bad border diffusing currently reality

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Fates card can end this curse. Fates. Reality’s fabric unravels and spins anew, allowing you to avoid or erase one event as if it never happened. You can use the card’s magic as soon as

magic items, are lost to you. Portable property vanishes. Businesses, buildings, and land you own are lost in a way that alters reality the least. If you have a Bastion (see the Dungeon Master’s

Etherealness Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You step into the border regions of the Ethereal Plane, in the area where it overlaps with your current plane. You remain in the Border Ethereal for the duration or until you use your action to

, allowing you to move through objects you perceive on the plane you originated from. When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. If

Leonin

Species Mythic Odysseys of Theros

need in their shimmering homeland and knowing the treachery of strangers. Still, some leonin wonder what lies beyond Oreskos’s border mountains and seek to test themselves in a wider world

adversaries—incredibly clever and well-prepared to play a long game but ultimately doomed to lose their games. 4 I’m certain every bad thing that happens can ultimately be blamed on the

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

property vanishes. Businesses, buildings, and land you own are lost in a way that alters reality the least. Any documentation that proves you should own something lost to this card also disappears

Persuasion skill, and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill. In addition, you gain rightful ownership of a small keep somewhere in the world. However, the keep is currently

Selesnya Initiate

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

always straining to peer into another reality that seems to be just beyond my senses. 5 I’m uneasy if I can’t see plants growing or feel soil beneath my feet. 6 Seeing illness

conclave has a deeper connection to the Worldsoul than I do. 6 I’m trying to atone for the life of crime I led before I joined the Selesnya, but I find it hard to give up my bad habits

Etherealness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Etherealness 7th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Up to 8 hours You step into the border regions of the Ethereal Plane, in the area where it overlaps

with your current plane. You remain in the Border Ethereal for the duration or until you use your action to dismiss the spell. During this time, you can move in any direction. If you move up or down

Etherealness

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Etherealness 7th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Up to 8 hours You step into the border regions of the Ethereal Plane, in the area where it overlaps

with your current plane. You remain in the Border Ethereal for the duration or until you use your action to dismiss the spell. During this time, you can move in any direction. If you move up or down

Deck of Several Things

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

adventure. The Fates. Reality’s fabric unravels and spins anew, allowing you to avoid or erase one event as if it never happened. You can use the card’s magic as soon as you draw the card

possess for the duration of this adventure. Knight. You gain the service of any of the NPCs in the “Hirelings” section not currently with the party, who appears in a space you choose

Sigil at a Glance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

, curving far overhead. Visitors can find this reality unsettling. There are no suns, moons, stars, or other celestial bodies in the sky above Sigil, though city lights twinkle above in the darkest hours

. Sigil is built to the edges of the ring, forming a wall of structures along its border. Anyone who climbs atop this outer wall of buildings can look out over the edge into an empty sky. Few who cross the

Beholders: Bad Dreams Come True

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Beholders: Bad Dreams Come True To those who would seek to conquer beholders or merely understand them, nearly everything about their quarry is unfathomable. These bizarre creatures are possessed of

alien intelligence, inhuman forms of perception, and the ability to shape reality through force of will — or even by their mere presence. Inside the comfortable confines of its subterranean lair, a

What Dwells Here?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

What Dwells Here? The Port of Shadow has been held, claimed, or occupied over the years by duergar, drow, dwarves, crazed wizards, slavers, and pirates. Currently, the town is under the sway of

since its founding, are all that remain of the Sargauth Enclave, a settlement of Netherese wizards. The flameskulls consider themselves the true rulers of Skullport, but they have lost touch with reality

Adventures in I'Cath

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

about the border between dreams and reality. The characters must infiltrate the palace, find the information they need, and escape before Tsien Chiang returns at dawn. 9 A desperate veteran

Adventures in I’Cath I’Cath presents two worlds: a reality of want and desperation, and a dream of beautiful control, both dominated by Tsien Chiang. The reality of I’Cath is an inescapable ghost

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

fireballs and magical flames at its foes. Death slaadi are rumored to have a stench so bad it can be deadly. In reality, they can cast the cloudkill spell. Inexperienced scholars and adventurers

Minor Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

whose ideologies have since entered a period of decline. The following are three examples of minor factions currently in Sigil. Free League Who Prize the Individual Foremost Factol: None Headquarters

absorbing magic and mastering its rules, one can rewrite reality. Ring Givers Who Give as Much as They Get Factol: Jeremo the Natterer Headquarters: None Aligned Plane: Ysgard Members: Altruists

Around the Market

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Vi has a zest for life, Kasem is reserved and calculating. He’s also the one behind the sabotage currently afflicting the Tyenmo and Xungoon stalls. Several weeks ago, Vi told his brother he’s

them as a vapid tradition created to provide cheap thrills. Kasem encourages the characters to enjoy their evening, avoid the Market Games, and stay away from vendors who give the market a bad name. Any

Cities and Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

of House Cannith ingenuity and Brelish industrial might, Argonth is the largest engine of war ever built. This moving city is home to thousands of soldiers. Currently Argonth patrols the edge of the

Mournland, but if tensions rise with Droaam or Darguun, the fortress can be deployed to reinforce a threatened border. As a Brelish soldier or spy, you might have served aboard Argonth for a time

Outer Planes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

in Limbo. As with the Elemental Planes, one can imagine the perceptible part of the Outer Planes as a border region, while extensive spiritual regions lie beyond ordinary sensory experience. Even in

but one attempt to make sense of the distorted geography of a place that isn’t even a place in the ordinary sense of the word, but an alternate state of reality. Most portals from elsewhere reach the

Research

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

character astray, especially if the object of the research is known to the rival. The rival might plant false information, bribe sages to give bad advice, or steal key tomes needed to find the truth. In

would have opened it. 4 A sage becomes obsessed with convincing you of a number of strange theories about reality.* 5 Your actions cause you to be banned from a library until you make reparations.* 6 You uncovered useful lore, but only by promising to complete a dangerous task in return. *Might involve a rival

Droaam

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

whole creature and still be hungry. If you’re bad, she’ll come in the night and carry you away. She’ll make a lantern of your skull and torment you until the end of time. And she’s the least

the monstrous nation can’t last—that even the Daughters can’t hold the disparate alliance together—but Droaam is currently thriving and stronger than ever. Droaam works closely with House Tharashk

Thalivar's Beacon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

Border Ethereal, where it appears as any other structure from the Material Plane: ghostly and immaterial. A group of four star spawn manglers (see appendix A) lurk in the mists surrounding this chamber

, altering reality so that any consequences of that action are erased. For example, a creature could undo the killing blow that they dealt to an enemy, causing that enemy to return to life in the position

Leonin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

they need in their shimmering homeland and knowing the treachery of strangers. Still, some leonin wonder what lies beyond Oreskos’s border mountains and seek to test themselves in a wider world. Noble

play a long game but ultimately doomed to lose their games. 4 I’m certain every bad thing that happens can ultimately be blamed on the gods, but I roll my eyes at each new twist of fate and try to

People of Meletis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

. Currently, this position is held by the renowned philosopher and orator named Perisophia. Philosophers Though they aren’t necessarily heroic, philosophers are highly valued in Meletis, which is

currently predominates Meletian thought and politics, carrying on the works of the heroic Epharan oracle Elpidios. The Elpidian school strives to put magic and philosophy to use in improving the lives of

Reality Dawns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Reality Dawns When Kas reveals himself, a cacophony erupts downstairs. Sleeping characters are awakened, and otherwise occupied characters hear the following: Violent slamming and terrible crashes

. Alustriel correctly supposes that Kas plans to find Vecna and co-opt the lich-god’s ritual to become the most powerful being in existence. This outcome is as bad as Vecna ruling the multiverse, as far as

Idyllglen Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

hazy border. Next Event. After the characters deal with the guards, proceed with event 4. Event 4. Unsettling Calm This event begins with Yael telepathically contacting the characters: A woman’s voice

enters your mind. “Nice work. Take a break. You’ve got an hour before the really bad stuff happens.” The characters can spend the next hour interacting with Lulu’s memory of Idyllglen. They can

Narration in Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

damage is a bad wound for the enemy, say: “You swing wildly, and the knight brings his shield up just a second too late. Your blade catches him along the jaw, drawing a deep gash. He recoils, bleeding

fictional reality of the game and in terms of the rules of the game. This means that when an enemy with a Crossbow takes the Ready action to cover the area in front of a door, the players should have a

Meeting Volo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Baldur’s Gate! But now I fear I have misplaced a friend amid this odious malevolence. “My friend’s name is Floon Blagmaar. He’s got more beauty than brains, and I worry he took a bad way home a couple

(Insight) check. On a success, a character discerns that Volo is honest but might be stretching the truth about how much he can pay. (Currently low on cash, Volo is awaiting royalty payments from Volo’s

Ascendant Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

life in the city. Currently Sigil has twelve ascendant factions. The following sections present these factions, along with notes on their leaders, sites in Sigil that serve as their headquarters

animosity. They have bad blood with the Harmonium, who view the Fated as wrongheaded and dangerous, and Factol Darkwood and Factol Montgomery of the Society of Sensation are bitter rivals. Fraternity of

Seagrow Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

dragon far underground causes the volcanic activity that produces the noxious fumes. What’s more, the dragon’s energy occasionally tears open small rifts in the fabric of reality that lead to the

Elemental Plane of Fire—another dimension of reality that is the cosmic source of fiery energy. The Plane of Fire is the origin of both the orange crystal blocking the vent (which is actually an egg case

Other Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

tables. He is currently intent on claiming the legendary axe Orcsplitter, the weapon buried with King Torhild Flametongue of Besilmer many centuries ago. The secret doors and puzzles of the Halls of

target. Hit: 17 (2d12 + 4) slashing damage. Grumink the Renegade Grumink is a dwarf gone bad. He is a chaotic evil gold dwarf assassin with dwarf racial traits. Bloodthirsty, callous, and mercenary

Locations in Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Phandalin” above), Linene works tirelessly to keep the coster operational through good times and bad. Most of the goods in the Player’s Handbook can be purchased here. Linene can special order items

. Currently, Sharna at the Miner’s Exchange has their trust (see “People of Phandalin”), mostly for her assurances that the mines will soon be more prosperous than ever. If Sharna discovers that the

Eastern Flanaess

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

House of Naelax—is rumored to have fiendish advisers as well as a noble court infested with evil. Ruling from the Malachite Throne in Rauxes, Ivid commands an unmatched army currently embroiled in two

. Those who despise and challenge the Great Kingdom’s oppression—outlaws both good and bad—find refuge in borderlands just beyond the reach of the overking’s soldiers. These include the woods and swamp

The Scarlet Sash

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

expecting trouble might be surprised to learn that its current occupants are neither evil nor much of a threat. The Scarlet Sash has eight members currently, though it has had as few as three and as many as

scolds those who display bad manners or foolish behavior. She can easily mimic the sound of breaking glass, which she likes to use to create a distraction. Personality Trait. “I can be trusted with a

Adventure Hooks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, as does obtaining a flying mount. Feathergale Rebel The character has been sent to retrieve a Waterdhavian noblewoman. Savra Belabranta is currently guarding the front gate of Feathergale Spire. The

fire cultists but never took up arms with them. Now the character wants to stop the villains before they give all mercenaries a bad name. The character earns inspiration for clearing out Scarlet Moon Hall and again for reaching the Temple of Eternal Flame.

The Present Age

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

repeatedly rewritten the laws of reality. The Time of Troubles In 1358 DR, the gods were cast out of their otherworldly domain and made to wander the land incarnated as mortals. In seeking to recover

army to come to the aid of the Dalesfolk. Netheril brought forces to Cormyr’s border, and Cormyr was drawn into a war on both fronts. Throughout this period, tales began to spread of individuals who

Lower Deck and Cargo Hold

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

servitors. Krell has yet to free them, because he worries he is not currently strong enough to command them. Each cocoon can be torn open with a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check, or it can be

time to cast shillelagh on the quarterstaff he wields, barkskin for defense, and produce flame in preparation for a confrontation. The phase spider spends its time in the Border Ethereal. It attempts

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