Embris Approved Books

Notes:

All items here are subject to change

Embris Gunslinger guns are allowed

Player’s Handbook (PHB)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds from this book are approved.

• Races:

All races from this book except for the following are approved:

Variant Human

• Items:

All items from this book are approved.

Dungeon Master’s Guide (DMG)

• Races:

All races from the DMG are banned.

• Items:

All items except for the following are approved:

+1/+2/+3 variations of banned items from the DMG

Antimatter Rifle

Any weapons of warning

Automatic Pistol

Automatic Rifle

Bomb

Dynamite

Energy Cell

Fragmentation Grenade

Grenade Launcher

Hunting Rifle

Laser Pistol

Laser Rifle

Modern Bullet

Musket

Pistol

Renaissance Bullet

Revolver

Shotgun

Smoke Grenade

Apparatus of Kwalish

Axe of the Dwarvish Lords

Bag of Beans

Blackrazor

Book of Exalted Deeds

Book of Vile Darkness

Dancing Weapons

Deck of Many Things

Efreeti Bottle

Eye of Vecna

Hand of Vecna

Helm of Teleportation (This item is not banned, but is a Very Rare)

Horn of Valhalla

Iron Flask

Luck Blade

Manuals (Cannot be crafted but can be found/used)

Orb of Dragonkind

Philter of Love

Sword of Kas

Tomes (Cannot be crafted but can be found/used)

Wand of Orcus

Volo’s Guide to Monsters (VGM)

• Races:

All races from VGM are approved.

• Items:

All items except the following in VGM are NPC items:

Survival Mantle

Xanathar’s Guide to Everything (XGE)

• Races:

There are no races in this book.

• Items:

All items except for variations banned in the PHB/DMG are allowed.

Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (MTF)

• Races:

All races from this book are allowed.

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Greater Silver Sword

Infernal Tack

Silver Sword

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything (TCE)

• Races:

Custom Lineage is banned from the server.

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Baba Yaga’s Mortar and Pestle

Baba Yaga’s Pestle

Crook of Rao

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide (SCAG)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds are approved except for the following:

Utthgardt Tribe Member

Waterhavian Noble

• Races:

All races in this book are approved.

• Items:

All items in this book are approved.

Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica (GGR)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds from this book are banned.

• Races:

All races in this book are approved.

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Azorius Guild Signet

Azorius Keyrune

Boros Guild Signet

Boros Keyrune

Copper Alms-Coin

Copper Zib

Dimir Guild Signet

Dimir Keyrune

Electrum 50-Zib Coin

Gold 5-Zino Coin

Gold Zino

Golgari Guild Signet

Golgari Keyrune

Gruul Guild Signet

Gruul Keyrune

Guild Keyrune

Guild Signet

Illusionist's Bracers

Izzet Guild Signet

Izzet Keyrune

Mizzium Apparatus

Mizzium Mortar

Moodmark Paint

Orzhov Guild Signet

Orzhov Keyrune

Pariah's Shield

Peregrine Mask

Platinum 10-Zino Coin

Platinum 100-Zino Coin

Pyroconverger

Rakdos Guild Signet

Rakdos Keyrune

Rakdos Riteknife

Selesnya Guild Signet

Selesnya Keyrune

Silver 25-Zib Coin

Simic Guild Signet

Simic Keyrune

Spies' Murmur

Sunforger

Sword of the Paruns

Eberron: Rising from the Last War (ERLW)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds from this book are approved.

• Feats:

Aberrant Dragonmark is banned

• Races:

All races from this book are approved except for the following:

Dwarf (Mark of Warding)

Elf (Mark of Shadow)

Gnome (Mark of Scribing)

Half-Elf (Mark of Detection)

Half-Elf (Mark of Storm)

Half-Orc (Mark of Finding)

Halfing (Mark of Healing)

Halfing (Mark of Hospitality)

Human (Mark of Finding)

Human (Mark of Handling)

Human (Mark of Making)

Human (Mark of Passage)

Human ( Mark of Sentinel)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Kyrzin’s Ooze

Living Armor

Ventilating Lungs

Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount (EGW)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds except for the following are approved:

Grinner

Volstrucker Agent

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Items:

All items except for the following are approved:

Skyship

Any type of antimatter rifle

Arcane Cannon

Any type of automatic pistol

Any type of automatic rifle

Any type of hunting rifle

Any type of laser pistol

Any type of laser rifle

Any type of musket

Any type of revolver

Any type of shotgun

Grovelthrash

Lash of Shadows

Mace of Black Crown

Ruin’s Wake

Silken Spite

The Bloody End

Will of the Talon

Mythic Odyssey’s of Theros (MOT)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds from this book are approved.

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Akmon, Hammer of Purphoros

Dekella, Bident of Thassa

Ephixis, Bow of Nylea

Helm of the Gods

Khrusor, Spear of Heliod

Mastix, Whip of Erebos

Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft (VRGR)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds from this book are approved.

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Items:

All items from this book are approved.

Elemental Evil Player’s Compendium (EEPC)

• Backgrounds:

There are no backgrounds in this book.

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Items:

There are no items in this book.

Candlekeep Mysteries (CM)

• Backgrounds:

There are no backgrounds in this book.

• Races:

There are no races in this book.

• Items:

All items in this book are approved.

Serpent Scale Armor (This item is not banned but is now a rare item.)

Wild Beyond the Witchlight (WBtW)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds except the following are approved:

Witchlight Hand

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Iggwilv’s Cauldron

Pixie Dust

Scissors of Shadow Snipping

Snicker-Snack

Steel

39 Vial of viscous liquid labeled "Fomorian spit. Do not drink!"

49 Piece of parchment bearing a child's drawing of an oni

60 Stuffed oni doll with a creepy smile and one missing eye

Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons (FTD)

• Feats

All feats from this book are approved.

• Classes

All classes from this book are approved.

• Backgrounds

All backgrounds from this book are approved.

• Races

All races from this book are approved.

• Items

All items except the following are allowed:

Flail of Tiamat

Ruby Weave Gem

Gold Canary Figurine of Wonderous Power

The following horde items/versions have been banned: Ascendant Dragon Vessel

Horde items need to have a plausible reason for being in the loot pile and cannot be a starting item.

Storm King’s Thunder (SKT)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Banner of the Krig Rune

Blod Stone

Claw of the Wyrm Rune

Faerie Dust

Gavel of the Venn Rune

Gurt's Greataxe

Ingot of the Skold Rune

Korolnor Scepter

Navigation Orb

Opal of the Ild Rune

Orb of the Stein Rune

Pennant of the Vind Rune

Rod of the Vonindod

Shard of the Ise Rune

Wyrmskull Throne

Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (WDMM)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Black Crystal Tablet

Dagger of Blindsight

Helm of the Scavenger

Horn of the Endless Maze

Horned Ring

Maddgoth’s Helmet

Mind Flayer Skull

Potion of Watchful Rest

Professor Orb

Shield of the Uven Rune

Tearulai

Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (WDH)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Azuredge

Badge of the Watch

Blackstaff

Dragonstaff of Ahghairon

Feather of Diatryma (Waiting for Lore to publish the Underdark?)

Lord’s Ensemble

Smokepowder

Stone of Golorr

Teleporter Ring

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (IDRotF)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Professor Skant

Scroll of Tarrasque Summoning

Scroll of the Comet

Shield Guardian Amulet

The Codicil of White

Ythryn Mythallar

Ghosts of Saltmarsh (GoS)

• Items:

All items in this book are approved.

Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus (BGDIA)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Battle Standard of Infernal Power

Blade of Avernus

Hellfire Weapon

Matalotok

Obsidian Flint Dragon Plate

Shatterstick

Shield of the Hidden Lord

Out of the Abyss (OotA)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Dawnbringer

Gravenhollow Compass Ring

Princes of the Apocalypse (PotA)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Devastation Orbs

Drown

Ironfang

Orcsplitter

Tinderstrike

Windvane

Lost Mines of Phandelver (LMoP)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Dragonguard

Lightbringer

Tomb of Annihilation (ToA)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Amulet of the Black Skull

Bookmark

Petrified Grung Egg

Ring of Winter

Staff of the Forgotten One

Tales from the Yawning Portal (TftYP)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Flame Tongue Shortsword of Greed

Night Caller

Waythe

Curse of Strahd (CoS)

• Items:

All items except the following are approved:

Tome of Strahd

Blood Spear

Gulthias

Holy Symbol of Ravenkind

Icon of Ravenloft

Lost Sword

Order of the Silver Dragon +2 Shield

Saint Markovia’s Thighbone

Statuette of Saint Markovia

Sunsword

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos (SCC)

• Backgrounds:

All backgrounds from this book are banned.

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Spells:

All spells from this book are approved except for the following:

Silvery Barb

• Items:

All items from this book except for the following are approved:

Cuddly Strixhaven Mascot

Lorehold Primer

Murgaxor’s Orb

Prismari Primer

Quandrix Primer

Silverquill Primer

Strixhaven Pennant

Witherbloom Primer

• Feats:

All feats from this book are banned.

Call of the Netherdeep (CotN)

• Items:

All items from this book except for the following are banned.

Earring of Message

Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (MPMM)

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

Acquisition's Incorporated (AI)

• Spells:

The following spells from this book are approved:
-Fast Friends

-Jim's Glowing Coin

-Motivational Speech

Astral Adventurer's Guide (AAG)

• Backgrounds:

Only the Astral Drifter Background is allowed, though one must make the Magic Initiate Feat their starting feat when selecting this background.

• Races:

All races from this book are approved.

• Items:

All items from this book are banned.

Dragonlance (DSotDQ)

• Races:

The following races from this book have been approved:

Kender

• Items:

All items from this book except for the following are approved:

Flying Citadel Helm

• Feats:

The following feat is approved:

Divinely Favored

• Subclass:

The following subclass from this book has been approved:

Lunar Sorcerer

Exploring Eberron Approved Material:

Races/Subraces:

• Court Aasimars

• Seeker Aasimars

• Fernian Aasimars

• Mabarron Aasimars

• Dhakaani Hobgoblin

• Dhakaani Goblin

• Dhakaani Bugbear

• Gnoll Race

Subclasses:

• Artificer: Maverick

• Artificer: Forge Adept

• Bard: College of Dirge Singer

Items:

• Battle Rod

• Charlatan's Gloves

• Drybrooch

• Duster

• Integrated Tool

• Lamplighter

• Spark

• Talking Wand