D&D Beyond's June Drop: New Monsters, Spells, Magic Items, and More!

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
• For DMs
• Behind the Screen: Horrific Angels
• See You Next Time

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

Alejandro Pacheco

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:

Alejandro Pacheco

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

Irina Nordsol

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?