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Scroll of Protection
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Aberrations
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Fey
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Undead
Using an action to read the scroll encloses
you in a invisible barrier that extends from you to form a 5-foot-radius, 10-foot-high cylinder. For 5 minutes, this barrier prevents creatures of the specified type from entering or affecting anything
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Control Weather (1/Day). The hag can cast the control weather spell, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability.
Graystaff Magic. The hag carries a graystaff, a
’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature’s saving throw is
Bheur Hag
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Graystaff Magic. The hag carries a graystaff, a length of gray wood that is a focus for her inner power. She can ride the staff as if it were a broom of flying. While holding the staff, she can cast
read, and speaks only in gibberish; the DM controls the creature’s movement, which is erratic. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Special Equipment. Kelek wears bracers of defense and carries a staff of striking with 10 charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4;{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Regain expended
barrier of magical force. Until the end of his next turn, he gains a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack.Kelek is a greedy, narcissistic sociopath who revels in chaos but is a
Whelm
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. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Dwarvish, Giant, and Goblin. It shouts battle
would do anything to protect those dwarves from harm.
The hammer also carries a secret shame. Centuries ago, a dwarf named Ctenmiir wielded it valiantly for a time. But Ctenmiir was turned into a
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
Ruinblade is a unique weapon possessed by Moghadam, the architect of the Tomb of Horrors. A symbol of his authority, Moghadam carries the weapon during the time frame of the adventure to intimidate
darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon can speak, read, and understand Common, and can communicate with its wielder telepathically. Its voice is a rough, ruined echo. While you are attuned
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
defense against the axe, which passes through that spell’s barrier of magical force.
When you hit a fiend or an undead with the axe, cold blue flames erupt from its blade and deal an extra 2d6
out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Common. It has a calm, delicate voice. The weapon can sense the presence of non
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
01–10 Aberrations 11–20 Beasts 21–30 Celestials 31–40 Elementals 41–50 Fey 51–75 Fiends 76–80 Plants 81–00 Undead Using an action to read the scroll encloses you in a invisible barrier that extends
from you to form a 5-foot-radius, 10-foot-high cylinder. For 5 minutes, this barrier prevents creatures of the specified type from entering or affecting anything within the cylinder. The cylinder moves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, “Random Encounters,” for more information. If you don’t want to incorporate random encounters into the journey to the Barrier Peaks, read the following: The mountains of the Barrier Peaks have grown
Reaching the Peaks The Cartophile’s maps and notes guide the characters from their starting location into the Barrier Peaks, leading them as far as a series of caverns that Kwalish’s original
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak with aquatic animals as if using a speak with animals spell, using telepathy to involve its wielder in the conversation. Personality. When it grows
insufficient charges remaining, nothing happens. Otherwise, a barrier of invisible force springs into existence, forming a cube 15 feet on a side. The barrier is centered on you, moves with you, and lasts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Stopping the Ritual If Murgaxor’s barrier and ritual stones are destroyed, Murgaxor loses access to his lair actions. In addition, any creatures or effects brought forth by his lair actions (such as
the clay golem, the earthen fist, and the mud mephits) transform into heaps of harmless clay, earth, or mud. When Murgaxor’s ritual is stopped, read: A warbling, high-pitched wail escapes Murgaxor as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Arrival in Janya As the characters near the seafloor, a pearlescent haze cuts through the darkness. Below they see a shimmering dome of light, a great magical barrier that shelters the city below. As
the characters pass through, read or paraphrase the following text: A majestic vista spreads beneath the dome: the undersea city of Janya. The city’s dark towers are carved with circular windows and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
arrive, read or paraphrase the following text: For the past two days, you have been ascending the steep crags of the Barrier Peaks. Finally, through a dense stand of trees in a hidden dell, you spot a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
languages. 91–00 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more languages. In addition, the item can communicate telepathically with any character that carries or wields it.
on the following table. d100 Communication 01–60 The item communicates by transmitting emotion to the creature carrying or wielding it. 61–90 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
someone is writing it, word by word. As this text unfurls, read: “Our story starts during the time leading up to the winter solstice on the final night of Uktar in the year 374 DR. A nearly full moon rises
a forest. If anyone tries to move away from the forest, they are halted by an impassable barrier of force that disallows any other route. The story takes the characters generally northward through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, read: The old man cackles. “When Kiril returns,” he says to you with his last breath, “he’ll skin you alive.” Treasure Skennis’s electrum flute is nonmagical and worth 250 gp. Skennis also carries a pouch containing four 50 gp gemstones.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tables to randomly determine how much money an individual monster carries (the D&D equivalent of pocket change) or the amount of wealth found in a larger treasure hoard.
Using the Individual
Treasure Tables An Individual Treasure table helps you randomly determine how much treasure one creature carries on its person. If a monster has no interest in amassing treasure, you can use this table to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
(see the sidebar) and teleported into one of these locked cells. Creatures. Five monks led by an elder monk guard the prisoners here. The elder monk carries keys to all the cells. The ten prisoners are
Barrier Peaks if left to their own devices. Immured Ones. These three unfortunate prisoners have been driven mad by their incarceration and abuse. If freed, each attacks the nearest target unless a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Winery If the characters continue toward the winery, read: Situated in the midst of the vineyard, the winery is an old, two-story stone building with multiple entrances, thick ivy
winery, next to the loading dock. West of the winery is a crumbling well and a wooden outhouse.
When the characters reach the winery, read: You hear the rustle of dead vines all around you. Inhuman
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Work Read the following text aloud: A team of dwarves is hard at work, pounding on the stone behind the altar with stout tools. Watching them intently is another dwarf wearing black leather armor. Next
two dwarf guards, ready to make his final stand. If the oni survived the courtyard battle, it is here as well, in the guise of a female dwarf. Development Grumink carries fragmentary maps and partial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
another hour of travel. After they’ve traveled about a mile from Uncle Polder’s home, read or paraphrase the following description: The open fields have all but vanished behind sparse woods at the far
edge of the Rattle. The air smells stagnant and carries the taste of metal. Through the trees, multiple small farmhouses hunch amid a patch of green fields.
Suddenly the ground begins to shake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Random Encounters (T-Z) Trinket One random character finds a lost trinket. Read the following text to the player of that character: You kick something—a trinket buried in the dust. To determine what
(Perception) score of 16 or higher, the party isn’t surprised. In that case, read: Creatures with pale flesh scuttle across the ceiling like spiders, their red eyes glowing in the dark. As they draw near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Exploring Curst As the characters approach Curst, read the following text: The odor of rusty metal stings every breath. Ahead lies the gate-town of Curst, a dismal-looking community surrounded by an
imposing wall. Hulking sentries mind the barrier and oversee an open gate into town. As you near the gate-town, your mimir chimes, and its eye sockets flicker like a dying candle flame.
Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
after sunrise, on its normal schedule, but the craft carries no new passengers and departs again quickly unless the characters hail it. (If Raserhill stuck around the island and was driven off or killed
, read: The sultry day is silent except for the sounds of the sea. A lone bird circles in lazy loops in the sky overhead. Eventually it descends and alights on a nearby rock. It’s a gull, and an old one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
the demiplane, read or paraphrase the following: You appear in a chamber enclosed by thick walls of thorns. Behind you, the glowing portal back to the woods shimmers. Cold mist coils through the air
. A crystal barrier, its curved surface swirling with light and colors, forms a strange sky overhead.
A single path leads away from this area toward the clearing in area C2. Portal. The portal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
Most of the monsters that appear in
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One-Shot (One Four-Hour Session). Give your players an adventure hook, assign them a guide (see “Part 1: Mission to the Barrier Peaks”), and start them at area C1, overlooking the bone devil’s monastery. Then as above, replace the treasury’s brain in a jar with Kwalish for an exciting conclusion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Starting the Adventure Once the players are ready to begin, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to them: An orange glow covers the top of Lyrandar Tower as the sun sinks in the sky. Above
sounds of crying children, barking vendors, cursing skycoach drivers, and braying hippogriffs rise up to become a unique din that can only be heard in the City of Towers.
Each of you carries a letter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
adventure to further detail the city. Read or paraphrase the following when you’re ready to begin: The city of Sagorpur is teeming with onlookers enjoying the Shankha Trials. The final event of this great
her fans—is about to perform. Her name passes through the crowd with a buzz of excitement. The characters have a clear view of her performance. Read the following description for those who watch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
leftover damage after the Temporary Hit Points carries over to the Wizard’s Hit Points. Does the level 14 Illusionist ability let you make something real every round, or just once? Illusory Reality is
the creature, but it has no range restriction. For a Wizard to cast a Ritual spell contained in their spellbook, do they need to read from the book or use it as part of the Ritual? Thanks to the Ritual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the stage next to a simple boat, within which rests the body of Ispin Greenshield. Read or paraphrase the following: Those who were closest to Ispin Greenshield gather on the dock overlooking the
gently at those assembled, and her voice carries clearly across the water.
“You all knew Ispin as a friend, and there were none like him. Before he died, he told me this: ‘There should be tales
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Perception 11
Languages Common, Draconic, Elvish
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Special Equipment. Kelek wears bracers of defense and carries a staff of striking with 10 charges. The
invisible barrier of magical force. Until the end of his next turn, he gains a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
bheur hag’s skin has the bluish hue of a person who has frozen to death. The hag’s hair is white, and the hag is emaciated, with pale eyes surrounded by bruise-colored flesh. A bheur hag carries a
using Charisma as the spellcasting ability.
Graystaff Magic. The hag carries a graystaff, a magic staff. The hag can use its flying speed only while astride the staff. If the staff is lost or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Morte’s Planar Parade). Now, Valder wants to help Fellik escape Curst and move on to his rightful afterlife. Meeting Valder Valder approaches the characters as they prepare to escape Curst. Read or
paraphrase the following text: An aged human wearing a tattered cloak approaches. His skin is crisscrossed with scars, and he carries himself with confidence. In a deep voice, the man rumbles, “They say
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
grapples the thri-kreen and carries its panicking prey 20 feet into the air. The griffon tries to fly away, moving at half speed as it carries the thri-kreen back to its lair.
If rescued, the thri
guides the characters across the eastern extent of the Llanos, growing more excited as he recognizes familiar terrain. Read the following description when the characters reach the plains near the bend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
others have yet to board a boat. The remaining boats have enough space for them and the characters. Before the characters head to their boats, read the following text: “Hold the boat!” a voice rasps from
now. A character who looks at the helmet he carries recognizes it’s the helmet of a Knight of Solamnia. Jeyev won’t say more until they’ve boarded the ship. See the “Lost in Battle” section for more