before being demon charges read

Wand of Orcus

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Crafted and wielded by Orcus, this ghastly wand slips from the demon lord’s grasp from time to time. When it does, it magically appears wherever the demon lord senses an opportunity to achieve

Armor Class while holding the wand. Spells. The wand has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the wand, you can cast one of the spells on the following table

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

the Dungeon Master’s Guide): 2 minor beneficial properties 1 minor detrimental property 1 major detrimental property Spells. The book has 8 charges and regains 1d8 expended charges daily

at dawn. While holding the book, you can take a Magic action to cast one of the spells (save DC 20) on the following table. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak

with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2

Crokek'toeck

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

attacks are magical. Secure Memory. Crokek'toeck is immune to the waters of the River Styx as well as any effect that would steal or modify its memories or detect or read its thoughts. Standing Leap

Crokek'toeck's mouth, or the next closest unoccupied space.Crokek'toeck is yeenoghu;Yeenoghu's demonic pet. Resembling a giant mudskipper with the teeth, fur, ears, and laugh of a hyena, this unique demon

Orcus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of which require charges; the wand has 7 charges to fuel these spells, and it regains 1d4 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d4 + 3", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Charges regained"} charges daily at dawn: At

will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead 1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death 2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options

Maw of Yeenoghu

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

attention of the demon lord Yeenoghu, known as the Beast of Butchery. A cruel hill giant sometimes turns to Yeenoghu for help in expanding the reach of its malevolence. Occasionally a hill giant consumes an

result is a ravenous monster called a maw of Yeenoghu, which is wholly devoted to the demon lord. A maw of Yeenoghu grows a mane of hair and hunches over like a gnoll. Its jaw grows and widens, and

Earworm

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

inside you, you can speak, read, and write Deep Speech. Spells. The earworm has 4 charges. You can cast the following spells from it, expending the necessary number of charges (spell save DC 15

): detect thoughts (2 charges) or dissonant whispers (1 charge). Each time you use the earworm to cast the detect thoughts spell, it sends the information gleaned to the nearest daelkyr, or

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material

while the wand is attuned to Orcus himself. Protection. You gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class while holding the wand. Spells. The wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1

Heretic

Magic Items Quests from the Infinite Staircase

bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Heretic has 6 charges for the following properties; the sword regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn: Destroy Devotion. Once per turn

when you hit a creature with this weapon, you can expend 1 of its charges to attempt to render the target powerless. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or have the paralyzed

Sage Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

, sometimes as a means toward other ideals. d8 Personality Trait 1 I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition. 2 I’ve read every book in the

information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy. 3 Unlocking an ancient mystery is worth the price of a civilization. 4 I overlook

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that

charges. You can use an action and expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: clairvoyance (2 charges), crown of madness (1 charge), disintegrate (4 charges

Tearulai

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

without its wielder while the two are attuned to one another. Spells. The sword has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. A creature attuned to the sword can use an action and

expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells from it without material components: fly (2 charges), polymorph (3 charges), or transport via plants (4 charges). Sentience. The sword

Demonomicon of Iggwilv Legacy

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

charges. It regains 1d8 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding it, you can use an action to cast Tasha's hideous laughter from it or to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following

spells (save DC 20) from it: magic circle (1 charge), magic jar (3 charges), planar ally (3 charges), planar binding (2 charges), plane shift (to layers of the Abyss only; 3 charges), summon fiend (3

Sage - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

convey the impression of great erudition. 2 I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have. 3 I’m used to helping out those who

back. d6 Flaw 1 I am easily distracted by the promise of information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy. 3

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Personality Trait 1 I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition. 2 I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I

great deeds and win it back. d6 Flaw 1 I am easily distracted by the promise of information. 2 Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on

Rod of Seven Parts

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Eons ago, a war between the primordials and the gods scarred the planes of existence. A demon lord named Miska the Wolf-Spider eventually pushed the primordials’ enemies to the brink of

rolls made with it. Rod Spellcasting. The Rod of Seven Parts has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the rod, you can use an action to expend 1 charge and cast

Crook of Rao

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

’s Guide: 2 minor beneficial properties 1 major beneficial property 1 minor detrimental property Spells. The crook has 6 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more

of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: aura of life (2 charges), aura of purity (2 charges), banishment (1 charge), beacon of hope (1 charge), mass cure wounds (3

Shield of the Hidden Lord

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Intelligence of 22, a Wisdom of 18, and a Charisma of 24, as well as hearing and truesight out to a range of 120 feet. The shield can speak, read, and understand Common and Infernal, and it can communicate

telepathically with any creature it can sense within 120 feet of it. Its voice is a deep, hollow whisper. The shield has 3 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 charge to cast fireball or 2

Warlock Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

relationship between warlock and patron is like that of a cleric and a deity, though the beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are not gods. A warlock might lead a cult dedicated to a demon

(such as the ability to see in darkness or to read any language) to access to powerful spells. Unlike bookish wizards, warlocks supplement their magic with some facility at hand-to-hand combat. They

Azuredge

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

radiant damage to the target. Hurling. The battleaxe has 3 charges. You can expend 1 charge and make a ranged attack with the axe, hurling it as if it had the thrown property with a normal range of 60

regains all expended charges daily at dawn. Illumination. While holding the axe, you can use an action to cause the axe to glow blue or to quench the glow. This glow sheds bright light in a 30-foot

Stonespeaker Crystals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

demon lords aren’t stopped. After receiving this vision, the creature can’t experience another glimpse of the future until it finishes a long rest. While standing in the appropriate archive, the creature

can expend 2 of the crystal’s charges to ask a question pertaining to the past, present, or future and receive a truthful answer in the form of a vision. Characters can expend charges to confirm

Heretic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

strike down servants of the Upper Planes and weaken the forces of good. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Heretic has 6 charges for the following properties; the

sword regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn: Destroy Devotion. Once per turn when you hit a creature with this weapon, you can expend 1 of its charges to attempt to render the target powerless. The

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

major detrimental property Spells. The book has 8 charges. It regains 1d8 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding it, you can use an action to cast Tasha’s hideous laughter from it or to expend

1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 20) from it: magic circle (1 charge), magic jar (3 charges), planar ally (3 charges), planar binding (2 charges), plane shift (to

Earworm

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

head and bonds to your skull. While the earworm is inside you, you can speak, read, and write Deep Speech. Spells. The earworm has 4 charges. You can cast the following spells from it, expending the

necessary number of charges (spell save DC 15): detect thoughts (2 charges) or dissonant whispers (1 charge). Each time you use the earworm to cast the detect thoughts spell, it sends the information

Wand of Orcus

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

Wand of Orcus Wand, Artifact (Requires Attunement) Crafted and wielded by Orcus, this ghastly wand slips from the demon lord’s grasp from time to time. When it does, it magically appears wherever the

demon lord senses an opportunity to achieve some fell goal. The wand is topped with a skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform

Wedding Crashers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Wedding Crashers When any character enters the skull or touches its surface, the mind of Araumycos stirs — and the Demon Queen of Fungi senses it. Read the following to the players as Zuggtmoy uses

skull, coalescing before your eyes into the image of the Demon Queen of Fungi, her dead eyes glaring with inhuman fury. Zuggtmoy projects her psychic presence to confront the characters, while at

Obelisk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Obelisk An unknown man with unknown purpose. Assist him at your peril, lest he drag you into madness. — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following

, gesticulating wildly and screaming curses into the wind. The pit fiend Bel imprisoned the barlgura demon Ubbalux inside this circle of standing stones. To torment his adversary, Bel revealed that

Eye and Hand of Vecna

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

, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed

. The eye has 8 charges. You can use an action and expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: clairvoyance (2 charges), crown of madness (1 charge), disintegrate

Idyllglen Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

the end of the previous one. Read the following boxed text to the players: The cackling demon lord shuts his maw and narrows his eyes, gazing up toward the sky as a beam of radiant light pierces the

distract enemies in combat. A character who makes a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Animal Handling) check can convince the mastiff to stay out of the fight and find shelter. Hezrou. On its turn, the demon

Wandering Emporium Businesses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

weeks in advance and can be costly. Mahadi charges from five to ten soul coins for an exotic request, depending on the difficulty involved in fulfilling it. Consuming a meal at Infernal Rapture has the

Burney so desires, she can instantly transport herself to the court of Bahamut via a powerful blessing akin to the plane shift spell. Barber Pricing. Burney charges 1 gp for each service involving

Adventures in Akharin Sangar

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

blade. 4 A planetar reveals itself to the characters and declares Atash a false emissary of the Sunweaver. 5 Possessed by a shadow demon, a high-ranking member of the Brightguard calls for the

characters’ arrest on charges of high treason. 6 Revolutionaries begin signing their graffiti with the symbol of the beholder Chesmare, a terror imprisoned in the Sky Prison. Astrologers approach the characters, afraid the sigils will set her free.

Activating a Magic Item

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

they are activated. A Potion of Healing must be swallowed, for example, while the writing vanishes from a scroll when it is read. Once used, a consumable item loses its magic. Spells Cast from Items Some

use with the item. If the user doesn’t have a spellcasting ability, their spellcasting ability modifier is +0 for the item, and the user’s Proficiency Bonus applies. Charges Some magic items have

Confronting Vecna

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

characters are the perfect patsies. Kas planned to retrieve the pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts himself, but now he sends the characters to do so. Kas plans to use the rod to free the demon lord Miska

the Wolf-Spider, his ally against Vecna, though he falsely claims that the rod is the key to stopping Vecna. (Read more about Kas’s plan in chapters 2 and 9.) Rod of Seven Parts Rod, Artifact

Olanthius Returns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

knight to their cause, the characters must have read his journals and learned of his hatred for Zariel. Otherwise, he tries to annihilate them for their impudence. Olanthius is willing to reveal the

Bleeding Citadel’s location only if the characters create a diversion to distract Zariel. The characters must seek out the demon lord Kostchtchie, who is imprisoned in Avernus and whose hammer Zariel stole

Activating an Item

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

from a scroll when it is read. Once used, a consumable item loses its magic and no longer functions. MAGIC ITEM FORMULAS A magic item formula explains how to make a particular magic item. Such a

items might even be for sale, each with a cost double that of its magic item. Spells Some magic items allow the user to cast a spell from the item, often by expending charges from it. The spell is cast

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