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Dungeon Master’s Guide
a lich.
A treacherous lieutenant named Kas the Betrayer;Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly Artifacts that
. The hand grafts itself to your arm and becomes a functioning appendage. If the hand is ever removed, you die.
Properties of the Hand. When you are attuned to the hand, your alignment is Neutral Evil
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
successful save. A target that succeeds on the saving throw becomes immune to this githzerai’s Pacifying Touch for 24 hours.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The githzerai casts one of the following
described here oftentimes traverse the planes, crossing between them via the portals in Sigil and the Outlands. To learn more about other githzerai, see the Monster Manual.
Animate Objects
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, Huge targets count as eight objects. You can't animate any object larger than Huge. Each target animates and becomes a creature under your control until the spell ends or until reduced to 0 hit points
bonus and bludgeoning damage determined by its size. The GM might rule that a specific object inflicts slashing or piercing damage based on its form.
At Higher Levels. If you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can animate two additional objects for each slot level above 5th.
Sword of Kas
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
power grew, so did his hubris. His sword urged him to supplant Vecna, so that they could rule the lich’s empire in Vecna’s stead. Legend says Vecna’s destruction came at Kas’s
becomes a fixation for its wielder.
Destroying the Sword. A creature attuned to both the Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna can use the wish property of those combined artifacts to unmake the Sword of
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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’s lieutenant Kas coveted the Spider Throne for himself, or that the sword his lord made for him seduced him into rebellion. Whatever the reason, Kas brought the Undying King’s rule to an
the artifact against the stump. The hand grafts itself to your arm and becomes a functioning appendage. If the hand is ever removed, you die.
Random Properties. The Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
): acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.
Expert. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, to a maximum of 22.
Fey. A fey crossing opens into the Feywild, and you’re immediately pulled through it
, disappearing in a flash of rainbow-colored light. You draw no more cards.
The fey crossing appears as a shimmering fractal of light above the deck, and it remains open for 1 minute after the card is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Athreos becomes annoyed with the dead returning and sends armies of clergy to secure the mortal side of the crossing.
6 A satyr reveler (see chapter 6) seeks to throw an eternal revel! By stealing coins from the dead, the satyr traps souls at his morbid, Tartyx-side bacchanal.
Underworld Crossing The Tartyx River is dotted with ruined temples of Athreos on either side of its banks that serve as crossing points between the mortal world and the Underworld. Souls of the dead
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
opportunity to supervise and dominate such creatures, which have no status at all.
WHO'S THE BOSS?
Goblins pattern the rule of their tribes after the whip-cracking rule of their god, Khurgorbaeyag
new leader can act as the real boss. If the creature brushes aside such manipulation, the tribe falls into line behind the new tyrant—better to abide the new rule than conspire against it and be
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its own.
An
ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D3. Stepstone Crossing A row of boulders spaced two feet apart breach the surface of the lake to form a walking path across a forty-foot-wide waterway.
The water around the stepstones is only 4
who was standing atop one of the stones is dumped into the water. Predators Below. Two merrow lurk in the water east of the crossing. They dislike the taste of bullywugs and ignore them, but they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
total of the check becomes the DC for an attempt to untie the knot with an Intelligence (Sleight of Hand) check or to slip out of it with a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. This rule intentionally links
to untie a knot or slip out of one. Here’s an optional rule for determining the effectiveness of a knot. The creature who ties the knot makes an Intelligence (Sleight of Hand) check when doing so. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Spectral Bridge A 120-foot-long, 10-foot-wide bridge of wispy magical energy spans the lava-filled chasm, connecting areas 9 and 17. This bridge provides a relatively safe means of crossing the
. Normally, it is solid and safe to walk on — but any section of the bridge within 10 feet of a magic item becomes insubstantial. A creature or object passes through an insubstantial section of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Sanctum Showdown If the characters show no sign of joining Ruxithid, or if any of them threaten violence, Ruxithid becomes hostile. Read or paraphrase the following: Green light pulses from
present) to take the brunt of the damage. Ruxithid fights to the death, but when he is reduced to 0 hit points, the shield guardian becomes inanimate and the other goblins, if present, surrender. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Depth The deeper a surface-dwelling creature travels into the sea, the more hostile the environment becomes. Those venturing into the depths must keep the following natural forces in mind
Dungeon Master’s Guide. Optional Rule: Pressure and Objects With this optional rule, characters who dive deep in the ocean require specialized equipment that can withstand the ocean’s pressure. Nonmagical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
mortals her draconic subjects hunt, consume, and enslave. The glorious reign of dragons that Severin hoped to usher in and rule becomes a brutal world where evil dragons dominate all. This need not mean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Elves born on this plane have the celestial type and are wild at heart, ready to battle evil in a heartbeat. Otherwise, they look and behave like normal elves. Optional Rule: Intense Yearning Keep track
becomes afflicted with a yearning to return to Arborea. As long as the effect persists, the creature has disadvantage on ability checks. At the end of each long rest, the creature can repeat the saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
happiness in creatures dwelling there. Optional Rule: Pervasive Goodwill At the end of each long rest taken on this plane, a visitor that is neither lawful good nor neutral good must make a DC 10 Wisdom
saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s alignment changes to lawful good or neutral good (whichever is closer to the creature’s current alignment). The change becomes permanent if the creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
mortals her draconic subjects hunt, consume, and enslave. The glorious reign of dragons that Severin hoped to usher in and rule becomes a brutal world where evil dragons dominate all. This need not mean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Difficulty Class It’s your job to establish the Difficulty Class for an ability check or a saving throw when a rule or an adventure doesn’t give you one. Sometimes you’ll even want to change such
characters to accomplish, but it becomes more reasonable after 10th level or so. A DC 30 check is nearly impossible for most low-level characters. A 20th-level character with proficiency and a relevant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
optional rule is to worry that your players might abuse it, it’s probably not for you. Using Plot Points Each player starts with 1 plot point. During a session, a player can spend that point for one
effect. The effect depends on your group’s approach to this optional rule. Three options are presented below. A player can spend no more than 1 plot point per session. You can increase this limit if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Water Weird A water weird is an elemental guardian bound to a specific water-filled location, such as a pool or fountain. Invisible while immersed in water, its serpentine shape becomes clear only
when it emerges to attack, using its coils to crush any creature other than its summoner and those its summoner declares as off limits. When slain, a water weird becomes an inanimate pool of water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
travelers as a rule, with tongues and hearts as nimble as their feet. Whereas if strongheart halflings are on the move, it always seems driven by a desire to return to home or find and settle in a
settle in, make themselves at home, and weave themselves so deftly into the fabric of a community that it becomes hard for folk to think of a time without them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Etherealness feature of incorporeal undead, is the exception to this rule. A creature that enters the Border Ethereal from Strahd’s domain is pulled back into Barovia upon leaving that plane. For the
contact with beings from other planes function normally—with one proviso: Strahd can sense when someone in his domain is casting such a spell and can choose to make himself the spell’s recipient, so that he becomes the one who is contacted.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
humanoid creature that has recently suffered a violent death. Such a fragment of woe becomes a specter, spiteful of all that lives.
Wraiths sometimes rule the legions of the dead, plotting the
humanoid lives a debased life or enters into a fiendish pact, it consigns its soul to eternal damnation in the Lower Planes. However, sometimes the soul becomes so suffused with negative energy that it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
becomes apparent. About ten feet from the aft of the lower deck, a large turtle, its head and limbs pulled in, floats in the middle of the rear cabin. The green light emanates directly from the
be a powerful ally for the party, though the tortle’s vow to never harm humanoids is not negotiable. Amble doesn’t necessarily expect others to follow this rule, but will encourage them to do so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Areas of Effect on a Grid The Dungeon Master’s Guide includes the following short rule for using areas of effect on a grid. Choose an intersection of squares as the point of origin of an area of
square, it affects that square. That rule works, but it can require a fair amount of on-the-spot adjudication. This section offers two alternatives for determining the exact location of an area: the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
seems to be in a decaying, crumbling, or corroded state. Optional Rule: Abyssal Corruption A non-evil visitor that finishes a long rest in the Abyss must make a DC 10 Charisma saving throw. On a failure
, the creature becomes corrupted. Refer to the Abyssal Corruption table to determine the effects of this corruption. You can substitute different corruption effects of your own creation. After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
bridge to be stabilized. Manual Crossing A character can attempt to cross the chasm using the exterior of the fallen clock tower as a bridge, or using its interior as a tunnel. Either way, the
stopped before the tower returns to its standing position, it becomes a stable bridge that can be crossed without ability checks. Adjusting the time field affects only the tower. Other creatures and objects that might happen to be in or on the tower at the time remain unaffected.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
result is an entity that is capable of devising and enacting the most clever strategies, paranoid at all times about threats to his rule (which certainly exist in the chaos of the Abyss), and
simply by laying eyes on a true copy of his symbol, crafted either by Demogorgon or one of his most powerful demonic followers. An individual exposed to such a symbol becomes an agent of Demogorgon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to Asmodeus, which led to her becoming an archdevil worthy to rule Avernus. Mad Maggie is obsessed with Zariel’s cataclysmic saga and scours the wastelands of Avernus for more such relics. In the
valiant, Mad Maggie seeks to collect more artifacts tied to Zariel’s fall from grace. When she becomes aware of Lulu’s relationship to Zariel, the night hag tries to dig up Lulu’s lost memories
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Limbo Limbo is a plane of pure chaos, a roiling soup of impermanent matter and energy. Stone melts into water that freezes into metal, then turns into diamond that burns up into smoke that becomes
slaadi live here and swim amid this chaos, creating nothing, whereas githzerai monks build entire monasteries with their minds. Optional Rule: Power of the Mind As an action, a creature on Limbo can make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
before crossing the thicket. Each 5-foot-square area of fungi has AC 10 and 10 hit points. Any attack that deals fire damage has a 50 percent chance of igniting a torchstalk mushroom (see “Fungi of the
becomes infected. While infected with Zuggtmoy’s gift, the creature gains the ability to cast a special version of the tree stride spell that has no components. This spell allows the infected creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
do new and dangerous things, the goblins offer to stay on after crossing the Silken Paths, and to help guide the characters through the Underdark. The two won’t leave the Underdark, however. Yuk Yuk
1d10 × 10 feet. If the distance fallen is less than the distance to the chasm floor, the creature becomes entangled in webs and restrained; otherwise, it hits the floor and takes damage from the fall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
so far as to consort with the powers of the Nine Hells, valuing the rule of law over the balm of mercy. The archdevil Bel, warlord of Avernus, counts many of these paladins — called hell knights — as
blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire. Rule with an Iron Fist. Once you have conquered, tolerate no dissent. Your word is law. Those who obey it shall be favored. Those who defy it shall be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Soulmonger or by some other life-draining effect, such as the touch of a wight, wraith, or similar creature. If a humanoid dies anywhere on the planet, its soul becomes trapped inside the Soulmonger
of play, the Soulmonger gains the power to draw characters who are close to death, and the following rule applies: A death saving throw succeeds on a roll of 15 or higher (instead of 10 or higher