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Basic Rules (2014)
When you cast this spell, you inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor, a wall, or a table) or within an object that can be closed to conceal the glyph (such as a book
Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target is driven insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can't take actions, can't understand what other creatures say, can't read, and speaks only in
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read Belashyrra’s thoughts or deals psychic damage to it, that creature must succeed on a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned for 1 minute. The
close my eyes, I see my past misdeeds.”
5
“I don’t trust my sight. I have no idea what’s real and what’s a hallucination.”
6
“Something watches the world through my eyes. To thwart them, I keep my eyes closed or covered.”
Poison, Psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Arriving at the Mansion Once the characters are within sight of the mansion, read or paraphrase the following: A three-story mansion stands alone in a clearing. It has alabaster walls, windows on all
three levels, and a closed double door on the ground floor. The area around the mansion seems unnaturally quiet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Knock Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose an object that you can see within range. The object can
, during which time the target can be opened and closed. When you cast the spell, a loud knock, audible up to 300 feet away, emanates from the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Knock Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
Choose an object that you can see within range. The object can
, during which time the target can be opened and closed. When you cast the spell, a loud knock, audible up to 300 feet away, emanates from the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Mind Blank Level 8 Abjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: 24 hours
Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch has Immunity to Psychic
damage and the Charmed condition. The target is also unaffected by anything that would sense its emotions or alignment, read its thoughts, or magically detect its location, and no spell—not even Wish—can gather information about the target, observe it remotely, or control its mind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Mind Blank Level 8 Abjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: 24 hours
Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch has Immunity to Psychic
damage and the Charmed condition. The target is also unaffected by anything that would sense its emotions or alignment, read its thoughts, or magically detect its location, and no spell—not even Wish—can gather information about the target, observe it remotely, or control its mind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Comprehend Languages Level 1 Divination (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
Duration: 1 hour
For the
are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text. This spell doesn’t decode symbols or secret messages.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Comprehend Languages Level 1 Divination (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
Duration: 1 hour
For the
are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text. This spell doesn’t decode symbols or secret messages.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Comprehend Languages Level 1 Divination (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
Duration: 1 hour
For the
are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text. This spell doesn’t decode symbols or secret messages.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Arrival at the Bathhouse When the characters arrive at the bathhouse, read the following boxed text aloud to the players: The bathhouse is a one-story stuccoed building with stained-glass windows and
clay roof tiles. Ten-foot-tall walls enclose a large courtyard outside the southeast corner of the building. The closed wooden doors to the courtyard are engraved with images of smiling nymphs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Ashen Heir Hideout The Ashen Heir hideout is a crumbling, one-story temple located in the Old City. Captured Ashen Heir agents or Laleh Ghorbani might direct the characters to the location. Read the
tower juts from the temple’s roof; one of its walls bears tall vents to catch the wind.
A padlock holds closed a gate in the temple’s 8-foot-tall fence, but it can be unlocked as an action with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Village When the characters first approach the village, read: Tall shapes loom out of the dense fog that surrounds everything. The muddy ground underfoot gives way to slick, wet
through the streets from a distance. The sobbing comes from Mad Mary’s townhouse (area E3). With the exception of areas E1 and E2, all the shops in the village are permanently closed, and the unoccupied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Frody Dartwild Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to begin the adventure: Froderic Dartwild, a famous bard born and raised in Toadhop, is all anyone in the hamlet can talk about. You’ve
good folk of Toadhop would like it very much if you, being adventurers, could pay a visit to the old Dartwild cabin and find out why Toadhop’s most famous bard has returned from the dead. The sooner he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Returning to Kalaman As the characters near the gates of Kalaman, read the following text: A crowd mills at the gate ahead, dozens of commoners murmuring and excitedly looking past the closed
city. Castle Kalaman’s Visitors The gates of Castle Kalaman are closed when the characters arrive, but the guards recognize the characters and admit them. The guards confirm a contingent of knights is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Illusory Script Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Touch
Components: S, M (ink worth 10+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 10 days
You
unintelligible. Alternatively, the illusion can alter the meaning, handwriting, and language of the text, though the language must be one you know. If the spell is dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear. A creature that has Truesight can read the hidden message.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Illusory Script Level 1 Illusion (Bard, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Touch
Components: S, M (ink worth 10+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: 10 days
You
unintelligible. Alternatively, the illusion can alter the meaning, handwriting, and language of the text, though the language must be one you know. If the spell is dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear. A creature that has Truesight can read the hidden message.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S, M (a miniature door worth 15+ GP)
Duration: 24 hours
You conjure
can enter the extradimensional dwelling as long as the door remains open. You can open or close it (no action required) if you are within 30 feet of it. While closed, the door is imperceptible. Beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion Level 7 Conjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 Minute
Range: 300 feet
Components: V, S, M (a miniature door worth 15+ GP)
Duration: 24 Hours
You conjure
can enter the extradimensional dwelling as long as the door remains open. You can open or close it (no action required) if you are within 30 feet of it. While closed, the door is imperceptible. Beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Detect Thoughts Level 2 Divination (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (1 Copper Piece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You activate one of
to creatures that know languages or are telepathic. You don’t read the thoughts, but you know that a thinking creature is present. The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Detect Thoughts Level 2 Divination (Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (1 Copper Piece)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You activate one of
to creatures that know languages or are telepathic. You don’t read the thoughts, but you know that a thinking creature is present. The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T1. Gatehouse Portcullis When the characters approach from the west, read: The shelf of rock on which the mountain road clings grows narrow. To your left, the icy cliffs rise sharply toward dark
with horned heads. Set in the center of the wall is a closed iron portcullis, behind which burns a curtain of green flame.
On the other side of the dark wall, gripping the mountain’s edge, is a guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K60. North Tower Peak If the characters climb the stairs to this area, read: The stairs end at a dark and dreary room with manacles attached to the walls. In the middle of the room is a wood-framed
bed fitted with leather restraints. At the foot of the bed rests a closed iron chest, is lid sculpted with an emblem.
A wooden ladder leads up to a trapdoor in the ceiling. Thin streams of water drip
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Dr. Dannell’s bag of holding or elsewhere. Once the characters are ready to enter the museum, keep track of which character has the bag of holding that contains the group’s adventuring gear. Then read
some clad in sleek formalwear.
The museum is open to the public today; only the Gemstone Wing on the second floor is closed for the ticketed gala. The Murkmire Stone is ensconced in the Gemstone Wing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, and the other six are closed.
A narrow staircase ascends the circular wall. Near the foot of the stairs is a painted wooden box three feet on a side. A crank protrudes from one side of it, causing it
characters arrive, four soldiers are on patrol in areas L8 and L12, and the remaining six tin soldiers are inside their domiciles, behind closed doors. Each of these six Constructs is a Small (3-foot-tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Bard There is nothing I would like to do more than explain to you why I’m standing here with stolen goods and my rapier sticking out of this still-warm corpse, officer. I assure you, I have a
copper pieces tossed by commoners isn’t for everyone — and it certainly isn’t for bards in the Acq Inc world. The power and magic tied up in the voice of a franchise bard is meant for greater things
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarked Characters Here are examples of characters who carry the Mark of Scribing. House Agent Bard. The Draconic Prophecy is one of the greatest mysteries of all. You’re an observer tasked to
, spellbooks, and ancient lore. Hermit Warlock (Great Old One). The Mark of Making allows you to read the code of reality itself, to understand voices no one else can hear. You have no interest in the business
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Buried Again If Golden Axe is returned to Frody Dartwild, read: Froderic Dartwild plucks the strings of the mandolin and plays a happy tune. Meanwhile, the news of your return spreads through Toadhop
take more than a few hours. While Frody waits, he performs his favorite music to an enrapt crowd outside My Left Boot. If there’s a bard or another musically inclined individual among the player
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L10. Cupboards The doors in this chamber are closed but not locked. When the characters enter for the first time, read: Moths cluster around a lantern that hangs from the ceiling in the middle of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Bardic Colleges In addition to the tradition of apprenticing with a master bard, the Sword Coast has some bardic colleges where masters teach students the bardic arts. They hark back to the great
master bard attended each of the elder colleges, seeking to learn its musical and magical secrets. Traditionally, the colleges were attended in the order given above, starting with Fochlucan. That
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters pay Speaker Huddle a visit, read: Nimsy Huddle, the town speaker, tempts you with freshly baked, halfling-shaped cookies. Her house was clearly built for humans, but most of the furniture is sized
characters can sell the moose’s carcass to a local butcher for 10 gp. If the characters want the pot sweetened further, Speaker Huddle says she can offer them Ramshackle (the closed inn) as an investment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival When the adventurers arrive at Axeholm, read the following boxed text aloud: Thrust out from the base of a dark gray mountain is the entrance to the dwarven fortress — a dark, fifteen-foot
successful check spots numerous stone chimneys protruding from the mountainside, but an earthquake after Axeholm was abandoned closed off most of those to anything but Tiny creatures. Only the chimneys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
recruit thugs and monsters to join the Cult of the Crushing Wave. When the characters arrive at Rivergard, read the following text: A small castle overlooks the mighty Dessarin River, which is a good half
.
The keep seems old and worn, but new timbers and shingles suggest that repairs are underway. A white banner with a blue gauntlet flies over the keep.
The front gate is closed.
What happens next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
protects the Nematode’s throat. When a creature approaches this structure, read or paraphrase the following: The tent walls open like a flower to reveal a gaping throat that expels tangled knots of
decide whether to be outside the Nematode or inside its closed mouth. There is no light in the cave once it shuts unless the characters have light sources with them. When the mouth closes, two intellect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Wisdom Wisdom reflects how attuned you are to the world around you and represents perceptiveness and intuition. Wisdom Checks A Wisdom check might reflect an effort to read body language, understand
of something. It measures your general awareness of your surroundings and the keenness of your senses. For example, you might try to hear a conversation through a closed door, eavesdrop under an open