Hello everyone, and welcome back to D&D Beyond Drops!
We’ve got a ton of fun things for you to play with as part of the June drop, including some never-before-seen angelic antagonists, spells to defend and destroy, and useful magic items!
For Players
We’re giving you more fun tools to play with! This month, we’re adding 3 new spells and 3 new magic items.
Spells:
Searing Orb. This is a level 2 spell available to Clerics and Paladins. You’re able to throw a pulsing orb of energy at one enemy before engulfing nearby foes in a flash of light.
Tortoise Shell. This is a level 2 spell available to Artificers, Druids, and Rangers. This spell bolsters your defenses – provided you don’t move.
Void Star. This is a level 7 spell available to Warlocks and Wizards. You hurl a fragment of a dark star at an enemy that deals damage when you first hit and some extra damage at the end of its next turn.
Magic Items:
Amulet of Retributive Healing. This is a Rare Wondrous Item with 3 charges. If you heal someone, you can expend a charge to heal for the same amount of HP.
Eternal Chalk. This is a Common Wondrous Item. Chalk that never breaks or wears down, and it writes in any color of your choice, leaving marks that only you can erase.
Salubrious Armor. This is Rare Armor (that can come in the form of Plate Armor or Scale Mail). This armor gives you a brief bonus to AC whenever you’re healed.
And we’re also including 4 character sheet portrait frames inspired by D&D's most iconic creatures!
For DMs
We’re celebrating the early access release of Ravenloft: The Horrors Within with 4 new angelic stat blocks! Unfortunately for your players, they’re not the type of angels you’d expect. These are Celestial Horrors:
Angel of Death (CR 14). Also known as carperi, angels of death collect souls of important or problematic mortals. They’re sent by their divine masters to make sure that the soul isn’t lost or intercepted. Artist Credit: Irina Nordsol.
Angel of Obsession (CR 6). Also known as khulexi, angels of obsession are guardian angels warped by their own vigilance to become obsessed with their wards. Artist Credit: Irina Nordsol.
Angel of Slaughter (CR 25). Also known as myrmeriks, angels of slaughter serve divine beings who wish to unleash their wrath on transgressors against their holy or unholy wills. Artist Credit: Alejandro Pacheco.
Angel of Vengeance (CR 9). Also known as umulti, angels of vengeance are former planetars who’ve been corrupted by the evil acts they’ve performed in service to good causes. Artist Credit: Alejandro Pacheco.
5 New Horror Maps. We’ve also included 5 maps within the Maps VTT that similarly feel at home in a horror/Ravenloft-type game. Here are their names and locations within Maps VTT:
- Dungeons > Stronghold > Temple Complex of Blood
- Interiors > Academic > Library in the Shadowfell
- Interiors > Religious > Temple in the Shadowfell
- Urban > Gravesite > Graveyard and Tomb
- Wilderness > Ruins > Ruins of Draconic Bone
And remember: the weekly Drop-In Encounters quickplay maps continue as well.
Behind the Screen: Horrific Angels
You might be wondering: when it comes to Ravenloft and horror, how did we land on angels?
While angels have had many interpretations throughout history, we decided to explore the more terrifying aspects of celestial beings: Where you have undeniably powerful entities wielding divine fury, ready (and willing) to smite the wicked (or their interpretations of the wicked).
When we decided to explore their seemingly incomprehensible nature, it felt naturally compatible with what you would see in Ravenloft (or any horror campaign) without being beholden to it. You certainly don’t need to be in a Ravenloft/horror campaign to have a divine entity (that your party got on the wrong side of) send an Angel of Slaughter after you for revenge!
As Brian said last month—DDB Drops gives us the opportunity to offer content that can help explore the themes from our books from a different angle. Celestials aren’t traditionally found in Ravenloft, but the ones we’ve included should feel right at home there and can just as easily be included in your home games.
See You Next Time
Whether you're a player looking to shake up your strategy with new spells and gear, or a DM ready to unleash something truly terrifying on your table, the June Drop has something for everyone. Be sure to let us know how you end up using the content we've released this month, along with what you'd like to see in future Drops!
We'll see you in the next Drop. Until then—watch the skies. Not all angels are on your side.
By the way... what's going on with the elemental planes?
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Posted Jun 4, 2026An artificer spell? Is it true? Can it be? Will we finally be able to get new spells outside of a book release?
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Lovely drop
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Lovely drop indeed.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026OMG!! Now I'm going to look forward to these drops. They are pretty good...I'm excited to test them.
Is this content allowed to share with master sub?
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Finally! More High CR monsters. Please keep this up!
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Posted Jun 4, 2026They probably remembered that Artificer exists since it they just published a book with an Artificer Subclass in it
I would be pleasantly surprised if they continue to give more Artificer Spells without Artificer being in a book that has a Artificer, at least 3 months difference before or after release
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Posted Jun 4, 2026;]
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Love the chalk, actually. As someone who was a visual artisit i love to flavor my bards as a visual artist (until a painter bard comes out). But this will be great for a street artist type of Bard or someone who is an activist who wants to spread word or keep a message alive.
Everything else is good But am I missing something here about the Salubrious Armor? +1 armors are already rare, and the +1 is always active. This seems like it should be either an uncommon item or more AC when healed.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Opinion time!
Salubrious Armor is literally worse than just +1 armor, which is the same rarity, not attunement, and not restricted in armor types. Why did it get included? I'd understand if it had more to it, or if it was Uncommon. But as it stands, it's just... worse.
For Void Star, I get that 7th level spells need more variety, but it feels so... plain. I guess some spells have to be, it's just my immediate reaction to the contrast between effect, power level, and visual description.
The angels all seem very cool, no sarcasm- I'd be absolutely terrified to run into any of them as a player, and delighted to maneuver them as a DM. Celestials needed more representation, and this delivers, for sure.
I can see the other spells and magic items getting plenty of play too. It's just the two I mentioned I'm not fond of.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026It will be. They are currently working on a way to make it shareable.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Hopefully the Void Star spell is something that gets added to the Psion whenever its added.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026It's refreshing to see a different flavor of celestial creatures, especially with abilities that can provide a lot of tactical fun. I can already see some interesting story moments depending on how these are introduced or discovered by the party.
I'm curious if the Tortoise Shell breaks from involuntary movement, attacking with a weapon, or performing somatic spell components (if no, would Misty Step keep it up?).
The items are a nicely balanced spread of useful, fun, and cool, although, Amulet of Retributive Healing seems poorly named given what it does, Amulet of Reciprocal Healing would be more clear.
Lovely drop indubitably.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Be still my heart! What's next? Items that can be attuned by an artificer outside of an All-Purpose Tool?
Snark aside, this is awesome. As an arti main it's good to see new stuff for us too!
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Not gonna lie. I would love to use these monsters for a Domain of Dread that is celestial/angelic in nature! XD
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Posted Jun 4, 2026I love new spells and items! I feel like they tap into more dynamic videogamey design space, and I honestly love it. Not sure if it's going to work for my table, but I like that it's something fresh
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Why can't I share drops with my players? This defeats the entire point of having dndbeyond, mind as well go back to paper.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Horrific angels? and they are still not the lovecraftian entities from the bible.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026I have a Sorcerer that's all about teleportation and utility, so they chalk is actually a helpful spell component and flavor, thanks!
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Yes- but Warlock sorely needs some love in spell levels 6-8 so even though its similar in ways to Finger of Death, I like that its a spell attack which means you can potentially crit for 12d12 necrotic....thats alot of fun math rocks to roll.
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Posted Jun 4, 2026Notably, it does not limit this +1 bonus to one instance of healing. So if two people heal you before the end of your next turn that bonus becomes a net +2.