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Intellect Devourer
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
","rollAction":"Devour Intellect"}: If the total equals or exceeds the target’s Intelligence score, that score is reduced to 0. The target is stunned until it regains at least one point of
Intelligence.
Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from evil and good. If it wins
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
contested by the creature's Strength check. If the broom wins the contest, it flies out of the creature's grasp and makes a melee attack against it with advantage on the attack roll.Animated objects
.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Monsters’ Desires Aberrations d4 Desired Offering 1 The brain or other organs of a rare creature 2 Flattery and obsequiousness 3 Secrets or lore it doesn’t already know 4 Accepting a strange
, organic graft onto your body Beasts d4 Desired Offering 1 Fresh meat 2 A soothing melody 3 Brightly colored beads, cloth, feathers, or string 4 An old stuffed animal or other soft trinket
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
pestle, you can use your action to say the name of any nonmagical plant, mineral, or fluid and an amount of the material worth 10 gp or less. The mortar instantly fills with the desired amount of
is reduced to powder, pulp, or paste, as appropriate. Only magic items are unaffected. If you wish, when the pestle stops, you can have the mortar separate its contents-like powdered bone, crushed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
1d8 custard damage. Subtract custard damage from the contestant’s hit points as normal. Any contestant reduced to 0 hit points by custard damage is unable to continue, loses the contest, and has custard
feasting tables are lined with merrymakers, and dances spring up at the drop of a hat. Faerie Cake Eating Contest This contest runs repeatedly throughout the evening and costs 1 ticket punch to enter. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
this magic or take 11 (2d10) psychic damage. Also on a failure, roll 3d6: If the total equals or exceeds the target’s Intelligence score, that score is reduced to 0. The target is stunned until it
regains at least one point of Intelligence.
Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
that would target the wand’s user targets the wand instead. If reduced to 0 hit points, the wand crumbles into dust and is destroyed. A dispel evil and good spell cast on the wand rids it of
the animated wand is grabbed while Rantantar’s spirit is lodged inside it, a contest of wills ensues. The creature grabbing the wand must immediately make a DC 20 Charisma saving throw. On a failed
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
convinced to defend the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond
Shape. The dragon magically transforms into any creature that is Medium or Small, while retaining its game statistics (other than its size). This transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the school in a contest against a rival college.
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An emerald dragon invisibly tails a party of adventurers, causing trouble for the heroes so the dragon can watch how they respond.
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An
transformation ends if the dragon is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
suspended in the air.
In the west side of the room is a black gate, and on the wall near it is a contact stone.
Creatures. One reduced-threat aboleth (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above) dwells
deep in the pool. Within this room, the aboleth can use the water globes (see “Water Globes” below) to move around. The aboleth’s ordeal in the Doomvault has weakened it, making it a reduced threat. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the demons and devils battled. The hosts of Mount Celestia, she believed, could descend upon Avernus en masse and wipe both hordes of evil from the cosmos if they so desired. After her repeated requests
other features, but recent activity in the Blood War has reduced it to a blasted wasteland. The few structures still standing are citadels constructed by the devils to repel attackers, to be rebuilt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creature. Hit: 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts
target’s Strength check. If the poltergeist wins the contest, the poltergeist hurls the target up to 30 feet in any direction, including upward. If the target then comes into contact with a hard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. The mortar instantly fills with the desired amount of that material. Once you use this action, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest. You can also use the artifact as
. If this reduces the target’s hit points to 0, the target is reduced to powder, pulp, or paste, as appropriate. Only magic items are unaffected. If you wish, when the pestle stops, you can have the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
their sensory stone (see Sigil and the Outlands). Roll on the Sensory Stone Sensations table and consult the entries below to determine the muse’s desired sensation and how the characters can help
successful DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check or the calm emotions spell. On a failed check, the characters record anxiety instead. If the characters record the Sensate’s desired sensation, the muse rewards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
portrait of the creature over a period of 1 hour. At the end of that time, the magic of the portrait alters the creature in the desired manner. The benefits granted by the bargain normally last for a year
in any way they desire. The character retains their ability scores and class features, but changes their racial traits if applicable. Youth. A character who bargains for youth has their age reduced to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
of the globe while within 100 feet of it. Another creature that qualifies as a controller can gain control of a globe by winning a contest of Intelligence checks against the current controller. A
globe has half cover against effects that originate outside the globe. While inside a globe, a trapped creature can’t contest for control of the globe. Pools of Devotion A spirit naga oversees this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
require air, food, drink, or sleep. The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too
contested by the creature’s Strength check. If the broom wins the contest, it flies out of the creature’s grasp and makes a melee attack against it with advantage on the attack roll.
Guardian Portrait A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
any group member’s Speed is reduced to half or less of normal. Extended Travel. Characters can push themselves to travel for more than 8 hours per day, at the risk of tiring. At the end of each
moving on. Describe the journey as vividly as you like, but keep momentum by focusing on the most notable details that reinforce the desired mood. Visual aids can help set the scene for the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
reduced to dust. Unless noted otherwise, a character’s life expectancy is around 100 years. If a character is killed in this way, the multiversal glitch causes them to reappear somewhere out of the other
characters’ sight, such as area P1. Winning the Contest. There is a 50 percent chance for either Bowolg or Volsheez to win their ages-long battle, but which of these fantastically slow-moving entities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ship, the giants are riddled with hideous boils that throb with a pale-green glow. The ravenous fomorians attack the characters on sight. If either fomorian is reduced to 0 hit points, its boils
fourth spectates. They then invite the characters to show them their moves. To win the contest, the characters must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma (Performance) group check. Characters who augment their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
successful check, the character moves at half speed up or down the shaft, as desired. On a check result of 6–9, the character struggles with the climb and takes 10 minutes to ascend or descend the
bridge has AC 5 and 10 hit points, and it has vulnerability to fire and slashing damage. If the bridge is reduced to 0 hit points, it collapses. Creatures on the collapsing bridge must make a DC 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
requires restarting the process. After three overall failures, the door to the vault gives off a loud ringing noise and four guards come to investigate. The DC is reduced to 10 if the character has one of
allowing everyone to receive the couple, Rizwin thanks Jormun for the wonderful ceremony (even if it left much to be desired) and leads everyone back the way they came and north to the dining hall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
condition. On its first turn in combat or when it is reduced to 0 hit points, the cat expels a cloud of dust that acts as dust of sneezing and choking. Tiny Door. Characters who look underneath the potion
“Treasure” below). If reduced to 10 hit points or fewer, the will-o’-wisp turns invisible and tries to flee; if it escapes, it flies to Bavlorna and warns her about the intruders in her bedchamber. Chest of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
animates for 1d4 rounds, after which it clatters to the floor. The effect repeats if the bones are touched again, unless the skeleton is reduced to 0 hit points or the bones are destroyed, in which case
, if desired. The meals on the menu are prepared just as they are in Waterdeep’s finest restaurants, but nonetheless they are extraordinarily expensive (25 gp per plate). Draven employs spies to keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
succeeds by 5 or more, the mechanism can be permanently disabled if desired. Creature. The pit contains two goblin skeletons, one goblin that has been dead for about a day, and one live giant rat. The
the Wisdom saving throw then increases to 20. If the globe is reduced to 0 hit points or taken from the room, it cracks and goes dark and silent. It no longer functions. 8. Pressure Plate The air is






