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Player’s Handbook
, read its thoughts, or magically detect its location, and no spell—not even Wish—can gather information about the target, observe it remotely, or control its mind.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
’s authors filled the pages with their own visions of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil.
The Book of Exalted Deeds rarely lingers in one place. As soon as the book is read, it
benefits.
Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. A Fiend, an Undead, or a servant of a god from the Lower Planes
Equipment
Ability: Intelligence Utilize: Detect a poisoned object (DC 10) Craft: Basic Poison
If you have proficiency with a tool, add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you make that uses the tool
. If you have proficiency in a skill that’s used with that check, you have Advantage on the check too.
Equipment
Ability: Wisdom Utilize: Improve food’s flavor (DC 10), or detect spoiled or poisoned food (DC 15) Craft: Rations
If you have proficiency with a tool, add your Proficiency Bonus to any
ability check you make that uses the tool. If you have proficiency in a skill that’s used with that check, you have Advantage on the check too.
Equipment
Ability: Intelligence Utilize: Detect poisoned drink (DC 15), or identify alcohol (DC 10) Craft: Antitoxin
If you have proficiency with a tool, add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you
make that uses the tool. If you have proficiency in a skill that’s used with that check, you have Advantage on the check too.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Shielded Mind. The couatl’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and other creatures can communicate with it telepathically only if it allows them.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +7
save DC 15):
At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as
lore about demons. When you do so, you have Advantage on that check.
At the DM’s discretion, the book might reveal secrets no mortal should know, such as the true names of powerful Fiends
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
again until the next dawn.
Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased.
Vecna watches anyone using this tome and can write cryptic messages in it. These messages typically fade away after they are read.
This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which one is the original. The tongue on the first Tome of the Stilled Tongue belonged
Monsters
Monster Manual
.
Read Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12).
Unsettling Visage (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation
Monsters
Monster Manual
’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and magic can’t detect its location or observe it remotely.Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
) check related to the Abyss. When you do so, you gain Advantage on the check.
Containment. The first ten pages of the Demonomicon are blank. As a Magic action while holding the book, you can target a
. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This Spell Scroll bears the words of the Fireball spell, written in a mystical cipher. If Fireball is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast it without Material components. Otherwise
;t lost.
If Fireball is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make a DC 13 ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast the spell. On
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage.
d20
Golem
Time
Cost
1-5
Manual of Clay Golems
30 days
65,000 GP
6-17
Manual of
, the book is consumed in eldritch flames. The golem becomes animate when the ashes of the manual are sprinkled on it. It is under your control, and it understands and obeys your spoken commands.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
of yourself that belong to creatures that know languages or are telepathic. You don’t read the thoughts, but you know that a thinking creature is present.
The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone
, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of metal; or a thin sheet of lead.
Read Thoughts. Target one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself or one creature within 30 feet of yourself that you detected with
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
A Spell Scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without Material components. Otherwise
, the scroll isn’t lost.
If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you
Monsters
Monster Manual
Inscrutable. No magic can observe the sphinx remotely or detect its thoughts without its permission. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain its intentions or sincerity are made with Disadvantage
15 Intelligence saving throw or that action is wasted. The cursed target can take a Study action to make a DC 15 Intelligence check, solving the riddle and ending the curse on a success. The curse ends
Monsters
Monster Manual
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. The yochlol can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Detect Thoughts, Gaseous Form (self only), Web1/Day: Dominate PersonToxic Escape. Trigger: The yochlol is hit by an attack roll. Response: The yochlol
Monsters
Monster Manual
ability (spell save DC 21):
At Will: Detect Magic, Mind Spike (level 5 version), Minor Illusion, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no
turn, the target rolls 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Giggling Magic"} whenever it makes an ability check or attack roll and subtracts the number rolled from the D20 Test
Monsters
Monster Manual
ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Detect Magic, Mind Spike (level 4 version), Minor Illusion, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no
rolls 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Giggling Magic"} whenever it makes an ability check or attack roll and subtracts the number rolled from the D20 Test. Failure or
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10
.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set its trigger and choose which effect the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest
spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set
Monsters
Monster Manual
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22):
At Will: Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door,Dispel Magic, Hypnotic Pattern 2/Day Each: Mass Suggestion, Modify Memory, Plane Shift
Tongue Twister. The
(excluding the hag and its allies) within 1 mile of the lair subtract 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Lapsus Linguae"} from any ability check they make when they take the
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
You gain the following benefits.
Deductive Intuition. When you make an Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Insight) check, you can roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check
.
Magical Detection. You always have the Detect Magic and Detect Poison and Disease spells prepared. You can cast each spell once without a spell slot, and you regain the ability to cast it in that way when
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
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read
Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. You can’t gain this benefit from the book more than once.
Enlightened Magic
Once you’ve read and studied the book, any spell slot you
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks.
Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
":"to hit","rollAction":"Chained Book"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Chained Book","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning
Detect Thoughts
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
detect the presence of a creature in this way, you can read its thoughts for the rest of the duration as described above, even if you can’t see it, but it must still be within range.
For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures. When you cast the spell and as your action on each turn until the spell ends, you can focus your mind on any one creature that you
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the swarm is animate.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening
","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Book Club"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Book Club","rollDamageType
Equipment
This book describes various mundane techniques and theories related to foiling magic traps. If you spend 48 hours studying this book, you learn how to overcome certain types of magic traps with your
thieves’ tools.
If a trap’s magic can be dispelled or suppressed by a dispel magic spell, you can make a Dexterity check using thieves’ tools to achieve the same result. The DC of
Book of Vile Darkness
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
can’t use this property again until the next dawn.
Dark Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil
, such as lore about demons. When you do so, double your proficiency bonus on that check.
Dark Speech. While you carry the Book of Vile Darkness and are attuned to it, you can use an action to recite
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, message, prestidigitation, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): —
3rd level (3 slots): counterspellWithering Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
book. The new spell must be of the illusion school.
When a creature you can see makes an Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern the true nature of an illusion spell you cast, or makes a saving
To you, this book is a magical spellbook. To anyone else, the book appears to be a volume of verbose romance fiction. As an action, you can change the book’s appearance and alter the plot of
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
property again until the next dawn.
Dark Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as lore about
demons. When you do so, double your proficiency bonus on that check.
Dark Speech. While you carry the Book of Vile Darkness and are attuned to it, you can use an action to recite words from its pages in a
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below).
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom
(Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you.
Random Properties. A docent has the following properties:
Languages. The docent knows Common, Giant, and 1d4
Equipment
Written by Bloodlord Varrox, Battle Master’s Compendium is a military treatise. Each of its thirteen chapters covers a different skill related to military strategy and tactics. The book’s
detailed analysis covers military units, weapons, strategy, rank, discipline, and much more.
When you study a chapter in the book for 1 hour during a short or long rest, you learn interesting