before bonus diffusing coming reveal

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until you are found and removed from the sphere. You can’t be located by any Divination magic, but a Wish spell can reveal the location

an ally. As Dungeon Master, you should wait for a dramatically appropriate moment to reveal this enmity, leaving the adventurer guessing who is likely to become a betrayer. Fool. You have

Phase Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus action, the spider can magically shift from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane, or vice versa. Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including

poisoned in this way.A phase spider possesses the magical ability to phase in and out of the Ethereal Plane. It seems to appear out of nowhere and quickly vanishes after attacking. Its movement on the Ethereal Plane before coming back to the Material Plane makes it seem like it can teleport.

Faerie Dragon (Younger) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Superior Invisibility. As a bonus action, the dragon can magically turn invisible until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the dragon wears or carries is invisible

determine its behavior during the turn: 1–4. The target takes no action or bonus action and uses all of its movement to move in a random direction. 5–6. The target doesn’t move, and the

Faerie Dragon (Older) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Superior Invisibility. As a bonus action, the dragon can magically turn invisible until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the dragon wears or carries is invisible

action or bonus action and uses all of its movement to move in a random direction. 5–6. The target doesn’t move, and the only thing it can do on its turn is make a DC 11 Wisdom saving

Grinning Cat

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

prone condition, the cat can make a Bite attack against it as a bonus action. Fade Away. The grinning cat magically becomes invisible for 1 hour or until it attacks, gradually fading away over the

—wanders by. While trading riddles or witticisms, a cat often decides to reveal its grin, its tail, or sometimes its whole head to confuse or intimidate the creature it’s talking to. A

Ancient Deep Crow

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Hide action as a bonus action.Multiattack. The ancient deep crow makes three attacks: one with its mandibles and two with its claws. Mandibles. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11

regions within 6 miles of the lair. Intermittent, echoing caws can be heard coming from all directions within 6 miles of the lair. Subterranean beasts within 1 mile of the ancient deep crow's lair serve

Book of Secrets

Equipment

determines that person has a hidden secret. If you reveal you know the secret to the figure, you gain a +5 bonus on Charisma checks to influence them for 24 hours. After the book reveals ten secrets in this way, it holds no more secrets of use.

Black Viper

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Cunning Action. On each of her turns, the Black Viper can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Evasion. If the Black Viper is subjected to an effect that allows her to make

. When she throws back her cloak to reveal the costume she has put together, most folk toss their purses and flee. If that doesn't work, she usually needs only to draw her dagger. Of course, some of the

Sapphire Sentinel

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

failed save, a target can’t use reactions, its speed is halved, and it can’t make more than one attack on its turn. In addition, the target can take either an action or a bonus action on its

. The disk can be removed to reveal the glowing sapphire only when the golem receives a command to use its power from someone whose commands it obeys. Otherwise, the sapphire remains hidden. The

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

minions to avert its own demise. Khirad, the Star of Secrets. A blue-white star whose gifts grant insight but also reveal terrible truths. Zhudun, the Corpse Star. A dead star that whispers of the

power to defy death. RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.

Professor Orb

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

A professor orb is a smooth 5-pound sphere of smoky gray quartz about the size of a grapefruit. Close examination reveals two or more pinpricks of silver light coming from deep inside the sphere

. The orb has extensive knowledge of four narrow academic subjects. When making an Intelligence check to recall lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including

Girallon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator. Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest

keep a girallon must always be wary, however, because the creature could revert to its predatory nature at any time.Aggressive. As a bonus action, the girallon can move up to its speed toward a hostile creature that it can see.

Ceremony

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

. Bless Water. You touch one vial of water and cause it to become holy water. Coming of Age. You touch one humanoid who is a young adult. For the next 24 hours, whenever the target makes an

bonded together in marriage. For the next 7 days, each target gains a +2 bonus to AC while they are within 30 feet of each other. A creature can benefit from this rite again only if widowed.

Kas the Betrayer

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Shape bonus action.Multiattack. Kas makes three Vengeful Sword attacks. He can replace one of these attacks with a Bite attack. Vengeful Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15

. It lasts for 1 hour, until Kas dies, or until Kas dismisses it as a bonus action. Kas can’t have more than two specters summoned at a time.The Betrayer, the Bloody Handed, the Destroyer&mdash

Cradle of the Frost Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

frigid air to freeze foes in place. If the cradle is destroyed, its icy body shatters to reveal the awakened scion of Thrym inside it. Forming a double-bladed axe in its hand, the 70-foot-tall scion

in the area without immunity or resistance to cold damage have disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity checks. Empowered Frost Giants. Frost giants within 1,000 feet of the scion gain a +7 bonus to

Greater Star Spawn Emissary

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

feet of that creature. The gibbering mouther;gibbering mouthers act right after the emissary on the same initiative count, gaining a +7 bonus to their attack and damage rolls, and fighting until they are

lost all hope, do emissaries reveal their actual, impossible forms. Forms of the Emissary Star spawn emissaries can assume two forms: a Lesser Star Spawn Emissary;lesser form suited to infiltration and

Fraz-Urb'luu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

to greater and greater atrocities in the name of their cause, only to eventually reveal his true nature and claim their souls as his own.Fraz-Urb’luu’s Lair Fraz-Urb’luu’s

-Urb’luu grants his cultists the Liar’s Eye trait. Liar’s Eye. This creature has advantage on Wisdom (Insight or Perception) checks. As a bonus action, the creature detects the

Scion of Thrym

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, its icy body shatters to reveal the awakened scion of Thrym inside it. Forming a double-bladed axe in its hand, the 70-foot-tall scion rushes at any foe that dares to challenge it. Emulating sagas of

disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity checks. Empowered Frost Giants. Frost giants within 1,000 feet of the scion gain a +7 bonus to attack and damage rolls. Thriving Wildlife. Beasts reproduce

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that

, and you gain the following benefits: You have truesight. You can use an action to see as if you were wearing a ring of X-ray vision. You can end this effect as a bonus action. The eye has 8

Orrery of the Wanderer

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

scattered the components that powered it, secreting them across the world. But the orrery’s instinct for survival is strong, and its components have a way of inexorably coming together over

within 30 feet of you, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. Into the Void. With or without its components, the attuned orrery infuses your spirit with the tumultuous energy of the planes. Over time, your

Shield of the Hidden Lord

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

shield’s appearance, so that its celestial motif and designs have become twisted into a fiendish face that subtly moves in disturbing ways. While holding this shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and

on its own. The pit fiend won’t reveal its true nature, referring to itself only as the Hidden Lord. It drops hints and subtle suggestions that it is an angel trapped in an unholy prison. If

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

you are found and removed from the sphere. You can't be located by any divination magic, but a wish spell can reveal the location of your prison. You draw no more cards. Euryale. The card's medusa

Persuasion skill, and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill. In addition, you gain rightful ownership of a small keep somewhere in the world. However, the keep is currently

23. Distant Music

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

23. Distant Music This 30-foot-wide hallway has a 45-foot-high arched ceiling carved with spiders and webs. Band music can be heard coming from a large chamber to the west (see area 25). The east end

of the hall has collapsed, and a secret door in the north wall pushes open to reveal a hallway that leads to areas 21 and 18b.

Arrival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

you get to the inn. Your vision is hampered to the point you can only see clearly within thirty feet. Lights coming from the inn reveal a strange scene. Six humanoid creatures stand at the main

31. Darklord's Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

room has exits in the west and north walls. Chanting can be heard coming from the west. The statue depicts Strahd, to whom the cultists made sacrifices in the vain hope that he might reveal his darkest

wall with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. It’s basically an ordinary (albeit rotted) wooden door hidden under a layer of clay. The door pulls open to reveal a stone staircase that

K39. Hall of Webs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

eastern end are a pair of arched bronze doors of ornate design. These doors can be pulled open to reveal area K40 beyond. Most of the hall is full of giant spider webs (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5

this door coming from area K38, it closes and locks behind them if they don’t take measures to prop it open. A narrow secret door at the western end of the south wall is hidden behind a mass of webs

Tarak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Tarak Before coming to Dragon’s Rest, Tarak was a criminal, but he has since devoted himself to the study of herbs and medicine. He is usually unarmed, but he keeps several daggers hidden in his cell

Challenge 1 Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions Multiattack. Tarak makes three Dagger attacks. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4

The Dreaming Dark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

darkness, and the current age is coming to an end. The nightmare spirits that rule the plane believe that by seizing control of mortal civilization — by forcing all the people of Eberron to dream the

infiltrate other organizations. Anyone could become an Inspired vessel, or be prompted into taking foolish action by a dream. Its agents are scattered across the world and have no obvious connection to one another, until they reveal their true nature and purpose.

Quest: Bank Job

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

checks: DC 15 Charisma (Deception). The character tells the thief a lie, like saying the guards are coming. DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion). The character convinces the thief to pursue a different line of

usual guard! On a failed check, she flees before they can get a good look at her. Reward Quink pays the characters 20 GP for stopping the heist as promised. If they also reveal the thief’s identity

Tenets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

accident, a flaw in a divine plan, or purely the work of evil gods. It’s evidence that the whole of creation is fundamentally flawed and already unraveling. Coming Destruction. The destruction of the world

outsiders to ready themselves for the coming destruction. Many initiates are fundamentally kindhearted and try to help outsiders when they can, but they ultimately come to believe most outsiders are lost

Raid Against the Machine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

, adding details as appropriate depending on whether Lynx or Sir Ursas is the one coming for the Infernal Machine, and whether or not the characters have met the other agent: A sudden shattering crash is

” below), taking into account the actions of the characters if they support one agent or the other. During the fight, both agents shout out accusations that reveal the other’s true natures. Those

Rearguard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

stop any small party of intruders coming up the trail, or harass and delay a larger group while sending word to the camp that trouble approaches. The veteran decides that he has enough of an

them into melee. Because they are positioned in the rocks above the characters, the cultists have three-quarters cover against attacks from below (+5 bonus to AC). To reach the foes, characters must

Phase Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Ethereal Plane before coming back to the Material Plane makes it seem like it can teleport. Phase Spider Large monstrosity, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 32 (5d10 + 5) Speed 30

Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 3 (700 XP) Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus action, the spider can magically shift from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane, or vice versa. Spider Climb. The

The Deep Roots of War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

The Deep Roots of War Take this message to your doddering fool of a god. His turn is coming, Laduguer willing. — Duergar assassin Vozala Spikefist, before slaying the dwarf king Umbrag

gold and iron lay just beyond where the clan had explored. The next strike of a pick, they said, could reveal wealth beyond imagining. This obsession took root and spread throughout the clan. Soon, all

Fight for the Foundling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

flee the vessel. If the characters stand their ground, the giff hurl grenades at them before closing to melee range. If captured and interrogated, the giff reveal that they take their orders from

giff concludes, the characters hear an explosion coming from the other side of the academy, in the direction of the cadet quarters. They now have a choice: head toward what is clearly another attack (continue with “Freeing Miken” below) or remain aboard the Flighty Foundling (skip ahead to “Staying Put”).

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