Accepted Sources

To create a character for Crystal Spire, it should be said that there are a plethora of options for race, class, background, and even equipment. This world always uses the rules for racial adjustments as presented in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.

Official Books

• Player's Handbook (PHB)
• Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG)
• Monster Manual (MM)
• Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (SCAG)
• Volo's Guide to Monsters (VGTM)
• The Tortle Package (TTP)
• One Grung Above (OGA)
• Xanathar's Guide to Everything (XGTE)
• Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (MToF
• Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron (WGTE)
• Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica (GGTR)
• Acquisitions Incorporated (AI)
• Eberron: Rising from the Last War (ERftLW)
• Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1 (MFF1)
• Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (EGtW)
• Mythic Odysseys of Theros (MOoT)
• Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (TCE)
• Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (VRGtR)
• Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (FToD)
• Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos (SCoC)
• Monstrous Compendium Volume 1: Spelljammer Creatures (MC1)
• Monstrous Compendium Volume 2: Dragonlance Creatures (MC2)
• Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (MotM)
• Spelljammer: Adventures in Space (SAiS)
• Lost Mine of Phandelver (LMoP)
• Tyranny of Dragons (ToD)
• Princes of the Apocalypse (PotA)
• Out of the Abyss (OotA)
• Curse of Strahd (CoS)
• Storm King's Thunder (SKT)
• Tales from the Yawning Portal (TftYP)
• Tomb of Annihilation (ToA)
• Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (DH)
• Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (DotMM)
• Lost Laboratory of Kwalish (LLoK)
• Ghost of Saltmarsh (GoS)
• Descent into Avernus (DiA)
• Locatha Rising (LR)
• Infernal Machine Rebuild (IMR)
• Icewind Dale: Rime of the Fristmaiden (ID:RotF)
• Candlekeep Mysteries (CM)
• The Wild Beyond the Witchlight (WBtW)
• Call of the Netherdeep (CotN)
• Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel (JttRC)
• Spelljammer Academy (SA)
• Dragons of Stormwreck Isle (DoSI)
• Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen (DSotDQ)

Plane Shift books

These books, while released by Wizards of the Coast, were written and developed by the Magic the Gathering team. But they have contributed to the development of Crystal Spire as much as the books listed above.

• Plane Shift Amonkhet (PSA)
• Plane Shift Dominaria (PSD)
• Plane Shift Innistrhad (PSIn)
• Plane Shift Ixalan (PSIx)
• Plane Shift Kaladesh (PSK)
• Plane Shift Zendikar (PSZ)

Recognized Homebrew

Due to the OGL Scandal of late 2022 to 2023, support of official release beyond this point will be tentative at best, non-existent at worst. This means we will be placing much more support on 3rd party creators, doubly so especially if the content they produce helps the theme, texture, and flavor of the world of Tarana.


The Book of the Celts: Archetypes of the Celtic World by Darren Kenny
Otherworldly Patron: The Mists by Oliver Clegg (unfortunately this book seems to be no longer available on the DMs Guild)
Volo's Complete Subrace Handbook by Clan Crafter Hralding
5e Racial Handbook by Supreme Slayer
Sharkfolk Player Race by Arcane Athenaeum
Steampunk Compendium
The Book of Lost Magicka by Homebrew for Equality Volunteer Group
Bardic College of Revelry and Visions by James Davidson
Scroll of Strange Races
Scroll of Strange Races II