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Embracing the Lore: A Journey Beyond the Surface

As you stand at the crossroads of race selection, the path ahead is illuminated by a myriad of possibilities. To truly inhabit your chosen race is to delve into the depths of its customs, beliefs, and traditions. Embrace the lore that has sculpted these races, for within their stories lie the key to immersive and compelling roleplaying. Understanding the intricacies of your race's history will empower you to breathe life into your character, infusing their actions and decisions with an authenticity that resonates with the world around them. Consider how your chosen race's values and culture align with the broader setting and narrative, ensuring a seamless integration that enhances the collective storytelling experience. In this exploration, you become not only an adventurer but an ambassador, representing the very essence of your chosen race within the grand tapestry of Azeroth.

Bridging the Chasm: Factional Allegiances in Cooperative Tales

In the sprawling expanse of Azeroth, the delicate balance between the Horde and the Alliance often shapes the destiny of nations and civilizations. When stepping into the realm of cooperative storytelling, it is crucial to consider the tapestry of factional allegiances that binds adventurers together. While exceptions do exist, a harmonious narrative is often woven when characters from the same faction embark on shared quests. Engaging in open dialogue with fellow players and your Game Master becomes a vital endeavor. Together, you'll discern which faction best aligns with the overarching tale you wish to unravel, forging alliances that will reverberate through the annals of your cooperative adventure. For those daring few who venture to defy factional norms, the dynamic interactions that arise from playing characters hailing from opposing allegiances are rich with potential. Embrace the tensions, rivalries, and unlikely bonds that flourish amidst the backdrop of conflict, but do so with a meticulous consideration for the "how" and "why" of such collaborations. In the tapestry of factional dynamics, your choices are the threads that shape the narrative, weaving tales of camaraderie and enmity that breathe life into the timeless conflict of Azeroth.

Forging Unconventional Bonds: The Intersection of Class and Race

As you tread the path of character creation, remember that the harmonious convergence of class and race carries profound implications rooted in the annals of Azeroth's history. Traditional lore often binds certain classes to specific races, weaving a narrative tapestry of cultural practices and ancestral teachings. While exceptional cases do exist, where the rare and daring transcend these confines, it is imperative to approach such deviations with thoughtful consideration. Engage in candid conversations with your Game Master, for their guidance will provide insight on potential consequences of venturing beyond the boundaries of tradition. In the chapters ahead, the expansive selection of available classes for each race awaits your exploration, offering a spectrum of choices that reflect the delicate balance between culture, aptitude, and the unyielding call of destiny.

Human

“Once again, we face a new and great threat. Even now, we bear the fresh scars of evil forces bent upon our destr-
uction. But humanity is not so easily cowed! We stand in the breach and we hold the line! We will never be slaves to fear! Let us unite this day. Let us renew our promise to uphold and protect the Light, and together we will face down this dark new storm and stand firm against it—as humanity always has... and humanity always will!”

— High King Varian Wrynn  

Humans (collectively referred to as mankind or humanity) are a resilient species native to the world of Azeroth. Recent discoveries have shown that humans are descended from the barbaric half-giant vrykul of Northrend. Born "weak" and "deformed" as a result of the Curse of Flesh, they had to be exterminated to keep the vrykul race pure, but not all vrykul could bear to kill their children, and they took them away to a land far away from Northrend, in the northern Eastern Kingdoms.

The First Wars

Stormwind endured widespread destruction in the First War as the orcish Horde invaded, reducing the city to ruins. In the aftermath, survivors, led by young Prince Varian Wrynn, sought sanctuary in Lordaeron. In response to the Horde menace, leaders from seven kingdoms forged the Alliance of Lordaeron, achieving victory and repelling the invaders in the Second War. However, tensions escalated over rising Alliance expenses, prompting the withdrawal of support from Gilneas and Stromgarde after the liberation of orcs from internment camps.

The Prince's Fall

Lordaeron faced further calamity when a mysterious plague, turning thousands into undead minions of the Lich King, swept through the kingdom. Even Prince Arthas Menethil succumbed to manipulation, resulting in him slaying his own father and merging with the Lich King in Northrend. Over the next five years, the Lich King plotted and amassed forces. The unleashed plague, however, was a prelude to the Burning Legion's demonic invasion, a long-sought plan to annihilate all life on Azeroth. In the ensuing Third War, humans, alongside other races, united for a costly victory against the Legion.

Diverse as They Come

The diverse and migratory nature of humans contributes to a wide range of physical characteristics, surpassing other races. No standard physique exists, with heights between 5 feet and just over 6 feet, and weights varying from 125 to 250 pounds. Skin tones span from nearly black to extremely pale, and hair colors range from black to blond, regardless of texture. Facial hair, whether sparse or thick, may be present in males. Humans typically reach adulthood in their late teens and rarely live beyond a single century.

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Bent but Unbroken

Following the fall of Lordaeron, Stormwind emerged as the preeminent stronghold of humanity and the leading force in the diverse Alliance. Under King Anduin Wrynn's leadership, succeeding his father Varian Wrynn, the people of Stormwind uphold principles of honor and justice while steadfastly defending their settlements and families.

Despite being among the younger races on Azeroth, humans have faced numerous challenges with fortitude and resilience. Their capacity to adapt and rebuild has solidified them as a crucial force in an ever-evolving world.

The Crown Passes

During the Battle for Broken Shore, humanity suffered the loss of two prominent heroes: Highlord Tirion Fordring was captured and eventually met his demise, while Varian Wrynn was executed by Gul'dan while safeguarding the retreat of his forces. Anduin Wrynn, in the wake of these tragedies, assumed the role of High King, compelled to lead the Alliance into war. Meanwhile, Dalaran returned to a stance of neutrality, following Khadgar's counsel, prompting Jaina's departure from the Council of Six in disapproval. Anduin later journeyed to Wrynnfall, contemplating his newfound responsibilities, where he took up his father's sword.

The Kingdoms of Mankind

Humans, known for their diversity, inhabit numerous kingdoms and thrive in varied and distinct realms. Each kingdom brings its unique culture, governance, and history, contributing to the rich tapestry of human civilization across the vast landscapes of Azeroth.

Alterac

Nestled in the Alterac Mountains, Alterac's citizens display a range of skin tones, from pale to umber, and a moderate build. They often adopt names from neighboring human regions and have a rich cultural blend influenced by their mountainous surroundings.

Alteraci Names: (Masculine) Beric, Eldric, Thoren, Garrick, Aric, Kelric, Roderic, Alaric, Torran, Gregor. (Feminine) Elara, Miria, Selene, Freya, Lyra, Thalia, Seraphina, Isolde, Calista, Rowena

Dalaran

In the floating city of Dalaran, fair-skinned and slender Dalaranians with brown hair ranging from blond to black engage in extensive magical studies. Their culture is steeped in arcana, drawing people from across the Eastern Kingdoms to pursue knowledge and mastery of magic.

Dalaranian Names: (Masculine) Anton, Kel'thuzad, Arugal, Rhonin, Kael'thas, Jaina, Medivh, Khadgar, Arthas, Archimonde. (Feminine) Aethas, Sylvanas, Vereesa, Aegwynn, Alleria, Tyrande, Anveena, Aethas, Liadrin

Gilneas

Along the coast, Gilneas is home to a diverse populace with a wide range of skin tones and builds. Gilneans, known for their resilience, have a rich cultural heritage, often celebrating their maritime traditions and close-knit communities.

Gilnean Names: (Masculine) Gideon, Fenris, Greyson, Cedric, Lysander, Tobias, Roderick, Gareth, Eamon, Ambrose. (Feminine) Rosalind, Isolde, Genevieve, Seraphina, Elowen, Gwendolyn, Thea, Ophelia, Camille, Lenore

Kul Tiras

The natives of Kul Tiras, residing on isles, exhibit a variety of skin tones and a generally tall and muscular build. Their culture is deeply connected to the sea, emphasizing maritime skills, naval prowess, and a strong sense of duty.

Tirasian Names: (Masculine) Tobias, Dorian, Finnian, Cedric, Callum, Declan, Eamon, Broderick, Branigan, Thorne. (Feminine) Aislinn, Bronwyn, Caoimhe, Elowen, Morrigan, Saoirse, Niamh, Aoife, Isolde, Brigid

Stormwind

In the southern region, Stormwindians display a mix of skin tones, from tawny to fair, and diverse builds. The cultural tapestry of Stormwind is rich and varied, reflecting a melting pot of influences, fostering a vibrant society with a blend of names like Ander and Ilsa.

Stormwindian Names: (Masculine) Anduin, Varian, Llane, Lothar, Bolvar, Genn, Mathias, Alaric, Arion, Gregor. (Feminine) Taria, Lorna, Adariall, Marwyn, Aegwynn, Tessia, Isabella, Jaina, Calia, Llane

Stromgarde

Shorter in stature compared to other humans, Stromics exhibit a range of skin tones and possess a generally pale complexion. Their culture is steeped in tradition, empha-
sizing close-knit communities and a strong sense of unity.

Stromic Names: (Masculine) Aric, Galen, Maric, Tyran, Eldric, Thoren, Garrick, Torran, Gregor, Ulric. (Feminine) Amina, Céline, Clarisse, Ella, Emeline, Iris, Mara, Marine, Adalyn, Seraphina

Human Traits

Humans, because of or in spite of their diversity all share at least some universal traits that make them Human.

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and another increases by 1. Or three ability scores of your choice increase by 1.

Age. Humans reach adulthood in their late teens and live less than a century.

Alignment. Humans tend toward no particular alignment. The best and the worst are found among them.

Size. Humans vary widely in height and build, from barely 5 feet to well over 6 feet tall, averaging at 170 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Diplomacy. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill.

Versatility. You gain proficiency in one skill and one tool of your choice.

The Human Spirit. When you would fail an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can re-roll with advant-
age. Once you use this ability, you can’t use it again until you finish a short rest or after failing an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw with a natural 1 on the d20.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice.

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Dwarf

As the mountains endure, so shall the dwarven spirit persist. With axes honed and shields raised, we stand unwavering for the Alliance. Through the fiery trials of Khaz Modan's forge, our hearts are tempered like the finest steel. Let the hammer's song echo across Azeroth, for we are the bulwark, and our allegiance is unyielding. Forged in stone, bound by honor, we march, united, for the glory of the Alliance!

— Muradin Bronzebeard  

In the cradle of Azeroth's formidable peaks, the dwarves, a race as enduring as the mountains they inhabit, forge an indomitable legacy. Known for their unparalleled craftsmanship and unwavering resilience, these stout beings delve into the depths of the earth, unearthing precious metals and gems to adorn their subterranean realms. Amidst the echoing laughter and the rhythmic clang of hammers in Ironforge, dwarves stand as the masters of the forge, their fiery beards a symbol of both their strength and the warmth that binds them. Allies of the Alliance, they shoulder the ancestral duty to defend Khaz Modan's snowy peaks, a testament to the unbreakable spirit that courses through their veins.

One With the Earth

Dwarves, both literally and metaphorically close to the earth, embody a unique connection to Azeroth's bedrock. With stout builds and shorter stature, their physicality reflects an earthly resilience. Moreover, their lineage, stemming from the earthen through the enigmatic Curse of Flesh, intertwines their fate with the very essence of the land. As descendants of stone, the dwarves carry the weight of ancestral ties to the earth, forging a cultural identity grounded in both literal and figurative foundations.

Titanic Origins

Dwarves trace their ancestry back to the earthen, a stone-based prototype race created by the titan-forged keepers. The original design resulted in troggs, prompting the creation of the craggy and kindhearted Earthen, tasked with crafting mountains and shaping the world. After the Curse of Flesh tainted their origins, the Earthen battled troggs and faced the Winterskorn giants. Despite challenges, Tyr and the Earthen resisted, later seeking refuge and studying Loken's betrayal. Awaking to the Sundering's pain, some retreated to Uldaman, while others, rallying under Jarod Shadowsong, resisted the Burning Legion. The hibernation in titan cities like Uldum and Ulduar ensued. Upon awakening, their once rocky forms softened into flesh, leading to the emergence of dwarves, who built Ironforge in Khaz Modan. The dwarves also embraced kinship with the gnomes and became masters of smithing, thanks to Ironforge's abundant resources. This transformation created diverse dwarven subgroups, from fully fleshy to those still embodying soil and stone.

The Explorer's League

King Magni Bronzebeard, in a quest to unravel dwarven heritage, shifted the dwarves' focus to archaeology, forming the Explorer's League. Seeking titan artifacts and ruins, the League spans Azeroth and Outland, analyzing findings in Ironforge's Hall of Explorers. Established before the Third War, the League's rigorous entry demands diverse skills. Brann Bronzebeard, a seasoned explorer, leads the League, providing valuable insights. While allies like humans and gnomes offer support, the League's endeavors led to discovering ancient abilities, such as "Stoneform," revealing ties to the earthen and a shared origin with humans.

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Stick to Your Ribs

Dwarves indulge in hearty meals and robust drinks, favoring fare like haggis and Ironforge pale ale, a beloved lunch for over 1,000 years. Spice bread and boar meat are enduring favorites, with Thelsamar known for bear meat blood sausages. Arctic char, unique to Dun Morogh's cold waters, is a popular fish, alongside crayfish and cock-a-leekie soup in dwarven cuisine. During diplomatic visits, dwarves serve braised boar meat with brown bread, roasted vegetables, and pastries. Customarily, indulgent meals are followed by a moment for digestion with a pipe.

Names

Dwarves typically bear names reflecting their robust heritage. Surnames often stem from family members' achievements during quests or moments of notoriety, becoming part of the family legacy.

Masculine Names: Dromar, Torvik, Keldan, Gruffin, Bramir, Falgar, Durak, Kragg, Thrain, Rurik

Feminine Names: Helja, Bryna, Eilif, Runa, Hilda, Grenda, Solveig, Astrid, Belga, Hildur, Faela

Clan Names: Ironpeak, Stonehelm, Thunderforge, Firebeard, Frostbeard, Stormshield, Goldhammer, Emberforge, Steelheart, Deepstone

Dwarf Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution ability score increases by 2.

Age. Dwarves mature at the same rate as humans, but they're considered young until they reach the age of 40. On average, they live about 320 years.

Alignment. Most dwarves are lawful, believing firmly in the benefits of a well-ordered society. They tend toward good as well, with a strong sense of fair play and a belief that all deserve to share in the benefits of a just order.

Size. Dwarves stand between 4 and 5 feet tall and average about 150 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.

Darkvision. Accustomed to life underground, 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.

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

    Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Dwarven. Dwarven is full of hard consonants and guttural sounds, and those characteristics spill over into whatever other language a dwarf might speak.

Subrace. Ancient divides among dwarves have resulted in three main subraces: dark iron, ironforge, and wild-hammer dwarves. Choose one of these subraces.

Dark Iron Dwarf

Dark Iron Dwarves exhibit cunning and agility, distinguishing themselves from their kin by favoring strategic and indirect combat approaches. They adeptly wield darker magics, often boasting dark grey to coal black skin, fiery red eyes that emit an ominous glow, and hair that ranges from fiery red to deep black.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence or Charisma score increases by 1.

Fireblood. You can cast the lesser restoration spell on yourself once with this trait, and you regain the ability to cast it this way when you finish a long rest. At 9th level you can cast greater restoration instead.

Forged in Flames. You have resistance to fire damage.

Superior Darkvision. Your darkvision has a radius
of 120 feet

Masters of the Forge. You gain proficiency with blacksmith tools, or expertise if you were already proficient.

Ironforge Dwarf

Ironforge dwarves epitomize hardiness and strength, standing as the most militarily organized among their kin. Renowned for their prowess in both close-quarters and ranged combat, they dwell in the snowy mountains of Dun Morogh. Notably, they exhibit lighter colorations compared to their dwarven counterparts.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases by 1.

Might of the Mountain Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Explorer. You have proficiency in the Survival Skill.

Stoneform. You can use your reaction upon being hit by a melee weapon attack to give yourself resistance towards bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage until the start of your next turn. You must then finish a short or long rest to use this feature again.

Wildhammer Dwarf

Wildhammer dwarves, known for their untamed nature, reside farther north in the Eastern Kingdoms, engrossed in their own affairs and embracing shamanistic practices. Distinguishing themselves with a taller and slenderer physique compared to other dwarves, they sport tanned skin adorned with tribal tattoos.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom increases by 1.

Brave Beyond Reason. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Gryphon Rider. You gain proficiency with the Animal Handling skill, and have advantage on Wisdom (animal handling) checks made towards gryphons.

Masters of the Aerie. You learn the gust cantrip and can cast it at will. At 5th level you learn gust of wind and can cast it once per day. Constitution is you spellcasting ability for this spell if you do not already have one.

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Night Elf

As the shadows weave their silent tapestry, justice remains my unwavering guide. In the dance between light and darkness, those who defy the balance shall feel the sting of my blades. No refuge exists beyond the reach of vigilant pursuit; even the deepest recesses cannot shroud one from the gaze of justice's relentless gaze. In the quiet, the truth unfolds, and in the shadows, righteousness prevails.

— Maiev Shadowsong  

Rooted in pride and ancient wisdom, the kaldorei, or night elves, once held dominion over Azeroth as a mighty nation. Pioneers of magic, they were the first to unravel its mysteries and unleash its might upon the world during the First War. However, the ensuing chaos led many night elves to forsake the arcane arts, focusing instead on harnessing raw strength and the primal forces of nature, seeking balance in the aftermath of magical upheaval.

A Sempiternal Legacy

Night elves, or kaldorei, are an ancient and mystical race with origins dating back to the earliest epochs. Once masters of magic, they unleashed its power upon the world thousands of years before the First War. After a devastating conflict with the Burning Legion resulted in the Great Sundering, the night elves forsook arcane magic, embracing druidism and living in harmony with nature.

Led by Malfurion Stormrage and Tyrande Whisperwind, they established Darnassus, a capital symbolizing their cultural resurgence and deep connection to Elune, the moon goddess. The majestic World Tree Nordrassil, a living manifestation of their survival and resilience, stands as a testament to their commitment to safeguarding Azeroth's natural balance. Today, as venerable guardians of the natural world, they continue to uphold their rich history and traditions.

War of the Ancients

The corruption of the elves commenced with the ascension of Azshara and her Highborne followers, their once noble demeanor eroding into cruelty. Azshara, veiled in a dark aura, distanced herself from her subjects, fostering an air of callousness. Notably, the pandaren, sensing this shift, cut ties with the night elves but offered a parting gift—a chest symbolizing the absence of arcane magic's necessity.

This chest, placed in Eldarath's Temple of Zin-Malor, carried a profound message: the true essence of magic was nothing. Unfortunately, the Highborne, driven by pride and ambition, failed to grasp this wisdom. The manipulative Sargeras exploited Azshara, persuading her to open a portal for the Burning Legion, promising blessings but intending destruction. In their arrogance, the Highborne sought control over the dark powers, only to be consumed by the very magic they coveted.

As the portal to Azeroth expanded, Sargeras dispatched emissaries of the Burning Legion to aid Azshara, leading to a world-threatening war. Malfurion Stormrage, Tyrande Whisperwind, and Jarod Shadowsong, realizing the impending peril, rallied a coalition to thwart Sargeras's invasion. The ensuing conflict involved demigods, Ancient Guardians, Dragon Aspects, Earthen, ancients, tauren, and furbolg uniting against the Legion. Guided by Cenarius, Malfurion disrupted the portal, preventing Sargeras from entering Azeroth and preserving the world from imminent doom.

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Gnome

Behold the wonders of tinkering! Every experiment, successful or not, brings us one step closer to unlocking the secrets of invention. Embrace the chaos, for in the world of innovation, every unexpected outcome is a lesson waiting to be discovered!

— Tinkmaster Overspark  

A race of diminutive and intellectually gifted beings, Gnomes exhibit a profound affinity for all things mechanical and technological. Originating from the vibrant techno-city of Gnomeregan, these clever inventors possess an insatiable curiosity and a penchant for tinkering with gears, gadgets, and innovative devices. Though physically small, gnomes make up for their stature with an unpar-
alleled intellect and a love for exploration. In the face of challenges, gnomes bring forth their analytical skills and an irrepressible spirit of enthusiasm, contributing significantly to the Alliance's endeavors. Their technological prowess, coupled with a quirky and whimsical nature, sets them apart amongst Azeroth's races.

Self Sufficient Survival

The initial iteration of gnomes, originally mechagnomes, were crafted by Watcher Mimiron as clockwork servants akin to the earthen. Following Loken's betrayal, these mechagnomes took charge of Uldaman's maintenance alongside the remaining earthen. As Archaedas and Ironaya focused on the Curse of Flesh, the mechagnomes and earthen managed Uldaman. After the Great Sundering, active earthen entered stasis, leaving only the mechagnomes. Over time, they succumbed to the Curse of Flesh, transforming into gnomes who lost their purpose and abandoned Uldaman 3,000 years before the Dark Portal's opening.

The early gnomes, now flesh-bound, settled in the snowy mountains west of Uldaman, facing challenges from harsh elements, ice trolls, and other threats. Over generations, they devoted themselves to technological progress as a means of survival. Despite losing knowledge of their titan-forged origins, the gnomes forged a new society, constructing fortified dwellings within the cold mountains of what would later be named Dun Morogh.

The Spark of Ingenuity

Renowned for their unparalleled inventiveness and natural aptitude for tinkering, gnomes have cultivated a society deeply rooted in technological innovation. Their insatiable curiosity and keen intellects drive them to constantly explore the boundaries of mechanical possibilities.

Gnomish communities thrive on a culture that values inventiveness as a cornerstone, with workshops and laboratories bustling with activity. Every aspect of gnome life, from daily routines to grand endeavors, is infused with the spirit of invention. Their knack for crafting ingenious gadgets, devices, and quirky contraptions not only enhances their daily lives but also contributes to the advancement of Azeroth's technological landscape. In the heart of gnome society, engineering is not just a profession but a way of life, shaping their interactions, pursuits, and the very fabric of their unique and imaginative culture.

Jovial Comrades

Gnomes are known for their amiable and agreeable temperaments, fostering a sense of camaraderie within their communities. Despite their relentless pursuit of technological mastery, gnomes exhibit a lighthearted and affable demeanor. This friendly disposition extends beyond their interactions with fellow gnomes to include the diverse races of Azeroth.

Quick to make friends and always eager to share their latest inventions, gnomes contribute a whimsical charm to the world. Their openness and cooperative nature make them valued allies, forging bonds that transcend cultural differences. Gnomes' easygoing personalities, coupled with their inventive prowess, add a delightful touch to the tapestry of Azeroth's varied societies.

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Gnomeregan Culture

Gnomes, a race driven by ambition and a passion for creativity, cherish a profound understanding of scientific principles. Originally scholars focused on avoiding conflict, the loss of Gnomeregan led them to become more resilient and combat-ready. Gnomish society emphasizes innovation and experimentation, with little concern for historical or non-scientific records. Their philosophy centers on forward-thinking concepts, puzzles, and technological advancements.

Gnomes value hierarchy as a means for masters to care for and guide their followers. While gnomish groups form slowly, they endure for a lifetime, with strong family ties and cooperative business ventures. The intricacies of gnomish marriages remain unclear, but familial bonds endure even when love fades.

Names

Gnomes inherit family names signifying the achievements of esteemed ancestors, which they retain until reaching their 30s. Gnome society anticipates that, by this age, individuals will have made significant personal achievements. Consequently, gnomes craft new names that encapsulate their own accomplishments, replacing the family name with this self-defined identifier.

Maculine Names: Grizzlebolt, Snazzleflare, Whizgleam, Sparkflux, Blizzgear, Shockspark, Tinkerclank, Glimmerfuse, Cogwhirl, Fizzlebang
Feminine Names: Glimmerblitz, Tinkertwig, Gizmosa, Sparkleshock, Sprockette, Joltspindle, Whirligig, Dynamoa
Family Names: Gearwhiz, Sparkspanner, Fluxwrench, Blizzbang, Tinkerblast, Cogsmash, Boltspindle, Joltstrike,

Gnome Traits

Your gnome character has certain abilities, learned through generations of gnomes.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence increases by 2, and one other score of your choice by 1.

Age. Gnomes mature at the same rate humans do, and most are expected to settle down into an adult life by around age 40. They can live 350 to almost 500 years.

Alignment. Gnomes are inherently kind-hearted, and even those with mischievous tendencies are more inclined toward playful antics than true malice. Instances of evil among them are often driven by madness, fueled by an overwhelming and consuming innovative idea.

Size. Gnomes are between 3 and 4 feet and generally compactly built. Your size is Small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision. Due to your subterranean upbringing, you possess enhanced vision in dark and dim environments. Within 60 feet, you can see in dim light as if it were bright, and in complete darkness, you perceive shades of gray without discerning colors.

Subrace. Two subraces of gnome exist: Gnomeregan Gnomes, and Mechagnomes. Choose one of them for your character.

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

Gnomeregan Gnomes

Once inhabitants of a subterranean marvel of steam-driven innovation, are now a resilient community shaped by tragedy. Despite losing their city to a massive trogg invasion, these gnomes showcase indomitable intellect and resourcefulness. As refugees in the dwarven lands, they tirelessly contribute their inventive skills to aid allies and navigate a new way of life above ground.

Escape Artist. You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours. You may also have advantage on ability checks and saving throws to escape from being grappled or the restrained condition.

Expansive Mind. You gain proficiency in an intelligence skill of your choice, and expertise in an intelligence skill you are proficient in.

Arcane Resistance. You have advantage on Intelligence and Wisdom saving throws versus spells.

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Mechagnomes

Mechagnomes, born from Watcher Mimiron's clockwork creations, seamlessly merge metal and innovation. Once mere mechanical servants, they evolved into a distinctive race with a unique blend of machinery and organic elements. Despite their mechanized past, mechagnomes now bring their inventive skills and adaptability to enrich the broader gnome and Allied races' communities.

Emergency Failsafe After you are brought to 0 hitpoints, you may activate your failsafe as a reaction. You may spend a number of hit die up to your proficiency bonus to immediately restore the normal amount of health. You may only use this feature once per long rest.

Hyper-Organic Light Originator You learn the minor illusion cantrip, and at 3rd level you may cast mirror image once per long rest using your Intelligence modifier.

Mastercraft You are always considered to be carrying, and proficient with, every artisan tool.

Maintenance Mode Rather than sleep, you must spend 3 hours performing routine maintenance during a long rest to gain its benefits, during which you have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks. Additionally, if your long rest would be interrupted, you only need to complete the long rest instead of restarting it.

Draenei

Amidst the shadows of uncertainty, the Light guides us with unwavering hope. In every step, we find the strength to face the unknown and forge a brighter destiny for Azeroth.

— Prophet Velen  

The Draenei, originally known as the Eredar, were once a highly intelligent and magically gifted race hailing from the planet Argus. However, their peaceful existence was shattered when three of their leaders—Archimonde, Kil'jaeden, and Velen—were approached by the dark titan Sargeras, who offered them immense power in exchange for their allegiance. Velen, gifted with foresight, saw the malevolent path ahead and chose to defy Sargeras. With the guidance of the naaru, benevolent beings of Light, Velen and his followers escaped the corrupted Eredar and became the Draenei.

Fleeing through the Twisting Nether aboard the mystical ship known as the Exodar, they sought refuge on different worlds, eventually arriving on Azeroth in the midst of its conflicts. The Draenei now stand as stalwart defenders of the Light and allies to the Alliance.

Exemplars of the Light

The draenei possess a profound and unique connection to the Light, a divine force that permeates their culture and shapes their spiritual practices. This deep bond is further enriched by their relationship with the naaru, benevolent beings of pure Light. The naaru are revered as sources of guidance and inspiration, and their benevolent influence has profoundly impacted the draenei way of life.

Many draenei dedicate their lives to serving the Light, manifesting in professions such as priests and paladins. The naaru's teachings guide them toward understanding and harnessing the power of the Light for both spiritual enlightenment and practical applications in the face of the cosmic threats that loom over their existence. The draenei's unwavering devotion to the Light is a testament to their commitment to righteousness and the eternal struggle against darkness and corruption.

Culture

Draenei culture revolves around their deep connection with the Light and magic. Many choose professions tied to their religious beliefs, such as priests or paladins, while others delve into magical pursuits like mages. Despite a shared goal of preparing for the day they join the Army of the Light to confront the Burning Legion, draenei lead individual lives and pursue personal interests. The scars of past conflicts, especially with orcs, linger, making trust difficult.

Draenei also harbor resentment toward blood elves due to unprovoked attacks on Tempest Keep. Despite initial challenges, the draenei seek acceptance among the Alliance, with ambassadors from the Exodar welcomed into various halls of power. Draenei, being long-lived, rarely have children, and their culture values graceful crystalline weapons and sculptured armor. Auchindoun stands as a testament to their commitment to protecting the souls of their departed from the eternal hunger of the Legion.

Broken Brethren

The Broken, once noble draenei who fell victim to the destructive aftermath of the Great Sundering, embody a poignant chapter in their people's history. Distorted by the unchecked arcane energies unleashed during the cataclysmic event, the Broken bear the physical and emotional scars of a shattered existence. With their once-proud forms now fractured and deformed, the Broken navigate the world with resilience and an enduring sense of purpose. Though often marginalized, these survivors find solace in their unwavering connection to the elements, embracing shamanistic traditions as a means of channeling the turmoil within and forging a new path in the wake of tragedy. The Broken stand as a testament to the draenei's enduring spirit and the strength found in overcoming profound adversity.

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Names

Draenei lack last names and receive a name from their parents at birth. Upon reaching adulthood, they select a name for themselves, which remains with them for life.

Masculine Names: Meolrak, Bimorn, Hikron, Ocdarian, Nosran, Ondarin, Brorukar, Oteran, Lacasik, Midirgerd
Feminine Names: Eshira, Izelle, Rukala, Nalrea, Hahsara, Efaena, Lyssia, Thalara, Sylthara, Orelle, Maevra

Draenei Traits

Draenei share certain racial traits given to them upon their renewal by the naaru.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom increases by 2.

Age. Draenei mature in their early 20s, aging slowly and attaining extraordinary lifespans, often surpassing even the ancient ages of night elves.

Alignment. Draenei tend to be good, with law-leaning individuals choosing roles like sages, priests, paladins, vindicators, or scholars, while those favoring chaos often become warriors, and hunters.

Size. Draenei are between 7 and 8 feet tall and somewhat muscular. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Shadow Resistance. You have resistance against necrotic damage.

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

Subrace. Two subraces of draenei exist: exodar draenei, and lightforged draenei. Choose one of them for your character.

Exodar Draenei

A group of noble and resilient beings striving to rebuild their lives and fulfill a destiny tied to the cosmic forces of the Light. Despite the challenges they face, they bring with them a deep connection to the virtues of order, compassion, and arcane knowledge.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases by 1.

Gemcutting. You are proficient with the jeweler's tools.

Gift of the Naaru. As a bonus action, you can target a friendly creature within 5 feet and cause it to regain a number of hit points equal to your level + proficiency, they gain the same amount again at the start of their turn. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Heroic Presence. You can cast heroism and divine favor with this trait, using Wisdom as your spellcasting ability for them. Once you cast either spell, you can’t cast them again with this trait until you finish a short or long rest.

Lightforged Draenei

Lightforged draenei, forged in the crucible of the Army of the Light, bring their unwavering dedication to the fight against the Burning Legion, embodying the virtues of justice and righteousness.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma increases by 1.

Forged of Light. You gain proficiency with artisan's tools (smith's tools) and you gain the Defense Fighting Style, increasing your AC by 1 when wearing armor.

Holy Resistance You have resistance to radiant damage.

Light's Judgment: You know the light cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the guiding bolt spell once per long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the branding smite spell once per long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells and they are cast at a spell level equal to half your character level rounded up.

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Worgen

In the shadows of the night, I yearned to understand the fearsome power that coursed through my people's veins. The path to the throne demands more than regal bearing; it demands empathy and connection. Guided by the wisdom of Vassandra Stormclaw, I sought to comprehend the worgen's struggle without losing myself to the curse. In the dance between moonlight and shadow, I learned to rule not just with a crown, but with a heart intertwined with the very essence of Gilneas.

— Tess Greymane  

Worgen, a once-proud human race hailing from the resilient kingdom of Gilneas, has a haunting saga woven with threads of history and a chilling curse. In a cruel twist of fate, these ordinary humans were thrust into a nightmarish existence when the malevolent curse of the worgen swept through their kingdom, transforming them into fearsome wolf-like creatures. The curse, born of ancient druidic magic, originated from the desperate measures taken to repel the undead Scourge and later confront the Forsaken.

Forced into the shadows and haunted by feral instincts, the worgen find themselves trapped in a perpetual struggle, torn between their human nature and the untamed ferocity within. As they grapple with the mysteries and complexities of their dual existence, the worgen navigate the challenges of survival and redemption in the enigmatic landscapes of Gilneas, marking their place as a distinctive and enduring force within Azeroth's tales.

Blighted and Cursed

The tumultuous relationship between the worgen and the Forsaken traces its roots to the Forsaken's strategic interest in conquering Gilneas, spearheaded by Sylvanas Windrunner. In their pursuit, the Forsaken deployed the deadly plague, inadvertently triggering the worgen curse that swept through Gilneas.

The once-isolated kingdom transformed into a battleground as its citizens succumbed to the curse, adopting lupine forms to resist Forsaken aggression. This unintended consequence gave rise to a profound animosity, with both factions nursing deep-seated grudges. The Forsaken, seeking territorial expansion, clashed with the worgen's unwavering resolve to reclaim their homeland. The scars of this cataclysmic clash linger, perpetuating a bitter enmity and embodying the lasting impact of these turbulent events.

Allies to the Crown

Genn Greymane's bond with the Wrynns, Varian and Anduin, is layered with tragedy and camaraderie. Genn's friendship with Varian Wrynn, the former King of Stormwind, was forged on the battlefields where they fought side by side against common enemies. The tragic events during the Battle for the Broken Shore resulted in Varian's demise, leaving Genn to mourn the loss of a dear friend. The connection deepened as Genn assumed a protective role towards Varian's son, Anduin Wrynn, acting as a stalwart advisor and mentor. This bond symbolizes not only a shared history of battles and losses but also the enduring strength of unity among leaders in the face of Azeroth's constant challenges.

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Names

Worgen names adhere to the human tradition, as worgen were originally humans from Gilneas. Over time, some worgen may have forsaken their original surnames, opting instead to create names reflective of their personal accomplishments in their cursed existence.

Male Names: Thorne, Corwin, Flint, Gareth, Jaxon, Reynard, Silas, Darian, Larkin, Alaric, Orion
Female Names: Elowen, Seraphina, Linnea, Maris, Elara, Aria, Thalia, Freya, Althea, Sylva, Celestia
Gilnean Surnames: Bromley, Clerys, Cromwell, Goodfellow, Waldron, Whitewood, Hammett, Haleworth
Worgen Surnames: Shadowfang, Moonwhisper, Ironclaw, Frostpelt, Embermane, Silverhowl, Stormcrest, Nightshade

Worgen Traits

The worgen curse has transformed your body into that of a worgen, giving you the following traits.

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

Age. Worgen age like humans, but even though their bodies continue to age, they never feel the strain of old age, and continue to fight as if they were a young human.

Alignment. Worgen tend to become chaotic, while originating from humans, the infection of their blood with the wolves has made them more unpredictable.

Size. Like humans, they vary widely in height and build, most standing well over 6 feet tall, and weigh around 250 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet

Darkvision. Accustomed to the black nights, 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.

Hunter's Lore. You gain proficiency with one of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, or Survival.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one extra language of your choice.

Two Forms. Using 1 minute, you can transform yourself into a human. While human, you appear as you did before getting affected by the worgen curse. You always appear as the same human when you transform. You can transform back into a worgen as a free action on your turn.

As a human, you loose all worgen form traits. If you make an attack, cast a spell that affects an enemy creature, or try to use an ability only available in worgen form, you imme-diately revert into your worgen form.

Worgen Form Traits

    Speed. You base walking speed is 35 feet, and you have a climbing speed of 20 feet.

Bite. Your fanged maw is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

Running Wild. You can reveal your true form. As a bonus action, you gain the benefits of a Dash and Disengage action this turn, and your speed increases by 10 feet for 1 minute. You can't use this trait again until you finish a short or long rest.

Pick up the Scent. You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.

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Void Elf

Remember, control demands sacrifice. Power never comes without a price. You risk losing those closest to you in order to save them. This is the bargain we have made.

— Alleria Windrunner  

Void elves, known as ren'dorei or "children of the Void" in Thalassian, emerged from a group of blood elves led by Magister Umbric. Exiled from Silvermoon City due to their Void research, they underwent a transformation by void ethereals. Alleria Windrunner intervened, rescuing them and instructing them in mastering their newfound dark powers. In gratitude, they pledged allegiance to the Alliance, not out of convenience but because of a shared belief in its values.

These transformed elves, permanently altered by the Void, seek to wield their potent but perilous abilities in defense of Azeroth, proving their worth to those who doubt them while resisting the tempting call of madness from the Void. For Magister Umbric and his followers, loyalty lies with the kingdom of Quel'Thalas rather than the Horde, and they aspire to bring Silvermoon back into the Alliance fold. The Telogrus Rift, a fragmented and ancient Void-infested world, serves as their training ground, where they harness their powers and guard against the encroaching madness of the Void. Riding shadow-infused striders, their racial mounts symbolize their commitment to wielding Void magic for the sake of the Alliance.

Umbral Origins

Alleria Windrunner traced the path of Magister Umbric and his group to the Ghostlands, uncovering their void-related research and empathizing with their exile. Concerned about the potential consequences of their exploration, Alleria followed the trail to Dawnstar Spire and opened a portal to Telogrus, meeting Umbric just as he prepared to unlock a mysterious cube. Despite Silvermoon's suspicions, Umbric shared Alleria's belief in controlling the void for good. During the ritual, the cube unleashed Nether-Prince Durzaan, aiming to corrupt Umbric and his followers. Alleria resisted Durzaan's influence, defeating him but transforming the elves in the process. Swearing allegiance to Alleria and the Alliance, the void elves emerged, embracing a new identity as ren'dorei, children of the void.

Lure of the Old Gods

During the Black Empire Campaign, certain void elves were corrupted by N'Zoth, becoming Sleepless Voidseekers under his sway. Collaborating with X'korr the Compelling in the Karazhan Catacombs, they pursued the black dragon Wrathion, targeted by the Black Empire for researching ways to combat the Old Gods.

Corrupted void elves, including Magister Umbric and Fallen Riftwalkers, were observed in the Vision of Stormwind supporting Alleria Windrunner. Following the Fourth War, void elves who perished were resurrected as death knights by Bolvar Fordragon, joining the Alliance's forces in Stormwind.

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Orc

To pretend the demonic corruption did not exist is to forget how dreadful the impact was. To make ourselves into victims, rather than claiming our participation in our own destruction. We chose this path, we orcs. We chose it right up until it was too late to turn back. And having made that choice, we can, with the knowledge that we have of the end of that dark and shameful road, choose not to take it.

— Thrall  

When the orcs were freed from the Burning Legion, they experienced a spiritual revolution as the unnatural bloodlust left their bodies, connecting them with states of heart and mind that were common to their ancestors. This new generation of orcs for the most part followed Thrall as he forged to reform the Horde through shamanism and tribal tradition.

Though prone to fits of rage in warfare, orcs tend to display a curious feral grace that can rival even the finest fencing of an elven noble. The orcs of today continue to stand in drastic contrast to those that were enslaved by the Burning Legion, who embodied a bestial and diabolical force which was barely being controlled by warlock magic.

Contentious Begginings

After triumphing over Draenor, the Horde surged through the Dark Portal, launching a brutal campaign against Azeroth's realms. The disparate nations of Azeroth banded together as the Alliance of Lordaeron, ultimately triumphing over the invaders and subjugating many survivors. Despite this defeat, the ancient shamanistic customs of the orcs endured, finding new life in the emergence of a young shaman named Thrall. Rising to the mantle of warchief, Thrall united the fractured orcish clans, leading them out of the Eastern Kingdoms' lands they had ravaged and into the uncharted continent of Kalimdor. There, the orcs finally broke free from the insidious grip of demonic corruption. In a surprising turn, they briefly joined forces with Azeroth's other races to repel an imminent invasion by the dreaded Burning Legion.

With a newfound sense of purpose, the orcs, along with their new allies, sought to establish a lasting homeland on Kalimdor. They founded the nation of Durotar and erected the grand city of Orgrimmar as a testament to their resilience and unity.

A Long Standing Feud

The Horde and Alliance have been bitter rivals since the orcs first invaded Azeroth through the Dark Portal, spanning generations of long, bloody wars. The First, Second, and Third Wars were marked by massive battles, devastating losses, and acts of heroism and betrayal on both sides. Despite brief periods of peace, like during the campaign against the Lich King, deep-seated mistrust and differing ideologies have fueled their conflict. Recent events, such as the destruction of Theramore and Teldrassil, highlight the ongoing tensions between the two factions, driven by a desire for dominance and a failure to find common ground.

Ancestry and Attunement

Orc culture is deeply influenced by shamanism, which serves as the cornerstone of their society. From a young age, orcs are taught to commune with elemental spirits, and shamans are revered as spiritual leaders. The journey to becoming a shaman is perilous, involving a pilgrimage to the Throne of the Elements. Those who succeed return as respected leaders, guiding their clans with wisdom and spiritual insight.

In addition to shamans, orc society also includes priests who follow the path of Lok'osh, focusing on healing and renewal. Orcs have strong beliefs about death and the afterlife, traditionally burning their dead on funeral pyres.

Overall, shamanism shapes orc culture, fostering a deep connection to the elements and providing spiritual guidance through life's challenges.

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Names

In orcish culture, names are deeply meaningful, often reflecting a cherished possession, a revered ancestor, or a significant achievement. Orcs do not use family names; instead, they adopt a surname that commemorates a heroic act or a display of great honor.

Masculine Names: Grothok, Skarg, Drulg, Morgar, Hruk, Thragul, Kragul, Raggur, Kravok, Urgok, Grommok
Feminine Names: Grosha, Hargra, Igrima, Agrana, Drusha, Grimna, Fehgra, Morga, Sherga, Zurgana, Organa
Surnames: Bloodaxe, Ironfist, Blacktooth, Skullcrusher, Stormrage, Grimblade, Bonecrusher, Flameheart, Warbringer

Orc Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases or your Constitution increases by 1.

Age. Orcs mature a little faster than humans, reaching adulthood around age 14. They age noticeably faster and rarely live longer than 75 years.

Alignment. Orcs might not have an innate tendency toward evil, but many end up there. Evil or not, many orcs lean toward a chaotic alignment, while many still revere and cherish honor and the clan structure.

Size. Orcs are muscularly built, only just towering above humans, with a height of 6 to 7 feet. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Thanks to your blood, 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.

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

Languages. You are fluent in Common and Orcish.

Blood Fury. As a bonus action, you can fly into a Blood Fury, which lasts for 1 minute. You gain a bonus to any damage roll you make equal to your proficiency bonus, but your AC is reduced by 1 for the duration. You must complete a long rest to use this feature again.

Orc Clan. Orcs come from many clans, these clans have been put into three categories: Hunter, Mystic, and Warrior clans. Choose one of these clans.

Hunter Clans

Certain orc clans prefer a stealthier approach, opting to hide and wait for the opportune moment to ambush their foes. These clans include the Thunderlord, Bonechewer, Laughing Skull, and Whiteclaw.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity increases by 2.

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

Ambusher. You gain proficiency in the Stealth skill.

Mystic Clans

Not many orc clans are inclined towards magic, and those that practice it tend to be more clandestine. They are generally less inclined to cooperate with other clans and prefer a nomadic lifestyle over settling in one area. Examples of such clans include the Shadowmoon, Frostwolf, and Stormreaver.

Ability Score Increase. Increase your Wisdom by 2.

Ancestral Call. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the absorb elements spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the augury spell with this trait, without requiring a material component. Once you cast absorb elements or augury with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait.

Mystic Wisdom. You gain proficiency in the Insight skill.

Warrior Clans

Many renowned orc clans favor a direct and forceful approach, eagerly entering combat with weapons at the ready, crushing everything in their path. Among the notable larger clans are the Blackrock, Bleeding Hollow, Burning Blade, Shattered Hand, and Warsong.

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

Hardiness. You have advantage on saving throws against effects that would stun or incapacitate you.

Savage Attacks. When you roll a 1 on a damage die for an attack you make with a melee weapon, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll, even if it's another 1.

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Forsaken

Death is cold, and it is final. It is the ultimate end. But in death, there is no darkness, no pain, no sense of loss. In death, there is only peace.

— Lilian Voss  

The Forsaken came into being through a tragic series of events during the Third War. Initially, they were living humans of Lordaeron who fell victim to the plague of undeath unleashed by the Lich King. Many were killed by the plague, only to be raised again as mindless undead minions under the Lich King's command. However, a few retained their free will and sense of identity, including the high elven ranger Sylvanas Windrunner.

Sylvanas, now known as the Banshee Queen, found herself trapped in a nightmarish existence, neither fully alive nor truly dead. Despite her plight, Sylvanas managed to break free from the Lich King's control and rebelled against him. She rallied other free-willed undead to her cause, and together, they fought to liberate themselves from the Scourge's grasp.

These renegade undead, who would come to be known as the Forsaken, faced numerous challenges as they sought to carve out a place for themselves in a world that often viewed them with fear and suspicion. Led by Sylvanas, the Forsaken sought to reclaim their former lives and lands, even as they struggled to reconcile their newfound undead nature with their memories of their past lives.

A King's Corruption

The Forsaken are a chilling sight to behold, their bodies bearing the marks of decay and death. Their skin is pallid and mottled, with patches of exposed bone and sinew peeking through tattered flesh. Sunken eye sockets house glowing red eyes that pierce the darkness with an eerie intensity. Their movements are jerky and disjointed, lacking the fluidity of the living. Despite their undead nature, the Forsaken retain a haunting semblance of their former selves, their voices often carrying a hollow, spectral quality.

A Queen's Fall

The Desolate Council was formed by Forsaken to govern the Undercity in Sylvanas Windrunner's absence during her Warchief duties. Led by Vellcinda, it emerged partly in response to Sylvanas's rule discouraging memories of their past lives. The council included the Prime Governor, four councilors, seven Ministers, and ten Listeners, operating from the Royal Quarter's throne room.

After defection attempts following Calia Menethil's appearance at the Arathi Highlands Gathering, Sylvanas ordered dark rangers to kill defectors and returnees, sparing only those who had already returned, considering them truly desolate. The deceased were buried near Highlands Mill by the Alliance. With most members, including Vellcinda, killed, and changes in the Forsaken and Horde after the Fourth War, the council's fate became uncertain. Genn Greymane believed their existence threatened Sylvanas, predicting their demise regardless of the incident.

Following the Forsaken's reclamation of the Ruins of Lordaeron, a new Desolate Council was formed, led by Lilian Voss, Calia Menethil, Deathstalker Commander Belmont, Dark Ranger Velonara, and Master Apothecary Faranell.

Healing the Dead

The Dark Lady recognized the value of necromancy for the Forsaken. While Forsaken naturally heal over time, many seek the priests of the Forgotten Shadow for more immediate "repairs." Necromancers have the ability to free enslaved, mindless undead and research potent spells that could potentially restore the Forsaken to life. Understanding the necessity of necromancers to heal, strengthen, and replenish her people, Sylvanas sought to attract them away from the Scourge, often resorting to force.

A Curse Without a Cure

Forsaken with undead souls can be revived using spells like raise dead and reincarnate, which work as normal. However, spells like resurrection and true resurrection restore them to their undead state rather than their pre-undead selves. In this state, a Forsaken's body and soul are undead, with the soul corrupted and now belonging to its new body rather than its original one. Forsaken priests can revive those slain in battle, but only to a state of undeath; true life can only be restored through a miracle.

Loyalty and Distrust

The Forsaken's relationship with the rest of the Horde is characterized by tension and distrust. Many other Horde races, particularly the more traditional ones like the Orcs and Tauren, view the Forsaken with suspicion due to their dark methods and necromantic practices. The Forsaken, in turn, often feel isolated and misunderstood, believing that the other races fail to appreciate the sacrifices they have made and the struggles they face. This strained relation-
ship is further exacerbated by the Forsaken's secretive nature and their history of pursuing their own agendas, sometimes at the expense of the Horde as a whole.

Names

Most Forsaken retain the human or blood elven names they had in life. If they cannot remember their name or choose to change it, they create a new one or find inspiration on a headstone. Some Forsaken create surnames that reflect their desire to eliminate the Scourge or emphasize their undead status.

Forsaken Traits

Your forsaken character has certain traits deriving from humans, as well as forsaken traits.

Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Forsakens do not age, they are undead. The age they were when brought back as forsaken is the age they will be until destroyed.

    Darkvision. Forsaken can see normal 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.

Alignment. Forsakens alignment varies, as their race origin, most tend to become more chaotic, and very few keep to good after decades of being an undead.

Size. Forsaken size reflects that of their living counter-parts. Many getting more hunched over with the decades. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Cannibalism. Using 1 minute, you can cannibalize the corpse of a humanoid that has been dead for less than 1 hour. When done, you regain a number of hit points equal to one Hit Die + twice your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short rest.

Touch of the Grave. Forsaken don't need to sleep. Instead, they enter a semiconscious state of the afterlife for 4 hours a day. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Undead. You have two creature types: humanoid and undead. You can be affected by a game effect if it works on either of your creature types. In addition, you gain the following benefits:

• You don't require food, or water.
• Triple your Constitution modifier when calculating how long you may hold your breath.
• You have resistance to poison damage, and advantage on saving throws against being poisoned.

    Will of the Forsaken. You can reroll a saving throw that you fail against a fear, charm or sleep effect with advantage. If you do so, you must use the new roll, and you can't use this feature again until you finish a short rest.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Gutterspeak. Gutterspeak is a simple form of common that mixes in Dwarven and Thalassian slurs.

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Tauren

Tauren: the gentle giants of Azeroth, their strength matched only by their reverence for nature. The walking embodiment of 'speak softly and carry a big stick' - except their 'stick' is usually the trunk of a fallen tree.

— Regent Lord, Lor'themar Theron  

The tauren, towering bovine beings, call the vast plains of Central Kalimdor their home. They have endured centuries of strife, particularly at the hands of the violent centaur, which forced them into a nomadic existence in the harsh Barrens. During the Third War, the Horde forged an alliance with the tauren, aiding them in reclaiming their ancestral lands in Mulgore and establishing the majestic city of Thunder Bluff under the leadership of High Chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof. This alliance has remained steadfast, surviving even after Cairne's passing and his son Baine's assumption of leadership.

Despite their immense size, the tauren are known for their peaceful demeanor and deep spirituality. They are skilled warriors when the need arises, valuing hunting, shamanism, and their bond with the Earth Mother above all else. Their lineage can be traced back to the yaungol, a bovine race that once lived harmoniously with the demigod Cenarius in central Kalimdor. However, conflicts with trolls led to their migration south, where they were enslaved by the mogu. Liberated during the pandaren revolution, the yaungol splintered into various groups, with one becoming the taunka and another settling near the Well of Eternity. It was there, in the lush environs surrounding the Well, that they rediscovered their ancient traditions, mastered the druidic and shamanic arts, and underwent a transformation, emerging as the tauren we know today.

Tranquil and Terrifying

Tauren are deeply rooted in a culture that values peace, respect, and harmony with the world around them. They are known for their reluctance to resort to violence, always seeking peaceful solutions to conflicts. This attitude stems from their reverence for life and their belief in the importance of maintaining balance in nature.

When faced with threats to their lands, their allies, or their way of life, the tauren can unleash a ferocity and power that is unmatched. In battle, they are formidable adversaries, using their immense strength and combat skills to protect what they hold dear. This duality of peacefulness and strength is a defining characteristic of the tauren, showcasing their complex and deeply spiritual nature.

Built Like a Bull

Tauren are large, muscular humanoids resembling bipedal ungulates with hooves and horns. They stand at around 9 to 10 feet tall, weigh 400 to 800 pounds, and have fur ranging in colors from black to gray to white to red to brown to tan, often mottled. They have large hooves, long tails, and three fingers per hand. Despite their size, they are diurnal creatures. Tauren have excellent night vision and are often mistaken for each other or farm animals by non-tauren.

Peaceful Customs

Tauren totem poles serve as a connection to their past, focusing shamanic arts and depicting historical events. Smoke signals are used for long-distance hunting coordination and distress signals. Respectful gestures include touching the heart and forehead, saluting with a hand over the heart, and inclining the head. During peace talks, a ceremonial pipe is shared to encourage contemplation. Young tauren undergo the Rites of the Earthmother to become braves, proving strength, courage, honor, willingness, vision, and wisdom. Tribes may have unique customs, and no two are identical in their practices.

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Tribal Lines

The tauren tribes are distinct groups within tauren society, each with its own customs, traditions, and leaders. The Bloodhoof tribe, led by the Bloodhoof family, including Chieftain Baine Bloodhoof, is one of the most prominent and respected tribes, known for their wisdom and strength. The Grimtotem tribe, on the other hand, has a reputation for being more aggressive and isolationist, often clashing with other tribes. The Dawnstrider tribe is known for its skilled hunters and trackers, while the Stonespire tribe is known for its skilled stonemasons and builders.

Names

Tauren language is deep and rugged, influencing their naming conventions. Family names are common, passed down through generations. Yet, a tauren can earn a new surname for notable deeds, chosen to honor their achievement.

Masculine Names: Gorun, Throk, Hrogon, Gruul, Danrek, Kurn, Jedekk, Morlug, Cohun, Hrusk, Indor, Nalish
Feminine Names: Arna, Serka, Grenda, Beruna, Halfa, Atara, Cheppa, Mabara, Fostna, Pakara, Halona
Family Names: Shadowmane, Earthgrasp, Skywatcher, Riversong, Wildheart, Thundercall, Ironhide

Tauren Traits

Tauren share certain characteristics no matter what tribe they come from.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Age. Tauren reaches adulthood in their mid teens, and most grow to be 80 years old, few live beyond a century.

Alignment. Most tauren are lawful, keeping to their tribal code. Those who are evil are shunned upon, most either outlaws or corrupted in some form.

Size. Tauren stand between 7-9 feet tall, most heavily built with broad shoulders. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Horns. Your horns are natural weapons, which you can use to make an unarmed strike. When you hit with them, the target takes piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength modifier.

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

Tauren Weapon Training. You are proficient with the halbard, tauren war-totem, shortbow, and longbow.

    Subrace. Two subraces of tauren exist: highmountain tauren, and mulgore tauren. Choose one of them for your character.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Taur-ahe. Taur-ahe is a harsh, and low sounding language, without a proper alphabet, their written language is made of elaborate pictograms and pictoforms.

Highmountain Tauren

The Highmountain tauren are known for their seclusion, dwelling atop the mountain of their namesake in the Broken Isles. They are a peaceful and generally kind-hearted kin of the tauren.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom increases by 2.

Bull Rush. You may spend your bonus action to move up to half your speed in a straight line so long as you end your movement adjacent to an enemy. You make an attack with your Horns as part of this movement, and if you succeed the target falls prone or is shoved 10 feet directly away from you, your choice. You must complete a short rest to use this feature again.

Rugged Tenacity. You can use your reaction to brace for an incoming attack. You gain a bonus to AC equal to your proficiency bonus against that attack roll, potentially causing it to miss. You can use this reaction a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Pride of Ironhorn. You gain proficiency with the Miner's Kit.

Mulgore Tauren

The Mulgore tauren are known for their peaceful and honorable nature, though they are formidable warriors when provoked. They highly value hunting, shamanism, and their reverence for the Earth Mother, showing deep respect for the land and nature.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases by 2.

Endurance. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

War Stomp. You can cast the earth tremor once with this trait by stomping your hoof into the ground, but the casting time becomes a bonus action. At 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th and 16th level the spell is automatically cast at 1 spell level higher. You regain the ability to do so when you finish a short rest. Strength is your spellcasting ability.

Cultivation. You are proficient with Herbalism Kits.

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Troll

The trolls have endured, their ancient wisdom and fierce spirit woven into the fabric of Azeroth's history. They are a testament to resilience, adapting to challenges with cunning and strength. To underestimate them is to court defeat, for in their veins flows the essence of survival

— Thrall  

About 16,000 years ago, trolls dominated Kalimdor. The Zandalari, the earliest known trolls, allied with the mogu but held contempt for them. The Zandalari believed themselves superior due to their loa worship and lack of slavery. Over time, the lower castes left the Zandalari Empire to form their own, leading to the Amani and Gurubashi Empires. The trolls often warred over territories and resources, but conflicts were usually brief due to the trolls' skill in battle and the abundance of unclaimed land. Only one place was forbidden to the trolls, a mound at the base of the Zandalar Mountains, which contained the monstrous C'Thraxxi general, Kith'ix. Awakened by trolls, Kith'ix led the aqir, forming the underground empire of Azj'Aqir, leading to the Aqir and Troll War. The Zandalari united the trolls into the Empire of Zul to fight the aqir, but despite millennia of conflict, the aqiri eventually split into three kingdoms and fled. With the aqir gone, the troll empires returned to normal, and legends suggest that dark trolls who discovered the Well of Eternity became the first night elves.

Dark Spirituality

In troll culture, children are taught cautionary tales about individuals cursed by the loa, unable to heal even minor wounds, to instill respect for their patron spirits. Conversely, there are legends of those blessed by the loa, capable of nearly complete regeneration. One such tale recounts how Vula'jin the Void regrew almost his entire body after standing in a pool of shadowflame. This belief in regeneration has practical implications, as seen in the case of the Zandalari merchant Tik'su, who charged trolls for their arms and legs, exploiting the belief that trolls could regrow lost limbs.

The Horde

When the Horde first arrived on Azeroth, the troll tribes initially ignored the orcs. However, during the Second War, led by Zul'jin, the forest trolls joined the Horde, striking against the high elves. When Warchief Doomhammer redirected the Horde's focus to Lordaeron instead of Quel'Thalas, Zul'jin grew furious. The forest trolls ultimately left the Horde after its defeat, except for the Revantusk tribe, which maintained some loyalty. During the Third War, Thrall's forces encountered the Darkspear tribe on the Darkspear islands and, after aiding them, the tribe pledged allegiance to the Horde. Following the war, the Revantusk tribe renewed its alliance with the orcs, but other troll tribes refused.

All Empires Fall

One of Azeroth's ancient conflicts involved the forest trolls of Zul'Aman and the high elves. The high elves built their kingdom, Quel'Thalas, over a sacred troll site, leading to conflict. Despite the trolls' initial anger, the high elves' magic deterred them. After 4,000 years, the trolls, now a mighty army, besieged Quel'Thalas once more. The elves, outnumbered, sought aid from the humans of Arathor. In exchange for teaching them magic, the humans joined forces with the elves. Together, they faced the troll armies at the Alterac Mountains. Using fire magic, they prevented the trolls from regenerating and forced them to flee. The trolls never fully recovered, and their unity was forever shattered.

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Masculine Names: Gazul, Kral'jin, Vor'kan, Thul'jin, Mar'zul, Zekhan, Rak'jin, Var'kan, Zul'mar, Jin'kar, Rek'zul
Feminine Names: Zara, Shal, Vexa, Xira, Nari, Lura, Yzara, Quin, Zul'ara, Jin'zara, Mar'zara, Tal'zara

Troll Traits

Your troll character has certain characteristics in common with all other trolls.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity increases by 1.

Age. A troll reaches adulthood in their late teens and generally dies within a century, although they can live to become well over a century old.

Alignment. Trolls are a neutral race, their alignment varying drastically between them. Most trolls tend to be lawful, their tribes often having particular customs and rules for them to abide by.

Size. Even though most trolls stand bend forward with their slender builds and broad shoulders, they still tower above other races with an average height of 7 feet. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Trolls retain their 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.

Regeneration. At the start of your turn, if you are below your maximum hit points you gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus. These may combine with other sources, but not themselves.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Zandali. Zandali is the tongue of all trolls. It is a largely syllabic language, and taught down through generations as it has no physical script.

Berserking. When you score a critical hit with an attack roll, you can roll one of the damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Amani Troll

As a forest troll, you possess a deep connection to nature, a sharp strategic mind for warfare, and a strong animosity towards humans and elves. Your skin typically appears lush green, often with a moss-like growth. The forest trolls once dominated an empire that was defeated by a coalition of humans and high elves, leading to the liberation of Lordaeron.

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

Mask of the Wild. You have advantage on Stealth checks when lightly obscured by plants, or other types of foliage.

Wilderness Knowledge. You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival.

Drakkari Troll

As an ice troll, you're known for your strength and resilience in harsh, cold environments. Compared to other troll subspecies, you often have lighter-colored skin. Ice trolls originate from the icy lands of Dun Morogh and Northrend.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength increases by 2.

Frostworn Skin. You have resistance to cold damage.

Tundra Walker. You ignore environmental hazards due to extreme cold.

Loa's Subjugation. Your tribe sacrificed their sacred Loas for power at great cost to fight the scourge. You know the chill touch cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Bane spell once per long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the borrowed knowledge spell once per long rest with no material components.

Darkspear Troll

As a jungle troll, you possess a deep understanding of voodoo, unmatched ferocity among your kin, and belong to a tightly-knit tribal society. Typically shorter than other troll species, you often have purple or gray skin. Jungle trolls from Stranglethorn are renowned for their brutality, although those who have joined the Horde have tempered this aspect of their nature.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 2.

Gurubashi Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the hand axe, javelin, and spear.

Beast Slaying. You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks related to beasts and proficiency in Animal Handling.

Voodoo Shuffle. You ignore non-magical difficult terrain, and your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Zandalari Troll

As a Zandalari troll, you possess an unmatched bond with the loa, a keen intuition, and a commitment to ancient traditions. Unlike other trolls, you stand upright and often have a gray, stone-like complexion. The Zandalari trolls are considered the pinnacle of troll society, with their temple city in Zandalar serving as a meeting place for all troll tribes.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 2.

Ancient lore. You gain proficiency in the History skill.

Loa's Embrace. You know the guidance cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the guiding hand spell once per long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast the enhance ability spell once per long rest. When you cast this version of guiding hand, the hand appears as a tiny animal, representing a specific loa.

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Blood Elf

All we can do is walk the road we are given with such dignity as we can muster, each to our own glory or demise, and pray that there yet remains something of our own hearts when all is said and done. By the Sunwell, I hope that there will remain something of mine.

— Lor'themar Theron  

The blood elves, known as sin'dorei in Thalassian meaning "children of the blood," adopted their new name following the devastating Scourge invasion of Quel'Thalas. This name reflects both the bloodshed of their kin during the Third War and their royal heritage.

For millennia, high elven society thrived around the sacred Sunwell, a magical font created using pure arcane energy from the original Well of Eternity. Nourished by the Sunwell's power, Quel'Thalas prospered in the forests north of Lordaeron. However, during the Third War, the high elves suffered a near-genocide at the hands of the Scourge led by Arthas Menethil. Arthas desecrated the Sunwell to resurrect the necromancer Kel'Thuzad, leading to its corruption. Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider, returning to defend his people, renamed the survivors "blood elves" in honor of their fallen kin.

After reclaiming their lands from the Scourge, the blood elves faced a new challenge. Kael'thas, once their prince, turned to fel energy and fell under the sway of the Burning Legion. Despite his promises of returning to lead them to paradise, Kael'thas's descent into darkness ended in his death for treachery. Prophet Velen later purified the Sunwell, infusing it with both arcane and holy energies.

Emboldened by the Sunwell's restoration, the blood elves embraced a new chapter in their history. While some struggle with their addiction to arcane magic, others embrace change for Quel'Thalas's betterment. Despite their tumultuous past, the blood elves stand resilient, working to restore their nation's former glory, protect their homeland, overcome their magical addiction, and redeem their ancient people.

Icons of Rebirth

The blood elves prominently feature the phoenix as their central motif, seen on banners, the Icon of Blood, weaponry, buildings, and tents. This symbolizes their "rebirth" from high elves to blood elves, becoming stronger and more formidable. Typically gold on a red background, variations include two-headed phoenixes for the Sunfury forces and a more abstract design for the Sunreavers. Blue phoenix variations decorate many blood elf tents, while the Silver Covenant uses a golden phoenix on a blue background for their banners.

Proud Society

The blood elves revere the "sun" in their culture, a contrast to their night elven counterparts who venerate the moon. This reverence stems from their ancient Sunwell, which empowered Quel'Thalas for 7,000 years before its destruction. After the Sunwell's fall, they adopted "Remember the Sunwell" as a remembrance phrase.

Contrary to belief, blood elven priests are not pacifists but act as both healers and enforcers. After the Sunwell's restoration, the Blood Knights abandoned their forced use of holy energies and returned to traditional methods, seeking the Light's blessing through the Sunwell.

Blood elf society includes various beliefs, with groups like the Blood Knights and the Farstriders often having conflicting ideals. Annually, a champion carries a lantern with flames from the Sunwell in remembrance of those lost to the Scourge.

A dangerous Addiction

After the Sunwell's destruction, the blood elves struggled with their addiction to arcane energy, which intensified. They spent their days either siphoning magical energy, using mana crystals, or resisting the urge altogether. Losing control led to them becoming Wretched, descending into madness and corruption.

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Kael'thas warned that without a new magic source, his people would perish, suggesting prolonged withdrawal could turn high elves into blood elves. However, only the very old, young, or those in poor health perished due to the Sunwell's loss.

Withdrawal from magic can cause lasting harm, but most blood elves on Azeroth remain unaware of Kael'thas' pact with Illidan and would be appalled if they knew. In Outland, many are becoming desensitized to drastic measures to obtain more magic.

Blood Elf Names

Blood elves largely retain high elven names, either keeping their own or giving their children high elven names. However, unlike high elves, blood elves' surnames are typically more aggressive. They do not generally maintain family names, except for nobles who wish to preserve a specific lineage.

Masculine Names: Thalorin, Darvian, Aerendir, Valenar, Myrinon, Eldrin, Caladan, Theronis, Alaric, Vaelen
Feminine Names: Lyria, Eviana, Seraphine, Isadora, Mirella, Elowen, Lyraena, Serelinde, Lysandra, Thalassa
Surnames: Shadowthorn, Emberfall, Frostblade, Starfury, Moonwhisper, Stormweaver, Emberheart, Frostbloom, Duskwraith, Starcaller

Blood Elf Traits

Your blood elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of magical influence and their highborne blood.

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

Age. High elves reach adulthood at the rate of humans, but are not considered to have entered adulthood until they reach 60, and can live to become many hundreds of years old with ease. That said, many of the high elves have lived for thousands of years due to the power of the Sunwell extending their lifespan.

Alignment. High elves lies in a very militant society, strict rules have been made for people to uphold, pushing most towards a lawful alignment.

Size. High elves are just under 6 feet tall and weigh between 100 and 175 pounds. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, 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.

Arcane Affinity. You are proficient in the Arcana skill.

Arcane Torrent. Blood elves have a natural ability to manipulate arcane energy, thanks to their exposure to the magical Sunwell. You can cast Dispel Magic at an enemy within 5 feet as the target using your Intelligence modifier. If you successfully dispel an effect you regain mana equal to your proficiency bonus or 1 of the following; Focus, Chi, Energy, Soul Shard, Rage, Runic Power, Fel Point. You may use this ability once per long rest.

Cantrip. You know one non damaging cantrip of your choice from the mage spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it.

Quel'dorei Weapon Training. You are proficient with longbows, sin'dorei warblades, and warglaives.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Thalassian, and one extra language of your choice.

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Goblin

Listen here, kid, in this world, you either grab what you want with both hands or you'll be left with nothing but dust in your pockets. Us goblins, we understand the value of a good deal, the thrill of the trade, and the sweet sound of gold jingling in our pockets. We're not just about making a profit; we're about making a statement. So, if you want to make it in this world, you better start thinking like a goblin: fast, clever, and always looking for the next big opportunity!

— Marin Noggenfogger  

In ancient times, the keeper Mimiron made a groundbreaking discovery: kaja'mite, a potent ore that enhanced intellect. Through experimentation, he transformed a primitive forest-dwelling race into the highly intelligent goblins we know today. These goblins, sharing ancestry with pygmies, thrived on the newfound intellect granted by kaja'mite.

During the War of the Ancients, goblin artificers, led by Meklo, aided Neltharion in creating the Demon Soul. They also crafted adamantium plates to stabilize Neltharion's body as the Demon Soul's power grew overwhelming, with enslaved drogbar fitting these plates onto him.

However, when the Great Sundering struck, the goblins were cut off from their kaja'mite supply. Within a few generations, most of the gains in intelligence vanished. Seeking refuge, they settled on the Isle of Kezan, forgetting the ore's influence on their development.

Meanwhile, the Zandalari trolls, exploring the seas after the Sundering, discovered Kezan and the goblins. Initially, the trolls mined kaja'mite from the island and kept their distance. However, upon discovering an immense deposit of kaja'mite beneath Kezan, the trolls enslaved the goblins to extract it, leading to centuries of exploitation and suffering for the goblin race.

Trade Wars

Kaja'mite proved to be the key to the goblins' liberation. As goblin miners inhaled its dust over time, their intelligence began to awaken. They clandestinely planned a rebellion, gathering materials to create weapons, traps, and explosives. One hundred years before the Dark Portal's opening, the trolls overseeing them were caught off guard as the goblins stormed out armed with advanced technology. The trolls' grip on Kezan shattered, their mining operation failed, and the surviving Zandalari fled.

In the chaos of their liberation, the goblins turned on each other, forming countless alliances and splitting into various groups, with the most powerful becoming cartels. Despite brokering a truce, the cartels continued to vie for wealth and power, engaging in economic battles rather than physical ones.

As their intelligence waned due to dwindling kaja'mite supplies, the goblins' inventions became less reliable. To sustain themselves, they turned to mercantilism, transforming Kezan into a bustling trade center.

Litigious and Profitable

Goblins, renowned for their cunning, greed, and ruthlessness, hold a neutral stance globally, with notable exceptions like the Steamwheedle Cartel's alliance with the Old Horde and the Bilgewater Cartel's joining the Horde after the Cataclysm. Goblin culture idolizes those who can acquire wealth by any means, celebrating their expertise in engineering and seafaring but most notably, their relentless pursuit of profit.

Their economy revolves around unique currencies like macaroons and the colloquial "moolah." Though galleons have become outdated, goblin merchants remain open to negotiation.

Goblin society, despite its aggressive capitalistic demeanor, operates within a framework of laws, heavily reliant on lawyers to enforce detailed contracts to prevent disputes. Nonetheless, goblins often look for ways to skirt these agreements for financial gain.

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A Rivalry of Tall Order

The longstanding feud between goblins and gnomes primarily revolves around their contrasting approaches to engineering, a field in which both races excel but in markedly different ways.

Goblins, known for their willingness to take risks and prioritize profit over safety, often create inventions that are as dangerous to their users as they are to their intended targets. Their engineering philosophy is "bigger, louder, and more explosive," which leads to highly unpredictable and often spectacular results.

On the other hand, gnomes approach engineering with a focus on precision, efficiency, and the pursuit of knowledge. Their creations are meticulously crafted, favoring reliability and the advancement of technology for the betterment of society over immediate financial gain.

This fundamental difference in values and methodologies fuels their rivalry, as each race claims superiority in innovation and engineering prowess. Gnomes criticize goblin designs as reckless and short-sighted, while goblins view gnome engineering as overly cautious and lacking ambition. Despite their feud, this competition drives both races to push the boundaries of what's possible in the world of engineering.

Names

All goblins are assigned a first name and a surname at birth. These surnames reflect the accomplishments of an ancestor, though a goblin might adopt a new surname if they believe their own achievements to be greater.

Masculine Names: Nees, Ford, Joxdeld, Zatval, Fivinkle,

Bova, Geevegbix, Rolaz, Ixa, Saz, Menzen, Gilmaxle
Feminine Names: Trutte, Meez, Kleqe, Suva, Tweedo,

Cynmee, Twinkle, Klasi, Teexma, Ninzi
Family Names: Sparkspin, Geargrind, Blastbolt, Coinflip,

Steamwhistle, Greasefoot, Hazardspark, Voltswitch

Goblin Traits

Your goblin character has certain abilities, learned through generations of merchants and inventors.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence increases by 1, and your Charisma or Dexterity score increases by 2.

    Age. Goblins mature slightly slower than humans, reach-ing adulthood in their early 20, and die within a century.

Alignment. Most goblins tend to be chaotic to a certain degree, even when lawful, they have a spark of chaoticness in them that they cannot get rid off.

Size. Goblins are between 3 and 4 feet and somewhat slender. Your size is Small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Darkvision. Goblins naturally 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.

Best Deals Anywhere. You have advantage on any ability check made to appraise the price of an item.

Goblin Engineering. You are proficient with the artisan's tools (tinker's tools). You may also use one of the following abilities once between short rests.

• Rocket Jump. This explosive container can be strapped to a person's belt or boot. As a bonus action, you may ignite your rocket pack, launching you 20 feet in a direction of your choice. For example, a creature can choose to launch 15 feet into the air, 5 feet forward, this action does not provoke opportunity attacks.
• Rocket Blast. A crude rocket fixed with flash powder.
  As a bonus action, you can choose a creature within 30 feet. They must make a Dexterity saving throw, or take 1d10 times your proficiency bonus in fire damage and be blinded for one round. Targets take half damage and are not blinded on a successful save. You may use your Dexterity or Intelligence and proficiency bonus with Tinker's Tools to calculate the DC.

Mechanical Familiarity. You are proficient in firearms.

Time is Money. As a bonus action you can shout at an ally and command them to move. That creature can use it's reaction to move up to its speed. You can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common, Goblin and one language of your choice. Goblins are traders, and trade with every race willing to buy from them, picking up languages as they go.

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Nightborne

Magic has long been a vice of the elves. It shaped us, and lifted us out of the darkness - but without balance, it also threatens to unmake us. The shal'dorei are too proud to admit it, but they are the product of indulgence. They live without harmony. But I sense potential among the Nightfallen. Losing everything has humbled them. It has made them stronger.

— Valewalker Farodin  

The nightborne are descendants of the night elves of Suramar, who fought in the War of the Ancients against the Legion. They defended their home and closed a second demonic portal using the Eye of Aman'thul, supporting the resistance led by Kur'talos Ravencrest and Malfurion Stormrage to thwart Queen Azshara.

The Great Sundering submerged part of Suramar, but the Highborne, with their magical shield, preserved much of the city above water. This shield, maintained for 10,000 years, isolated the nightborne, leading them to evolve into a deeper night-based state through the energies of their font of arcane power, the Nightwell. They relied entirely on the Nightwell for survival, consuming its substance when they ran out of food. Exile was the punishment for crime in their society, leading to a state of degradation known as the Nightfallen.

Some nightborne disagreed with their leader's decision to surrender to the Burning Legion, forming a resistance led by First Arcanist Thalyssra to overthrow Grand Magistrix Elisande and inspire their people to reclaim their bravery and nobility.

A Nation Fueled by Magic

Access to certain forms of magic is restricted to higher-ranked officials, but magic saturates nightborne culture in Suramar. Magic constructs are common, used for patrol, guard duty, and cleaning. Enchanted collars in the Suramar Menagerie tame exhibition animals, while enchanted books, pens, brooms, and security modules are widespread. Some, like Oculeth, deeply respect magic.

In addition to arcwine, nightborne favor mana gems as magical snacks. Elisande's mastery of temporal magic rivals the bronze dragonflight; she can place armies in stasis and manipulate time to send enemies into the past.

Nightborne guards and figures like Advisor Vandros, Tempomancer Virinya, and Thalyssra show skill in time magic, using it for healing, hastening attacks, and speeding up arcwine production. However, widespread mastery seems limited, as much of the nightborne's knowledge in this area was lost with their former leader.

An Intricate Web

In the intricate web of nightborne society, several factions have arisen, each playing a distinct role in the city of Suramar. The Loyalists fervently support Grand Magistrix Elisande, carrying out her commands with unwavering loyalty. Despite the pretense of a shortage, they ration arcwine to maintain control over the populace.

The Citizens, comprising the majority, are fearful but reluctant to openly oppose the Legion.

Nobles vie for favor while commoners toil under threat of punishment or abduction by the Legion's soul engines.

The Resistance, led by First Arcanist Thalyssra, defies Elisande's pact with the Legion, seeking to rally the populace and overthrow the Grand Magistrix.

Meanwhile, the Felsworn/Felborne, infused with fel magic, serve the Legion's goals, feared and isolated even among their own kind.

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Distinctly Elven

The nightborne, distinct from other elven races, are deeply attuned to arcane magic and the Nightwell, shaping their society and physical appearance. Unlike the nature-focused night elves, they prioritize arcane knowledge and innovation, leading to a culture of magical prowess and sophistication. Isolated within Suramar, they developed a sense of superiority and detachment, contrasting with the more open elven societies. Despite these differences, they share a common heritage with other elves, but their unique path has set them apart in elven history.

Nightborne Names

Nightborne names resemble those of night elves, appearing Darnassian in script to the untrained eye. However, the Nightborne language has evolved from their ancient tongue, leading to changes in their names. Despite this evolution, the Nightborne still adhere to Kaldorei naming traditions.

Masculine Names: Serandor, Caltheon, Thalador, Draynar,

Vorothil, Belarian, Xylothan, Faldrin, Selendir, Maladric
Feminine Names: Syrendra, Elowen, Valyria, Lyssara,

Thesara, Amadria, Kyliara, Elenara, Solandra, Aerilaya
Surnames Names: Starglow, Moonsong, Starwatcher,

Nightwhisper, Shadowthorn, Duskgaze, Moondancer

Nightborne Traits

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

Age. Although nightborne elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, their understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. Nightborne typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to become several thousand years old. Sustained by the Night-well, many have lived since the War of the Ancient.

Alignment. Order and structure are key to nightborne. Their society believes that reputation and status are of the utmost concern, and that mortality and principles of right and wrong are viewed too often in that light. Giving most nightborne a lawful alignment.

Size. Nightborne are around 7 feet tall and weigh between 180 and 240 pounds. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have 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.

Ancient History. You gain proficiency in the History skill and Calligrapher's Supplies.

Mental Warding. You have advantage on all Intelligence, and Charisma saving throws against magic.

Arcane Pulse. As a bonus action, you can emit an Arcane Pulse that alters the time lines around you. All enemies within 15ft are slowed, reducing their movement speed by 15 feet until the end of their next turn. You must complete a short rest to use this ability again.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Shalassian. Shalassian, like Thalassian, originates from the Darnassian language. Its dialect has been scrutinized through the ages, making it nearly impossible for members outside of the Nightborne to read or write.

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Vulpera

The vulpera are strong. We just need an opportunity to prove it.

— Nisha  

The Vulpera have lived in Vol'dun as free traders and merchants for countless generations. For much of that time, they have been oppressed by the Faithless Sethrak, who have enslaved countless Vulpera over the years and forced them to work and fight for them. The Vulpera are mostly a passive people and as such never found the ability to stop the Sethrak. At least one caravan tried to fight back, but they met only with defeat.

The vulpera are a keen and intelligent race of nomadic scavengers. They are capable of turning what they find into opportunities to thrive and are skilled at solving problems, no matter their size. Despite their small stature, vulpera are fierce and cunning in battle, bringing down any enemy foolish enough to underestimate them. While they have permanent settlements in burrows, their caravans mostly travel from hideaway to hideaway, scavenging for supplies, trading them where they can, and spreading information they pick up along the way. Their scavenging often takes the form of looting artifacts and treasure from ancient ruins and selling them to the highest bidder. Dwelling in Vol'dun, the vulpera can't afford to waste resources. Over time, they have learned to take anything that looks even remotely useful and be creative using what they have, and they have learned to recognize value wherever it hides in the desert. When warned that gold from the Port of Zem'lan was cursed, Norah replied that "A little curse never kept the vulpera from a worthy treasure".

Customs

Vulpera commonly use idioms that refer to the desert, such as "Hot sands" (an exclamation) or "Thank the sands". Other sayings include "Home is where the wagon is", "One broken wheel stops the caravan", and "having a yip of a time". One vulpera gesture of thanks apparently consists of licking the other person on the cheek.

Vulpera caravans are composed of both families and also individuals with no family, acting as a sort of chosen family. Some vulpera are referred to as "Elders" and vulpera reach adulthood upon a certain age. Each caravan has a Wailing Bone, which is a bone of a dead vulpera inscribed with a poem in an ancient script. This bone lead the caravan to the final resting place of a vulpera who has died, allowing the spirit of the bone to help the dead cross the veil.

Joining the Horde

With the Horde having shown them that there is more to life than mere survival, the vulpera eventually decided to join the faction in order to explore the world beyond Vol'dun. They traveled to Orgrimmar to speak with Baine Bloodhoof, but he was forced to decline giving them membership as troubles in the Twilight Highlands, Zuldazar, and Suramar had stretched the Horde's resouces thin and he could not agree to add new members to their ranks while their current allies were struggling. The vulpera decided to offer their help in order to prove their worth to the Horde: Kiro traveled to the Highlands to quell a peon revolt near Crushblow, Nisha headed to Zuldazar to fend off an invasion by the Nazeshi naga, and Meerah journeyed to Suramar to get the nightborne's arcwine production back on track.When the three vulpera returned to Orgrimmar, Baine realized that he had been wrong to dismiss them so quickly and offered them a place in the Horde, which they gladly accepted. Thus the vulpera became allies of the Horde, giving them a home beyond the dunes.

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Pandaren

To ask why we fight... is to ask why the leaves fall. It is in their nature. Perhaps, there is a better question.
Why do we fight? To protect home, and family... To preserve balance, and bring harmony.
For my kind, the true question is, what is worth fighting for?

— Chen Stormstout  

The pandaren have long been a mystery to other races of Azeroth, their history stretching back thousands of years, to before the raise of the kaldorei. Denizens of a wondrous and fertile land, the pandaren were slaves to the ancient titan-forged mogu. Through tenacity, diplomacy, and a unique form of unarmed combat, they staged a successful revolution that deposed the mogu, and established the foundation of the pandaren empire that would prosper for thousands of years.

As the sundering took place, Pandaria was shrouded in a magical mist that would last for thousand of years. As the years came to an end, the mist around Pandaria unveiled. Drawing the attention of both factions, wishing to claim this 'unexplored' land, and learn of what lied on its surface.

Harmony in All Things

Pandarens are slow to anger, they prefer a measured solution to problems. It takes a great deal to wound up a pandaren. On their homeland Pandaria, negative emotions are harnessed, and take physical form to wreak havoc on the isle. Pandarens emphasize and cultivate a quiet life of inner harmony and focus. Conflicts, no matter how bitter, are quickly forgotten over cold drinks once the matter is resolved.

A Spiritual Race

Pandaren have a fierce and deep belief in the connection of the material and spiritual world. In many ways their faith mirrors the ancient beliefs of night elves, and beliefs of the tribal races of Kalimdor.

Like the races of Kalimdor, the pandaren follow a shamanistic faith, they worship the Earth Mother and give passage to their dead. They are a society that reacts, rather than being the ones to act first. Many pandarens claim to be the water that flows around a rock -- it never pushes the rocks out of its way, but merely goes around it. This stands as the core of their society, a simple means of everyday life. If they set their mind to a task and fail, then they believe they went about it the wrong way, and try again.

Covered in Fur

Covered in colorful fur from head to toe, pandaren appear like massive humanoid bears towering above the heads of most of Azeroth's inhabitants. They stand far over the head of humans, ranging from just under 7 feet to a few inches short of 8 feet. Pandarens are naturally curvy, only made larger in size by their thick fur, weighing between 310 to 440 pounds. Males stand slightly taller than females, and males are often much heavier than females.

Pandaren colorations varies widely, from a dark brown to a golden yellow, one thing that is consistent throughout all pandarens are their white markings, all pandarens have these upon their face, and many also have patches of white on their paws of torso. Pandarens don't have hair, but many stylize their fur on top of their head, letting it grow longer to resemble hair.

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Affiliation

Most pandaren are independent, preferring to avoid the con-flict of Alliance and Horde, but few amongst them have decided to join the ranks of either factions, believing that their philosophy aligns with that of the faction.

The Tushui pandaren have joined the alliance, believing that one should live a life through meditation, rigorous training, and moral convictions. The Huojin pandaren have joined the horde. believing that inaction is the greatest injustice, and that there is no shame in defending one's home and loved ones, regardless of the cost.

Pandaria have been hidden from the world for many thousand years, the inhabitants of Azeroth are new to the pandarens. Because of this they have no hatred or distrust for any of the new races they've met.

Names

Pandaren naming practices are similar to those of humans, each pandaren are given a name at birth, and carries on the family name of their parents. Some pandaren are known to take a new family name reflecting their own achievements in life, yet such practices are uncommon.

Male Names: Fan Su, Tan Delan, Tian Fu, Fan-Su, Zi Ling,

Gao, Bai, Wei He, Xun Ming, Dong-Gun
Female Names: Sujin, Zemin, Seul-Gi, Heng Lei, Sun-Mi,

Zheng, Yan, Wei Zhelan, Xuefeng, Li, Liuxian
Family Names: Caskriver, Drumfriends, Wisespear,

Keenwalker, Calmbrow, Mellowcoil, Ironshadow, Wildfur

Pandaren Traits

Your pandaren character has certain traits deriving from their ancient heritage.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1, and your Charisma score increases by 2.

Age. Pandaren age much like humans, reaching adult-hood in their late teens, and generally die before they reach their first century.

Alignment. Pandaren are a peaceful race, and for most parts tend to their own, making many pandarens neutral or good aligned. Finding an evil aligned pandaren is unusual.

Size. Most pandaren stands just short of 7 feet tall and average about 350 pounds, you will never find a pandaren who is 'slim'. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Gourmand. You gain proficiency with the artisan's tool (cook's utensils) and (brewer's supplies).

Bouncy. You don't count your first 20 feet of fall damage.

Inner Peace. You are proficient in Wisdom saving throws, or one of your choice if already proficient.

Pandaren Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the club, quarterstaff, and spear.

Quaking Palm. As a bonus action, you may make an Iron Palm strike against an adjacent enemy. The target must make a Constitution save or be incapacitated until the end of your next turn. You can use your Wisdom or Dexterity to calculate the DC. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus between long rests.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write, Common and Mogu. Mogu is the language of Pandaria, forced upon the inhabitants of Pandaria by the mogu empire. It is a strange and unfamiliar language to the rest of Azeroth, with a multitude of words meaning one common thing.

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Heroes are extraordinary people, driven by a thirst for excitement into a life that others would never dare lead. They are heroes, compelled to explore the dark places of Azeroth and take on the challenges that lesser women and men can't stand against.

Class is the primary definition of what your character can do. It's more than a profession; it's your character's calling. Class shapes the way you think about the world and interact with it and your relationship with other people and powers in the multiverse. A warrior, for example, might view the world in pragmatic terms of strategy and maneuvering, and see herself as just a pawn in a much larger game. A priest, by contrast, might see himself as a willing servant in a god's unfolding plan or a conflict brewing among various deities. While the warrior has contacts in a mercenary company or army, the priest might know a number of healers, paladins, and devotees who share his faith.

Your class gives you a variety of special features, such as a warrior's mastery of weapons and armor, and a mage's spells. At low levels, your class gives you only two or three features, but as you advance in level you gain more and your existing features often improve.

Heroes sometimes advance in more than one class. A rogue might switch direction in life and swear the oath of a paladin. A barbaric warrior might discover latent magical ability and dabble in the arcanic classes while continuing to advance as a warrior. Elves are known to combine martial mastery with magical training and advance as warriors and mages simultaneously. Examples are rare in Azeroth but to exist, always consult your GM and decide what is appropriate for your campaign

Twelve classes — listed in the Classes table — define the average spectrum of heroes on Azeroth, these are made as stand-alone classes, but playing them alongside classes from the Player's Handbook is not strictly prohibited.

Classes

Class	Description	Hit Die		Primary Ability		Saving Throws	Armor and Weapons
Druid	A watcher of nature, wielding powers of elune, and able to transform into animals.	d8		Wisdom		Intelligence & Wisdom	Light and medium armor, simple weapons
Hunter	A prowess ranger, with keen skills and knowledge of the wild and its animals.	d10		Dexterity		Strength & Dexterity	Light and medium armor, simple and martial weapons, firearms
Mage	A scholar of magic, capable of evoking arcane, shaping it to their needs.	d6		Intelligence		Intelligence & Wisdom	Simple weapons
Monk	A martial artist, harnessing the power of the body in pursuit of spiritual perfection.	d8		Dexterity		Strength & Dexterity	Light armor, simple weapons and shortswords
Paladin	A holy warrior, wielding the light to aid their allies and defeat their enemies.	d10		Strength or Charisma		Wisdom & Charisma	All armor, shields, simple and martial weapons
Priest	A divine healer, who wields the powers of the light and the void.	d6		Charisma		Wisdom & Charisma	Simple weapons
Rogue	A master assassin who uses stealth and trickery to overcome obstacles.	d8		Dexterity		Dexterity & Intelligence	Light armor, simple weapons, hand crossbows, longswords, rapiers, shortswords
Shaman	A wielder of elements, calling them to his aid, and bending them to his will.	d8		Wisdom		Strength & Wisdom	Light and medium armor, shields, simple and martial weapons
Warlock	A wielder of void and fel magic, gaining power through a secret grimoire.	d8		Intelligence or Charisma		Intelligence & Wisdom	Simple weapons, longswords, rapiers, scimitars, shortswords
Warrior	An exceptional fighter, skilled with a variety of weapons and armor.	d10		Strength		Strength & Constitution	All armor, shields, simple and martial weapons, firearms
Death*  Knight	A unholy warrior, wielding necrotic powers to aid themselves and defeat their enemies.	d10		Strength		Strength & Constitution	All armor, simple and martial weapons
Demon*  Hunter	An agile combatant made through personal sacrifices, imbued with the powers of fel.	d8		Dexterity or Strength		Dexterity & Strength	Light Armor, simple and martial weapons, warglaives

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Druid

Standing in the way of nature is heresy. Even when nature's force is a destructive one.

— Malfurion Stormrage  

Clutching an engraved staff stitched with leaves, a night elf summons the powers of elune, calling down raw blue energy of the moon upon a terrible foe, smashing upon its body and encasing it hole for a brief moment.

Crouching out of sight on a low hanging tree branch, in the form of a large feral tiger, a worgen scouts out from his hiding stop towards the constructions of Zul'Gurub. Watching every move of the jungle trolls patrolling.

Holding near her sickle and staff, a young tauren druid is making beautiful ritual, making tiny seeds sprinkle into a perfect circle of faintly glowing green lights, healing an endured ally to the best of her capabilities.

Rushing forward towards his companions aid, rumbling the ground as his body transforms into a giant bear creature with tusks, an experienced troll runs to his allies aid, blocking a fatal blow with its fur.

Creating a Druid

When making a druid, consider why your character has such a close bond with nature. Perhaps your character was raised by a druid after being abandoned in the depths of a forest. Perhaps your character had a dramatic encounter with the spirits of nature, coming face to face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the experience.

Nature's Power

Druids harness the vast powers of nature to preserve balance and protect life. With experience, druids can unleash nature’s raw energy against their enemies, raining celestial fury on them from a great distance, binding them with enchanted vines, or ensnaring them in unrelenting cyclones. Druids can also direct this power to heal wounds and restore life to fallen allies.

They are deeply in tune with the animal spirits of Azeroth. As master shapeshifters, druids can take on the forms of a variety of beasts, morphing into a bear, cat, creatures of water, and creatures of air with ease. This flexibility allows them to fill different roles during their adventures, tearing enemies to shreds one minute and surveying the battlefield from the sky the next. These keepers of the natural order are among the most versatile heroes in Azeroth, and they must be prepared to adjust to new challenges on a moment’s notice.

Protectors of Balance

Guardians of nature who seek to preserve balance and protect life, Druids have unmatched versatility on the field of battle. This is in part because druidism is much more than a fighting discipline.

It’s a way of life steeped in traditions so ancient that even the origin of their kind is preserved largely in mythology.

Druids harness nature’s raw energy for an incredible breadth of offensive and defensive abilities, as well as to restore life to the wounded. Through communion with nature and the demigod Cenarius, Lord of the Forest, Druids are supernaturally endowed with the gift of shapeshifting, allowing them to take the form of all manner of nature’s creature and access powers distinct and diverse.

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Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d8 per druid level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 + your Constitution modifier per druid level after 1st

Proficiencies

• Armor: Light armor
• Weapons: Simple weapons
• Tools: Herbalism kit

• Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, Animal Handling. lnsight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, and Survival

Equipment

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

• (a) a quarterstaff or (b) any simple weapon
• (a) a dagger or (b) any simple weapon
• Leather armor, explorer's pack, and a druidic focus

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Druidic

You know Druidic, the secret language of druids. You can speak, read and write Druidic, a language sacred to druids that is not taught to outsides without severe consequences for the teacher and teached.

Spellcasting

Drawing on the divine essence of nature itself, you can cast spells to shape that essence to your will. See chapter 10 of the Player's Handbook for the general rules of spellcasting and chapter 6 of this book for the druid spell list.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the druid spell list. You learn additional druid cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Druid table.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Druid table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells of 1st level and higher. To cast a druid spell, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You re-gain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of druid spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the druid spell list. When you do so, choose a number of druid spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + your druid level, or + half your druid level for Feral and Guardiian (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 3rd-level druid, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Wisdom of 16, your list of prepared spells can include six spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using a 1st-level or 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can also change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of druid spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your druid spells, since your magic draws upon your devotion and attune-ment to nature. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a druid spell you cast and when making an attack with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Wisdom modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Wisdom modifier

Ritual Casting

You can cast a druid spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell prepared.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your druid spells.

Druid Paths

At 2nd level, you choose to identify with a druidic path: Balance, Feral, Guardian, or Restoration, all detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you featur-es at 2nd level and again at 4th, 8th, 10th, and 14th level.

Path Spells

Some paths have a list of spells that you gain at the druid levels noted in the path description. Once you gain a path spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you can prepare each day.

Shapeshifting

Starting at 2nd level, you can use your action to magically assume the shape of specific animals. There is no limitation to how often you are able to shapeshift into a shape that you know.

Your druid level determines the shapes you can trans-form into, as shown in the Shapeshifts table. At 2nd level, for example, you can assume the shape of a large feral cat, or a thick furred bear. Each shapeshift and its benefits are described in Appendix A at the end of this book.

Shapeshifts

Level		Shapeshift Forms
2nd		Cat, Bear, Moonkin
6th		Travel, Aquatic
9th		Flight, Travel (Improved)

You can stay shapeshifted for as long as you wish. You can revert to your normal form by using a bonus action on your turn. You automatically revert if you fall unconscious, drop to 0 hit points, or die.

While you are transformed, the following rules apply:

• Your retain your game statistics, alignment, and person-ality. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the shape.
• Shapeshifting does not change your hit points, and any damage taken whilst in a shapeshift carries over to your humanoid form upon reverting back.
• You can't cast spells unless the form states otherwise, and your ability to speak or take any action that requires hands is limited to the capabilities of your shapeshift. Transforming doesn't break your concentration on a spell you've already cast, however, or prevent you from taking actions that are part of a spell you've already cast.
• You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the shapeshift is physically capable of doing so.
• Your gear melds into your new form, so long as you are proficient with it, it retains all magical bonuses and effects but no other mundane features or traits.

Affinity

Also at 3rd level, you are able to transfer part of your druidic magic into your shapeshifts, harnessing their true potential. Your access to this magic is represented by affinities and are fueled by affinity points. Your druid level determines the number of points you have, as shown in the Affinity Points column of the druid table. For Balance druids these points are called Astral Power, for Feral they are called Energy, Guardians have Rage, and Restoration Druids have Seeds of Life.

Some affinities require you to spend these points to fuel various affinity features, some are passive and always active. You start knowing 1 affinity of your choice and 1 determined by your Druidic Path, and learn another at 5th, 7th, 11th, and 15th level. Unless marked as at will, that ability is not usable again until you complete a short rest.

Any time you gain a Druid level, you may exchange one Affinity you know for a new one.

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Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Soul of the Forest

At 20th level, your connection with nature has grown to an incredible level, deepening beasts respect for you, and mak-ing you able to conjure a gateway to the Emerald Dream.

Using 10 minutes in an area of unspoiled nature, you can conjure a gateway to the Emerald Dream, the entrance shimmers faintly and is 5 feet wide and 10 feet tall. You and any creature you designate when conjuring the gateway can enter into the Emerald Dream for as long as the gate-way remains open. You can open and close the gateway if you are within 30 feet of it. While closed, the gateway on Azeroth crumbles and is effectively invisible. The gateway remains conjured for 24 hours, at which point it crumbles entire and cannot be conjured again for 7 days.

Additionally, beasts and plants of the wilds can sense your connection to nature, giving you advantage on all skill and ability checks made to communicate with them and you no longer age with the passing of time.

Finally, you regain your Incarnation on a short rest.

Druid Paths

Although all druids have a deep love for nature and wilder­ness, some druids have a deeper love for their animal shapeshifts, preferring that form over their humanoid one. Some have a deep love for the goddess Elune, others wish to preserving life. Druids fall into four categories: Balance, Feral, Guardian, or Restoration druids.

Path of Balance

Druids on the path of balance leverage the sacred powers of the moon, the sun, and the stars, accessing a mixture of arcane and nature powers to aid in the fight against the imbalance that threatens the natural order of all things.

Path of Balance Spells

Druid Level		Spells
3rd		✦ Starsurge, moonbeam
5th		plant growth, ✦ New Moon
7th		grasping vine, ✦ starfall
9th		commune with nature, wrath of nature

Eclipse

Beginning at 2nd level, your spell attack rolls with damaging cantrips have advantage, and enemies have disadvantage on saving throws against them so long as they are not a repeat of the last cantrip you cast this encounter.

Shooting Stars

Also at 2nd level, Elune's wrath rains down upon your foes, patient but fierce. At Initiative count 20 of each round, a smoldering star falls upon an enemy you can see within 120 feet, dealing your Wisdom modifier in force damage.

Umbral Intesity

Beginning at 4th level, when you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that deals radiant or force damage you gain the following benefits. You can only receive the benefits of this feature once per minute.

• Your next ✦ Solar Wrath adds your Wisdom modifier to the damage of each damage die.
• Your next ✦ Lunar Strike targets up to 3 creatures within 10 feet of a point within range and a succesful save only reduces the damage taken by half.

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Moonkin Aura

Upon reaching 6th level you become a beacon of lunar inspiration to those who fight at your side. Allies within 100 feet of you benefit from Elune's Guidance (Appendix A) so long as you are in your Moonkin shapeshift form, and you may re-roll spell damage results of 1 or 2.

Incarnation: Chosen of Elune

At 8th level, you have been chosen by Elune and can let her powers flow through you, taking on an appearance as you choose. For examples, the colors and stars of elune might move across your skin, your moonkin shape might shine with a dim blue glow, or you might have a crescent moon floating above your head

As a bonus action you can assume your incarnation and let the powers of the goddess flow through you, entering Moonkin form if not already. Until the end of your next turn, you gain the following benefits.

• You can choose to ignore the once per minute restriction of Umbral Intensity, or to have the restriction reset after Incarnation ends.
• You cast a free moonbeam spell at your highest spell level, lasting until the end of your next turn.
• Your shooting stars also fall at initiative count 10 for the next minute.

Once you use this feature you can't use it again until you complete a long rest.

Cosmic Rapidity

From 10th level onward, your mastery of the moon and stars approaches it's apex. When you gain Umbral Intensity, you can cast a Druid cantrip as a bonus action once within the next minute.

Owlkin Frenzy

At 14th level onward, the bloodline of the owlkin that runs through your form lets loose it's fury. When you are the victim of a critical hit or an attack would deal more than twice your druid level in damage you may cast a druid cantrip as a reaction against the triggering enemy. You may also trigger owlkin frenzy when an enemy misses you with an attack by spending 1 astral power.

Incarnation: King of the Jungle

At 8th level, you can take on the form of an unparalleled hunter. Boasting your defenses by manifesting armor of bark, and improving your combat prowess. You undergo a transformation. Until the end of your next turn, as you remain in cat form, you gain the following benefits:

Wild Affinities

If a wild affinity has prerequisites, you must meet them to learn it. You can learn the affinity at the same time that you meet its prerequisites. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class.

Astral Influence

Prerequisite: Path of Balance

When you are in moonkin form, the range of your spells is doubled and you can cast spells that restore hit points.

Beast Speech

    You can cast speak with animals and beast bond at will, without expending a spell slot.

Master Shapeshifer

    You are able to shapeshift as a bonus action on your turn, even if in another form already, and you can enter a shapeshift form as a reaction upon rolling initiative.

Displacer Beast

    You can expend 1 affinity point and a bonus action to cast the misty step spell. When you do, you reappear in the unoccupied space as an available shapeshift of your choice.

Nine Lives / Flap (At will)

    While shapeshifted as cat or moonkin, you can use your reaction and spend 1 affinity point to give yourself the benefits of a feather fall spell until the end of your turn.

Ferocious Bite.

Prerequisite: Path of Feral

When you hit another creature with a bite attack, you can spend energy up to your proficiency bonus as a bonus action to add an equal amount of d6s to the damage.

Frenzied Regeneration

Prerequisite: 5th level, Path of Guardian

You may spend 2 rage and a bonus action while in bear form, to cast Regrowth (Cure Wounds) at the highest level known without spending a spell slot targeting yourself. This healing occurs again at the start of your next turn at one spell level lower.

Germination (At Will)

Prerequisite: Path of Restoration

When you cast ✦ rejuvenation, you may spend a number of living seeds equal to the spell's level to select a second target for the duration.

Survival Instincts

Prerequisite: Path of Feral or guardian

While shapeshifted, when you are reduced to 0 hit points but not outright killed, you can drop to your druid level in hit points instead by spending 1 rage or energy.

Predatory Swiftness (At Will)

Prerequisite: 5th level, Path of Feral

You can use your Mark of Ashamane feature, casting the chosen spell as a bonus action when you critically strike with a melee attack or reduce an enemy to 0 hit points. This does not count against your uses per day.

Feline Momentum

Prerequisite: 5th level

While shapeshifted as a cat, you can move along vertical surfaces on your turn without falling during the move. You fall if you end your turn on a vertical surface.

Dash (At will)

    While in cat form, you can take the dash or disengage actions as a bonus action.

Nature's Focus

Prerequisite: Path of Restoration or Balance

You may spend an affinity point to re-roll a failed concentration check.

Innervate

Prerequisite: 5th level

You may spend up to 2 affinity points when you start or finish a short rest to grant an ally within 30 feet mana equal to your half your Druid level per point spent. This may not restore more than half a target's mana rounded up.

Growl (At will)

    While in bear form, you can expend 1 rage and a bonus action to Taunt a target within 30 feet until the end of it's turn next. You may also use Growl as a reaction for 2 rage when an enemy targets an ally with an attack and both are within 30 feet. The enemy may chose a new target.

Leader of the Pack (At will)

Prerequisite: Path of Feral or guardian

You may spend 1 energy / rage as a reaction when an friendly creature within 120 feet rolls a 19 on an attack roll, the attack becomes a critical hit.

Nature's Balance (At will)

Prerequisite: Path of Balance, 7th level

You constantly receive a small trickle of astral power from the moon and stars above. When roll initiative you regain 1 astral power.

Mangle (At will)

    After you take the Attack action while shapeshifted, you can spend 1 affinity point to make an attack as a bonus action with an attack you did not already use this round.

Ironbark

Prerequisite: Path of Restoration, Barkskin

For 2 living seeds you can cast ✦ barkskin with a range of 30 feet on an ally you can see, and any time you roll to restore hit points to them for the duration, increase the die size once.

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Hunter

The way of the hunter is one of mastery over the beasts of the world, an unparalleled precision in marksmanship, and the knowledge of how to survive in situations where others would perish.

— Ranger Sallina  

Wild and barbaric looking, a human stalks alone through the shadow of trees, hunting the orcs he knows are planning to raid a nearby farm. Clutching a spear in his hands, he charges in with intense fury, a large bear running at his side, roaring as he engages, cutting down one enemy after another.

Tumbling away from a cone of freezing air, a night elf finds her feet and draws back her bow to loose an arrow at the blue dragon. Shrugging off the wave of fear that emanates from the dragon like the cold of its breath, she sends one arrow after another to find the gaps between the dragon's thick scales.

Holding his hand high, a blood elf whistles to the hawk that circles high above him, calling the bird back to his side. Whispering instructions in Thalassian, he points to the owlbear he's been tracking and sends the hawk to distract the creature while he readies his bow.

Inescapable Stalkers

From an early age the call of the wild draws some adventurers from the comfort of their homes into the unforgiving primal world outside. Those who endure become hunters. As masters of their environment, hunters are able to slip like ghosts through the trees and lay traps in the paths of their enemies. These expert marksman drop foes dead in their tracks with flawless shots from a bow, crossbow or rifle. With the ability to wield two weapons simultaneously, hunters can unleash a flurry of blows against anyone unfortunate enough to stumble into close combat with them.

The art of survival is central to the isolated life of a hunter. Hunters track beasts with ease and enhance their own abilities by attuning themselves to the feral aspects of various creatures. Hunters are known for the lifelong bonds they form with animals of the wild, training great hawks, cats, bears, and many other beasts to fight alongside them.

Proud Rangers

The hunter is a stalker in the wilds, living on his knowledge of survival and skill with a bow or rifle. He is deeply in tune with nature, and calls some of its mightiest beasts his allies.

Of Azeroth's many creatures, few can resist the hunter's call, and fewer can survive his fury. Hunters are as varied as the world's many climates, but they are universally renowned for their amazing abilities to find and bring it down their prey. Most hunters seek to aid the balance of nature along with their druidic allies.

The Hunters Choice

The hunter is the choice of life for those who reject societies that oppress the natural role as prey and hunter, and also reject the druidic stance that we should be healers and observers rather than active participants in the "Great Hunt".

They follow a life of reverence for nature complimenting their tradition and willingness to use man-made tools. We are all tool-using creatures after all, and it is only natural to use that advantage afforded by nature to be better hunters. There are however also those hunters who prefer a more direct approach to tracking and hunting.

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Creating a Hunter

As you create your hunter character, consider the nature of the training that gave you your particular capabilities. Did you train with a single mentor, wandering the wilds together until you mastered the hunter's ways? Did you leave your apprenticeship. or was your mentor slain, perhaps you learned your skills as part of a band of hunters affiliated with a druidic circle, trained in mystic paths as well as wilderness lore. You might be self-taught, a recluse who learned combat skills, tracking, and even a magical connection to nature through the necessity of surviving in the wilds.

Is your adventuring career a continuation of your work in protecting the borderlands, or a significant change? What made you join up with a band of adventurers? Do you find it challenging to teach new allies the ways of the wild, or do you welcome the relief from solitude that they offer?

Quick Build

You can make a hunter quickly by following these sugges-tions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. (Some hunters who focus on melee fighting make Strength higher than Dexterity.)

Class Features

As a hunter, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

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• Hit Dice: 1d10 per hunter level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 + your Constitution modifier per hunter level after 1st

Proficiencies

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• Armor: Light armor, medium armor
• Weapons: Simple weapons, martial weapons, firearms
• Tools: None

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• Saving Throws: Strength, Dexterity
• Skills: Choose three from Animal Handling, Insight, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival

Equipment

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

• (a) scale mail or (b) leather armor
• (a) two short swords or (b) two simple melee weapons
• (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
• (a) a longbow and a quiver of 20 arrows or (b) A musket and 20 bullets

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Thrill of the Hunt

The pursuit of your quarry drives you to great lengths, like an unquenchable thirst. Granting you the following:

Pet Talents

Your pet knows one of the special talents below at 1st level, and learns an additional talent at 6th level. The pets of beast master hunters learn an extra talent at 3rd level.

Armored hide. The pet has +1 to its AC, and gains proficiency in a save of choice.

Charge. If the pet moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with an attack on the same turn, it must succeed on a Strength saving throw against your hunter focus save DC or be knocked prone.

Constrictor. When the pet deals damage with its innate attack, the target is grappled (escape DC equal to your hunter focus save DC). Until this grapple ends, the pet can't attack a different target. The target is then immune for 24 hours.

Dire. The pet grows, it has an additional number of hit points equal to your hunter level.

Enhanced senses. The pet doubles the proficiency bonus added to its Wisdom (Perception) rolls and can't be surprised. It also has tremorsense (Beast of the Land) or blindsight (Beast of the Sky) with a range of 60 feet.

Intelligent. Your pet's Intelligence score increases to 8. It can understand one language and gains proficiency in a skill from the list in Companion's Bond

Pack tactics. Your pet has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the pet's allies is within 5 feet of the creature

Poisonous. Once per turn, the pet may try to poison a creature damaged by its innate attack. The creature must make a Constitution saving throw against your hunter focus save DC or be poisoned until the end of the pet's next turn. A target is immune for 1 day on a successful save.

Protector. The pet may Taunt the first creature it hits on its turn.

Prowl. The pet may add your proficiency bonus to its Dexterity (Stealth) rolls. In addition, any hit the pet scores against a creature that is surprised is a critical hit.

Swift. Add 10 feet to all of the pet's speeds. In addition, opportunity attacks against your pet have disadvantage.

Dire Beast

At 11th level your pet gains becomes specialized in one of three Families, chose one of the following benefits bellow.

Cunning. You and your pet's Speed increases by 10 feet

Ferocity. When your pet deals damage with an attack, it gains temporary hit points equal to your wisdom modifier.

Tenacity. You and your pet gain proficiency in a saving throw of your choice.

Command Pet

At 15th level, you can spend a bonus action and a focus die to command your pet to perform a powerful ability of it's bestial family, depending on your selected Dire Beast.

Cunning: Master's Call - An friendly creature within 30 feet of your pet that is suffering from an ongoing negative effect or condition may immediately attempt a saving throw against that effect and add your Focus Die to the result, if they succeed they may spend their reaction to make an attack or move up to their speed without provoking attacks of opportunity.

Ferocity: Primal Rage - Until the beginning of your next turn, all friendly creatures within 60 feet of your pet may roll one of your focus die (only 1 die is expended) and add it to any attack or damage rolls they make.

Tenacity: Survival of the Fittest - Your pet let's out a goading roar granting them resistance to all damage. All enemies within 15 feet are taunted by your pet. This effect ends at the start of your next turn.

Once you use this feature you must complete a long rest before you can use it again.

Survival

All hunters feel a calling to the wild, but some serve as a reflection of its brutality. To them, the hunt is defined by unrelenting ferocity. Weapons of great range are thrown away for close-quarters combat.

Born to be Wild

When you chose this specialization at 3rd level, your years spent in the wildest portions of Azeroth accumulate in the following benefits.

• You gain proficiency in the Survival Skill or Expertise if you were already proficient.
• You learn how to cast pass without trace one per day.
• You treat all melee weapons as Finesse, if they already have Finesse you instead treat them as Light.

Survivalist's Cunning

Also at 3rd level, you have learned how to create a variety of explosive devices and cunning traps for use in combat. At the end of each long rest, choose two Survival Gear options from the list at the end of this specialization. You can use each option twice, and regain all uses when you complete a long rest. Your trap and bomb damage is always a number of d8s equal to your proficiency bonus.

Bombs are thrown in place of one attack when taking the Attack action, and effect all creatures in a 10 foot cube at a point within 30 feet.

Traps are deployed as a bonus action in an adjacent square, if they are deployed at least 15 feet from an enemy they are Invisible unless that enemy makes a Wisdom (Perception) check or their passive Perception beats your Focus DC, both means are calculated with disadvantage. Traps are triggered when an enemy moves into the chosen square. If a trap is left untriggered, you may spend an action to disarm and reclaim it.

You can choose an additional Survival Gear option each rest at 7th level and 15th level.

Coordinated Assault

At 5th level you and your pet have mastered working in unison. As long as you are wielding a melee weapon and your pet is within 5 feet of your target, you may make an extra attack when you take the Attack action.

Aspect of the Eagle

Upon reaching 7th level you learn the secret ability know as Aspect of the Eagle. You can activate this feature as part of taking the Attack action and gain it's benefits until the end of your next turn.

• Mongoose Bite is not limited to your first attack per turn and does not cost a bonus action.
• Melee attacks with Reach have advantage.
• You gain 2 focus immediately, and 1 at the start of your next turn.

You must complete a long rest to use this feature again.

Natural Mending

At 9th level, when you spend a focus die you gain temporary hit points equal to the amount rolled plus your Wisdom modifier.

Guerilla Tactics

Beginning at 11th level, your survival gear has increased effectiveness. You gain the following benefits:

• The range of your bombs increases to 60 feet, and effect all creatures in a 15 foot cube.
• Your traps now trigger when an enemy moves into an adjacent square as well.

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Terms of Engagement

At 15th level, you show unparalleled control over your traps and utilize the openings they create. You gain the following:

• Lock and Load. You may make a weapon attack against one enemy who triggers any of your traps as a reaction
• Trap Launcher. You can now deploy your traps to an unoccupied square within 30 feet.

Survival Gear

These ingenious contraptions, designed for the skilled Survivalist, offer tactical advantages in the heat of battle. Whether you seek to ensnare your prey, disrupt the enemy's advance, or simply revel in the chaos of explosive artistry, your arsenal beckons.

Explosive Trap: When triggered this trap explodes in a powerful and volatile blast. Any creature within 15 feet must make a Dexterity saving throw or take your trap damage as fire damage. Any Creature adjacent to the trap makes the save with disadvantage and also takes your trap damage in thunder damage and is knocked directly away 15 feet. A successful save reduces any damage taken by half and is not knocked back.

Freezing Trap; When triggered, this trap rapidly freezes the air around it to sub-zero temperatures. The triggering creature must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save they take cold trap damage and are then petrified for 1 minute or until they take any further damage. A successful save reduces the damage taken by half and they are not petrified. At the end of each of it's turns a petrified creature can repeat the saving throw, ending it on a success.

Tar Trap: Foes unfortunate enough to activate this trap are covered in a corrosive tar-like sticky substance, bogging down and impeding any movement or actions. The triggering creature takes acid trap damage, being reduced by half on a successful Dexterity saving throw and the following effects occur. All squares within 10 feet are covered with the substance for 1 minute, turning it into difficult terrain for the duration. Each creature within its area must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. A creature that enters the area or ends its turn there must also succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or fall prone.

Flash Bomb; You throw a bomb laced with luminous blasting powder. All affected creatures must make a Constitution saving throw or take radiant bomb damage and be blinded until the end of it's next turn. A successful save reduces the damage by half no blinded condition.

Icy Bomb: When you throw this frigid explosive, it shatters upon impact and shards of ice splinter all nearby creatures and make the ground slick. Affected creatures must make a Dexterity saving throw or take piercing and cold (your choice) bomb damage and fall prone. A successful save reduces the damage by half and creatures do not fall prone.

Virulent Bomb: A vile concoction of poisons and afflictions course through the payload of this bomb. Each creature within the detonation must make a Constitution saving throw or take poison bomb damage, taking only half as much on a successful save. For the next minute a thick cloud of toxins lingers in affected squares and any squares adjacent to them. Enemies who enter this area or end their turn within must repeat the save above, gaining the Poisoned condition on a failure in addition to the damage.

Steel Trap: A creature who triggers this brutal trap has it's steel jaws clamp down on bite deep into their flesh. They must attempt a Dexterity saving throw or take bludgeoning or piercing (your choice) trap damage and become restrained for 1 minute. On a successful save the damage taken is halved and they suffer no additional effects. A restrained creature can use its action to try to escape. To do so, it must succeed on a Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check against your Focus DC.

Wildfire Bomb: This highly unstable charge detonates with fulminating power and covers foes in a sticky napalm like substance. Affected creatures must attempt a Dexterity saving throw or take fire bomb damage plus your wisdom modifier immediately and again at the start of it's next turn. A successful save reduced the initial damage by half and they are not set ablaze. Any flammable objects not being worn or carried in the radius ignite.

Pheromone Bomb: Formulated with the most potent odors and essence known, this vial explodes on impact showering foes with an assaulting bouquet. Affected creatures take psychic bomb damage or half as much with a Wisdom saving throw. Creatures who fail are also subject to maddening hallucinations until the end of your next turn giving advantage on any attack rolls against them.

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Marksmanship

Marksmen shroud themselves in the perils of the untamed wilds, perfecting the use of weapons that are deadliest from great range. They have little interest in gaining the loyalty of beasts. Instead, they survey predators and deliver deadly shots from great distances.

Dead Eye

When you chose this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Perception Skill or Expertise if you were already proficient. You also learn how to cast the ✦ eyes of the eagle cantrip.

Lone Wolf

Also at 3rd level, while you have no pet active, you gain the following benefits.

• Your Hunter's Mark die size is increased by one step.
• You may add your Strength modifier to damage rolls with bows, and your Intelligence modifier to damage rolls with loading weapons.
• When you have advantage on a ranged attack roll and both d20 would have resulted in a success, you may add a focus die to the damage.

Double Tap

At 5th level, you gain the extra attack feature. This allows you to make 1 additional attack when you take the Attack action.

Trueshot

Upon reaching 7th level your ranged weapon has become an extension of yourself as much as an arm or leg. As a bonus action you may gain the following benefits for a number of rounds equal to your proficiency bonus.

• You have advantage on ranged attack rolls, and you may re-roll one of the dice.
• The first focus technique you use each turn is free

Once you use this feature you must complete a long rest before using it again.

Exhilaration

At 9th level you have learned how to mend your wounds with great skill and care. As an action or in place of one of your attacks, you may spend up to your proficiency bonus in hit die to recover hit points. These hit die are consumed upon use, as if taking a short rest. You may use this ability once before needing to complete a long rest.

Area Denial

Starting at 11th level, you are able to unleash a hail of arrows, bolts, or bullets on crowds of enemies. You learn one of the following abilites which you can use by spending 2 focus dice and your action. All effected creatures must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Focus Technique DC, taking your weapons damage + 1 focus die on a failure and half as much on a success.

Volley. You can use your action to unleash a showering blanket of projectiles against any number of creatures within 10 feet of a point you can see within your range.

Barrage. You can use your action to belch forward a torrent of shots against all creatures within a 30-ft cone.

Rapid Fire

At 15th level your alacrity with a weapon is legendary, allowing you to salvo your foes with projectiles at great pace. Your Double Tap feature grants you another attack, for a total of 2 extra attacks when you take the Attack action.

Mage

Always remember that power is a double-edged blade. One side light, the other dark. It calls to you, where you are most desperate; when victory seems worth any sacrifice. There is a price to be paid for such a gift, and many eagerly accept the bargain. Power alone is not to be feared.
Fear, instead, those who wield it.

— Jaina Proudmoore  

Clad in a golden robe, a blood elf closes her eyes to shut out the distractions of the battlefields and begins her quiet chant. Fingers weaving in front of her, she completes her spell and launches a bead of fire toward the enemy ranks, where it erupts into an engulfing conflagration.

The air shimmers, as a draenei lifts his hands above his head twisting the air around him into a barrier of force engulfs him, blocking a barrage of attacks against him.

Golden eyes flashing, a human stomps his foot into the ground as a crippling fire sets him ablaze, as swords clash against him, an inferno of fire spews out at the attackers, engulfing them in hellfire.

Mages are supreme magic-users, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the leylines of magic that permeates Azeroth, mages cast spells of explo-sive fire, arcing lightning, and subtle deception. Their magic can conjure monsters from other planes of exis-tence, or glimpses the future. Their mightiest spells change one substance into another, call meteors down from the sky, or open portals across continents.

Masters of Time and Space

Students gifted with a keen intellect and unwavering discipline may walk the path of the mage. The arcane magic available to magi is both great and dangerous, and thus is revealed only to the most devoted practitioners. To avoid interference with their spellcasting, mages wear only cloth armor, but arcane shields and enchantments give them additional protection. To keep enemies at bay, mages can summon bursts of fire to incinerate distant targets and cause entire areas to erupt, setting groups of foes ablaze. Masters of ice can command blizzards that tear into flesh and limit movement. Should enemies manage to survive this assault, mages can shrink them into harmless sheep in the blink of an eye.

Powerful magi can even generate enhancements and portals, assisting allies by sharpening their minds and transporting them instantly across the world.

Scholars of the Arcane

Wild and enigmatic, varied in form and function, the power of magic draws students who seek to master its mysteries. Some aspire to become like the titans, shaping reality itself. Though the casting of a typical spell requires merely the utterance of a few strange words, fleeting gestures, and sometimes a pinch or clump of exotic materials, these surface components barely hint at the expertise attained after years of apprenticeship and countless hours of study.

Mages live and die by their spells. Everything else is secondary. They learn new spells as they experiment and grow in experience. They can also learn them from other mages, from ancient tomes or inscriptions, and from ancient creatures that are steeped in magic.

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Creating a Mage

Creating a mage character demands a backstory dominated by at least one extraordinary event. How did your character first come into contact with magic? How did you discover you had an aptitude for it? Do you have a natural talent, or did you simply study hard and practice incessantly? Did you encounter a magical creature or an ancient tome that taught you the basics of magic?

What drew you forth from your life of study? Did your first taste of magical knowledge leave you hungry for more? Have you received word of a secret repository of knowledge not yet plundered by any other mages?

Class Features

As a mage, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

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• Hit Dice: 1d6 per mage level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per mage level after 1st

Proficiencies

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• Armor: None
• Weapons: Simple weapons, Short Swords
• Tools: None

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• Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
• Skills: Choose two from Arcana, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, and Nature

Equipment

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

• (a) quarterstaff or (b) a dagger
• (a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus

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Spellcasting Ability

Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for your mage spells, since you learn your spells through dedicated study and memorization. You use your Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a mage spell you cast and when making an attack roll.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Intelligence modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Intelligence modifier

Ritual Casting

You can cast a mage spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and you have the spell in your spellbook. You don't need to have the spell prepared.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an arcane focus as a spellcasting focus for your mage spells.

Learning Spells of 1st Level and Higher

Each time you gain a mage level, you add two mage spells of your choice to your spellbook. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you can cast, as shown on the Mage table. On your adventurers, you might find other spells that you can add to your spellbook.

Evocate

At 2nd level, you learn to regain some of your magical energy by channeling latent magic from the air around you. Once per day when you finish a short rest, you can choose to regain mana equal to your Mage level.

Arcane Studies

When you reach 2nd level, you choose an arcane tradition, shaping your practice of magic through one of three elemental specializations: Arcane, Fire, or Frost. The tradition you choose reflects not just your favored element, but how you approach the study of magic in general.

Your choice grants you features at 2nd level and again at 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 14th level.

Mana Crystals

At 2nd level, you can conjure a potent gem that can renew your magical reserves or fuel your most potent magics by siphoning charges from it. Your crystal has 1 charge and gains more as you reach higher levels and learn to conjure more powerful gems, as shown in the Mana Crystals column of the Mage Table. You may only have 1 crystal at a time and can conjure a new crystal when taking a long rest. Your Incanter's Tricks and certain class features may require spending charges from your Mana Crystal.

Incanter's Tricks

At 3rd level, you gain the ability to twist your spells to suit your needs. When you use your Tricks, you choose which effect to twist your spell with. Chose two of the Tricks at the end of this section to learn. You learn another at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th levels.

You can use only one Incanter's Trick option on a spell when you cast it, unless otherwise noted.

Incanter's Tricks are detailed at the end of this section. Some Tricks may alter spells as noted in their description, you must have the listed spell in your spellbook to learn, and the spell prepared to use that Trick.

Barrier of the Magister

Also at 3rd level, you can weave the very magic you wield around yourself for protection. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher, you can create a barrier on yourself that lasts until you finish a long rest. The barrier has hit points equal to twice your mage level + your Intelligence modifier, your barrier can never have more health than this amount.

Whenever you take damage, the barrier takes the damage instead. If this damage reduces the barrier to 0 hit points, you take any remaining damage.

Once you create the barrier, you can’t create it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Alter Time

Upon reaching 7th level, you can bend the temporal strands that surround you, snapshotting different timelines for later use. When you roll initiative you may note your position and health. At the end of the first round (initiative count 0) you may, as a reaction snap back to the previous reality you noted at the start of combat, returning to the same position and hit points total.

Barrier of the Archmage

From 11th level onward, your Barrier of the Magister is empowered depending on your choice of study.

• Arcane: When effected by a spell while active, you may gain arcane charges as though you had cast a spell of the same level.

• Fire: When your barrier is reduced to 0 hit points, you may cast hellish rebuke at the triggering creature at your highest spell level, even if it isn't prepared.

• Frost: When your barrier is reduced to 0 hit points, a free ✦ frost nova is cast automatically at the highest level spell slot you can cast..

Temporal Anomaly

From 15th level onward, you learn to dilate the very flow of time around you. When you cast haste with yourself as the target you may spend the additional action to cast a Mage spell instead and you may cast two leveled spells per turn. You can not use haste in this way again until you complete a long rest.

Student of the Mind

At 18th level, you have achieved such mastery over certain spells that you can cast them at will. Choose a 1st-level mage spell and a 2nd-level mage spell that are in your spell­book. You can cast those spells at their lowest level without expending mana when you have them prepared. If you want to cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend a spell slot as normal.

You can spend 8 hours in study, and change one or both of the spells you chose for different spells of the same level.

Master of the Mind

When you reach 20th level, you gain mastery over
two powerful spells and can cast them with little effort.
Choose two 3rd-level mage spells in your spellbook as your signature spells. You always have these spells prepared, they don't count against the number of spells you have prepared, and you can cast each of them once at 3rd level without expending mana. When you do so, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

If you want to cast either spell at a higher level, you must expend a mana as normal.

Magical Studies

Mages are spellcasters who favor magics involving the cardinal elements of the universe. Students gifted with a keen intellect and unwavering discipline may walk the path of the mage. The magic available to mages is both great and dangerous, and thus is revealed only to the most devoted practitioners.

Study of Arcane

Mages of the arcane are diviners of secrets, balancing the ebb and flow of incredible mystic energies. These practi-tioners push their magical knowledge to its very limits. Those who master this craft are capable of releasing a barrage of unrelenting power upon their enemies.

Student of the Arcane

At 2nd level, your studies into the Arcane Arts lead to you make new discoveries about the universe daily. You gain the Following benefits.

• You gain proficiency in the Arcana skill or Expertise if you were already proficient.
• You learn ✦Arcane Blast as a bonus cantrip
• When you use your Evocate feature, you restore extra mana equal to your proficiency bonus.

Arcane Charges

Also at 2nd level, you always have Arcane Missiles (Magic Missile) prepared and it does not count against the number of spell you can prepare per day.

Whenever you cast a spell that uses mana, you gain arcane charges equal to the spell's level (Before Clear-
casting). You can accumulate a number of arcane charges equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1). Arcane charges last until the end of your next long or short rest.

You can use your action and expend all arcane charges to unleash an Arcane Missiles (Magic Missile) without spending mana. For each arcane charge expended, you fire one missile that deals 1d6+1 force damage instead.

Amplification

4th level bring with it the ability to magnify your power with every successive cast. When you spend arcane charges, each missile increases the die size of your next arcane blast, as if the spell itself had been cast.

Clearcasting

Beginning at 6th level, weaving the mana of your spells can spark a juncture of efficacy. Any time you spend mana a hostile spell, roll a d20. If the result of the die plus your proficiency bonus equals or exceeds 20 you gain the following effect.

Once during the next minute you may heighten a spell one level at no additional mana cost, or cast a 1st level spell for zero mana. You may cast above your usual known spell level for this spell.

Arcane Power

From 8th level onward, you can conjure a swelling of raw primal power to enhance your spells until the end of your next turn. As part of any spell casting, you gain the following benefits.

• Your may re-roll a number of spell damage dice up to your Intelligence Modifier.
• Your spells heighten by one level as if Clearcasting.

You must complete a long rest before using this feature again.

Presence of Mind

When you reach 10th level, you may consume 1 charge from your Mana Crystal to greatly accelerate casting for the round, granting you the benefits of the quickened metamagic feat for the turn.

Arcane Brilliance

Upon reaching 14th level, few on Azeroth rival your otherworldy cunning and acumen. You learn Arcane Intellect as a bonus Incater's Trick (see end of chapter), if you already knew this trick or learn it at a later level, you instead increase your Intelligence score by 2, and increase your maximum Intelligence by 2.

Study of Fire

While any worthy mage is an unparalleled expert in the use of magic and heavily dedicated to their craft, those who master the forces of fire tend to be a little more audacious than their peers. These mages take pride, even pleasure in igniting their enemies in wild bursts of flame.

Student of Fire

At 2nd level, your desire for knowledge burns intensely. Some may see you as teetering on the edge of madness, but that's exactly where you must reside to burn brightest. The following features become available to you.

• Your spell attack rolls that deal fire damage critically strike on a natural 19 or 20, and any time an enemy rolls a natural 1 or 2 on a saving throw against a spell that deals fire damage you may also treat the damage roll as a critical strike.
• You gain proficiency in Investigation, or expertise if already proficient.
• You gain Firebolt as a bonus cantrip.

Ignite

Additionally at 2nd level, your fire spells continue to smolder your enemies even after you cast them. When you deal damage with a critical strike on a spell that deals fire damage, including those as a result of Student of Fire, you cause the target to erupt in flames. The target takes 1d4 times your proficiency bonus in fire damage at the start of it's turn until it takes an action to extinguish the flames.

If an enemy suffering from your Ignite dies, it erupts in a fiery death. You may transfer the Ignite effect to an enemy within 10 feet.

Firestarter

From 4th level on, the blazing energy of your spells intensifies. When you make a spell attack roll with a fire cantrip, any roll of 15 or higher on the die is considered a critical hit so long as your target is not missing any hit points and the attack would have hit normally. Additionally, you gain a bonus to initiative equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Cauterize

Upon reaching 6th level, if you are reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to draw on the fiery energy that burns within you. You are instead reduced to 1 hit point, and each creature within 10 feet of you takes fire damage equal to one round of your ignite damage. As part of this reaction you may move up to twice your speed, this movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity. At the start of your next turn, you take fire damage equal to your level.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest.

Hot Streak

When you succeed with a fire damage spell attack roll, you may choose to re-roll the attack. If the attack still succeeds, the spell critically strikes it's target. Otherwise the spell deals damage as normal and you can not use this ability again for 1 minute.

Combustion

Beginning at 8th level, you can ignite the embers that smolder within you, releasing a torrent of flames. As a bonus action, you wreathe yourself in swirling fire. Until the end of your next turn, you gain the following benefits:

• You shed bright light in a 30 foot radius.
• Your first spell attack roll each turn is always considered a critical strike, so long as it would hit normally.
• When you roll Ignite damage, that damage is also dealt to any enemy within 10 feet of the victim.

You must complete a long rest before using this feature again.

Pyromaniac

When you reach 10th level, you can manipulate your fire spells to reach incredible temperatures and incinerate your foes. You may spend 2 charges of your mana Crystal after you roll damage with a fire spell to treat a number of dice up to your Intelligence modifier as if they rolled the highest result.

Sun King's Blessing

At 14th level Your Student of Fire feature now treats any spell attack roll of 18 or higher, and any saving throw of 3 or lower as a critical strike.

Study of Frost

Frost mages stand apart from their colleagues, in that their chosen school of magic focuses on maintaining supreme control over the capabilities of their enemies. Mages who command frost perform chilling displays on the battlefield, rendering foes immobile as they bombard them with ice.

Student of Frost

At 2nd level, your attunement to the primal elements of water and and ice have hardened your resolve. Some mistake your cold determination for a calous disregard for other, but your capability to protect your allies surpasses even the greatest amongst your peers. You gain the following benefits.

• You learn how to summon a Water Elemental as a ritual (See Appendix D) taking 10 minutes. The elemental is under your command as long as it lives and you may only have one active at a time. The elemental acts on your initiative either directly before or after your turn. At 11th level you may summon a Greater Water Elemental instead. Your Frostbolt (Ray of Frost) heals your elemental when targeted instead of dealing damage.
• You gain Proficiency in Nature, or expertise if you were already proficient
• You learn Frostbolt (Ray of Frost) as a bonus cantrip

Permafrost

Also at 2nd level, the cold spells you wield are so frigid they permeate even the thickest of protection, making your targets further susceptible to cold damage. Any spell you cast of 1st level or higher that successfully deals cold damage also slows affected enemies movement speed by 10 feet until the end of your next turn. If a Spell would already reduce the movement of a target or they are already suffering from Permafrost, that target also loses it's reaction and subtracts an additional 10 feet of speed.

Shatter

Once per turn at 4th level, when you target an ememy affected by Permafrost with a cantrip that deals cold damage, or that is restrained or incapacitated by one of your spells, that cantrip shatters. A shattered cantrip has advantage on the attack roll or imposes disadvantage on it's saving throw, it's damage dice increase one size and you add your intelligence modifier to the damage.

Fingers of Frost

From 6th level onward, the primal savagery of ice is always at your fingertips. You may spend 1 mana crystal when you would cast a cold damage cantrip to give it the benefits of your Shatter feature.

Monk

To ask why we fight... is to ask why the leaves fall. It is in their nature. Perhaps, there is a better question. What do we fight for? To protect Home, and Family... To preserve Balance, and bring Harmony.

— Chen Stormstout  

Taking a deep breath, an orc clad in loose clothes fastens his footings. As the first charging arcs reach him, he ex-hales a cone of fire from his mouth, engulfing his foes.

A gnome standing behind her allies as attacks clash down upon them. She focuses her chi, manifesting a statue of pure jade, as she sends a beam of chi towards her ally, soothing their wounds.

A tauren springs over a barricade and throws herself into the massed ranks of gnolls on the other side. She whirls among them, knocking their blows aside and sending them reeling, until at last she stands alone.

Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of defensive ability and speed, this energy infuses all that a monk does.

The Flow of Chi

Monks make careful study of the magical energy they call chi. The pandaren word for 'spirit', they use the energy of their inner spirit, that flows through every living body. Monks harness this power within themselves to create magical effects and exceed their bodies' physical capabili-ties. Using this energy, monks channel uncanny speed and strength into their unarmed strikes, as they gain experi-ence, their training and their mastery of chi gives them more power over their bodies and the bodies of their foes.

Training and Asceticism

Small walled cloisters dot the world, tiny refuges from the flow of ordinary life, where time seems to stand still. The monks who live there seek personal perfection through contemplation and rigorous training. Many entered the monastery as children, sent to live there when their parents died, when food couldn't be found to support them, or in return for some kindness that the monks had performed for their families.

Some monks live entirely apart from the surrounding population, secluded from anything that might impede their spiritual progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or other mortal or divine power.

The majority of monks don't shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to nearby towns or villages and exchanging their service for food and other goods. As versatile warriors, monks often end up protecting their neighbors from monsters or tyrants.

For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifes to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don't undertake it lightly.

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Quick Build

You can make a monk quickly by following these sugges-tions. First, make Dexterity your highest ability score, followed by Wisdom. (Mistweaving monks make their Wisdom higher than Dexterity).

Vivify

You can spend 1 or more chi point and use your action to heal a creature within 15ft. The creature regains hit points equal to your Martial Arts die plus your Wisdom modifier. You can spend extra chi points to add additional martial arts dice, up to your proficiency bonus.

Elusive Dance

You can spend 1 chi points to take the Dodge action as a bonus action on your turn.

Windwalking

You can spend 1 chi point to take the Disengage or Dash action as a bonus action on your turn, and your jump distance is doubled for the turn.

Unarmored Movement

Starting at 2nd level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. This bonus increases when you reach certain monk levels, as shown in the Monk table.

At 10th level, you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces and across liquids on your turn without falling during the move.

Roll

At 3rd level, you are able to tumble across the battlefield when you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield. During your movement, you can tumble 10 feet in a straight line without expending any speed, giving opportunity attacks against you disadvantage. You may move through spaces occupied by enemies when using this feature.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns. At 6th level your roll is enhanced depending on your specialization.

Celerity (Brewmaster) When an ally within 10 feet of you is hit by an attack from a creature you can see, you may roll as a reaction. If you end adjacent to the ally, the attacker must re-roll the attack unless they target you instead.

Tiger's Lust (Mistweaver) When an ally within 30 feet begins to move, as a reaction you can imbue them with alacrity. The ally increases their speed by 15 feet and ignores difficult terrain until the end of their turn.

Chi Torpedo (Windwalker) Your Roll transforms into a Chi Torpedo, with a violent spin you propel yourself through the air. Your roll no longer provokes attacks of opportunity and you may travel 20 feet.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

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Elusive Brawler

Starting at 5th level, you can move in sudden, swaying ways. You gain the following benefits.

Drunken Master. You may impart disadvantage on an enemy targeting you with a melee attack for the rest of the turn, but you fall prone after. When you're prone, you can stand up by spending 5 feet of movement, rather than half.

Redirect Attack. When a creature misses you with a melee attack roll, you can spend 1 chi point as a reaction to cause that attack to hit one creature of your choice, other than the attacker, that you can see within 5 feet of you or within the attacker's reach.

Celestial Invocation

Starting at 7th level, you may manifest an avatar of a celestial as a bonus action on your turn. The avatar is incorporeal and shares your space, following you for it's duration, lasting until the end of your next turn.

Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox: During your turn, Niuzao stomps a target within your reach (As Keg Smash) as a free action, and the Black Ox purifies your stagger damage at the start of your turn, granting you immunity to psychic damage. Lastly he allows you to stagger 1 extra attack per round as a reaction.

Quick Sip

At 9th level, you have mastered blending liquid consumption with the fluidity of your martial arts. You may make one free Martial Arts attack against an enemy within your reach any time you consume an Elusive Brew.

Keg Smash

Beginning at 11th level, you can surprise your foes with a cask of ale, splintering and showering them with high proof alcohol. When you take the attack action you may exchange one of your attacks and spend 1 chi, a target within reach and any foe within 5 feet of them must make a Constitution Saving throw or take damage equal to your Martial Arts die + Dexterity Modifier and have disadvantage on Dexterity Saving Throws until the end of your next turn. On a succe-
ss targets takes half as much damage and no disadvantage.

Shuffle

At 15th level, your flowing combat style affords you even more protection against your foes. You may now stagger any damaging effect, not just damage from attacks.

Elusive Brews

Your elusive brews all require a bonus action and chi points to be used unless specified otherwise. To use any of your known brews, you must have a flask of drinkable liquid on you as all brews require you to channel chi into some liquid as you drink it.

Keg Smash. when you take the Attack action, you can spend 1 Chi and substitute one of your attacks to surprise your foes with a cask of ale. Make your attack roll as normal. If the attack hits, the target takes weapon damage as normal. Additionally, each creature adjacent to and including the target that has an AC lower than your attack roll is coated in the brew, inflicting disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws and taunting them for one round.

Black Ox Brew. You can spend 1 chi point to give yourself advantage on the next melee attack you make this turn, on a success the enemy is Taunted until the start of your next turn.

Blackout Brew (11th level Required). You can spend 3 chi points to gain the effects of the blur spell for 1 minute.

Breath of Fire. You can spend 1 chi points to exhale fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking fire damage equal to your Martial Arts die on a failed save, or half as much damage on a success. If the target has disadvantage on the saving throw they are lit on fire, taking your martial arts die in fire damage again at the start of their turn.

Celestial Brew. When you take the attack action you can spend 1 chi point to gain the strength of Xuen, until the end of your next turn, your melee attacks and Keg Smash deal extra thunder damage equal to your Wisdom modifier to all effected creatures.

Fortifying Brew. (5th level Required) You can spend 2 chi point to gain temporary hit points equal to twice your Monk level + your Wisdom modifier.

Invigorating Brew (11th level Required). You can spend 4 chi points to gain the effects of the haste spell.

Ironskin Brew (5th level required). You can spend 2 chi points as a reaction, for the next minute your stagger feature effects all attacks made against you. You take damage at the start of your turn equal to 1 Martial Arts die for each attack that hits you during the round.

Nimble Brew (5th level Required). You can spend 2 chi points to gain the effects of the freedom of movement and longstrider spells for 1 minute.

Purifying Brew. (17th level Required). You can spend 5 chi points to cast greater restoration on yourself.

Way of the Mistweaver

Mistweavers are unique among those who heal, they channel mysterious energy. Those who weave the mists wield the power of life’s essence, using a mixture of preven-tative and restorative spells to mend their allies’ wounds.

Essence Font

Also at 5th level, when you use Enveloping Mists you may spend one extra chi point to target up to two extra friendly creatures within range. You still may not exceed your proficiency bonus in total chi spent.

Way of the Windwalker

Among monks, none have mastered the martial arts as the windwalkers have, and few across Azeroth can fight with their grace. Windwalkers possess unparalleled physical finesse, and are capable of overwhelming their enemies with a dizzying flurry of punches and kicks.

Fists of Fury

Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can accelerate your attacks by infusing your body with Chi. When you use your bonus action to make a martial arts attack, you may spend 1 chi to instead make 2 martial arts attacks.

Ways of the Wind

Also at 3rd level, you have improved your chi abilities through intense training, granting the following benefits.

• Rising Sun Kick When you make at least two martial arts attacks on your turn and none of them miss, the first successful Martial Arts attack you make next turn is an automatic critical hit.
• Unpredictable Strikes When you make an attack of opportunity, you may spend 1 Chi to use your Fists of Fury feature.
• Reflexes of Xuen You become proficient in athletics, or expertise if already proficient, and you may use your dexterity modifier in place of Strength. You also add your proficiency bonus to initiative checks.

Combo Strikes

At 5th level, you can chain your strikes into devastating combos. Each time you deal damage with a martial arts attack, increase the size of your martial arts die once until the end of the turn or until you attack a different enemy. If this would increase the die beyond a d12, it instead adds one d4.

Celestial Invocation

Upon reaching 7th level, you may manifest an avatar of a celestial as a bonus action on your turn. The avatar is incorporeal and shares your space, following you for it's duration, lasting until the end of your next turn.

Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger: The White Tiger mauls your foes with thunder and lightning charged attacks.

• When you use Fists of Fury, Xuen makes the extra martial arts attack against your target, allowing you to use this feature for no chi cost.
• You may add your wisdom modifier as lightning damage to your Martial Arts attacks.
• Your first martial arts attack on your turn targets all enemy's in a 15 foot cone. Roll to hit once and compare the result to each enemies AC.

You must complete a long rest before using this feature again.

Touch of Karma

At 9th level, you can harness the cyclical loop of Karma to return harm your enemies would inflict upon you. As a reaction to an enemy damaging you, you may spend 2 Chi to mark them with a Touch of Karma. Until the end of the turn you gain resistance to all damage (Including the triggering effect) and the enemy you selected takes half the damage you do after resistance.

Spinning Crane Kick

At 11th level, when you use your Fists of Fury, you may forgo one bonus attack. Compare the result of one attack this turn against the AC of each enemy adjacent to you, applying damage to any successes normally.

Touch of Death

From 15th level and beyond, you gain the ability to kill with just a touch. When you hit a creature with an Unarmed Strike, you can spend 3 chi points to exploit the enemies greatest weakness and attempt to kill them outright. When you use this feature, the creature must make a Constitution saving throw. If it fails and has less Hit Points than you, it dies. If it succeeds or has more Hit Points than you, it takes 10d10 necrotic damage.

Playing so closely with death has it's dangers, and you must complete a long rest before using this feature again.

Paladin

Vengeance cannot be a part of what we must do. If we allow our passions to turn to bloodlust, then we will become as vile as the orcs.

— Uther the Lightbringer  

Clad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight despite the dust and grime of long travel, a human lays down her sword and shield and places her hands on a mortally wounded man. Divine radiance shines from her hands, the man's wounds knit closed, and his eyes open wide with amazement.

A dwarf crouches behind an outcrop, his black cloak making him nearly invisible in the night, and watches an orc war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two orcs are dead before they even realize he is there.

Silver hair shining in a shaft of light that seems to illuminate only him, a blood elf laughs with exultation. His spear flashes like his eyes as he jabs again and again at a twisted giant, until at last his light overcomes its hideous darkness.

Whatever their origin and their mission, paladins are united by the light to stand against the forces of evil. It is a source of power that turns a devout warrior into a blessed champion.

Paladins Call

This is the call of the paladin: to protect the weak, to bring justice to the unjust, and to vanquish evil from the darkest corners of the world. These holy warriors are equipped with plate armor so they can confront the toughest of foes, and the blessing of the Light allows them to heal wounds and, in some cases, even restore life to the dead. Ready to serve, paladins can defend their allies with sword and shield, or they can wield massive two-handed weapons against their enemies. The Light grants paladins additional power against the undead and demons, ensuring that these profane beings corrupt the world no longer.

Paladins are not only zealots, but also guardians of the righteous, and they bestow blessings on those the Light would shine upon. The Light radiates from paladins, and worthy allies who stand near them are emboldened by its power.

Beyond the Mundane Life

Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against evil. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of the militias and armies of the world, but even fewer people can claim the true calling of a paladin. When they do receive the call, these warriors turn from their former occupations and take up arms to fight evil. Sometimes their oaths lead them into the service of the crown as leaders of elite groups of knights, but even then their loyalty is first to the cause of righteousness, not to crown and country.

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Divine Sense

The presence of strong evil registers on your senses like a noxious odor, and powerful good rings like heavenly music in your ears. As an action, you can open your awareness to detect such forces. Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any celestial, fiend, or undead within 60 feet of you that is not behind total cover. You know the type (celestial, fiend, or undead) of any being whose presence you sense, but not its identity (the demon Illidan Stormrage, for instance). Within the same radius, you also detect the presence of any place or object that has been consecrated or desecrated, as with the hallow spell.

Lay on Hands

Your blessed touch can heal wounds. You have a pool of healing power that replenishes when you take a long rest. With that pool, you can restore a total number of hit points equal to your paladin level x 5,

As an action, you can touch a creature and draw power from the pool to restore a number of hit points to that creature, up to the maximum remaining in your pool.

Alternatively, you can expend 5 hit points from your pool of healing to cure the target of one disease or neutralize one poison affecting it.

Your specialization choice at 3rd level also gives you a unique way to spend your pool of healing energy.

• Holy Shock (Holy): Your lay on hands pool is 7 times your paladin level, and has a range of 15 feet.

• Light of the Protector (Protection): You may use your lay on hands on yourself as a bonus action while you are Bloodied.

• Art of War (Retribution): You can spend your lay on hand hhealing as a bonus action on an ally within 30 feet when you successfully hit with a melee weapon or deal radiant damage with a cantrip, up to twice your level.

Fighting Style

At 2nd level, you adopt a style of fighting as your specialty. Choose one of the following options. You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once.

Blessed Fighter

You learn the sacred flame and word of radiance cantrips from the Priest spell list. They count as paladin spells for you, and Charisma is your spellcasting ability for them.

Defense

While you are wearing armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC.

Great Weapon Fighting

When you attack with a weapon wielded in both hands, you can choose to forgo your proficiency bonus. If the attack hits, you add twice your proficiency bonus to the attack’s damage.

Dueling

When you are wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, you gain a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.

Sentinel Fighting

While wielding a weapon with the reach property, creatures provoke an opportunity attack when they move to within your reach or move 5 feet or greater while within your reach.

Versatile Weapon Fighting

When you are wielding a single versatile weapon and no other weapons, you gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls with that weapon.

Spellcasting

By 2nd level, you have learned to draw on divine magic through meditation and prayer to cast spells as a priest does. See chapter 10 of the Player's Handbook for the general rules of spellcasting and chapter 6 of this book for the paladin spell list.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Paladin table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your spells. To cast one of your paladin spells of 1st level or higher, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

You prepare the list of paladin spells that are available for you to cast, choosing from the paladin spell list. When you do so, choose a number of paladin spells equal to your Charisma modifier + half your paladin level, rounded down (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

For example, if you are a 5th-level paladin, you have four 1st-level and two 2nd-level spell slots. With a Charisma of 14, your list of prepared spells can include four spells of 1st or 2nd level, in any combination. If you prepare the 1st-level spell cure wounds, you can cast it using a 1st-level or a 2nd-level slot. Casting the spell doesn't remove it from your list of prepared spells.

You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of paladin spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list.

Spellcasting Ability

Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your paladin spells, since their power derives from the strength of your convic-tions. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a paladin spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus +
your Charisma modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your Charisma modifier

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a holy symbol as a spellcasting focus for your paladin spells. In addition to the holy symbols present in the Player's Handbooks, you may use a libram as your holy symbol, a libram costs 5 gp and weighs 3 lb.

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Holy Power

At 3rd level, you learn how to harness residual radiant energy in your strikes to fuel your most potent abilities. You have a maximum pool of 3 holy power that you may tap into at a time and any holy power gained over your maximum is lost. You regain all your Holy Power when you complete a long rest. At 5th level your maximum holy power increases to 4.

Sacred Oath

When you reach 3rd level, you swear the oath that binds you as a paladin forever. Up to this time you have been in a preparatory stage, committed to the path but not yet sworn to it. Now you choose the Oath of the Holy, the Oath of Protection, or the Oath of Retribution, all detailed at the end of the class description.

Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 5th, 9th, 11th and 15th level. Those features include the Channel Divinity feature.

Ability Score improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Blessed Hands

Also at 4th level you may cast a blessing spell (might, protection, sacrifice) without a concentration requirement. You must complete a long rest to use this feature again. At 18th level you may use this feature twice before resting.

Fanaticism

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. You may also add any magical bonuses from a weapon you wield to your spell attack rolls and spell save DC.

Divine Auras

Starting at 6th level, your choice of oath grants an aura to bolster you and your allies. At 13th level, the range of this aura doubles.

Devotion Aura (Protection)

When an ally within 15 feet is the victim of an attack roll, you may spend your reaction to reduce the damage taken by your proficiency bonus.

Aura of Reckoning (Retribution)

When an ally within 60 feet is reduced to 0 hit points, you may spend a reaction to move up to 15 feet and make an attack against the triggering enemy if they are within range. In either case, your next successful melee attack is considered a critical hit.

Concentration Aura (Holy)

When a friendly creature within 30 feet fails a concentration saving throw, you may spend a reaction to add your Charisma modifier to the result.

Avenging Wrath

At 7th level, you become a truly terrifying incarnation of the light. You sprout divine wings an unleash terrifying vengeance on your enemies. Until the end of your next turn you gain the following benefits

• You can use your Channel Divinity feature once without spending Holy Power
• Crusader Strike is no longer limited to the first successful attack and critical hit.
• Your attack rolls critically hit on a natural 18, 19, or 20
• Your add 1d8 radiant damage to your weapon damage

You must complete a long rest to use this feature again.

Divine Steed

At 10th level, once per short rest you may gain the benefits of both Dash and Disengage as a bonus action, as your steed of light swiftly carries you across the battlefield.

Turn Evil

Upon reaching 14th level, you radiate holy energy, rebuking the foulest of creatures who dare to challenge you. You are always under the effects of a Protection from Evil and Good spell.

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Reckoning

From 17th on, your fervor allows you to turn the enemies own aggression back upon them. When you are the victim of a critical hit, you may immediately make an opportunity attack as a reaction. If successful you may use your Shield of the Righteous, Templar's Verdict, or Judgment of Light as if you had spent a 2nd level spell slot.

Holy Avenger

At 20th level, your avenging wrath refreshes upon completing a short rest, and your Crusader Strike now always generates Holy Power from the first 2 hits and critical hits each round.

Sacred Oaths

Holy

Channel Divinity

Your oath to uphold the light grants you the following ways to use your Channel Divinity feature, Word of Glory and Holy Prism.

Word of Glory: In place of one attack on your turn, you call down a ray of light to bathe a wounded ally. A friendly creature of your choice within 30 feet regains hit points equal to 1d10 times half your paladin level rounded up.

Holy Prism: In place of one attack on your turn, you chose a target within 30 feet and project the light through them as it refracts and radiates nearby creatures. Dependingh on your target, use one of the following effects. Enemies may make a Wisdom saving throw to take only half damage.

Enemy: The enemy is seared for 2d8 + twice your paladin level radiant damage, and up to three allies within 15 feet of the target are healed for half the damage dealt.

Ally: An ally is healed for 1d6 times half your paladin level rounded up, and three enemies within 15 feet of the target are seared for the same amount in radiant damage.

Judgment of Light

Also at 3rd level, your strikes can suffuse your enemies with the light, allowing allies to bask in it when they follow up on your attacks. When you succeed with a melee weapon attack but before you roll damage, you can expend one spell slot to inflict a judgment of light until the end of your next turn. Until then, the first time each friendly creature deals damage with an attack, spell, or ability that targets the judged foe, that creature is healed for 1d6 + Charisma modifier for a 1st-level spell slot. The healing is increased by 1d6 for each spell level above 1st.

Illumination

At 3rd level, your spellcasting swells the light within you, illuminating your inner resolve. When you spend mana to cast a spell, you generate 1 holy power per level of the spell.

Crusader's Might

Beginning at 5th level you swell with righteous fervor, when you use your holy shock feature you may also make a weapon attack as a bonus action.

Additionally, when you restore hit points to a target within 15 feet of you with a spell or channel divinity, one such target gains temporary hit points equal to your Charisma Modifier. These temporary hit points can not exceed the health restored.

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Channel Divinity

Your oath to defend the weak grants you the following ways to use your Channel Divinity feature.

Avenger's Shield: In place of one attack on your turn, you may emblazon your shield with holy enery and hurl it at an enemy within 30 feet. The target and up to two others within 15 feet of it must make a dexterity saving throw, taking 1d10 + paladin level radiant damage or half as much on a successful save as the shield bounces between them before returning to your hand. Additionally, any target who fails is taunted and loses their reaction until the end of their next turn.

Consecration. In place of one attack on your turn, you can use your Channel Divinity to consecrate the ground around you in a 10-foot radius that persist until the end of your next turn. Each creature of your choice within range must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking radiant damage equal to your Charisma modifier + proficiency bonus on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a success. Any creature that starts it's turn in the area must repeat the save. Additionally, enemies treat this area around you as difficult terrain and are taunted for one round if they start their turn within it.

Shield of the Righteous

At 3rd level, as a bonus action when you hit with an attack, you may follow up your strike with a blow from your shield as it becomes wreathed in holy fire. The blow adds an additional 1d4 radiant damage and taunts the target until your next turn for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d4 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d4. Lastly, you reduce the next source of physical damage you take by your Strength modifier times the spell level.

Reckoning

At 5th level you burn with unmatched fervency and bring to bear upon your enemies. When you take the attack action, if you have been successfully hit by two or more attack rolls since the end of your last turn, you may spend a bonus action to make one additional attack this turn.

Ardent Defender

At 9th level not even death can stop you from standing as a the bulwark between foe and friend. When you would fall to zero hit points you may instead set your hit points to twice your paladin level and you gain resistance to all damage until end of your next turn. You must complete a long rest to use this feature again.

Holy shield

Starting at 11th level, whenever a creature makes a melee attack against you and misses, they take radiant damage equal to 1d6 plus half your paladin level.

Seraphim

At 15th you refill your Holy Power to maximum when you complete a short rest, and when you roll initiative you gain up to 1 Holy Power.

Retribution

Channel Divinity

Your oath to rebuke evil grants you the following ways to use your Channel Divinity feature.

Divine Storm. In place of one attack on your turn, you can use your Channel Divinity to lash out in holy fury with a melee weapon. Up to three enemies you choose within 10 feet of you must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take your weapon damage plus 1d8 radiant damage. On a successful save, a target takes half as much damage. If only one enemy could be effected, they take 2d8 additional damage.

Hammer of Wrath. In place of one attack on your turn, you may summon forth and hurl a hammer of pure light to finish your wounded foes. In place of one of your attacks, an enemy within 30 feet who is Bloodied must make a Constitution saving throw or take damage as though you had critically succeeded with a weapon attack, adding 2d8 radiant damage to the roll or taking half as much on a successful save.

Templar's Verdict

At 3rd level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can expend a spell slot and a bonus action to deal radiant damage to the target, in addition to the weapon's damage. The extra damage is 2d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 5d8. Templar's Verdict damage increases by 1d8 if the target is an undead or a fiend.

Pursuit of Justice

At 5th level when you begin your turn without any enemies within 20 feet, you can choose to gain the effects of
blessing of might (bless) and a 10 foot bonus to speed until the end of your turn, if you are already under this spell's effects you may also add the d4 to weapon damage rolls. You must end your movement as close to an enemy as possible. You can not use this ability again until you roll initiative.

Blade of Justice

Beginning at 9th level, your fervor is unmatched amongst servants of the light and dark alike. You may add your charisma modifier to two-handed melee damage rolls.

Eye for an Eye

Starting at 11th level, when a creature within your reach makes an attack against an ally, you can use your reaction to make an opportunity attack against it.

Wake of Ashes

At 15th level, once per short rest when you perform a divine storm channel divinity, you may spend a bonus action to unleash a fiery storm of righteous energy instead. Your divine storm becomes a 30 foot cone, and you generate 1 holy power after it's effects are resolved.

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Priest

It is faith in ourselves that separates us from others, and with our powers, we will cause great change in all of Azeroth. The weak will come to lean on you. The lepers will call you Lord. And the ignorant will look to you for guidance.

— Dark Cleric Duesten  

Bent down over her falling ally, a dwarf clutches her holy symbol, and begins to sing a slow melodic tune, holy light shining from her hand, covering her ally's limp body.

Kneeling on the ground, one hand firmly grasping a staff, the other filled with swirls of divine and necrotic energies. A human raises, and sends out a thick halo of light and dark energy out around him, his allies gaining new life, his enemies feeling the rush of necrosis through their bodies.

A forsaken, surrounded in void energy pulls his holy symbol from his neck as the void covers his body. Tentacles sprout from his back as he cackles, spew-ing bolts of necrotic energy towards enemies and allies.

Priests are the bridge between light and dark, they are the wielders of the warmth holy light of the divine, and the void magic granted by the old gods. They serve as protectors, healers, and casters of insanity.

Invokers of Light and Darkness

Priests are devoted to the spiritual, and express their unwavering faith by serving the people. For millennia they have left behind the confines of their temples and the comfort of their shrines so they can support their allies in war-torn lands. In the midst of terrible conflict, no hero questions the value of the priestly orders. These masters of the healing arts keep their companions fighting far beyond their normal capacities with an array of restorative powers and blessings. The divine forces at the priest’s command can also be turned against foes.

As light cannot exist without darkness, and darkness without light, some priests tap into shadow to better understand their own abilities, as well as the abilities of those who threaten them.

Devoted Acolytes

Priests practice a complex, organized form of spirituality built around moral philosophy, the worship of a particular deity (such as Elune) in some cases, and/or idol worship, rather than around the reverence of the elements that shamans practice, or the close divine connection with animals and the wilderness that druids maintain. Priests serve not only as influential religious figures in their respective societies, but also as powerful practitioners of divine magic, which they use to heal and protect, or harm and weaken.

Devotion to the faiths of Azeroth leads many priests to the paths of courage and heroism. In dark times, priests carry the Light of faith with them as a reminder of the powerful forces at work beyond the comprehension of the peoples who walk the land. Powerful healers with an intimate connection to the divine, priests are empowered with abilities that aid them in times of dire need.

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