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Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
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Champion. You gain a +1 bonus to weapon attack and damage rolls. This bonus lasts for 8 hours.
Chancellor. Within 8 hours of drawing this card, you can cast Augury once as an action, requiring no
the next 8 hours, you can add your proficiency bonus to your initiative rolls.
Day. You gain a +1 bonus to saving throws. This benefit lasts until you finish a long rest.
Destiny. This card protects
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
focus, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to your spell save DC. The bonus is determined by the deck’s rarity.
In addition, while you’re holding the deck, you can draw a card
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
made to maintain your concentration on divination spells.
Twist of Fate. As an action, you can draw a card from the deck and twist the fortune of another creature you can see within 15 feet of you
. Choose one of the following effects:
Weal. The creature has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws for the next hour.
Woe. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Actions). The veiled presence magically emanates dazzling light in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on itself until the end of its next turn, during which time attack rolls against it have disadvantage
and it has advantage on attack rolls. The sphere moves with the veiled presence. When another creature starts its turn in the light or enters the light for the first time on its turn, that creature must
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
in sunlight, Strahd takes 20 radiant damage at the start of his turn, and he has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack (Vampire Form Only). Strahd makes two attacks, only one of
card reading in chapter 1, unless he has been forced into his tomb in the catacombs of Castle Ravenloft.
Strahd's Tactics
Because the entire adventure revolves around Strahd, you must play him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Top Card: The Challenge At the beginning of each day of a journey, a player flips over the top card to determine what happens that day. (Players should take turns at this.) Use that card’s imagery or
symbolic meaning to inspire a choice or challenge the characters will face that day. The card could represent a site the characters come across on their journey, like a ruined tower or a fork in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Darklord and domain creation process in this chapter, with each new decision draw from the deck to help inspire your choices. Take note of the drawn card’s name, physical orientation, and suit. A card drawn upside down represent the opposite of its original meaning.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Pride. Games in the Viridian Den The characters can partake in two games while visiting the Viridian Den. Drake’s Auction. This card game has a minimum bet of 20 talons, which goes into a pot at the
lay face up next to the pot; these cards are up for auction. Participants bid on the auction cards, and the participant with the highest bid wins the card and adds their bid to the pot. Once all three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
card a property as a standalone item, so characters who find only one card can still enjoy this famed item and use the card on adventures. Hinchel Or The deck has replicated
throughout the multiverse
in infinite combinations This approach is particularly useful if you make a Deck of Many Things the object of a quest; as the characters explore, each card they find grants them a magical ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Games of Chance The casino has many diversions for its patrons to enjoy, the most popular being games of chance. Three-Dragon Ante Three-dragon ante is a card game. If you own an actual three-dragon
ante deck, you can play the card game for real. Otherwise, adjudicate the outcome of a three-dragon ante game using d12s and the following rules: Step 1. Randomly determine which participant is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
automatically succeed on Constitution saving throws made to maintain your concentration on divination spells. Twist of Fate. As an action, you can draw a card from the deck and twist the fortune of another
creature you can see within 15 feet of you. Choose one of the following effects: Weal. The creature has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws for the next hour. Woe. The creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Inspiration Hand You can use The Deck of Many Things card set (or an equivalent deck built from twenty-two playing cards) to give players alternative ways to use inspiration. Draw a number of cards
equal to the number of players and place the cards face up on the table where everyone can see them. Whenever a player gains inspiration, they must pick a card and later use the effect shown on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Oddlewin’s actions, but they remain connected to his feet. Oddlewin’s Deck of Many Things is a nine-card set containing the Comet, Fates, Fool, Key, Knight, Rogue, Ruin, Sage, and Throne cards. He stole
this deck from a riffler in the Feywild many years ago (rifflers are presented in chapter 21). Oddlewin doesn’t declare the number of card draws when he uses the deck for fortune-telling, so the cards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
meaningful way, however, because of the oaths they have sworn to Vladimir Horngaard. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that Sir Godfrey is Strahd’s enemy and the characters
fight Strahd and restore the order’s honor. If the beacon in area Q53 has not been lit, Godfrey’s decision incurs the wrath of the other revenants, triggering an armed conflict. If the beacon in area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
of the two rolls if you have Advantage, and use the lower roll if you have Disadvantage. For example, if you have Disadvantage and roll an 18 and a 3, use the 3. If you instead have Advantage and roll
for making the game more fun for everyone playing.
Other rules might allow your character to gain Heroic Inspiration independent of the DM’s decision. For example, Human characters start each day with Heroic Inspiration.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
When a roll has either Advantage or Disadvantage, roll a second d20 when you make the roll. Use the higher of the two rolls if you have Advantage, and use the lower roll if you have Disadvantage. For
to gain Heroic Inspiration independent of the DM’s decision. For example, Human characters start each day with Heroic Inspiration.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
some D&D games and for some players. DM Screen A DM screen shields your books, notes, and die rolls from your players. (See the “Ensuring Fun for All” section later in this chapter for more about when
and why you might want to hide die rolls.) Most DM screens have art on the outward-facing panels and handy rules information on the inside-facing panels. Others might be made of fancy wood or sculpted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
the target finishes a long rest, attack rolls against it score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Fate Dealer’s
Planes, or the holy symbols of various deities. While holding this deck, you can use it as a spellcasting focus, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to your spell save DC. The bonus is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
some D&D games and for some players. DM Screen A DM screen shields your books, notes, and die rolls from your players. (See the “Ensuring Fun for All” section later in this chapter for more about when
and why you might want to hide die rolls.) Most DM screens have art on the outward-facing panels and handy rules information on the inside-facing panels. Others might be made of fancy wood or sculpted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
about losing them to an unlucky roll of the dice or decision by a single player. The GM often awards characters with retainers in lieu of other treasure. Such rewards shouldn’t be lost easily
their mentor. Magic Items. Retainers can use magic items like anyone else. For example, a +1 weapon increases their attack and damage rolls by 1, and +1 armor of the appropriate type (light, medium, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
3rd-level College of Spirits featureA human bard of spirits evokes
a tale inspired by the
Avenger tarokka card. You can reach out to spirits to guide you and others. You learn the guidance cantrip
target takes force damage equal to two rolls of your Bardic Inspiration die + your Charisma modifier.
3 Tale of the Beloved Friends. The target and another creature of its choice it can see within
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
amount of pocket lint
67 A dozen flyers for a local gnome food place
68 Omin Dran’s business card
69 A lock of hair from a changeling
70 A marble that rolls uphill
71 A
can’t be cleaned
55 A used (and thus nonmagical) noble knife from the Noble Knife
56 A quill that rotates through all the colors of the rainbow
57 A twenty-sided die that only rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
wreckage. A violet key card still allows passage back up to the levels above. S48: Feed Storage (Green) This storage area reeks of manure. Animal and plant feed are stored here, along with fertilizer and
lift from the cargo hold above (area S33a) is connected to this room. Aphelion or a character who has a violet key card can call the lift down to this area or return the lift to the level above. S49
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
fire, telling stories and guzzling wine. They are intoxicated and have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. Three sober Vistani (male and female human bandit captains) are resting in three of
in chapter 1. (If the characters don’t want a reading of their fates, continue play using the card reading you performed before starting the adventure.) Madam Eva might seem mad, but she is, in fact
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, often relying on the roll of a die to determine the results of an action.
3. The DM narrates the results of the adventurers’ actions. Describing the results often leads to another decision point
uncertain, the Dungeons & Dragons game relies on rolls of a 20-sided die, a d20, to determine success or failure.
Every character and monster in the game has capabilities defined by six ability
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
minotaur respects their decision and wanders off dejectedly. Contending with Antigonos Broken King Antigonos is a minotaur with 38 hit points remaining and who has disadvantage on attack rolls due to his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
franchises as a sound investment decision, salvaging those franchises for parts and turning them into proper businesses. Nothing personal, of course. In response to talk of what brought the characters to
) and braids its tentacles together into a handlebar mustache. If Szorrulax kills anyone, it immediately drops a black business card set with unintelligible symbols onto the body as a calling card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
makes the final decision as to what constitutes an enemy for the purpose of increasing a companion’s ferocity. Likewise, in the same way a swarm of creatures is counted as a single creature for the
to half their ferocity if the attack hits. If at least one ally and one enemy are nearest and equidistant to the companion, the caregiver’s player rolls any die. On an odd number, the companion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
situations. Combat. In combat, many situations involve attack rolls or saving throws. The rules of combat can help you determine the effectiveness of a character’s actions. The “Running Combat” section in
what’s happening in the language of the game. See the “Narration in Combat” section in chapter 2 for more advice and examples. Describing results often leads to another decision point, which returns the flow of the game to step 1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
situations. Combat. In combat, many situations involve attack rolls or saving throws. The rules of combat can help you determine the effectiveness of a character’s actions. The “Running Combat” section in
the language of the game. Describing results often leads to another decision point, which returns the flow of the game to step 1.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
laws, this guard still has much to learn.
By the Books. Gala clings to the keep’s laws—and often recites them aloud—whenever she must make a decision.
Naive. Gala believes that life is fair, people
, use each nonplayer character’s NPC Card to determine how they react to the character’s words and actions.
Active Roleplaying. In active roleplaying, you speak with a character’s voice and might echo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rogue Stat Blocks This section offers four stat block options for the antagonist created when the Rogue card is drawn. Each is a legendary creature. These stat blocks can represent a new NPC that
, the corrupter has advantage on attack rolls, attack rolls made against it have disadvantage, and it can move through spaces at least 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Domenico Cava Veiled Presence The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
decks from their many dangers—especially from the curse imposed by the Euryale card, which Asteria resents as a defamation of her devoted friend. For this and many other reasons, Asteria tracks down
rolls with advantage.
Legendary Actions
Asteria can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
band of ex-soldiers or reformed criminals) can add personality to the group. Consider using the rules in chapter 4 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, applying the results of a single set of rolls to the
hireling remains dedicated to the party’s goals, or the DM can make that decision on the basis of how the adventure plays out and the characters’ attitude toward the adventuring NPC. Tasks and Downtime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, but when someone in the multiverse draws the Skull card from a Deck of Many Things, one of the windows shows a scene depicting the unfortunate individual and opens a portal to that individual’s
. Scarlet Mire is sodden with gore, rendering it difficult terrain. Additionally, creatures in Scarlet Mire that aren’t Undead have disadvantage on initiative rolls. The red mud and boggy terrain of