Official boons are very generic and this article includes some new and more exciting examples that apply to specific classes, races, backgrounds, and alignments.
All tagged D&D 5th Edition
Charon (D&D 5E Epic Fantasy Monster)
Charon is a Lich-like undead monster who dwells on the banks of the Styx in the underworld and is tasked with ferrying the souls of the dead from one side of the gloomy river to the other. His vessel is an ancient Egyptian-style funerary barge that is propelled by a half-dozen animated oars on each side.
Sandstorm (D&D 5th Edition Environmental Hazard)
While sand and dust are frequently blowing around the deserts and semi-arid farmlands of Aigyptos, a true sandstorm can rise up in the wake of otherwise regular bad weather, on its own, or as the result of potent magic, and can be quite dangerous.
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Cetus [5E Monster]
Cetuses are massive, whale-like, marine creatures that typically live far beneath the surface of the sea or far out beyond the sight of land and are therefore only very rarely seen by people.
Giant Hippopotamus (D&D 5E Monster)
Following is an entry for the Giant Hippopotamus, one of the creatures that appears in Skirmisher Publishing's bestselling "Men & Monsters of Ethiopia"!
A Methodology for Species Design
For a variety of reasons, I enjoy tapping into real-world mythology and folklore when creating new races for my games.
Men & Monsters of the Aegean: Myrmidon (5th Edition D&D Race)
Myrmidons were created by the gods to repopulate a land where nearly everyone was killed by a terrible plague after its ruler prayed that his country be made as populous as a nearby ant colony. Its inhabitants were, accordingly, transferred into people that were manlike in form but which remained antlike in many ways.
Kerber (D&D 5E Monster)
Kerberoi are massive, three-headed, humped monsters covered with irregular, dark gray spots, and are native to various abyssal, infernal, and evil-aligned planes.
Moira (5th Edition D&D NPC/'Into the Mines of Moira' Bonus Content)
Moira is one of the most prominent leaders of the Dwarven community on Kos Island and tireless in protecting its interests — both by trying to influence the way others see and treat her folk and by guiding the members of her community to be the best they can and adhere to traditional Dwarven values.
