SOURCEBOOKS ALLOWED

• Core 5e D&D Books. Both 2014 and 2024 are allowed. Player-characters must be built using just one or other. Spells are the only exception; they can be drawn from either version.
• The Main 5e Sourcebooks. Volo’s Guide to Monsters, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
• 5e Books by Esper. Esper’s Emporium of Esoterica, Monstrous Heroes, Gauntlet Runner
• GMs Can Allow Additional Sources. Individual GMs can include other sourcebooks or even homebrew options in their regions, if they approve.

Note: Make sure to adapt/replace any lore that is specific to other campaign settings.

CHARACTER CREATION

Race Option Restrictions

Each GM’s region has certain character race guidelines. Sometimes these race restrictions are used to express the ecologies or style of a region. Sometimes the guidelines are loose, merely suggestions as to what is most common in a region.

Ability Scores

Generate a character’s ability scores using point buy, standard array, or the below rolling method.

Rolling Ability Scores. Do not roll privately. Ping the GM in the Dice Rolls channel immediately before rolling.

• Roll 4d6 (drop the lowest) six times, then assign the scores as you want.
• If none of your scores are 14+ (before race/background adjustment), you can increase your highest score to 14.
• If the total of your modifiers is above +8 (before race/background adjustment), lower your scores until you reach +8 total.

DISEASES, POISONS, AND CURSES

If you attempt to magically cure a disease or poison or remove a curse, you must succeed on a spellcasting ability check (against the affliction’s DC). On a failure, you are unable to cure the disease or poison or remove the curse. You can retry after 24 hours for a disease or poison, or after gaining a level for a curse.

Exception. If the disease, poison, or curse originated from a spell, and you use a spell of an equal or greater slot level to remove it, you are not required to make the ability check.

FLANKING

Flanking grants the attacker +2 to hit.

INJURIES 

Falling to 0 hit points causes a level of exhaustion, which represents an injury.

LONG RESTS

Taking a long rest does not provide a free recovery of all hp. You still recover hit point dice equal to half your level (rounded up) and can spend hit point dice.

MAGIC THROWING WEAPONS

If a weapon has the thrown property and is magical, it returns to the attacker after the attack.

SWIMMING IN ARMOR

Armor that imposes disadvantage on Stealth checks also imposes disadvantage on ability checks made to swim.

VULNERABILITY

Vulnerability causes the target to take 50% more damage (not double damage).

WORLD TURNS / DOWNTIME ACTIONS

The passage of time in Myriad Legends is proportional to that of the real world. In some circumstances, this is applied loosely for the purposes of story cohesion.

• Each calendar week is a world turn, which organizes the rate at which characters perform downtime actions (DA), such as crafting or traveling.
• You can take 1 DA per world turn.

XP

Myriad Legends GMs are welcome to use either method of awarding experience points:

• Classic. XP is awarded RAW. Characters gain XP from individual challenges they overcome.
• Goal-Based. Characters earn XP by succeeding at adventure goals, instead of earning XP on a per-challenge basis. The adventure level and type determine how much XP is earned.

HOMEBREW

When you (GM) create homebrew player content (i.e. items, spells, feats), make sure to stay within the 5e power levels. See Homebrew Guidelines to help judge power levels and equivalent gp values.

If you would like to feature homebrew that is above and beyond the typical 5e power levels, such homebrew cannot leave your region unless the destination GM approves. The same is true if you award a volume of treasure that is well above the Myriad Legends guidelines.