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Dungeon Master’s Guide
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Each card’s effect is described below.
Balance. You can increase one of your ability scores by 2, to a maximum of 22, provided you also decrease another
one of your ability scores by 2. You can’t decrease an ability that has a score of 5 or lower. Alternatively, you can choose not to adjust your ability scores, in which case this card has no
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
":"damage", "rollAction":"Spectral Card", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spectral Card"} damage that is radiant if the d10 roll
Card Sense. The riffler can smell the presence of magical cards, including Deck of Many Things;Decks of Many Things and other magical decks, within 1 mile of itself. It knows the direction to any
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The Book of Many Things
deck). As an action, you can draw a random card from this deck and throw it to make a ranged spell attack, using Dexterity for the attack roll. The card has a range of 30 feet. On a hit, it deals 1d4
slashing damage and imposes a magical effect determined by its suit, as detailed in the Deck of Wild Cards table. The card immediately returns to the deck after it hits or misses a target.
Deck of
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draws.
Monster. This card’s monstrous visage curses you. While cursed in this way, whenever you make a saving throw, you must roll 1d4 and subtract the number rolled from the total. The curse lasts
have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw, then draw them randomly. Any additional cards drawn have no effect
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
behind a calling card to taunt their victims. You may roll on the Master Thief Calling Cards table to determine what a master thief leaves behind.
Master Thief Calling Cards
d10;{"diceNotation
":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Calling Card"}
Calling Card
1
Tiny, folded paper cat
2
Red bird feather
3
Rose petal
4
Figurine made from twigs and twine
5
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The Book of Many Things
throwing a spectral card and using Dexterity for the attack roll. The card has a range of 120 feet and deals 1d8 force damage on a hit.
Spray of Cards. As an action, you can shuffle the deck and cast the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. You can find its statistics in the Monster Manual. If you roll a soul that has already escaped, roll again.
Souls of the Tarokka
d100
Card
Soul
1
Artifact
Flameskull
2
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
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The Book of Many Things
whichever cards they desire. Alternatively, roll on the Deck of Many More Things table below to randomly determine what cards are drawn.
Deck of Many More Things
d100
Card
01
Aberration
this description. Notably, cards from the Deck of Many More Things are more likely to be beneficial, though about a third of them are still dangerous.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many
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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
as an action to expend and roll one of your Hit Dice and add the deck’s bonus to the number rolled. One creature you can see within 30 feet of you either takes radiant damage or regains hit points (your choice) equal to the total.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
"} necrotic damage, and its Charisma score is reduced by 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Drink Breath"}. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If this
drinker has the invisible condition. This invisibility ends immediately after the breath drinker hits or misses with an attack roll or uses Drink Breath.Breath drinkers are Aberrations that invade the
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
against other members of the adventuring party.
The Vampire’s Minions
Whenever Strahd appears in a location other than his tomb or the place indicated by the card reading, roll a d20 and consult
/Day). Strahd magically calls 2d4;{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Children of the Night"} swarm of bats;swarms of bats or swarm of rats;swarms of rats, provided that the sun isn
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The Book of Many Things
half as much damage on a successful one.The ultimate threat created by the Rogue card, the veiled presence is a Celestial for tier 4 play (levels 17 to 20). This being descends from an Outer Plane to
members of the villain’s organization deal poison damage while within 3 miles of the lair, they ignore the target’s resistance to poison damage.
If the villain dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days.Necrotic, Radiant
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
attack roll, the target is decapitated and dies if it fails a DC 20 Constitution saving throw and can’t survive without that head. A target is immune to this effect if it takes none of the damage
powerful snakelike tails for their lower body, snakes for hair, and a petrifying gaze. The first hierophant medusa was transformed by the power of the Euryale card when that individual was inspired by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
another one of your ability scores by 2. You can’t decrease an ability that has a score of 5 or lower. Alternatively, you can choose not to adjust your ability scores, in which case this card has no
some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
another one of your ability scores by 2. You can’t decrease an ability that has a score of 5 or lower. Alternatively, you can choose not to adjust your ability scores, in which case this card has no
some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Initiative Initiative determines the order of turns during combat. The combat rules in chapter 1 explain how to roll Initiative. Sometimes a DM might have combatants use their Initiative scores
instead of rolling Initiative. Your Initiative score equals 10 plus your Dexterity modifier. If you have Advantage on Initiative rolls, increase your Initiative score by 5. If you have Disadvantage on those rolls, decrease that score by 5. See also chapter 1 (“Combat”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Gloine. You can help bring those weeks of exploration to life with random encounters — some of which might increase or decrease the length of the characters’ journey, as you decide. Chapter 2 of
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything includes random forest encounters, Underdark encounters, and mountain encounters. Or you can roll for or select more detailed encounters using the following tables.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Initiative Initiative determines the order of turns during combat. The combat rules in “Playing the Game” explain how to roll Initiative. Sometimes a DM might have combatants use their Initiative
scores instead of rolling Initiative. Your Initiative score equals 10 plus your Dexterity modifier. If you have Advantage on Initiative rolls, increase your Initiative score by 5. If you have Disadvantage on those rolls, decrease that score by 5. See also “Playing the Game” (“Combat”).
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. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Unless a card allows you to draw additional cards, any cards drawn exceeding this number have no
effect. As soon as you draw a card, its magic takes effect. You must draw each card you declared no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. Unless a card states otherwise, if you fail to draw the
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real-world playing cards can simulate the deck). As an action, you can draw a random card from this deck and throw it to make a ranged spell attack, using Dexterity for the attack roll. The card has a
range of 30 feet. On a hit, it deals 1d4 slashing damage and imposes a magical effect determined by its suit, as detailed in the Deck of Wild Cards table. The card immediately returns to the deck after
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deck to make a ranged spell attack by throwing a spectral card and using Dexterity for the attack roll. The card has a range of 120 feet and deals 1d8 force damage on a hit. Spray of Cards. As an
Card Sharp’s Deck Wondrous Item, Uncommon The cards of this deck shimmer around the edges. While holding this deck, you can use the following properties: Deadly Deal. As an action, you can use this
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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->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rolling Initiative Combat starts when—and only when—you say it does. Some characters have abilities that trigger on an Initiative roll; you, not the players, decide if and when Initiative is rolled
. A high-level Barbarian can’t just punch their Paladin friend and roll Initiative to regain expended uses of Rage. In any situation where a character’s actions initiate combat, you can give the acting
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
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hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) force damage plus 5 (1d10) damage that is radiant if the d10 roll is an even number and necrotic if it’s odd.
Card Spray (Recharge 5–6
, Sleight of Hand +9, Stealth +6
Damage Resistances necrotic, radiant
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Sylvan
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
, the soul associated with it escapes. You can find its statistics in the Monster Manual. If you roll a soul that has already escaped, roll again. Souls of the Tarokka d100 Card Soul 1 Artifact
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
Initiative
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rolls for monsters.Surprise. If a combatant is surprised by combat starting, that combatant has Disadvantage on their Initiative roll. For example, if an ambusher starts combat while hidden from a
Initiative scores instead of rolling Initiative. Your Initiative score equals 10 plus your Dexterity modifier. If you have Advantage on Initiative rolls, increase your Initiative score by 5. If you have Disadvantage on those rolls, decrease that score by 5.
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
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might have stumbled across a Deck of Many Things and drawn a card with a potent, positive effect. Or maybe you inherited a modest fortune from a distant relative you didn’t know you had. Regardless, you
life, they throw their cares to the wind and become adventurers. If your character’s life was changed by a Deck of Many Things, consider which card was responsible. Perhaps the Fates card undid a tragic
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to the north, Ruin to the east, Gem to the south, and Flames to the west. In the center of the room’s floor, a card depicting the Key glows brightly.
Characters who enter the House of Cards appear
in this room, standing on the glowing Key card in the floor. Key. The Key card in the floor fills the room with bright light. Anyone touching the card knows it can be used to return home; any character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hazards. Appendix B presents several elder runes on paper cards that you can photocopy and cut out to create an Elder Runes Deck. When circumstances call for the appearance of an elder rune, a card is
bane effect (odd die roll) or the boon effect (even die roll) is triggered. A triggered elder rune targets one or more creatures within 60 feet of it, according to the caster’s specifications. Once the
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
successful life even more glorious—only to draw a destructive card that changed your destiny forever. Your desperation has driven you to the career of adventurer. You don’t seek out dark dungeons and their
false reputation. Now a Deck of Many Things—or another calamity—has knocked them down like a house of cards. If your character’s life was ruined by a Deck of Many Things, consider which card was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, spearhead some covert enterprise, or enjoy a quiet life of luxury. When a master thief completes a challenging heist, they often leave behind a calling card to taunt their victims. You may roll on the
Master Thief Calling Cards table to determine what a master thief leaves behind. Master Thief Calling Cards d10 Calling Card 1 Tiny, folded paper cat 2 Red bird feather 3 Rose petal 4 Figurine made from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Index Cards In this approach, each character gets an index card, as does each group of identical monsters. When the players tell you their initiative numbers, write the numbers on their characters
’ index cards. Do the same when you roll the monsters’ initiative. Then arrange the cards in order from highest to lowest. Starting at the top, you move down through the stack. When you call out the name






