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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This musical instrument has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. While you are playing it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge and write a magical message on a
nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a Bard, you can scribe an additional seven
Magic Items
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(Acrobatics) or a Charisma (Performance) check while holding the primer, you can expend 1 charge to give yourself a 1d4 bonus to the check, immediately after you roll the d20.
In addition, if you study the
primer at the end of a long rest, you can choose one 1st-level spell from the bard or sorcerer spell list. Before you finish your next long rest, you can cast the chosen spell once without a spell slot
Instrument of Scribing
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
This musical instrument has 3 charges. While you are playing it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge from the instrument and write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you
can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you can scribe an additional seven words and choose to make the message
Magic Items
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(Intimidation) or a Charisma (Persuasion) check while holding the primer, you can expend 1 charge to give yourself a 1d4 bonus to the check, immediately after you roll the d20.
In addition, if you study
the primer at the end of a long rest, you can choose one 1st-level spell from the bard or cleric spell list. Before you finish your next long rest, you can cast the chosen spell once without a spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the time. A secret vault contained signet rings, family trees, and copies of important decrees, holding them in case of some calamity. During one of the city’s early uprisings, the temple became a
different temple. Urban treasure hunters, desperate politicians, and disenfranchised nobles still sift through the unreliable records of ages past to find it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the time. A secret vault contained signet rings, family trees, and copies of important decrees, holding them in case of some calamity. During one of the city’s early uprisings, the temple became a
different temple. Urban treasure hunters, desperate politicians, and disenfranchised nobles still sift through the unreliable records of ages past to find it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Staff of Healing Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, or Druid) This staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using
your spellcasting ability modifier. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Cure Wounds 1 charge per spell level (maximum 4 for a level 4 spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Staff of Healing Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, or druid) This staff has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the
following spells from it, using your spell save DC and spellcasting ability modifier: cure wounds (1 charge per spell level, up to 4th), lesser restoration (2 charges), or mass cure wounds (5 charges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Staff of Healing Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, or Druid) This staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using
your spellcasting ability modifier. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Cure Wounds 1 charge per spell level (maximum 4 for a level 4 spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staff of Healing Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, or druid) This staff has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the
following spells from it, using your spell save DC and spellcasting ability modifier: cure wounds (1 charge per spell level, up to 4th), lesser restoration (2 charges), or mass cure wounds (5 charges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Spider Staff Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) The top of this magic quarterstaff is shaped like a spider. It deals an extra 1d6 poison damage on a hit when
charge) or web (2 charges; spell save DC 15). The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dusk. If you expend the staff’s last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff crumbles to dust and is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Staff of Charming Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) While holding this staff, you can use an action to expend 1 of its 10 charges to cast charm
enchantment spell that targets only you, with or without the staff’s intervention, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge from the staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) This staff has 10 charges. Insect Cloud. While holding the staff, you can take a
Magic action and expend 1 charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to fill a 30-foot Emanation originating from you. The insects remain for 10 minutes, making the area Heavily Obscured for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are examples of characters who carry the Mark of Scribing. House Agent Bard. The Draconic Prophecy is one of the greatest mysteries of all. You’re an observer tasked to
scribe and discovered a talent for arcane magic and a love of history. You’re eager to explore ancient ruins and lost civilizations, and you’re especially interested in uncovering old records
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) This staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you
expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Staff of Charming Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) This staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can use any of its properties: Cast
Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge from the staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell. Resist Enchantment. If you fail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staff of Charming Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) While holding this staff, you can use an action to expend 1 of its 10 charges to cast charm
spell that targets only you, with or without the staff’s intervention, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge from the staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, rare (requires attunement by a bard, cleric, druid, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) This staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you
expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses. Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Instrument of Scribing Wondrous item, common (requires attunement) This musical instrument has 3 charges. While you are playing it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge from the instrument and
write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Staff of Charming Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) This staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can use any of its properties: Cast
Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge from the staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell. Resist Enchantment. If you fail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Instrument of Scribing Wondrous Item, Common (Requires Attunement) This musical instrument has 3 charges. While you are playing it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge from the instrument and
write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of you. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you are a bard, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
charge and write a magical message on a nonmagical object or surface that you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The message can be up to six words long and is written in a language you know. If you
are a Bard, you can scribe an additional seven words and make the message glow faintly, allowing it to be seen in nonmagical Darkness. Casting the Dispel Magic spell on the message erases it. Otherwise, the message fades away after 24 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff becomes a nonmagical Quarterstaff.
Staff of Swarming Insects Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement by a Bard, Cleric, Druid
following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Cone of Cold 5 Fireball (level 5 version) 5 Globe of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
members whose skills are great for reporting but less useful on adventures. This could be the designated writer, a political cartoonist, or a chronicler who records the party’s adventures. This might
as a bard or sorcerer) can supplement natural Charisma with magical persuasion. A character with the charlatan background, proficiency in Deception, or proficiency with a Disguise kit might also fill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
a few additional benefits: You can store items at the guildhall free of charge. You can book lodging at the guildhall for 5 sp per night. The accommodations are modest, but the guild provides stronger
security for lodgers and their possessions than you’d find at an inn. An adventurer’s guild is an excellent source of information. By studying records and working with other guild members, you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
their duty above mortal life. If threatened, a sphinx of valor defends its charge with its supernaturally empowered roar and fierce strikes. Sphinx of Valor Large Celestial, Lawful Neutral
AC 17
result from the Spy Personas table to inspire a spy’s disguise.
Spy Personas 1d4 The Spy Disguises Themself As...
1 A bard or traveling performer.
2 A captive or servant of a monster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that
too big. Goodbye!
College of Glamour Features Bard Level Feature 3rd Mantle of Inspiration, Enthralling Performance 6th Mantle of Majesty 14th Unbreakable Majesty Mantle of Inspiration When you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
star spawn seer to investigate the complex beyond the portal and make certain the ritual to charge the Gith Capacitor was not interrupted. Playing the Pillars COMBAT
The star spawn manglers take
during combat, and share a language in common with Ven’delen, the bard. If conversation transpires, it is certainly possible for the adventurers to learn that the illithid made a deal with a powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
would add more fortresses and archives to Maladomini to house all their records. Then came the single greatest act of treachery in the annals of the Nine Hells. At the time, the archdevil Baalzebul
his rulership of Malbolge but left him in charge of Maladomini, albeit with a new set of duties. Asmodeus knew that Baalzebul’s superior intellect and propensity for lying would make him the ideal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
-white fruit resembling an apple. A creature that eats half or more of the fruit takes 70 necrotic damage. The dryads don’t stop characters from picking the fruit. M9: Records Room A floating feline
throughout the chamber, and dusty scrolls line pigeonholes along the walls.
The records room is the lair of Thaeziagnuz, a demilich poet tasked with eulogizing Sigil’s dead. Thaeziagnuz can speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, ceremonial weapons and costumes, human-sized sarcophagi, vases and other pottery from ancient Ostoria, and well-preserved (nonmagical) scrolls with imperial decrees and divine edicts written in Dethek
. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Bayleaf (LE male elf bard; see appendix C) is a mercenary who works for the highest bidder. He was hired by the abbey as a training instructor for the guards. If the party does not attack him immediately
-average tactician in small skirmishes. Ozymandias placed him in charge of defending the cellars. If Bayleaf is captured, killed, or bribed, defense of the cellars becomes a hectic, haphazard affair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Supernatural Gift (Charm)
Two heroic steeds find you worthy and agree to serve you. This charm has 2 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to summon a warhorse wearing plate barding (AC 18
in this room records the Knights of Solamnia who served at Castle Kalaman and died with honor. A character who reads the monument finds the names of Knight Vogler and Knight Jandin (whom the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
other legions when a host forms. The warlords of rival legions don’t seek to depose the leader of the host unless the fortunes of war create the opportunity. Each legion records all the insults directed
weapons to create openings in enemy formations.
Bulwarks. The wild attack of a group of thugs is often followed by the charge of one or more bulwarks. A bugbear bulwark carries a spiked shield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to the fireplace is an unoccupied raised stage where a bard might strike up a tune. The bar is to your left, where a half-elf in a heavy leather duster receives a drink from a tall female elf wearing a
, pale-eyed description. Forgetful Owner. Prophetess “Propha” Dran, the proprietor of the Dran & Courtier, manages the bar ably, pouring drinks and bringing out platters of food (no charge). She appears