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Augury
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
By casting gem-inlaid sticks, rolling dragon bones, laying out ornate cards, or employing some other divining tool, you receive an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a specific
course of action that you plan to take within the next 30 minutes. The DM chooses from the following possible omens:
Weal, for good results
Woe, for bad results
Weal and woe, for both good and bad
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
spectral fists that envelop the gauntlets and mimic your hand motions. The fists can also launch themselves to strike distant opponents, returning immediately to your space after they hit or miss
Backgrounds
The Book of Many Things
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
cards or three-dragon ante cards)
Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, five sheets of paper, a gaming set (matching your chosen proficiency), a signet ring, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
additional cards to keep, returning the other to the deck. The magic of the card you keep takes effect immediately thereafter.
Tree. Your skin immediately becomes rough, like tree bark. Your base AC now
Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards. These forty-four additional cards are known
Pirate
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new.
Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval
you may roll for a random trinket on the Trinkets table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook), a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Bad Reputation
No matter where
Sailor
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new.
Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a naval
more than one deserving soul to a briny grave. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the bottomless depths. Your first love is the distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new.
Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your
. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad Reputation
If your character has a sailor
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
few miles from where they were born.
You aren’t one of those folk.
You are from a distant place, one so remote that few of the common folk in the North realize that it exists, and chances are
discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword Coast to justify the use of this background.
Evermeet. The fabled elven islands far to the west are home to elves who have never
Orc
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Lord Dagult Neverember once told me, during a drunken tirade, that orcs are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to
or less intact, the orcs leave themselves the option of returning to raid the community over and over.
When orcs fight elves, all of that changes. The enmity between the two races cuts to the core
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Augury Level 2 Divination (Cleric, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (specially marked sticks, bones, cards, or other divinatory tokens worth 25+ GP
Omens table. Omens Omen For Results That Will Be... Weal Good Woe Bad Weal and woe Good and bad Indifference Neither good nor bad The spell doesn’t account for circumstances, such as other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Augury Level 2 Divination (Cleric, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (specially marked sticks, bones, cards, or other divinatory tokens worth 25+ GP
Omens table. Omens Omen For Results That Will Be... Weal Good Woe Bad Weal and woe Good and bad Indifference Neither good nor bad The spell doesn’t account for circumstances, such as other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
gem-inlaid sticks, rolling dragon bones, laying out ornate cards, or employing some other divining tool, you receive an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a specific course of
action that you plan to take within the next 30 minutes. The DM chooses from the following possible omens: Weal, for good results Woe, for bad results Weal and woe, for both good and bad results Nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
gem-inlaid sticks, rolling dragon bones, laying out ornate cards, or employing some other divining tool, you receive an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a specific course of
action that you plan to take within the next 30 minutes. The DM chooses from the following possible omens: Weal, for good results Woe, for bad results Weal and woe, for both good and bad results Nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Unseen Order Difficulty: Medium This guessing game requires characters to use deductive reasoning to determine the correct sequence of four cards. They must use a game board and six stacks of cards
the game board are ten stacks of playing cards. Each stack has four copies of the following six cards: Comet, Gem, Moon, Skull, Star, and Sun.
A ghostly goblin in jester garb manifests on the far side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
different ways that the demons and the dragons could be interpreting those words. Ultimately, the adventurers might be in the position of having to choose between an outcome that is bad for them but good
for the world in the long term, or a short-term triumph that carries tremendous risk for the world in the distant (or not too distant) future. Another possibility is that the adventurers are openly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
distant and muted, as if their thoughts and feelings were trapped behind glass. Soon, the seriousness of the problem becomes clear. Soul Loss The soulless character has disadvantage on Wisdom (Insight
character feels a pull toward what they’ve lost. If you’re using the House of Cards, the character senses that a Deck of Many Things can bring them where they need to be.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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
your choice Tool Proficiencies: One gaming set of your choice (such as playing cards or three-dragon ante cards) Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, five sheets of paper, a gaming set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
additional cards beyond your declared number of draws. The magic of these cards doesn’t immediately take effect; instead, choose one of the two additional cards to keep, returning the other to the deck
Deck of Many More Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
has only good cards (or bad ones!) in it. You can do all this without losing the wonder of the deck: its unique nature as a physical object that players—not just their characters—can hold in their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
a distant tower. Standing in her stirrups and raising her sword, she turns her mount toward the dragon, ready to battle once again for the sake of Ravnica. Ravnica is a whole new world for your
offers new race and class options, reflecting the unique character of Ravnica as a Magic setting, and the creatures and characters seen on Magic cards. You can also use this material in any other D&D
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
getting married and moving to a distant land. Kasem knows he can’t continue Spicy Brothers without Vi’s charm and concocted a plan to buy out another successful business. But most businesses in the Dyn
them as a vapid tradition created to provide cheap thrills. Kasem encourages the characters to enjoy their evening, avoid the Market Games, and stay away from vendors who give the market a bad name. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
returning to the surface, Wyllow grew positively despondent. The relationship soured and turned violent. A volley of spells on both sides resulted in Yinark’s death. After Wyllow’s fury abated, all
of the surface world has faded from her mind. She is distant but kind toward those who pass harmlessly through her domain, but turns violent whenever her forest or its peaceful denizens are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
who arrive at the Mortuary via a planar portal might be transported here. Map 1.5 depicts the Path of Graves. The Heralds of Dust leverage the Path of Graves’ portals to reach distant sites relevant
faraway places, returning to the Mortuary in between adventures. Jared Blando Map 1.5: Path of Graves View Player Version Mortuary Adventures Use the Mortuary Adventure Hooks table to inspire a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
your own. Hunt for Magic Items and Spellbooks Obaya Uday, a neutral good Chultan priest of Waukeen (god of trade), has traveled from the distant city of Port Nyanzaru on behalf of a wizard named Wakanga
to regain its integrity and standing, several bad apples threaten to impede that progress with their sinister ventures. Esvele’s brother, Kressando, was sent to Skullport to conduct secret meetings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Effects for Single Cards A Deck of Many Things typically appears not as individual cards, but as a collection of cards characters can draw from. But this doesn’t have to be true; you can give each
they can use in subsequent adventures to find the cards that remain. Eventually the heroes assemble the entire deck, which they can then use in the traditional manner, drawing transformative cards from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
either a cave bear (polar bear) or a giant goat 66–70 1 stone giant shepherding 2d6 mountain goats 71–75 2d6 Blue Bear tribal warriors returning from an unsuccessful hunt 76–80 2d6 Blue Bear tribal
warriors returning from a successful hunt with a dead elk or mountain lion 81–85 1d4 Blue Bear berserkers returning from a raid carrying the severed heads of 2d6 humans or 2d6 shield dwarves 86–90 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Cerulean Hall Blue crystal pillars reach toward this gaming hall’s ceiling. All is quiet except for the clinking of coins and shuffling of cards. Walking between tables is a lean, blue-scaled devil
paraphrase the following: “Not bad. You are clever—I acknowledge that much. But I wonder how you would fare against the master of this chamber. I hereby challenge you to a dragonchess match: winner takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
knows that demons at large in the world are bad for business. The organization thus views the possible presence of the demon lords in the Underdark with the same concern as any other external threat
the party, make eight photocopies of the Zhentarim Thug stat card at the end of this chapter. If you don’t want to control these NPCs yourself, you can distribute their stat cards among the players and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
hunting, there is a cumulative 20 percent chance per hour of it returning. The King of Feathers is a feathered tyrannosaurus rex, with these changes: The King of Feathers is a monstrosity with 200 hit
Feathers can be encountered anywhere within Omu. At first, tease the characters with glimpses of it moving through distant fog or have them hear its roar echoing over the ruins. It might appear while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
family members living abroad and brought them to live with him in a twisted, underground version of Shadowdusk Hold. Among those who answered the call was Margaraste Shadowdusk, a distant cousin whom
devoted to each other and are obsessed with returning their family to prominence and ultimately seizing control of Waterdeep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
succumb to utter despair. Although the Vistani often bring wine from distant lands, they share it infrequently. Thus, most of Barovia’s wine comes from one source: the Wizard of Wines winery and vineyard
against the winery, antagonizing the wereravens like a bad neighbor. Five days ago, evil druids stole the third and final gem and bore it to Yester Hill (chapter 14). The wereravens launched a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
defy their parents when they’re not around but cower in the corner when their parents return, terrified of having their bad behavior found out. Reverence for Lolth touches every aspect of drow life
their own interests. All this effort to please Lolth is a wise precaution. Though she resides in the Abyss, the Spider Queen isn’t a distant god. She sometimes tests her most faithful by drawing their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
is the distant line of the horizon, but the time has come to try your hand at something new. Discuss the nature of the ship you previously sailed with your Dungeon Master. Was it a merchant ship, a
the Bad Reputation feature (see sidebar) instead of the Ship’s Passage feature. Variant Feature: Bad Reputation
If your character has a sailor background, you may select this background feature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Where Are You From? The most important decision in creating a far traveler background is determining your homeland. The places discussed here are all sufficiently distant from the North and the Sword
distant parts of Faerûn. Those who leave behind Mulhorand’s sweltering deserts and ancient pyramids for a glimpse at a different life do so for many reasons. You might be in the North simply to see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
these riches by exploiting my tenants’ misery, buying up condemned property and renting it out for an exorbitant fee. Granny Nightshade is helping me to make amends. I told her I wanted to put my bad
-gotten gains were put to good use, my bad deeds would remain behind me. You are beholding the restless apparitions of those I hurt. They lurk behind my back, tormenting me with pokes at my ribs and