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Detect Thoughts
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures. When you cast the spell and as your action on each turn until the spell ends, you can focus your mind on any one creature that you
creature’s thoughts, the creature can use its action on its turn to make an Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends.
Questions verbally directed at
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below).
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom
attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. It can speak, read, and understand Common, and its voice sounds silvery and melodic. Snicker-Snack craves the destruction of evil Dragons and urges
finish a long rest after that happens, you can attempt to regain the sword’s trust by making a contested Charisma check against Snicker-Snack. If you win the contest, your attunement to the weapon is instantly restored. Your attunement to the weapon can’t be restored in any other way.
Sword of Kas
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Common.
Personality. The sword’s purpose is to bring ruin to Vecna. Killing Vecna’s worshipers, destroying the lich’s works, and
Kas. The creature must cast the wish spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls. Blessed with a supernaturally strong sense of direction, minotaurs make great navigators. Some sages believe minotaurs
those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Vistani Lore Characters who read the Book of the Raven learn the following information about the Vistani: The Vistani are planar travelers often encountered in the Shadowfell, and they seem to be
immune to the despair that besets all other visitors to that plane. They travel in horse-drawn, barrel-shaped wagons and have no permanent home. The Vistani display their wealth openly as a sign of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
blends horridly with a stench that burns your nostrils. The awful odor comes out of an open, upright barrel in the center of the room.
Warmth issues from a brick oven against one wall, and a crumbling
staircase ascends the wall across from it. Shrieks and cackles from somewhere higher up cause the old mill to shudder.
The ceiling here is 8 feet high. If the characters explore the room, read: Small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Watch by a group of corrupt officers. You still have friends among the guards, but there’s a lot of bad apples in the barrel. Do you want to clean up the Watch, or are you content to enforce justice on your own?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X26. Secret Alcove Two secret doors lead to this room. When either door is pulled open, read: Hundreds of skulls fall out of a cavity behind the door. This room has a 30-foot-high ceiling and is
cleared away, characters can search the room. Attached to the thirty-foot-high ceiling of this dark sepulcher is an upside-down iron chest with a barrel-shaped lid. The iron chest on the ceiling is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
gemstones and other valuables.
When the characters arrive at the apartments, read the following boxed text aloud:
A wooden jeweler’s sign hangs over an open door in the front of this two-story building
, a bedroom, and a storage area.
Rain Barrel. A large barrel near the building holds clean water for washing dishes and clothes.
Apartments Services The apartments offer the following services
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
good greatsword with an Intelligence of 9, a Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. It can speak, read, and understand Common, and its voice sounds
if you miss on attack rolls with the weapon three times in a row. Each time you finish a long rest after that happens, you can attempt to regain the sword’s trust by making a contested Charisma check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a copper piece) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration, you can read the thoughts of
Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends. Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a copper piece) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration, you can read the thoughts of
Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends. Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
makes the whole company look bad). Either way, read: “I’ve been told about the misunderstanding regarding your identities. I can’t say much for your relative inexperience and lack of skill. But it looks
franchise makes the whole company look bad. I’m sure you understand.”
Omin then levels a hard stare. “I want you to appreciate what an incredible opportunity this is for you. You’re skipping countless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Mysterious, anonymous conspirators 7 Contested leadership (with open fighting) 8 Acrimonious council unable to make decisions 9 Doltish lout 10 Dying leader (with disputed succession) 11 Iron-willed and
Barrel and Bucket 16 The Thirsty Crow 17 The Wandering Satyr 18 The Barking Dog 19 The Happy Spider 20 The Witch and Dragon *Roll a separate d20 for each part of the tavern’s name. Random Shops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Need a Lift? Jas (neutral evil changeling; see chapter 6) approaches the characters in the guise of Sergeant Vilroy sometime after they leave Mithral Tower. Read or paraphrase the following boxed
character who suspects that “Vilroy” is hiding something can make a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the changeling’s Charisma (Deception) check. A character who wins the contest detects slight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Inquisitive As an archetypal Inquisitive, you excel at rooting out secrets and unraveling mysteries. You rely on your sharp eye for detail, but also on your finely honed ability to read the words and
a Wisdom (Insight) check against a creature you can see that isn’t incapacitated, contested by the target’s Charisma (Deception) check. If you succeed, you can use your Sneak Attack against that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
world through your senses. It communicates telepathically with you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below). Life Support. Whenever you end your turn
assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Get Moving, People! Read or paraphrase the following to begin the adventure: The day began early at four bells as you were awakened by Boatswain Tarto in a most discourteous fashion. Dodging thrown
toward Wildspace.
“An adamantine meteor has struck the Spire on H’Catha,” says Tarto, “and you lot are going to recover it. The bad news is that H’Catha is populated solely by beholders and their kin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
determine the outcome. A Charisma check can’t deceive or persuade most devils into a bad deal because the fiends are too clever and experienced in deal-making to be fooled. If devils do get involved in a
read Infernal can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check opposed by the devil’s Charisma (Deception) check. If the character’s check result is higher than the devil’s, the character detects the extra clauses in the fine print and can have them removed before the contract is signed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
world through your senses. It communicates telepathically with you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below). Life Support. Whenever you end your turn
and assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Tavern Brawl As the characters are relaxing in the taproom of the Yawning Portal, a fistfight breaks out. Read the following to set the scene: You sit around a sturdy wooden table lit by a brightly
successful Strength check contested by Yagra’s Strength check. Yagra thanks the characters if they help her, but is disappointed that they interfered in the fight. Remember how the characters deal with Krentz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy or other means, unless you allow it. You can present false thoughts by succeeding on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the mind reader’s Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, you can use your reaction to have the attack target that creature instead of you. Soul of Deceit Starting at 17th level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy or other means, unless you allow it
. You can present false thoughts by making a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the mind reader’s Wisdom (Insight) check. Additionally, no matter what you say, magic that would determine if you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
18. Treasury When characters peer into this area from area 17, read: Beyond the double door is a twenty-foot-wide, twenty-foot-long hallway leading to a dark, pillared chamber strewn with chests
, whereupon the trap resets. Sculpted Visage. A wide alcove in the east wall is not visible from the northern entrance. When characters see the alcove for the first time, read: At the back of a recess
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
or poison killed a creature, or explain what that dead body is doing under your bed at the inn. The Occultant Franchise Rank Features
1 Proficiencies and Starting Equipment, Read the Kill
), whose beads resemble tiny skulls. Read the Kill Also at rank 1, your occultant abacus not only tracks your franchise’s kills, it helps you determine the impact of those kills on the franchise’s fate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Secret Agent Feel free to roleplay the interactions here as much or as little as you are comfortable. If the characters ask to get a read on the attitudes of the two captains, Stands in Tar is pretty much
that the dragonborn is nervous and hiding something. If confronted, he says that he just has a bad feeling about traveling to the Thunder Cliffs, but he is willing to do so for the payment and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
they please, read or paraphrase the following text: Out of place amid the laughter and conversation comes an uncomfortable-sounding groan. Two students escort a third sick-looking student toward the
later, they learn the student was delivered to the infirmary, spent a night there with a bad headache, and recovered by the next morning. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. It perceives the world through your senses. It communicates telepathically with you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below). Life Support. Whenever you
. Personality. A Docent is designed to advise and assist the warforged it’s attached to, including acting as a translator. The Docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your Docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Stone Bridge See chapter 2 for more information on the Stone Bridge. When the characters reach the middle of the bridge, read the following text: You see half a dozen figures on the bridge ahead
. “Not a bad place to die,” the mage says with mild amusement. The doppelganger posing as Gargosh doesn’t take part in the fight, remaining on the fringes of the battle and rooting for the characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, read the following: A boy’s voice issues from a stuffed purple dragon on one of the beds. “They’re not like the others. Should we hide from them too, Regan?”
“Well, it doesn’t matter now, donkey!” a
the room and keep out the “hungry things.” The hungry things are bad spirits that took over. They “stole” the children’s parents. The children don’t know any named spirits. They would like to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
.
An eight-foot-tall rectangular stone stands upright in the room’s center. The stone has an inscription on it that’s hard to read from a distance. At the foot of the standing stone, a small human is
was a slip of paper the boy didn’t read. Rotharr is one of the Believers. Other Believers Braelen knows are Baragustas Harbuckler, Marlandro Gaelkur, and Ilmeth Waelvur. The boy also knows Grund isn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
and can speak, read, and understand Common. Personality. The sword’s purpose is to bring ruin to Vecna. Killing Vecna’s worshipers, destroying the lich’s works, and foiling his machinations all help
spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword wins the contest, nothing happens, and the wish spell is wasted. If the sword loses the contest, it is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, above the fog, is a ring of barrel-topped wagons that surround a large tent with a column of smoke pouring out through a hole in the top. The tent is brightly lit from within. Even at this distance
hill on the eastern perimeter of the camp, read the following text: Standing quietly in front of this house, bathed in the warm light of its lanterns, are three sullen, gray-cloaked figures, their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Road to the Triboar Trail, which heads east (as shown on the overland map). When they’re a half-day’s march from Phandalin, they run into trouble with goblin raiders from the Cragmaw tribe. Read the
, several casks of salted pork, two kegs of strong ale, shovels, picks, and crowbars (about a dozen each), and five lanterns with a small barrel of oil (about fifty flasks in volume). The total value of the cargo is 100 gp. When you’re ready, continue with the “Goblin Ambush” section.