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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.
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.
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->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->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
creature that reveals themself to be lying about who they are. In her guise as duchess, Saidra dons a bird-like mask and fashionable scarlet gowns. As the Red Death, she is nothing more than a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stone giants, an adventurer used a mirror to trick the basilisk into targeting itself with its own petrifying gaze. It has remained a fixture of this cavern ever since. A detect magic spell reveals an
. Inside the belly of the basilisk is a gold ring set with moonstones (250 gp) and a wand of conducting. The wand, a common magic item, has 3 charges and doesn’t require attunement. The holder of the
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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
addition, twelve uncut rubies (worth 50 gp each) are being used as pieces for the board game. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that the board resembles a partial map of the temple
, showing areas 1 to 22. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the guards to change shifts, leaving for areas 4 and 5. Spending 2 charges also brings the
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->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
detention must search for supplies as described below. Objective. Instructor Minexes directs the students to look for the lost supplies in the area shown on map 6.1. The characters and their charges must
the characters examine any of the crates except for the empty crate in area D5, they get an unsettling feeling. Detect magic reveals latent, sinister magic in the air, as well as a strange sense of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Discoveries table to determine what a character discovers, or as inspiration for unusual discoveries of your own. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in this area has a 20
laboratory experiments). The bird claims their name is ‘Hector.’
36–45 A small barrel holds a live boggle, bound, gagged, and marinating in their own excreted oil. This is the former partner of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
reveals a key in its hand. (This fits the secret door leading to the treasure vault in area 38). The key can be easily claimed, but doing so disturbs the skeleton and causes a cylindrical object to dislodge
smudge; and the passage to area 26, starting about 20 feet south of the secret door in area 3. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in this area creates a 10 percent
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
area causes Stolos to leave and check on the cells in area 10. If Andras and Stolos are both at this location, spending 3 charges results in both transforming back into their original forms. See area 9 for details.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M22. Endelyn’s Room A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic on the door to this room. If a creature other than Endelyn touches the door, a hand of force similar to that created by
placed on the floor, the wound-up bird walks counterclockwise in a 5-foot-diameter circle, completing one circle every 10 seconds. After walking for 30 seconds, the bird stops moving and chirping until it is wound up again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
introduction). 2 Wooden wand with 8 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 of the wand’s charges to cast the prestidigitation cantrip. This wand can’t be recharged. 3 Packet of pixie dust (see appendix A
Feathers “Birds of a feather? How about feathers of a bird? Step right up and guess how many feathers festoon this fiendish fowl!”
A participant gets three tries to guess the number of feathers on one of a
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
and psychic damage. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of conjuration around the cauldrons. An empty cauldron weighs 500 pounds. Bronze Shield The bronze shield hangs from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
temple, Valetta identifies it as Nim, a nimblewright that was gifted to the temple by a Lantanese wizard. If they describe the incident involving the mechanical bird, Valetta sighs and leads them up a
incident with the bird, Nim hides amid the clutter in its lair, but it emerges if the characters find their way inside or coax it into unlocking the door. If the characters ask about the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, but he turns hostile if they threaten him or his charges. Treasure The golden sun disk hanging above the fireplace is worth 750 gp. Taking the disk off the wall reveals a niche that contains a potion
of healing (superior) in a crystal and electrum flask (worth 250 gp). Four gold candelabras (worth 250 gp each) rest atop the table. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is hidden in the niche along with the potion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
a majestic bird with outstretched wings.
A follower of Habbakuk or a character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the bird on the door as a blue phoenix, the symbol of
carved with coral-like designs. Behind it rises a sizable granite sculpture depicting the bird from the shrine’s entrance, its outstretched wings wreathed in flames.
An archway opens into a chamber to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
journal is set with all manner of gears. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check confirms that these are not just decorative, but appear to be set in some sort of working order. The same check reveals
find 1d6 + 4 charged cells, each holding 20 charges. These are useful for powering the elder monks’ force pikes, or for temporarily powering a brain in a jar’s canister so it can be detached from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
head while holding a hand up to one ear. He might bob his head and flap his arms like a bird to indicate that Kettlesteam is the culprit. He doesn’t know where the kenku is, but he knows she has been
reveals that girl in the pig mask asked him if he had any regrets, and said that if he did, she knew someone who could help him—he just had to follow her. If the characters fail to find Rubin after 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, Yinark. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of divination magic around it. A creature seated on the throne has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks. For information on Wyllow, see the “Wyllow” section at
archdruid dislikes. If a rose is chosen, a daisy grows instead. The flower is harmless and nonmagical, and it grows or withers as a normal flower would. The staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
damage the character. Read or paraphrase the following to describe the vision: As if through the eyes of a soaring bird, you see a titanic stone statue standing amid a circle of glowing sigils. A dozen
gemstones native to Khorvaire—mixed with the graymatter fluid here, creating a pool with strange magical properties. Enchanted Pool. A Detect Magic spell reveals an aura of enchantment magic emanating
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
½ feet on a side.
The chest has 20 charges. A creature can use an action to touch the closed lid of the chest and expend 1 of the chest’s charges while naming one or more nonmagical objects (including
, and they spoil if not consumed after 24 hours. Gems and precious metals created by the chest disappear after 1 minute.
The chest regains 1d20 expended charges daily at dawn. If the item’s last charge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
read or write without being disturbed. Treasure. If the characters search this area, a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals several small hidden drawers in the frame of one of the day beds
. Inside one of the drawers is a gem of brightness with 10 charges remaining. C17. Grand Lounge This spacious lounge is decorated to an arcano-biologist’s tastes. Paintings of strange magic creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
great bird. It repeats periodically, always far off in the distance.
Set into a large cleft in the canyon wall is an enormous nest of sticks, bones, paper, and other debris. An immense black form
in response to a snide comment, Raah might attack again for a round before calming down. Understanding Raah. A successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that Raah is feeling emotionally wounded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
reveals that each one contains what appears to be a 10-foot cube of ice. One of the cubes has a humanoid skeleton—the remains of High Evoker Zadulus—suspended inside it. These blocks of ice are, in
staff’s charges to accomplish. If a creature attuned to the staff uses an action to expend 10 or more of its charges while touching the staff to the obelisk, power surges from the staff and triggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
frozen corpse or leaving a gift, but otherwise expects the characters to withdraw from its presence so it can mourn in private. If the characters fail to calm Norsu or flee from it, the mammoth charges
for “ice,” as any character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can ascertain. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the rune, which empowers the throne. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
reveals a pouch containing 25 gp and a dagger with a laminated whalebone handle and scabbard, worth 50 gp. Ogmund has also stashed a backup high-quality suit of studded leather armor and a pair of
. Treasure. Ozymandius wears the special golden medallion (see the sidebar). Carefully searching under the cot reveals four potions of healing in fancy crystal decanters. The decanters are worth 20 gp each if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
coins are an illusion. Physical inspection of the fountain, a detect magic spell, or a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals them as such. Scrying Statue. Creatures in the
security room (area F10) can see and hear through the statue as if they were standing in its place. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of divination magic around the statue. Treasure. The statue is worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, the spell slot is expended as normal, but the spell has no effect. Instead, the magic is absorbed by the relief, filling it with a number of charges equal to the level of spell slot expended and causing
the relief’s eyes to glow green. Once the relief has absorbed 6 or more charges, the door opens. The door closes on its own after 10 minutes unless it is held or wedged open. When the door closes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
appreciation in return. Sometimes the deity reveals itself before giving the gift, and sometimes the item simply appears on the recipient’s pillow or in a loot sack. Typical gifts include a golden
whistle that can mimic any bird song, a clockwork beetle made of silver that can fly and obey simple commands, and a seed that, when planted, grows into a miniature fruit tree and bears fruit within a few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
between them.
The statues that surround the top of the tower were sacrifices vitrified here to create a wall around the medusa. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals areas where the
. Development. A successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check made while searching the garage reveals the remains of a massive prototype apparatus of Kwalish, able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
dealing damage to the target or enveloping its head. Magic Mirror. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the freestanding mirror, which acts as a portal. Touching the reflective
doors leading to areas B8, B10, and B16. Oval Mirror and Secret Door. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around this mirror. The mirror’s frame is stuck to the wall with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
discovers the card could swivel, but the card doesn’t move. The only way to rotate the card and reveal what lies beneath it is to use the Chime of Opening from the Key room (area 18) on it. This reveals the
using the key in that room. 6: Donjon Chains drape this room, bird cages of black metal hang from the ceiling, and larger cages and iron maidens stand on the floor. A door to the north bears the Talons






