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Feats
Player’s Handbook
Blindsight with a range of 10 feet.
Fog of War. You exploit the distractions of battle, gaining Advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) check you make as part of the Hide action during combat.
Sniper. If you
make an attack roll while hidden and the roll misses, making the attack roll doesn't reveal your location.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
lore about demons. When you do so, you have Advantage on that check.
At the DM’s discretion, the book might reveal secrets no mortal should know, such as the true names of powerful Fiends
cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
makes them look like flesh-and-blood people, and the constructs conduct themselves as convincingly real humanoids who are simply living their lives in Wisteria Vale. Detect magic spells do not reveal
conversations, a few clues to their true nature exist. A character who observes one or more of the commoners closely and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices a faint clicking sound
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
(Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you.
Random Properties. A docent has the following properties:
Languages. The docent knows Common, Giant, and 1d4
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.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can
minions to avert its own demise.
Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths.
Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
within 60 feet of it for 1 minute. If the mite is hidden, using this ability does not reveal its location. While the creature is affected by this hex, whenever it makes an attack roll, an ability check
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
).
Spider Climb. Kas can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Strength of the Night. Kas doesn’t require a coffin, and he drinks
well-muscled, raven-haired, human man in his thirties, though he is far older. His fangs reveal his vampiric nature.
Personality
Kas is cruel, spiteful, and unrelenting in his pursuit of vengeance
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
makes an attack roll or an ability check, it must roll a d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"} and reduce the total by the number rolled. On a successful save
dragons’ preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach experienced
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the creature makes an attack roll or an ability check, it must roll a d6
.
Emerald dragons’ preference for volcanic lairs often puts them in conflict with fire giant;fire giants. Despite their reluctance to reveal themselves to strangers, emerald dragons might approach
Aarakocra
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
.
Beak and Feather
From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing
changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen.
Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tools to help keep the action moving. At any time, you can decide that a player’s action is automatically successful. You can also grant the player advantage on any ability check, reducing the chance of a
bad die roll foiling the character’s plans. By the same token, a bad plan or unfortunate circumstances can transform the easiest task into an impossibility, or at least impose disadvantage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, bribes, gifts, and other expenses. Resolution. The character declares the focus of the research — a specific person, place, or thing. After one workweek, the character makes an Intelligence check
check. Determine how much lore a character learns using the Research Outcomes table. Research Outcomes Check Total Outcome 1–5 No effect. 6–10 You learn one piece of lore. 11–20 You learn two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Crime Sometimes it pays to be bad. This activity gives a character the chance to make some extra cash, at the risk of arrest. Resources. A character must spend one week and at least 25 gp gathering
. If only one check is successful, the heist fails but the character escapes. If two checks are successful, the heist is a partial success, netting the character half the payout. If all three checks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
plead their case for being the best ship and crew for the job. Stands in Tar staggers slightly as she stands. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the tabaxi has been in the rum
more violent of late. He goes on to reveal that he’s heard rumors that the once-safe caves at the base of the Thunder Cliffs have recently become more dangerous. Stand in Tar scoffs at that idea. A
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising.
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You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check against them. Any sign of threatening or duplicitous action on your part negates this automatic success.
Your personal tastes reverse, such that your favorite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
deactivated shield guardian that once served as a wizard’s bodyguard. The wizard died from extreme bad luck decades ago — he fell out of a tree during a particularly bad bout of blue mist fever, hit his
in the Arcana skill recognizes the shield guardian for what it is with a successful DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check. A character who searches the area and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Survival) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Good Wolf, Bad Wolf When the characters first approach the outskirts of Dougan’s Hole or shortly after they first leave town, they encounter two winter wolves named Koran and Kanan. Here’s how the
encounter plays out: Koran acts as the “good” wolf while his brother plays the “bad” wolf. This act has worked before on the dim-witted locals; the wolves assume the characters will be fooled just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
word “Oathbreaker” painted on his forehead. The buried human is in bad shape from exposure and dehydration. Any healing magic or some water and a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check revives him
all bandits and that he was expected to join them. If any of the characters are Harpers and they reveal their association to Amoffel, he tells them the real story. He was on exactly the same mission
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
word “Oathbreaker” painted on his forehead. The buried human is in bad shape from exposure and dehydration. Any healing magic or some water and a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check revives him
all bandits and that he was expected to join them. If any of the characters are Harpers and they reveal their association to Amoffel, he tells them the real story. He was on exactly the same mission
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might jam the lock, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue. For attack rolls, the
on the degree of failure. For example, a character who fails to disarm a trapped chest might accidentally spring the trap if the check fails by 5 or more, whereas a lesser failure means the trap wasn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
carelessly strewn around matted heaps of furs, which would undoubtedly smell as bad as they look if not for the cold.
The chamber holds 12 kobolds when the characters enter. A few are sleeping but
. If the characters spend a few minutes searching the area, a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check suggests that approximately two dozen kobolds live in this chamber. Treasure Their only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
proficiency in a skill related to a hint, share that hint with them. If the same skill is listed multiple times with the same or higher DCs, reveal hints with the lowest DCs first then hints with higher DCs
if the group requests additional help. If no character has proficiency in any of the listed skills, characters can make ability checks using the listed skills and DCs. Those who succeed on a check
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
during deal-making: If a devil attempts to deceive a character at the deal-making stage, the devil can make a Charisma (Deception) check opposed by the character’s Wisdom (Insight) check. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
anything shady or villainous, but maneuvering pieces into position so they can play their designated parts. As the campaign unfolds, the dragons of the Chamber might reveal that the adventurers have their
different ways that the demons and the dragons could be interpreting those words. Ultimately, the adventurers might be in the position of having to choose between an outcome that is bad for them but good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
gremishka makes a comically bad cat noise, trying to lure them closer. Treasure. Anyone who investigates the wine racks and succeeds on a DC 8 Wisdom (Perception) check finds an especially long apron. In its pocket is a silver tastevin worth 10 gp and the key to the footlocker in area 21.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
on their map of Chult. The next time a navigator succeeds on a Wisdom (Survival) check made to navigate, reveal the party’s actual location to the players. Map 2.1: Chult
travel day, the DM makes a Wisdom (Survival) check on behalf of the navigator. The result of the check determines whether or not the party becomes lost over the course of the day. The DC of the check is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
carelessly strewn around matted heaps of furs, which would undoubtedly smell as bad as they look if not for the cold.
The chamber holds 12 kobolds when the characters enter. A few are sleeping but
respond to intruders. If the characters spend a few minutes searching the area, a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check suggests that approximately two dozen kobolds live in this chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Saving Throws In contrast to an ability check, a saving throw is an instant response to an effect and is almost never made by choice. A saving throw makes the most sense when something bad threatens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Examining the Trunk Characters who examine the mimic and succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check notice that the defeated trunk’s wood and leather has been rubbed with a black, oily substance
. If asked about this, Professor Sharpbeak says it’s likely just a leather conditioner. With no magic remaining in the eldritch balm to reveal the contamination, she has no explanation for why the trunk temporarily turned into a mimic and attacked.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Fog of War. You exploit the distractions of battle, gaining Advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) check you make as part of the Hide action during combat. Sniper. If you
make an attack roll while hidden and the roll misses, making the attack roll doesn’t reveal your location.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
couldn’t reveal that without implicating herself, but you have no such hesitation. I have no comment on its truth—but it would be messy if revealed. I am willing to buy this from you.”
He offers the
characters 1,000 gp for the original copy of Vidorant’s blackmail material. A character who succeeds on a DC 17 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check convinces him to increase his payment to 2,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
2E. Rotted Floor The second level of the northwest tower is in bad shape. There are large holes where the floorboards have completely rotted away or fallen into the muck below, and the floorboards
that remain are unlikely to support a human’s weight. The beams are still strong, but they are slick with fungus and mold. A successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check is needed to cross the level on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the characters didn’t learn from the kenku where Floon was taken, asking questions of the locals can reveal that many people saw him being dragged off. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation
) check or 5 gp in bribes allows the characters to trace the kidnappers’ path through back alleys to a circular metal cover inset in the pavement. The cover is easily lifted, revealing a ladder down into the sewers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wall with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. It’s basically an ordinary (albeit rotted) wooden door hidden under a layer of clay. The door pulls open to reveal a stone staircase that
room has exits in the west and north walls. Chanting can be heard coming from the west.
The statue depicts Strahd, to whom the cultists made sacrifices in the vain hope that he might reveal his darkest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
) check discerns that the soldiers are holding something back. If pushed, they reveal another clue: Gallio Elibro has been acting strangely. He appears overtired, and he’s been spotted at night wandering
the haunted tower. If questioned, they reveal the following information: The soldiers were working on the tower’s reconstruction, but they fled last night after seeing a ghost. Before seeing the ghost