before before doesn’t check reveals

Major Image

Spells Player’s Handbook

making it carry on a conversation, for example. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, for things can pass through it. A creature that takes a Study action to examine the

image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see

Programmed Illusion

Spells Player’s Handbook

create an illusion of yourself to appear and warn off others who attempt to open a trapped door. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be illusory, since things can pass through it. A

creature that takes the Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the

Silent Image

Spells Player’s Handbook

. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes a Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a

successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image.

Project Image

Spells Player’s Handbook

image reveals it to be illusory, since things can pass through it. A creature that takes the Study action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence

(Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image, and any noise it makes sounds hollow to the creature.

Minor Illusion

Spells Player’s Handbook

creature takes a Study action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature

, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, since things can pass through it.

Deck of Illusions

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

card. Any physical interaction with the illusory creature reveals it to be false, because objects pass through it. A creature that takes a Study action to visually inspect the illusory creature

identifies it as an illusion with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. The illusion lasts until its card is moved or the illusion is dispelled (using a Dispel Magic spell or a similar

Dream Eater

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

foes’ greatest fears. However, all dream eaters share one thing: a gaping, always-smiling mouth, which it reveals before engulfing its prey in a phantasmagorical nightmare. The key to defeating a

) check to convince the engulfed target the nightmare isn’t real, with the target escaping on a success. The creature making the check takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage

Adult Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

illusion with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Any physical interaction with an image reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass through it. Whenever a creature with an

creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack. Wing Attack

Programmed Illusion Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

word or phrase. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its action to examine the image can determine that it is an

illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image, and any noise it makes sounds hollow to the creature.

Ancient Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

image from a distance can tell it’s an illusion with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Any physical interaction with an image reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass

be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail

Minor Illusion Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

-foot cube. The image can't create sound, light, smell, or any other sensory effect. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. If a creature

uses its action to examine the sound or image, the creature can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the illusion becomes faint to the creature.

Silent Image Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a

successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image.

Project Image Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion with a successful Intelligence

(Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image, and any noise it makes sounds hollow to the creature.

"The Demogorgon"

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

addressing one another as Aameul and Hathradiah—mispronounced as Emmanuel and Hebediah, respectively. A successful DC 14 Intelligence (History) check allows a character to recall the real names of

stewards. If the ettin is defeated, examining the pouches around his necks reveals a collection of eyeballs and still-beating dragon hearts. The silver wires connect those living tissues to the ettin

Eye Monger

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

hasn’t observed the eye monger move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the eye monger is animate. Unusual Nature. The eye monger doesn

eye and mouth are closed, an eye monger looks like nothing more than a 12-foot-diameter asteroid. When it senses vibrations in the space around it, the eye monger opens its eye and reveals its true

Shield Guardian Amulet

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

The amulet is a 4-inch-wide disk composed of silver-framed wood, with a rune carved into its face. A detect magic spell reveals a magical aura of enchantment around the amulet. Every shield

try to reactivate the shield guardian, doing so with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Reactivation can only be attempted while the amulet and guardian are within 10 feet of each other.

Major Image Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

example. Physical interaction with the image reveals it to be an illusion, because things can pass through it. A creature that uses its action to examine the image can determine that it is an illusion

with a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If a creature discerns the illusion for what it is, the creature can see through the image, and its other sensory

Professor Orb

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

A professor orb is a smooth 5-pound sphere of smoky gray quartz about the size of a grapefruit. Close examination reveals two or more pinpricks of silver light coming from deep inside the sphere

. The orb has extensive knowledge of four narrow academic subjects. When making an Intelligence check to recall lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including

Deck of Illusions Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

with the illusory creature reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass through it. Someone who uses an action to visually inspect the creature identifies it as illusory with a successful DC 15

Intelligence (Investigation) check. The creature then appears translucent. The illusion lasts until its card is moved or the illusion is dispelled. When the illusion ends, the image on its card

Mud Pits of Florrb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the mud mephit seems to be waiting for something to happen. Florrb doesn’t want others to know what’s really going on and reveals the cause of its anxiety only if magically compelled to do so.

circular. (The pools shown on map 1 are not to scale.) A detect magic spell reveals a faint aura of abjuration magic around each pool. The tortles of the island like to bathe and relax in the mud pools

Is That Astrolabe Breathing?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

stairs and run away. Examining the Scene Once the creature is dealt with, the characters can examine it for more information. A successful DC 16 Wisdom (Perception or Survival) check reveals the

Is That Astrolabe Breathing? After the characters find the tome for Professor Blackstone and gather any information they wish, or if they closely examine the central astrolabe, the astrolabe reveals

34. Transmutation Classroom

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

.) Spite Harrowdale used a true polymorph spell to turn a wyvern into a golden statue of himself. Characters who have met Spite will recognize the statue’s likeness. The statue doesn’t detect as magical, but

removing it from the circle causes the true polymorph effect to end, whereupon it reverts to a wyvern and attacks. Thaumaturgic Circle A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic

24. Dead Adventurer

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

spell on the skeleton reveals that the tiefling, Savir, was a monk who fell prey to a cloaker. Savir’s spirit doesn’t know what became of his adventuring companions or the cloaker. If questioned

about Undermountain, Savir’s spirit reveals that there’s an elven tomb nearby with a secret door in the north wall that neither he nor his companions could open. (The spirit is referring to area 26a but doesn’t remember how to get there.)

1. Drawbridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

reveals that most of the tracks (made by several dozen fleeing villagers) lead north. A successful check also reveals smaller humanoid tracks (made by roughly a dozen goblins) heading from the north

in the nearby watchtowers (area 2a). Footprints Characters who search the area west of the drawbridge see several humanoid tracks in the grass and dirt. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Survival) check

12. Trapped Chest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

be trapped. However, a detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of evocation magic around it. Picking the lock requires a successful DC 22 Dexterity check made using thieves’ tools. This

like a cackling demon skull decorates the front of the lid. Encircling the keyhole, a tiny inscription in Common reads, “I devour all but the greatest thieves.” The chest is locked and doesn’t appear to

Q8. Getaway Passage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Q8. Getaway Passage This room looks empty, but a thorough search accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals a rough-hewn tunnel hidden beneath a loose flagstone. The low tunnel leads north to area Q9.

Need a Lift?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

character who suspects that “Vilroy” is hiding something can make a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the changeling’s Charisma (Deception) check. A character who wins the contest detects slight

differences in the sergeant’s facial expressions, suggesting that she’s not the same person the party interacted with previously. Jas doesn’t have details of any prior conversations the party had with the

After the Fire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

succeeding on a DC 12 Intelligence (History) check reveals the roll was made at a local bakery owned by a dwarf named Fill Flourforge (see “Fill’s Bakery”). Family Portrait. A character who searches the

doesn’t know who or what caused the fire, but she’s certain it wasn’t her. If the characters played a part in her rescue, she thanks them for saving her life. Edith then asks the characters to find the

29. Abandoned Apartment

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

(Insight) check reveals that the statues once depicted drow. 29b. Wraith This Way This room is deathly cold and contains the following: Undead. A wraith and three specters haunt the room. They attack all

long ago. It speaks Common and Undercommon but doesn’t have much to say to the living. The wraith killed the three drow (two females and one male) and turned their spirits into specters. Each drow

Into the Demiplane

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the portal’s activation phrase, though she doesn’t know the details. A character who examines the script notices that the penultimate line spoken by the Harper wizard in the play is underlined twice

. This line reads: We lift up our light to reveal what is hidden and banish the darkness forever. A character who makes a successful DC 12 Intelligence check realizes that this line might be more than a

Employee Pass Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Employee Pass Cards Every casino employee carries a pass card made of green metal and embossed with a devil’s smiling, winking visage. A detect magic spell reveals a faint aura of abjuration magic

attempt to steal that employee’s pass card, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. If the check fails by 5 or more, the employee notices the botched theft and cries for help. Otherwise, a failed check goes unnoticed.

39. Southwest Chamber

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

character who examines the room thoroughly and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check concludes that four separate fiery eruptions caused the destruction. A successful DC 19 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals that the damage was likely the result of a meteor swarm spell cast in the room.

Example Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

adjacent to the trap. Countermeasures. A successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals the trap. A successful DC 10 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools disables it. Crossbow Trap Simple trap

. Countermeasures. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals the trip wire. A successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools disables the trip wire, and a check with a total of 5 or lower

6. Frog Lake

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

swimmer has few cues about which tunnel to follow. A DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals which tunnel to follow. Many bats also roost in this cavern. They can reach the outside through natural

characters stick to the shore between the east and north entrances, the frog doesn’t react. If someone enters the water or walks out onto the promontory, the frog croaks loudly and splashes into the water

Scavenger Hunt Clues

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

reveals the item doesn’t work again. Here are the clues: Clue 1. You’ll forget all about any trouble or plight when you step forward and are ensnarled in light. Clue 2. Alumni commission works when they

, or with a successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A decoded clue points the characters toward one of the areas of the Biblioplex as well as the action they must take to receive a prize in that area.

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