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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the
from Evil and Good, plus the spells listed for the particular instrument
Anstruth harp
Very Rare
Cure Wounds (level 5), Ice Storm, Wall of Thorns
Canaith mandolin
Rare
Cure Wounds (level
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
door, dispel magic, fly, invisibilityThough deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit
forging of a pact between a warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A warlock who fails
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
effect on itself on a success.Professors of chaos wield magic inspired by the ebb and flow of chance. They study the course history has taken, looking for breaking points in the flow of events, and focus
College draw their magical might from the flow of time and fate and the way those forces shape the course of history. Scholars of this broad mystical study divide between those who see history as an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.
Instrument of the Bards
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
An instrument of the bards is an exquisite example of its kind, superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college. The
Spells
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Fly, invisibility, levitate, protection from evil and good, plus the spells listed for the particular instrument
Anstruth harp
Very rare
Paladin
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
has taken him or her away from adventuring for a time, every paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against evil. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of the militias and armies
BREAKING YOUR OATH
A paladin tries to hold to the highest standards of conduct, but even the most virtuous paladin is fallible. Sometimes the right path proves too demanding, sometimes a situation calls
Kenku
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
adventurers are usually the survivors of a flock that has sustained heavy losses, or a rare kenku who has grown weary of a life of crime. These kenku are more ambitious and daring than their fellows
clang of a mace against armor or the sound made by a breaking bone. Non-kenku refer to the kenku by describing this noise. Examples of this type of name include Smasher, Clanger, Slicer, and Basher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts
, Levitate, Protection from Evil and Good, plus the spells listed for the particular instrument
Anstruth harp Very Rare Cure Wounds (level 5), Ice Storm, Wall of Thorns
Canaith mandolin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college. The following table lists the spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its
and good, plus the spells listed for the particular instrument Anstruth harp Very rare Control weather, cure wounds (5th level), wall of thorns Canaith mandolin Rare Cure wounds (3rd level), dispel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy Prismari College is dedicated to the arts. Its scholars view art as the fundamental form of self-expression and magic as a tool, a medium, and an inspiration. Prismari studies
improvisation, innovation, and rule-breaking, and they often favor elemental magic using fire, lightning, and earth. OCTAVIA, THE LIVING THESIS
Crafted as a graduate’s final project many years ago
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
as they try to escape Kollema Hall; use one or more of the college apprentice stat blocks in chapter 7 to represent them. Any characters in the infirmary are among the first people the delirious
students turn against. Characters on the hall’s first and second floors who succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check hear shouting and breaking glass on the third floor. Soon after, the panicking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
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Major Magic Item. You gain a very rare magic item that is yours to keep, or a legendary magic item for 5d12 days.
Safety. One creature that previously regarded you as an enemy no longer remembers you
of three quests, each of which you must agree to before the contract is formed 4 Your everlasting fealty 5 The ruin or demise of the Fey’s sworn enemy 6 A precious object (such as a rare, very rare, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
like these exist in your world. Wizards (and bards and druids) might be so rare that a player character learns from a single mentor and never meets another character of the same class, in which case
for organizations presented earlier in this chapter. A player character necromancer might cultivate renown within the Cabal of Thar-Zad, while a bard seeks increasing renown within the College of Mac-Fuirmidh.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
: Private guards
Commerce: Rare and exotic goods; see each enclave for information on the goods traded by the duergar, the drow, the svirfneblin, and the Zhentarim
Organizations: The drow, duergar
disguising of goods by any means, and no use of magic during negotiations and haggling. The punishment for breaking any covenant is equally straightforward: the violator is wrapped in chains and tossed into the Darklake. Recent events in Mantol-Derith have rendered these rules moot.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
You decide what form the ritual’s components might take, from ancient verses and arcane inscriptions, to rare herbs and alchemical reagents, to any other obscure bit of magical paraphernalia in between
devising, or having NPCs conveniently turn out to be a source of some components. The Splintfig sisters from episode 2 are good candidates, as is Hoobur Gran’Shoop if the party stayed on good terms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
unleash an army of undead. In the city of Sharn, a team of spies pulls off an impossible scheme—breaking into the impenetrable vaults of House Kundarak. But instead of gold, they find a secret that
families controls much of the world’s economy thanks to the edge given them by the mysterious and rare dragonmarks. Its people harness magic as a tool—to build cities, to sail ships through the skies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Monsters’ Desires Aberrations d4 Desired Offering 1 The brain or other organs of a rare creature 2 Flattery and obsequiousness 3 Secrets or lore it doesn’t already know 4 Accepting a strange
Desired Offering 1 Your soul 2 A desecrated holy object 3 Blood from a living or recently slain loved one 4 Breaking a sacred promise in the fiend’s presence Giants d4 Desired Offering 1 A dwarf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
sell salt, gemstones, and rare minerals from a stall in the eastern market (area 3b), but she and several other svirfneblin merchants were forced to retreat to their warehouse (area 6b) when the
killed by duergar. Set into the northeast wall is a set of stone double doors that the svirfneblin have barred from within. Four enlarged duergar are breaking through the doors with war picks, and it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
detailed in “Magic Items”. Narrative Curses A curse might manifest during an adventure when a creature’s violation of a taboo warrants supernatural punishment, such as breaking a vow, defiling a tomb, or
adventure is up to you—the spell might merely suppress the effects of the curse for a time. Regardless, narrative curses should feel like rare, potent magic rooted in the lore of your campaign
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
supernatural punishment, such as breaking a vow, defiling a tomb, or murdering an innocent. Such a curse can have any effects you design, or it might be a customized version of another type of curse
feel like rare, potent magic rooted in the lore of your campaign. Environmental Curses Some locations are so suffused with evil that anyone who lingers there is burdened with a curse. Demonic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
minor as stubbing a toe or breaking a wagon wheel, or as catastrophic as slipping and accidentally falling off a cliff. It is also invoked to ward off her attentions when someone is doing something in
offerings made. The Red Wizards of Thay commonly erect such shrines outside their ritual chambers to guard against unfortunate mistakes. Few dare to take Beshaba as a patron. The rare clerics of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Breaking the Archetypes To the uninitiated, fighters are the simpletons of the adventuring world, flailing away with their weapons while taking repeated blows to the head. But those folk know
operation runs true to form, you’ll have plenty of opportunity for both. Samurai Even if samurai are rare in the lands where Acquisitions Incorporated offers franchise opportunities, their fighting spirit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Deathlocks The forging of a pact between a warlock and a patron is no minor occasion—at least not for the warlock. The consequences of breaking that pact can be dire and, in some cases, lethal. A
devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit lesser creatures to help them carry out their missions, becoming the masterminds behind vast conspiracies and intrigues that culminate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
to determine how to open it if the opening mechanism isn’t obvious. Set the DC according to the difficulty guidelines in chapter 8. If adventurers can’t determine how to open a secret door, breaking
visible for miles, though a clear line of sight over such a distance is rare underground. Even so, adventurers using light sources in a dungeon often attract monsters, just as dungeon features that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
favor. They speak in voices as soft as the sea breeze or as sonorous as storm waves breaking against a rocky cliff. In flight, their lower bodies transform into columns of foamy water. Water Lords
clouds of fog and mist from the vapor in the air. It can even transform itself into mist, or use water as a weapon to bludgeon its foes. Marid Homes. Marids are rare on the Material Plane. They inhabit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the mirror, which is stuck to the wall with sovereign glue and can’t be pried loose without breaking it. An identify spell or similar magic reveals that it’s a magic storage device and that contact
. Treasure. Maddgoth’s helm is a very rare magic item to which any humanoid can attune. A creature attuned to the helm and wearing it has immunity to all damage while inside Maddgoth’s castle, on its roof, or in its courtyard. If the helm is taken from the castle, it turns to dust and is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
dwelling in the fens near White Plume Mountain. In addition to her work for the Cartophile, Mary is eager to accompany the expedition so that she might search the Barrier Peaks for rare ingredients for
her potions. Mary strikes an eerie, witch-like figure, surrounded always by swirling magical-mechanical trinkets of her own devising. She is often seen shuffling a deck of several things, and will try
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Lorehold Scholars The archaeomancers of Lorehold College draw their magical might from the flow of time and fate and the way those forces shape the course of history. Scholars of this broad mystical
Professors of chaos wield magic inspired by the ebb and flow of chance. They study the course history has taken, looking for breaking points in the flow of events, and focus their magic into creating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
are taken to the cells in area M6, where you can create escape scenarios for them of your own devising. Death of the Grand Master. If the Grand Master is slain, the bone devil is revealed to be an
successful check as if the character had cast the gate spell to open a gate to the Nine Hells. Treasure. The crown and scepter are crafted of rare metal alloys and set with jeweled crystalline buttons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
who produce these works of art are using new ideas and new approaches, breaking through old boundaries and advancing the frontier of knowledge. For instance, an artist might create a beautiful
after an ear-splitting bang, and jump and cavort amid lethal sprays of lightning. Though it might be bizarre and unusual, a working tinker gnome creation is a rare thing, and highly prized. Such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
symbolize the decadence and corruption of civilization, and mages are the classic villains of these settings. Magic items are therefore rare and often dangerous. Consider conflicts like these to drive the
Necromancy. Vampires open a college of necromancy, attracting evil necromancers who need fresh corpses for their studies. An order of vampire hunters seeks the characters’ help. Undying Monarch. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. You still remember how to get the taste just right.
2 You were once the head dishwasher in a famous wizard’s college.
3 One of your parents was a healer in a small outpost, and they
, your obviator’s lenses gain additional power and become a rare magic item. The lenses now function as both eyes of the eagle and eyes of minute seeing. Additionally, you can focus the power of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
expand the scope of his establishment. His menagerie in Stonyeyes contains a variety of rare creatures both mundane and magical, from an aged cockatrice and two wing-clipped hippogriffs to an owlbear
. Always on the lookout for new attractions, he happily pays adventurers for healthy specimens of rare creatures, sometimes reselling the smaller and less dangerous species. While the menagerie is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Stonyeyes contains a variety of rare creatures both mundane and magical, from an aged cockatrice and two wing-clipped hippogriffs to an owlbear. Always on the lookout for new attractions, he happily pays
adventurers for healthy specimens of rare creatures, sometimes reselling the smaller and less dangerous species. While the menagerie is popular with city folk who pay a few coppers to view the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
nearly to the breaking point. K’thriss Drow’b has a neat room decorated in black and purple, a crystal ball that displays only a haze of smoke, and a collection of strange purple rocks. Walnut Dankgrass’s
Blit’zen’s room smells like a college dorm, has exercise equipment in one corner, three boxes of delicious snacks bearing the Big Daddy Donaar’s Yum Yum Hut brand, an autographed pin-up scroll of a band named Sixty Wrong Sausages, and a wall calendar where every month bears his likeness.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
still transforming her, breaking down her form from a physical one into an entity composed of symbols, images, and perceptions. To keep herself from dissipating entirely into nothingness, the queen
are astral travelers who are caught and trapped within the Shadowfell by her magic — but a rare few come of their own volition, seeking knowledge or freedom from a dark past. Many of these daring






