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command any of them at the same time, issuing the same command to them). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move on its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to
over five Ghoul;Ghouls or two Ghast;Ghasts or Wight;Wights. If you use a level 9 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six Ghoul;Ghouls, three Ghast;Ghasts or Wight;Wights, or two Mummy;Mummies. See the Monster Manual for these stat blocks.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
decide what sort of security the spell provides, choosing any of the following properties:
Sound can’t pass through the barrier at the edge of the warded area.
The barrier of the warded
perimeter.
Creatures in the area can’t be targeted by Divination spells.
Nothing can teleport into or out of the warded area.
Planar travel is blocked within the warded area.
Casting this
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
spell must be on the Wizard spell list, it must be of a level you can cast, and it can’t have Material components costing more than 1,000 GP. Once you decide on the spell, you must expend a spell
its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a random effect occurs instead
Spells
Player’s Handbook
its trigger and choose whether it’s an explosive rune or a spell glyph, as explained below.
Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on
Thunder damage (your choice when you create the glyph) on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of level 3 or lower in the glyph by casting
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
trees must be Large or bigger.Multiattack. Trostani takes three actions: she uses Constrict and Touch of Order, and she casts a spell with a casting time of 1 action.
Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +11
). Trostani animates one or two trees she can see within 120 feet of her, causing them to uproot themselves and become awakened tree;awakened trees (see the Monster Manual for their stat blocks) for 1 minute or
Arcane Gate
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Spells
Player’s Handbook (2014)
circular portal, 10 feet in diameter, opens over each point. If the portal would open in the space occupied by a creature, the spell fails, and the casting is lost. The portals are two-dimensional
that fills each portal is opaque and blocks vision through it. On your turn, you can rotate the rings as a bonus action so that the active side faces in a different direction.
Private Sanctum
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dismiss it.
When you cast the spell, you decide what sort of security the spell provides, choosing any or all of the following properties:
Sound can't pass through the barrier at the edge of the
warded area.
Casting this spell on the same spot every day for a year makes this effect permanent.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can
Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
dismiss it.
When you cast the spell, you decide what sort of security the spell provides, choosing any or all of the following properties:
Sound can't pass through the barrier at the edge of the
warded area.
Casting this spell on the same spot every day for a year makes this effect permanent.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you can
True Polymorph
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creature’s challenge rating is 9 or lower. The creature is friendly to you and your companions. It acts on each of your turns. You decide what action it takes and how it moves. The GM has the creature
’s statistics and resolves all of its actions and movement.
If the spell becomes permanent, you no longer control the creature. It might remain friendly to you, depending on how you have
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
spell ends. It is dedicated to whatever god, pantheon, or philosophy is represented by the holy symbol used in the casting.
You make all decisions about the temple’s appearance. The interior is
the door.
The temple’s interior is an open space with an idol or altar at one end. You decide whether the temple is illuminated and whether that illumination is bright light or dim light. The
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
realm in the far north and, after a time, plunged it into frigid darkness using her magic.
Casting such great magic night after night while also granting spells to her devoted followers leaves Auril
stat blocks presented here.
After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of her forms that were destroyed, provided at least one form survives. When she transitions from one form to another, she
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
using her magic.
Casting such great magic night after night while also granting spells to her devoted followers leaves Auril weak and vulnerable. In her self-inflicted weakened state, Auril is inclined
, Auril is reborn at full strength during the next winter solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the stat blocks presented here.
After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of
Glyph of Warding
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spell save DC to be found.
You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers include touching or standing on the glyph, removing
much damage on a successful one.
Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of 3rd level or lower in the glyph by casting it as part of creating the glyph. The spell must target a single
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frostmaiden could not stay away for long. Auril returned to her icy realm in the far north and, after a time, plunged it into frigid darkness using her magic.
Casting such great magic night after
solstice, with divine power far beyond what is reflected in the stat blocks presented here.
After finishing a long rest, Auril regains any of her forms that were destroyed, provided at least one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Phantom Steed Level 3 Illusion (Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 hour
A Large, quasi-real, horselike creature appears on the ground in an
unoccupied space of your choice within range. You decide the creature’s appearance, and it is equipped with a saddle, bit, and bridle. Any of the equipment created by the spell vanishes in a puff of
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Giant Insect 4th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You transform up to ten centipedes, three spiders, five wasps, or
scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The DM has the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Giant Insect 4th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You transform up to ten centipedes, three spiders, five wasps, or
scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The DM has the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and
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Create Undead Level 6 Necromancy (Cleric, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (one 150+ GP black onyx stone for each corpse)
Duration: Instantaneous
You
can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small Humanoids within range. Each one becomes a Ghoul under your control (see “Creature Stat Blocks” for its stat block
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Animate Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust)
Duration: Instantaneous
Stat Blocks” for the stat blocks). On each of your turns, you can take a Bonus Action to mentally command any creature you made with this spell if the creature is within 60 feet of you (if you control
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
use the stat blocks in this section for older or younger dragon turtles. In addition, chapter 5 includes lair actions and regional effects that can be used for adult or ancient dragon turtles. An
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control water, control weather,* fog cloud
*This spell’s casting time is longer than 1 action.
Dragon Turtle Adventures
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Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Adventurer’s Guide.) Use one of the warlock stat blocks in appendix B to represent this goblin, adding darkvision and the Nimble Escape traits common to all goblins.
Booyahg Booyahg Booyahg. This
goblin is a sorcerer with the wild magic origin whose every casting, including cantrips, is accompanied by a wild magic surge. Use the mage stat block in the Monster Manual to represent this goblin, adding
Compendium
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decide to explore the tower because of their conversation with Demelin or their discoveries at the occupied mansion. Before they infiltrate the tower, make sure the characters are 9th level and have done
everything else they want to in the city. Events in the tower will prevent further exploration. If you need to deter the characters, a group of sivak draconians or Dragon Army dragonnels (see appendix B for both stat blocks) is conducting drills here when they arrive.
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Create Undead Level 6 Necromancy (Cleric, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (one 150+ GP black onyx stone for each corpse)
Duration: Instantaneous
You
of them at the same time, issuing the same command to them). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move on its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to
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Animate Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust)
Duration: Instantaneous
for the stat blocks). On each of your turns, you can take a Bonus Action to mentally command any creature you made with this spell if the creature is within 60 feet of you (if you control multiple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
and your companions. It acts on each of your turns. You decide what action it takes and how it moves. The DM has its statistics and resolves its actions and movement. If the spell becomes permanent
True Polymorph 9th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a drop of mercury, a dollop of gum arabic, and a wisp of smoke) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
companions. It acts on each of your turns. You decide what action it takes and how it moves. The DM has its statistics and resolves its actions and movement. If the spell becomes permanent, you no
True Polymorph 9th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a drop of mercury, a dollop of gum arabic, and a wisp of smoke) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
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Finger of Death Level 7 Necromancy (Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
You unleash negative energy toward a creature you
can see within range. The target makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 7d8 + 30 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A Humanoid killed by this spell rises at the start of your next turn as a Zombie (see “Creature Stat Blocks”) that follows your verbal orders.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Casting Multiple Spells Unlike player characters, if a creature’s stat block allows them to cast a spell as a bonus action, they can still cast another spell of 1st level or higher as an action on
-focused spells, some creatures can cast spells that are primarily used outside of combat. To streamline the stat blocks, these spells aren’t written out in the creature’s combat-oriented “Actions” section
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Arcane Eye Level 4 Divination (Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a bit of bat fur)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You create an Invisible, invulnerable
, you can move the eye up to 30 feet in any direction. A solid barrier blocks the eye’s movement, but the eye can pass through an opening as small as 1 inch in diameter.
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Message Transmutation Cantrip (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: 1 round
You point toward a creature within range
target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence; 1 foot of stone, metal, or wood; or a thin sheet of lead blocks the spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Wall of Sand 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a handful of sand) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You create a wall of swirling sand on the
ground at a point you can see within range. You can make the wall up to 30 feet long, 10 feet high, and 10 feet thick, and it vanishes when the spell ends. It blocks line of sight but not movement. A
Compendium
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Message Transmutation Cantrip (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: 1 round
You point toward a creature within range
target and know it is beyond the barrier. Magical silence; 1 foot of stone, metal, or wood; or a thin sheet of lead blocks the spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Light Evocation Cantrip (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, M (a firefly or phosphorescent moss)
Duration: 1 hour
You touch one Large or smaller
you like. Covering the object with something opaque blocks the light. The spell ends if you cast it again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Wall of Sand 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a handful of sand) Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes You conjure up a wall of swirling sand on the
ground at a point you can see within range. You can make the wall up to 30 feet long, 10 feet high, and 10 feet thick, and it vanishes when the spell ends. It blocks line of sight but not movement. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Light Evocation Cantrip (Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, M (a firefly or phosphorescent moss)
Duration: 1 hour
You touch one Large or smaller
you like. Covering the object with something opaque blocks the light. The spell ends if you cast it again.






