Your body falls into a catatonic state as your soul leaves it and enters the container you used for the spell’s Material component. While your soul inhabits the container, you are aware of your surroundings as if you were in the container’s space. You can’t move or take Reactions. The only action you can take is to project your soul up to 100 feet out of the container, either returning to your…

Level 6 Necromancy (Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a gem, crystal, or reliquary worth 500+ GP) Duration: Until dispelled Your body falls into a catatonic state as your soul leaves it and enters the container you used for the spell’s Material component. While your soul inhabits the container, you are aware of your surroundings as if you were in the container’s…

Wondrous Item, legendary (requires attunement) A small, heart-shaped silver pointer hangs from a silver necklace. It is inscribed with occult symbols. When placed on an open book or other assortment of letters, the air nearby feels heavy and cold. While wearing the planchette, you can use it as a Spellcasting Focus for your spells, you gain a bonus to Intelligence and Wisdom ability checks…

A brain in a jar is the gray matter of one who cheated death through magic or strange surgeries. It now forces its will on those around it. Some brains in jars are the result of strange experiments, bizarre punishments, or the aberrant preservation methods of creatures and mi-go (detailed in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within). A brain in a jar’s container might be an alien contraption, ostentatious…

Disembodied, Manipulative Mastermind A brain in a jar is the gray matter of one who cheated death through magic or strange surgeries. It now forces its will on those around it. Some brains in jars are the result of strange experiments, bizarre punishments, or the aberrant preservation methods of creatures and mi-go (detailed later in this chapter). A brain in a jar’s container might be an alien…

Wondrous Item, rare This heavy cloth bag contains 3d4 dry beans when found. The bag weighs half a pound regardless of how many beans it contains and becomes a nonmagical item when it no longer contains any beans. If you dump one or more beans out of the bag, they explode in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on them. All the dumped beans are destroyed in the explosion, and each creature in the…

Wondrous Item, Rare This heavy cloth bag contains 3d4 dry beans when found. The bag weighs half a pound regardless of how many beans it contains and becomes a nonmagical item when it no longer contains any beans. If you dump one or more beans out of the bag, they explode in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on them. All the dumped beans are destroyed in the explosion, and each creature in the…

Ring, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) This black iron ring bears glowing orange runes of fire and metal. While wearing the ring, your melee weapon attacks deal 1d6 extra Fire damage on a hit. In addition, the ring has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can expend its charges to use the properties below. Furnace Blast. You can expend 1 charge to cast Burning Hands (level…

Ring, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) This glittering ring of blue-white crystal bears runes of ice and battle. While wearing the ring, your melee weapon attacks deal 1d6 extra Cold Damage on a hit. In addition, the ring has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can expend its charges to use the properties below. Frozen Wrath. You can expend 1 charge to cast Ice Storm .…

The magic item descriptions that follow are presented in alphabetical order.

Ring, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) This polished granite ring bears runes of strength. While wearing the ring, when you attack with a weapon that deals Bludgeoning damage, you score a Critical Hit on a natural 19 or 20. In addition, the ring has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can expend its charges to use the properties below. Bones of the Mountain. You can…

Wondrous Item, legendary (requires attunement) This ornate Hooded Lantern was once a weapon in the hands of the Chained Reaper, filled with ghastly balefire. Able to pierce the veil, the lantern reveals a glimpse at things hidden from mortal eyes. While you hold the lantern and it is lit, you gain a bonus to Intelligence (Investigation) and Wisdom (Perception) checks determined by the…

Wondrous Item, Common This large ceramic stein is decorated with dwarven glyphs and topped with a brass lid that can be opened by thumb lever. While the lid is closed and the stein is empty, you can name a nonmagical ale, beer, or mead as a Bonus Action and the stein fills with that liquid.

Wondrous Item, uncommon This ceramic jug appears to be able to hold a gallon of liquid and weighs 12 pounds whether full or empty. The jug sloshes when it is shaken, even if the jug is empty. You can take a Magic action and name one liquid from the Alchemy Jug Liquids table to cause the jug to produce the chosen liquid. Afterward, you can uncork the jug as a Utilize action and pour that liquid…

Wondrous Item, Uncommon This ceramic jug appears to be able to hold a gallon of liquid and weighs 12 pounds whether full or empty. The jug sloshes when it is shaken, even if the jug is empty. You can take a Magic action and name one liquid from the Alchemy Jug Liquids table to cause the jug to produce the chosen liquid. Afterward, you can uncork the jug as a Utilize action and pour that liquid…

Magic items are presented in alphabetical order. A magic item’s description gives the item’s name, its category, its rarity, and its magical properties.

Some nefarious magic-users carry out forbidden necromantic rituals that sever their souls from their bodies to turn themselves into liches, masters of magic and undeath. With their souls preserved in hidden relics, liches puppet their own corpses as they pursue ambitions free from mortal bonds. Liches possess exceptional cunning and magical prowess, and they use their unnatural immortality to…

Adamantine Armor (Breastplate), Alchemy Jug

Wondrous Item, common This brass cup changes the flavor of any water it’s holding. As a Bonus Action, you can whisper the name of a fruit into the cup. If the cup is filled with water, the water’s color and flavors magically change to resemble that kind of fruit juice. Saying the name of another fruit changes the water’s color and flavors again. Regardless of its color and flavors, the water is…

Wondrous Item, Common This flavorless, gelatinous bead dissolves in liquid, transforming up to a pint of the liquid into fresh, cold drinking water. The bead has no effect on magical liquids or harmful substances such as poison.

Wondrous Item, Rare (+1), Very Rare (+2), Legendary (+3) (Requires Attunement) This ornate Hooded Lantern was once a weapon in the hands of the Chained Reaper, filled with ghastly balefire. Able to pierce the veil, the lantern reveals a glimpse at things hidden from mortal eyes. While you hold the lantern and it is lit, you gain a bonus to Intelligence (Investigation) and Wisdom (Perception)…

Wondrous Item, Rare (+1), Very Rare (+2), Legendary (+3) (Requires Attunement) This ornate Hooded Lantern was once a weapon in the hands of the Chained Reaper, filled with ghastly balefire. Able to pierce the veil, the lantern reveals a glimpse at things hidden from mortal eyes. While you hold the lantern and it is lit, you gain a bonus to Intelligence (Investigation) and Wisdom (Perception)…

Magic Items for Starting Characters If you’re starting a campaign for characters above level 1, “ Creating a Character ” offers suggestions for how many magic items such characters should start with and the rarity of those items. Consider these approaches to determining the items each character receives: DM Choice: Choose items for each character using your own judgment. Player Choice: Let the…

*Halve the value for a consumable item other than a Spell Scroll. The value of a Spell Scroll is double what it costs to scribe the scroll (as specified in the “Scribing Spell Scrolls” section of “Equipment”).