You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether a creature succeeds or fails on this…

Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Paladin) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: 10 minutes You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save,…

Manifest zones tied to Daanvi—which are relatively uncommon—often share one or more of the plane’s universal properties. Zones with the Plane of Truth property are often used as makeshift courtrooms by local communities, and a number of the largest courthouses in the Five Nations are built in such zones. Intelligence agencies are always searching for zones with the Eyes of the Law property. Other…

Magewrights weave magic into their work. They are not only limited spellcasters, but skilled professionals who use magic as a tool. In addition to a limited range of magic ability, magewrights are also skilled in the mundane aspects of their specialty. A magewright chef doesn't make food by snapping their fingers; they're skilled with Cook's Utensils, as well as using Culinary Transmutation and…

You can cast Zone of Truth without expending a spell slot. In addition, a creature that succeeds on its saving throw takes 1d6 Psychic damage at the start of each of its turns while in your Zone of Truth until it chooses to fail its saving throw instead.

Ring, uncommon (requires attunement) This golden band is stamped with images of smiling humanoid faces. While attuned to this ring, the wearer has Advantage on Search actions to make a Wisdom (Insight) check. Additionally, you can take a Magic action to cast Zone of Truth (save DC 15) with the ring. The ring can't be used this way again until the next dawn.

Ring, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) This golden band is stamped with images of smiling humanoid faces. While attuned to this ring, the wearer has Advantage on Search actions to make a Wisdom (Insight) check. Additionally, you can take a Magic action to cast Zone of Truth (save DC 15) with the ring. The ring can't be used this way again until the next dawn. He said “Stand Still,” and the next…

Ring, uncommon While wearing this simple metal band, you gain a +5 bonus to Wisdom (Insight) checks. In addition, you can cast Zone of Truth (save DC 13) from the ring. You can’t cast Zone of Truth in this way again until the next dawn.

Ring, Uncommon While wearing this simple metal band, you gain a +5 bonus to Wisdom (Insight) checks. In addition, you can cast Zone of Truth (save DC 13) from the ring. You can’t cast Zone of Truth in this way again until the next dawn.

The Dark Sun, the Prince of Lies Cyric is the powerhungry god of strife, chaos, and malicious deception. He revels in misleading unwitting individuals to perform acts that ruin their lives, and he will stop at nothing until all peoples are afraid, uneasy, and mired in constant discord. A relatively recent arrival to the Faerûnian pantheon, Cyric ascended from mortal life to godhood during the…

This plain stone chamber contains two sets of double doors, one on the north wall and a second on the south wall. Carvings in tiny script cover the east and west walls. Barcumbuk The guardian here made these carvings to pass the time. Each carving represents a nonsense metaphysical question in Infernal, such as “Who are you if you are no one?” and “When your soul is consumed, do you consume…

The Radiant Church governs Luyarnha through three primary pillars, each led by a High-Apostle: the Radiant Order, the Obitus Scholare, and the Divine Enclave. The Radiant Order serves as the Church's right hand and military backbone, managing the Militia of hunters and the Blood Cross healers who distribute the sacred Holy Tonic. Within the order, the Grey Templars, a force known only to a select…

Wondrous Item, artifact (requires attunement) Queen Ehlissa’s Marvelous Nightingale is named for its first owner, a queen from the eastern Flanaess in the world of Greyhawk. Its origin is unknown, but one legend holds that it was made to console the queen when a beloved pet songbird met its unfortunate end. This mechanical songbird has crystal eyes, golden feathers, and a small windup key on its…

Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) Queen Ehlissa’s Marvelous Nightingale is named for its first owner, a queen from the eastern Flanaess in the world of Greyhawk. Its origin is unknown, but one legend holds that it was made to console the queen when a beloved pet songbird met its unfortunate end. This mechanical songbird has crystal eyes, golden feathers, and a small windup key on its…

A magical zone of amicability radiates from you in a 60-foot Emanation for the duration. When you make an ability check to influence a creature in that area, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10. Available For: Bard (Legacy), Warlock (Legacy), Bard, Warlock

Wondrous Item, unknown rarity Zarmavdian’s spellbook, Thresholds of Truth, was once a straightforward treatise on arcane and occult lore containing several useful spells. However, it’s been so annotated and cross-referenced over the centuries that the original text is difficult to discern in many places. It’s clear that Zarmavdian was interested in preventing eldritch creatures from manipulating…

Eliminate Threats to Ideological Purity The Oath of Zeal is taken by paladins consumed by hatred for a specific group or ideology. Zealots, as these Paladins are sometimes called, pursue an inquisition against their enemies at all costs. They abandon compassion and honor as impediments to the more important work of ridding the world of those they deem dangerous or heretical. These Paladins share…

If the party investigates the wrong suspect, let them find evidence of the NPC’s true allegiance, either on their person or in their room. If the party confronts the wrong suspect, the suspect protests their innocence and offers to stand under a Zone of Truth administered by the clerics of Cuthbert. The suspect then confesses to being an agent of a non-Temple force and identifies which one. If…

Zarmavdian’s spellbook, Thresholds of Truth, was once a straightforward treatise on arcane and occult lore containing several useful spells. However, it’s been so annotated and cross-referenced over the centuries that the original text is difficult to discern in many places. It’s clear that Zarmavdian was interested in preventing eldritch creatures from manipulating innocent minds, but the…

Before Thay achieved independence, Amruthar was a Mulhorandi city ruled by a powerful satrap named Sekhotet. The satrap agreed to help Thay win its freedom in exchange for the city’s continued autonomy, and ever since, the zulkirs have honored that wish, fearing magical repercussions if they break their agreement. During Szass Tam’s regency, a seismic disaster opened chasms in Amruthar’s streets,…

The characters may take her word for it and welcome a new ally. However, if not, they might try several things to determine whether she can be trusted. If moved to violence, she tries to escape and alert Lareth to the characters. Insight. A character taking the Search action who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check can determine that she is not entirely truthful. If confronted, she responds…

Ring, uncommon (requires attunement) While wearing this ring, you are immune to magic that allows other creatures to read your thoughts, determine whether you are lying, know your alignment, or know your creature type. Creatures can telepathically communicate with you only if you allow it. You can take a Magic action to cause the ring to become imperceptible until you take another Magic action to…

Weapon (longsword), legendary (requires attunement) This blade was forged in khaar’draguus, the lava pits below Sharn, and wielded by an ancient Dhakaani hero who fell in battle against the daelkyr Belashyrra. A sentience lies within the blade; it doesn’t communicate with words, but while attuned, you can feel its emotions and desires. Shaarat’doovol was forged to protect the innocent from the…

The storms of the Thunder Sea are legendary. Beyond wind and rain, tales speak of maelstroms that drag down even the largest vessels and masses of vegetation that rise from the water to entangle ships. All of these are very real threats, even more so because these dangers don’t obey simple laws of wind and water. The Thunder Sea is home to a wide range of manifest zones, but the most powerful and…

The boundaries between Lorwyn and Shadowmoor are clear, either shining with brilliant light or cloaked in deep shadow. Some border regions, however, are liminal spaces known as eclipsed realms. These strange places are wrapped in iridescent, colorful fog. Day and night happen at the same time. Eclipsed realms are bathed in an eerie, gleaming twilight that never turns to night or brightens into…

Level 4 Enchantment (Bard, Warlock) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: 10 minutes A magical zone of amicability radiates from you in a 60-foot Emanation for the duration. When you make an ability check to influence a creature in that area, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Manifest zones are areas where the influence of the other planes bleeds through into the Material Plane. Eberron: Rising from the Last War presents some possible manifest zone effects, and chapter 5 of this book explores these in more depth. Some manifest zones are dangerous, and such regions are shunned. However, other manifest zones have effects that can be quite useful for commerce or…