The World of Mirrodin

The plane of Mirrodin is a unique place in the multiverse. It is an entirely artificial plane, created by the first and likely only artificial planeswalker named Karn, initially named Argentum. It was to be his sanctuary, a place of mathematic beauty and metal. The only other denizens were the ur-golems created similar to Karn's image to be his assistants and workers to maintain his plane.

One day, Karn met and befriended the planeswalker Jeska after she freed herself from Karona, the false goddess of magic. Herself having ascended into her new power. Karn and Jeska left Argentum to train her in her powers.

Karn did not leave Argentum unattended. He left the care of his plane to a trusted golem named Memnarch. His mind expanded with the relic called the Mirari, Memnarch had the mind and intelligence to properly administer the artificial plane.

Administer Menarch did, governing the world. However, odd things began happening. Creatures called blinkmoths began to appear in Argentum, confusing Menarch. He also discovered an odd oil stain on the ground. He cleaned the stain before getting to work, not knowing the effects the stain would have and the dire future it would create.

New Phyrexia

With Memnarch gone, a new threat he contained grew: phyrexian oil. Having dripped from Karn's phyrexian heart, it found a perfect place to grow in Mirrodin. In Mirrodin's core, the mycosynth growing from the oil had no more opposition and were able to infect the very center of the world.

New phyrexians grew from the oil, compleating themselves before spreading their oil and taint. Mirrodin grew corrupted as the people fought back. However, like a virus the phyrexians spread and soon won their war against the mirrans, proceeding to compleate the plane to their own designs. What keeps them from becoming a true threat to the multiverse is how the phyrexians are divided among the five colors of mana. Even if phyrexian preator Elsh Norn took the leadership, the division remains, bringing conflict in their different philosophies. This conflict leaves a sliver of an opportunity for the Mirrans to continue the fight.

Elf Names

Although the elves of Mirrodin willing surrendered the memories of their original homes, they did not discard everything about their previous culture. They still keep the regular name conventions of their homes, although the newer generation of elves have names which reflect types of metals or colors rather than true aspects of nature.

Elf Traits

Despite the elves being changed by their migration to Mirrodin, they still hold a number of abilities which they brought with them.

Ability Score Increase: Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age. Elves are naturally long-lived and reach maturity at the same pace as humans but they are not considered adults until they have reached 100 years of age, where they are given an adult name rather than be referred to as the name they were giben as a child. Elves of Mirrodin can live round 750 years.

Alignment: The elves of Mirrodin are stricter than their counterparts in many planes, focusing on adherence to their traditions and an almost militaristic bent towards protecting their borders. Rightly so with the incursions from the Vedalken. Mirran elves are more lawful but are usually good. The only exception are elves who turned to Phyrexia, becoming evil despite keeping their devotion to law, turning almost fanatical.

Size. Elves of Mirrodin range from 5 feet tall to slightly over 6 feet tall. Their builds begin as slender, but appear bulkier thanks to the copper plating which grows on their bodies. Your size is Medium.

Speed. You have a base walking speed of 30 feet.

Darkvision. Living their lives in the Tangle, especially since until the conflict with Memnarch the Tangle had no sun of its own, the elves have continued to hold sharp vision even in low or no light. You can see in dome light within 60 feet 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 green.

Keen Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Trance. Elves don't need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. While meditating, you can dream in a sense; such drems are actual mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the benefits as if you have slept 8 hours.

Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Elvish of Mirrodin has common elements to Elvish of other planes, perhaps having elements of several planes. It has since evolved to have sounds similar to the metallic tones of the Tangle absorbed into it, turning it into a truly unique dialect.

Elven Conclave Although the elves of Mirrodin are one race, events have split them into three distinct groups. Choose one of them for your Mirran elf.

Viridian Elf

Viridian elves make upthe majority of the elf population of Mirrodin. Having willingly sacrificed the memories of their old plane, they have managed to truly become a part of Mirrodin and make a new racial identity for themselves. They consider all of the Tangle to be their home and they will protect it zealously from anyone that seeks to invade it, as proven when they fought off Memnarch's forces.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Elf Weapon Training. You have proficiency with shortsword and longbow.

Tangle Hunter. You have proficiency in the Survival skill. If you are hunting a construct or are in a forest, double your proficiency bonus.

Lorebearer Elf

The Lorebearer Elves are a small conclave of elves who decided not to surrender the memories of their homes and ever since, collected the knowledge and discoveries of their people. While the trolls ensured any secrets the elves learned were erased from the majority, the Lorebearers collected that knowledge and kept it safe should their people need it. If they are first generation elves, or a rebel group which came later, no one is sure. What is known is that their accumulated knowledge has given these elves a different range of skills than most of their kind.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Elf Magic Training. You are proficient in the Arcana skill.

Elvish Magic. You know one spell from the Druid cantrip list. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for this spell.

Goblin Names

After the goblins were placed in Mirrodin, they did not change that much. Their naming conventions did not change much from the normal kinds in other planes. Often they keep their names, although like their language, they have begun incorporating a dialect similar to the sounds of bubbling metal or the other sounds associated with the furnace.

Goblin Traits

The goblins are hardy and have the oddest luck to survive near anything. In a sense, they were melted down and reforged to the people that they are now.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age. Goblins reach adulthood at age 8 and live up to 60 years.

Alignment. Goblins are often considered evil in alignment, since they are looking out for their own wants and needs first, even at the cost of others. Some may be neutral or even good, but not often. All goblins are chaotic in their actions though.

Size. Goblins are short in stature, standing between 2 to 4 feet tall. Your size is small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as i it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of red.

Fury of the Small. When you damage a creature with an attack or a spell and the creature's size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or spell to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Nimble Escape. You can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of your turns.

Languages. You can speak Common and Goblin. The Mirran version of Goblin is harsh with grunts, but also incorporates the sounds of a furnace and molten metal.

Goblin Clan. Goblins suffered a schism which split them into two different groups, developing different sets of skills. Pick one of them for your goblin character.

Oxidda Clan

The clan of goblins which most people of Mirrodin are likely to run into are the Oxidda goblins. They occupy much of the mountains, slipping through the nooks and crannies of the mountains. They congregate to large pools of molten metal, or the sources where it comes up from, so they can conduct their rituals. They raid and strike wherever they can so they can keep getting more metal to keep the Sky Tyrant and Steel Mother happy.

Ability Score Improvement. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Natural Tinker. You are proficient in the Investigation skill. If you make an Investigation check to find a mechanical trap or learn about the mechanics of a machine, double that proficiency bonus.

Smashing Expert. You are proficient with light hammers and clubs.

Krark Clan

This small gathering of goblins, considered a cult by their peers, was founded by a goblin who delved deep into what was later to be discovered to be Mirrodin's core. He documented what he found there, but was executed as a heretic when he returned. His writings survived, creating the cult in his name, believing that Kark became an envoy of the Steel Mother, guiding souls back to her. They are hunted by their fellow goblins for the crime of living inside of Kuldotha.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Cultish Teachings. You are proficient in the Religion skill.

Tunnel Runner. You have advantage on checks regarding finding paths through tunnels, avoid getting lost, and general navigation inside of closed spaces.

Human Traits

Although the human species of Mirrodin are clearly divided into different groups, they do share some similar characteristics to serve as a baseline.

Ability Score Increase. You can increase one attribute of your choice by 2.

Age. Humans reach adulthood in their teens and with luck, can live up to a century.

Alignment. Humans can be any alignment, but generally their tribes affect their views. Auriok are lawful good while Moriok tend to be chaotic evil. Sylvok are Lawful neutral while Vulshok are chaotic neutral. Neurok are neutral, taking neither side but exploiting order and chaos when the situation permits.

Size. Humans range to around 5 feet tall to just over 6 feet in height. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Language. All humans can speak Common, but know a second langauge depending on which tribe you hail from.

Human Tribes. Each human belongs to one of five major tribes which exist on Mirrodin. Select one of them for your human character.

Neurok

The Neurok live on the shore of and on the islands of the Quicksilver sea. They are of a scholarly mindset and are constantly looking for greater knowledge. This thirst for knowledge had them become firm friends to the Vedalken in Mirrodin's first days, but after the Vedalken began to mutate and became dependent on blinkmoth serum, they enslaved the Neurok to be their labor and assistants. Ironically, the vedalken trust the Neurok much more than they do each other, thanks to the nature of their secretive society.

Neurok generally are shorter than average with brown and red hair. They have smooth patches of tin or silver plates on their bodies, easily hidden by their silver armor or the flowing blue robes they prefer. A sure way to identify a Neurok is by the ornate eyepieces they wear.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Language. You can read, speak, and write Vedalken.

Research Adept. You have advantage on checks to uncover research from books, scrolls, tomes, and other means of recording information.

Skilled Technician. You have proficiency in Tinker's Tools.

Sylvok

The Sylvok are the human population who live within the Tangle. A druid-based society, they venerate nature and all of the creatures within it. Although they have at least one major settlement where they can raise families and train in safety, more Sylvok are out in the wilds, much more comfortable there among the animals and serene beauty than they are cooped up in civilization. Although they do look to the elves for some safety, they are far from helpless.

Sylvok appear to be of average height and buld with black or brown hair and fair skin. Their bodies are laced or studded with intricate patters of brown or green copper. Most do not see this as they usually wear long coats of copper armor.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Language. You can read, speak, and write, Elvish.

Nature's Student. You are proficient with Herbalism Kits.

Nature Provides. You have advantage on checks to find food and water outside of civilization.

Vulshok

The humans native to the Oxidda Chain are hardy and powerful who not only live, but thrive among the hot and harsh conditions. Formerly skirmishing with each other, they have set aside their differences for the betterment of all. Split into six tribes with a barbarin-like culture, these people thrive at building despite their tempers and affinity to break things.

Vulshok humans stand taller than average with thick and muscular builds. Their most notable trait is the iron spikes which grow in place of hair and on other parts of their bodies, giving them a degree of natural armor. A trait they embrace by wearing only simple tunics, trousers, or even loincloths.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Language. You can speak, read, and write Goblin.

Blacksmith's Hands. You are proficient in Smith's Tools.

Steel Awareness. You have advantage on checks to build weapons, armor, or items.

Leonin Names

Leonin have names which sounds strongly with purrs or growls, rolling the rougher sounds while constanants come closer to a purr. Male names often include hard sounds while female names hold softer rolling purrs. Unlike many other races which incorporate sounds of metals into their anguage, the leonin keep softer sounds in their naming conventions.

Leonin Traits

The leonin are a swift and powerful folk, sharpened by the trails they faced in the Razor Fields, making them even sharper than they were before.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age. Leonin have lifespan similar to that of humans.

Alignment. Leonin hold themselves to strong senses of honor and integrity, making them lawful good.

Size. Leonin are taller than humans, but they are still humanoid. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. The leonin have keen senses, even in the darl. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and int he darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Razor Field Hunter. Your reflexes and agility allow you to move in bursts of speed. When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of your turn. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

Steel Claws. With your claws made of steels, you have a climbing speed of 20 feet. In addition, your claws are a natural weapon which can be used to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your strength modifier.

Hunter Training. You are proficient in the Perception and Stealth skills.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Leonin. The leonin language includes growls and rumbles which take advantage of the lion-like vocal chords of their people.

Leonin Tribe. Since the vanishing, the leonin have split into two distinct tribes with different beliefs and practices. Choose one of them for you leonin character.

Obu-tal

The Obu-tal are a growing tribe within the leonin civilization which cry out for revolution against the old beliefs of the leonin. The world of Mirrodin changed with the Vanishing and that the leonin must change in order to survive. They embrace techniques and practices elsewhere, such as artifice and other battle tactics which may not be readily accepted by the other leonin.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1

Leonin Tool Training. You are proficient in your choice of alchemist supplies or tinker's tools.

Loxodon Names

The loxodon names involve sudden tomes, often pronounced through their resonant nasal chambers, often denoting status, family, and community roles. Most non-loxodons can't distinguish the tones so the loxodon translate them into titles to reflect their status when they interact with other races.

Loxodon names are usually prounced with a boom, reflecting the elephant-like language of the loxodon themselves. Female names are slightly more melodic, ending with vowels unlike the male names who never end in such.

Loxodon Traits

The loxodon are a pious folk, but are as strong as the metal which surrounds them in their ravels in the Razor Fields and beyond.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Loxodon mature at the same rate as humans, but they live up to 450 years. Wisdom and experience mean a lot in their society so they are not considered more than children until they are about 60 years old.

Alignment. Loxodon of Mirrodin are always lawful save for rare circumstances. With their dedication to the Modest Truth, loxodon are always neutral, although they lean towards good rather than evil.

Size. Loxodon stand from 7 to 8 feet tall. They can weigh as much as 300 to 400 pounds. Your size is medium.

Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Loxodon Clear Mind. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Natural Armor. With the loxodon's naturally thick hide along with their metal skin being thicker than a normal Mirran's, they are naturally tougher. Your AC is 12 + your Constitution modifier. You can use your natural armor to determine your AC if the armor you are wearing would leave you with a lower AC. You can use a shield while you are using your natural armor.

Trunk. You can use your trunk to grasp things and even use it as a snorkel. It has a reach of 5 feet and can lift, push, pull, hold, or drop items. It can lift five times your Strength modifier. It cannot wield weapons, shields, cast magic, or other things which will need manual precision. Your DM may allow other actions with the trunk aside from the other options.

Keen Smell. Thanks to your sensitive trunk, you have advantage on Perception and Investigation checks which rely on smell.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Loxodon.

Loxodon Herd. Loxodon can come in two types, generally called herds. Choose one of them for your loxodon character.

Grey Herd

These are the most common loxodon who are seen across Mirrodin. They often can take up many other classes, although they prefer to be monks and clerics. Although depending on their experiences, they may take other disciplines instead. They interact with many people and their reputation preceeds them, giving them a known reputation among them.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Modest Teachings. You are proficient in the Insight skill.

Monk Training. You are proficient in clubs, slings, and quarterstaffs.

Vedalken Names

Vedalken are strictly driven by their logic and scientific/magical knowledge. Art to them is solving equations and making discoveries and this reflects in their names. They only have a personal name and then pick one more suitable to their status when they enter adulthood. They do not practice family names, as with their suspicious natures, family does not play a role in their lives.

Male Names: Dhotlil, Ervot, Rodred, Zeluvoll

Female Names: Briadri, Idal, Poso, Sozi, Yeldash

Vedalken Traits

The vedalken focus more on mental and magical might, making them almost isolated in Lumengrid and the Quicksilver Sea.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence Score increases by 2.

Age. Vedalken mature slower than humans, reaching maturity at 40. They can live up to 350 years, but with good health they can live up to 500 years of age.

Alignment. Most vedalken in Mirrodin are selfish and self-serving, making them evil in the loosest sense but live my strict codes of science and deal-making. As they break free from Memnarch's influence, this has been changing, making them more neutral than before.

Size. Vedalken are tall and slender, despite the bulker robes and gear they wear. They stand about 6 to 6 1/2 feet tall and weigh around 200 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Vedalken Dispassion. You have advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws.

Tireless Precision. You are proficient in one of the following skills of your choice: Arcana, History, Investigation, or Medicine. You are also proficient in one tool of your choice.

When you make an ability check with the chosen skill or tools, roll a d4 and add the result to the number you rolled for the check.

Dual-Handed. You can use your second set of hands to make special shamanic gestures, which help to focus and sharpen your mind. This allows you to maintain concentration on up to two spells at once. While concentrating on two spells, you must make a Constitution saving throw at the start of each turn that you intend to maintain concentration, with a DC equal to 10 + the level of the highest level spell you are concentrating on. If you fail the saving throw, you lose concentration on both spells. If you would lose concentration on either spell, you instead lose concentration on both spells. You can not concentrate on more than one spell if you are grappled or restrained, or if your second set of arms is bound in any way.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Vedalken.

Vedalken Caste. Since the Vanishing and the Neurok Rebellion, the vedalken have split between two castes. Pick one for your vedaken characters.

Clear Mind Caste

These vedalken are of the mind that it is time to be entirely free of Menmarch's insane ramblings in the disguise of knowledge and his poisonous blinkmoth serum. They treat with the neurok and attempt to rise above the ignorance of the past.

Ability Score Increase. Increase your Charisma score by 1.

Grand Orator. You often must speak to others and truly earn sway among the skeptic masses. You are proficient in the Performance skill.

Serum Tolerance. After years of taking blinkmoth serum and eventually breaking from it, your body has a higher tolerance to foreign substances. You have advantage on saving throws against poisons.

Classes in Mirrodin

The classes for D&D can apply to the the world of Mirrodin. Much like the mathematics which put the plane into existence, each of the classes have their own particular place in Mirrodin's daily life.

Druids

The druids of Mirrodin were founded by the Sylvok with their way of life in the Tangle. The druids focus their power from the strange nature of Mirrodin, but also revere the beasts, believing their ancestors who disappeared during the Vanishing to have ascended into a higher state within nature. Some druids have taken to exploring outside of the Tangle, studying the other lands of Mirrodin.

Due to their small development, having limited, if any, knowledge of the Feywild or other planes, the druids of Mirrodin are either part of the Circle of the Land or the Circle of the Moon.

Fighter

Fighters in Mirrodin vary depending on their regions. With so much of Mirrodin untamed and the people still living in tribal groups with their low populations, they focus on ensuring they have a proper military force of fighters.

Elves and Sylvok are likely to become Arcane Archers. Leonin and the Auriok will have a higher population of Champions and the leonin would have Cavaliers with their pterons. Vulshok with their focus on martial power likely become Battle Masters. Moriok and Neurok people would focus on Eldritch Knights, one using all resources available while the other sticks to their specialties in magic. Leonin, Auriok, and perhaps more martial-minded loxodon would have the discipline to become samurai.

Monk

The only real idea of monks in Morrodin are in the loxodon as they wander through the Razor Fields and possibly beyond. Although they all believe in the Modest Truth, the interpretations can lead them to practicing different Monastic Traditions. This can be influenced by where they travel to and the other peoples they meet. A monk who experienced the Mephidross could lead to the Way of Shadow. A monk who has seen all regions of Mirrodin could even reach the Way of Four Elements. Still, in a world of metal such as Mirrodin, it is likely that monks from that plane are more likely to use the Kensei Monastic Tradition, relying on the metal which surrounds them for defense.

Paladin

The literal idea of a paladin does not yet exist in Mirrodin as it is. However, the conceptual idea of a paladin has already appeared among the people. Paladins of Mirrodin would be considered those who swore oaths to one of the suns of the plane, the focus of worship by the people

Paladins who swear the Oath of Devotion, swear it in the name of the Bringer, Mirrodin's white sun. The Oath of the Ancients is a relatively new oath made to the new green sun, Lyese. The Oath of Vengeance is made to the Sky Tyrant, Mirrodin's red sun by most. Still, it is made by many Neurok to the Eye of Doom, the blue sun, in their fight against the Vedalken. The Oath of Conquest is usually made for self serving or malicious reasons and is sworn to Ingle, the black sun. The Oath of Redemption can be made to any sun, depending on the situation.

Ranger

Rangers serve an important role in Mirrodin. While the world remains mostly wild thanks to the small tribes and isolated settlements, rangers are needed to guard borders, hunt down dangerous beasts, and help map dangerous area so the people who follow them are at less risk. Hunters, beast masters, and monster slayers are in all regions of Mirrodin.

In most recent times, Gloom Stalkers rose as they explored bits of Mirrodin's hollow core. However, as the phyrexians rose, the equivalent of Horizon Walkers who specialize in destroying the phyrexians likewise appeared.

Rogue

Rogues in Mirrodin are a somewhat unique group. Since most of Mirrodin hasn't developed cultures which support tricks and styles of rogues, they aren't mostly seen. Only mundane thieves, assassins, and scouts can be found. The other kinds can be found in the Lumengrid and Quicksilver Sea. Swashbucklers can be found sailing on the metallic seas, Inquisitives are endlessly researching, and the Masterminds with the Arcane Tricksters plot and take action against their enemies.

Sorcerer

Sorcerers are truly an unknown aspect of the magical arts of Mirrodin. Often it is mistaken for the gift of being a wizard, druid, or other magical class. Only the vedalken really have an idea that their power comes from their bloodlines rather than simple talent or hard work.

Because Memnarch had kidnapped people from other planes and dropped them into Mirrodin, all of the Sorcerous Origins can be used in Mirrodin. However, the understanding of where it came from likely will never be known after the Vanishing.

Warlock

In a world which is brand new and the people starting to get their feet under them, some seek out quick and/or easy ways to get power and security for themselves. Like in many planes, there are entities all too eager to make a contract to give them that power in return for a favor.

Archfey. Memnarch was more successful than he knew when he tried to bring life to Argentum. By cultivating actual land and bringing green mana, fey native to Mirrodin have been born. Some rose to greater power and willing to lend that power in the name of the copper forest.

Wizard

Wizards are a staple of the magic users of Mirrodin. Often they use what knowledge was passed to them from their ancestors to continue their various traditions. Wizardry is most commonly seen in the Lumengrid where it us used to pursue knowledge by Neurok and vedalken both.

Outside of the Lumengrid, the schools of magic vary depending on the region. Abjuration is practiced by the Auriok and others in the Razor Fields. Conjuration and Enchantment are used by the Sylvok and elves to summon and enhance powerful beasts. Divination and Illusion are prominently used by the Neurok and vedalken. Evocation is primarily used by the Vulshok and goblins. Lastly, necromancy is primarily used by the Moriok in the Mephidross.

Dinosaurs

Memnarch had literally searched the multiverse for proper creatures to populate his new world. He did not limit himself to just certain 'modernized' planes where civilized people ruled it. He also sought out creatures from savage planes or untamed places. This includes dinosaurs.

The most well-known of these creatures include the tyrannax. They are dangerous reptiles that have adapted to Mirrodin, covered in metal plating. Such creatures can be represented by a Tyrannosaurus.

Other herbovire dinosaurs exist. Rather than eat plants though, they have developed to devour the metallic 'plantlife' of Mirrodin. Often called Molder Beasts, these creatures have a number of metal plating on their backs which serves as offense and defense. These creatures can be represented by stegosaurus or ankylosaurus

Demons

Where there is light, there is a shadow. Menarch knew this and to keep mathematical balance of the world, he allowed black mana to flow and brought demons to keep it flowing.

Gold-plated and as devious as any of their kin in other planes, the demons of Mirrodin are as dangerous as they ever are. The Mephidross makes for a fine home for them as they hunt the Moriok for sport, or make deals in return for souls if the target gets their interest.

Demons come in many forms, all of them gold-plated or lead infused depending on their rankings. The distinction of devil and demon doesn't seem to exist in Mirrodin. Such creatures can range from Imp all the way up to Pit Fiend.

Dragons

Dragons were made a target by Memnarch for his soul traps, but not for any kind of awe. Dragons are apex predators and also embody red mana. That made it necessary for Memnarch to bring dragons to Mirrodin. The creatures quickly adapted, enjoying a plane so abundant in precious metals.

Like other beings, the mycosynth affected the dragons, perhaps more than it did most others. The dragons' bodies developed metal insides, become actual furnaces which allowed them to spew white hot flames to melt metal. What metals aren't precious, the dragons devour to feed their furnace-like bodies.

The dragons of Mirrodin can be represented by a Red Dragon.

Dryads

When Memnarch began restructring Argentum into Mirrodin, he wished to create a true living world to rule over. As he cultivated the terrain and allowed the mana flow to the surface, Menarch succeeded beyond his initial intentions.

As angels were formed from the white mana and demons from the black mana, dryads began to form from the green mana, proving that Mirrodin's strange ecosystem was truly alive.

Inherently beautiful, dryads of Mirrodin are adorned in metallic silk shawls and their bodies decorated with vibrant copper, both bright and with verdigris. Their hair appears almost like tangled green cords, perhaps reflecting the name of their home.

Mirrodin dryads can be represented by a Dryad.

Elementals

As Memnarch allowed mana to begin flowing through the plane while he cultivated it, resulting in blasts which created the five suns, the land itself became infused. This gave birth to elementals, summoned from the elemental planes but born through the unusual land of Mirrodin.

Earth elementals rise up made of metal ores. Fire elementals blaze around scorched slag frames. Water elementals appear made from the mysterious quicksilver. Air elementals at first appear to be just that, but metal sands glint in their whirlwind bodies.

Rust Elemental

In a world of metal, other aspects dealing with metal become elementals on their own. An elemental which in other planes, would be of dust, a mix of air and earth, instead becomes rust in Mirrodin as the ground is made of metal which rusts in the air.

Rust elementals are a scourge in Mirrodin, as they constantly rust anything they touch and constantly devour any constructs they can get their hands on. If a rust elemental appears, it can devastate settlements as they rely so completely on metal. When they appear, they first manifest as rust dust, but then collect any loose metals around them to form a body before taking commands or going on a rampage.

Myr

Almost ignored throughout Mirrodin are the small constructs which are known as the myr. These small, beaked machines are constantly moving through Mirrodin, spying on the people for their master, Memnarch.

Obedient Observers. The myr constantly wander across Mirrodin, spying on the people and sending what they see back to the Darksteel Citadel where Memnarch would view and make plans against those he had his minions spy on. The myr themselves, being constructs, did not have any favored targets but were built with specific functions or terrains in mind for their duties. This has the myr appear in a variety of shapes and sizes, although they all share the familiar beak-shaped heads.

Unintended Sentience. As the myr continued to obediently spread through Mirrodin and observe the people, they began to develop their own sentience and habits. Many began to exclusively observe certain people or even individuals. Others became content to wander specific areas. When Memnarch fell, some myr simply stopped functioning, but the majority of them continued with their duties and habits. They had become a part of Mirrodin much like the people had.

Strained Relations The role the myr play varies depending on the races in question. Elves abhor the myr and often cut them down wherever they find them, disposing the remains at the Radix. Vulshok on the other hand see them as a useful resource. Often they capture myr to use their metals to forge their weapons an armor. The Vedalken hold some reverance for the myr, being the servants of their former master. Phyrexins merely see them as another race needing to be brought into their fold. All the races have a different view of the myr, just as multifacated as the duties of the myr themselves.

Ogres

Ogres on Mirrodin are large piles of muscle with an appetite for metal and like to crush things under their feet for fun. Fortunately for everyone else, they are some of the dimmest creatures on Mirrodin as well.

Easily manipulated, the goblins often manage to lure the ogres into being their beasts of burden, hauling scrap into Kuldotha or other places in return for their own scrap to eat. Often the goblins believe they suckered the ogres while the ogres believe they have captured goblin servants, so the relationship works out well.

Mirran ogres can be represented by Ogre in the Monster Manual or in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.

Ooze

As life developed in Mirrodin, the ecosystems were made from the mightiest creatures, down to the very smallest life forms. This includes creatures such as oozes.

The first kind of ooze is found in the Mephidross, mobile sludge which moves, searching for flesh to dissolve, often leaving the metal bones and skin behind. This kin of ooze can be represented by Ochre Jelly.

The second kind of ooze comes from the Tangle. It comes in the form of the metallic mold which grows around the trees. Once grown to a large enogh portion, it engulfs the tree it feeds from before moving on to another source of food. Samples of such mold has even engulfed islands in the Quicksilver Sea. These oozes can be represented by a Gray Ooze.

Sphinx

Sphinxes are incredibly rare in Mirrodin. Few and far between, there are many who have gone their entire lives without having seen, much less heard of one. Neurok and vedalken often seek them out for knowledge, of which the sphinxes have untold amounts, but many sphinxes avoid other races, using illusions to vanish. Only some manage to glimpse the etheral metal of their bodies before they disappear.

Use am Androsphinx or Gynosphinx to represent a Mirran sphinx.

Trolls

Trolls of Mirrodin are an unusual group in Mirrodin. Like the vedalken, the trolls seemed to have been affected by the mycosynth beyond their metal skin. Trolls in Mirrodin are proven to be very intelligent and were even the spiritual leaders of the viridian elves before the Vanishing.

It's possible that some trolls from Tel-Jilad remain, although they live in exile. Traitors or criminals among the trolls are often stripped of their memories of Tel-Jilad and forced into exile.

use a Troll with higher Intelligence and Wisdom to represent a troll from Tel-Jilad.

Vampires

Deep in the Mephidross, where the smog is so thick the suns cannot penetrate, there exist clans of vampires. Elegant in their deadly grace, but clad in tarnished metal the vampires exhibit the usual thirst for blood and desire for death as many of their kind do in other planes.

It was believe for a time that there was only one vampire in Mirrodin under the thrall of Geth. However, that was proven false even as more vampires were spawned from Geth's once loyal bodyguard. At least one clan moved from the Mephidross into the Black Bayou, searching for new sources of food and entertainment.

Due to so many of their victims having metal skin, vampires developed sharp metal nails on their pointer and third fingers which they use to drain blood from their victims. A bite is still needed to pass on vampirism, but the sharp nails allow them to drain the vital fluids from their victims, leaving them to become Nim.

Use Vampire stats to represent an elder vampire while Vampire Spawn can represent newly changed vampires.

Wurms

The colossal wurms tunnel endlessly beneath Mirrodin's surface, passing through the metal which makes up the ground as if it is water. Left behind is anything unfortunate enough to be in the way. Collossal trees toppled over in an instant, structures destroyed, and any living denizen gobbled up in a heartbeat.

Wurms are perhaps some of the most dangerous creatures in Mirrodin. However, their hides are made of some of Mirrodin's most durable metals. Use Purple Worm to represent this creature, or Wurm if you have access to Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica.

Zombies

The undead are easily found, wandering in the depths of the Mephidross. Often these come in the form of the nim who endlessy hunt down anything alive. Characterized by the metal plates which gorw to cover their eyes and spouts in their bodies which spew Necrogen. Even when the flesh rots away, their metal skeletons remain. Nim can typically be represented by Zombie or Skeleton.

In the Vault of Whispers, the secret of lichdom can be found. Geth himself had used it to save his own life from his former minion who beheaded him. Mirran liches can be used with the lich statblock.

Phyrexians

To understand the Phyrexians who now populate what used to be Mirrodin, one must understand where they came from and the crime and tragedy which became their origins.

It began on the plane of Dominaria, in what was once known as the Thran Empire. There a brilliant eugenicist named Yawgmoth came into power, holding a great admiration for the biological form s a great machine. He was an ambitious man who coveted power and was not above using any manipulation he could in order to hold power and gain more of it. His greatest discovery was the source of the disease phthisis, which he made up symptoms for to grow people's fear of it, and also remove any rivals he could diagnose it in.

The nature of the Multiverse was different those thousands of years ago. Meeting a Planeswalker, Yawgmoth was able to discover an empty and artifical plane. It was made by a different Planeswalker who died and it was somewhat similar to Mirrodin once. Here Yawgmoth saw a potential for his vision of a paradise and he named it Phyrexia. Although Yawgmoth was a healer, the term phyrexia was meant to identify fever, a sign of Yawgmoth's twisted mentality and ideals.

In this plane, Yawgmoth fused himself with the core, becoming a god while he remained there. Here he would heal the phthisis victims by implanting empty powerstones inside of their bodies. The stones would absorb the sickness, but had a side effect of making the patients taller and stronger, leaving their humanity behind for the first generations of true Phyrexians. In Dominaria, Yawgmoth had grown to become the leader of the Thran, poising him to rule over both.

The Fall

Yawgmoth's plans would eventually come to ruin. A powerful device called a Null Sphere, a device which kept poisonous gasses away from the people of the empire, was sabotaged and destroyed, letting the gas engulf the Thran. It forced them to either die, or flee to Phyrexia and into Yawgmoth's embrace. Behind them, the portal they used was destroyed, leaving Phyrexia to be isolated once again.

Yawgmoth, while angered, would not be deterred. He dripped deeper into his treatments. As the people began to suffer from the Phthisis rotting their bodies, he would have their rotting flesh removed and replaced with artifice with a process he called phyresis. Over numerous generations, artifice evolved in dark and twisted ways, fusing together with flesh, and creating a twisted amalgamation between flesh, death, and artifice.

After numerous generations, the humans the Thran were existed no longer. Natural processes of birth and growth were considered imperfect and inefficient. Instead, a biological agent called glistening oil, or Phyrexian oil, was created. It served as blood for the people, fuel for the machines, and agent for converting flesh to metal, and even the birthing fluid for new Phyrexians to grow within.

Life became functional perfection as anything which was less than Yawgmoth's vision of perfect as excised, be it a broken machine or a weak, fleshy limb, turning the entire plane into nine layers of metal which turned to flesh and back again. What started as a colony, became a massive cult dedicated to artifice and Yawgmoth himself. Still, despite all his power, Yawgmoth still yearned for more and his eyes looked back to his home plane of Dominaria.

Invasion

Yawgmoth plotted to return to Dominaria and perfect it like he did Phyrexia. To that end, he created sleeper agents, Phyrexians disguised as humans, to infiltrate the plane and create a road to it's conquest. However, he soon found a shocking enemy in the form of the legendary Urza, a powerful Planeswalker akin to a god himself. Through Urza, his carefully planned sleeper agents were wiped out and Yawgmoth now had a powerful foe preparing for him. With that in mind, Yawgmoth discarded subtlety and moved to an invasion by force.

His method of choice was to overlay a portion of a connecting plne, Rath, into Dominaria and send out his legions in force to conquer Dominaria. He faced fierce opposition, even if he used the corpses of his enemies to create more soldiers to fight against them. The Phyrexians found themselves pushed back, despite heavy costs, all spearheaded by Urza and his selected crew of heroes on the Weatherlight, wielding the Legacy.

Yawgmoth attempted to kill the heroes of the coallition, believing by slaying them, he would break Dominaria and finally claim the world he desired. Instead, he faced the brunt of the Legacy. It proved to be his downfall as the full power of the Lgecay destroyed the artificial god, leaving Phyrexia to grind to a halt as without their god, the 'people' lost the drive to continue, leaving the plane dead, if it ever lived at all.

New Phyrexia

Although pockets of Phyrexians still existed in the Multiverse, the power they held is now gone, forcing them to struggle to continue provided they too did not shut down on Yawgmoth's death. However, a new heart to it began to beat in Mirrodin. Phyrexian oil, a byproduct of the artificial Planeswalker Karn's phyrexian heart, dripped into Mirrodin. With the plane so much like the original Phyrexia, the oil came in quickly and grew rapidly. After Mirrodin's old guardian was destroyed, it allowed the new Phyrexians to grow and create their empires.

Unlike the Phyrexians of old who focused on black mana and artifice, these new Phyrexians are split among the five colors of mana, their philosophies clashing with one another. They revere Karn, rather than Yawgmoth, as the Father of Machines, but Karn has rejected them, leaving them aimless. Currently, one Preator, Elesh Norn, has taken command but even as she killed her rivals, death is not permanent to Phyrexians who may be repaired, revived, and return to power.

The Preators

Amidst the crawling death that spawned with the phyrexians, there were individuals who rose to points of leadership. Through raw power, ability, manipulation, or ruthlessness, these individuals rose to the position of Preator. There are five Preators, each of them leading their respective factions against the Mirrans and eventually, against each other.

Five Factions. The Preators do not see eye to eye with each other. Their philosophies are just as varied as the various colors of mana which helped spawn then. Each have a particular vision for New Phyrexia and wish to see it come to life.

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Medium aberration (phyrexian), lawful evil

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 345 (30d8 + 210)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
19 (+4)	21 (+5)	24 (+7)	17 (+3)	22 (+6)	20 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Con +14, Int +10, Wis +13, Cha +12
• Skills Medicine +10, Perception +13, Religion +10
• Damage Immunities radiant, poison, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks.
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
• Senses truesight 30 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 23
• Languages Common, Phyrexian
• Challenge 23 (50,000 XP)

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Innate Spellcasting. Elesh Norn's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 21, +13 to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: command, guidance, hold person, word of radiance

3.day each: bane, inflict wounds, hold person, zone of truth

2/day each: revivify, locate creature

1/day each: dawn, geas

Keen Hearing. Elesh Norn has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.

Preator's Aura. Elesh Norn's presence inspires strength in her followers, and fear in her enemies. Allied creatures within 30 feet of Elesh Norn have advantage on attack rolls and saving throws to avoid being frightened. Hostile creatures within 30 feet of Elesh Norn have disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws made to avoid becoming frightened.

Reactive. Elesh Norn can take one reaction on every turn in combat.

Actions

Multiattack. Elesh Norn makes two claw attacks.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d6 + 4) slashing damage plus 18 (4d8) necrotic damage, and the target's maximun hit points are reduced by a amount equal to the damage dealt. A creature whose maximun hit points are reduced to 0 this way automatically dies.

Legendary Actions

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Elesh Norn regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.

Claw. Elesh Norn makes one claw attack.

Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). Elesh Norn casts a spell that she innately know.

The Progress Engine

In what used to be the Lumengrid, the Progress Engine, New Phyrexia's blue faction, constantly tinker and experiment on themselves and whatever test subjects they can find to reach the ideal of perfection. The halls of the Vedalken's seat of power, once logical and spacious, are now nightmares of cables, tools, and tanks of phyrexian oil which grow larvae to serve as both the replacements or additions to the Progress Engine's forces, but also as subjects of experiments to try and reach that crucial next step closer to perfection.

Synthetic Advancement. The phyrexians of the Progress Engine believe that perfection will not just come to them. They will have to reach out with their own hands and claim perfection on their own. To that end, they conduct hundreds of experiments across the Quicksilver Sea, developing new technologies and forms of Phyrexians to claim more test subjects and advance higher experiments to find that path towards perfection. In this, the Progress Engine shows their own link to the first Phyrexia, their almost machine-like organization.

Organized Heriarchy. The Progress Engine boasts some of the most meticulous organization among the five factions of New Phyrexia. Ten observable ranks exist within their structure, each individual having a duty and function within the greater whole. From the lowest laborers, to the soldiers capturing test subjects, to the researchers, to the leader Jin-Gitaxias himself. All have their role to play for the advancement of the Phyrexians to their desired perfection.

Psychic Surgeons. One of the reasons which make the Progress Engine so terrifying to the Mirrans is their capability to not only torture their victims through their experimentation, but also to invade their minds and shatter a victim's psyche. Through this way, the Progress Engine can easily steal all information they need to trump the resistance and convert them into more test subjects for their purposes. With each process undertaken, the Progress Engine learns more about how non-Phyrexians function, how they thing, and how to better convert them to a 'perfected' way of thinking.

Scheming Opponents. Being infused with blue mana, the Progress Engine places more value in cunning and intellect. Because of this, members of the Progress Engine are often the strategists of any Phyrexian assault, but are also some of the slowest to act. They put great value into knowledge and claim as much of it as they can before they act on it. All possibilities must be covered and all avenues must be explored before they take greater action. Of course, they have many contingencies in place should something unexpected or improbably happen to them.

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Leader of the Progress Engine, Jin-Gitaxias is the highest level of researcher among his followers, focusing almost exclusively on his experiments and plans in order to not only reach out and claim his ideal of perfection, but also lay low his fellow preators so they will not hinder his precious experiments.

Malicious Genius. Jin-Gitaxias is first and foremost a scientist. He has a goal, a theory, and a drive to test and experiment. Rather than see the result and change the experiment to suit his goal, he finds out why the experiment gave the result it did and learn from it. Sometimes this can even give information to other theories, which he passes to his underlings to follow while he continues on his own work. This would almost be inspirational, were it not for the fact that all of his subjects consist of captured Mirrans, other Phyrexians, or even his own larvae, many of which do not survive the experience.

Scientific Occultist. Jin-Gitaxias is not one who limits his field of study to the purely scientific. He incorporates other magics into his experiments. Often he consults with other preators, as much as he dislikes them, for their specialties and how their magics work so me may be able to use them to advance his own goals. For this, he often dips more into necromancy and the 'divine' magic of New Phyrexia's native magic. It has made several of his underlings worry about his actions, but few of them have the power or ability to challenge him.

The Great Synthesis. Jin-Gitaxias has, like all other Phyrexians, an intimate knowledge of their scripture. Rather than take it as purely faith, he has reinterpreted it to a more scientific approach. He calls it The Great Synthesis, a treatise on the compleation and conversion of the native Mirrans as well as the steps they can take to become closer to perfection. Some may call it artificial evolution, but Jin-Gitaxias disdains the word, as the brutish Vorinclex and his puppet queen throw it around without any real care as to what it truly means.

Paranoid Schemer. Jin-Gitaxias, with his cunning and intellect, shows a sense of paranoia around him. If he does not know the actions of those around him or those he considered potential threats, he starts focusing in on them until he finds that knowledge or eliminates the possible threat. He has eyes constantly on the actions of the other preators and their operations. Even as he consults with them, he never trusts them, and has many plans being put together to deal with them when the time comes.

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Large aberration (phyrexian), neutral evil

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 460 (40d10 + 240)
• Speed 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
17 (+3)	18 (+4)	23 (+6)	27 (+8)	20 (+5)	20 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Dex +13, Con +15, Int +17, Wis +14, Cha +14
• Skills Arcana +17, Investigation +17, Medicine +14, Perception +14
• Damage Immunities poison, psychic, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, stunned
• Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 24
• Languages Common, Phyrexian
• Challenge 30 (155,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance (3/day). When Jin-Gitaxias fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.

Preator's Aura. Jin-Gitaxias' presence warps the minds of those around him, making it difficult to focus and leeching their menal strength from them. Creatures within 60 feet of Jin-Gitaxias can't cast spells of 7th-level or below and have disadvantage on Constitution saving throws made to maintain concentration on spells. At the start of each turn, Jin-Gitaxias automatically regains one randomly chosen spell slot of 7th-level or below.

Sneak Attack (1/turn). Jin-Gitaxias deals an extra 10 (3d6) damage when he hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of Jin-Gitaxias that isn't incapacitated and Jin-Gitaxias doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll.

Spellcasting. Jin-Gitaxias is a 20th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 25, +17 to hit with spell attacks), nd he has the following Wizard spells prepared.

Cantrips (at will): acid splash, infestation, minor illusion, poison spray, shocking grasp.

1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, misty step, ray of sickness, shield

2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, hold person, levitate, mind spike

3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, lightning bolt, slow, vampiric touch

4th level (3 slots): arcane eye, black tentacles, resilient sphere, sickening radiance

5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, modify memory, synaptic static, telekinesis

6th level (2 slots): chain lightning, disintegrate, scatter

7th level (2 slots): forcecage, mind culling

8th level (1 slot): power word stun

9th level (1 slot): psychic scream

Actions

Multiattack. Jin-Gitaxias casts a spell, then makes two claw attacks.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, Reach 10 ft., one target. Hit 14 (3d6 + 4) slashing damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 23 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of the next turn.

Corrupting Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d6 + 8) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 23 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. While poisoned in this way, the target enters a mindless rage. While in this rage, the rarget can't take bonus actions or reactions, and must use its action on each of its turns to attack the nearest creature of its choice. IF there is no creature within reach, the target automatically moves towards the nearest creature it can see.

Reactions

Ambush. Whenever another creature enters a space within 5 feet of Jin-Gitaxius, he can use his reaction to make a single melee weapon attack against that creature.

Legendary Actions

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Jin-Gitaxius regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Claw. Jin-Gitaxias makes one claw attack.

Cantrip (Costs 2 Actions). Jin-Gitaxias casts a cantrip from the list of cantrips that he knows.

Corrupting Touch (Costs 2 Actions). Jin-Gitaxias makes one corrupting touch attack.

Cast a Spell (Costs 3 Actions). Jin-Gitaxias casts a spell from his list of prepared spells, expending a spell slot as normal.

The Seven Steel Thanes

Rising up from the Mephidross is the black mana faction of the Phyrexians. They exemplify aspects of black mana, proving cruel merciless, and malicious in everything they do. Anyone who fights is slain against them and those who surrender are made to serve. They seek nothing but the complete subjugation of all.

Warlords of the Dross. The black faction is likely the most unorganized of the factions. Rather than some hierarchy, the faction is split between seven warlords, each of them holding the title of a Thane. They conspire against each other just as much as they lead the charge against the resistance. Each of them fight to take control, taking Karn's place as 'Father of Machines' for themselves and subjugating everything else. Sheoldred is the tentative leader, but that could change just as quickly as she took the position of Preator.

Dark Traditionalists. Out of the five factions of the Phyrexians, the black factions is the most in tune to the methods and goals of the first Phyrexians. Their single goal is to enslave everyone. True believers in their vision willingly follow and serve. Nonbelievers will serve by force. This was the methods which Yawgmoth forced on his people so long ago, reborn in this new faction of his people.

Necromantic Conversions. The Seven Steel Thanes all work with black mana, making many of them experts with rot, decay, and the dead. They do not both to take prisoners unless they have some greater value alive than dead, and that is a rare thing. Instead, they will send their compleated Harvesters across battlefields to collect bodies. Most are converted into Nim, the rank and file of the Thanes' forces. Anyone who is 'lucky' enough to be compleated find themselves fighting alongside the undead they once fought against a lifetime ago. Only pure Phyrexians have any form of authority and standing among the Thanes.

Silent War. Although the Seven Steel Thanes show a united front towards the other factions and their enemies, they are in fact fighting a silent war against each other. Each of them feel that the title of Father of Machines and their own perfection is by paving the ways with the bodies of their lessers. They collect resources, make alliances, marshal armies, and broker deals, all preparing for the day in which they can claim sovereignty of New Phyrexia over the others.

Unbroken Ambition. Sheoldred finally made her attempt to claim Karn's title, but found her forces destroyed by Elsh Norn. It has created a vacuum of power the other Thanes will be quick to fill for themselves. For the time being, the black faction of the Phyrexians is out of the way, but the Thanes will be quick to reorganize and be ready to try for the throne again.

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Sheoldred is the ambitious leader of the Seven Steel Thanes, ruling over the Mephidross and seeking the subjugation of the people over New Phyrexia, even her fellow preators and fellow Phyrexians. Slavery of non-Phyrexians is part of her scripture and once she claims Karn's empty throne, her treachery and ambition will become divine scripture.

Cunning Ambition. Although the Steel Thanes play the part of a united group, they constantly try to cut down and replace each other. For Sheoldred to rise up above the others and take the title of Preator, it shows just how sharp her cunning mind can be, as well as how powerful this ambition is to drive her. She has managed to push back her fellow Thanes, keeping them at bay while she commands their faction as a whole.

Divine Desire. Sheoldred's desire is to take the throne of Father of Machines and become the new divine figure of the Phyrexians. She seeks divine power not for something so simple as raw power or the belief she is simply destined for such things as others might seek it for. She seeks divinity for the power of omnipotence, the power to know all. For her vision, having that kind of knowledge means that power and authority will follow.

Knowledge is Power. Part of how Sheoldred came to her position was not through strength of arms or magical might, if which she has plenty, but through her web of corruption, blackmail, and bargains. Her web stretched across the Mephidross and beyond, touching into the other factions so she may learn of their movements and plans. Her knowledge forces other Phyrexians serving her fellow Thanes to steer their attentions away from her plots. Meanwhile, the deals she brokered with her fellow Thanes keeps her immediate rivals off of her back while she continues her own schemes unimpeded.

Missing in Action. Sheoldred, during the Mirran War, saw her chance to kill Karn and take his throne for herself. So she collected her forces and made to claim her destiny. However, she had been outplayed by Elesh Norn and her forces were exterminated. It is believed by some that Sheoldred died with them. However, she may have simply gone nto hiding, knowing her fellow Thanes would seek to eliminate her now that her power base had been wiped out. With enough time, if she survived, she will return to reclaim her former position.

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Huge aberration (phyrexian), lawful evil

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• Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 276 (27d12 + 189)
• Speed 50 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	17 (+3)	24 (+7)	17 (+3)	19 (+4)	21 (+5)

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• Saving Throws Str +13, Con +14, Wis +11, Cha +12
• Skills Athletics +13, Insight +11, Intimidation +12, Persuasion +12
• Damage Immunities acid, poison, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks.
• Condition Immunities blinded, exhaustion, poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive PErception 14
• Languages Common, Phyrexian
• Challenge 23 (50,000 XP)

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Innate Spellcasting. Sheoldred's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 20). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material comoonents.

At will: guidance, ray of sickness, toll the dead

3/day each: animate dead, augury, bestow curse

2/day each: blight, divination

1/day each: contagion, danse macabre

Preator's Aura. The air around Sheoldred is infused with her necromantic magic, granting her control over life and death. At the start of each of Sheoldred's turns, she can choose one creature she can see within 60 feet. The creature must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. If this damage reduces a creature's hit points to 0, it automatically dies. Sheoldred then chooses another creature, alive or dead, that she can see within 60 feet. That creature regains a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt this way, if the creature has died in within the last minute, it is first resurrected at 0 hit points.

Spider Climb. Sheoldred can climb difficult surfaces, including upside-down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Swampwalk. While in dim light or darkness, Sheoldred has advantage on all attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Actions

Multiattack. Sheoldred casts a spell, then makes three attacks: one with her bite and two with her claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (4d8 + 6) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 21 Strenght saving throw or be grappled. Until the grapple ends, Sheoldred can't use her bite on another target.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage.

Reactions

Gorge. Whenever creature within 5 feet of Sheoldred is killed, she can use her reaction to swallow the dead creature, gaining a cumulative +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls until the end of her next turn.

Legendary Actions

Sheoldred, Whispering One can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Sheoldred regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.

Claw. Sheoldred makes one claw attack.

Shadow's Embrace. If Sheoldred is in dim light or darkness, she turns invisible until the end of her next turn or until she makes an attack or uses an action.

Bite (Costs 2 Actions). Sheoldred makes one bite attack.

Phyrexian Shadows (Costs 2 Actions). Sheoldred casts darkness as a 9th-level spell, except that she can see in the radius of darkness as if it were nonmagical.

General Ability Description. General Attack Description

The Quiet Furnace

The red faction of the Phyrexians don't station themselves in New Phyrexia's core to be near Karn like so many zealots, but neither do they willingly go out in search of Mirrans to slaughter or compleate like so many of their fellows do in the forms of monsters and soldiers. Instead, the Quiet Furnace literally exists in between. Following an ancenstral memory of Old Phyrexia dimly recalled through the phyrexian oil, this faction created a new layer to their new home, creating a multitude of forges and a hellish landscape resembling a similar layer in Old Phyrexia.

Staunch Isolation. Unlike the other factions, most of the red Phyrexians rarely leave their furnaces or even the Oxidda Chain unless their presence is requested. In fact, most of the paths into the Furnace Layer have been sealed off and the grounds patrolled by compleated mountain beasts which attack everything, Mirran and Phyrexian alike. They claim that too many intruders in the furnace layer would make the metal they forge impure, disrupting not only the Great Work, but also the grand system of the Phyrexians. For a time, this reason was accepted with the religious Phyrexians.

Slag and Forge. The red Phyrexians are responsible for supplying the metal and weapons which arm much of the other factions. They scrounge for scrap metals from battlefields, including the bodies of Mirrans and their fellow Phyrexians, to be stripped down and recycled for a better use. Flesh is burned away while the metal is melted down to make new Phyrexians and their arms to continue with their holy duty. It is not considered a funerary duty, as the literalism of the Phyrexians has them believe that when the parts are used to rebuild a destroyed Phyrexian, they return to the world of the living. In a twisted way, it is considered healing to a Phyrexian point of view.

Red Infusion. Like the other factions, the Phyrexians of the Quiet Furnace have been infused with the power of one of the colors of mana. In the red faction's case, it has made a more profound ripple in them than any of the others. Red mana has always been centered on freedom, individuality creativity, and compassion. This has made the Phyrexians of the Quiet Furnace feel some kind of empathy towards the Mirrans. It made them confused and hesitant, even guilty as they feel something so opposed to their doctrine.

Willful Blindness. With such a tear in themselves, the red Phyrexians decided to focus on their duties and show they still served Phyrexia in their forges and industy. They just decided to ignore the Mirrans fleeing into their layer unless they got too close or began disrupting their duties. Then they would slaughter those interlopers, but would no longer actively hunt them. With only a few Mirrans hiding close, but not too close to them, it could be considered oversight or neglect. As more Mirrans fled to the unexpected sanctuary, that neglect teeters ever closer to treason.

Urabrask, the Hidden

Urabrask stands as the Preator of the red faction of Phyrexians. He oversees the multiple forges of the Quiet Furnace, constantly producing the metal needed for his fellow preators to continue with their own plots and schemes to unify the plane into their individual visions. Unlike the other preators, Urabrask is rarely seen. He never meets with his fellow preators and only his direct underlings have any contact with him. This lack of presence has earned him his title of 'the Hidden', but with such minor things, Urabrask simply does not care. He has more important things to see over, specifically his forges.

Indifferent Duty. Although he believes in 'The Great Work' to achieve Phyrexian perfection, Urabrask does not show the same fervor for it as his fellow preators do. Instead, he focuses on his more immediate concerns such as keeping the forges fed and producing for new Phyrexians. He knows his duty is to build a perfect Phyrexia, so that is what he intends to do. This indifference would put him at odds with his fellow preators and the zealotry they have towards their interpretations of their scripture, but so deep are they in their own schemes, they don't pay him much mind.

Unwanted Empathy. When the Mirrans began to appear in the Furnace Layer, the beasts expressed confusion while the actual Phyrexians confessed feeling guilt at attacking the Mirrans. They looked to Urabrask for guidance, who with his high concentration of red mana, likely felt the same guilt and empathy at higher levels. The red preator considered a decision for days before he finally came to the realization that his duties were to tend the forge and ensure the metal kept coming out. So he went to his people and uttered the words which may have saved many Mirrans, "Let them be."

Red Conflict. With the red Phyrexians ignoring the Mirrans unless they got in the way of their duties, more Mirrans came to the Furnace Layer, forcing Urabrask to close the passages lest the other preators discover his actions and attack his furnaces. Unfortunately, during the events which saw Karn released from the prison of his own mind as well as the Phyrexians' grip, Urabrask's forces were decimated by Elesh Norn, leaving him missing, but possibly already rebuilding his return.

Urabrask, the Hidden

Medium aberration (phyrexian), chaotic neutral

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• Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 204 (24d8 + 96)
• Speed 60 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	22 (+6)	19 (+4)	11 (+0)	21 (+5)	19 (+4)

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• Saving Throws Str +10, Dex +12, Cha +10
• Skills Athletics +10, Perception +10, Stealth +12
• Damage Immunities fire, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20
• Languages Common, Phyrexian
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Haste. Urabrask has advantage on initiative rolls and doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when he leaves an enemy's reach.

Innate Spellcasting. Urabrask's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18, +10 to hit with spell attacks). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components.

At will: scorching ray

3/day: fireball

2/day: wall of fire

1/day: haste (self only)

Preator's Aura. Urabrask is surrounded by an oppressive, magical heat that saps energy from those unused to its presence, while empowering others. Any allied creature that begins its turn within 30 feet of Urabrask has its speed doubled for the turn. Any hostile creature that begins its turn within 30 feet of Urabrask has its speed reduced by half for the turn.

Actions

Multiattack. Urabrask makes three attacks: one with his bite and two with his claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, Reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 6) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) fire damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (1d6 + 6) slashing damage.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a creature it must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be grappled. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and Urabrask can't use his tail on another target.

Reactions

Ambush. If a creature enters a space within 5 feet of Urabrask, he can use his reaction to make a single melee weapon attack against that creature.

Legendary Actions

Urabrask the Hidden can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Urabrask regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Claw. Urabrask makes a single claw attack.

Move. Urabrask moves up to his speed.

Grinding Halt (Costs 3 Actions). Urabrask csts slow as a 3rd-level spell.

The Vicious Swarm

The first to make the charge against the Mirrans on the surface, the green-aligned Vicious Swarm burst out like a herd of rampaging beasts, killing everything in their way and simply spreading out all throughout the Tangle. They are the least organized faction, having no real organization at all. The members of this faction act more like beasts, constantly preying on each other in a savage recreation of nature's patterns, all of them focusing on becoming the ultimate predators, and in their minds, perfected beings.

Social Darwinists. The Vicious Swarm believes in the idea that the strongest rules over all and take steps to pit all creatures within the Tangle against each other so that they can destroy the weak and imperfect while improving the victors in small amounts until the supreme predators rise to the top. Unlike the other factions, they do not compleate creatures entirely, only removing what they consider redunant or useless aspects so they can become even more dangerous predators. Weakness, compassion, or mercy have no place with them or their vision of perfection.

Scorn of Civilization. Many of the green Phyrexians have a strong scorn for the augmentation process and the total compleation processes the other factions use. They believe there is too much 'nurture' in the process which dulls instinct with their focus on intellect and it removes so much of the subject's possible strength. In fact, they disdain any form of sentience or intelligence which fails against raw instinct. Part of their vision for a perfect New Phyrexia is to completely remove sentience, intelligence, and civilization from their people in favor of a world of primal instinct and predatory power.

Divine Distaste. Unlike any other Phyrexians, the Vicious Swarm do not revere Yawgmoth's memory nor do they look to his scripture save for what comes through instinct to them. In their minds, the very fact that Yawgmoth was able to be killed in the first place proves that he was not worthy of being the Father of Machines. This scorn also continues to Karn, who in his prison walls in the core, the green Phyrexians see him weak and sheltered with his prison and spouting words of so-called wisdom, just proving civilization is another shackle to the power of instinct and predation.

Limited Niche. Despite their desire to see all reduced to primal instinct, for the moment the Vicious Swarm has some commanders and researchers. Usually they drive the compleated animals towards targets when needed, but they act more like game wardens and researchers. They constantly observe the various beasts and their actions. They take notes on how to make the animals even deadlier predators before these same animals receive further compleation to put them towards that goal. All of them look forward to the day where the perfect predator is discovered and they can follow in that proud creature's footsteps.

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Leader of the Vicious Swarm and the preator of all of New Phyrexia's green faction, Vorinclex is the alpha predator of the Tangle. He is vicious, savage, and prefers to keep himself that way, feeling like matters of civilization and organization only weaken the predatory edge of his power. He is a predator for the sake of being a predator, rather than any zealotry his fellow Preators may feel.

Strong Ruling the Weak. Vorinclex bases everything that he is on the belief that the strong rule the weak. If someone cannot survive and fight off other predators, then they are not fit to survive at all. Unlike the other Preators, he does not bother trying to scheme or plot for some future goal. If one lacks the stength to simply claim what they want, then they are not deserving of it in the first place. He does not even care if one day some other Phyrexian may be strong enough to kill him and take his place. It is simply a validation of his belief in the perfection of the mighty.

Absentee Ruler. Due to his own policies on his own faction, Vorinclex does not do any actual ruling or leading. He has his own den and advisors bring matters to his attention, but he rarely gives any orders towards an actual rule. Most of his decisions are made regarding conflicts with the Mirrans, of which there are fewer and fewer inside of the Tangle. His only other decisions regard how to make the thriving predators even more perfect.

Fallen Hero. When Vorinclex needs to actually rule, he instead leaves those decisions and actions to his trusted second in command and queen, the fallen heroine of Mirrodin, Glissa Sunseeker. The former resident of the Tangle is regarded as a pariah long before she was compleated by the Phyrexians, blamed for the Vanishing as well as the destruction done during the Memnarch War, leaving anyone who remained completely ignorant of the construct's machinations and the truth of their world. After her conversion, little of Glissa's former identity remained, only a twisted shadow of who she was who seeks the same vision of perfection that Vorinclex sees, and she is just as eager as any of the green faction to see it come to fruition.

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Huge aberration (phyrexian), chaotic evil

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• Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 450 (36d12 + 216)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
25 (+7)	10 (+10)	22 (+6)	10 (+0)	22 (+6)	19 (+4)

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• Saving Throws Str +15, Dex +8, Con +14, Cha +12
• Skills Athletics +23, Perception +14, Survival +14
• Damage Immunities acid, poisonl bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned
• Senses darkvision 120 ft., pssive Perception 24
• Languages Common, Phyrexian
• Challenge 26 (90,000 XP)

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Charge. If Vorinclex moves at least 30 feet straight towards a creature and then hits it with a bite attack on the same turn, the attack deals an additional 13 (2d12) piercing damage.

Preator's Aura. In Vorinclex's presence, the leylines that fuel magic seem to warp and twist. Other creatures within 60 feet of Borinclex have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Whenever a creature within 60 feet of Borinclex attempts to cast a spell, it must expend a spell slot of one level higher or else the spell fails and the spell slot is lost. Creatures withn 60 feet of Vorinclex can't cast cantrips.

Trample. When Vorinclex reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee weapon attack, he can automatically make another attack with the same weapon against a different target within reach.

Actions

Multiattack. Vorinclex makes three attacks: one with his bite and two with his claws.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 5 ft.,, one target. Hit: 26 (3d12 + 7) piercing damage plus 18 (4d8) necrotic damage, and the target's maximun hit points are reduced by an amount equal to the damage delt. A creature whose maximumhit points are reduced to 0 in this way automatically dies.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7) slashing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or be pulled 5 feet towards Vorinclex. This movement doesn't provoke opportunity attacks.

Stomp. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (4d10 + 7) bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a creature it must succeed on a DC 22 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone and restrained (escape DC 22) until Vorinclex moves or makes a stomp attack against another target. If the target is prone, Vorinclex can make a bite attack it as a bonus action.

Legendary Actions

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Vorinclex regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Claw. Vorinclex makes one claw attack.

Move. Vorinclex moves up to twice his speed.

Bite (Costs 2 Actions). Vorinclex makes one bite attack.

Stomp (Costs 2 Actions). Vorinclex makes one stomp attack.

Phyrexian Magic Items

With the path their society evolved, the Phyrexians developed a number of technologies and magical items which are not seen in many other places in the Multiverse. Characters may stumble onto them during their adventures through Mirrodin or fighting against the Pyrexians, but using these items may put the users at risk of suffering infection by the deadly glistening oil. Described below are some of the items a party of adventures in Mirrodin may come across.

Skinwing

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

This phyrexian item is a metal and sinew back plate with a pair of fleshy bat-like wings which stretch from the back, occasionally twitching as the item lives. The item is in fact a living creature made to be a symbiotic addition to phyrexin forces. It has 10 AC with 10 hit points. If it's hit points are reduced to 0, the item dies and no longer functions. While attuned to a user, the item shares the AC and hit points of its wielder.

The skinwing item has 2 charges. As an action you can expend 1 charge to unfold the wings and gain a flying speed of 30 feet. While you are in the air, you gain +1 to attack rolls. You can expend both charges to gain a flying speed of 60 feet and +2 to attack rolls in the air. The effect ends once you land on the ground again. You can regain charges by feeding the skinwing 1 ration per charge with maximum of 2. The skinwing, if fed this way, regains charges at dawn the next day.

Strandwalker

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

This phyrexian item is a metal and sinew pack-like item with four large insect-like legs extending from the corners, sometimes twitching when not moving on their own. This item is a living creature made to attach to other living creatures in a symbiotic fusion. It has 10 AC with 10 hit points. If it's hit points are reduced to 0, the item dies and no longer functions. While attunded to a user, the item shares the AC and hit points of its wielder.

The strandwalker, when attunded, gives the user a climb speed of 30 feet. You can use a bonus action to make two attacks using the strandwalker legs like a weapon, dealing 1d8 piercing damage. You are considered proficient while attuned and have reach. If you do not attack with these legs in one round, you can instead use the two legs to parry attacks adding 3 to your AC, using a reaction to block two attacks this way.

Because the strandwalker is a living creature, it requires food to function properly. It must be fed 2 rations a day in order to continue functioning properly. If it is not fed, the strandwalker enters a hibernation state the next day until given rations again.

Phyrexian Spells

Like their technology, the Phyrexians took what began as magic native to the Thran Empire and let it evolve in new and disturbing ways as they developed their religion based on replacing their weak flesh with superior artifice. As Mirrodin evolved into New Phyrexia, this magic evolved with it, creating new spells and effects based on the five colors of mana instead of solely black mana. They guard their secrets zealously from outsiders, but with force of will, those who fight them may find the opportunity to turn Phyrexia's magic back against it.

Crafting Materials

In a world made entirely of metal, there is plenty of crafting material to go around. From the Tangle trees to the razorgrass, it all can be used to forge new weapons, items, and armor for the characters in their adventures through the world of metal.

Corruption

As the phyrexians rose up to take over Mirrodin, their Glistening Oil, also called Phyrexian Oil, is one of the foundations of their war engine and their way of life. The oil serves as a growth formula, actually growing new humanoids for training and later compleation. However, the oil also has a secondary, sinister purpose. When exposed to a non-phyrexian, the oil acts as a viral agent twisting their minds to worship phyrexian ideals and poisoning their bodies, making them ripe for compleation.

The corruption of the Glistening Oil can come in different ways and can take effect in different intensities. How it is introduced can affect the DC of A Wisdom Saving Throw to keep the corruption at bay. On a failure, the character earns 1 point of corruption.

Touch. By this source, the character is touched by a creature which is already infected by the Glistening Oil. Creatures at this point are usually in Tier 3 infection.

Wound. This source of infection is more severe. The character is wounded by a creature which is infected by the Glistening Oil.

Source. This is the worst way to come into contact with the Gistlening Oil. By touching it directly, the characters allow the pure and unfiltered oil to enter their bodies, hastening the infection and theri eventual surrender to the phyrexian way.

Tiers of Infection

Tier 1. (1-2 Points) This is the first stage of the phyrexian infection. It is very subtle and not many will even realize they are infected unless they know what signs to look out for.

When characters reach this level of corruption, they develop minor signs of illness as their bodies try to fight the effects of the oil. Eventually the signs go away for a time, but not because the victim's immune system won the fight.

Tier 2. (3-8 Points) This is the moderate stage of the infection. Here the characters develop signs of illness, usually sores, sore joints, and other physical ailments. Their mental state also begins to deteriorate with visions of perfection from a Phyrexian point of view. Characters who reach this level of corruption also develop a Short-Term Madness.

Tier 3. (9-11) This is the worst stage of the infection. The victims appear to be visibly decaying, enforcing the phyrexian vision of imperfection in the flesh alone. Their mentality is constantly pressed with the whispers of phyrexians, their perfection, and the filthy weakness of the people around them. Characters that reach this level of corruption develop a Long-Term Madness.

Tier 4. (12+ Points) The victims at this level of the infection have succumbed to their illness. They desperately submit themselves to any phyrexians and happily submit themselves for compleation, becoming another nightmare soldier of flesh and metal.

Adventure Ideas

Mirrodin is a world which is a blank slate for the most part. Many adventures would likely be exploring and discovering facets of a world which the people know so little. There would still be some intrigue and subterfuge as the Synod works to expland their empire, luring many with the promise of knowledge with their serum. On the other hand, a good horror survival adventure can be found in the reality of New Phyrexia. One can even blend the two as the phyrexians prepare to invade while an intrepid band of adventurers stumble onto their designs.

Below are some adventure seeds which a DM can use to begin a Mirrodin adventure or continue a Mirrodin campaign.

• Myr have been appearing in abundance at a settlement, making off with any loose metal they can find. Someone has harnessed the power of a Myr Incubator, using it to create a small army of the constructs for their own reasons.

• Mechanical replicas have been attempting to replace the native Mirrans. Elves, wizards, goblins, and even the nim. What possible reason could there be for this?

• A settlement has become abandoned after a well of oil was discovered. First believed to be a new power source, it twists and mutates people who have come into contact with it.

• A wurm burrows in strange patterns across the Tangle. Has it gone mad, or has someone discovered the means to control the beast? Either way, it has to be stopped before it topples every tree in the Tangle.

• Golems of various metals are present during disasters brought by clockwork machines. Are they controlling the beasts, or are they a key to discovering the source?

• Shards of strange foreign material once held in each of the race's custody have gone missing. Many begin blaming each other for the theft of the relics, but they may be the keys to something greater than anyone can guess.

• A phyrexian sleeper agent has infiltrated a resistance camp. One by one, the occupants are infected, and then compleated. The agent must be rooted out before the entire camp falls.

• Strange constructs which look like fusions of flesh and metal attach themselves to victims, forcing them to rampage as if for some purpose of war, or something greater.

• A struggle between the goblin clans has damaged one of the Oxidda Chain's furnaces and it is going to explode, threatening to bury a large settlement in molten metal. The source must be found and repaired before it is too late!

• A large blinkmoth nexus has been discovered. Vedalken and their minions race to harvest it for their serum, but if they succeed, the droughts may become too much for the surrounding region to bear. They must be stopped!

• One of the Tel-Jilad trolls has been secretly harnessing the magic of the new green lacunae for nefarious purposes, but his position prevents anyone from believing such an accusation. Proof must be found before their plans come to fruition!

• A powerful vampire has taken command of their people in Rey Goor, pushing a dangerous offensive towards the elves. Someone has to infiltrate their tower of rusted copper and destroy them before the elves are wiped out. This vampire has made a pact with a demon, making their magic much more potent and terrifying.

• A dragon has emerged from the volcanoes, terrorizing Mirrodin. Someone has stolen a potent relic from its hoard and it demands the item's return, or Mirrodin will be turned to molten slag in its rampage to find the thief.

• A neurok engineer has created an artifice engine which could potentially break the vedalken hold over their people. It must be protected at all costs, but is this engine truly what it is said to be, or is it a deadly trap?

• A strange structure has been found in the Mephidross, but is clearly not constructed by the moriok, demons, or vampires. It may hold important clues on how to drive the dross and the nim back, but it is filled with leaderless nim and other undead who do not listen to the Lord of the Vault or his minions.

• One or more of the characters have been seeing a silver golem named Karn in dreams or hallucinations. The image asks them to find a palace in the Glimmervoid. What is there, or if the castle exists, no one knows. What is inside could mean a great deal to the people of Mirrodin.

• Constructs made of a black metal called Darksteel rampage at a hidden master's commands. The constructs are seemingly invincible and cannot be brought down by conventional means. The source of the metal must be found and a way to destroy it before this army conquers all of Mirrodin.

• A group of vedalken rebels wish to bring dow the Synod for a more conservative government. Are they telling the truth, or are they simply trying to pave the way for their own equally cruel government style?

Art Credits

All Suns' Dawn - Glen Angus

Sculpting Steel 0 Heather Hudson

Panopticon - John Avon

Aether Vial - Greg Hildebrant

Greenhilt Trainee - Chris Rahn

Exuri's Archers - Shelly Wan

Crazed Goblin - Darrel Riche

Krrk-Clan Engineers - Pete Venters

Auriok Sunchaser - James Ryman

Fatespinner - rk post

Lifesmith - Eric Deschamps

Leonin Den-Guard - Todd Lockwood

Leonin Elder - Todd Lockwood

Loxodon Wayfarer - Steven Belledin

Loxodon Peacekeeper - Michael Sutfin

Vedalken Mastermind - Darrell Rice

Vedalken Infuser - Ryan Pancoast

Riddlesmith - Eric Deschamps

Island - John Avon

Forest - Mark Tedin

Plains - Mark Tedin

Swamp - Rob Alexander

Island - Mark Tedin

Mountain - Mark Tedin

Glimmervoid Basin - Lars Grant-West

Mirrodin's Core - Greg Staples

Furnace Dragon - Matthew D. Wilson

Victory's Herald - rk post

Tanglewalker - Pete Venters

Rust Elemental - Arnie Swekel

Silver Myr - Kev Walker

Apostle's Blessing - Brad Rigney

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite - Igor Kieryluk

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur - Eric Deschamps

Sheoldred, Whispering One - Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss

Urabrask, the Hidden - Brad Rigney

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger - Karli Kopinski

Mortarpod - Eric Deschamps

Plains - John Avon

Glistening Oil - Steven Belledin

Blinkmoth Well - David Martin