before bring deciding crack read

Book of Exalted Deeds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

’s authors filled the pages with their own visions of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil. The Book of Exalted Deeds rarely lingers in one place. As soon as the book is read, it

vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring hope to an endangered world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to capture its

Auspicia Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

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

they happen, often making use of this ability to bring a fight to a standstill that encourages parley. But she has only just begun to explore her full precognitive potential.

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

is read, it vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring light to a darkened world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to

digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read

Dawnbringer

Magic Items Out of the Abyss

. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The sword can speak, read, and understand Common, and it can communicate with its wielder telepathically. Its voice is kind and feminine. It

knows every language you know while you’re attuned to it. Personality. Forged by ancient sun worshipers, Dawnbringer is meant to bring light into darkness and to fight creatures of darkness. It

Wave Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak

its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea god’s demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert.

Sword of Kas Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Common. Personality. The sword’s purpose is to bring ruin to Vecna. Killing Vecna’s worshipers, destroying the lich’s works, and

Veiled Presence

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Inviolate Presence. The veiled presence can’t be targeted by divination magic or by features that would read its mind or determine its creature type. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the

bring cosmic wrath upon the characters.The Rogue’s Lair This villain resides in a place of power and safety, whether that’s a hidden thieves’ guildhall or a lavish manse. The lair is

Occultant Abacus

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

. This property of the occultant abacus can’t be used again until the next dawn. Bring Out Your Dead Also at rank 2, you regain the use of your Read the Kill feature after you finish a short or

Head office grants you the use of a unique item known as an occultant abacus (sometimes just referred to as an occultant), whose beads resemble tiny skulls. Read the Kill Also at rank 1, your

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have always had a way with people. You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read

luxuries faster than I bring them in... 3 I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others. 4 I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t resist taking a risk if

Satyr

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

existence, most often to the Material Plane. There they seek to bring a bit of their home plane’s splendor to other worlds. Creating Your Character At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a

, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

to a range of 120 feet. The wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Abyssal and Common. Personality. The wand’s purpose is to help satisfy Orcus

imprisoned the hero’s soul and keeps it hidden and well guarded. Bathing the wand in positive energy causes it to crack and explode, but unless the above conditions are met, the wand instantly reforms on Orcus’s layer of the Abyss.

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle. She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed

racial pride and actually treat you like an equal, you can learn a lot from them.” Halflings. “It’s hard to beat a meal in a halfling home, as long as you don’t crack your

Aasimar Legacy

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Whether descended from a celestial being or infused with heavenly power, aasimar are mortals who carry a spark of the Upper Planes within their souls. They can fan that spark to bring light, ease

. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20. Languages Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and

1a. Pool Bypass

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

1a. Pool Bypass A relatively small cave branches off the main tunnel. If the characters are shadowing Droki, read the following boxed text aloud to the players. Droki stands before a tall yet narrow

crack in the wall. He stares at the crack for a moment, then leans down and rummages among the fungi, cackling with glee as he plucks a short mushroom and eats it whole. As he finishes the last bite

2. Statue of Umberlee

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

2. Statue of Umberlee A 10-foot-tall statue of the sea goddess Umberlee stands to the east of the palace’s portico. The statue, described in the read-aloud text for area 1, is harmless. The ground

slopes up to the south, rising 5 feet until it meets a 5-foot-wide, 8-foot-high crack in the palace wall that provides access to area 7. The crack is clearly visible to anyone who enters this area.

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

hatred of the civilized races of the world and their need to satisfy the demands of their deities, the orcs know that if they fight well and bring glory to their tribe, Gruumsh will call them home to

infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and

gains on decadent luxuries faster than I bring them in... 3 I’m convinced that no one could ever fool me the way I fool others. 4 I’m too greedy for my own good. I can’t

Sword of Zariel

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

transformation. Your alignment becomes lawful good, and you gain the following traits: Angelic Language. You can speak, read, and write Celestial. Celestial Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic and

sword simply by grasping it. She couldn’t bring herself to do so when she was an angel, but as an archdevil she has no compunction about ridding the multiverse of the weapon. The sword is also

Opening the Way

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Opening the Way When the characters reach the wall of the Reghed Glacier at the spot specified by Vellynne Harpell or Professor Skant, read: An immense, glistening wall of blue ice stands before you

one of the characters to read aloud the “Rime of the Frostmaiden” (see appendix E). Reading the poem aloud while standing before the glacier has the following effect: As the last words of the poem

Council of Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

Council of Dragons Five ancient dragons make up the council charged with deciding their metallic kin’s response to the cult. Though they are not necessarily the wisest or most powerful specimens of

the factions’ battle against Tiamat. As such, if the dragons side with the humanoids, it will be as a statement of personal faith in the party—and in the party’s ability to bring all the factions into the fight.

Council of Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Council of Dragons Five ancient dragons make up the council charged with deciding their metallic kin’s response to the cult. Though they are not necessarily the wisest or most powerful specimens of

the factions’ battle against Tiamat. As such, if the dragons side with the humanoids, it will be as a statement of personal faith in the party — and in the party’s ability to bring all the factions into the fight.

S7. Graveyard

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

K84, crypt 11) is placed in the indentation, both the holy symbol and the indentation vanish. Then read: A ray of golden sunlight breaks through the clouds to the west and shines upon the grave. The fog

and the gloom shrink from its brilliance as the sunlight causes the gravestone to crack and crumble, revealing a ring within. The sunray lasts for 1 minute. If the characters smash the gravestone

Arrival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

Arrival As the characters approach the ruins of Iniarv’s Tower, read the following boxed text aloud: Atop an escarpment on the eastern side of the High Road stands a crumbling keep with thirty-foot

). There are three entrances to the keep: the hole in the wall (area I2), the gatehouse (area I3), and the rubble-sealed crack in the main tower’s first floor (area I5). The characters do not notice

Chapter 8: Running the Game

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

game is played. For instance, players need to know what happens when one of them misses a session. They need to know whether to bring miniatures, any special rules you’ve decided to use, and how to treat

a cocked die (a die that lands so that its face can’t be clearly read). These topics and more are covered in this chapter.

Chapter 2: Icewind Dale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

through every chink and crack, every opening in the warmest furs, every tent flap, every roof and board of the strongest homes, draining away any hint of warmth. The sun, held down below the horizon by

bay—an aurora that portends an everlasting winter. Storms bring driving hail and sleet that leaves everything coated in a sheath of ice. Snow piles in deep drifts and blocks all trails leading south

Atmosphere

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

gate? The noisy hubbub of merchants and buyers thronging the market square? The overpowering stench of manure? Sensory details help bring a settlement to life and vividly communicate its personality to

feel of humidity. Or perhaps the city is shrouded in fog much of the time, and you describe the tendrils of cold mist reaching through every crack and cranny, the muffled sounds of hooves on

Oracle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

the god’s service, if necessary. You gain the following traits. Ears of the Oracle. You can speak, read, and write Celestial, the language of the gods. In addition, a god might deliver a message

gods give you flashes of insight that help you bring your efforts to fruition. When you make an ability check, you can roll a d10 and add the number rolled to the check. You can wait until after you

Arrival at Haruun

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

characters arrive, read the following: The landscape around you bears the scars of a purple worm’s habitation, a complex of caves that collapsed as the worm created its rubble-filled tunnels. You see

a crack in the face of a cliff that looks like an entrance to an undamaged cave. Around it, a few fifteen-foot-diameter, rubble-filled holes provide clear evidence of a purple worm’s passage. Vultures

Facing Tiamat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

her temple collapses to ash and bone is a memorable way to wrap up a campaign — but the characters might not survive as anything more than memories. During the battle in the temple, read the following

crack of thunder. The gargantuan heads of five dragons begin to tear and gnash their way out of the rune-lined pit of fire that forms there. Tiamat the Dragon Queen is about to burst bodily from her

25. Main Vault

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

-shaped passageway that narrows as it draws closer to the main vault, where the Cult of the Dragon stores its treasure. If the characters explore the tunnels, read or paraphrase the following: The walls

and crunches underfoot. When the characters reach the main vault, read: All tunnels seem to lead to a central core — a glittering cavern of ice with jagged walls and icicles the size of stalactites

25. Main Vault

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

-shaped passageway that narrows as it draws closer to the main vault, where the Cult of the Dragon stores its treasure. If the characters explore the tunnels, read or paraphrase the following: The walls

and crunches underfoot. When the characters reach the main vault, read: All tunnels seem to lead to a central core—a glittering cavern of ice with jagged walls and icicles the size of stalactites

Choosing a College

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

these colleges is right for your character? Consider these approaches: Read the college descriptions in chapter 1, and choose the college that appeals to you. Read the descriptions of backgrounds and

character. A STRIXHAVEN PARTY If you’re starting a Strixhaven campaign with the introductory adventure in chapter 3, that adventure gives all the advice you need to bring a party of characters together

Facing Tiamat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

her temple collapses to ash and bone is a memorable way to wrap up a campaign—but the characters might not survive as anything more than memories. During the battle in the temple, read the following

text aloud after 10 rounds of the summoning ritual have been successfully focused by five or more Red Wizards. The maelstrom filling the central apse of the temple suddenly splits open with a crack of

The Citadel's Destruction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

The Citadel’s Destruction If the characters destroy the brazier in area S23, read the following text: With a cacophony of whispered sighs, the violet flames vanish. You feel the flying island beneath

you lurch to a stop. Everything is silent for a moment, then with the sound of a distant crack, the ground begins to shudder. A split runs through the floor and up a nearby wall. The citadel is

Franchise Downtime

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Franchise Downtime During the break between episode 4 and episode 5, the characters are likely to be focused on deciding their next move. The urgency of seeking out the final orrery component at Horn

local nobles or mages who have left relics there to be safeguarded. The carousing activity can bring the characters into closer contact with merchants or nobles connected to Horn Enclave. One of those

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