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Dungeon Master’s Guide
, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting Fireball by reading the scroll requires it’s normal casting time. Once cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll isn&rsquo
;t lost.
If Fireball is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make a DC 13 ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast the spell. On
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted
, the scroll isn’t lost.
If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and use its Adjusted Ability Scores, Tireless Form, Spells, Vile Lore, and Vile Speech properties.
The Book of Vile Darkness
cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Study action while reading your thoughts makes a DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a successful check, it becomes aware that the detected thoughts are preprogrammed.
Golden Harper Pin
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
check it makes with a Musical Instrument or Tinker's Tools.
Sprint. The wonder takes the Dash action.
Gyrocopter Wonder (Rare). This wagon-sized vehicle is made of brassy metal and has a spiral-shaped
resembles a metal turtle shell with straps. It is designed to be worn on your back or flank, depending on your anatomy. Once wound, the mobility wonder transforms into a personal transport device and
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): blade ward, light, mage hand, message
1st level (4
inherited from his grandmother. When not serving the Watchful Order, he spends his days reading and writing books in his library.
Barnibus uses spells that help him investigate crimes, pry secrets
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks.
Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
—a chained library. The reading desk is used to support the chained books while they are being read.Poison, Psychic
Magic Items
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
successful unarmed strike against AC 22 or a successful DC 22 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. You can use a bonus action to seize and stow the device.
The device has AC 22, 25 hit points, immunity to
This skull-shaped device is filled with knowledge. The device weighs 5 pounds and is covered with subtle etchings of planar sigils.
As a bonus action, you can toss the device into the air, whereupon
Equipment
A Concealed Blade is a dagger built into a mechanism hidden within a bracer or gauntlet. When you roll Initiative, you can make a Dexterity (Deception) check opposed by others’ Wisdom
(Perception) checks. You have Advantage on the first attack made in the first round of combat against any enemy who failed their check.
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
While attuned to this device, you have a +1 bonus to Intelligence saving throws. The first time you attune to the chronolometer, you choose one language you don’t know. You subsequently know
that language while attuned to the device.
Time Bandit. At the start of your turn, roll a d6 (no action required). On a 1–3, you slow down time, gaining an additional action on your turn and
Equipment
This small mechanical device is a specialty of gnomish crafters. As a Utilize action, you can throw the Noisemaker into a space within 60 feet. When it lands, it makes a loud noise of some kind
within 60 feet of the device when it goes off must succeed in a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature has the Frightened condition for one minute. As an Influence action, another
Monsters
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Special Equipment. Garret wears a ring of warmth (included in his statistics) and wields a gambler's blade longsword (see appendix D).
Bardic Inspiration (3/day). As a bonus action, Garret can give
add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can use the inspiration die after the roll is made but before the DM says whether it succeeds or fails
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.Divine Insight (3/Day). When the oracle or a creature it can see makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability check, the oracle can cause the roll to be made with
—mortals communicate with a single god, interpreting their intentions for the wider world. Others aren’t aligned with a god and observe the night sky, reading Nyx like a vast, cryptic scroll
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
.
Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The scion makes one attack using Lava Blade or Lava Ball, as well as two Slam attacks.
Lava Blade. Melee Weapon
Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lava Blade"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (4d10 + 10);{"diceNotation":"4d10+10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
work and a successful DC 25 Intelligence (Investigation) check. When the cube is solved, a 30-foot-diameter portal appears before the creature who solved the cube, leading to the northeastern platform
Horizon’s Edge, but a device somewhere in the demiplane allows a cube to function in reverse while the cube is fitted into it.
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
While attuned to this device, you have a +1 bonus to Wisdom saving throws, and you can use an action to cast the dancing lights, guidance, or message cantrips.
Portent of the Stars. As a reaction
when a creature you can see within 60 feet of you makes an attack roll, saving throw, or ability check, you make that creature roll a d10 and add or subtract the number rolled (your choice) from the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The champion makes two Leeching Blade attacks and uses Hollow Void.
Leeching Blade
. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Leeching Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"2d6+6", "rollType":"damage
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
someone in your franchise within the last 24 hours, then grant the character who slew it a d10. Once within the next hour, that character can add the d10 to an attack roll, ability check, or saving
finish a long rest.
Ways to Read the Kill
d6
Reading
1
Using a tiny bellows to pump one last breath into a corpse.
2
Reading the entrails with special reading-the-entrails
Spell Scroll
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Basic Rules (2014)
, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted
, the scroll isn’t lost.
If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you
Book of Vile Darkness
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
reading and studying the book, one ability score of your choice increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. Another ability score of your choice decreases by 2, to a minimum of 3. The book can’t adjust your
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
attacks with Blade Storm, if available.
Blazing Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Blazing Morningstar"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target
", "rollAction":"Blazing Morningstar", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.
Blade Storm (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Blade Storm"}. The champion
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Innovation is a dangerous pursuit, at least the way the mages of the Izzet League engage in it. As protection against the risk of an experiment going awry, they have developed a device to help
slot to cast the spell as normal, but before resolving it you must make an Intelligence (Arcana) check. The DC is 10 + twice the level of the spell slot you expend to cast the spell.
On a successful
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
’s origins and operation can be found in the Mind of Metal, a tome of artificer’s secrets that connects the device to the traditions of the lost Olman people, and which was written by Lum the
Glyph of Warding
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where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly invisible and requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your
triggers include opening that object, approaching within a certain distance of the object, or seeing or reading the glyph. Once a glyph is triggered, this spell ends.
You can further refine the
Symbol
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(Investigation) check against your spell save DC to find it.
You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers include touching or
common triggers are opening the object, approaching within a certain distance of it, or seeing or reading the glyph.
You can further refine the trigger so the spell is activated only under certain
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Keys from the Golden Vault
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
banished using magic such as the dispel evil and good spell. The banished spirit returns to the book.
Adjusted Ability Scores. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
(1 slot): animate objects, scrying
Spider Climb. Strahd can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without having to make an ability check.
Vampire Weaknesses. Strahd has the
card reading in chapter 1, unless he has been forced into his tomb in the catacombs of Castle Ravenloft.
Strahd's Tactics
Because the entire adventure revolves around Strahd, you must play him
Monsters
Locathah Rising
can take an action on their turn to make a DC 18 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to free themselves. This effect lasts for 1 minute unless dispelled (it counts as a 6th level spell
), and doesn’t require Gar to maintain concentration. Gar Shatterkeel and any creatures he designates are immune to this effect.
Up to five corpses that Gar can see within 60 feet rise up as drowned blade;drowned blades and attack anyone Gar directs them to on his turn.
Cold
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
feet of him. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, the spell fails and has no effect. If the spell is 4th level or higher, Graz’zt makes a Charisma check against a DC of 10 + the spell’s
provoked. He wields the greatsword Angdrelve, also called Wave of Sorrow, whose wavy, razor-edged blade drips acid at his command.Graz’zt’s Lair
Graz’zt’s principal lair is his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
device is a sun blade that has held many names over the years, including Sunlight’s Wrath and Shar’s Bane. A legend lore spell reveals its true name (Scintilmorn) and its original purpose: to destroy
Moonstar). The man’s eyes brim with madness as he levels a longsword with a radiant blade at the character and screams, “What have we to fear from darkness, you and I? Undermountain is where we belong. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
, you have advantage on a Dexterity (Stealth) check if you move no more than half your speed on the same turn. Use Magic Device By 13th level, you have learned enough about the workings of magic that
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
have advantage on a Dexterity (Stealth) check if you move no more than half your speed on the same turn. Use Magic Device By 13th level, you have learned enough about the workings of magic that you
treasure seekers, explorers, delvers, and investigators. In addition to improving your agility and stealth, you learn skills useful for delving into ancient ruins, reading unfamiliar languages, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
board, a tarokka deck, an automatic writing planchette, dowsing rods, a cup for tea leaves, or a device of your own design. Add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make using this type of divining tool.
Spirit Medium After a fateful experience, you believe you’re aligned with spirits and can serve as a conduit for their insights and goals. You have advantage on any Arcana or Religion check you make
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
3U. Observatory The Stargazers converted the top level of the keep into an astrological observatory. The most interesting device they installed was a farseer of Illusk — a telescope-like contraption
. Tuning and focusing the device this way calls for a considerable amount of skill and practice, and the device’s dilapidated condition makes the process more difficult. Both Rezmir and Borngray visit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Dragonlance setting. Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1. Artificer’s Lore. Whenever you make an Intelligence (History) check related to magic items, alchemical objects, or
can spend 1 hour and 10 gp worth of materials to construct a Tiny clockwork device (AC 5, 1 hp). The device ceases to function after 24 hours (unless you spend 1 hour repairing it to keep the device






