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Dungeon Master’s Guide
While holding this rod, you can take a Reaction to absorb a spell that is targeting only you and doesn’t create an area of effect. The absorbed spell’s effect is canceled, and the spell
existence and how many levels of spell energy it currently has stored.
If you are a spellcaster holding the rod, you can convert energy stored in it into spell slots to cast spells you have prepared or
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
times. Currently, Levistus claims lordship over Stygia, but he has been trapped in an enormous block of ice at the command of Asmodeus. In response, Geryon is marshaling his followers, hoping to use this
–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Geryon (Variant);VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
innumerable times. Currently, Levistus claims lordship over Stygia, but he has been trapped in an enormous block of ice at the command of Asmodeus. In response, Geryon is marshaling his followers, hoping to
(Recharge 5–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Cold, Fire, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Soul of Artifice At 20th level, you develop a mystical connection to your magic items, which you can draw on for protection: You gain a +1 bonus to all saving throws per magic item you are currently
attuned to. If you’re reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can use your reaction to end one of your artificer infusions, causing you to drop to 1 hit point instead of 0.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Soul of Artifice At 20th level, you develop a mystical connection to your magic items, which you can draw on for protection: You gain a +1 bonus to all saving throws per magic item you are currently
attuned to. If you’re reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can use your reaction to end one of your artificer infusions, causing you to drop to 1 hit point instead of 0.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
item you are currently attuned to. If you’re reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can use your reaction to end one of your artificer infusions, causing you to drop to 1 hit point instead of 0.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
minus the Acquisitions Incorporated fee). If the characters were only partly successful, adjust Omin’s reaction and what follows as necessary. Having since learned about the initial mistaken identity
makes the whole company look bad). Either way, read: “I’ve been told about the misunderstanding regarding your identities. I can’t say much for your relative inexperience and lack of skill. But it looks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rod of Absorption Rod, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) Conceptopolis Rod of Absorption While holding this rod, you can take a Reaction to absorb a spell that is targeting only you and doesn’t create
rod has absorbed over the course of its existence and how many levels of spell energy it currently has stored. If you are a spellcaster holding the rod, you can convert energy stored in it into spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Rod of Absorption Rod, very rare (requires attunement) While holding this rod, you can use your reaction to absorb a spell that is targeting only you and not with an area of effect. The absorbed
. When you become attuned to the rod, you know how many levels of energy the rod has absorbed over the course of its existence, and how many levels of spell energy it currently has stored. If you are a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Rod of Absorption Rod, very rare (requires attunement) While holding this rod, you can use your reaction to absorb a spell that is targeting only you and not with an area of effect. The absorbed
. When you become attuned to the rod, you know how many levels of energy the rod has absorbed over the course of its existence, and how many levels of spell energy it currently has stored. If you are a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Rod of Absorption Rod, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) While holding this rod, you can take a Reaction to absorb a spell that is targeting only you and doesn’t create an area of effect. The absorbed
of its existence and how many levels of spell energy it currently has stored. If you are a spellcaster holding the rod, you can convert energy stored in it into spell slots to cast spells you have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Vi has a zest for life, Kasem is reserved and calculating. He’s also the one behind the sabotage currently afflicting the Tyenmo and Xungoon stalls. Several weeks ago, Vi told his brother he’s
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->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Charisma (Deception) check to avoid making an alarmed face, coughing loudly, or having another potentially embarrassing reaction. Bow’s End Snacks d6 Snack 1 Eel rolls with sticky rice, jalapeno
later, they learn the student was delivered to the infirmary, spent a night there with a bad headache, and recovered by the next morning. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Soul Cage 6th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a humanoid you can see within 60 feet of you dies Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a tiny silver cage worth 100 gp
you’re currently on. The sensor remains for as long as you concentrate, up to 10 minutes (as if you were concentrating on a spell). You receive visual and auditory information from the sensor as if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
whole creature and still be hungry. If you’re bad, she’ll come in the night and carry you away. She’ll make a lantern of your skull and torment you until the end of time. And she’s the least
the monstrous nation can’t last—that even the Daughters can’t hold the disparate alliance together—but Droaam is currently thriving and stronger than ever. Droaam works closely with House Tharashk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Peace Domain Have these peaceful clerics even considered that they’re subverting a most holy system, one where bad decisions coincide with the teaching power of pain?
Tasha
The balm of peace
to take damage, a second bonded creature within 30 feet of the first can use its reaction to teleport to an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the first creature. The second creature then takes all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
reaction, you can target one creature you can see that is about to attempt an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw, either granting advantage or imposing disadvantage on the roll. The bead crumbles
is about to make an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw with disadvantage. When such a roll is made, you can use a reaction to grant a d10 to a different creature you can see. That creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
make Charisma checks to gauge their reaction. Characters can learn the following information through observation and questioning. They need to be careful, however, not to attract attention for asking
into a work detail. Characters might be selected by an officer to spend a few hours helping with food preparation, standing guard in a tower, practicing weapon drill, or even cleaning up after animals (a job usually reserved for prisoners, but currently the number of prisoners in the camp is low).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
make Charisma checks to gauge their reaction. Characters can learn the following information through observation and questioning. They need to be careful, however, not to attract attention for asking
after animals (a job usually reserved for prisoners, but currently the number of prisoners in the camp is low).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
or carrying. Constructs automatically succeed on the saving throw. The mirror currently has three vacant cells. If the mirror traps a creature when its twelve cells are already occupied, it releases
against them. Prisoners of the Mirror Cell Prisoner Notes Reaction if Released 1 A’tan (CN male Chultan human commoner) Omuan merchant trapped shortly after the fall of Omu; driven insane by his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
decision, follow through with it knowing your path is just. Redemption. So you feel bad about having done something, and then you have to do something to feel better? Why don’t you just kill and eat
rebuke those who use violence. Immediately after an attacker within 30 feet of you deals damage with an attack against a creature other than you, you can use your reaction to force the attacker to make a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
can use their reaction to trick the hydra by making a DC 14 Charisma (Deception) or Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. On a success, the hydra attacks an object or another creature within 5 feet of
ascertain that the orange glow around the crate is a bad sign, for it suggests the crate’s contents might have been damaged in a dangerous way. The crate explodes if it is moved or jostled. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Baldur’s Gate! But now I fear I have misplaced a friend amid this odious malevolence.
“My friend’s name is Floon Blagmaar. He’s got more beauty than brains, and I worry he took a bad way home a couple
(Insight) check. On a success, a character discerns that Volo is honest but might be stretching the truth about how much he can pay. (Currently low on cash, Volo is awaiting royalty payments from Volo’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Alustriel correctly supposes that Kas plans to find Vecna and co-opt the lich-god’s ritual to become the most powerful being in existence. This outcome is as bad as Vecna ruling the multiverse, as far as
late. Regardless of the characters’ reaction to this revelation, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the rules in the “Power of Secrets” section in this book’s introduction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the characters’ reaction to this revelation or whether they offer to look for Filch, learning it counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules in this book’s introduction. Cyran
let the characters borrow a Docent beforehand. Unfortunately, Kalyth says, the Docent stockpile is in Ialos, a ruined village currently occupied by “rogue warforged.” The Turquoise Spear attempted to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tables. He is currently intent on claiming the legendary axe Orcsplitter, the weapon buried with King Torhild Flametongue of Besilmer many centuries ago. The secret doors and puzzles of the Halls of
target. Hit: 17 (2d12 + 4) slashing damage.
Grumink the Renegade Grumink is a dwarf gone bad. He is a chaotic evil gold dwarf assassin with dwarf racial traits. Bloodthirsty, callous, and mercenary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Phandalin” above), Linene works tirelessly to keep the coster operational through good times and bad. Most of the goods in the Player’s Handbook can be purchased here. Linene can special order items
. Currently, Sharna at the Miner’s Exchange has their trust (see “People of Phandalin”), mostly for her assurances that the mines will soon be more prosperous than ever. If Sharna discovers that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
expecting trouble might be surprised to learn that its current occupants are neither evil nor much of a threat. The Scarlet Sash has eight members currently, though it has had as few as three and as many as
scolds those who display bad manners or foolish behavior. She can easily mimic the sound of breaking glass, which she likes to use to create a distraction. Personality Trait. “I can be trusted with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
House of Naelax—is rumored to have fiendish advisers as well as a noble court infested with evil. Ruling from the Malachite Throne in Rauxes, Ivid commands an unmatched army currently embroiled in two
. Those who despise and challenge the Great Kingdom’s oppression—outlaws both good and bad—find refuge in borderlands just beyond the reach of the overking’s soldiers. These include the woods and swamp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, as does obtaining a flying mount. Feathergale Rebel The character has been sent to retrieve a Waterdhavian noblewoman. Savra Belabranta is currently guarding the front gate of Feathergale Spire. The
fire cultists but never took up arms with them. Now the character wants to stop the villains before they give all mercenaries a bad name. The character earns inspiration for clearing out Scarlet Moon Hall and again for reaching the Temple of Eternal Flame.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Fishbone Tavern Any fisher or laborer in the north of the city can provide directions to Fishbone Tavern. None of the NPCs currently at the tavern know the location of Dran Enterprises headquarters
(perhaps Noriel or Dabahl), asking loudly whether the characters have found Dran Enterprises yet, and provoking a noticeable reaction from Fryer and Rakeem. Once the characters have learned about Arla from any of the possible sources at the Fishbone, they can travel to her shop.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Geryon Geryon is locked in an endless struggle with Levistus for control of Stygia. The two have fought for centuries, each displacing the other innumerable times. Currently, Levistus claims
the next minute. The bonus equals its Strength modifier (minimum of +1).
Indomitable Strength (Recharge 5–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
damage and must immediately use its reaction, if available, to move as far as its speed allows out of the Lorehold Deans’ Wing. If the creature succeeds, it takes half as much damage and doesn’t have
the party has not already encountered the invisible stalker that serves as the wing’s guardian, it’s currently in this room. It waits until intruders move to leave the room, then attacks from behind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the headquarters portal. Perhaps they use detect thoughts on a Dran Enterprises operative who knows which stone currently marks the headquarters portal. Maybe exceptional roleplaying allows them to talk
efforts to undercut Acquisitions Incorporated’s reputation and success. Dagdra has made a lot of bad choices in her life, from leaving her church to joining Dran Enterprises and getting stuck with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
life in the city. Currently Sigil has twelve ascendant factions. The following sections present these factions, along with notes on their leaders, sites in Sigil that serve as their headquarters
animosity. They have bad blood with the Harmonium, who view the Fated as wrongheaded and dangerous, and Factol Darkwood and Factol Montgomery of the Society of Sensation are bitter rivals. Fraternity of






