Locations

Thunder Junction is a sprawling arid plane; it is mostly desert, but boasts magnificent floating mountains, grasslands, marshes, canyons, and cactus forests. There are only two major settlements on Thunder Junction, Omenport and Prosperity, with a number of other settlements and frontier towns.

Prosperity

Prosperity is the wealthiest metropolis on Thunder Junction. Tall gray boulders mimic towering skyscrapers, and its buildings are pristine and whitewashed. Ornate trains move through the heart of the city, connecting it to Omenport and other stations across Thunder Junction. Two long roads paved with clean white stones run alongside the raised tracks, and are patrolled by nearly a dozen Sterling Company guards.

Voyager Grand

The Voyager Grand is a ten-story tall hotel, casino, and entertainment megaplex. Jagged, triangular rooftops and wide-reaching windmills loom from its rooftop. Colorful bunting stretches from its balconies, and spherical lights are strung up along blue-striped gables. The grand front room holds wooden card tables and staircases and elevators leading to a second floor containing restaurants, dance halls, and theatres. The tenth floor, accessible by key, is for the hotel's most-exclusive customers.

Points of Interest

Prosperity boasts many saloons, shops and services. The Prosperity Bank handles minting of coins and managing loans and accounts.

The Prosperity Post is a local newspaper with a press in Prosperity, and newsboys sell their weekly issues on every street corner in Prosperity and Omenport.

The Sterling Company is the law in Thunder Junction, and their headquarters are locaated within the town.

Tarnation

Tarnation is a town that was built around the original location of Maag Taranau, otherwise known as The Vault. This ancient vault and its contents were the sought after by various factions on Thunder Junction. Once the vault was opened, the entire thing flew into the sky before crashing back down in the desert. Though the vault is gone, its contents scattered, the town of Tarnation remains.

Gangs

Thunder Junction has a number of major gangs, groups bound by common interest who each vie for power. The following chapter presents information on these gangs, and provides options for using various rules that allow characters to interact with these factions in meaningful ways.

Freestriders Renown Benefits

The Freestriders

The Freestriders are vigilantes who do what they believe is right, regardless of what the law says. They also believe in liberation, in all its many forms. Living a nomadic lifestyle, they ride wherever the wind takes them and help the disenfranchised along the way. They patrol near the Omenpaths to protect new arrivals from the robbers and charlatans prowling for easy marks.

The Freestriders mark their clothing with a half sunburst motif, usually on their shoulders.

The Hellspurs

The Hellspurs feature the most hard-boiled and violent bandits of the plane. They integrate the natural magic of the land directly into their bodies, which usually manifests as lava-like cores, rocky skin, and flaming hair. They heavily rely on the use of Thunder magic and readily use fire magic and necromancy. They tend to wear black and red cloth and iron masks.

The hellspurs were originally led by a scorpion dragon named Akul. After his defeat, the gang has devolved into decentralized units with many leaders, including the frilled lizardfolk Jasper Flint and Akul's right-hand woman Twist Fandago.

Hellspurs Renown Benefits

Outcasters Renown Benefits

Outcasters

Not a true gang, Outcasters are scattered groups of desert survivalists who keep in touch with nature and help the land grow. They are known to travel with loyal animal companions and huddle in small ramshackle towns across the plane. Preferring solitude, they find endless wonder in the natural world. Whether exploring unmapped territory or conducting natural experiments, so long as you don't bother them, they don't bother you.

The Outcasters tend to use natural materials to dress, usually wearing heavy fur shoulder pads or cloaks, fur-lined armor, cactus armor plates, horns, and spikes.

Slickshot Gang

The Slickshot Gang is a band of outlaws and thunderslingers for hire. They pride themselves on being the best shots and quickest drawers on the plane, and encourage loyalty among themselves, although they often tend to work alone. They are meant to have each other's backs when trouble arises, and a transgression against one of them might as well be a transgression against all of them.

Although they have no strict uniform, Slickshots tend to wear reds, blues and purples. They do everything with style, and their clothing tends to emphasize their style, including elaborate fanned coat flaps and collars. For them, every duel is an opportunity for pageantry, and every con is a shot at fame. Wherever they go, they'll be sure to make it the ride of a lifetime.

Slickshot Gang Renown Benefits

Sterling Company Renown Benefits

Sterling Company

The Sterling Company is a private peacekeeping force founded by Bertram Graywater. The Sterling Company believes that money and political hierarchy is the the best way to bring order to the chaos of Thunder Junction. Though they wrote the plane's laws, the only law that truly matters to the company is "never stand in the way of profit." Anyone who doesn't conform to this belief is met with banishment.

The company provides guards to anyone willing to pay and is known to pay their mercenaries well.

The headquarters of the Sterling Company are located on the edge of the city of Prosperity. A metal fence surrounds the headquarters, flickering with bright blue energy. Within, huge white pillars hold up the staggeringly high glass ceiling. The front desk is made of solid white marble and surrounded by large pots of manicured cacti. There are multiple stairwells leading to various levels of the building, including a jail kept in the basement. The Sterling Company uses illusions as a security measure, making the cells appear empty.

Members of the Sterling Company tend to wear clothes in white, gray, or silver, with silver filigree adornments.

Aetherborn

Aetherborn are native to the plane Kaladesh, and they come into being spontaneously as part of the aether refinement process. Their bodies are in constant flux as the aether residue they're made of gradually dissolves and is reclaimed by the aethersphere. Thus, their lives are short, and each aetherborn views time as exceedingly precious. How the physical forms of aetherborn react to the lack of aethersphere on other planes is still being studied. Until then, aetherborn are content to seek out thrills and pleasures in the lawless wastes of Thunder Junction.

Atiin

The Atiin are a nomadic human people, far-sojourners who used to travel the vast and rolling panoramas of their home plane. The opening of the Omenpaths was a boon to their culture's traveling practice. When the first Omenpaths opened, the Atiin people simply continued their nomadic journey. The Atiin have visited multiple planes, but rarely settle anywhere for more than a few seasons.

The Atiin consider everyone from their homeland to be family; children are raised communally, and they share a strong cultural bond with each other.

Traditional Navajo dress includes furs and woven textiles with distinctive geometric patterns.

Atiin Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a Human for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a Human.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Human Resourcefulness. When you make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can do so with advantage. Once you use this trait, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.

Feat. You gain one of the following feats of your choice from the Player's Handbook: Alert, Healer, Dungeon Delver, Magic Initiate, Mobile, Mounted Combatant, Savage Attacker, Skilled, or Tough.

Skillful. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Aven

Aven are winged humanoids that appear similar to many species of bird, and are found on a number of different planes in different forms. Despite their shared appearances and abilities, aven come from a wide variety of cultures and are unlikely to have much in common with aven from other planes. On Thunder Junction, aven are often prized members of gangs for their natural flight, which makes certain kinds of heists all the easier. The Sterling Company especially prizes aven for being able to keep a birds-eye-view when protecting their assets.

Cactusfolk

Cactusfolk are the only known sapient species indigenous to Thunder Junction. When the omenpaths first connected to Thunder Junction, it awoken the wild magic of the plane, called Thunder. This awakening also affected some of the cacti, who became infused with this magic, often appearing as glowing blue energy; sometimes visible when cactusfolk open their mouths. This blue magic is water-like in nature, and seems connected to plants, water, and rains of Thunder Junction.

The cactusfolk are a young culture, only just beginning to explore what it means to be awake and what their place is in the world. Many cactusfolk adhere to and adopt the culture of their neighbors, while others live in cactusfolk communities such as Hardbristle.

Cactusfolk Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Plant.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Bloom Magic. You know either the druidcraft or fire bolt cantrip. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for that cantrip (choose when you select this race).

Extra Limbs. You have an extra pair of arms. The extra arms can manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, pick up or set down an object, perform somatic components, grapple a creature, or wield a weapon.

Sleepless. You don't need to sleep, and magic can't put you to sleep. You remain conscious during a long rest, though you must still refrain from strenuous activity to gain the benefit of the rest.

Spine Burst. When a creature hits you with a melee attack while within 5 feet of you, you can use your reaction to deal piercing damage equal to your proficiency bonus to that creature. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Unusual Nature. You don't need to eat.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Centaur

Centaurs have equine bodies with human torsos at the withers instead of a horse's neck and head. They have six limbs, four legs ending in hooves, and two arms ending in hands. Centaurs are found on a number of planes throughout the multiverse, including Dominaria, Ravnica, and Theros. They are known for their skill in battle, particularly as archers, heavy cavalry, and druids.

On Thunder Junction, centaurs enjoy speed and stamina needed to cross the wilderness that other races rely on mounts for. The centaurs of these planes have a deep connection to nature, and are commonly found among the Outcasters gang; sometimes, noble centaur warriors are instead proud members of the Freestriders and Sterling Company.

Centaur Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Fey.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 40 feet.

Charge. If you move at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack with a bonus action, making one attack against the target with your Hooves.

Equine Form. Any climb that requires hands and feet is especially difficult for you because of your equine legs. When you make such a climb, each foot of movement costs you 4 extra feet instead of the normal 1 extra foot.

Hooves. You have hooves that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

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

Stamina. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid exhaustion.

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

Homarid

Originally native to the waters of the unnamed antarctic continent of Dominaria, homarids resemble large, eight-legged, bipedal lobsters between five and seven feet in height. On Dominaria, they have been engaged in bitter war against the merfolk of Vodalia for generations.

Homarid society is haughty; in their minds, they are the most advanced species on Dominaria, and all others are effectively animals. This is far from true, but homarids tend to be condescending to others and don't often venture through the omenpaths.

Homarid Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Claws. You can use your claws to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Grappling Claw. You have advantage on ability checks you make to initiate a grapple using your claws.

Natural Armor. While you aren't wearing armor, your carapace gives you a base Armor Class of 13 + your Dexterity modifier.

Swimming. You have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

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

Kor

Kor are found on a handful of planes throughout the multiverse, including Dominaria and Arcavios, but their homeworld is Zendikar.

Kor are tall, slender humanoids with light hair and gray, blue-gray, or ivory skin. All kor have slightly pointed ears, and males have short, fleshy barbels on their chins. They paint softly glowing geometric patterns on their faces and bodies, suggestive of the shapes and design of the hedrons that appear across Zendikar. Their clothing tends to leave their arms and shoulders free to facilitate climbing, and they keep most of their gear in pouches and slings at their waists.

Deeply reverent of the land and its sacred sites, the nomadic kor live a sparse existence defined by their constant travels. Masters of ropes and hooks, they scale sheer cliffs and cross yawning chasms with such skill and agility that they sometimes seem almost to take flight. A hooked line is also a social and sacred symbol for the Kor, representing their connection to each other and to the world around them.

Kor Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Brave. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the Frightened condition on yourself.

Climbing. You have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed.

Additionally, while using a climber's kit, you can move up, down, and across vertical surfaces and upside down along ceilings without needing to make an ability check.

Kor Ancestry. You have advantage on Dexterity and Strength saving throws you make to avoid falling and the Prone condition. If you have the Prone condition, you can stand up by spending 5 feet of movement, rather than half your speed.

Kor Talents. You have proficiency in the Athletics and Acrobatics skills.

Lucky. When you roll a 1 on a d20 for an Attack roll, Ability Check, or Saving Throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common. You can also communicate in Kor Sign, a nonverbal sign language.

Minotaur

Minotaurs are a humanoid race that stand on two hooves and have snouts and horns. The minotaurs found on Alara, Dominaria, Theros, Ravnica, and Ulgrotha have distinctly bovine, or bull-like features. Those on Amonkhet instead have ovine, or goat-like features, while minotaurs found on Zendikar sometimes have moose-like antlers instead of horns. Finding their homes in mountainous regions of the multiverse, minotaurs are fierce in combat, and are often categorized as stubborn and prideful.

On Thunder Junction, minotaurs find their way as anyone else; as entrepeneurs, outlaws, or even lawmen. Some minotaurs have taken to studying the strange cows and oxen of Thunder Junction, which sometimes exhibit celestial-like qualities.

Minotaur Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Charge. If you move at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack with a bonus action, making one attack against the target with your Horns. If the target is no more than one size larger you, it must succeed ona Strength saving throw against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier or be pushed up to 10 feet away from you and have the prone conditon.

Darkvison. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Horns. You have horns that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Labyrinthine Recall. You have advantage on any Wisdom (Survival) check you make to navigate or track.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and your choice of either Abyssal or Minotaur.

Nezumi

Nezumi are a race of humanoid rats native to the Takenuma swamps of the plane Kamigawa. In times past, Kamigawa's other races ostracized and stereotyped the nezumi. Though in recent years the feelings toward the nezumi have softened, they are still oftentimes seen as outsiders in the Empire and its lands.

Nezumi on Thunder Junction might be trying to escape the bigotry of Kamigawa. Their talents are often sought after from gangs and outlaws looking to plane heists where secrecy is key. Nezumi also have their own unique magical traditions and understanding of technology that makes them valuable members of any gang.

Nezumi Traits

You have the following racial traits (these traits are copied from the latest version of A Planeshifted Guide to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty).

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Small.

Speed. Your 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 if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Murine Talents. You have proficiency in the Perception and Stealth skills.

Nezumi Resilience. You have resistance to poison damage and immunity to disease, and you have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the poisoned condition on yourself.

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

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

Ogre

Ogres are small for giants, but massive to other races. They are brutes of incredible strength, and often (though not always) little intelligence. They are found on many planes throughout the multiverse, including Dominaria, Eldraine, Fiora, Mirrodin, Tarkir, and Zendikar. The ogres of Arcavios and Capenna are more intelligent and crafty than those of other planes. Ogres of Kamigawa, known as o-bakemono, have an ancient tradition of demonic magic, while the ogres of Shandalar, known as onakke, are an ancient race of incredible magic.

On Thunder Junction, ogres are mostly sought by the Hellspurs gang for their prowess in combat and intimidating physiques.

Ogre Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Giant.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 40 feet.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Giant Step. You can move through the space of any creature whose size is smaller than yours.

Heavy-Handed. When you hit with your unarmed strikes, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Natural Athlete. You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.

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

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

Ooze

Oozes are amorphous blob creatures. They come in a myriad of forms from many sources across the multiverse; two oozes of different planes are unlikely to have much in common with each other beyond their physical attributes.

An ooze might be formed from the blood of a dragon, or the contents of a large monster's stomach. On Ravnica, oozes are commonly created as byproducts from the experiments of the Simic Combine. Oozes are primordial creatures on Muraganda, and common threats to humans on Innistrad.

Felix Five Boots is a particularly infamous ooze on Thunder Junction, a notorious quick-draw duelist. This slimy scoundrel is infamous for having five pseudopods as feet and thus can keep standing steady even when facing down fierce competitors. Felix's lack of vital organs is also a big advantage.

Ooze Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are an Ooze.

Size. You are Medium or Small (choose when you select this race).

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet

Acid Resistance. You have resistance to acid damage.

Amorphous. You can squeeze through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide, provided you are wearing and carrying nothing.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of yourself as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Formless. You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the blinded or deafened condition on yourself. You also have advantage on ability checks you make to initiate or escape a grapple.

Shape Self. As an action, you can reshape your body to give yourself a head, one to four arms, one or two legs, and makeshift hands and feet, or you can revert to a limbless blob. While you have a humanlike shape, you can wear clothing and armor made for a Humanoid of your size.

Each arm you have beyond two is considered a secondary limb. The secondary limbs can manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, pick up or set down a Tiny object, or wield a weapon that has the light property.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Rabbit

The home plane of the rabbit folk found on Thunder Junction is largely unknown to the wider multiverse; it is a land of anthropomorphic creatures such as hares and turtles, and like Eldraine it is a land of cyclical tales that its denizens are bound to. Those looking for escape from this plane, including many rabbit folk, often find their way to the frontier of Thunder Junction. Amongst other denizens, the rabbit folk are sometimes called "Claim Jumpers," not only because of their supernatural jumping ability, but the fact that many explorers employ them to scale hard-to-reach areas as lookouts for new unclaimed territories.

Rabbit Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Kick. You can use your powerful legs to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Leporine Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

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

Rabbit Hop. As a bonus action, you can jump a number of feet equal to five times your proficiency bonus, without provoking opportunity attacks. You can use this trait only if your speed is greater than 0. You can use it a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

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

Rhox

Rhox are humanoids that resemble rhinos, including tough skin and a facial horn. They are native to the planes of Alara, Arcavios, and Capenna. On Thunder Junction, rhox often find employment as enforcers for the various gangs, mercenaries, or hard laborers.

Rhox Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Charge. If you move at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a melee weapon attack on the same turn, you can immediately follow that attack with a bonus action, making one attack against the target with your Horn.

Horn. You have a horn that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Natural Armor. You have thick, leathery skin. While you aren't wearing armor, your base Armor Class is 13 + your Dexterity modifier.

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

Rhox Talents. You have proficiency in the Athletics and Religion skills.

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

Shark

Not everyone in Thunder Junction likes the banks, which are run by the "peace-keeping" Sterling Company. Outlaws especially need ways to circulate their ill-gotten goods, and many folk want the ability to take out loans without needing to consult the law. The sharks of Thunder Junction saw an opportunity in this need, taking the role of literal loan sharks who lend money to others. When a debtor can't pay, the shark is keen to make a meal out of them.

The home plane of Thunder Junction's sharks is unknown, and is a closely guarded secret amongst their kind.

Shark Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Bite. You can use your toothed maw to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with it, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Blood Frenzy. Attack rolls you make with your Bite have advantage against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points and isn't a Construct or Undead.

Cold Resistance. You have resistance to cold damage.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Swimming. You have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Shapeshifter

Shapeshifters come in many different shapes and forms, and are found throughout the multiverse, including the planes of Dominaria, Innistrad, Ixalan, and Ravnica.

On Thunder Junction, shapeshifters tend to be outlaws, as their natural abilities help them to frame others and infiltrate areas they aren't typically allowed to be in.

Sphinx

Sphinxes are large and powerful creatures with lion-like bodies, human faces, and feathered wings. They are known for their vast intellect and cunning, and often never speak, save for riddles. They are found on many planes throughout the multiverse, including Alara, Capenna, Dominaria, Ravnica, Theros, and Zendikar. On Amonkhet, criosphinxes have ovine, or ram-like traits.

On Thunder Junction, sphinxes continue to be solitary riddlers who guard secrets and treasures; but sometimes they intend to amass treasures of their own. Sphinx outlaws are known to pose riddles to each of their marks, allowing them a chance to keep their goods.

Sphinx Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Monstrosity.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Life Span. Your life span is measured in centuries. You can't be aged magically.

Claws. You can use your claws to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Deceptive. You have proficiency in the Deception skill.

Sphinx Magic. You can cast the detect magic spell with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast the misty step spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the see invisibility spell with this trait, without requiring material components. Once you cast any of these spells with this trait, you can't cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast any of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.

Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race).

Limited Flight. Because of your wings, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. You can't use this flying speed if you're wearing medium or heavy armor. If you are in the air at the end of your turn, you fall if nothing is holding you aloft.

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

Skeleton

Skeletons are precisely what their name implies. They are the bones of once-living creatures, reanimated as undead. Skeletons can be found as the servants of necromancers and haunts of cursed locales across the planes.

On Thunder Junction, the wild magic of Thunder sometimes reanimates the skeletons of miners lost in Blacksnag Bog or trapped in collapsed mines. The skeleton Tinybones, a former resident of Dominaria, became an infamous member of Oko's Gang in recent history.

Turtle

Humanoid turtle-folk are native to Arcavios, and are most commonly found amongst the members of Quandrix College in the university of Strixhaven. They have scaly skin, armored shells, and powerful jaws and claws. They have a reputation for being slow but steady, always achieving the tasks they set their minds to.

On Thunder Junction, turtle folk can be found in all walks of life; from merchants to outlaws to lawmen.

Turtle Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Claws. You have claws that you can use to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier slashing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Hold Breath. You can hold your breath for up to 1 hour.

Natural Armor. Your shell provides you a base Armor Class of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn't affect this number).

Slow But Steady. As a bonus action, you give yourself advantage on your next attack roll on the current turn. You can use this bonus action only if you haven't moved during this turn, and after you use the bonus action, your speed is 0 until the end of the current turn.

Shell Defense. You can withdraw into your shell as an action. Until you emerge, you gain a +4 bonus to your Armor Class, and you have advantage on Strength and Constitution saving throws. While in your shell, you have the prone condition, your speed is 0 and can't increase, you have disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, you can't take reactions, and the only action you can take is a bonus action to emerge from your shell.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Vampire

Vampires are powerful undead creatures found on many planes throughout the multiverse. Vampires on Innistrad are ancient families that dominate and terrorize the human inhabitants. On New Capenna, vampires make up the bulk of the Maestros crime family of artists and assassins. On Ixalan, vampirism is seen as a blessing, and the vampires there rule nations and control the Church of Dusk.

hough their histories and cultures vary, they all share a thirst for the blood of living creatures. On Thunder Junction, vampires who are unable to find sufficient living creatures in the desert resort to drinking the "blood" of cacti and cactusfolk. The result is a thirsty, spine-riddled form of vampire.

Vampire Traits

You have the following racial traits.

Creature Type. You are an Undead.

Size. You are Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Life Span. You are immune to the effects of aging and can't be aged magically.

Bite. You can use your fangs to make unarmed strikes. When you hit with them, the strike deals 1d6 + your Strength modifier piercing damage, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Bloodthirst. As a bonus action, you can make a special attack with your Bite. If the attack hits, it deals its normal damage, and you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as shades of gray.

Spined Hide. At the start of each of your turns, you deal piercing damage equal to your proficiency bonus to any creature grappling or grappled by you.

Undead Nature. You have resistance to poison damage and immunity to disease, and you have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the poisoned condition on yourself. You don't need to eat, drink, or breathe.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.

Zombie

Like skeletons and vampires, zombies can be found on many planes throughout the multiverse. They are reanimated corpses and usually make up the bulk of necromancers' hordes.

On Thunder Junction, zombies can be created by the wild magic of the plane, and are frequently sought after by members of the Hellspurs gang. Zombies on Thunder Junction typically inherit the same lava-singed aesthetic of the Hellspurs due to their connection with the planes volatile mana.

Druid

At 2nd level, a Druid gains the Druid Circle feature, which offers you the choice of a subclass. The following option is available to you when making that choice.

Titanic Bond

10th-Level Circle of the Clearcutter feature

Your ox companion grows to Large size. In addition, the primeval companion lends you some of its terrifying might. Once per turn while your ox companion is summoned, when you hit a creature with an attack or deal damage to a creature you can see with a spell you cast, you can force that creature to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC; on a failure, the creature is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Big and Blue

17th-Level Circle of the Clearcutter feature

You have learned to fully harness the titanic legacy of your companion. As part of the bonus action you use to command your companion, you can expend a spell slot of any level to heighten your ox companion’s might, granting it the following benefits:

• Hulking Behemoth. The companion becomes Huge and gains temporary hit points equal to 10 times the level of the spell slot expended. If there isn’t enough room for the companion to become Huge, it attains the maximum possible size in the space available.
• Mauler. On a hit, the companion’s Gore deals additional damage equal to 1d8 plus the level of the spell slot expended.
• Titanic Stride. The companion’s walking speed increases by a number of feet equal to 5 times the level of the spell slot expended.

These benefits last for 1 hour, until the companion vanishes, or until you expend a spell slot for this feature again.

Ranger

The Beast Master in the Player's Handbook forms a mystical bond with an animal. As an alternative, a Beast Master on Thunder Junction can take the feature below to form a bond with a herd of beasts instead.

Rogue

At 3rd level, a Rogue gains the Roguish Archetype feature, which offers you the choice of a subclass. The following options are available to you when making that choice.

Roguish Archetype: Spelljack

There are many outlaws on Thunder Junction. Some rob banks, some rob trains; but you rob minds. Spelljacks are rogues with the uncanny ability to steal magic.

Spelljack Spellcasting

Arcane Sight

9th-Level Spelljack feature

Your familiarity with magic allows you to innately detect magical auras. You can cast detect magic at will without using a spell slot or material components.

Precision Jack

9th-Level Spelljack feature

When you use your Spelljacking feature against an unwilling creature, you can learn a spell of your choice you have seen the creature cast, provided it is of a level no higher than what's shown in the Spelljack Spellcasting table's Slot Level column for your level.

Siphon

11th-Level Spelljack feature

When you use your Spelljacking feature to learn a spell from an unwilling creature, that creature can't cast the spell you learn until 8 hours have passed.

Quicksteal

17th-Level Spelljack feature

You gain the ability to steal spells at a distance. Immediately after a creature casts a spell that targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can use your reaction to force the creature to make a saving throw with its spellcasting ability against a DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier. On a failed save, you learn the spell as with your Spelljacking feature.

Beans, can

Red and black beans are imported from Ixalan. Cans of beans make excellent travel rations, and can be mixed with meat and spices to make chili.

Blood Potion

Vampires and other carnivorous creatures are commonplace in Thunder Junction, so most saloons will keep a stockpile of Humanoid blood to keep such guests sated.

Birch beer

Birch beer is a carbonated drink made from the sap and bark of birch trees, which grow in Thunder Junction's badlands and marshes. Each saloon often sells its own variations of birch beer, and recipes often incorporate sugar, cinnamon, honey, and off-world spices.

Cocktail

A cocktail is am alcoholic drink mix including sugar and whiskey, and is mixed with spices from any number of sources across the multiverse, presenting a wide array of flavorful options.

Coffee

Coffee beans can be imported from Arcavios, Ravnica, or Ixalan, with each plane having its own unique flavor. Expert baristas make their own coffee blends.

Herbs & Spices

Each plane of the multiverse has unique ingredients used in local cuisine, and Thunder Junction has become a melting pot of those flavors. Herbs & spices are often added to extravagant and expensive meals.

Whiskey

Whiskey is a liquor made from fermented grain, such as wheat or maize, aged in wooden barrels. The drink of choice for many an outlaw.

Mount Statistics

This section presents statistics for the new mounts described earlier in this chapter. The creatures in this section are organized alphabetically. The Thunder Junction Mounts table below lists every creature in this section, along with that creature's type and challenge rating (CR).

Arynx

The arynx is a horned feline predator, found on both the plane of Tarkir and Ravnica. They are renowned as excellent trackers, able to follow prey for miles more than other hunters.

Bighorn

Bighorns are goat- and ram-like herd animals from Lorwyn-Shadowmoor prized for their meat, milk, and as mounts. They favor rocky, mountains terrain.

Brushwagg

Brushwaggs are curious creatures from Dominaria and Ikoria that resemble hedgehogs with plant-like brambles for spines. Despite their animalistic appears, brushwaggs are sapient and capable of human speech.

Brushwaggs tend to be pacifist creatures, preferring to flee predators than fight. But when threatened, they are capable of magically enlarging themselves to scare and squash their aggressors.

Burrowfiend

A horrifying cross between a giant badger and a rattlesnake, burrowfiends make their dens underground and inside hollowed out trees, and hunt live prey in packs. Their home plane is unknown; it is likely they cross into Thunder Junction via omenpaths deep underground.

Caustic Bronco

The caustic bronco is a kind of centaur, with a horse's frame from shoulders to tail; but instead of a humanoid shape atop its shoulders, the bronco has the neck and head of a poisonous snake. Dark scales cover the bronco's entire body. These dangerous mounts are difficult to tame.

Felidar

Standing fully ten feet high at the shoulder, the great cats called felidars are noble, fierce beasts charged with white mana. They can be found on Zendikar, Ravnica, and Ikoria. Despite their feline appearance, they are intelligent creatures capable of speech and magic. Felidars consent to be ridden only by knights they consider virtuous.

Giant Armadillo

Armadillos are small mammals with thick shells used for defense. Giant armadillos make for excellent defensive mounts. Their plane of origin is unknown.

Giant Beaver

Beavers are small mammals that are notorious for cutting down trees with their large teeth and using the wood build dams in rivers. Giant beavers exhibit the same behavior; even the most well trained beavers must be reeled in when wood is nearby. Their plane of origin is unknown.

Giant Newt

Newts have long been used as ingredients in witch's brews; but on Thunder Junction, wizards prefer these larger versions to be kept as mounts and bodyguards. Their plane of origin is unknown.

Giant Porcupine

Porcupines are small rodents covered in sharp quills, which they use for self defense. Their giant cousins are able to shoot these spines from their tails at their would-be predators. This skill makes giant porcupines especially valued by outlaws who don't want to get up close and personal.

Giant Possum

Possums are tiny marsupials with an unwarranted reputation for uncleanliness. They are known to have a defense mechanism wherein they "play dead" in hopes that predators will leave them alone. Giant possums grow big enough to ridden, and their special trait can help them survive longer than other mounts. Their plane of origin is unknown.

Gila Courser

The gila courser is a gila, a kind of lizard, that has been imbued with the natural magic of Thunder Junction. Like the Hellspurs, it glows and crackles with lava and heat. Hellspurs pay high price for these mounts.

Gryff

Gryffs are an elegant, heron-headed subspecies of hippogriffs native to the plane of Innistrad. They are longer and leaner than the traditional Innistrad griffin, with flexible necks, sleek hindquarters, lance-like beaks, and equine hooves.

Gryffs are swift and nimble flyers, natural enemies of dark creatures, and a powerful force for the side of Avacyn and her angels. They are used by human knights of Innistrad as flying steeds.

Ox

Oxen and cows are herd animals that are quite common on Thunder Junction. Despite their valuable resources, many Thunder Junction inhabitants refrain from harming cows due to rumors of their hidden divine nature.

Bestiary

This chapter presents a number of unique monsters and NPCs who can be found throughout Thunder Junction. The creatures in this section are organized alphabetically. The Thunder Junction Creatures table lists every creature in this chapter, along with that creature's type and challenge rating (CR).

Brainstealer Dragon

Bristlepack Wolf

Cactarantula

Similar to the bristlepack wolf (see the previous page), the Cactarantula is a living cactus brought to life by the omenpaths that resembles a creature from another plane—in this case, an enormous spider. This creature doesn't spin webs like its Beast counterpart, instead lying in wait buried halfway into the desert sand. The top of its body resembles an ordinary cactus so much that other creatures often approach hoping to eat the cactus or drink its water, instead becoming the cactarantula's prey.

Cactusfolk

Cactusfolk are a unique race native to Thunder Junction that awoke with the arrival of the omenpaths. You can learn more about cactusfolk in Chapter 2.

Cactusfolk can be encountered in all walks of life; merchants, outlaws, and even lawmen. A cactusfolk that has a specific job or task might have the stat block of another Humanoid, such as a bandit, commoner, or guard, except it has the cactusfolk's Spiny Body and Unusual Nature traits.

Dust Animus

The dead on Thunder Junction tend to not stay dead. Aside from cursed skeletons and zombies that rise from cursed mines and Blacksnag Bog, outlaws who die in duels or heists can often return as ghosts. If the outlaw in question died in the desert, there's a chance it returns as a Dust Animus, a spirit capable of whipping up sand in its wake.

Geyser Drake

Drakes that inhabit Thunder Junction can come from a number of planes, including Amonkhet, Dominaria, Innistrad, Kaladesh, Ravnica, Strixhaven, and Zendikar. These creatures are believed to be distantly related to dragons, though they are simple beasts without the intelligence of their elders.

Drakes on Thunder Junction get particularly dusty from flying above the desert. During mating season, drakes dive through scalding geysers, revealing their brilliant scales to attract mates. Under the desert sun, these freshly cleaned scales can be blindingly bright.

Goldvein Hydra

The hydras of Thunder Junction are enormous lizards with multiple heads, each one with a long neck and snake-like head. While their plane of origin is unknown, their resemblance to snakes leads many to believe they originate from Amonkhet or Ravnica. On Thunder Junction, hydras take on an appearance very similar to rattlesnakes, and some believe they may be related to the dreaded rattlewurms.

These hydras are often called "goldvein" hydras due to their preference for making their nests in gold mines, where they lay clutches of eggs.

Harvester of Misery

Thunder Junction legends speak of a terrifying horror that lurks in the gullies and marshes of the plane at night. Glowing with ethereal energy, the creature known as the Harvester of Misery is said to feed on the desperation of travelers who get lost or stuck, feeding on their pain from a distance until they succumb to the elements. Due to its appearance and nature, some believe it has a connection to the mysterious brain-stealer dragon (see earlier in this chapter).

Magebane Lizard

Mystic Snake

Fool's Fall is a mystic waterfall found that feeds one of Thunder Junction's rivers. According to some legends, it is found in the Eroded Canyon. TTravelers who have reached the headwaters of Fool’s Fall say that strange serpents dwell in the waters there, though none can recall any more than that, and often cannot remember exactly where the headwaters are located. According to rumors, a powerful Djinn from Tarkir guards the falls, though none know if the waterfall is a natural wonder or if the Djinn conjured it to hide something even greater.

Prairie Dog

Prairie dogs are Tiny pack rodents that live in the desert wilderness, making their homes in underground burrows safe from the harsh desert sun. They subsist on cactus plants, whose thorns they have a natural resistance to. They are considered dangerous pests by cactusfolk communities.