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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Common Deck The four suits and their respective cards are described in more detail below.
Magic Items
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
(Cantrip);Cantrip
Common
13
+5
Spell Scroll (Level 1);1st
Common
13
+5
Spell Scroll (Level 2);2nd
Uncommon
13
+5
Spell Scroll (Level 3);3rd
Uncommon
15
+7
Spell Scroll
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
divined.
Nature can’t abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even
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
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
pallor common to liches, she prefers to maintain a magical disguise that allows her to appear as the high elf she was in life. Ever the schemer, Valindra doesn’t use this disguise out of nostalgia
disastrous confrontations with enemies of her temporary allies, she’s elected to keep her personal lair secret. Deep within her lair is a hidden reading room where she usually keeps her spirit gem
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
This wooden box contains a set of thirty-two parchment cards.
Deck of Miscellany
Card
Item
3 ♦️
Wooden abacus
4 ♦️
Four Perfume (vial);vials of perfume
5
9 ♥️
Leather pouch containing 18 gp
10 ♥️
10 crossbow bolts
3 ♣️
Three book;books, written in Common, about random historical events
4 ♣️
Canvas Tent
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
herself.
Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in her wagon (chapter 11, area V1). Although the cards aren’t magical, Ezmerelda can use them to perform a card reading for the
Spell Scroll
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Magic Items
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
(0 - Cantrip);Cantrip
Common
13
+5
Spell Scroll (1st Level);1st
Common
13
+5
Spell Scroll (2nd Level);2nd
Uncommon
13
+5
Spell Scroll (3rd Level);3rd
Uncommon
15
+7
Backgrounds
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
defend the weak and oppose evil. Your honor is as important to you as your life.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: An insignia of rank, a deck of cards
, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Squire of Solamnia
You gain the Squire of Solamnia feat.
In addition, the Knights of Solamnia provide you free, modest lodging and food at any of their fortresses or encampments.
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Stored in a leather pouch, this unique deck contains twenty-two colored cards made of some strong but unknown metal, each of which features a design printed as a mosaic of raised dots. Before you
draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number
Glyph of Warding
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
another object covering the glyph, approaching within a certain distance of the glyph, or manipulating the object on which the glyph is inscribed. For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most common
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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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
Charlatan
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
, you promise to deliver. Common sense should steer people away from things that sound too good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you’re around. The bottle of pink
: Disguise kit, Forgery kitEquipment: A set of fine clothes, a disguise kit, tools of the con of your choice (ten stoppered bottles filled with colored liquid, a set of weighted dice, a deck of marked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
d’Avenir perform a card reading for them, provided she has her deck of tarokka cards. Ezmerelda’s cards are hidden in her wagon (chapter 11, area V1). Appendix E shows all the cards of the tarokka deck
the face cards and jokers, and treat them as two separate decks: the common deck (the numbered cards) and the high deck (the face cards and jokers).
Common Deck. Each suit in a regular deck of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reading again, out loud for the players’ benefit. Substitute the new results for the old ones. When you’re ready to begin the card reading, remove the fourteen cards with the crown icon (the high deck) and
shuffle them. Then shuffle the remaining cards (the common deck), keeping the two decks separate. Draw the top three cards from the common deck and lay them face down in the 1, 2, and 3 positions
Soldier
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or deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Specialty
During your time as a soldier, you had a specific role to play in your unit or army. Roll a d8 or choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
in myriad lesser forms throughout the multiverse. Some of these wondrous items had fewer cards—typically only the thirteen cards used in Istus’s reading for Asteria. Occasionally a deck manifested as
Chapter 2: Key Deck of Many Things is a complex magic item, and introducing one to your game can be challenging. This chapter addresses numerous topics especially important to the Dungeon Master
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
gaming set, vehicles (land)
Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common
the behaviors common to corrupt guards and military officers a mile away. While awareness of such corruption doesn’t equate to evidence of it, and your sense certainly isn’t foolproof, your
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage.
You know what people want and you deliver, or rather, you promise to deliver. Common sense should steer people away from things that
sound too good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you’re around. The bottle of pink-colored liquid will surely cure that unseemly rash, this ointment — nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Composition A tarokka deck has fifty-four cards, each of which has its own name. Forty of them comprise the common deck, which is divided into four suits: swords, coins, stars, and glyphs. Each suit
is also known as the healer, and the wizard card is also known as the master of stars. The remaining fourteen cards make up the high deck, which symbolizes the natural forces of the multiverse. These cards are represented by a crown symbol and are the most powerful cards in the deck.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
11 (+0)
Skills Arcana +5, Perception +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages any one language (usually Common)
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Sea Legs. The deck
Pirate Deck Wizard These salt-encrusted practitioners of magic are at once learned and superstitious. The crews of pirate ships generally give their deck wizards a wide berth, as they magically step
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Things is key to the destruction of the multiverse. Performing a reading with this Deck of Many Things won’t simply reveal the future; it will determine the future, setting a date for the arrival of the
signal the beginning of the end. Other signs also appear among the stars, the clouds, the seas, and world events, revealing the future to those who know how to interpret them. Divinatory Deck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
deck also has twenty-two named cards known as the major arcana. The Dungeon Master’s Guide also introduced the idea that there was more than one version of the deck; there was also a more common and
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons With the publication of the first Dungeon Master’s Guide in 1979, the most recognizable aspects of the Deck of Many Things were established. Here, the names of the cards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Deck of Miscellany Wondrous Item, Uncommon This wooden box contains a set of thirty-two parchment cards. Deck of Miscellany Card Item 3 ♦ Wooden abacus 4 ♦ Four vials of perfume 5 ♦ 5 days
crossbow bolts 3 ♣ Three books, written in Common, about random historical events 4 ♣ Canvas tent 5 ♣ 50 feet of coiled silk rope 6 ♣ Two crowbars 7 ♣ Healer’s kit 8 ♣ Eight gems worth 5 gp each 9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Adventure Hooks The Solar Bastion offers many opportunities for driving adventures in your campaign, whether or not a Deck of Many Things appears. Use these ideas to inspire adventures that feature
: Common Foes. The Heralds of the Comet (see chapter 12) identify both the characters and the Solar Bastion as threats and begin stirring up public sentiment against both groups. A knight of the Solar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Common Areas Most of the ceilings in this area are 10 feet high. Blood-smeared tiles cover the floors and walls throughout. 10a. Dining Hall This room has a vaulted ceiling, rising 15 feet high
furniture. Two male duergar guards named Malgorn and Zelk stand watch here. They have orders to escort visitors to Valtagar Steelshadow in area 15. Malgorn is one card away from owning a complete deck of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
)
Skills Deception +6, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its
continue reading its thoughts as long as the doppelganger’s concentration isn’t broken. While reading the target’s mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
deck from anyone who resists, and obedient enough to do what the grim champions tell it. But this combination is rare, so the grim champions must often settle for imperfect servants. The most common
Joining the Grim Harrow Most members of the Grim Harrow are souls slain by the avatar of death (as summoned by a Deck of Many Things). However, not all such souls are deemed worthy of joining the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Deception +6, Insight +3
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to
doppelganger can continue reading its thoughts, as long as the doppelganger’s concentration isn’t broken (as if concentrating on a spell). While reading the target’s mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Reading Niche Desks. In the middle of the room stands a row of desks. Seated behind one of the desks is Spite Harrowdale (NE male Rashemi human archmage who speaks Abyssal, Common, Dwarvish
wand with a light cantrip cast on the end of it and reading a bone-dry biography of Ahghairon, the archwizard who founded Waterdeep. If the characters are being led through Dweomercore by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
The Knight as Narrative Device The Dungeon Master’s Guide details how the nonplayer character summoned by the Knight card of a Deck of Many Things appears. But as discussed in chapter 2, the cards of
the Deck of Many Things can instead be interpreted as narrative directions that point the way to a future event. In this case, the Knight card could portend a friendly warrior whom the character will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
without providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spell’s normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on
table. Spell Scroll Spell Level Rarity Save DC Attack Bonus Cantrip Common 13 +5 1st Common 13 +5 2nd Uncommon 13 +5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Upper Deck The main deck of Emperor of the Waves is likely the first part of the ship the characters explore — and will be the last stage of their desperate escape. 1. Main Deck The Emperor’s upper
and aft appear intact, as does the metal grate in the deck that offers access to the lower decks. Aside from the rhythmic creak of the ship’s badly weathered timbers, all seems quiet.
This area is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
mangonels being the most common. Such weapons are slow to load and fire. Player characters are almost always better off using their own weapons and spells in ship-to-ship combat, reserving shipboard
turn, a ship can be turned and reoriented so that all its weapons can aim and fire at any target within range, regardless of where they’re situated on the deck. Boarding When one ship moves to within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Heroes of Destiny The Rogue Destinies table provides narrative ideas inspired by the Deck of Many Things that players can use as prompts while developing characters. The entries in this table are
can either choose entries that speak to you or randomly pull cards from The Deck of Many Things card set until you feel your character’s story is complete. The prompts in the table include
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Sample Ships This section provides stat blocks, deck plans, and other details for some of the most common ships. SIEGE WEAPONS
Some ships are armed with siege weapons, the descriptions of which are
features: Ceilings. The ceiling of the galley’s lower deck is 8 feet high. Light. Hanging lanterns cast bright light throughout the ship. Rigging. Rigging on the ship can be climbed without an






