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Acquisitions Incorporated
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). Auspicia's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence. She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: detect thoughts
1/day
of psionic power. She can't help but read others' minds, but finds that wearing a diamond earring helps tamp that unwitting ability down. This magic has also left her connected to the crypt in a way
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, invisibility, silent imageEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to
individuals. They usually know of places of power near their lairs and keep detailed records of how phenomena connected to those sites react to outside influences. They also avidly collect magic items and
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: detect evil and good
1/day each: aid, continual flame, protection from evil and good, scrying (as an
portals and paths connected to goodly realms. They have powerfully built, bipedal bodies with the heads of great bears and eyes like pools of silvery light. When warden archons speak, glimmering
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
telepathic conversations with up to ten creatures at a time. The brain breaker can let those creatures telepathically hear each other while connected in this way.Multiattack. The brain breaker makes two
). The brain breaker casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect thoughts, levitateBrain
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
conversations with up to ten creatures at a time. The elder brain can let those creatures telepathically hear each other while connected in this way.Multiattack. The elder brain makes two Tentacle
brain casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect thoughts, levitateThe Far Realm has tainted
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability:
At will: dancing lights, detect magic, prestidigitation
1/day: locate creatureFaerie pathlighters pry into
creatures found throughout the wilds of Eldraine. While often seen as foolish, ouphes are magically connected to the natural world and know more about the secret lives of trees, mushrooms, and moss than
Elder Brain
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
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At will: detect thoughts, levitate
1/day each: dominate monster, plane shift (self only)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the elder brain fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead
conversations with up to ten creatures at a time. The elder brain can let those creatures telepathically hear each other while connected in this way.Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, dispel magic, invisibility, major imageThe dragon can
know of places of power near their lairs and keep detailed records of how phenomena connected to those sites react to outside influences. They also avidly collect magic items and spells that create
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible), minor illusion
1/day each: detect thoughts, dispel magic, etherealness, major image, misleadThe dragon can take 3 legendary
of power near their lairs and keep detailed records of how phenomena connected to those sites react to outside influences. They also avidly collect magic items and spells that create illusions
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creatures telepathically hear each other while connected in this way.Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one
brain casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):
At will: detect thoughts, levitate
3/day: modify memory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
T14: Secret Vaults Four secret vaults are connected to the main temple (area T13), and two more are connected to the hall of statues (area T4). The vaults are basically identical, but each contains a
to be the Wand of Orcus but is actually a powerless replica (worth 50 GP) that radiates a false magical aura when subjected to a Detect Magic spell 2 Malachite skull (worth 250 GP) resting on a bed of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
a detect magic spell, a character discerns that the gem eyes are a focal point for the magic of the temple, and are magically connected to the various control panels making use of the missing
components from the Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check made to examine the gems reveals that they are connected to the statue with silver wires similar to those seen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. This magic has also left her connected to the crypt in a way she doesn’t understand, even as it grants her occasional memories of others still trapped there and an awareness of faraway places. In combat
XP)
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). Auspicia’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence. She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: detect thoughts
1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
with hands on the pommels of his famous, sheathed scimitars. The statue’s mouth is open in a goofy grin. A detect magic spell reveals that the statue radiates an aura of transmutation magic. Whenever a
, as well as detect magic, find familiar, and fireball. The inside cover of the spellbook also contains the phrase “Artemis animates” in Elvish (a clue to animating the statue in area I1). I5. Chart Room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the fomorians in these caves, the duergar use the distraction to skulk away and report to Valtagar in area 15. If the characters detect them, the duergar explain their purpose and offer to escort them
in two dead ends, both heaped with piles of rubble. The west fork once connected with a tunnel to the south, but the roof caved in. The collapse looks recent — within the past month or so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
corpse wears a chain shirt, clutches a shortsword, and packs a hand crossbow with 1d20 bolts. Painting Trap. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of necromancy magic around the painting. If anyone
visible once more. Once this trap triggers, the painting becomes nonmagical andharmless. 29c. Collapsed Tunnel This tunnel connected to area 23 before earth tremors triggered a collapse. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
one of the following spells, requiring no material spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic, levitate, light
1/day each: control
of a storm giant can affect the fate of thousands.
Distant Prophet-Kings. Storm giants live in isolated refuges so far above the surface of the world or below the sea that they are beyond the reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to find the secret door at the end of the passage—no form of magic will detect it, save for a gem of seeing. If the characters open the door and enter the room, read
outstretched arm points to a stone archway set in the wall. The opening is filled with opaque, bright orange vapors.
Aura. A casting of detect evil and good or a paladin’s use of Divine Sense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Warden Archon Warden archons are vigilant, ursine guardians of portals and paths connected to goodly realms. They have powerfully built, bipedal bodies with the heads of great bears and eyes like
archon casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: detect evil and good
1/day each: aid, continual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
cheap wooden sign that reads, “Keep out!” The wagon radiates an aura of conjuration magic if it is scrutinized with a detect magic spell. A character who casts an identify spell on the wagon learns the
looped around it, and the wire is connected to a flask of alchemist’s fire hanging from the wagon’s ceiling. When the door is opened, the flask falls and explodes, igniting one hundred more flasks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Subrace Traits If your tiefling has a subrace, choose one of the following options — whichever one corresponds to the infernal being connected to the tiefling’s family. The traits of the chosen
subrace replace the tiefling’s Ability Score Increase and Infernal Legacy traits given in the Player’s Handbook. There is one exception: tieflings connected to Asmodeus. Those tieflings use the traits in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
(level 1–4, dangerous threat) The crossbow trap is a favorite of kobolds and other creatures that rely on traps to defend their lairs. It consists of a trip wire strung across a hallway and connected to a
creature that steps on the pressure plate triggers the trap. Effect. An iron portcullis drops from the ceiling, blocking an exit or a passageway. Countermeasures. A successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
jumble does collapse. Then, a 10-foot section of the tunnel is buried in the heap, blocking passage. Removing the debris takes a few hours of work. Moving Stones. This area was a large storage cellar and
chamber floor to levitate stone in contact with it, so the floor’s magic can be detected with detect magic (transmutation school). A moderate impact on the floor, such as a dropped object weighing at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
two exits, including an adamantine portcullis blocking a passage to the north. Set into a metal plate above the portcullis is a row of five red crystals shaped like drops of blood.
The adamantine
250 pounds, stands 6½ feet tall, and radiates an aura of conjuration magic to a detect magic spell or similar effect. A wardrobe is a Medium object with AC 11, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side.
Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into
tools. There are enough tools here to assemble one set of smith’s tools and one set of tinker’s tools. The trapdoor in the ceiling opens into area L9b. Geometric Design. A detect magic spell reveals an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, beyond which you see a windmill, a tall steeple, and the high-pitched rooftops of several other buildings. Apart from the ringing of the bell, you detect no other activity in the village. The trail
-shaped, flat-topped hill on which stands a stone keep enclosed by a wooden wall. The keep, which overlooks the village, has partially collapsed. A wooden bridge that once connected the keep to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Dragon’s Platform Stone Platform. Built atop a natural mound of earth and rock is a 70-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 10-foot-high stone platform covered with moss and ivy. Connected to the platform are
(Perception) score to detect the approach of intruders by scent and sound. The dragon feeds mostly on blind fish and prefers to be left alone. If attacked, it lets out a roar loud enough to be heard throughout
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move
connected to the “C” Team’s quarters (area 9) contains books, notes, and maps related to their exploits, as well as mundane personal effects. The shared study connected to the inn’s currently empty rooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lost Spire Locations (P9-P16) P9. Collapsed Staircase This staircase once connected to area P2 on level 1, but the passage is too choked with rubble and ice to be used. Dead Apprentice. Partially
chamber on the lowest level. A detect magic spell reveals a magical aura of enchantment around the amulet. The amulet is a 4-inch-wide disk composed of silver-framed wood, with a rune carved into its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
. OUPHES
Ouphes are curious creatures found throughout the wilds of Eldraine. While often seen as foolish, ouphes are magically connected to the natural world and know more about the secret lives of
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Spellcasting. The faerie casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability:
At will: dancing lights, detect magic, prestidigitation
1/day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
wolves from Loch Wynnis. Each wolf can cast see invisibility on itself once per day, enabling it to see the invisible watermarks on the guests’ invitations as well as detect invisible party-crashers. The
. Fey Crossing. The fountain contains the fey crossing connected to Loch Wynnis. In addition to the few times when the fey crossing opens on its own, anyone can open the fey crossing from this side by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
character accepts, they immediately become aware of how to use the altar to speak with the dead, and they don’t need a holy symbol to do so. Chemosh’s Altar. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of
center of this chamber. Scattered around it are the skeletal remains of an elf. An inset in the ceiling above the slab holds a mirror the same size as the slab.
A detect magic spell reveals the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
fanatics commanded Qunbraxel to hurry with collecting the rest of the obelisk fragments. Qunbraxel guessed that the nearby fragment was somehow connected to the toppled tower that’s blocking the way to
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Spellcasting (Psionics). Qunbraxel casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: detect magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. In addition, Ered’s spellbook contains burning hands, knock, and lightning bolt; Havi’s spellbook contains charm person, detect thoughts, and major image; and Savara’s spellbook contains comprehend
depicts Duhlark Kolat, and a detect magic spell or similar magic reveals an aura of transmutation magic around it. The first time a character steps onto the landing, the statue levitates 1 foot above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
coffin is a mimic left to guard this area by agents of the Six. In its current form, this monster is indistinguishable from an object, so it surprises any group that has no means to detect it before
other abilities that detect such creatures. Prisoners. The two prisoners in the south cell are the sisters Ebella and Ocheri Splintfig (N female half-elf commoners). When the characters enter, the