rest:
modi ier in this situation. So, adding both its attacks results in Rage, Extra Attack, Fast Movement, Feral Instinct, Spirit Seeker,
13 damage total instead of 12. Totem Spirit, and Totemic Attunement.
13 Damage is CR 1. The recommended attack bonus is +3, but Rage. Just resistance to physical damage. We don't need
we're two above that: the shadow monk has a +5 attack bonus. every bene it of rage to represent the essence of the spirit totem.
For every +2, we increase rank by 2, to CR 2. We also want to limit using class resources in a statblock,
But that's not all! It also has Shadow Step, an ability that considering it doesn't actually have a class, per se.
guarantees it advantage on one of its attacks. How do we factor Extra Attack. Use multiattack instead.
this into the calculation? Fast Movement. +10 movement speed.
On DMG, pgs 280-281, we can ind a list of sample abilities Feral Instinct. Looking over the feature, I don't feel it's
that affect CR. A kobold's pack tactics is another ability that necessary. I won't include it after all. Limited space.
grants advantage for free, so we'll simplify and use that bonus: Spirit Seeker. Innate spellcasting. At will, but only ritual.
increase the monster's effective attack bonus by 1. Totem Spirit. Our bear gives us resistance to all damage
We need at least a +2 bonus to go up one more step. except for psychic.
Offensive Challenge Rating: 2 Totemic Attunement. Don't need "while you're raging."
Defensive Challenge Rating This gives us the basis for our bear totem barbarian. The
other totems are presented as variants.
Other monsters that have more powerful stealth (imp, for
example) don't get any bene its from it, but I feel our monk can
use stealth well, so I'll grant him +2 effective AC as a consolation.
44 hit points is CR 1/4, and AC "17" is four greater than the
recommended AC of 13, so it becomes CR 1.
Defensive Challenge Rating: 1
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1. Bigger numbers don't make better stories.

It's also highly recommended using the CR guidelines in the

Druids (pg. 40) Rogues (pg. 84)

Fighters (pg. 47) Sorcerers (pg. 92)

Mystics (pg. 131) CR 1/2

Sword Coast Adventurer's Herbalist

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Skills Athletics +7, History +2, Survival +5

Innate Spellcasting. The inheritor's spellcas ng ability is

Damage Resistances nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing,

Reckless. At the start of its turn, the berserker can gain

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Blood Points. When the blood rager takes damage, it

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Aggressive. As a bonus ac on, the kuldjargh can move

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Damage Resistances lightning; nonmagical

Aggressive. As a bonus ac on, the storm herald can

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Damage Resistances necrotic, radiant; nonmagical

Beyond Death (3/Day). When the zealot is reduced to 0

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Skills Acrobatics +5, Performance +6

Blade Flourish (1/Turn). When the blade hits with an

Spellcasting. The blade is a 3rd-level spellcaster. Its

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Saving Throws Wis +1, Cha +5

Innate Spellcasting. The bard's innate spellcas ng ability

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Skills Acrobatics +8, Performance +9, Sleight of Hand

Light-Footed. The jester has resistance to damage taken

Bard, VGM pg. 211.

Skills Arcana +4, History +4, Religion +4

Additionally, the lore bard removes the Taunt ability and

Cutting Words. When a creature the bard can see within 60

These changes do not adjust the bard's CR.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Skills Performance +7, Stealth +7

Spellcasting. The dancer is an 8th-level spellcaster. The

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

Saving Throws Dex +4, Wis +3

Spellcasting. The bard is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its

Skills Deception +7, Performance +5

Spellcasting. The bard is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its

Mystra, Goddess of Magic Skills Arcana +5, Religion +5

Tempus, God of War Ac ons

Gods of the Knowledge Priests Armor Class 13 (chain shirt)

Waukeen, Goddess of Trade

Gods of the Life Priests Armor Class 16 (chain mail)

Ilmater, God of Endurance Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its

Gods of the Protection Priests Armor Class 20 (plate, shield)

Talos, God of Storms Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its

Gods of the Trickery Priests Armor Class 15 (chain shirt)

Mask, God of Thieves Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its

War Priest, VGM pg. 218

Gods of the War Priests

Torm, God of Courage and Self-Sacri ice

Tyr, God of Justice