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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This wooden staff is decorated with bird carvings. It has 10 charges. While holding it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge from the staff and cause it to create one of the following
seagull’s cry, an owl’s hoot, or an eagle’s shriek.
Regaining Charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff explodes in a harmless cloud of bird feathers and is lost forever.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
along well with dryads and other creatures devoted to protecting the wilderness.
Roll or choose a result from the Swanmay’s Charge table as inspiration for what a swanmay protects.
Swanmay
’s Charge
1d6
The Swanmay Is Devoted to Protecting …
1
A hidden spring.
2
A lakeshore recently ravaged by a forest fire.
3
The conjunction of three rivers
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
A wizard named Damara created this orb while devising a way to become a dragon. Aided by a mysterious magician (actually an aspect of Tiamat in disguise), Damara eventually created an Artifact that
table from it (+10 spell attack modifier, spell save DC 18). The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
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Charge Cost
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Staff of Birdcalls
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
This wooden staff is decorated with bird carvings. It has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge from the staff and cause it to create one of the following sounds out
cry, an owl’s hoot, or an eagle’s shriek.
The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff explodes in a harmless cloud of bird feathers and is lost forever.
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
to use the following properties:
Marked Card. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge to draw a card from the deck and place it in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The card then becomes
wearing or carrying, appearing in the closest unoccupied space to the card. After you teleport in this way, or after 8 hours, the card returns to the deck, and the mark on it fades.
Riffling Portal. As an
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
. While attuned to and wearing the ring, Artus can expend the necessary number of charges to activate one of the following properties:
Artus can expend 1 charge and use the ring to lower the
returns to normal at a rate of 10 degrees per minute.
Artus can cast one of the following spells from the ring (spell save DC 17) by expending the necessary number of charges: Bigby's hand (2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Staff of Birdcalls Staff, common This wooden staff is decorated with bird carvings. It has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 charge from the staff and cause it to create
hoot, or an eagle’s shriek. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff explodes in a harmless cloud of bird feathers and is lost forever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Staff of Birdcalls Staff, Common This wooden staff is decorated with bird carvings. It has 10 charges. While holding it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge from the staff and cause it to
cry, an owl’s hoot, or an eagle’s shriek. Regaining Charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff explodes in a harmless cloud of bird feathers and is lost forever. Conceptopolis Staff of Charming, Staff of Fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
charges. While holding it, you can expend 1 or more of its charges to use the following properties: Robson Michel Deck of Dimensions Marked Card. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge to draw a
hours, the card returns to the deck, and the mark on it fades. Riffling Portal. As an action, you can expend 3 charges to cast the Arcane Gate spell from the deck. The deck vanishes, and fluttering
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
lazuli to resemble a noble bird of prey. It can become a giant eagle for up to 1 hour. While the transformed eagle is within 1 mile of you, you can communicate with it telepathically. As an action, you
over someone’s body, either to impersonate that person for a brief time or to extract secrets from their mind. When the mission is complete, the creature returns to you, reports its success
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
regains all its expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can expend the necessary number of charges to activate one of the following properties:
You can expend 1 charge as an action
point the temperature in the area returns to normal at a rate of 10 degrees per minute.
You can cast one of the following spells from the ring (spell save DC 17) by expending the necessary number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
wizard or other individual can bypass the ward by assuming the form of a Tiny bird. The Avowed don’t discuss this flaw with outsiders, but anyone who can see the gulls flying over Candlekeep can
collection is magically protected against theft. Any such work that is removed from the keep disappears and immediately returns to its proper place in the library. This ward also has a flaw that the Avowed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
gifts them one of the community’s few treasures: a folded paper kingfisher that functions as a Quaal’s feather token (bird). Characters gain no rewards for a loss.
At the end of the scenario
, Darrett is reeling from Becklin’s defeat and returns with the characters to Vogler. You can run any encounters from the “Invasion of Vogler” section as the characters escape the village, or you can skip ahead to “The Final Boat” section.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Safe by Day Once the undead are dealt with, the coming of the dawn’s first light means that the characters can finally rest with no fear of another assault. Raserhill’s ferry returns about an hour
, read: The sultry day is silent except for the sounds of the sea. A lone bird circles in lazy loops in the sky overhead. Eventually it descends and alights on a nearby rock. It’s a gull, and an old one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
area 10) are devising a means of escape using a set of superior mason’s tools hidden there, and that these tools can also weaken the eidolon in the Temple of Moloch (see area 25 in chapter 4). They also
Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the girallon to leave. Roll a d4. On a 1–2, the girallon checks in with Moghadam in area 1. On a 3–4, it goes to see Phenex in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
wandered in a delirium before coming upon two odd, birdlike humanoids dressed in patchwork armor and standing next to a strange infernal vehicle. The bird creatures were equipped with odd weapons and tools
remembers meeting a pair of “bird folk” named Chukka and Clonk. Based on descriptions furnished by Lulu and Ravengard, the characters can conclude that Chukka and Clonk are kenku. Lulu remembers that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
paper, twisted pieces of metal, and bird droppings. Other furnishings include a rocking chair, a trellis table, and the charred remains of a bookshelf, all shrouded in thick cobwebs. Arrow slits line
time a charge is expended, there’s a 50 percent chance that nothing happens and the charge is wasted) 2 A potion of healing mixed with a potion of flying (if this mixture is imbibed, roll on the Potion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
atop it. Paintings on the chariot’s body show a tall bird with a long, sharp beak. On the south wall, a bronze shield bears the embossed image of a Chultan warrior carrying a spear, below an inscription
(see "Spirits of the Nine Trickster Gods"). When Papazotl’s spirit manifests, read: Strange shadows shift across the walls, forming the outline of a long-legged bird. Its beak stabs at you as a voice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Supernatural Gift (Charm) This Charm has 3 charges. You can expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells: Greater Restoration (2 charges) or Lesser Restoration (1 charge). Once all its
days. The Charm then vanishes from you, and the weapon returns to normal. Charm of Vitality Supernatural Gift (Charm) This Charm allows you to give yourself the benefit of a Potion of Vitality as a Magic action. Once you do so, the Charm vanishes from you.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
positions around the chamber.
“Do you really think that you can defeat my Immortal Lotus style? You are mere worms slithering through the mud on a rainy day. I am the bird, here to feast!”
Bak Mei
. A character who examines the altar can find this compartment with a successful DC 17 Wisdom (Perception) check. It contains a potion of mind reading and a Quaal’s feather token (bird). Bak Mei
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
necessary number of charges to activate one of the following properties: You can expend 1 charge as an action and use the ring to lower the temperature in a 120-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you
below 32 degrees. This effect is permanent unless you use the ring to end it as an action, at which point the temperature in the area returns to normal at a rate of 10 degrees per minute. You can cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
seen behind a large desk strewn with papers—a huge white owl with the head of an aging man, seated atop a large, ornate bird stand. The figure reads while turning pages with a talon, muttering curses
pp, ten small rubies (worth 25 gp each), a ring of water walking, and a vial of blood of the lycanthrope antidote (see appendix C). Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the journal from Kwalish’s original expedition — and a final brain in a jar. Creature. The brain in a jar in this area belongs to the bone devil that founded the monastery. It is in charge of the
exploration of the mountains, building an ambulatory craft capable of crawling up and down mountainous slopes to travel farther into the Barrier Peaks, and other tasks of your devising. Completing any such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
information, Hekaton (or Serissa) leaves Imperator Uthor in charge of Maelstrom and sets out with four storm giant bodyguards named Nimir, Orlekto, Shaldoor, and Vaasha (see appendix D for statistics
roll initiative for each storm giant. The former approach expedites combat; the latter leads to a battle with more verisimilitude. HARSHNAG RETURNS!
If the characters decide to confront Iymrith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
charges to activate one of the following properties:
Artus can expend 1 charge and use the ring to lower the temperature in a 120-foot-radius sphere centered on a point he can see within 300 feet of
is permanent unless Artus uses the ring to end the effect as an action, at which point the temperature in the area returns to normal at a rate of 10 degrees per minute. Artus can cast one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
here, the owlbear loses interest and returns to its den. G4: Smelly Refuse This cave contains heaps of food scraps, rotting carcasses, and a scattering of halfling-size bird pellets composed of fur
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the feather fall spell for yourself. When either spell ends, the balloon slowly deflates as the elemental spirit escapes and returns to the Elemental Plane of Air. As the balloon deflates, you descend
turn. On a miss, the boomerang returns to the thrower’s hand. Once the boomerang deals thunder damage to a target, the weapon loses its ability to deal thunder damage and its ability to stun a target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
-tall iron statues of knights on horseback, poised to charge with swords drawn, stand in deep alcoves facing each other. The brazier sits between them.
The two statues are iron golems. Each horse and
, and the color of the flame returns to white. When the flame does so, the sand instantly reappears in the top part of the hourglass (provided the hourglass is intact), and the stone that was cast into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
”. The characters are charged with disturbing the peace, a minor offense that carries a fine and results in an edict. The charge stems from their conduct in encounter 3, “Street Chase.” Depending on how
, concludes that it’s nothing of consequence, and returns it to its owner. Dock Ward Courthouse Arrested characters are brought to a courthouse in the Dock Ward and confined to cells (area H8) until their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alert 25 The Defense By the time the party returns to the fortress, the sahuagin have reinforced their numbers. Every area of level 1 now holds sahuagin defenders preparing for battle, acting as
the assault draws to a close. On Alert Prepared for attack, the sahuagin forces readily charge into battle once they know the assault has begun. The fortress rings with the sounds of sahuagin
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
malfunction returns to 10 percent.
Random Properties. There are far more possible combinations for the Infernal Machine’s controls than can ever be known or matrixed—especially as the controls
make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising.
05
You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
new captain has taken charge of a band of pirates or bandits and started raiding more frequently. Levels 5–10: Heroes of the Realm At this tier, characters undertake adventures that might determine the
dragon’s lair, and the dragon wants to reclaim the lair. 3 An ancient hero returns from the dead to prepare the world for the return of an equally ancient monster. 4 An ancient Artifact has the power to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on any one of these cords releases a homing pigeon from a loft above the library. It takes the bird 1 minute to find and alert an Archmage, who teleports to the main hall of the library to
that bears a Wizard spell of level 5 or lower. See the Player’s Handbook for the time required to craft a scroll; the scribes charge double the cost shown there.
High Tower Inn Conveniently located
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(see appendix D) commands the castle for Rezmir. The half-dragon needs to show up occasionally to remind the bullywugs and lizardfolk that the Cult of the Dragon is really in charge, but Borngray runs
the bullywugs. Pharblex’s spellcasting holds his followers together, and that makes him useful to Rezmir.
Pharblex Spattergoo
Pharblex hopes that when Tiamat returns, Rezmir will hand Castle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(see appendix D for statistics) commands the castle for Rezmir. The half-dragon needs to show up occasionally to remind the bullywugs and lizardfolk that the Cult of the Dragon is really in charge, but
than as a spiritual system for the bullywugs. Pharblex’s spellcasting holds his followers together, and that makes him useful to Rezmir. Pharblex Spattergoo Pharblex hopes that when Tiamat returns