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Preface

WELCOME, WELCOME, FRIENDS! COME, come, sit down, and let me weave you a fine tale, oh yes! A story of a burning land, filled with sweltering heat and gleaming gold, striking swords and bleeding heroes! This place I speak of, it is called simply Al’Naar in their tongue, meaning “Land of Fire” in our own! It is a place where riches and ruin thrive together, dancing in a wondrous tempest of life!

Al’Naar is a giant desert continent that is largely separated from the rest of its plane, due to a giant magical barrier created by nine genies, known as the Shifra. The culture is based on Arabic and Egyptian cultures, with many words being taken from the Arabic or Egyptian languages, although some wording and exact translations are changed, such as Al’Naar’s name in Arabic being Alnaar, and only being called “fire land” in that tongue instead of Land of Fire.

Additionally, remember that this is a fantasy world; there are inaccuracies and inspirations from pop culture (such as the Arabian Nights) that may not reflect the reality of either culture. The creator of this setting has not intended to offend any cultures that aspects of Al'Naar were based on; instead, the inspiration comes from a genuine admiration and adoration of Middle Eastern culture.

Overall, this setting is meant to let Dungeon Masters and players alike enjoy campaigns that feel like popular Middle Eastern inspired stories, such as Aladdin. The creator of this setting can only hope that he's done an excellent job at this, and he wishes you luck in the searing sands!

Now, bind your soul to the almighty World's Edge, and enter the dangerous dunes of Al'Naar!

Chapter 1: The Isolated Desert

In a world called Morta, a planet filled to the brim with elemental power, steel, and people to harness both, most of the world is a dead wasteland, all of its resources harvested, leaving continents full of scavengers. However, among these landmasses, only one of them holds some value, some form of life, a last hope for the survival of the entire world.

This continent, a giant sand-covered desert in the center of the Noigalla Ocean, is known as Al'Naar, and it is the last place where life can still thrive, develop, and grow. However, this place is not free from conflict; nine powerful genies, known as the Shifra, have constructed their empire atop these shifting dunes. The Shifra have taken over the majority of the continent, exploiting the people for their own gain, making the life for the majority of the people hard, painful, and dangerous.

Some people choose to accept the rule of the Shifra, believing that the almighty genies truly do have the interests of the people in mind, while others are unwilling to cooperate with them. Not many can survive outside of civilizations in this harsh desert, for in the last five hundred years of the Shifra's rule, the lands have been more deadly: monsters have formed out of the wildlife, either from dark machinations pulling at their life force, nature's fury manifesting as green avengers, or from the condensed primordial magics of the world exploding into an aggressive mound.

At one time, it was a land filled with those who respected nature's wrath, and lived alongside the beasts, plants, and monsters who reside in the shifting sands. Before the mighty Shifra discovered the continent, before their reign of pain had reached the dunes, it was known as the Age of Dust: a time period where nomadic families traveled to eat and survive, where conflicts were as simple as finding food, and protecting your family.

In its current state, where water is expensive, metal is cheap, and weapons are an important symbol of the rich culture that has survived even through the oppressive rule of the Shifra, one must learn to fight to survive for long in the outside world. If one cannot learn how to fight--be it through magic, science, or weapons--then one cannot expect to last long without the favor of those who can protecting them. Those who adventure on the continent are seen as respectable people, embodying the ancient traditions of the Age of Dust.

The continent has been isolated from the wastelands of Morta for four and a half centuries, this time period known as the Age of Walls, from a powerful wall of magical energy created by the Shifra, one that goes by the name of the World's Edge. From this long period of isolation, many people do not even know there is a larger world outside of the continent, but even if they did, it would be pointless knowledge; the Edge refuses to let anyone through unless the Shifra deem they are worthy of letting through, but even so, there is little left on Morta to make leaving the continent worthwhile.

Age of Blades

For the next hundred years, a period known as the Age of Blades began, one where settlers from the other continents of Morta came to start new lives in the harsh desert. The people did not understand how to survive when there was little water to drink, forcing many to rely on the Shifra to provide them with sustenance. However, even the magic of the Shifra has its limits, and so, they had to turn to learning how to survive in the land, from those who understood it best; the jackalfolk.

The jackalfolk were not requested to show the Shifra's new settlers how to survive in the desert; instead, they were attacked and enslaved, forced to show the people the ways of the nomad: how to harness food and water from the oasises, how to hunt the beasts that made up the fauna of the continent, and how to breed the few docile creatures that existed among the harsh dunes. From this violent treatment, the majority of the jackalfolk were slaughtered, only the smallest of remnants remaining for the rest of the Age of Blades, and all times following it.

However, this mistreatment was not met without resistance; the Dreaming Royals fought back, and eventually, the Shifra were bested by the ancient magic of the royal sentinels. To try and best these defenders of whom they had deemed damned, they needed help. No mere monster would be able to slay these fearsome foes; they required someone with power that could rival the Shifra's own. Then, they met the allies that were exactly what they needed; eight demons who called themselves the Mana Lords, who agreed to help on one condition: the world's magic would belong to them. The Shifra accepted their terms, and with their help, the Nightmare King was slain, with the Queen of Dreams being horribly disfigured and maimed before she went off into hiding.

Age of Walls

With the erection of the World's Edge, the rest of Morta had practically been forgotten by the Shifra; nobody out there mattered now, and nobody out there would ever matter, now that they had a barrier between the wastelands and the continent. All that was relevant to the people of Al'Naar were those who were trapped inside this magical barrier, as nobody was going to escape it--and very few had reason to escape it, in the first place, for while there is far more water outside of the continent, it is saltwater, and is undrinkable.

Factions

There are many times over the course of Al'Naar's history that intense emotions, betrayal, or some other source has formed new factions or groups. Some of these factions are older than all but the most ancient of the people on the continent, while some are young enough that even some humans remember a time before they existed.

The Mana Lords

The Mana Lords are eight powerful demon lords, each of which controls one of the eight schools of magic. Mortals cannot draw magic from mere study while these fiends control their schools, and instead those who study must steal from them. They are listed in alphabetical order by school of magic.

Shifra

The Shifra are 9 almighty genies, all of which are male and are children of the goddess Um-Balid. They rule over the majority of the mulkats on the continent of Al'Naar, and of the 9 that exist, 7 are still officially recognized as Shifra, and still rule over mulkats.

The Shifra divide themselves into three categories; the northern Shifra, southern Shifra, and exiled Shifra.

Shaeila - Yastahdir Aljahim

Yastahdir Aljahim, also known as He Who Conjures Hellfire, is a neutral evil ifrit that rules over the mulkat of Shaeila. He believes in encouraging freedom for all things, and, ironically, will imprison and execute those who go against his ideals of "true" freedom, stopping the people from being truely free. His ideals of "true" freedom include wearing very little amounts of clothing, constantly throwing yourself near danger, and excessive amounts of dancing, all of which are shown to be in spades in the culture of the mulkat.

He looks like a red-feathered humanoid phoenix with various red and orange ribbons covering his body, with orange-colored pants being held up by silver spiked chains. He also has a short pointed orange beard of feathers, and wears an orange-colored turban with a ruby in the center, which seems to shine and glow with fiery energy. His preferred weapon is the spear, which he wields in such a way that it appears exceptionally acrobatic and dance-like.

Exiled Shifra

The exiled Shifra are Shifra who have, for one reason or another, had their title of "Shifra" removed from them. Neither of them rule over any sort of mulkat, and have a small amount of followers, if any at all.

Creation Mythos

Written by a scribe whose name has been lost, the following poem details the creation of the nine Shifra, and their mother, Um-Balid.

Locations

Many kinds of locations can be found on the continent of Al'Naar; from the mulkats of the civilized folks, to the headquarters of various factions, and other places that yet still are untouched by the majority of races, either from danger or neglect.

Ma-An

Appearing like a typical port town to an outsider, Ma-An has the only connection to the ocean that is not blocked off by the World's Edge on all of the continent, granting it a seemingly infinite supply of water, which many machines purify for trading with other mulkats. Due to being the continent's main supplier of water, it has earned the title of the "City of Water", although water is not the only export Ma-An is famous for; poisons of all kinds are commonly acquired and sold in this mulkat, with most being acquired from snakes, scorpions, and willing yuan-ti citizens.

Poison and water are both equally important in Ma-An's culture, with those who gain enough tolerance drinking bits of poison as if it were liquor, and some alcohols having pinches of weak poisons in them, which supposedly enhances the buzz one would otherwise get from the beverage. To counteract the dangers of these poisons, antidotes for most kinds of poisons can also be found being sold by local merchants, typically at low enough prices that one can reasonably afford to try drinking poison safely. While around half of the population of Ma-An find drinking poison to be enjoyable, most other people claim that it tastes and feels absolutely disgusting to do so.

Around one-third of the population of Ma-An consists of merchants, as the ability to acquire cheap water for trading can make one money exceptionally fast in the desert. This leads to a lot of swindling happening to those who do not know how to properly barter with merchants, and means that poverty and theft isn't too uncommon to see. Usually, however, this crime is dealt with, as the commander of the Ma-An section of the Primordial Shields is fairly competent at resolving criminal issues.

Shamshi

The ringing of church bells is a common sound one can hear in the "City of Light", Shamshi. This mulkat is known for their devout devotion to religion--worshiping both the typical pantheon of deities found on Al'Naar, and the almighty Shifra, usually the ruler of Shamshi, Shifra Alafas--which can be seen even in the mulkat's architecture, as many churches and buildings with statues or engravings of holy symbols can be seen all around.

Almost complete religious freedom is allowed in this mulkat, leading to a large portion of citizens who live in Shamshi immigrate into the mulkat due to their controversial religious beliefs. The one religion that even Shamshi is unwilling to accept is that of those who still worship the Dead King, with those of this religion who refuse to convert to other faiths being executed or exiled. This religious freedom can bring both conflict and solace to the people, as while there is potential for lesser faiths with good intentions and actions to grow, there is also possibility of dark and violent cults being able to recruit new members for their diabolical deeds.

Due to religion primarily having scholars and priests, the City of Light is also known for exporting large amounts of books--both religious tomes, and other kinds--and using it as one of their main forms of income. Some books are even crafted by multiple scholars of different religions, to try and encourage unity between the different faiths, and end some of the conflicts that grow. Others might do the exact opposite, slandering other religions and increasing the hatred two or more religious groups have for one another. Regardless of the contents of the books, many other mulkats see Shamshi publishing as a sign that a book is of high quality, although some also see it as potential for the tome being full of religious propaganda.

Bahit

Sitting at the depths of the Qaea Lake, the "City of Bubbles", Bahit, looks like a giant bridge to the surface. A guarded gate sits on the bridge, one that leads to a ladder, which one can climb down to enter the mulkat itself. The inside of the mulkat appears like a giant domed city, with a view of the bottom of the lake visible from practically everywhere inside the dome. Some special gates allow those who can handle the pressure of the lake to exit the dome without climbing up the ladder, entering the lake, although it requires explicit permission from Shifra Albayni to do so, just as one requires to enter or exit the mulkat in all other methods.

The mulkat itself is full of scientists and marine biologists, dedicated to making machines that make Bahit a better place (or can be sold for funds, typically most of which goes to Bahit) or studying its wildlife, respectively. Due to special devices constructed by the biologists and scientists working together, aquatic animals live inside the dome, with some flying around the air as if it were water, and others crawling along the ground, both able to treat the air as if it were water. Some of these beasts can become violent if provoked, but to stop them, the Bahit division of the Primordial Shields is trained in handling animals excellently, with many wearing special protective gear that is exceptionally effective at protecting them from the attacks of aquatic creatures.

Mubaraza

With thundering steps and clashing steel, the "City of Exdeath" is one that revels in personal combat more than anything else. From the most honorable of duelists, to the most brutal of pit fighters, all those who seek to fight--be it for money or for sport--come to Mubaraza. Many arenas are scattered across the mulkat, every single pub has live fencers dueling for the entertainment and coin of their drunken audiences, and when conflict brews between two people and they cannot find any other way to resolve it, a duel is a perfectly legal and acceptable method of deciding the conflict. Entertainment is a primary source of income for Mubaraza, as travelers from all over come to see the bloodbaths that are gladiator tournaments and monster brawls, with most of the revenue earned from these events being given to the mulkat's treasury.

One of the most controversial (and famous) attractions of Mubaraza is their annual "Executioner's Tourney"; a random even number of prisoners (usually between 8 and 24) who would otherwise be executed become gladiatorial warriors, given a month's training with specific style of fighting or weapon--if the criminal had any exceptional style of fighting they are known for, such as an axe murderer, then usually their training will reflect that--and they fight to the death in one-on-one duels, inside grand arenas. The winner of this tournament is granted a partial pardon; they are no longer prisoners, nor will they be executed, but they constantly have a guard or two watching them, and few are allowed to leave Mubaraza. The conflict this event brews is from many people believing it allows dangerous criminals to go free, as the winner of a fight to the death would certainly be the most dangerous of all of the participants, however due to the fame and gold the event brings to the mulkat, it is unlikely that it will be discontinued any time soon.

Due to entertainment being the fuel of this mulkat's economy, trade is exceptionally important to the citizens, as very few other resources--such as food, water, or metal--are supplied by this mulkat. From the constant need to import without much to export, and a level of helplessness the mulkat has when it comes to trade, imported goods tend to have larger prices compared to their costs in other areas. Some guilds of merchants even refer to Mubaraza as the "City of Fools" from this reputation, and many negatives stereotypes of Mubaraza's civilians depict them as unintelligent barbarians who only live to fight and die, without any sort of deeper culture.

Qunae

Known as the "City of Masks", Qunae is known for being the capital of alchemy, as well as having a culture based on transformation; very few of the native population of this mulkat have bodies that resemble the original races that they once were, as many drink alchemical elixirs which change their forms drastically. Some change their forms because they see their original bodies as inferior--disgusting, weak, unattractive, or just not to their personal tastes--and transform their bodies to be ones that they like more. Others might be forced to change due to their occupation, such as a feeble elf soldier taking mixtures that would increase their strength and combat prowess, so they would no longer be a liability or unfit for their job.

Masks are highly regarded in the culture of Qunae, with the people believing that the face is a window into the soul, and that one should only display their true face to those they trust dearly, such as a close friend or lover. The design of an individual's mask typically has deep symbolism, such as symbols of their bloodline being painted on the mask, or having a shape relating to the spirit animal of the wearer. The stealing and wearing of another being's mask is seen as an absolutely unforgivable crime, as it is essentially like taking away part of someone's soul and displaying it as your own. For those who commit this crime--usually referred to as "face stealers" by many--the punishment is usually exile, though in the case of one who has stolen many masks, it may even be as harsh as death.

Some mulkats see Qunae as being a disgusting place that discourages the people from being who they truly are, while others see them as a wonderland where people who are unlucky with their physical attributes can "fix" them, in a sense. However, whether they feel positively or negatively about Qunae, few are willing to deny trade with merchants who bring goods from the mulkat, as their alchemical medicines and potions are more potent and useful than any other mulkat's elixirs. Their tinctures are said to be able to cure some of the most painful illnesses with ease, extend the lives of those who drink them, and many other effects; some of these true, others are false, and some of them are true but bring unwanted side-effects with them, such as growing tails or sharp teeth.

Shaeila

At a distance, one might assume that a giant fire has consumed this mulkat, and that it is going into ruin. However, in reality, many buildings in the "City of Flames" are made of materials that are immune to burning away in the heat of even the hottest fires, and so they magically make the roofs appear to be on fire, to catch the eye of tourists and other paying customers. While the buildings burn brightly, many dancers move acrobatically around in the streets, carrying torches and blazing meteor hammers that move and twirl just as fast as their bodies do.

The cuisine of Shaeila is just as fiery as the rest of its culture, using spices that are far more powerful than the native dishes of most other mulkats, some of which are so powerful that weaker creatures, like small insects, could possibly die immediately upon consumption of the food. Some dishes, known as "berserker meals", are created so hot and spicy that it numbs the entire body of all feeling for up to an hour, which are typically consumed by some few soldiers before they go into a battle, to allow them to fight in a painless frenzy. Many would assume that a culture that is in a desert would be against consuming foods which give off intense heat, but the spicy meals they consume cool them down through making their body sweat a large amount, protecting them from the sun's intensity.

Some conflicts arise in this mulkat due to the nature of its ruling Shifra, Shifra Aljahim, and his love for "true" freedom. In his eyes, "true" freedom is when one is constantly surrounded by danger, ties themselves down to no other, and does their best to enjoy many things in life. While his personal tenets may not sound like a large issue, he tries to force them onto his people, with his government officials and Primordial Shield officers being forced to constantly deal with dangerous situations, being forbidden from marriage and love, and must come with Shifra Aljahim to do as he pleases for the sake of "personal enjoyment".

Wild Lands

While the mulkats on the continent are the hearts of civilization, there are still parts of Al'Naar that do not conform to society's norms, either due to lacking people or from its only residents being against the ways of society.

The Elements

The natural elements, both the classic four of air, earth, fire, and water, as well as the rarely seen element of shadow, are very important on the world of Morta, especially on the continent of Al'Naar.

Chapter 2: Races On the Continent

The following races are present in the Al’Naar setting, and if a race is not detailed below, then it is not integrated into the setting. At your DM's permission, you may play as a race outside of the ones listed, although there will not be official lore detailing the race's place in the world.

Racial Traits

Al’Naar aarakocra have the following racial trait, in addition to their normal traits.

Carrion Eater. You have advantage on saving throws against diseases, and cannot get diseases from consuming bodies or food.

Aasimar

Around a century ago, a cult known as the Celestial Arms, one filled with prominent practitioners of science and alchemy, desired to become one with the gods. They lusted after holy power, believing with angelic might they could rule over the continent far better than the Shifra. To fulfill their desires, they brewed a potion, one whose recipe has been burned to ash by them, and they all drank it.

When they did so, their bodies changed to be more celestial, but they had not reached the levels of perfection they wanted. Instead, they only had replaced half of their bodies with the blood of angels, turning themselves into the first aasimar.

They were not truly angels, from their holiness instead being artifically created with alchemy. They were far weaker than even the lowest ranks of angels, and so, they went into hiding, knowing that they were unable to conquer Al'Naar as they had planned. Now, angels survey the aasimar, either perceiving them as rodents that tried to crawl their way immorally up to power, or as mortals who merely wished to do their best.

Dragonborn

Dragonborn are descended from the great and powerful dragons that used to roam the continent freely, in the untamed desert. Back in those times, primarily blue dragons were around, making most Al'Naaric dragonborn be blue.

However, when the World's Edge was erected, almost all of the dragons were cut off from Al'Naar, leaving only a select few of the great lizards within its walls. Many were slain, leaving only the bare minimum of ancient dragons remaining, barely enough to lead dragonborn clans.

Now, dragonborn are unable to primarily rely on true dragons to lead and guide them, forcing them to become a more independent race than they once were.

Keen Scientists

From their knowledge of technology, both simple and complicated, many wizards who take on the school of either black or white science are dwarves. Many dwarves are very effective scientists, using their innate know-how to their advantage.

While dwarves do not traditionally use magic, the scientific methods of casting spells from the science schools tempt many dwarves into capturing power few dwarves were able to before.

Sometimes, this temptation for unlocking previously unknown power can corrupt a dwarf's normally good-hearted nature, making them turn to the darker arts of black science, all in the name of greed for power.

Elves

Elvish culture focuses heavily on the importance of the three different kinds of light and their relation to one another: the purifying heat of sunlight, the freezing luminance of the moon, and the unnatural glow of magical or manmade light.

When an elf is born, not only is the elf’s day and year of birth recorded, but also whether the moon or sun was out when the birth occurred, as they believe it signifies how the individual will be treated: being born when the sun is out is seen as a sign of prosperity and happiness, while being born when the moon is shining is a symbol that the individual will live a long life and be talented.

Rarely, an elf is born at the exact moment when the moon and sun are seen as being equal in their influence: either noon, or midnight. When this happens, they believe that the child is either blessed with the will of the sun, if they were born during noon, or that they are blessed with the will of the moon, if they were born at midnight. Almost all elves given this blessing become clerics of the goddess of the sun or moon, to enact the will of their divine benefactor.

Flesh Puppets

AS WITH ALL NEW MAGICS, ONE MUST FORM TABOOS to protect themselves from immoral actions, and science is no different from any other school of magic, at least in our eyes. One of these taboos we formed was simple; creation of new life through science was strictly forbidden. Even the Shifra agreed with us on this, a surprising feat for our hostile rulers.

But, even with rules set, some seek to shatter the mold and do as they wish, ignoring us telling them what they are doing is immoral and illegal. And, as such, life was created to an artifical race of people, ones without purpose; just puppets of skin and bone.

-Zillidal al Zero, god of corpses and knowledge

New Subrace: Flesh Puppet

The flesh puppet subrace can be applied to any race that has a subrace, and replaces that race’s existing subrace options. Alternatively, you can apply this new subrace to a race without subrace options using the modification options provided below.

Subrace Traits

From your constructed nature, your flesh puppet character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Living Construct. Even though you were constructed, you are a living creature. You are immune to disease. You do not need to eat or breathe, but you can ingest food and drink if you wish. Instead of sleeping, you enter an inactive state for 4 hours each day. You do not dream in this state; you are fully aware of your surroundings and notice approaching enemies and other events as normal.

Overcharge. You have resistance to lightning damage. Also, whenever you take lightning damage, your movement speed increases by 10 feet until the end of your next turn.

Stitched Composition. Over the course of a long rest, you can re-attach any limbs you lost, provided you have access to either the removed limbs or replacement limbs.

Fire Genasi Traits

Fire genasi in Al'Naar gain the following racial trait, as well as the other traits they normally receive:

Heat Resilience. You’re naturally adapted to hot climates, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.

Water Genasi

Water genasi, also called ma'niu, usually live in either Ma-An or Wahah, and appear to constantly be serene and in control of their emotions. However, even with this serenity, when a water genasi is angry, they are just as terrifying as a raging tidal wave.

Due to the scarcity of water in the desert, and the water genasi's ability to create water innately, many water genasi are valued by the common people, being seen as possible saviors or heroes to their plight of thirst. However, there is also the drawback of those providing the water having vitriol towards genasi, as providing water is a source of income for them.

Shadow Genasi

The least often seen type of genasi, shadow genasi, also known as zil'niu, do not have a tendency to live in any specific malakuts. Shadow genasi take on the stigma of being a genasi, such as many independent tribes and villages showing hatred to them, while also not having a specific Shifra to sympathize with them.

Due to the rarity of khayals on the continent, most shadow genasi come directly from the ex-Shifra khayal, Khanjur Alnizam, who offers many of them his blessing and protection. Shadow genasi are usually the most bitter of all genasi when it comes to relations with other genasi, seeing them all as having stolen their place in the world.

Gnomes

Back when technology was just first appearing on the continent, a race of short folk appeared, seemingly out of nowhere, known as the gnomes. Gnomes comprehend technology on a deeper level than any other creature can hope to understand, with them being able to tell any issues a machine has and fix it with just a touch.

While some gnomes have taken to understanding nature instead of technology, gnomish culture is based entirely on machines and steel. Gnomes perceive steel as the perfect substance, superior to all flesh, wood, bone, and anything else that could even try to compare to it. While dwarves respect steel, from it being how they forge their great creations, gnomes adore it fanatically.

Goblins

Goblins are notorious thieves that love to bathe in the desert heat, enjoying its warmth instead of being burned by it. They pursue caravans and camels when the sun is in front of their target, making it harder for their prey to see, and then rob them of all they can.

They take heavy pride in lying and stealing, with a few even advertising themselves as bandits-for-hire, and most thieves guilds possess at least one or two goblins in them. To a goblin, one of the greatest joys in life is conning one of their enemies out of their hard-earned gold pieces-especially if these coins are then spent to further sabotage their foe.

However, most goblins do understand that theft is not enjoyed by other races, and tie themselves to a code when they deal with creatures they see as friends or allies. They refuse to steal from them, and though they may harass them, they shall not sabotage their allies.

Additionally, goblins refuse to teach their, admittedly very simple, methods of theft to other races, with the very few who are taught being considered as like a family member to the goblin. Those who have been taught by a goblin and accepted by them go by a special title, known as "eifrit sadiq", which translates to "goblin friend."

Halfbreed Rivalry

One of the greatest rivals half-elves have are the half-orcs: just as pureblood elves and orcs are ferocious foes, half-elves and half-orcs very oftentimes dislike one another. While they can sympathize with the human portions of the other, their bloodlines still burn with anger for the other half.

Half-elves believe that half-orcs tend to be too violent and reckless, not letting their human freedom overcome their primal orcish ways. They don't understand how any person could live with breaking out into terrifying fits of anger at seemingly any moment, and yet not leave society for the safety of others.

Halfbreed Rivalry

One of the greatest rivals half-orcs have are the half-elves: just as pureblood elves and orcs are ferocious foes, half-elves and half-orcs very oftentimes dislike one another. While they can sympathize with the human portions of the other, their bloodlines still burn with anger for the other half.

Half-orcs are frustrated by the typical lack of power most half-elves have, and their seemingly constant changing of ideals and culture. In their eyes, a halfbreed should use their human resolve combined with the innate abilities of their other parent to become a powerful warrior.

Shamalii Traits

Full of the northern land’s fruitful, life-giving energy, northern humans seem to have endless energy, and bestow a fraction of this gift onto others.

Ability Score Increase. Your choice of Constitution or Charisma score increases by 1.

Speed Increase. Your base walking speed increases from 30 feet to 35 feet.

Lifegiver. You know the spare the dying cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the cure wounds spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Energetic. You have advantage on saving throws against exhaustion.

Nomadic Humans (Badawiin)

Nomadic humans, also known as badawiin, exist all over Al'Naar, traveling in groups. They co-exist with other nomadic races, such as desert elves and goblins, and their culture tends to reflect the races they travel with.

Jackalfolk

“WE USED TO LIVE IN THESE PARTS, BEFORE THEY came. I had a happy life back then; had a wife, a few children, a proper, lovely family. Then the Shifra came… One day, we shall take it back. We will have our lands returned to us, and the sands will reek of genie blood. We shall have revenge for our fallen kin! They shall hear our battlecries, and they will crawl back from where they came!”

-Gadi al Ferran Baba, jackalfolk bandit, rousing his fellow kin to fight the Shifra

Black Jackal

Most jackalfolk have dark black skin, which seems to make them disappear when in darkness, enabling them to hunt more easily in nightfall.

Ability Score Increase. Your choice of Strength or Dexterity increases by 1.

Dark Stealth. You can take the Hide action as a bonus action, when in dim light or darkness.

Night Tracker. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill, and when making a Wisdom (Survival) check to track a creature in dim light or darkness, you can double your proficiency bonus for that check.

Grey Jackal

Created out of dust instead of flesh, grey jackalfolk are more rare than their darker kin, and can turn themselves into clouds of dust, though doing so exerts a lot of their energy.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Silt Strength. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Dust Cloud. As an action, you can turn yourself into a cloud of dust. Until the beginning of your next turn, you can take no actions, bonus actions, or reactions, you gain a flying speed of 30 feet, resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and you ignore difficult terrain.

After using this trait, you can use it again after you take a short or long rest.

Physically Lord-Like

Tieflings of different bloodlines look drastically different from one another, due to the extensively unique look of each of the mana lords.

Tieflings of the mana lord of abjuration, Sabi'Dire, have flesh with the same texture as either slime or steel, and usually have bright green skin.

Tieflings of the mana lord of conjuration, Jaw'Harta'Riq, have skin that seems to blend in with their surroundings, and their eyes work like mirrors.

Tieflings of the mana lord of divination, Bahma'Kabat, have more freely rotating necks, like owls, as well as sand-colored skin.

Tieflings of the mana lord of enchantment, Alearsh, have three spiked horns on each side of their heads, which can bend (though not grasp) like arms.

Tieflings of the mana lord of evocation, Sayida'Alnan, have excessively large, sharp teeth, and their jaws can be unhinged. Their skin tone reminds one of raw meat.

Tieflings of the mana lord of illusion, Khai'Tifl, appear like children-both in height and overall appearance-for their entire lives. Their skin tone is closer to a regular human's skin tone.

Tieflings of the mana lord of necromancy, Mait'Huruf, have a tentacle-like tail and horns. Their bodies are either completely black with piercing white eyes, or entirely white with black eyes.

Tieflings of the mana lord of transmutation, Sawf'Malik, have a scorpion stinger on the end of their tail, and have the same pale skin tone as someone who is sick.

Bahma'Kabat

Your bloodline relates to the mana lord of divination, Bahma'Kabat.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Legacy of Bahma'Kabat. You know the guidance cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the see invisibility spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the zone of truth spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Alearsh

Your bloodline relates to the mana lord of enchantment, Alearsh.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Legacy of Alearsh. You know the friends cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the hideous laughter spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the hold person spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Sayida'Alnan

Your bloodline relates to the mana lord of evocation, Sayida'Alnan.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Bite. Your teeth are a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Legacy of Sayida'Alnan. You know the primal savagery cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the thunderwave spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the shatter spell as a 3rd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Khai'Tifl

Your bloodline relates to the mana lord of illusion, Khai'Tifl.

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice that is not Charisma increases by 1.

Legacy of Alearsh. You know the minor illusion cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the disguise self spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the blur spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Mait'Huruf

Your bloodline relates to the mana lord of necromancy, Mait'Huruf.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Legacy of Mait'Huruf. You know the sapping touch cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the ray of sickness spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the animate dead spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

You may only have one zombie or skeleton animated by animate dead when cast using this trait, and if you animate another zombie or skeleton, the previous one crumbles into dust.

Sawf'Malik

Your bloodline relates to the mana lord of transmutation, Sawf'Malik.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Stinger. You have a large stinger, which is a natural weapon you can use to make unarmed strikes with. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Legacy of Sawf'Malik. You know the toxic sting cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the catapult spell as a 2nd-level spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the spider climb spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Tortle

Originally being more amphibious and living most of their lives in the sea, tortles were cut off from their old homes when the World's Edge was erected, leading to them instead studying all they could about magic, to try and learn how to destroy the Edge.

Tortles are avid scholars of arcane knowledge, with the largest libraries relating to magic and spells being created primarily by tortles. The most popular study of magic for tortles is studying the World's Edge and its properties, alongside the high elves.

However, since the World's Edge removed the ability to manipulate the Weave just from studying, few tortles can actually cast magic. Those that can are typically more ambitious types, either believing that they can break the World's Edge if they have the right spells, or believing that they can make a large enough gap in the Edge to let the Weave flow inside.

Due to wizards needing to siphon magic from the mana lords to cast spells, many assume most tortles make deals or steal from them, forcing tortles to study magic in secret. Most tortle-owned libraries have all their books relating to magic hidden in secret rooms, accessible only to the individual and any they trust.

This binding with the element of water is known as "becoming one with the water of life", and tortles that successfully do so possess bright blue blood, their shells glow a faint ocean blue color, and gain the respect of almost all tortles.

Tortle arcane scholars are eager to train tortles who gain this boon, in hopes of using their magical powers for the purpose of shattering the World's Edge. Those who are lucky enough to have a tortle sorcerer as their pupil feel truly gifted.

Rarely, tortles with this gift may pass it on to their children, creating a new bloodline of sorcerers. Elemental sorcerer bloodlines are seen as signs of royalty by the Shifra, so when this happens, either of the marid Shifra will attempt to coax the tortles of this bloodline to their side, to serve as nobles.

Weird Anatomy

Unlike most other races, vincuin have a very different body comparatively; they have four fully-functioning arms, have mandibles instead of a normal mouth, meaning they cannot speak any language except for Vincuin, and they have between 6 to 12 eyes on their heads.

From this strange appearance and anatomy, vincuin can seem almost otherworldly to outsiders, but their mindsets are fairly standard. They have strong connections to their caverns, with many willing to lay their lives on the line to protect those in their cavern.

However, while a vincuin's anatomy is certainly different from other races, it is not as different as one can become. When a vincuin becomes a cannibal and devours other vincuin's carcasses, it slowly begins to morph and shift into a different form. Eventually, if they continually consume carcasses, they will turn into a corpsemongerer; a vincuin with the bottom half of a scorpion, and six arms.

Corpsemongerers are all hated by vincuin, as they find their existence to be extremely vile. Those who wish to become a corpsemongerer must do so in secret, or be slain by their cavern.

Vincuin Names

Vincuin names are usually derived from the names of heroes, both those of vincuin legends and of other cultures. They tend to avoid naming them after heroes who had tragedy due to a flaw of their own, due to them believing that the individual may mimic the hero's destiny.

Vincuin also have a surname, called a cavern name, which is shared by all vincuin in a cavern. Even vincuin that were not natively born into a cavern can take on this name, if they choose to reject their previous cavern name.

Male Vincuin Names: Achilles (Kakilies), Aladdin (Aaldin), Cúchulainn (Kukulin), Gilgamesh (Cilkacekh), Odysseus (Khokikiss), Prometheus (Krowiliss), Sinbad (Sinkid), Wukong (Kukonk)

Female Vincuin Names: Amazon (Amacon), Atalanta (Akailanka), Banu (Kani), Ishtar (Kikktur), Mavia (Akia), Razia (Rakia), Tarabai (Arakii), Zenobia (Cenibi)

Cavern Names: Aka-Kaka, Carik-Klak, Derakk-Inak, Karkh-Haak, Karnik-Klik, Kuku-Kuku-Kuku, Okh-Kih, Uk-Kuu

Vincuin Traits

With both a keen memory and a unique anatomy, your vincuin character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Vincuin stay with their parents for a minimum of three years, but are physically mature at the age of five. The eldest a vincuin can be is roughly around a century old, though a rare few are able to live a few decades longer.

Alignment. Vincuin have a very strong sense of family and friendship, tending to form codes and bonds dedicated to preservation of those they care about, making them lean towards lawful good alignments.

Vicious Yuan-Ti

Not all yuan-ti share a deep connection to the Heart of Thorns and nature itself. Some of them, typically called 'vicious yuan-ti' or 'feral yuan-ti', go against the ideals the Heart wishes for the yuan-ti people to strive for, and might even perceive the Heart and its followers as enemies. They reject the druidic nature of the yuan-ti's magic, instead taking on magical power from other sources, such as one of the mana lords. Vicious yuan-ti are almost never accepted among the yuan-ti, with most of them being immediately exiled or executed, typically in a burning fashion similar to how religions might treat a heretic.

Vicious yuan-ti oftentimes are more inclined towards being evil, typically from a feeling that the world is foolish or has betrayed them, but a few simply disagree with how other yuan-ti are, and still stray away from immoral actions. Most of them display some form of visible corruption on their bodies, due to taking on magic from a source not native to the yuan-ti, such as having glowing scales or eyes that appear to be balls of fire. Some cults of vicious yuan-ti exist, most of which are dedicated to the destruction of the Heart of Thorns, or the worship of its mortal enemy, Zahf Zaman.

Yuan-ti Names

Yuan-ti names relate to nature and sound more like titles than actual names. An individual is given their name when they reach about twenty years of age, and is based on their most prominent accomplishments or personality traits, which is almost always 5 words long. Usually, others will simply call them by a nickname related to this name.

Before this age, most yuan-ti remain unnamed, though they may receive a simple nickname such as "Emerald Scales" or "Golden Eyes" based on their physical appearance to help distinguish them from other yuan-ti. A particularly wicked yuan-ti may never receive a name, and instead go by a pseudonym of their own devision, or even lack a name entirely.

Male Yuan-ti Names: He Who Gazes Each Night (Gaze), He Who Guards Mother Nature (Guard), He Who Slithers With Grace (Slither), He Who Smiths Great Weapons (Weapon), He Who Spits Sweet Venom (Venom), He With Hands of Peace (Hand)

Female Yuan-ti Names: She That Seeks No Pain (Seeker), She Who Fights for Justice (Justice), She Who Knows All Things (Know), She Who Strikes Down Evil (Strike), She With Scales of Beauty (Beauty), She With the Touch of Love (Love)

Yuan-ti Traits

Deriving your power from a touch of nature combined with innate reptilian might, your yuan-ti character has the following traits.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1, and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Alignment. From an early age, most yuan-ti swear to serve the Heart of Thorns and nature itself, giving them a typically lawful nature.

Size. Yuan-ti are roughly around the same height and weight as humans, although abominations may be a foot or two taller. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Your connection to nature lets you see in the night as well as any nocturnal predator. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Emotional Control. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or otherwise having your emotions influenced, such as from the calm emotions spell.

Serpentine Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.

Yuan-ti Magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the druid list. Also, you can cast animal friendship an unlimited number of times with this trait, but you can target only snakes with it. Your spellcasting ability for these spells is your Wisdom or Charisma, whichever is higher.

Langugages. You can speak, read, and write Primordial and Sylvan. Sylvan is the language spoken by nature spirits and fey, and consists of loose, flowing words. Yuan-ti typically emphasize the 's' sounds in their words, like a snake's hiss.

Subrace. Three kinds of yuan-ti populate Al'Naar; abominations, malisons, and purebloods.

Yuan-Ti Pureblood

Appearing most like humanity, purebloods can easily fit into the societies of other races, and are mostly human in bloodline. Some purebloods choose to leave society to join humans, with a few even forcibly removing the parts of their body that would reveal their true nature, such as reptilian eyes or snake-like fangs.

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age. Purebloods mature at the age of 20, and have lifespans comparable to humans.

Pureblood Skill Training. You gain proficiency in two of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Intimidation, Perception, Stealth.

Extra Language. You can read, speak, and write one additional language of your choice.

Height and Weight

You may roll for your character's height and weight on the Random Height and Weight table. The roll in the Height Modifier column adds a number (in inches) to the character's base height. To get a weight, multiply the number you rolled for height by the roll in the Weight Modifier column and add the result (in pounds) to the base weight. If a race is not listed here, then it uses the same height and weight table as the race normally does, in their respective sourcebooks.

Chapter 3: Classes & New Weapons

The twelve classes presented in the Player's Handbook are all found on the continent of Al'Naar. The material in this chapter describes the place of those classes in Al'Naar. The chapter also includes new class feature options for all of the classes, and new weapon options.

Path of the Totem Warrior

If you follow the Path of the Totem Warrior from the Player's Handbook, you have access to the options presented here.

Bards

Bards are respected throughout the continent for being masters of knowledge of all kinds. A specific bardic college may specialize in one kind of knowledge, such as one college specializing in dark secrets and gossip, while another may contain knowledge about the history of the continent before it was closed off.

While usually referred to as bards, due to their musical nature in how they use their magic, some also call bards "arcane scholars" from their depth of knowledge combined with their arcane magic.

Bardic Colleges

While all bards are different, as they play different instruments and focus on differing subjects, bards are still all part of groups called colleges. Some colleges may be supported by a Shifra, while others may be funded by its members, and others still may be privately owned by unknown benefactors.

Bards in a college are usually linked by the kind of information they focus on, or on a specific kind of musical tradition they share.

College of the Flaming Dance

There is a group of bards who emulate the primordial birds that fly around the desert skies of the continent. This college, known as the College of the Flaming Dance, forms avian avatars of pure fire. It is based on the fiery wrath of the sun's heat combined with the grace of glorious birds. Bards of this college often wear clothing that symbolizes the blazing avatars they control, such as wearing masks that resemble a beak, or having a feathered cloak on their back.

Clerics

Religion is a very important aspect of daily life on the continent, as while not every god holds vast power in the world, those who are native to Al'Naar are worshiped and possess great divine strength. The gods, even these most powerful ones, have their wills acted through their clerics, instead of acting by themselves.

Many clerics may belong to religious groups, such as large churches in malakats, which give them sway over many of the common people that are part of the same group. Some clerics dedicate their influence only towards doing as their deity demands of them, while others may use their power for personal reasons; changes they may personally believe are right, personal wealth and possessions, or revenge on someone who wronged them long ago.

However, not all clerics are seen as messengers of their deities that deserve to be treated with respect. Some religious people dislike the connection clerics have with a god, sometimes due to sheer jealousy, other times for legitimate concerns, and will not accept them into organizations. Clerics who are unable to join a group will usually become wandering nomads of sorts, spreading the word of their deity as they travel.

Divine Domain

Clerics in Al'Naar have the following Divine Domain option, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Deities

The following deities are all native to the continent of Al'Naar, and worshiped by many, including most clerics.

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Anraes

God of Demons and Mercy

Alignment: Lawful Evil

Suggested Domains: Death

Symbol: Sickle with a dark cloth wrapped around it

Titles: The Abyssal Prince, Old Black Sickle, The Spider’s Son

Anraes formerly was a demigod of the goddess of the drow, Lolth, serving her faithfully as an assassin. In his mortal life he inspired many male drow to try and become as powerful as he was, fighting against the matriarchy that the drow culture was controlled by. When his mother had seen what her son had inspired, she had him tortured and killed, sending his soul to the Abyss. With anger fueling him, he crawled back out from the Abyss, using magic to turn demons into his thralls, absorbing their power until he was strong enough to achieve godhood.

Anraes is the god of both demons and mercy, ending the lives of those who will die soon, so that they will not have to face large amounts of pain. While most demons are fueled by chaos, those that are servants of Anraes follow his tenets and will just as well as his clerics and paladins. Those who pray to Anraes do so both when summoning demons, in hopes for aid in controlling their abyssal chaos, and when by the side of someone dying painfully, to have him cut down the poor soul.

Caetarios

God of Magma and Volcanoes

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Suggested Domains: Forge, Nature

Symbol: A blazing fire with a salamander’s tail wrapped around it

Titles: The Burning Hammer, The True Salamander

Caetarios was not one of the salamanders commonly found in Al’Naar before he ascended to godhood; rather, he was born on the Plane of Fire, as a true elemental salamander. Admiring the burning heat of the volcanoes of the Material Plane, as well as the craftsmanship of the azers, Caetarios sought to create a suit of armor, as well as weapons, made of the hot magma and stone from volcanoes. He worked tirelessly for decades to create the armor, as well as a greatsword, and when he was finished, he sought to create more. Over time, his expertise in craftsmanship rivalled that of even the gods, and so, in an act of grace, he was changed into a demigod. When Al’Naar was sealed off from the rest of the planes, the raw magical force enclosed within the desert was powerful enough that he transformed into a full god, though he still works in his forge tirelessly, even after his ascension.

Caetarios is the god of magma and volcanoes, and a patron to fire elementals, as well as salamanders. He does not typically notice his followers or their prayers, constantly caught up in forging both new volcanoes as well as new creations made of pre-existing volcanoes. Those who pray to him usually do so in an effort to stop a volcano from erupting, or to protect loved ones from burning to death.

Dorras

God of Medicine and Protection

Alignment: Lawful Good

Suggested Domains: Life, War

Symbol: A cross stabbed into the top of an apple, instead of a stem

Titles: The Gold-Hearted Orc, The King of Shields, Lord Justice

Dorras was once an orc that lived in an orcish tribe of nomadic raiders, being taught how to ride horseback and use a weapon as all others did. However, Dorras could not kill anything, even when ordered to. He would purposefully miss with his axe, and his longbow shots were horribly inaccurate, as his heart was unable to allow him to end the life of another being. Cast out of his tribe for being seen as a waste of space, he turned to praying to gods of life, and became a devout cleric. From his knowledge of orcish tactics, he was able to protect many who would be slain during pillagings, healing their wounds and even resurrecting those who recently died. Eventually, he was slain by his original tribe, when they had tracked him down, and branded him as a laughingstock. The deities of life he prayed to could not bear to see such a good soul slain by such vile creatures, and he was resurrected as a fellow god of life, to forever act as his golden heart wishes.

Dorras is the god of medicine and protection, believing that all life is sacred, and that even the most foul of people deserve a chance to live. Seen as a saint among the people, Dorras is commonly worshiped by many folk, and he is prayed to for salvation from bandits and raiders, as well as to save the lives of those who will die. Few savage orcs worship Dorras, as he is seen as the antithesis to orcish nature.

Draeidola

Goddess of Lies and Secrets

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Suggested Domains: Knowledge, Trickery

Symbol: A pair of lips split down the middle by a dagger

Titles: Lady Anarchy, The Liar, She Who Speaks No Truth

Draeidola has lied so much in all of her life that it seems to physically hurt her to speak of any truths. When she was still but a mortal, she sought to break all those that she could; gain the trust of those she could, learn their deepest, darkest secrets, and then announce them to the world. Using arcane magic to disguise herself as many people, she slowly upscaled those whom she ruined the lives of, until she eventually managed to gain the trust of a demigod whose name has been forgotten by all. She used the demigod, promising him eternal glory and being forever a legend, if he would help her become what she wanted the most; a god. Climbing into the realms of the celestials themselves, Draeidola broke the minds of devas and planetars alike, using their combined divine magic to change herself into a goddess. Her first act as a goddess was a simple one; disintegrating the demigod who helped her.

Draeidola is the goddess of lies and secrets, who believes that all others should be extorted for one’s own personal gain. She sees those who are weak as being mere stepping stones, with power being the ultimate goal in a person’s life. Those who pray to her are often doing so out of petty vengeance, wishing to learn secrets of their most hated foes, and though she does not often comply, when she does, she has many of them swear a pact to her, becoming a warlock dedicated to her growth in power.

Jikijakus

God of Jokes and Mischief

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Suggested Domains: Art, Trickery

Symbol: A smiling face with two conical hats on top of it, like horns

Titles: The Laughing Jack, The False Gnome, Devil’s Jester

Born to parents that were both pureblood gnomes, Jikijakus has been a creator of mischief even since the day they were born, as they were a half-goblin, despite no feasible way for their mother to be pregnant with a goblin’s child. Sowing discord through all that they can, just for the fun of it, Jikijakus seems to be just a foolish trickster, but in reality is a mastermind of deception that uses their antics to hide their true intelligence. Jikijakus’ body, itself, seems to be full of trickery, as it can change many parts of its physical appearance at their will, including height, weight, sex, and skin color. Jikijakus’ ascension to godhood was simple; they tricked several gods into signing contracts that appeared to be for their benefit, but in the end stole a portion of their power, with the combined stolen power being enough for Jikijakus to become a deity, themselves.

Jikijakus is the god of jokes and mischief, who thinks that all things in life should be laughed at. Those who pray to Jikijakus can easily range from a commoner who wishes for a joke to lighten their mood, to a crazed anarchist asking for chaos to be sown among a house of nobles.

Khallsha

Goddess of the Moon

Alignment: Neutral

Suggested Domains: Light, Nature

Symbol: A full moon with morningstar spikes embedded in it

Titles: The Moon Queen, Nightstar, Madame Moon

Khallsha is one of the eldest deities in the entire realm, with her origin being told in many ancient tales, with inaccuracies and differences in them all. However, the most commonly accepted origin is that she and Tai were once the same goddess, who had control over the moon, sun, and stars, spreading light to the world below as she pleased. But, due to the differences in how the sun's searing heat and the moon's calming radiance, the two split off into separate deities, which are now polar opposites.

Khallsha is the goddess of the moon, who does not pride herself in interfering with mortal conflicts often. However, despite her appearance being that of a shining goliath in armor, she is often worshiped by the drow, and, rarely, she does answer the prayers of her "moonchildren".

Krikawa

Goddess of Dancing and Storms

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Suggested Domains: Art, Tempest

Symbol: Blue ribbons cut to look like lightning bolts

Titles: The Dancing Storm, Tempest's Grace, The Thunderous Talons

Originally, when she was still but a mortal, Krikawa was a famed aarakocra dancer known for her high speed combined with the movement of ribbons appearing like lightning bolts, granting her the title of the "Dancing Storm". She allowed the pride of her fame to slowly get to her head, and over time, she would charge excessive amounts to see her dances, making her shows feel exuberant and exclusive to the rare few who could afford it. During her last show as a mortal, she flew up to the heavens during a storm, and was struck several times by bolts of lightning, and when she awoke, she had become a goddess of storms.

Krikawa is the goddess of both dancing and storms, and she encourages beauty and freedom in her followers, like a dancing thunderstorm. She also encourages alliances with those who serve the Psychic Gale, as she believes it is what ascended her.

Lady Whispers

Goddess of Time

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Suggested Domains: Death, Grave

Symbol: An hourglass with small devil horns

Titles: The Dead Beauty, She Who Calls, Time's Gentle Hand

Lady Whispers was a noble of great beauty in her mortal life, sought out by many men who wished to become her suitor, however she never would accept the touch of a single person, almost as if she feared it. She constantly wore long dresses that covered every inch of her form, and donned long silken gloves that would stop her hand from touching anyone. Eventually, she had let a single man into her heart, a man known as Psyche, and the exact moment her skin touched his, he began to rapidly age from a curse Lady Whispers had been born with, one that stole the youth of others on touch. However, this touch had also stolen magical energy from the man, enough that it turned her into a goddess, able to freely control her curse.

Lady Whispers is a tiefling, as well as the goddess of time, and she symbolizes aging and passing. It is said that when someone dies in their sleep, it is from her touch taking their remaining years away, to let them die peacefully instead of in agony.

Nahba

God of Crafting and Smithing

Alignment: Lawful Good

Suggested Domains: Forge, Life

Symbol: An open palm with a gear in the center

Titles: The Hand, Steel Tortoise, Metal Prince

Nahba was an odd tortle in his life, being dedicated to the art of science and smithing compared to the study of water and other natural properties. When he was old enough to leave his village, he sought out gnomes instead of his own kin, to learn their powerful secrets regarding technology. Over the span of his short tortle life, he gradually replaced parts of him, until he was more metal than man, with his left arm in particular being excessively large and mechanical. Eventually, his constructed nature turned him immortal, and he grew further in power from his upgrades, until he ascended to the rank of god.

While the god of crafting and smithing, in both the typical tortle and gnomish nature, believes in treating others kindly and respectfully, he has a trait about him making hiim see less good at a glance; he is extremely power hungry. He constantly seeks ways to become more powerful, as he believes he can wield the might more responsibly than others.

Nobigenz

God(dess) of Dragons and Unity

Alignment: Chaotic Good/Lawful Evil

Suggested Domains: Arcana, Trickery, War

Symbol: Twin dragon heads, one copper and one blue, facing away from the other

Titles: The Desert's Claw, Queen of Kings, King of Queens

Originally, there were two deities of dragonkind; Nobido, the copper queen who ruled over the metallic dragons, and Arigenz, the blue king who lorded over the chromatics. The two of them were mortal enemies, and their servants would constantly fight over territory in the desert sands, trying to claim the entire continent for their respective ruler. However, once the world was sealed off using the World's Edge, there were no reinforcements for the two celestial dragons to claim, no more servants for them to call; only those who were native to the continent were still here. The two were wise enough to realize they would drive themselves to extinction if they attempted to kill one another any longer, and so, as the dragons formed an alliance, the two had their bodies come together, to become a two-headed living symbol of their treaty.

Being two creatures in one body, Nobigenz can be difficult for the people to pray to; they may ask for the assistance of the trickster Nobido, but instead only be heard by the tyrant Arigenz, or vice versa. As such, many who worship Nobigenz choose to pray to them for matters of treaty and peace, as they had settled their own differences, making them a divine icon of alliance.

Olobek

God of Sacrifice and Suffering

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Suggested Domains: Art, Death, Knowledge

Symbol: A serpent with two daggers piercing it

Titles: Doom's Fang, Bloody Scales, The Red Seer

The ability yuan-ti possess allowing them to switch off their emotions is one that gives them the potential to commit horrid atrocities, despite having good hearts and intentions. This was the case for Olobek, the yuan-ti malison known for sacrificing hundreds of individuals all in the name of the Heart of Thorns. He studied the art of creatures dying, oftentimes carving them open and studying their organs as they slowly decayed. He believed he could read the future when he gazed into the organs of a dying man, and so, he would sacrifice many all in the name of the future of his kin. Eventually, he truly did see something in the heart of a pure soul, and left his village, returning a decade later, having ascended to godhood with what he had found from the vision; something so powerful and great he will never reveal what it was.

Olobek is a deity who is powerful enough to gaze into the future, but to do so, he requires sacrifices. He does not demand this bloodshed out of pleasure, but out of necessity. However, even so, few are willing to even speak his name out loud, for his worshipers are seen as vile cultists.

The Psychic Gale

Never-ending magical hurricane

Alignment: Unaligned

Suggested Domains: Arcana, Tempest

Symbol: A swirl with a star in the center of it

Titles: The Eternal Storm, Eye of Stardust, Astral Tempest

Ever since the continent had living creatures on it, a hurricane has raged on in a section of the land, with a pillar of magical pink light shooting out from the center of it, into the heavens. This hurricane, known commonly as the Psychic Gale, is actually a sentient creature that feels emotions and can react to them, usually by casting a magical spell or throwing bolts of divine lightning at what is offending it. Attempts to harm the storm have been futile, and those who enter the eye of the hurricane have never returned.

Many believe that the hurricane is just a spell cast by some greater, hidden god, while others believe that it is the essence of the planet itself, manifested into a raging storm of power. Regardless of what it is, many pray to it in hopes that it will grant them magical power, and to a rare few, it does grant this; it turns them into either clerics dedicated to its worship, or, rarely, into sorcerers with the might of the storm in their veins.

Raajaar

God of Funerals

Alignment: Neutral

Suggested Domains: Death, Grave, Life

Symbol: Two candles on either side of a tombstone

Titles: The Hundred Twin, Golem of Death, Them

Back in the times when science was just discovered, a great demand for labor occurred, an outcry for turning this new discovery into power and work. Golems were crafted, first meticulously and slowly, but as demand increased, they were rushed in production, making faceless behemoths that could only follow the simplest of instructions, and would listen to them in exact terms. However, these beings were created using black science; they imprisoned souls to power these golems, although the scientists did not know this at first. When a golem broke down, the souls broke down as well due to lack of any funeral services, leaving only tiny fragments to blow in the ethereal winds of the void. These fragments gradually came together, forming a two-headed black golem named Raajaar, who, with the divine might of thousands of souls, guaranteed rest to all lost souls.

Raajaar is the god of funerals, and those who follow him make sure that the people of the continent give funeral services for all souls; poor and rich, young and old, for nobody deserves oblivion. Mindless undead animated with his guidance are not powered by the soul of the original owner of the body; rather, he uses one of his thousands of soul fragments to give it a semblance of life and follow commands of its master.

Rakatet

Goddess of Torture and Vengeance

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Suggested Domains: Art, War

Symbol: A circle surrounding a battleaxe

Titles: Lady Guillotine, The Fury, Queen Headcutter

Even the most pure children can be brought to hate the world all around them, with their holy hearts blackened from suffering until they are as dark as the night sky. Rakatet began her life as a human girl who had a lovely life, with many adoring her company and the pieces of art she could create. However, jealousy eventually overcame many people, as she could seemingly do no wrong, and so they plotted to rip the joy away from her life, and to end her. When she had unveiled one of her greatest masterpieces to a gallery, one she had spent entire months to finish, eager to please them all, it had been defaced, driving her to anguish. Next, when she had returned to her home, she found it in pieces, burned to the ground, with a message stating for her to quit acting better than the rest of the world. In a fit of wrath and a sense of justice, she pledged her soul to whatever dark force was watching her, and was granted the power to slaughter them all, bringing her further and further into the darkness, until her caring heart was gone.

Rakatet is a goddess who refuses to believe that people can have goodness in them, seeing everyone, including herself, as being extremely cruel and wicked. When one prays to her, they ask for her help in either ripping answers from one they are torturing, or they wish for the power to seek vengeance on someone who wronged them.

Saiiah

God of Bandits and Mirrors

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Suggested Domains: Trickery

Symbol: A mirror with glaring, angry eyes

Titles: Mirror's Edge, The Reflective Blade, Cutthroat King

Those who gaze into a mirror see not just a reflection of their body, but also glimpse into the very depths of their soul. To some people, this spirit seems like a beautiful thing, while to others it may appear like a horrid monster. However, to Saiiah, there is nothing to gaze back into, only an empty shell. He cannot remember anything about his past, and no records exist of it, almost as if the world itself was trying to remove him from existence. However, when one is brought to a mirror with Saiiah nearby, his essence can jump from his hollow form into their body, stealing it from them temporarily, and force it to act against the will of the original owner. With a new body in his possession for an amount of time no less than a day, but no longer than a week, Saiiah steals all he can from the person; converting their loved ones to his worship, 'stealing' them from their previous gods, taking their valuable possessions as if they were offerings to Saiiah. Eventually, their body is returned to them, but usually once it is, they are too deep into Saiiah's tricks and traps to escape.

Saiiah is the god of bandits and mirrors, who steals from any he pleases and mirrors those whom he speaks to. One cannot truly grasp his appearance, and instead see themselves, but with mirrors for eyes. Those who pray to him usually to either recover something they have lost, to help them reflect on themselves, or, for the greedy, to aid in stealing from someone or something else.

Tai

Goddess of the Sun

Alignment: Neutral Evil

Suggested Domains: Death, Light, Tempest

Symbol: The sun with torn angelic wings

Titles: The Light's Fury, Divine Fire, Queen of Heat

In the searing heat of the continent, the sun is seen by nearly all as a symbol of death and suffering; while it may bring light, which is needed for many things in life, it's heat is far too great to have the people see it as a great boon, compared to a vile curse. The aasimar goddess who controls the sun, Tai, symbolizes this perspective well; her anger is as powerful and blazing as the sun, but her boons she grants to her followers are as useful as warm sunlight. At one time, she and the goddess of the moon, Khallsha, were one being, but eventually, they split off into two, and have been feuding ever since.

Tai is the goddess of the sun, and she is an icon of fire and fury in the eyes of the people. Most of those who pray to her do so out of fear of divine punishment for ignoring her, as she is usually seen as one of the most powerful gods in Al'Naar. However, the desert elves commonly worship her, having a sense of respect for her light and the heat it brings; to her, she is more like a warm mother than a blazing storm.

Um-Balid

Goddess of Blades and Elements

Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Suggested Domains: Arcana, War

Symbol: A scimitar glowing with elemental energy

Titles: The Four Swords, Mother Shifra, The Lady

To many, the Shifra seem like a part of life, one that has existed forever, and will always exist. However, the Shifra are actually fairly young for creatures of their power; only four to six hundred years at their oldest. All of them-the eight official Shifra, and the banished Khanjur-are children of Um-Balid, a four-armed genie who possesses control over the elements of air, fire, water, and wind. With her power, she gave her children the continent, with her asking to be known as a goddess to the people in return. Though she does not often interfere with the affairs of her creations in this age, she still keeps her watchful eyes on them, and is vicious towards any who would try to kill them.

Due to Um-Balid being the creator of the Shifra, those that pray to her often either respect the might of them, or are directly serving them. She holds no favoritism over any of the Shifra, so the followers of any of them-including Khanjur-are weighted equally when deciding if she will grant their wishes or not. Commonly, she is prayed to for assistance in controlling elemental magic, or learning to wield weapons.

The Wolf King

God of Beasts and Lycanthropes

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Suggested Domains: Nature, War

Symbol: A wolf's head, in profile, facing left

Titles: Lord of Predators, The Beastmaster, The Alpha

While not a common sight on the continent, lycanthropes are just as much of a threat in Al'Naar as they are in other worlds; powerful predators that are filled with might from their curse, which they force upon others. At one point, the Wolf King was a regular human, a man who fought merely for the pleasure of combat, and the thrill of steel against steel. He was known for his unique fighting style, one using specially made gauntlets with claws on them, earning him the title of "The Beastmaster". However, he wished to emulate his moniker and reputation more, and so he sought out the most powerful werewolf in the land, one called the Alpha, and demanded to be changed into a werewolf. The Alpha refused, and so, the two fought to the death, with the Wolf King barely claiming victory, taking on the curse of lycanthropy and becoming their new ruler.

In his godhood, the Wolf King rules over all the beasts and lycans that exist on the continent, but he is not only prayed to for matters relating to them; the people also beseech him to watch their duels to make sure they are fair, to fuel their gladiators with a rush of divine energy, and to make fights as entertaining as possible.

Yoddodii

God of Combat and Paint

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Suggested Domains: Art, Life, War

Symbol: Four horizontal lines

Titles: The War Painter, Divine Commander

Many in this world find warfare to be a horrible thing, one that claims lives of many men and women for seemingly frivolous reasons. However, to others, such as the dwarf Yoddodii, it is a great display of tactics, art, and skill. In his life, Yoddodii was a commander and artist of a group of dwarvish mercenaries, one large enough to be considered its very own army. He would demand fine paintings as well as gold for payment to receive his army's support, fueling his greed for the things he considered beautiful as his army's coffers grew in contents. At one point, Yoddodii was the richest man on the entire continent, his wealth vast enough to build his own kingdom if he so wanted. However, doom soon befell his vast riches; when he was traveling most of them across the desert, to be brought to a kingdom in exchange for an enormous amount of war supplies, they were attacked by a gargantuan sandworm, one as huge as a palace, which devoured most of his possessions and men. Fueled by an undying wrath, Yoddodii declared vengeance on all of the sandworms, and even when he was eventually slain, his desire for revenge changed his spirit into a divine being.

Yoddodii is commonly prayed to for aid when developing strategies for warfare, as well as for assistance in learning creative skills. While he does occasionally respond to these prayers, he more frequently sends aid to those plagued by sandworms, from his undying hate of them. Due to this vitriol, he does not often answer prayers of those associated with sandworms, such as aarakocra.

Zillidal al Zero

God of Books and Corpses

Alignment: Neutral Good

Suggested Domains: Grave, Knowledge

Symbol: A black book with a skull printed on the cover

Titles: The Keeper, The Soulbinder, He Who Knows Death

Knowledge is power in all worlds; wherever it's knowing how to work to feed yourself, or how your enemy plans to fight so you may counter and live another day, one's level of knowledge involves their likelihood of staying alive. However, not all knowledge with power relates to the living; for the jackalfolk named Zillidal al Zero, knowing more about the dead has been even more powerful and useful. He began his life as a simple collector of books, slowly building up an impressive library with a large assortment of tomes from a variety of subjects. However, slowly, he began to lean towards a singular theme; the dead. How people decomposed, how funeral rites were done, why people died, where their souls went, and far, far more topics were delved into by him, until eventually, he seemed to know all one could about the dead. Then, the souls of those who did not go to any afterlife went to his library, to read over his books for all of eternity.

People usually pray to Zillidal if they are trying to understand a concept foreign to them, such as how other races treat their dead, and if he feels so inclined, he will either guide them in the direction of the right answer--such as by having them suddenly remember a book they saw in a local library on the topic--or he may even just tell them directly.

Druids

On the continent of Al'Naar, the state of nature is threatened by the rapid technological development of the people; due to being a desert, metal is not always in the highest quality, meaning that miners must dig deeper to acquire sufficient metal, and more mines must be built. Due to this, habitats are being destroyed, harming both the animals and the environment.

Many druids reject living in the malakuts of the world, as their technological advancements and building of homes takes up even more of the environment. Rather, most of them are nomads or hermits, avoiding the places where people are most commonly found. Druids may live among other druids in their circle, or they might simply co-exist with a group of nomads who share their views.

Even though the majority of druids very clearly help nature, not all do; some druids appear to be hypocritical and destructive of nature on the surface, but for most, such as those in the Circle of Withering, they have reasons that help nature by seemingly harming it.

Druid Circles

Druidic circles are very important to the survival of many druids on the continent, as they willingly exile themselves from the safe technological world to suffer at the hands of the agonizing blaze of the desert. Not many can survive alone in the desert, so many druids rely on their circle to keep them alive, either by protection or for providing them with food and water.

While druids are usually thought of as peaceful people, the different circles of druids usually view one another as one would expect rival gangs to; as enemies to be defeated, and nothing more. Druidic circles usually schedule their bloody fights between each other beforehand, to not risk harming areas with animals or plants in them, disturbing migratory patterns or breeding grounds, and, most importantly, not involve outsiders. In these fights--known as alkatil--it is believed to be cowardice to accept the help of outsiders in a conflict that should be addressed by druids and druids alone.

Even with their rivalries, druids value the protection of nature above all; they can put aside their differences temporarily to fix problems in nature, instead of continue their conflicts. Rival druids can even travel together and tolerate one another for long periods of time if it is for the sake of nature, but once the balance of nature is no longer a concern, vitriol will arise once more.

Bonus Cantrip

When you join this circle, at 2nd level, you learn the sapping touch cantrip, which counts as a druid cantrip for you but not towards your number of cantrips known.

Life Drain

Beginning at 2nd level, you can rip the life out of the ground and creatures. When you use your Wild Shape feature, you can instead choose to drain the life of either one creature of your choice within 30 feet of yourself, or of the land within 30 feet of yourself.

If you drain the life of a creature, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take an amount of necrotic damage equal to your Wisdom modifier + a number of d6s equal to half of your druid level (rounded up). A plant creature has disadvantage on this saving throw.

If you drain the life of the land around yourself, all Tiny plants within 30 feet of yourself instantly wither and die. At 9th, 13th, and 17th levels, the range for draining the life of plants around yourself increases by 30 feet. When you reach 13th level, the size category for plants that instantly wither and die increases to Medium or smaller.

After you drain the life of either a creature or of the land, you gain temporary hit points equal to three times your druid level, which last for 10 minutes or until you use your Wild Shape feature again.

Reanimate Life

Starting at 6th level, while you can drain life, you can also reanimate it as well. You always have the animate dead spell prepared, and it does not count towards your number of spells prepared.

You can cast the spell as an action on a point within range, and instead of reanimating a nearby corpse or bones, you can cause ancient corpses or bones to immediately rise from the ground, as zombies or skeletons (your choice).

Withering Might

By 10th level, your power to harm life increases. Whenever you deal damage to a creature with a druid spell, it takes bonus necrotic damage equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of 1). A creature can only take this additional damage once per turn.

Also, any undead reanimated by you from your Reanimate Life feature add your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of +1) to their attack and damage rolls.

Dust to Dust

At 14th level, you can reduce life to dust. You can cast disintegrate at 7th level, without a spell slot or material components. If you target an object with disintegrate cast in this way that would only have a 10-foot cube of itself disintegrated, you disintegrate a 20-foot cube, instead.

After casting disintegrate in this way, you must take a long rest before doing so, again.

Fighters

In all parts of all lands where combat is a needed means to an ends, there exist fighters. The continent of Al'Naar is no exception to this trend, as many types of fighters exist in the isolated desert; from the soldiers and guards who swear their lives to the mighty Shifra, to nomadic swordsmen who could care less for the conflict of these mighty elementals, and to those who practice the ancient art known as blade dancing. Whether it be for money, sport, glory, or some other reason, there is no short supply of those with expertise in martial combat in the shifting sands.

Due to the hostile nature of the fiery desert, fighters are commonly hired as guards for civilizations, bodyguards for nobles and merchants who can afford it, or are people who aid in the desert's hostility as bandits or thugs.

The majority of organizations detailed in the world of Al'Naar--from the mighty Shifra, to any of the fearsome Ravagers, or possibly even religious orders dedicated to the deities of the continent--have use for the martial prowess of fighters, making it quite easy to find a job. However, while finding a job is the easy part, it's living long enough that becomes difficult.

Martial Archetype

Fighters in Al'Naar have the following Martial Archetype option, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Dances

The dances here are presented in alphabetical order.

Dance of the Boar. When you would be reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can make a Constitution saving throw with a DC equal to 5 + the amount of damage taken, unless that damage was from a critical hit. On a successful saving throw, you are reduced to 1 hit point, instead.

Improved. The DC is equal to the damage taken.

Dance of the Bull. Once per turn, when you hit a target with a melee weapon attack, you can force it to make a Strength saving throw. On a failed saving throw, the target is moved 10 feet in a straight line away from you.

Improved. The target is also knocked prone on a failed saving throw.

Dance of the Crab. After taking the Attack action, you can use your bonus action to attempt to grapple the target.

Improved. Your movement speed is not halved when grappling a creature.

Dance of the Dragon. As an action, you can make a 15-foot cone of your choice of acid, cold, fire, poison, or lightning energy emanate from yourself. Creatures within the cone must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking an amount of damage equal to a number of d6s equal to one-third your fighter level (rounded up) plus 1.

Improved. The damage increases by an additional 2d6.

Dance of the Frog. Your jump distance is doubled, and while jumping your movement speed increases by 10 feet.

Improved. Your jump distance is tripled, and you are immune to falling damage.

Dance of the Mantis. When an attacker that you can see misses you with a weapon attack, you can use your reaction to make one melee weapon attack on the attacker.

Improved. You have advantage on the reaction weapon attack.

Dance of the Phoenix. When you hit a target with a melee weapon attack, it takes an additional 1d4 fire damage.

Improved. The fire damage increases to 1d6.

Dance of the Snake. Your movement speed increases by 10 feet, and opportunity attacks made against you have disadvantage.

Improved. You are always under the effects of the Disengage action.

Dance of the Turtle. When an attacker that you can see hits you with a weapon attack, you can use your reaction to halve the weapon attack's damage against you.

Improved. Your AC increases by 2.

Monks

Before the Shifra had come to Al'Naar, those who lived on the continent required ways to protect themselves from the creatures that stalked the sands without the ability to create weapons as powerful and effective as longbows and longswords. Discipline and a closed fist are the weapons of choice for those who call themselves monks, using fighting styles which are deeply ingrained in ancient Al'Naaric culture through their monastic orders and temples, some of which are hundreds or even a thousand years old.

Many monasteries at one point were part of the same order, and had split off due to differences--in views, in fighting styles, or even just in leadership. The new monasteries may be either friend or foe when this happens, with the monks of those who become foes either leaving their relative monastery to pursue relationships they had prior, or they forfeit their old relationships as a sign of devotion to their monastery.

From their beginnings being extremely old, many monasteries tend to be led by the races who originally had created the orders, such as jackalfolk leading the Clan of the New Moon. This is not always the case, but when it comes to the longer lived races, one can usually expect the leader of their monasteries to be ancient beings of the creating race.

Monastic Orders

The following monastic orders can be found on the continent of Al'Naar.

The Full Moon

Those who are a part of the Clan of the Full Moon see the light of the full moon in the sky as a gift; when normally darkness would close off the world for many creatures, the moon's lunar radiance brightens up the dark night. The clan has a strong hatred of lycanthropes, as they believe that they corrupt the gift of the full moon. The clan's fighting style tends to revolve around fair chances and honor, using as little dirty tricks as possible.

Most of the monks that are part of the Clan of the Full Moon use the statistics for the Way of the Sun Soul found in either the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide or in Xanathar's Guide to Everything, however a few instead use the Way of the Open Hand found in the Player's Handbook.

The Unarmored Knights

Also called by many other names, such as the Shifra's Fist, the Lamp Lords, and the Disciples of Um-Balid, the Order of the Unarmored Knights are monks that are devoted to the protection and service to the Shifra. These monks see the Shifra's power as being reason for why the people should serve them, and so, they serve them directly. They might be messengers, personal guards, or specially trained soldiers of the Shifra.

Some monks in this order choose to favor specific Shifra, only serving those they favor, while others serve all of them equally. Those who choose to only assist specific Shifra usually will wear symbols of their devotion to that Shifra, such as wearing a snake mask when serving Almashrubat Alsumu.

Monks that are part of the Order of the Unarmored Knights use the statistics for either the Way of the Four Elements found in the Player's Handbook or the Way of the Kensei found in Xanathar's Guide to Everything.

The Ancestral Palm

As monastic techniques on the continent are ancient, there exist some who commune with the monks whom lived before them, those who either knew fighting styles long forgotten by time, or those who invented styles still being used to this day.

These monks are part of the Order of the Ancestral Palm, and their style of martial arts is based on communing with and summoning forth the power of ancient monks. They see these monks as they meditate, and learn old secrets from them, such as how to speak tongues long-since dead, or know things nobody currently alive possibly could know.

If your monk character is a disciple of the Order of the Ancestral Palm, you can choose to roll on or pick from the table below to determine the ancestor you commune with.

Monks of the Order of the Ancestral Palm use the statistics found below.

Wisdom of the Ancients

Starting at 11th level, your ancestors use their wisdom to aid you, like a guiding hand. As a reaction to you making an attack roll or ability check, you can expend 1 ki point to reroll that roll. You can use this feature after you see the d20 roll but before you know the outcome.

Phantom Trance

At 17th level, you can take on the aspects of the fallen, by expending 5 ki points as an action. When you do so, you gain the following benefits for the next minute:

• Your melee weapon attacks deal additional psychic damage equal to your Wisdom modifier (a minimum of 1).
• You gain a flying (hover) speed equal to half of your walking speed.
• You can use your Visage of the Ancients feature as a reaction to you or an allied creature within 15 feet of yourself being attacked, targeting the attacker if the attacker is within 15 feet.

Paladins

In the untamed desert lands of Al'Naar, as well as in its civilized streets, there exist those who uphold the codes, contracts, and oaths of the people; powerful radiant warriors, known as paladins. These warriors may serve codes for the mighty Shifra, for the common folk, or possibly for another powerful entity entirely, but regardless, they are seen as bulwarks of divinity and power.

The oaths of paladins are what truly sets them apart; while they all follow tenets and codes, an individual's oath has large differences in how they act; a paladin who serves the god Zilladel, for instance, has very different tenets to one who serves no god, but instead swears the Oath of Devotion.

Some specific paladins take on alternate titles based on the oath they serve or who they serve, such as paladins serving the Shifra being known as "bladeguards" by many, and many god-serving paladns calling themselves "templars". These titles may have originated from the paladins calling themselves this new name, or it may have come from people calling them the title.

Paladin Orders

The following orders of paladins can be found on the continent of Al'Naar. Not all paladins are in orders; many religious paladins become zealots without an order, serving only their deity.

Oath of Ferality

Paladins of the Oath of Ferality become avatars of the natural order, taking on aspects of the ferocious beasts of the world, and using them to forward their ideals. Called beast knights or feral justicars, paladins of this oath are often identified by their striking, animal head-shaped helmets.

Rangers

In a place such as Al'Naar, where nature is constantly making itself known through its deadly wildlife and the land itself, there are those who know how to respect nature and use it for their advantage. Known as rangers by many, many on the continent might be members of guilds, and they can be hired out to get their assistance traveling through the harsh sandy dunes. Others might seek to join with circles of druids, to instead work to protect nature.

The ways of the ranger have been passed around for a long time, with many calling rangers the original nomads, due to their ability to survive excellently in the hot sun, and easily find food where there is seemingly none. Most caravans of nomads have at least one ranger or druid among their ranks, to guarantee the group can consistently access food.

Not all rangers seek to help others, however. Some use their knowledge of the wilderness to instead become fearsome bandits and thugs, stealing from those who do not know how to use the land to their advantage. Many of them practice a special art of magic and fighting that makes use of magical sand and fire, known as "dunereaving".

Ranger Conclaves

Rangers in Al'Naar have the following Ranger Conclave option, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Rogues

Be they tricksters, thieves, Ravagers, or adventurers, the continent is home to people of all kinds of skills, skills both criminal and not. Rogues embody this archetype of people, being masters of all kinds of skills, experts in many areas of talent that can seemingly never be surpassed by the common folk who try to emulate the same techniques.

Some rogues choose to use their skills for criminal purposes, with many joining either groups of nomadic bandits or one of the Ravager factions. They may hire themselves out as deadly assassins, their clients paying for the blood of their enemies in gold, or they might be simple thieves who steal to get themselves by. From the rogues who do illegal activities, a stigma against those who seem roguish exists in the people, especially the ones tired of being attacked and stolen from.

Unbeknownst to many, a guild of rogues exist that serve a powerful force, working alongside warlocks to please this dark being. This guild goes by the name of the Bone Claw, and they serve an ancient being known as the Dead King (detailed on the warlock page, under the examples for the Great Old One patron), who wishes to bring the continent into an eternal nightmare. Roguish members of the Bone Claw call themselves "dreamblades", in reference to how their blades make their victims go to "sleep", permanently, and their dark god's control over nightmares.

Roguish Archetypes

Rogues in Al'Naar have the following Roguish Archetype option, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Sorcerers

While magic can be a hard thing to control merely by studying, due to most of the connection to the Weave being cut off by the World's Edge, innate magic can still be manipulated by the people on Al'Naar. This innate magic is what makes common people become mighty sorcerers, and it might come from their bloodline, a secret ritual, or a blessing from a deity or other mighty being.

Sorcerers may not always pass their magic through their descendants, however, due to most of them having mysticism intermingled with their bloodline, many noble families have sorcerers in them, so that they and their descendants can both protect themselves and fight for other reasons. Wealthy families that lack a sorcerous bloodline will typically either seek to wed with a sorcerer, to bring magic into their blood, or they will pay a sorcerer to have a child with them to bring the magic from a newly-born bastard.

Water Magic

When it comes to sorcerers that are wanted by communities and those who the common people tend to love having around, there are none on the continent that surpass a generous sorcerer with water magic. Water is a rarity on the continent, often being too expensive for many to afford sufficient drinking water each day, so for a sorcerer to be able to just create it, seemingly out of thin air at times, is astounding to the people. Some sorcerers may charge people for this water, typically at a lower price than other merchants would, while others choose to be kind and grant it to the people for free. While any humanoid can be a sorcerer with water magic, tortles are easily the most common race to be blessed with this kind of magic.

Many sorcerers with water magic are brought to the side of either of the marid Shifra, creating a new house of nobles in the individual's name. Some are eager and willing to take this offer, fearing no consequences to come of this newfound wealth and power, while others are more cautious and either are slow to accept, or even decline outright. Not all who decline escape with their lives, however; to disappoint a Shifra is a grave mistake.

Wild Magic

There are few forces on the continent capable of more destruction than sorcerers who are touched with wild magic. Most sorcerers who gain their powers from this chaotic catalyst were subject to a powerful elemental disaster spell being cast on their parent near their birth, with the raw magical and primordial energies flowing into their soul itself. Others might have been created specifically with an unstable combination of elements in their body, most likely by a dark scientist.

Due to how unpredictable wild magic can be, the majority of organizations tend to avoid allowing sorcerers who cast wild magic into their ranks, in fear of them (literally) exploding and killing several of their own members. However, smaller groups of nomadic bandits may find they have no other option, and take these loose cannons into their ranks, praying they do not regret it later.

Sorcerous Origin

Sorcerers in Al'Naar have the following Sorcerous Origin option, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Warlocks

From their pacts made with strange and mighty creatures being seen as cheating their ways into spellcasting, respect from their peers is not something many warlocks can expect regularly. Even if a warlock has made their pact with a fairly benevolent patron, disdain for the warlock seems to lurk around every corner they look.

Typically, the only spellcasters that can sympathize with a warlock's plight are wizards that steal power from a mana lord, as they can understand the need for magic. Wizards that practice science, however, are not as sympathic to warlocks, viewing them with just as much contempt as other casters.

Warlocks do not always ask for the pacts that they make. Sometimes, a patron will have interest in the individual beforehand, and seek to have them become a warlock; whether it be by forcing them, merely asking them, or even tricking them.

Many warlocks are members of sects, cults, or churches dedicated to the beings that they make their pact with, serving alongside fellow warlocks (or clerics) dedicated to their mutual patron. Some patrons prefer to more personally address their warlocks, avoiding cults like this, but the majority of them support having more followers, and command all of them at once.

Patrons on the Continent

Even with the World's Edge sealing off of most of the rest of the world, many patrons are powerful enough to still communicate and empower their warlocks. Most patrons available in Al'Naar were once, or currently are, citizens of Al'Naar.

The Fiend

Where there is evil in the world, all types of fiends reside, and Al'Naar is no different in this regard. A few fiend patrons are even infamous on the continent, with their warlocks both being known and hated for dealing with them. These patrons may include any of the eight mana lords (detailed in Chapter 1), or they may be any of the following:

Collective is a cunning and mighty draegloth with exceptional power, that disguises himself as the drow god of death, Anraes. He lives to collect souls and tear those who are terrified limb from limb, with warlocks bound to his service often being commanded to capture timid sapient creatures for his delight.

Qakāj, the Birdwatcher, was once a peaceful man, but was corrupted by the Shifra for forbidden knowledge he had learned regarding them. Now, as a powerful balor, he is violent and full of fury for all but the one creatures he used to love; birds. Warlocks who make a pact with him are ordered to never harm birds, although he doesn't mind if they hurt humanoid birds such as kenku.

Sariqa, the Whispering Doom, is a giant roc that was created by the mana lord of conjuration, Saw'Harta'Riq, to spread his gospel throughout the lands. It is able to whisper to any creature on Al'Naar, regardless of any distance between them. Warlocks that serve it are bound to the will of both it and Saw'Harta'Riq, and it may command the warlock to seize treasure for its amusement.

Tathir, the Hateful, is a pit fiend who has angelic wings fused into his back with 6 iron spikes each, and has a face made of steel. He despises all things that are divine, and takes sadistical pleasure in binding and commanding former priests and clerics. Most of his orders involve defacing sanctuaries or monuments to deities.

The Great Old One

Unlike most other beings, which are blocked off by the World's Edge, all of the Great Old Ones are able to pierce through the edge's shield, though very few do bother to, as it takes a small level of effort that many will not consider worthwhile to influence mortals. Great Old Ones native to Al'Naar, however, include the following:

The Dead King, known as many names throughout history, such as the Violet Flame or the Night Lord, is the lord of all nightmares, a counterweight to the dreams brought by Suumay. He creates sentinels from damned souls and those who wish to join his eternal court, and his ultimate purpose is to engulf all living things in an endless burning nightmare, where he rules over all of existence.

Mister Long Black Fingers is a spirit of death that has existed in Al'Naaric folklore since the dawn of time, and is symbolized by a black hand with foot-long digits, as nobody can comprehend his form beyond his hands. He is said to rip away the souls of the damned as they rest, with many believing he is the source of any cruel people dying in their sleep.

Suumay, the Queen of Wax, appears like a one-eyed blue-skinned woman with waxy skin, two silver elk antlers out from her head, hooves for feet and candles jutting out of her shoulders, and is said to appear in the dreams of those who sleep by the light of a hundred candles. She is known as a warper of dreams and reality alike, and it is said if you have her favor you shall never experience a nightmare for your entire life. Her followers seek to destroy those who worship the Dead King, and his seek to end her followers.

Yaelatahh, The Shell Of The Sea, appears like a lobster standing upright, with six crab's claws instead of feet, and two sickles attached to the ends of its antennae, with an endless glowing blue void for a mouth and eyes. Those who bind themselves to this monster constantly feel urges to submerge themselves in water whenever they can, and to break the World's Edge and let the ocean be free once more.

Zamlahkul, also known as the Maw Lizard, is a red-fleshed humanoid scale-less lizard with six crocodile heads that all lack eyeballs. Its only goal is to eat everything it can touch, with warlocks that make pacts with it being exceptionally hungry as it consumes half of the food that they eat.

Otherworldly Patrons

Warlocks in Al'Naar have the following Otherworldly Patron options, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Scientific Upgrades

The scientific upgrades are in alphabetical order. The costs for each upgrade is listed in parenthesis after the upgrade's name. You only gain the benefits of a scientific upgrade while you are wearing your power armor.

Also, when an upgrade refers to your level, it refers to your level in this class.

Adamantine Plating (1-2 Science Points). Your armor class while wearing your power armor increases by the amount of science points you spend on this upgrade.

Additional Arms (1 Science Point). Your armor gains two additional, smaller arms. These arms may manipulate objects and perform the somatic components of spells, and you may interact with an additional object (like drawing or stowing something) each turn.

Eldritch Cannon (1 Science Point). When you cast eldritch blast, instead of making a ranged spell attack on a creature within range, you can instead choose a point within range. All creatures within 10 feet of that point must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, or take force damage equal to 1d8 + your Charisma modifier.

This force damage increases to 2d8 at 5th level, 3d8 at 11th level, and 4d8 at 17th level.

Energy Barrier (2 Science Points). At the start of each of your turns, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of 1).

Leg Enhancements (1 Science Point). Your movement speed increases by 10 feet and you are under the effects of the jump spell.

Magnetic Touch (1 Science Point). Your armor's digits, both on your hands and feet, are magnetic. Climbing on surfaces made of metal does not require additional movement for you or require ability checks, even for climbing on ceilings.

The Roots

While fey are often seen as creatures of nature, there are those who go deeper than their surface level connection to the world, figures who are entwined with nature eternally. Warlocks may make pact with these rooted beings to aid in the never ending battle between technological advancement and the natural world, or perhaps they are uninvolved in the conflict and merely believe that plants are the superior choice in patron.

Mighty plants who would qualify for being patrons of the Roots would include Al'Naar's Heart of Thorns or Raabas, while in other worlds it might be century-old treants or dryads, or potentially even creatures related to mushrooms and myconids.

Grasping Roots

Also, at 1st level, when you cast a warlock spell of 1st level or higher, you can have a square of roots and vines appear at a point within either 30 feet of yourself, or within 5 feet of the target of your spell (your choice). The square is a number of feet long equal to 5 + 5 x the level of the slot expended, and it is difficult terrain for all creatures except ones you designate. This terrain lasts for 1 minute, until you cast another warlock spell of 1st level or higher, or until you use your action to have the roots wrap up a creature of your choice that is standing in the terrain.

When you do so, the creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw, or be restrained until the end of your next turn and take 1d6 bludgeoning damage for every level of the slot originally expended, taking half the bludgeoning damage without additional effects on a successful save.

Nature's Steps

Beginning at 6th level, you ignore difficult terrain. Additionally, you can choose to not leave any tracks or traces of your movement.

Vegetative Shield

Starting at 10th level, when you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to coat yourself in a layer of extremely resilient vegetation. Until the end of your next turn, your AC increases by an amount equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of 1), you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage, and you are vulnerable to fire damage.

After using this feature, you must take a short or long rest before doing so, again.

Prickled Prison

At 14th level, when you hit a Large or smaller creature with an attack, you can choose to form a giant plant around the creature, for 1 minute. The creature takes 3d10 piercing damage, and is blinded and restrained, but has total cover. At the start of each of the creature's turns, it takes an additional 3d10 piercing damage. The creature can use its action to make a Strength saving throw, ending the effect on a success.

After using this feature, you must take a long rest before doing so, again.

Eldritch Invocations

At 2nd level, a warlock gains the Eldritch lnvocations feature. Here are new options for that feature, in addition to the options in the Player’s Handbook. If an eldritch invocation has a prerequisite, you must meet it to learn the invocation. You can learn the invocation at the same time that you meet its prerequisite. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class.

Machinery Manual

Prerequisites: Pact of the Tome, the Machine patron

Your Book of Shadows contains in-depth knowledge on how to build machines, weapons, and other similar technology. You gain proficiency in tinker's and smith's tools, your rate of crafting during downtime is doubled, and when you make an Intelligence (History) check to recall information about any kind of tool or technology, you add your proficiency bonus if you did not already, and double it for that check.

Nature's Warrior

Prerequisites: the Roots patron

You learn the shillelagh cantrip, and when you cast shillelagh, you can cast it on any weapon. If the weapon's damage die was already 1d8 or greater, it remains the same. Also, once per turn, when you hit a creature with a weapon under the effect of shillelagh, you can cause the creature to take acid, fire, cold, or lightning (your choice) damage equal to your warlock level.

Overclock

Prerequisites: the Machine patron, 5th level

You can cast haste, targeting only yourself, without expending a warlock spell slot. After casting haste in this way, you must take a long rest before doing so, again.

Plant Bomb

Prerequisites: Pact of the Chain, the Roots patron

As an action, you can expend a warlock spell slot and select one Small or smaller sized nonmagical plant within 30 feet of yourself. The plant comes to life (10 AC, 1 hit point) for up to 1 hour, and you can use your bonus action on your turn to command it to move up to 30 feet. If the plant takes any damage, an hour has passed after you animated it, or when you use your reaction to detonate it, it explodes as though it were a cactus mine spell of the same level as the spell slot expended to animate it. You can only animate one plant at a time in this way.

Technomaul

Prerequisites: Pact of the Blade, the Machine patron

When you form your pact weapon as a maul, it becomes a mechanical hammer with an electric core. When you hit a creature with this maul, you can expend a warlock spell slot to deal an additional 1d8 lightning damage to the creature plus another 1d8 lightning damage per slot level, and the creature must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the start of your next turn.

Vine Whip

Prerequisites: Pact of the Blade, the Roots patron

When you form your pact weapon as a whip, it becomes a thorned vine. When you hit a creature with this whip, you can expend a warlock spell slot to deal an additional 1d8 piercing damage to the creature plus another 1d8 piercing damage per slot level, and the creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained until the start of your next turn.

Wizard

When the World’s Edge was constructed, it was made with the intent of sealing off the entire rest of the world world from Al’Naar, and vice versa. The Edge was powerful enough that even the connection with the Weave was sundered, making all magic have to come innately, or by being granted magic by a being that innately has it. With this, the old ways of wizardry were rendered moot and useless, unable to cast even a single spell as the oldest methods of magic via knowledge did nothing while surrounded by the World’s Edge.

Unable to accept their loss of magic, wizards banded together with the sect of warlocks known as the Lord’s Eyes, to tap into the magic that each of the seven mana lords possessed in large amounts. However, the power given from taking as much as the Eyes would allow them to was not enough for them; it was far too feeble, about the same as as a warlock had. Instead, using a combination of the rituals they had been taught by the Eyes, as well as the knowledge of how to copy and cast spells in the old ways from the weave, the wizards stole power directly from the mana lords, enough that they could cast once more.

Schools of wizards are very secretive organizations, out of fear of members of the Lord’s Eyes. or others, coming to destroy their rituals that they desperately need to create new wizards. Some schools may be officially sponsored by one of the Shifra, while others may be associated with other organizations--such as the Order of the Moon Lotus or one of the Ravager clans--and others still may be completely isolated from any sort of outside influence.

Spell Quirks

The Rise of Science

However, while the Weave cannot be manipulated directly anymore, through incantations and gestures, there is still a method which those who study magic can use to cast spells; the study of technology, known to the people of Al'Naar as science.

Wizards who practice science are known as "scientists", and they can cast spells just as regular wizards were able to before the World's Edge had shut off the majority of the connection to the Weave. Instead of using crystals and staves to create their spells, they use metal devices which reproduce the effects. Wizards that have lived before the Edge came, a couple centuries ago, fashion their devices to appear like crystals and staves, to keep their appearances as they have always been in the past, while still being able to cast spells.

There are three distinct schools of science on Al'Naar; black science, grey science, and white science.

Arcane Traditions

Wizards in Al'Naar have the following Arcane Tradition options, in addition to those found in the Player's Handbook.

Power of Science

Beginning when you choose this tradition at 2nd level, your knowledge of science lets you create potions, using energy called science points. You have 1 science point, and gain additional points as shown on the table below.

When you expend a science point, it is lost until after your next long rest, unless a feature using them specifies otherwise, at which point you recover all expended science points. Additionally, you gain proficiency in alchemist's supplies.

Potions

Also, at 2nd level, you can create potions using science points and magic. At the end of a short or long rest, you can create potions using vials filled with water and alchemist's supplies. You can make a maximum number of potions equal to your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of 1).

When you make a potion, you expend a number of science points as well as a spell slot of any level. The potion takes on the effects of one potion formula you know, provided you expend the science points required for the recipe, and a spell slot equal to the formula's rarity or higher. A creature can use their action to either drink a potion, or administer it to a willing creature within 5 feet of itself. A potion can be used any time before you take a short or long rest, after which point it becomes inert and nonmagical.

You know two common potion formulas, and learn a new formula every time you gain a level in this class. You can learn common potion formulas already, and can learn rarer formulas at levels according to the table below:

Healing Draught

Starting at 6th level, you can quickly administer a healing draught to a creature. You add the cure wounds spell to your spellbook, and when you cast it, it has the material component of a vial of water. You cannot choose this spell for your Spell Mastery feature.

Quick-Fix

Beginning at 10th level, you can quickly use items and potions. You can take the Use an Item action as a bonus action, and you can use a potion (either drinking it yourself or on another creature) as a bonus action.

Elixir of Eternity

By at 14th level, you have learned the secrets to creating a potion to stop your body's weaknesses. You gain the following benefits:

• For every 10 years that pass, your body ages only 1 year.
• You are immune to poison and disease.
• You add your Intelligence modifier (a minimum of +1) to death saving throws.

Potion Formulas

Invisibility

When a creature drinks this potion, it is affected by the invisibility spell. It must maintain concentration on the spell or it will end as per normal.

Teleportation

When a creature drinks this potion, it must choose a point within 30 feet of itself it can see. The creature immediately teleports to that point.

Rare Potions

Rare potions require 3 science points and a spell slot of 3rd level or higher.

Very Rare Potions

Very rare potions require 5 science points and a spell slot of 5th level or higher.

Flesh Sculptor

Using a combination of technology, flesh, and magic, you have learned how to sculpt creatures that do your bidding. These minions range from crawling hand-like creatures, to humanoid-looking intelligent monsters, to giants made out of piles of skin.

Skinling

Tiny construct, unaligned

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• Armor Class 14
• Hit Points its creator's wizard level
• Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
6 (–2)	18 (+4)	10 (+0)	4 (–3)	8 (–1)	8 (–1)

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• Skills Perception +1, Stealth +6
• Damage Immunities poison, psychic
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
• Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 11
• Languages understands the languages of its creator but cannot speak

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Constructed Nature. The skinling doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Immutable Form. The skinling is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.

Minion's Proficiency. The skinling uses its creator's proficiency bonus instead of its own.

Actions

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 slashing damage.

Flesh Puppet

Medium construct, lawful neutral

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• Armor Class 13
• Hit Points 30
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)	8 (–1)	10 (+0)	10 (+0)

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• Skills Athletics +5
• Damage Resistances lightning
• Damage Immunities poison
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
• Senses passive Perception 10
• Languages speaks and understands the languages of its creator

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Constructed Nature. The flesh puppet doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Overclock. If the flesh puppet takes lightning damage, then its movement speed increases by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.

Minion's Proficiency. The flesh puppet uses its creator's proficiency bonus instead of its own.

Actions

Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage.

Carcass Titan

Large construct, unaligned

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• Armor Class 8 + it's creator's Intelligence modifier
• Hit Points 65
• Speed 25 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
21 (+5)	6 (–2)	19 (+4)	4 (–3)	8 (–1)	8 (–1)

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• Saving Throws Con +6
• Skills Athletics +7
• Damage Resistances necrotic
• Damage Immunities poison, psychic
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
• Senses passive Perception 9
• Languages understands the languages of its creator

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Constructed Nature. The carcass titan doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Choking Flesh. If a creature starts its turn while being grappled by the carcass titan, it takes 9 (1d8+5) bludgeoning damage.

Minion's Proficiency. The carcass titan uses its creator's proficiency bonus instead of its own.

Actions

Multiattack. The carcass titan makes two slam attacks. It can replace either slam attack with a grapple check.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage.

Weapons

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Chapter 4: Spells

The following chapter contains spells created for the Al'Naar campaign setting. This will be in alphabetical by level order, so starting with cantrips A-Z, then 1st level A-Z, and so forth. Ask your DM before using these spells in other settings.

3rd Level

venomous stinger (transmutation)

4th Level

dancing scimitars (conjuration)

Cantrips

Conjure Sand Soldier

1st-level conjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S, M (a small sculpture of a soldier)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You create a humanoid soldier out of sand at a point within range. As a bonus action, you can move the soldier 15 feet, and have it make a melee spell attack on a creature within 5 feet of itself. On a hit, the creature takes piercing damage equal to 1d8 + your spellcasting ability modifier.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you create another soldier for every 2 slot levels above 1st. You command all soldiers with the same bonus action.

Repair

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Touch
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

You touch either a construct or an object. If you touch a construct, it regains a number of hit points equal to 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier. If you touch an object, you repair a break or tear, provided that the break or tear is no larger than 5 foot in any dimension.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the healing to a construct increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st, or the maximum size for repairing an object increases by 5 feet.

Sand Pillar

1st-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 1 minute

You cause a pillar of sand to burst out of the ground at a point within range. The pillar is a cylinder that has a diameter of 5 feet and a height of 20 feet. The ground where the pillar appears must be wide enough for its diameter, and you can target ground under a creature if that creature is Medium or smaller. The pillar has an AC of 5, and 15 hit points. When reduced to 0 hit points, the pillar crumbles into sand. The pillar also crumbles into sand at the end of the duration.

If the pillar is created under a creature, that creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be lifted by the pillar. A creature can choose to fail the save.

If a pillar is prevented from reaching its full height because of a ceiling or other obstacle, a creature on the pillar takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage and the pillar immediately crumbles into sand.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the pillars height increases by 10 feet and the bludgeoning damage increased by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.

2nd Level

3rd Level

Pyramid of Protection

3rd-level abjuration

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: Self (15-foot radius)
• Components: V, S, M (a miniature pyramid made of solid gold worth at least 50 gp)
• Duration: 1 round

You create a pyramid of pure force, to protect you and your allies. Until the start of your next turn, all attacks made against you and creatures of your choice within 15 feet of yourself have disadvantage.

Venomous Stinger

3rd-level transmutation

• Casting Time: 1 bonus action
• Range: Self (10 feet)
• Components: V, S, M (a scorpion's stinger)
• Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You form a giant scorpion's stinger on your body, which lasts for the duration. When you cast the spell, you can make a melee spell attack against a creature within 10 feet of yourself. On a hit, the target takes poison damage equal to 3d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier.

As a bonus action on your turn, you can repeat the attack against a creature within 10 feet of yourself.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for every two slot levels above 3rd.

4th Level

5th Level

6th Level

7th Level

8th Level

9th Level

Chapter 5: Feats

Included in this chapter are brand-new feats for use in the world of Al'Naar, to allow characters to truly feel unique to the desert continent and its world. With your DM's permission, you may also use these feats in other campaign settings, although keep in mind that some of these feats may be less useful in settings that are largely differing in nature to Al'Naar.

Weaponized Flesh

One of your arms and its hand have become somehow weaponized; a sharp maw might form on your palm, spines might grow on your elbow, or your skin might have hardened to be like steel. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You have a natural weapon you can make melee weapon attacks with. This natural weapon has the finesse property, counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming damage resistance and immunity, and deals 1d8 bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage on a hit.
• When a creature hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to try to interpose your natural weapon between you and the weapon, adding half of your proficiency bonus to your AC against the attack, possibly causing it to miss.

Chest Mutations

These mutations affect the main body of the host, such as its vital organs.

Head Mutations

Mutations to a creature's head can affect its mental state with each mutation, possibly slightly shifting their alignment or mannerisms towards different ones. They might also change how the creature's voice sounds, shifting its pitch or muffling the voice due to new physical changes.

Psionic Brain

Your brain has grown exceptionally large, granting you psychic powers. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You can communicate telepathically with any creature you can see within 30 feet of you that you share a language with.
• As a bonus action, you can try to psychically move a Medium creature or object. If the target is a creature, it can make a Strength saving throw (DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier) to resist the effect. On a failed saving throw, or if you targeted an object, it is moved 10 feet in a straight line closer or further away from you.

Leg Mutations

A creature needs at least two legs to gain the benefits of these feats. The benefits of the feat, aside from any ability score increases, do not work if either leg is removed or would be unable to perform tasks, such as a creature's Extra Legs being tied to their normal legs.

Soul Feats

The following feats are based on intensifying the influence a creature's elemental soul has on their physical form. A creature can only have one of these feats at a time, unless it somehow gains a second soul. Typically, when a creature takes this feat, a bit of their elemental nature shows itself; a blazing soul might have their eyes burn when they are angry, a watery soul might seem more fluid in their movements, an earthen soul may have jagged rocks for their hair, or other similar aspects.

Each feat has the following two bullets, as well as the bullets listed under the feat:

• You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls against elementals opposite your type, as well as to creatures with a soul element feat opposite yours.
• You have a -1 penalty to saving throws against elementals opposite your type, as well as from creatures with a soul element feat opposite yours.

Each opposite of each element is listed below:

Fire Soul

• You are immune to damage from Small or smaller nonmagical flames, such as candles, torches, and lanterns.
• Once per turn, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can deal additional fire damage equal to your proficiency bonus.
• As a bonus action, you can glow with bright light for 10 feet and dim light for another 10 feet, or you can snuff out this light.

Shadow Soul

• You have darkvision with a range of 30 feet, or your darkvision increases by 30 feet if you already had it.
• You have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made in dim light or darkness.
• Dim light and darkness do not grant you a penalty to Wisdom (Perception) checks.

Water Soul

• You can breathe air and water.
• You gain a swimming speed equal to your movement speed, or your swimming speed increases by 10 feet if you already had one.
• You do not suffer disadvantage for attacking underwater.

Chapter 6: Backgrounds

While the backgrounds found in the Player's Handbook do fit into the world of Al'Naar, and, indeed, most people use one of those backgrounds, this chapter lists some more specific, exclusive backgrounds fitting for characters on the continent.

Bonds

Flaws

Cultist

You are a member of a secretive sect, dedicated to some god or other powerful being that has not yet gained support from enough people to have worship of this being be publicly safe.

What tasks and duties do you have to perform due to being part of your cult? Do they seem to be fairly normal, or might they seem more esoteric and otherworldly? Are you happy with serving your sect, or would you prefer to escape their grasps, but struggle to do so?

How long have you been a part of the cult, and how did you join them? Were you born a member of the sect, or did you choose (willingly or not) to join at a later point in your life? Do you personally know any other members of your cult, or do your fellow cult members remain as distant from one another as possible?

Bonds

Flaws