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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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly
circles. Each circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of runes arranged in a particular pattern.
When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You create a 10-foot-radius, 20-foot-tall Cylinder of magical energy centered on a point on the ground that you can see within range. Glowing runes appear wherever the Cylinder intersects with the
floor or other surface.
Choose one or more of the following types of creatures: Celestials, Elementals, Fey, Fiends, or Undead. The circle affects a creature of the chosen type in the following ways
Species
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
philosophy often become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of
Thelanis. These Khoravar often become druids or warlocks with archfey patrons.
Khoravar Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 4–6 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 30 feet
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
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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
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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
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
opportunity attack made with your unarmed strike, the creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Strength modifier) or have the prone condition.
Once the runes have been invoked, they can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.
, or poison. You have resistance to the chosen damage type until you finish another long rest.
Invoking the Runes. As a bonus action, you can invoke the gauntlets’ runes and summon two enormous
Circle of Power
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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
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
this paint.
One paint pot contains enough pigment to paint one rune. A creature can spend 10 minutes to paint one of the following runes onto itself or another creature:
Journey Rune. Difficult
This set of 1d4 + 2 small paint pots contains pigments mixed from crushed luminescent gemstones. This magical paint bestows temporary magical gifts on creatures with runes drawn on their skin with
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
tattoo across her back, filling a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on her. Each other creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 13 (3d8
. When a creature Prisoner 13 can see within 60 feet of herself ends its turn, Prisoner 13 makes one Tattooed Strike attack or uses River Tattoo. She can then move up to her speed without provoking
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Storm King's Thunder
breaking at least five Ruling Scepters of Shanatar simultaneously on it. This fact has never been recorded or sung of among the dwarves or any bards or storytellers, and it can’t be discovered
the ground and is a massive thing made of polished obsidian with oversized feet — the impaled skulls of four ancient blue dragons. Runes glisten in the carved obsidian, winking to life with blue
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
Glyph of Warding
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Basic Rules (2014)
trigger so the spell activates only under certain circumstances or according to physical characteristics (such as height or weight), creature kind (for example, the ward could be set to affect aberrations
runes or a spell glyph.
Explosive Runes. When triggered, the glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the glyph. The sphere spreads around corners. Each
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
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
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Ghastly Visions. Each creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the dream eater must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is frightened of the dream eater until the
start of the creature’s next turn. If a creature’s saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to this dream eater’s Ghastly Visions trait for the next 24 hours.
Incorporeal
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Agile Flier. Opportunity attacks against the screaming devilkin have disadvantage while it is flying.
Ceaseless Screaming. Any creature other than a screaming devilkin that starts its turn within 30
feet of one or more screaming devilkins and can hear it must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure the creature is incapacitated until the start of its next turn. On a success, the creature
Instrument of the Bards
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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
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
Gazer Familiar
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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
Magic Circle
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You create a 10-foot-radius, 20-foot-tall cylinder of magical energy centered on a point on the ground that you can see within range. Glowing runes appear wherever the cylinder intersects with the
floor or other surface.
Choose one or more of the following types of creatures: celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead. The circle affects a creature of the chosen type in the following ways
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
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This ivory longbow is inscribed with a prayer to the god Hiatea, the runes of which are entwined with gilded engravings of wheat stalks and deer antlers.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage
. When you take the Attack action using the bow, you can expend 1 charge to replace one of your attacks with a blazing arrow of curative magic, which automatically hits one creature you can see within
Magic Items
Tales from the Yawning Portal
This whistle is carved from transparent crystal, and it resembles a tiny dragon curled up like a snail. The name Night Caller is etched on the whistle in Dwarvish runes. If a character succeeds on a
the surface to serve you. Once the whistle has animated an undead creature, it can’t do so again until 7 days have passed.
Once every 24 hours, you can blow the whistle to reassert control over one or two creatures you animated with it.
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.
Teleportation Circle
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and that is on the same plane of existence as you. A shimmering portal opens within the circle you drew and remains open until the end of your next turn. Any creature that enters the portal instantly
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence--a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Stomp", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw or have the
prone condition. Until the colossus uses its Stomp again or moves, the creature has the restrained condition. The restrained creature or another creature within 5 feet of it can use its action to make a
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
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
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
within 60 feet of itself, and the geode explodes in a dazzling flash. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
", "rollAction":"Exploding Geode", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and has the blinded condition until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Creature Sense. The brain breaker is aware of creatures within 1 mile of itself that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each
one’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about it. A creature protected by a mind blank spell, a nondetection spell, or similar magic can’t be perceived in this manner
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
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage
"}
Major Adaptation
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Acidic Skin. Any creature that touches the krasis or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage
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






