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Clockwork Dragon

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Breath","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.These intricately crafted constructs are typically made to reflect the forms of the metallic

that deals fire damage, some might be constructed to deal acid, cold, or lightning damage, depending on their makers' whims.Poison, Psychic

Phantasmal Force Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

, creature, or other visible phenomenon of your choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs

. Similarly, a phantasm created to appear as fire, a pool of acid, or lava can burn the target. Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm

Shield of the Uven Rune

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

cold damage. Deadly Rebuke. Immediately after a creature hits you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to deal 3d6 necrotic damage to that creature. Bane. You can cast the bane spell from

has the properties of a +1 weapon. The bonus increases to +3 when the weapon is used against one of the following creature types, chosen by you at the time of the magic weapon’s creation: aberrations, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, or undead.

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

physical state that their minds are ill equipped to deal with. Their memories of events before this interruption are often vague or absent. Occasionally, the most unexpected experiences might cause

those of various undead or constructs. The Reborn Origins table provides suggestions for how your character became reborn. Reborn Origins d8 Origins 1 You were magically

Bards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

living storehouses of history and folklore. Bards know a great deal, and they tend to be willing to share what they know, or at least barter for it. The arrival of a renowned bard is a special occasion

, akin to the visit of a dignitary. A bard can reasonably expect at least a hot supper and a clean place to sleep from a local landlord or inn in exchange for a few songs or stories. A noble might host a

Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

of the corruptible, the resolve of the truly heroic—the Dark Powers savor these traits. Whether for a night or an eternity, Ravenloft seeks heroes of all sorts and pits them against their greatest

whether the Dark Powers of Ravenloft have exerted their influence upon you, granting you a double-edged supernatural gift. Subclass Options. Consider choosing the College of Spirits bard or the

Low-Level Followers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

2nd-level wizard as an apprentice, a cleric might choose (or be assigned) a 3rd-level cleric as an acolyte, and a bard might take on a 4th-level bard as an understudy. One advantage of allowing lower

monsters that are an appropriate challenge for higher-level characters can deal enough damage to instantly kill or incapacitate a low-level follower. The adventurers should expect to spend effort and resources protecting lower-level NPC party members and to provide healing when this protection fails.

Mass Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Mass Suggestion Level 6 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, M (a snake’s tongue) Duration: 24 hours You suggest a course of activity

deal damage to any of the targets or their allies. For example, you could say, “Walk to the village down that road, and help the villagers there harvest crops until sunset.” Or you could say, “Now is

Fount of Moonlight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Fount of Moonlight Level 4 Evocation (Bard, Druid) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes A cool light wreathes your body for the duration

, emitting Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet. Until the spell ends, you have Resistance to Radiant damage, and your melee attacks deal an extra 2d6 Radiant

Dragonmarked Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

those parties — but it seems like you made a deal with the fey prince. You’re not sure what you agreed to; you’d better find out! Guild Artisan Bard. You ran the finest bar in Cyre, until the Mourning

Enlarge/Reduce

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Enlarge/Reduce Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

category—from Medium to Large, for example. The target also has Advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target’s attacks with its enlarged weapons or Unarmed Strikes deal an extra 1d4

Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, M (a drop of honey) Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours You suggest a

obviously deal damage to the target or its allies. For example, you could say, “Fetch the key to the cult’s treasure vault, and give the key to me.” Or you could say, “Stop fighting, leave this

True Strike

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

True Strike Divination Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: S, M (a weapon with which you have proficiency and that is worth 1+ CP) Duration

of using Strength or Dexterity. If the attack deals damage, it can be Radiant damage or the weapon’s normal damage type (your choice). Cantrip Upgrade. Whether you deal Radiant damage or the weapon’s

Mass Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Mass Suggestion Level 6 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, M (a snake’s tongue) Duration: 24 hours You suggest a course of activity

deal damage to any of the targets or their allies. For example, you could say, “Walk to the village down that road, and help the villagers there harvest crops until sunset.” Or you could say, “Now is

Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, M (a drop of honey) Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours You suggest a

obviously deal damage to the target or its allies. For example, you could say, “Fetch the key to the cult’s treasure vault, and give the key to me.” Or you could say, “Stop fighting, leave this

Enlarge/Reduce

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

Enlarge/Reduce Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

category—from Medium to Large, for example. The target also has Advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target’s attacks with its enlarged weapons or Unarmed Strikes deal an extra 1d4

Suggestion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn

Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, M (a drop of honey) Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours You suggest a

obviously deal damage to the target or it allies. For example, you could say, “Fetch the key to the cult’s treasure vault, and give the key to me.” Or you could say, “Stop fighting, leave this library

Enlarge/Reduce

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Enlarge/Reduce Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

category—from Medium to Large, for example. The target also has Advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target’s attacks with its enlarged weapons or Unarmed Strikes deal an extra 1d4

Friends

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Friends Enchantment Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 10 feet Components: S, M (some makeup) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You magically emanate

if it isn’t a Humanoid, if you’re fighting it, or if you have cast this spell on it within the past 24 hours. The spell ends early if the target takes damage or if you make an attack roll, deal damage, or force anyone to make a saving throw. When the spell ends, the target knows it was Charmed by you.

Mislead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Mislead Level 5 Illusion (Bard, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You gain the Invisible condition at the same time that an

illusory double of you appears where you are standing. The double lasts for the duration, but the invisibility ends immediately after you make an attack roll, deal damage, or cast a spell. As a Magic

True Strike

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

True Strike Divination Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: S, M (a weapon with which you have proficiency and that is worth 1+ CP) Duration

of using Strength or Dexterity. If the attack deals damage, it can be Radiant damage or the weapon’s normal damage type (your choice). Cantrip Upgrade. Whether you deal Radiant damage or the weapon’s

Mislead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Mislead Level 5 Illusion (Bard, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Self Components: S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You gain the Invisible condition at the same time that an

illusory double of you appears where you are standing. The double lasts for the duration, but the invisibility ends immediately after you make an attack roll, deal damage, or cast a spell. As a Magic

Wealth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

, measuring gold by the pound rather than by the coin. Only merchants, adventurers, and those offering professional services for hire commonly deal in coins. Starting Wealth by Class Class Funds

Barbarian 2d4 × 10 gp Bard 5d4 × 10 gp Cleric 5d4 × 10 gp Druid 2d4 × 10 gp Fighter 5d4 × 10 gp Monk 5d4 gp Paladin 5d4 × 10 gp Ranger 5d4 × 10 gp Rogue 4d4 × 10 gp Sorcerer 3d4 × 10 gp Warlock 4d4 × 10 gp Wizard 4d4 × 10 gp

Diseases

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

resources, curable by a casting of lesser restoration. A more complicated outbreak can form the basis of one or more adventures as characters search for a cure, stop the spread of the disease, and deal

might affect only constructs or undead, or sweep through a halfling neighborhood but leave other races untouched. What matters is the story you want to tell.

Starting Points

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

give an initial focus to the campaign—setting a tone and giving players an initial investment in the story. The player characters may be meeting in a tavern—but it’s their favorite tavern. The bard

performs twice a week and the barbarian has a huge bar tab to resolve. This section explores three different starting points. Callestan is in Lower Dura. It’s a dangerous district riddled with crime and

2. Vast Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

from the constructs’ tail stingers. Arbalests. A dozen arbalests (use quadrone statistics) flit around the arch. Each arbalest resembles an oversized repeating crossbow with mechanical wings and

, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons that aren’t made of adamantine. Destroying the arch all but dooms the project, since Zox lacks the resolve to start

Awaken

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Awaken Level 5 Transmutation (Bard, Druid) Casting Time: 8 hours Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (an agate worth 1,000+ GP, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You spend the

Awakened Tree in the Monster Manual. The awakened target has the Charmed condition for 30 days or until you or your allies deal damage to it. When that condition ends, the awakened creature chooses its attitude toward you.

Bestow Curse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Bestow Curse Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You touch a creature, which must succeed on a

or be forced to take the Dodge action on that turn. If you deal damage to the target with an attack roll or a spell, the target takes an extra 1d8 Necrotic damage. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If

Noteworthy Sites

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Moon Pier This collection of massive piers hosts a marketplace and is the haven of Umizu’s premier criminal syndicate, the Safe Oceans Society. Most merchants here deal with the Safe Oceans Society

eventually, whether to smuggle goods, avoid taxes, or quietly resolve conflicts. Society lieutenants run gambling dens disguised as tea rooms along the pier, while samurai and scoundrels test their

Prestidigitation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Prestidigitation Transmutation Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S Duration: Up to 1 hour You create a magical effect within range

make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. Minor Creation. You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand. It lasts until the end of your next turn. A trinket can deal no damage and has no monetary worth.

Awaken

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Awaken Level 5 Transmutation (Bard, Druid) Casting Time: 8 hours Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (an agate worth 1,000+ GP, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You spend the

Awakened Tree in “Creature Stat Blocks”. The awakened target has the Charmed condition for 30 days or until you or your allies deal damage to it. When that condition ends, the awakened creature chooses its attitude toward you.

Phantasmal Force

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs. The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and

acid, or lava can burn the target. Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm’s area or within 5 feet of the phantasm, provided that the

Phantasmal Force

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Phantasmal Force Level 2 Illusion (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet (10 ft. Square) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fleece) Duration: 1 Minute You attempt to

. On each of your turns, such a phantasm can deal 2d8 Psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm’s area or within 5 feet of the phantasm. The target perceives the damage as a type appropriate to the illusion.

Prestidigitation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Prestidigitation Transmutation Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S Duration: Up to 1 hour You create a magical effect within range

make a color, a small mark, or a symbol appear on an object or a surface for 1 hour. Minor Creation. You create a nonmagical trinket or an illusory image that can fit in your hand. It lasts until the end of your next turn. A trinket can deal no damage and has no monetary worth.

Breaking the Archetypes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

eldritch knight. Your focus on abjuration and evocation ensures that your fighting style is supported by magic that can either defend allies or deal massive damage to your foes. And if your franchise

, providing a boon to your franchise’s standing in the community. Any franchise could do worse than having you as its public face — especially when your sense of quiet resolve is needed to quietly resolve some unexpected business disaster.

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