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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
2/Day Each: Calm Emotions, Detect Thoughts
1/Day: Dominate PersonCounterattack. Trigger: The cultist is hit by an
particularly the city of Baldur’s Gate—in malign ways. Cultists who receive orders from their patron god directly are often the most ambitious and most dangerous.
Spells
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
otherwise stationary.
If you cast this spell while concentrating on a spell or an ability that allows you to read or manipulate the thoughts of others (such as detect thoughts or modify
memory), you can transform the thoughts or memories you read, rather than your own, into a thought strand.
Casting this spell while holding a thought strand allows you to instantly receive whatever
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: detect magic, detect thoughts, levitate, mage armor (self only
off from any elder brain Qunbraxel considers worthy, the mind flayer hopes to join the Ilvaash fanatics and receive power and insight from the Far Realm.
Bard
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers. The greatest strength of bards is their sheer
Telepathic
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Feats
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
You awaken the ability to mentally connect with others, granting you the following benefits:
Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You can speak
doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically.
You can cast the detect thoughts spell, requiring no spell slot or components, and you must finish a long rest before you
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At will: detect magic, divination, sending
1/day each: banishment, forcecage
Teleport. The archaic
to warp the fabric of the world around them. Sages who seek out archaics for their knowledge receive confusing and often contradictory answers to questions. If a supplicant successfully unwinds the
Morkoth
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, shield, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): darkness, detect thoughts, shatter
3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, lightning bolt, sending
4th level (3 slots
network of narrow tunnels that connect several underground chambers, although other structural forms might be incorporated. The morkoth dwells among its most prized possessions in a spacious vault at the
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
all of them.)
Dimir Guild Spells
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
encode thoughts, mage hand
1st
disguise self, sleep
2nd
detect thoughts, pass without trace
met my guild contact, but I receive telepathic messages, usually in my dreams.
5
I’ve never met my guild contact, but I get coded messages from a pattern of street lights and graffiti
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ability (spell save DC 21):
At will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Thaumaturgy
3/day each: Create Food and Water (the food is always tasty), Dispel Magic, Invisibility, Legend Lore (as an action
this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic, mage hand
3/day each: darkness, dimension door, dispel magic
A morkoth claims dominion over an entire island, and it also maintains a central sanctum on that isle. This lair is most often a twisted network of narrow tunnels that connect several underground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
appropriate, reflecting their love of intrigue. Classes that specialize in melee combat are rare among the Zil. The soldiers of Zilargo include rogues, bards, wizards, and artificers. The Trust. In
active agent, you could receive missions tied to your current adventures. If you and your companions are fighting the Emerald Claw, you might have a secondary assignment to eliminate a specific Claw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Fiery Fangs The fire cult is less concerned with maintaining appearances than the other elemental cults. When Vanifer or her lieutenants receive word that a band of adventurers is trying to ferret
hounds. Thorsk Thelorn in Red Larch can connect the symbol to a mysterious gathering of druids in the Sumber Hills he heard about from a passing merchant and provide directions to Scarlet Moon Hall.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
abandoned keeps that connect to an underground fortress once part of an ancient dwarven kingdom. Within those chambers are the remnants of a temple built by drow worshipers of Elemental Evil. Each of the
nodes, places where the Elemental Planes connect to the Material Plane. The cults draw elemental creatures through the nodes, and they use elemental magic to create devastation orbs capable of ravaging
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure
him to grant spells to mortals and for those mortals to receive his favor. Furthermore, kobolds are so frail that a single hit from a human’s weapon can kill one of them, so a tribe has little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.
The longsword is easy to remove from the armor stand, requiring no ability check. A detect magic spell reveals that the sword is magical. It sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius. It also carries a
the ceiling connect to shop cellars in the city above. These passages carry voices from Waterdeep, but the sound is distorted so badly that words at one end can’t be discerned by creatures at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Creating a Bard Bards thrive on stories, whether those stories are true or not. Your character’s background and motivations are not as important as the stories that he or she tells about them
a story. Some bards acquire their magical music through extraordinary means, including the inspiration of fey or other supernatural creatures. Did you serve an apprenticeship, studying under a master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
not receive the garlands, or if they took them off for any reason while within a quarter mile of Chuth’s lair, the dragon’s many animal spies alert him to the party’s approach. He waits at the mouth of
might be). Chuth uses his blindsight to detect when the characters are approaching the entrance to the cave. He then dives through the waterfall, soaring above the characters as he uses his Poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Obo’laka or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Cautious Obo’laka advises against anyone drinking from the fountain. Reckless Wongo
detect magic spell or similar effect, the fountain radiates an aura of transmutation magic. Magic Fountain Effects d4 Effect 1 The creature drinking the water must make a DC 12 Constitution
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
not receive the garlands, or if they took them off for any reason while within a quarter mile of Chuth’s lair, the dragon’s many animal spies alert him to the party’s approach. He waits at the mouth of
might be). Chuth uses his blindsight to detect when the characters are approaching the entrance to the cave. He then dives through the waterfall, soaring above the characters as he uses his Poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
each year. The primary benefit of belonging to a guild is access to work, since the guildmaster can connect parties of adventurers with patrons and jobs suited to their talents. Beyond that, there are
city of Sharn, which is both the cultural heart of Breland and a nexus for intrigue and diplomacy. Bards have much to gain from the company of other bards, as they exchange news, stories, and songs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
“Terracotta Warriors” below). To steal Shagambi’s treasures, characters must move quietly. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Unkh or Wongo receive advice when entering
as many terracotta warriors as possible, as quickly as possible. Teleportation Runes Three teleportation runes are scribed on the floor along the north, east, and south walls of the tomb. A detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
conjuration magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. Each statue is a Large object with AC 17, 60 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Any creature other than Muiral that
relay messages of love to the other. The characters receive no reward for doing so and are under no compulsion to heed the statues’ wishes. 6a. Xyrxian’s Statue Xyrxian Vandree is depicted as a scowling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Kubazan receive advice when entering this area: Fickle I’jin urges her host to pull the lever. What harm could it do? Fearless Kubazan insists that his host jump to the platforms, even if others are better
, 15 feet below the ceiling and 60 feet above the pit floor. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals auras of abjuration and transmutation around each platform. Each disk is wide enough that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(see “Skabatha’s Ring of Keys” earlier in the chapter). Three balconies overlooking the garden connect to areas area L8, area L9, and L12, respectively. The balcony outside area L9 is only 5 feet above
very fashionable. Most tiny Fey would be grateful to receive one as a gift. Feywild mushrooms, from left to right:
butterfly saddle, eldercap, executioner’s hood, hummingbrella, and pricklenoggin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
spokes. Beneath the dial, a pendulum swings inside an open compartment. An egg-shaped stone adorns the pendulum's tip.
This long-case clock radiates an aura of transmutation magic to a detect magic
spell or similar effect. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Unkh or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Indecisive Unkh is struck by the technological wonder of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
location. If the characters kill the slug creature in area 24, the ghost is laid to rest, and the characters receive XP as though they had defeated the ghost in combat. Treasure. When the ghost is laid to
rest, it leaves behind a pearlescent conch shell that weighs 2 pounds. The conch radiates an aura of evocation magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell or similar effect. An identify spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
transformed it into a miserable, obsessive shell of its former self. The Eyepiece. A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals an aura of divination magic on the unbroken eyepiece. A character who looks
some planning. The first step is to reach area L4; from there, the characters must spin the orb to connect area L4 to area L5. Once in area L5, the characters must then return the orb to its initial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
connect to various other locations in Dweomercore and are used to receive food orders (though food is not sent through them). From left to right, the tubes are labeled with their destinations
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
burrows upward, waiting below the surface until its antennae detect movement from above. Then it bursts from the earth and seizes prey in its mandibles, crushing and grinding while it secretes acidic
digestive enzymes. These enzymes help dissolve a victim for easy swallowing, but the ankheg can also squirt acid to take down foes.
Bane of Field and Forest. Although ankhegs receive a certain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, shield, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, enlarge/reduce, Melf’s acid
butterfly swarm is an instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp). The yellow sapphires carried by the animal-headed guards fit into the pillars in area 8. Each gemstone is worth 1,000 gp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
magic depends on the Weave, though different kinds of magic access it in a variety of ways. The spells of wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, and bards are commonly called arcane magic. These spells rely on
such as detect magic or identify, they glimpse the Weave. A spell such as dispel magic smooths the Weave. Spells such as antimagic field rearrange the Weave so that magic flows around, rather than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Haunted Zones Strahd can twist his domain to suit his whims. Starting when he makes his presence known, certain doorways in the house no longer connect to the rooms they did before. Instead
task are eventually forced from the haunted zone. Finding the Correct Exit. A character who casts Detect Evil and Good or Find the Path or who has truesight sees a faint aura around an object related
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower has three floors and a door on the ground floor. Stairs connect the levels, and only the topmost level is furnished. A continual flame spell in the wizard’s study on the top floor still burns
detection and location is still on his headless corpse. (The amulet doesn’t block the psychic abilities of Ilvaash and the mind flayers, such as Creature Sense and detect thoughts.) Eclectic souvenirs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the chair. Pneumatic Tubes. The tubes connect to various other locations in Dweomercore and in Muiral’s Gauntlet (level 10). From left to right, the tubes are labeled with their destinations
covers the spell’s triggering glyph, the characters have little chance of spotting the glyph unless they use a detect magic spell or magic that allows them to see through the rug. When the glyph triggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, beyond which you see a windmill, a tall steeple, and the high-pitched rooftops of several other buildings. Apart from the ringing of the bell, you detect no other activity in the village. The trail
it and radiated magic under the scrutiny of detect magic spells, but its properties and purpose couldn’t be ascertained. The villagers assumed it was a relic of some bygone age or kingdom and left it