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Instrument of the Bards

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the

spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom

Bard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

-foot cube originating from the bard must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cacophony

", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage and is pushed up to 10 feet away from the bard. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pushed. Spellcasting. The bard casts

Bard Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

on its turn to target one creature within 30 feet of it. If the target can hear the bard, the target must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or have disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls

Spellcasting. The bard is a 4th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with

Howler

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"recharge","rollAction":"Mind-Breaking Howl"}. The howler emits a keening howl in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or take 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation

":"3d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mind-Breaking Howl","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and be frightened until the end of the howler’s next turn. While a creature is frightened in

Manacles Legacy

Equipment

These metal restraints can bind a Small or Medium creature. Escaping the manacles requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. Breaking them requires a successful DC 20 Strength check. Each set of

manacles comes with one key. Without the key, a creature proficient with thieves' tools can pick the manacles' lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Manacles have 15 hit points.

Howler Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

. While a creature is frightened in this way, its speed is halved, and it is incapacitated. A target that successfully saves is immune to the Mind-Breaking Howl of all howlers for the next 24 hours.Cold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Pack Tactics. A howler has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the howler's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.Multiattack. The

Windharrow

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Windharrow knows the following bard spells: Cantrips (at will

","rollAction":"Rapier"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rapier","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.

Circle of Power Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

Divine energy radiates from you, distorting and diffusing magical energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly

creature in the area (including you) has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Additionally, when an affected creature succeeds on a saving throw made against a spell or

Mercane

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Psi-Imbued Blade","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of the

portfolios revolve around fair commerce. Standing 12 feet tall, they are lanky blue beings who dress in elegant robes and have elongated heads and long, spindly fingers. Mercanes conduct most of their

Lorehold Professor of Chaos

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d10+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spectral Scroll", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If the target is a creature, it must

effect on itself on a success.Professors of chaos wield magic inspired by the ebb and flow of chance. They study the course history has taken, looking for breaking points in the flow of events, and focus

Garret Levistusson

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

one chosen creature (other than him) a d6 inspiration die. The chosen creature must be within 60 feet of Garret and able to hear him. Once within the next 10 minutes, the creature can roll the die and

add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can use the inspiration die after the roll is made but before the DM says whether it succeeds or fails

Kalain

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

(spell save DC 12, +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): friends, mage

paintings and causes its subject to spring forth, becoming a creature of that kind provided its CR is 3 or lower. The creature appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the painting, which becomes

Pari

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

"} radiant damage. Disorienting Futures. The pari attempts to flood the mind of one creature it can see within 60 feet of itself with visions of the future. The target must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving

. A visit from a pari is often a prophetic warning or portent of an event yet to come. Pari have pastel blue skin, wear robes and armor, and have two sets of wings with vivid red feathers sprouting from their back.Fire, Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Daemogoth

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Pact of Pain. Using a 10-minute ritual, the daemogoth can forge a magical bond with a willing creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the

daemogoth dies, or the pact is broken by any effect that can remove a curse. The daemogoth chooses one spell from the necromancy or enchantment school that is 3rd level or lower. The bound creature can

Animated Staff of Frost

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

to water and is destroyed. Charm. A creature can grab the staff out of the air with a successful grapple check against the staff, and grappling the staff does not reduce the creature's speed. Any

creature that successfully grapples the staff must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or be charmed by the staff until the staff is no longer in its grasp. While the creature is charmed, the staff

Reckoner

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

(Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Lightning Backlash"}. When a creature hits the reckoner with an attack, the attacker takes lightning damage equal to half the damage

dealt by the attack.Boros reckoners combine physical power and magical prowess, serving as the shock troops of the legion. They are adept at breaking up mobs and organized lines of defense. Sometimes

Brahma Lutier

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

(spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She has the following bard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): mage hand

to target one creature she can see within 30 feet of her. If the target can hear Brahma, it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or have disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and

Drowned Ascetic

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

drowned ascetic adds 3 to its AC against one ranged attack that would hit it. To do so, the drowned ascetic must see the attacker.Dressed in tattered robes, its fists wrapped in long ribbons of rotting

cloth, the drowned ascetic moves with alarming speed for an undead creature. This martial artist, rising from the ocean in Tammeraut's Fate, retains its fighting reflexes despite its rotting flesh.Poison

Rime Hulk

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Death Burst. When the rime hulk dies, it explodes in a 10-foot-radius sphere of frigid air and frost centered on itself. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw

any Medium or smaller creature. Each time the rime hulk enters another creature’s space for the first time during this move, that creature must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed

Instrument of the Bards Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

An instrument of the bards is an exquisite example of its kind, superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college. The

following table lists the spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must

Ghaal'duur, the Mighty Dirge

magic-items

use it as a Spellcasting Focus for your Bard spells. Bard spells cast using the warhorn gain the following benefits: If the spell has a duration of 1 minute or longer, its duration is doubled, to a

minutes, any time an ally within 600 feet of you that can hear you makes an attack roll or a saving throw, it adds 1d4 to the attack roll or save. If the creature is a goblinoid, it adds 2d4 instead of 1d4

Gazer Familiar Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Aggressive. As a bonus action, the gazer can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see. Mimicry. The gazer can mimic simple sounds of speech it has heard, in any language. A

creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check. Familiar. The gazer can serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with

Psurlon Leader

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Pacify (if available) or Psychic Crush. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3

","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Pacify"}. The psurlon targets one creature it can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or fall unconscious for 10

Gazer (Familiar Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

1 mile of each other. If its master causes it physical harm, the gazer will end its service as a familiar, breaking the telepathic bond. Aggressive. The gazer can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.

Familiar. The gazer can serve another creature as a familiar, forming a telepathic bond with its willing master, provided that the master is at least a 3rd-level spellcaster. While the two are bonded

Vertebrae Sword

Equipment

construction is the reason it’s not often a weapon seen on land, though when used by a skilled fighter, it most certainly can be a formidable tool. When you successfully hit a creature with a

vertebrae sword, you can use a bonus action to rake and twist the weapon, breaking off some of the sword’s boney barbs and dealing an extra 1d8 piercing damage. The vertebrae sword can only be used in this way 5 times before it becomes unusable as a weapon.

Deathlock Wight

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Drain", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target must

warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A warlock who fails to live up to a bargain

Deathlock

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

to serve another powerful creature or might need to gather servants of its own. Deathlocks The forging of a pact between a warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the

warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A warlock who fails to live up to a bargain with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock

Arrant Quill

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

at a creature he can see within 60 feet of him. If the creature can hear Quill (though it need not understand him), it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or take 66 (12d10);{"diceNotation

charismatic bard who carries himself with a quiet confidence that doesn't hint at the full extent of his skills or powers. A scar cuts across his handsome face, curving from the top of his left

Gazer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

they are within 1 mile of each other. If its master causes it physical harm, the gazer will end its service as a familiar, breaking the telepathic bond. Aggressive. The gazer can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.

Mimicry. The gazer can mimic simple sounds of speech it has heard, in any language. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check.Bite

Psurlon Ringer

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger (bonus psychic)","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage. Psychic Crush. The psurlon targets one creature it can see within 120 feet of

ability (spell save DC 13): 2/day: mage armor (self only) 1/day: suggestionA psurlon can use magic to assume the form of a specific Medium Humanoid. First, the psurlon must consume the creature it

Psurlon

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Psychic Crush. The psurlon targets one creature it can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must make a DC 13

Death Giant Shrouded One

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Death Rune). Melee Spell Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Reaping Scythe"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 38 (7d10);{"diceNotation":"7d10", "rollType

the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to

Annis Hag

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"damage", "rollAction":"Crushing Hug", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 15 if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until the grapple ends, the target

can’t make attacks while grappling a creature in this way. Spellcasting. The hag casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): 3/day each

Adept of the Black Robes

Feats Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

You chose the moon Nuitari to influence your magic, and your ambition and loyalty to the Order of the Black Robes have been recognized, granting you these benefits: Ambitious Magic. You learn one

gained the Initiate of High Sorcery feat. Life Channel. You can channel your life force into the power of your magic. When a creature you can see within 60 feet of you fails a saving throw against a

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Ear of the Chosen. Whenever a creature on the same plane of existence as Alustriel speaks Alustriel’s name, Alustriel hears her name and the next nine words the speaker utters. Legendary

);{"diceNotation":"9d12+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Reproving Ray", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and if the target is a creature, it must make a DC 22 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save

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