Background

This compendium was originally supposed to be made and released around Halloween 2020. But due to me being lazy, procrastinating, and school work getting in the way, I have decided to release this compendium today. I hope it was worth the wait all of you who waited so patiently for this.

Why?

Now. I know what you are thinking. Why did you make specifically horror if we have Curse of Strahd? You see, I see the Curse of Strahd module as more gothic. Don't get me wrong, the Curse of Strahd adventure is my favorite out of the entire Dungeons and Dragons 5e line up. But I personally see it as more gothic rather than downright horror. Now, my work may not be considered horror to an extent, but I still tried to theme everything here on what would make your skin crawl at certain points.

Inspiration

My base for this is, of course Curse of Strahd, but also thinks like horror video games, creepy internet trends, and old time slasher film like Friday the 13th. I was inspired to make this when I was in a group who were playing through Curse of Strahd and thought "This could use more horror aspects." So I spent moths coming up with this compendium, what races would work best, what the subclasses were, and other considerations.

One last thing

I just wanted to say that every image used of official art from Wizards of the Coast, as they own the rights to the images and Dungeons and Dragons series. And one image in this is by a great artist named Rushelle Kucala.

Origins

The Nightmarescape was created by the gods Alobal Lorfiril, Amaunator, God of the Sun, and Angharradh as a prison for beasts not even the strongest god can defeat. It was never meant to be connected to any plane nor even any mortal, as it would bring great terror to them. But the god Keptolo tricked the gods into unleashing the horrors of this realm onto the mortals of the various planes.

Description

The Nightmarescape is a baron wasteland, more resembling a desert without the heat. It is actually freezing cold here. Everything here has a temperature equivalent to the arctic, with not many options for heat sources other than what one is wearing or the uncommon trees that natively grow here. The ground seems comprised of only sand, pebbles, and occasionally twigs, meaning something can grow here despite the conditions.

In this land, there is no sun. There is no moon nor stars either. The sky here is completely empty except for the bone chilling sounds of its inhabitants that occasionally sound off. The sky is also eternal night. Time stands still here and compasses are useless here as they will shatter into thousands of pieces upon entering this realm.

Inhabitants

Unlike its happy counterpart, barely anything lives here. There are occasionally trees, but they look twisted, malformed, and lack life. Though, druids who have entered this land that, despite how the trees look, they are very much alive and are surprisingly thriving in this hellish landscape.

There are only two known inhabitants of the Nightmarescape. The first one are called Nightmares. They are often called the Tarrasques of the Nightmarescape. Though, this description is only half correct. While Nightmares do have the same traits of the Tarrasque, if not being slightly stronger, they are actually very docile beings who will not attack unless someone attacks them first. Nightmares are, despite being the most powerful thing in the Nightmarescape, are actually being hunted down by the other known creature, the Vorson.

The only real safe place where Nightmares can raise their young is the material plane. But there is a problem with this. If a Nightmare were to cross into the material plane, the sudden change in temperature will cause them to die within 30 minutes of entering the plane unless they have been magically summoned there.

But the Nightmares have come up with a solution. Whenever they come across a mortal who has entered the Nightmarescape, they will try to make a deal with the mortal. They will allow passage to the Dreamscape if they bear their young in the material plane. A deal is not always struck up, as of the reputation they possess. But when it happens, the mortal will be on their way to the Dreamscape and wake up impregnated with the Nightmare's young. This young will be born resembling the parent's race, but will rapidly grow into a creature known as the Nightmarespawn.

Then there are the other inhabitant, known as the Vorsons. They are the real threat in the Nightmarescape. They are tribal beings who set up small stations all over the realm. Vorsons are ruthless and do not care about the cares of mortals. They have been known to create various locations around a mortal so that they can trap them in without any escape. They do this so that they can stalk and hunt their prey without having to worry about them getting away. While most Vorsons choose to slaughter the victim mercilessly, others prefer to play mind games. They will let the mortal think they got away, only to appear when they turn a corner.

For the most part, they are trapped in the Nightmarescape, as it is like they are bonded here. But recently, the gods have been noticing that the Vorsons have been getting through to the other planes. But the Vorsons are seemingly entering the material plane more often. As all the other planes are too vicious for them, this would make sense. Though, how they are getting through are the horrifying parts. There have been reports of Vorsons latching onto mortals as they are waking up, causing them to cross over into the material plane as well. Though, the gods are suggesting that there are also a select few tearing holes into the fabric of the Nightmarescape's reality to cross through through either magical means or just through sheer willpower.

Nightmarespawn

When a Nightmare has a mortal make a deal with them, the mortal will go through their species usual gestation period for pregnancy. But when they give birth, they will feel a wave of dread and fear come over them before relaxing a few seconds later. This is the birth of the Nightmarespawn, which is the result of a Nightmare impregnating a being from the material plane. Nearly every race in the material plane is compatible to breed with the Nightmare, as it is insemination through magical means.

This child looks like the birth parent's race up until they reach adolescence of that race. There, they will begin to morph into an hybrid of a Nightmare and the birthing parent's race, incorporating multiple aspects of both as they mutate. This process does hurt the Nightmarespawn, as it is reorganizing ad adding onto the genetic makeup, but it is a quick transformation so they do not have to suffer long.

Cleric

Creating a Cultist

When creating a Cultist character, think of who your cult worships, how did they become a member of the cult, and if he or her wishes to achieve the cult's goals or if they want to break free of the bond.

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per Cultist level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 (or 5) + your Constitution modifier

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light Armor
• Weapons: Daggers, Shortswords
• Tools: None

• Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
• Skills: Arcana and any one from Insight, Perception, Religion, or Intimidation

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) a shortsword or (b) any simple weapon (if proficient) or (c) any martial weapon (if proficient)
• (a) Leather armor and a robe with a hood to conceal your face
• (a) A dagger
• (a) A dungeoneer's pack or (b) a priest's pack
• (a) A component ouch

Cult Magic

As someone who partakes in occult rites and sacrificial rituals, your deity has granted you the luxury of using an inkling of their vast magical prowess. See Spells Rules for general rules of spellcasting and the Spells Listing for the Cultist spell list.

Occult Study

Choose which cult is the source of your magical gift: from the Cult of the Great Dreamer, the Cult of the End Times, or the Cult of the Chromatic Dragon, all described at the end of the class features.

Your choice grants you features when you choose it at 1st level, 3rd level, 7th level, 14th level, and 20th level.

Occult Study: Cult of the Great Dreamer

Followers of the Great Dreamer wish to please and follow the orders of Cthulhu. A cultist who studies the Great Dreamer is known as the most insane of the cultists, even being able to bring others to insanity if they have their deity's powers.

Cult Spells

You gain occcult spells at the cultist levels listed.

Occult Study: Cult of the End Times

The cultists of this specific cult do not worship a specific deity. Instead, they wish to bring the apocalypse to this world. Which is why they follow the orders of Tharizdun. They don't necessarily worship him, but they do still commit sacrifices for him and always do his bidding.

Summons List

The summoned creatures can be dispelled using an action on your turn. The creatures summoned through this are of Fiend rather than their normal type and can be dismissed as an action on your turn.

• As an action, you send out a wave of fire and disease in a 30 foot radius. Every enemy in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell DC or else suffer 2d4 Poison and 4d8 Fire damage. Those who fail the save must then make a Constitution saving throw against your Spell DC or they suffer from the Poisoned condition. This does not stack with your Burning Anger feature.

• The power of the apocalypse has spread over to everyone's spells and weapons. When someone hits with a spell or weapon attack, they deal an extra 1d4 Fire, Cold, Necrotic, or Poison damage as chosen by you.

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until 1d4 days have passed.

Cult Spells

You gain cult spells at the cultist levels listed.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you become a cultist of the Chromatic Dragon at 1st level, you gain proficiencies in martial weapons and medium armor. You also learn the language of Draconic if you do not already know it.

The Archdevil's Calling

At 1st level, Tiamat believes that you can summon her from the plane she is trapped in, but can't do it if you are stopped. If you become grappled, the grappler must make a Charisma save or else they let you go and fall prone due to Tiamat's terrifying roar that only they can hear. This DC is equal to 10 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier/

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Martial Archetype: Executioner

The Executioner is a fighter who has been hired to punish those who have been found guilty of terrible crimes. And the punishment they deal to the guilty is death. No one violent criminal shall be let free from the bane of evil that is the Executioner.

Death is the only solution for criminals who have been found guilty of heinous crimes. And Executioners are the ones to give it. Executioners look someone in the eyes as they behead them. They must show no fear, no emotion at all as they do this horrible deed. Death is the only punishment for people who have been accused of violent crimes against your race.

Death's Axe

Starting at 3rd level, executioners must be trained with the blade. They also must keep the blood out of their eyes so they can keep on giving justice to the ones next in line without the blood messing up their aim. So the best weapon they recommend is the axe. The blade of an axe is long enough to behead the criminal without having to bend over too close to them. You now double your proficiency bonus with all types of axes.

Bane of Criminality

Starting at 3rd level, your dark cloak and your position as someone who kills criminals for a living makes you terrifying to all criminal syndicates. You gain advantage on all Intimidation (Charisma) checks when you are facing a criminal, as well as all Insight (Wisdom) checks to know when the last time a guillotine has been used.

You also can choose to use your Strength instead of Charisma for the Intimidation check.

Blade out of Hell

Starting at 7th level, you have been beheading criminals with your axe for as long as you have been an executioner in practice. Any attack you do with any type of axe deals an extra 1d6 Slashing damage.

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Executioner's Might

Starting at 10th level, your axe starts to glow when you attack those who have committed a serious time. The gods and goddesses of justice are adding their might to your strikes so that you can heal off the knowledge of one less serious bad guy walking the streets. You gain temporary hit points up to half the damage dealt with an axe.

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Unwavering Justice

At 15th level, criminals will try to charm you into letting them go or even have you aid them in their scheme. But your goal to introduce violent criminals to your axe will not be swayed. You gain immunity to being charmed as well as advantage on Wisdom saving throws for when someone is trying to persuade you into committing a crime.

Hellish Punishment

Starting at 18th level, your unwavering justice makes criminals compare fighting you to fighting the god of justice himself. Whenever you roll a critical hit, your critical will deal twice the damage it would normally do.

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Monastic Tradition: Way of the Bloody Spirit

Monks who study the Way of the Bloody Spirit are said to be the most dangerous, as they lack any care for themselves. This tradition is stated to be extremely dangerous and is often a forbidden art. Monks of this tradition say that the body of all races has a natural weapon: their own bloodstream. So they will use their blood in any way to give them and their allies the upper hand.

Intimidating Technique

Beginning when you take this tradition at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with the Intimidation (Charisma) skill, or you double your proficiency if you already have proficiency with the Intimidation (Charisma) skill. You can also spend a ki point to gain advantage on all Intimidation (Charisma) checks.

Blood Weapon

When you take this tradition at 3rd level, you can sacrifice 4 hit points of your maximum hit points to create any simple weapon or 8 hit points of your maximum hit points to create any martial weapon. When you make a weapon through this way, you cannot be disarmed of it until you are knocked unconcious or die, in which case it will melt into a pool of blood. It will deal Necrotic damage instead of the usual damage type it would do. While wielding the blood weapon, you are considered proficient with it even if you do not have proficiency with simple or martial weapons.

The hit points lost through this feature cannot be regained through any method until you lose your blood weapon.

Gorey Darts

Starting at 6th level, you can shoot your blood out at an enemy straight from your skin. You can sacrifice 6 hit points to shoot a bolt of blood at three enemies you can see within 30 feet of you. They must make a Dexterity saving throw against a DC equal to 13 + your Constitution modifier, or else they take 3d6 Necrotic damage and will suffer from the effects of the poisoned condition.

Once you use this feature, you cannot use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Blood Stained Paralysis

Starting at 11th level, whenever you hit with your blood weapon, the enemy must now make a Constitution saving throw against a DC of 11 + your Dexterity modifier or become paralyzed for rounds equal to your Constitution modifier.

Wrath of the Bloodstream

You feel every red blood cell blood in your opponent calling out to you to rescue them. Beginning at 17th level, you can spend all your ki points to make as many attacks with your blood weapon equal to however many ki points you spent. This feature replaces the Flurry of Blows feature.

Once you use this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish three long rests.

Sacred Oath: Oath of Terror

The Oath of Terror is often feared by other paladins who have sworn a different oath. Paladins who swear by this oath wish to spread fear throughout the realms. These types of paladins make up most of the armies of the nine planes of Hell, and are most revered by Asmodeus. Though, there are instances where people who undertake this oath wishes to bring fear into the hearts of those who commit evil acts. This is a rare occurrence, but not unheard of. Paladins will be looked down on if they openly swear by this oath. But those rare good paladins of this bad intent oath will still hold their heads high.

Tenets of Terror

Written by Asmodeus himself, the tenets of the Oath of Terror aim to bring fear into the hearts of those who witness them. There is not a lot of tenets to follow, but they are the most important for this oath.

Sink Your Teeth into Death. You are the beast who wanders the land for their next prey. Make sure your enemies know that. Hunt down your victim and show them who is the predator.

Horror of the Heart. Where happiness and joy resides, you must strike fear into the hearts of those happy folks. Never let their hearts flutter in joy. Make them shudder in dread at what you unveil to them.

Break the Mind, Kill the Soldier. You must shatter the concentration of your enemy in order to make them falter. If they cannot think about fighting, then they are the most vulnerable. Never let them have a moment of calm.

Oath Spells

You gain oath spells at the paladin levels listed.

Channel Divinity

When you take this oath at 3rd level, you gain the two Channel Divinity options.

Turn the Brave. As an action, you can make yourself intimidating to anyone who lays eyes on you. Everyone you are fighting that can see you must make a Wisdom saving throw contested by your spell DC. On a failed save, they will be frightened of you for one minute, and they must use their action to get away from your gaze. For those who are not in combat against you, you gain advantage on all Intimidation (Charisma) checks for ten minutes.

You can end this effect on your turn without using an action. If you fall unconscious or die, this effect ends. Undeads and constructs are immune to this effect.

Hellish Mind. Your horrendous thoughts can temporarily enter the mind of your next victim. You can choose anyone you can see and try to take over their mind using terrifying ideals to compel them. They must try to make a Wisdom saving throw against a DC of 14. Those who are resistant to Psychic damage have advantage and those who have Psychic immunity automatically succeed on this save. On a failed save, the victim will be under your control. The victim can make this save again at the beginning of each of their turns, having advantage if they have been damaged before their turn. If they succeed this save, the effect ends and they must use their turn to attack you or they lose their turn.

Retaliation of Terror

Starting at 7th level, your terrifying goals have started to blind you, causing you to lash out at anyone who attacks you. You can make a melee attack as a reaction if you get hit with an opportunity attack.

Horrendous Mentality

At 15th level, the victim of your Hellish Mind will actively harm themselves on trying to resist. Those under the effect of your Hellish Mind will now also take 2d10 Psychic damage on a failed save to try to get free. This damage ignores resistances and immunities.

Hellish Nightmare

At 20th level, your terrifying conquest has finally drove you mad. Using your action, you can transform yourself into the deepest darkest fear of your enemies and gain the following benefits:

• You gain resistance to all nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing weapons as well as gain immunity to Necrotic damage. You also gain weakness to Radiant damage.

• Your bones and genetic make up are altered to bring the most fear your foes have ever felt. Your movement speed increases to 45 feet and you gain a flight speed of 20 feet.

Once you use this feature, you gain one level of exhaustion and cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Expanded Spell List

The wendigo lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

Skin of the Flesh Devourer

Starting at 1st level, the wendigo has given you the ability to travel through any freezing climate without getting too cold. You gain resistance to cold damage. You also cannot die from freezing in the cold weather like snow, though you will still suffer the ill affects it will have on your body if you stay out too long.

Legs of the Wendigo

At 6th level, whenever you use a spell that relates to the cold, ice, or snow, or you are in a cold environment, you gain the benefits of the Disengage action, as well as being able to use the Dash action as a bonus action. This method of movement does not trigger opportunity attacks.

Once you have used this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Fear the Hunger

Starting at 10th level, the wendigo decides to teach you how to reverse forced fear onto the attacker. You are immune to being frightened, and when another creature attempts to frighten you, you can use your reaction to attempt to turn the fright back on that creature. The creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell DC or be frightened by you for 1 minute or until the creature takes any damage.

Land of Frost

Beginning at 14th level, you can create a snow storm at a 100 foot radius centered on yourself. The resulting snow will turn the area into difficult terrain except for yourself. Everyone in this area, minus yourself, will take 2d6 cold damage at the beginning of their turn.

Once you used this feature, you cannot do so again until you finish a long rest.

Amalgamation

"As I had my assisstant summon a lightning strike, I knew that we have made a masterpiece. We have made life! We have defied the natural order of death! But as soon as it sat up and removed the sheet of its vissage, she and I realized something. We have not made life afterall. We have made a monster."

-Read from the journal of a local scientist who has been found dead next to his deceased assisstant.

The Amalgamation is a being created from multiple dead beings. Their body parts come from multiple different races, though they all seem to follow the same formula. They are considered monsters to everyone who sees them, and are attacked on sight for their looks.

Shapchanging Monsters

Doppelgangers tend to change their appearence to help them blend into a crowd of commoners. When in this changed state, they are nearly impossible to discern from the normal person. It is well advised to stay away from these beings, as they can be dangerous if provoked. And it could turn into anyone you are close to. If someone suspects a loved one to be a Doppelganger, the best thing to do is just walk away and alert the proper authorities.

Deceitful Womanizers

Doppelgangers don't really have female counterparts. So they will change into attractive male humanoids and seek women of that humanoid race. Once they do their thing, they will leave and the woman will be responsible for bearing the Doppelganger's young. Baby Doppolgangers look like their mother's race until they turn into an adolescenct, where they learn of their heritage and seek out members of the Doppelganger race.

Transforming Rivals

Doppelganers feel as though they are better than the similar shapchanger race, the Changelings. Doppelgangers may be a neutral, mostly nonviolent race, but they are aggressive towards Changelings, attacking them on sight if they spot one. A fight between a Doppelganer and a Changeling is known to get very brutal quickly.

Doppelganger Names

Doppelganers turn into an attractive male humanoid in order to properly reproduce. And they leave long before the child is born. So the Doppelganger is named mainly by their mothers, and thus have their mother's race's naming scheme.

Doppelganger Traits

As a Doppelganger, your character will deceive your way around your opponents, rather than fight them head on. That doesn't mean they should never be build for combat though, as they are well adapted fighters who can use their transforming abilities in combat.

Ability Score Improvement. Your Consitution increases by 2 and your Charisma increases by 1.

Age. Doppelgangers tend to live up to 150 years. Though there are some accounts of Doppelgangers living up to 200 years.

Alignment. Doppelgangers love to deceive others and bring them to their doom. Though it doesn't seem they do this for malintent, rather for their own enjoyment. But they will also lend a hand to any race if they have what they would like. Doppelgangers in this regard are mostly a neutral race, if not a little chaotic in their mischievous antics.

Size. Doppelgangers tend to stand a little bit more than humans, up to around 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed. You have a walking speed of 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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Shapechanger. As an action, you can can polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into your true form. Your statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.

Descendants of Tarrasques of the Nightmare Plane

Nightmarespawns are born from Nightmares, which are known as the tarrasques of the Nightmarescape. Even though they are as strong as Tarrasques, they are threatened by the vorsons. The reason for their destruction is not because the vorsons are powerful, which is not the case because Nightmares are the most powerful thing in the Nightmarescape. It is because the vorsons completely outnumber them. So Nightmares have come up with a plan: They would impregnate a being in the material plane for the safety of their kind.

Hidden in the Cloak of Darkness

Due to how they look, and due to their parent's reputation, nightmarespawns rarely come out during the day, preferring to come out at night when the people are asleep. Thugh, some nightmarespawns will go out in the day, but will go to extreme lengths to blend in. If they cannot blend in, they will travel through the cover of alleys, hoping no one sees them as they walk around the streets of the dark. If they are discovered to be nightmarespawns, then they will be captured right away by guards or be targeted for attacks by the towns people.

Horrors of Dreams

Nightmarespawns come from the Nightmarescape, which is a land one's mind can go to when they sleep instead of going to the Dreamscape. They may be more wanting to blend in, but the nightmarespawn cannot resist their Nightmare urges to cause terror and despair to anyonme that crosses their path.

Nightmarespawn Names

Nightmarespawns generally take the name of either the race that birthed them or the name of the Nightmare culture. If they so choose, they could combine the names of both cultures to help them feel like members of both races.

Typical Nightmarespawn names: G'rutaknag, Hol'dionato, R'lognot'a, Korg'natal

Nightmarespawn Traits

As a nightmarespawn, you were born to the most feared creatures in the Nightmarescape. Your goal is to survive in this world in hopes of helping the race that impregnated your material parent.

Ability Score Improvement. Your Strength score increases by 2 and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Nightmarespawns tend to live seven centuries before they grow weak and need to join the Nightmarescape and become Nightmares.

Alignment. Nightmarespawns tend to follow the alignment of their birth culture. Though, they always seem to follow a moral compass. They tend to want to help others, making them good. Though, since they like to feed on the fear and horror they cause, they are often seen as chaotic or even evil if they fall deep enough into this addiction.

Size. Nightmarespawns tend to stand at around 8 feet tall and weigh anywhere between 400 to 600 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Due to being born from beings who live in the perpetual darkness of the Nightmarescape, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Tough Skin Being the spawn of the Nightmarescape's version of a Tarrasque, your skin is nigh impossible to penetrate. Though, because of you not being a pure Nightmare, you do not have all the resistances of your parent. You have resistance to your choice of either bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage.

Nightmare Being. You have proficiency in the Intimidation 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 Nightmare. Nightmare is a language consisting of grunting, roaring, clicking, and a lack of vowels. Those who hear this language or try to read the written language for the first time is terrified of it, as they cannot comprehend what they are reading at first.

Bone Warriors

Skeletons do not have any skin, as it has rotted away a long time ago. But they do not care about this fact. They still want to stand by the ones who raised them from the dead, or assist anyone who they were close to in life before their death. They will rush into battle without hesitation if it means aiding anyone who needs help. They are proud, if not frail, warriors who stands in the way of evil. Or good if they follow an evil necromancer.

Misunderstood Guardians

Due to the fact that they are reanimated bones, they are often attacked by the citizens, adventurers, and other people who believe they are out to cause harm. But in reality, they just want to help out the people they are communicating with if what they are doing is for good. This makes them sad, but they also understand why they are often attacked unprovoked. So they prefer not to interact with the people and just help them out in the wilderness, lessening the numbers of invading armies one by one in secret.

Masters of the Ambush

Since reanimated skeletons look so much like the normal skeletons that litter the ground, they can just lie down on the ground and remain perfectly still. They lay like this for a few days or up to over 10 months. Then when an unlucky fool walks by them without thinking of it, it is too late for them as the skeleton rises and attacks. Because of this trait of theirs, armies are trained to smash all the skulls of any skeleton they see to make sure that they are not the living kind. But even then, skeletons will slip through this checking process and attack the ones who fail to catch on.

Silent Stalkers

Skeletons have long since lost the ability to speak, given their vocal chords rotted away. So they can follow you without you even knowing they are there. Though one little sound can give them away. If you listen closely, you can hear the rattling of bones as they walk. Though they have a hard time running, so you can quickly outpace them if one is coming after you.

Skeleton Names

Since skeletons have been raised from the dead my a necromancer, a mad scientist trying to reject the natural order of life and death, or any other magical or scientific means, they tend to not have names. If they come across a group of people who are not instantly hostile towards them, they can be named by those people, following that race's naming scheme. Though more times than not, they keep the names that they previously held in life.

Skeleton Traits

Skeletons are a unique race of abmush and frailty, and your character would harness these aspects to the best of their ability.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and one ability score of your choice increases by 1.

Age. Due to skeletons being resurrected through scientific or magical means, they do not age. Living on until their frail bones either eventually turn to dust or their magic dies out.

Nomadic Scavangers

Tlincallis are known for living nomadicly. They do not build extravagant cities, they prefer to live off the land in little settlements. They will scavenge around the desert, finding whatever food and materials they want or need, and they bring it back to the tribe. There, they make the non food items into whatever they want or need. They are nomadic, but they know how to smelt metals to forge them into makeshift weaponry.

Prideful Hunters

Tlincallis make pride their upmost importance when it comes to combat. They will never turn away from a challenge. Though when it comes to more powerful hunters, they will turn to their tribe leader. Their leader will then decide if they will follow the orders of the superior hunter, move past it, or fight it to the death. More than likely, when fighting an enemy that is as strong or weaker than them, they will not back down until the bitter end.

Poisoned eggs

Tlincallis will lay their eggs in a bushel of cacti or sharp rocks. These eggs are coated in a poison, the same type that also comes out of their stingers. This poison will paralyze anyone who comes into contact with it, leaving the attacker at the mercy of the Tlincalli.

Tlincalli Names

Tlincallis care little for names, as being a warrior will come at upmost priority. Though females will become scavangers while the males become the warriors, so they mostly use names to make sure one is male or female. So male names will consist of tough things around them while female names are for the more color and flowing aspects of what's around them.

Male names: Crack, Tremor, Sting, Stone, Granite, Iron, Skull

Female names: Cactus, Sand, Rain, Sun, Moon, Water, Star

Tlincalli Traits

As a Tlincalli, your character would be a proud warrior, not afraid to step into the line of fire to aid your allies to the best of your abilities. And if they are outmatched, they will stand in front of the attacker and show no fear.

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

Age. Tlincalli can live for up to 50 years, but their life expectancy is much shoprter for the males since they are always off fighting.

Alignment. Tlincalli are proud warriors who only care about themselves, though will not actively seek out people to slaughter. They are neutral in behavoir, but they show no mercy to intruders, and kill them no matter the reason, thus making them evil in the eyes of many.

Size. Tlincalli are massive creatures who stand at around 7 to 8 feet in height. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 40 feet.

Darkvision. Tlincalli like to hunt at a time where it is not too hot, but still bright enough to where they can scavenge or attack intruders if necessary. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Stinger. As a bonus action, you can attempt to sting your opponent with your massive stinger. If you hit, they take 1d6 piercing damage and must make a Constitution saving throw against a DC 10 + your Dexterity modifier. If they fail, then they suffer from the poisoned condition.

Natural Armor. Due to the chitin body that makes up your lower half, as well as what your lower half looks like, you have a hard time wearing armor not made for your kind. Though, your chitin covered body gives you plenty of armor, giving you an AC of 17 (your Dexterity modifier doesn't affect this number). You gain no benefit from wearing armor, but if you are using a shield, you can apply the shield's bonus as normal.

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

Beasts of Nightmares

Vorsons live in the Nightmarescape, a realm separate from the Planes of Existence that was originally used as a prison for beasts not even the strongest of gods could defeat. Whenever a living being falls asleep, even if it is as simplistic like a dog or a cat, might enter the Nightmarescape. Normally, they will not be harmed while in this alternate plane. But the vorsons are often depicted as being the cause of injuries that have not been there when the target went to sleep.

Signs of a Vorson

When people enter a nightmare caused by a vorson, they claim to be in lands that are completely alien to them. Sometimes, they would be in areas where the technology is far more advanced that what their world is capable of. Sometimes, it is the same as theirs, but more ominous. Some even claimed to have seen numbers in their field of vision that shouldn't belong, like it was telling time or something. No mainside these vorson generated nightmares.

Grotesque Monstrosities

Vorsons share the appearance of an unholy abomination. They have many different shapes, forms, abilities, and other nightmarish qualities to them. They can range from a distorted face, to misplaced body parts, to even resembling rotting corpses. Vorsons can also range in size from being able to fit in the palm of your hand, to being incomprehensibly large. It is extremely unlikely that you will spot two vorsons that look the same, though some may share similar qualities to one another.

Dreams in Reality

Vorsons are usually contained in the Nightmarescape, having been locked up by the deities of the Faerûnian, Greek, and Egyptian pantheons. Their powers have been siphoned so that they may never return to the material plane from which they have caused chaos. But, the fear they feed off of also aid in the regaining of their powers. If they regain enough strength, they may leave the Nightmarescape and return to the material plane, free to chase down and slaughter anyone without limit.

Language of Horrors

The vorsons, having been trapped in the Nightmarescape as long as they have, have created an entirely new language. One that not even the gods can decipher. The Vorson language is full of guttural growls, insane cackling, ear piercing shrieks, constant clicking, sounds similar to bones snapping, and violent head twitches. Just the sound of a vorson communicating in this language is enough to bring unbridled terror to anyone who is not also a vorson.

Vorson Names

Vorsons still live together, albeit widely spread apart along the Nightmarescape. Their names do not have gender rules. Instead, their names are chosen to be what causes fear into any non-vorson that hears its name, no matter what they are scared of. Though they will not let their targets know their name, as that would leave them with the satisfaction of knowing who their stalker is. Though, they might also adopt the name given to them by their victim in the material plane.

Vorson Traits

As a vorson, you have gained enough strength to find a way into the material plane. You must use your natural abilities to survive in this new plane of existence, from which you find yourself too weak to go back to the Nightmarescape. So you team up with some of this plane's natives for survival.

Ability Score Improvement. Your Constitution score increases by 2.

Age. Vorsons age a lot slower than races on the material plane, and can live for up to 3,000 years.

Alignment. Vorsons live to cause terror, and are the origins of nightmares. They are chaotic in nature, and despise beings from the material plane, so they are also considered evil in the eyes of many that know about their existence.

Terrifying Cannibals

They are often described with having a human body, covered in matted fur that shows off their ribs and spines, while also having the skull of a deer for a head. Their eyes are pure black with white orbs that allow them to see. Their fur colors depend on where they are from, but they mostly are always dark in color, ranging from a very dark brown to black, and a few have even been spotted with white fur. They stand on two hoofed legs, with arms longer than a normal humans that will reach out and grab onto whoever is unlucky enough to be their next meal. They are also described as standing as tall as nine feet. Though older records of these monstrosities has measured a couple to border on ten to eleven feet.

Wandering Devourers

Wendigos stay in no one particular place for long. They will stay in an area until the townsfolk start hunting for it. It will then get rid of the storm it brought and move onto the next unlucky town of its destination. But that does not mean they do not form communities. While they do not set up an official leadership, Wendigos will sometimes band together and form little tribes that all go out and hunt together. These groups are extremely dangerous, and if word gets out than a band of Wendigos are heading towards the town, it is recommended to get inside, lock all the doors, and barricade all entrances to your home for a week or until the Wendigos have left the area.

Insatiable Hunger

Wendigos never feel full. Whether it be due to a curse, their biology, or some other factor is unknown. But what is known is that Wendigos only get the feeling of satisfaction when devouring the living flesh of a humanoid.

So they will exclusively go after humanoids, as any other source of food will not even be felt in their claws. As soon as their hands dig into their victim's flesh and grips their internal organs, the feeling of satisfaction finally washes over them, if but only for a short time before they have to feast on the flesh to keep that fleeting feeling with them.

Wendigo Names

Wendigos tend to drop their mortal names in favor of ones relating to the cold, ice, or the screams of their victims. Though, males will have names that end in an -O and females will have names that end in an -A. It is assumed that they do this to help differentiate between genders, as their fur makes it hard to tell males from females.

Male names: Frezo, Scrao, Glaio, Haakago, Halho, Colo, Shriago, Kakaho

Female names: Kaha, Golca, Kagha, Hoatia, Kyatia, Frozenia, Gulagta, Icentia

Wendigo Traits

Due to Wendigos being natural predators, your character would harness the frost and their natural stealth to achieve the dreams of finding a way to end your hunger.

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

Age. Wendigos never age, as they have been turned when their mortal body changed. As so, your age would be the days since you first turned into what you are today. Though, Wendigos tend to die off at around 120 years when they cannot find enough food to last them.

Broken Slaves

Yuan-ti Broodguards were once humanoids who have went through the process by other Yuan-ti, turning them into mindless monstrosities who only know to follow orders and to protect the eggs. Their anger continuously rises, until they can unleash their anger on an intruder. They are nothing more than mere slaves to the Yuan-ti, as they were not born into it. There is no more reasoning with these types of monsters once they have turned fully.

Aggressive Protectors

They only know to protect the eggs that the Yuan-ti lay. They know nothing else since they are just mindless drones. They do not have any magic, since if they knew magic it would have been well wiped from their minds when they turned. So the only way they protect the eggs is with raw strength. They do not know how to use weapons, but they are aggressive with their attacks and intend on killing their attackers as brutally as their anger will allow.

Yuan-ti Broodguard names

Yuan-ti Broodguards do not have a normal name. Instead, they take the insults that their masters give them and use those terms as their names, despite not really understanding what the words mean.

Yuan-ti Broodguard Traits

Yuan-ti Broodguards are normally mindless, having only enough mental capacity to follow simple orders and to protect the eggs. But your character broke free, keeping your mental state but leaving you as the beast you are. But despite what you look like, you still want revenge against the Yuan-ti for making you look like this.

Ability Score Improvement. Your Strength increases by 2 and your Dexterity increases by 1.

Age. Yuan-ti Broodguards age slower than their original race to aid them in watching over the eggs of the Yuan-ti. The age in which they die in unknown, but there are some accounts that some humans that have turned into Yuan-ti Broodguards are still alive after 150 years.

Alignment. Yuan-ti Broodguards normally do not care about the affairs of anything other than themselves, giving them a neutral attitude towards life. But this mentallity, as well as their reputation of being aggressive to anyone intruding in their home, can also make them lean towards evil alignments.

Size. Yuan-ti Broodguards usually stand between 6 feet and 7 feet, though they are also hunched over. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Reckless. You can give yourself advantage on attack rolls in combat, but any enemy that targets you also gain advantage on their attacks.

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 can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Poison Immunity. You are immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition.

Observant Watcher. You gain proficiency in the Perception skill.

Blood Thirsty

Always craving the thrill of a kill, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20

• Whenever you hit with a melee weapon that you are proficient with, you will be able to deal one extra damage die.

Deadly Trapper

Prerequisite: Proficiency with Thieves' Tools, Smith's Tools, or Tinker's Tools.

Knowing how to set up traps for your victims, you gain advantage on all Perception (Wisdom) and Ivestigation (Intellegence) check made to find any hidden traps. You also gain advantage on all checks to disarm any traps found, as well as advantage on all attempts to create traps.

Vampiric Bond

Prerequisite: 8th level

The bond of a vampire has your blood intertwined with their powers, giving you the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

• Whenever you hit with a melee weapon, you can use a bonus action to use a Bite attack, which will deal 1d4 piercing damage instead of the usual bludgeoning.

• Whenever you hit with your Bite attack, you can regain hit points equal to as much damage as you deal in damage calculation.

Acidic Gelatin

Prerequisite: Any race that is not Warforged.

Your body turns into a highly corrosive blob in humanoid form, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain advantage against avoiding being grappled. You also gain advantage of all checks to get out of a grapple.

• If you end up grappled, the opponent will take 1d10 acid damage at the beginning of each of their turns until they let you go, you get free, or they die.

• If an opponent dies by your acidic body in a grapple, you absorb them into your body, gaining 1d4 + your proficiency bonus temporary hit points.

Silent Stalker

You stalk your victims in the darkest of night or the blackest of alleyways, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity or Intellegence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

• You gain proficiency in the Stealth (Dexterity) skill, if you do not already have it.

• You gain advantage on all Stealth (Dexterity) checks made to stalk someone.

Regenerative Slaughter

Whenever you kill an enemy with any non-magical melee weapon, you regain hit points equal to half of the damage dealt rounded down.

Hellish Soul

Your connection with the underworld has inadvertently caused yourself to become the main output for the demons that reside there, giving you the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

• You learn the language of Infernal, if you do not already know it.

• As an action, you can summon a flaming pillar under your enemy. They must make a Dexterity saving throw against a DC of 12 + your Dexterity modifier + your proficiency bonus or else suffer 1d10 fire damage.

Invisible Hunter

Prerequisite: Wendigo

Your natural stealth has allowed you to hunt your prey without a sound or clue, gaining the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20.

• You have advantage on all checks made when trying to stay hidden in a forest.

Nightmare

Gargantuan monstrosity (titan), Neutral

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• Armor Class 25 (natural armor)
• Hit Points 755 (35d20 + 330)
• Speed 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
30 (+10)	12 (+1)	30 (+10)	15 (+3)	10 (+0)	12 (+1)

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• Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +9, Cha +9
• Damage Vulnerabilities radiant
• Damage Resistances fire, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
• Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
• Senses superior darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Common, Nightmare
• Challenge 30 (155,000 XP)

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Legendary Resistance 3/Day. If the nightmare fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance. The nightmare has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Unknown Flesh. Any time the nightmare is targeted by a magic missile spell, a line spell, or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll a d8. On a 1 to 5, the nightmare is unaffected. On a 6 or 7, the nightmare is unaffected, and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from the nightmare, turning the caster into the target. On a 8, the nightmare is unaffected, and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from the nightmare, while putting the caster under the frightened condition.

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Actions

Multiattack. The night can use its Nightmare Visage. It then makes five attacks: one with its bite, two with its claws, one with its tendrils, and one with its tail.

Bite. Attack Style: Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 36 (4d12 + 10) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the nightmare can't bite another target.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 28 (4d8 + 10) slashing damage.

Tendril. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 120 ft., one creature. Hit: The target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until the grapple ends, the target is restrained and has disadvantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, and the roper can't use the same tendril on another target.

Nightmare Visage. Each creature of the nightmare's choice within 120 feet of it and aware of it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with disadvantage if the nightmare is within line of sight, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the nightmare's Nightmare Visage for the next 24 hours.

Legendary Actions

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

Attack. The nightmare makes one claw attack or tail attack.

Move. The nightmare moves up to half its speed.

Chomp. The nightmare makes one bite attack.

Environment. Nightmarescape