Character Options - Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Character Options. The campus of Strixhaven draws a student body from across the world-or many worlds. With your DM's permission, you can create just about any Strixhaven character you can imagine, drawing on player character rules from the Player's Handbook and other D&D books. This chapter adds to that wealth of options with the material in the following sections: "Race Option" presents the owlin, a character race option perfect for playing an owl-like student. "Choosing a College" gives advice on building a character for adventuring in Strixhaven. "Strixhaven Backgrounds" presents a background option for each Strixhaven college, linking a character to one of the five colleges. "Feats" offers Strixhaven-themed feats for use with A Curriculum of Chaos and other adventures. "Spells" reveals some spells that were developed at the university. "Magic Items" collects magic items that Strixhaven students might acquire on their adventures. A group of Strixhaven students-each from a different college-descend into the depths below an ancient ruin Race Option The owlin is a race option for player characters in Strixhaven and other D&D settings. Choosing a College At Strixhaven, students choose their colleges at the start of their second year. But even during a character's first year, you make college-related decisions for your character, such as a background choice. From the start, your character is making decisions that will lead to their eventual college choice. Chapter 1 describes each of the colleges. How do you decide which of these colleges is right for your character? Consider these approaches: Read the college descriptions in chapter 1, and choose the college that appeals to you. Read the descriptions of backgrounds and feats in this chapter. If one of them catches your eye, choose that college. If you have access to Magic: The Gathering cards from the Strixhaven set, find a card that appeals to you and build that character. A Strixhaven Party If you're starting a...