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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
yourself. The knight has the same alignment as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the two of you have been drawn together by fate. Work with your DM to create a name and backstory for this NPC
. The DM can use a different stat block to represent the knight, as desired.
Moon. You gain the ability to cast Wish 1d3 times.
Puzzle. Permanently reduce your Intelligence or Wisdom by 1d4 + 1 (to
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
the end of another creature’s turn. Pazrodine regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.
Tail. Pazrodine makes one Tail attack.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). Pazrodine uses
and Material Plane have to offer. Curious Fey asked to join her caravan, and before long, she had a menagerie of merchants accompanying her on her travels. Pazrodine came to view these Fey merchants as
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
unable to use the Dash action, cannot climb, or cast spells other than cantrips until the start of its next turn.
Keen Hearing. The dire corby has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
inevitably emerge on the surface, the dire corbies’ voracious appetites cause them to quickly strip their new environment—including any nearby settlements—of life.Thunder
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
","rollAction":"Lightning Discharge","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Thought to be cast-off splinters of Yggdrasil, the World
inside its trunk in which Medium or smaller creatures can lurk.
Yggdrasti attack any settlements or spelljamming ships they come across without provocation. By using a speak with plants spell or
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Control Weather (1/Day). The hag can cast the control weather spell, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability.
Graystaff Magic. The hag carries a graystaff, a
wintry lands, favoring snowy mountains. These hags become more active during winter, using their ice and weather magic to make life miserable for nearby settlements.
A bheur hag’s skin has the
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
":"spell", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At will: light, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bane, banishment, bestow curse, command, cure wounds
no longer summon dao as they once did, but fear of the Forgotten God has kept the dao from seeking vengeance.
Yakfolk Society. Yakfolk dwell in secluded settlements sheltered from the worst of nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
chapter). Wildspace settlements sell basic fishing equipment for 1 sp. For that, you get a pole, a line, a hook, and either a lure or some bait. At the end of each hour spent fishing, a character can
Boo’s Astral Menagerie; feeds up to twelve people) 10 Hostile gray scavver (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie; feeds up to twenty people), some other creature of the DM’s choosing, or a Tiny object of the DM’s choosing
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and brute
.
Creating a Wizard
Creating a wizard character demands a backstory dominated by at least one extraordinary event. How did your character first come into contact with magic? How did you discover you had
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
players might develop a villain’s backstory together. A DM might ask a player: When you fought in the Last War, Halas Martain served in your unit until he betrayed you. What did he do, exactly? Likewise
, when a pulp villain appears to die, they can devise remarkable escapes from death. Perhaps Halas had a ring that cast an illusion of his death while stabilizing him or cast feather fall when he leapt
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tail. The dragon makes one Tail attack.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon uses Spellcasting.Ancient legends
a menagerie of figurine of wondrous power;figurines of wondrous power and activates the items regularly to liven up the lair.
Moonstone Dragon Lairs
Often, a moonstone dragon’s lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Spellcasting Most settlements contain individuals who are willing to cast spells in exchange for payment. If a spell has expensive components, add the cost of those components to the cost listed in
the Spellcasting Services table. The higher the level of a desired spell, the harder it is to find someone to cast it. Spellcasting Services Spell Level Availability Cost Cantrip Village, town, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Spellcasting Most settlements contain individuals who are willing to cast spells in exchange for payment. If a spell has expensive components, add the cost of those components to the cost listed in
the Spellcasting Services table. The higher the level of a desired spell, the harder it is to find someone to cast it. Spellcasting Services Spell Level Availability Cost Cantrip Village, town, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
starhorrors, and one aartuk elder (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie for their stat blocks). Dock 4. The Tarrasque, a space galleon, is crewed by four hadozee explorers, fifteen hadozee warriors (see Boo’s Astral
Menagerie for hadozee stat blocks), and a hadozee druid. Dock 5. The Gadabout, a wasp ship with a torn-off leg, has a crew of two ssurran defilers and three ssurran poisoners (see Boo’s Astral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Wilderness Features No wilderness map is complete without a few settlements, strongholds, ruins, and other sites worthy of discovery. A dozen such locations scattered over an area roughly 50 miles
an old, crumbling wall that runs alongside a road, a sagging stone windmill on a hilltop, or a jumble of standing stones can add texture to your wilderness. Settlements Settlements exist in places
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
presence. Your guild has roughly fifty members made up of skilled folk who live and work outside your Bastion, usually in nearby settlements. Recruit: Guild Assignment. Each time you issue the Recruit
is slain and your Bastion has a Trophy Room, you can add a trophy taken from the creature to that facility. If the creature is captured and your Bastion has a Menagerie, you can add the creature to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
back to the time when the dark elves were first exiled from the world above. The drow and other Underdark creatures use the properties of areas suffused with faerzress to protect their settlements
Constitution saving throw to cast the spell. Failing this save means the spell is wasted and has no effect. Any creature attempting to teleport into, within, or out of a faerzress-suffused area must
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shift Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast hallucinatory terrain, requiring no spell components
to mirror the dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Warp Perception (1/Day). The dragon can cast mirage arcane, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The dragon
dragon’s mood.
Clever Concealment
The shyest of the gem dragons, emerald dragons are also the most curious. They love to observe local settlements and peoples, using their psionic abilities to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Showdown! The dragon’s flying speed is greater than the characters’ overland movement speed or the flying speed available to characters who can cast fly spells, so the party has little hope of
plan in the previous chapter, they know the order in which the settlements of Ten-Towns will be attacked. The dragon’s preferred tactic is to strafe each settlement from the air, using its breath weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
below, but you can create others. Vordana Jezral (NG female lightfoot halfling scout) has the psionic ability to cast the misty step spell once per day. She is familiar with the roads and trails of the
North and the settlements along them. She knows every innkeeper from Neverwinter to Deadsnows, and she has two traveling companions: a tressym (see appendix C) named Flycatcher and an old mule named
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
from the Giant Kin Encounters table in chapter 3 to unleash on surrounding settlements. The giant can be cleansed of Far Realm influence by the remove curse or greater restoration spell, but only if the
spell is cast while the giant has the incapacitated condition and the caster succeeds on a DC 20 ability check using the caster’s spellcasting ability. Food for Thought A colony of mind flayers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
neighbors, particularly the drow, the settlements and kingdoms of svirfneblin are in constant danger of being relocated, conquered, or destroyed. Such was the fate of Blingdenstone, one of the
innate spellcasting ability of your ancestors. This ability allows you to cast nondetection on yourself at will, without needing a material component. You can also cast each of the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
The Xaryxian Threat Prince Xeleth is a chaotic evil astral elf aristocrat (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie) who wears a ring of shooting stars. After learning of his sister’s escape from custody, Xeleth
used the power of the Astral Font (see chapter 11) to cast divination. This spell enabled him to determine the whereabouts of his sister’s ring of shooting stars. Prince Xeleth The young solar dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cast awaken spells on several beasts, gifting them with human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, and uses them to spy on settlements and terrorize their inhabitants. Ravisin has taken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
yugoloths. They sometimes hire themselves out to attack and scuttle ships and raid coastal settlements. Hydroloth
Medium fiend (yugoloth), neutral evil
Armor Class 15
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54
hydroloth’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Kobolds are a lot less cute when they learn how to cast fireballs.
— Volo
Kobolds are often dismissed as cowardly, foolish, and weak, but these little reptilian creatures actually have a
; animosity, gnomes tend to avoid or abandon settlements that have a severe infestation of kobolds, and conversely kobolds are usually driven out of communities that have a large gnome population
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Valda’s Spire of Secrets: Player Pack 2
Circle of the City Druid Subclass: Master the Urban Jungle The Circle of the City draws its power from buildings, streets, and people. These “Urban Druids” make their homes in sprawling settlements
, Passwall Level 3: City Shape Lucas Ferreira CM You can expend a use of your Wild Shape to cast Meld into Stone, Passwall, or Stone Shape without a spell slot. Level 3: Urban Druid Your magic and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ominous shadows on the settlements of the North. Caravans and farmsteads have come under attack. Frost giant longships have begun terrorizing the Sword Coast. Various organizations throughout the North
situation to change. Harpers are eager to recruit adventurers to help them combat the giant threat. The Lords’ Alliance Various settlements of the North have banded together to form the Lords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Deep gnomes are often encountered in the company of creatures from the Elemental Plane of Earth. Some svirfneblin can summon such creatures. Earth creatures guard svirfneblin settlements, especially
11). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: nondetection (self only)
1/day each: blindness/deafness, blur, disguise self
Actions
War Pick. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
frequently raid surface settlements under cover of night, returning to the Underdark with prisoners and spoils in tow before dawn. Elite warriors can be male or female. Drow Elite Warrior
Medium humanoid
(spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: dancing lights
1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)
Sunlight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
players describe where and how their characters spend their time — a favorite tavern, library, or temple, perhaps. Using these NPCs and locations as a starting point, flesh out the settlement’s cast of
settlements aren’t merely rest stops but locations where adventures unfold. In a settlement that doubles as an adventure location, detail the intended adventure areas, such as towers and warehouses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. They sometimes hire themselves out to attack and scuttle ships and raid coastal settlements. Hydroloth
Medium Fiend (Yugoloth), Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 15
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54
a DC 16 Intelligence saving throw. On a successful save, the target becomes immune to this hydroloth’s Steal Memory for 24 hours. On a failed save, the target loses all proficiencies; it can’t cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
, who is overseeing Emperor Xavan’s ascension. Watching from the perimeter of the room are twelve astral elf honor guards of various alignments. See Boo’s Astral Menagerie for the astral elves’ stat
make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 24 (7d6) psychic damage. On a successful save, the creature gains the ability to cast one spell of their choice from the cleric
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Yggdrasti Thought to be cast-off splinters of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, yggdrasti look like gigantic, dead trees covered with barnacles. They fly through Wildspace and the Astral Sea with their
advantage of its air envelope. A typical yggdrasti specimen has cavities inside its trunk in which Medium or smaller creatures can lurk. Yggdrasti attack any settlements or spelljamming ships they come
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Bheur Hag Bheur hags live in wintry lands, favoring snowy mountains. These hags become more active during winter, using their ice and weather magic to make life miserable for nearby settlements. A
Perception 14
Languages Auran, Common, Giant
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Control Weather (1/Day). The hag can cast the control weather spell, requiring no material components and