black being diffusing checks rune

Zephyr Armor

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This fine set of white-and-silver armor bears the wind rune upon its chest. While wearing this armor, you have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks and Dexterity saving throws as your

movements are bolstered by gentle currents of wind. Invoking the Rune. As an action, you can invoke the armor’s rune to cast the wind wall spell (save DC 15) with it. Once the rune has been invoked, it can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.

Sanctum Amulet

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

A black opal pendant hangs at the base of this pearlescent chain. The sacred rune is inscribed on the back of the pendant. While wearing this item, you have resistance to necrotic damage

. Additionally, you can cast the spare the dying cantrip using either an action or a bonus action. Invoking the Rune. When a creature you can see within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points as a result of

Fist of Bane

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Tactical Discipline. The fist of Bane has advantage on all ability checks and saving throws made during combat.Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit"} to hit

right gauntlet of their armor black in honor of their patron. Bane’s clerics wield black maces with heads shaped to look like a closed fist. Cult Ranks. Bane’s cultists operate according

Iron Consul

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Tactical Discipline. The iron consul has advantage on all ability checks and saving throws made during combat.Multiattack. The iron consul makes one attack with its spear and can use its Voice of

Bane are warriors who wear heavy armor and wield maces, swords, spears, and crossbows. They paint the right gauntlet of their armor black in honor of their patron. Bane’s clerics wield black

Black Gauntlet of Bane

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

all ability checks and saving throws made during combat.Multiattack. The black gauntlet makes two attacks with its mace. Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit"} to

Aura of Terror. When a hostile creature within 5 feet of the black gauntlet makes an attack roll or a saving throw, it has disadvantage on the roll. Creatures that are immune to the frightened

Shadow Sibling

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Crafted by Dyrrn the Corruptor, this black jewel-like object fuses to the center of your forehead when you attune to it. As a Bonus Action, you can cause the sibling to exude or retract an

ectoplasmic shadow that surrounds your body and conceals you from prying eyes. While the shadow is active, Wisdom (Perception) checks made to see you have Disadvantage, and you have Advantage on Dexterity

Wayfarer's Boots

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This pair of boots is made of durable cloth, with the journey rune stitched in golden thread above each heel. While you are wearing this item, your walking speed increases by 10 feet, and you have

advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks. Invoking the Runes. As a bonus action, you can invoke the boots’ runes to cast the expeditious retreat spell with them. Once the runes have been invoked, they can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.

Cursed Luckstone

Magic Items Ghosts of Saltmarsh

This flat, gray-and-black river stone is inscribed with an unknown arcane symbol and feels cool to the touch. While carrying the stone, you can gain advantage on one ability check of your choice. The

remain cursed, you cannot discard the stone, which immediately teleports back into your pocket or pack. After you use the stone’s magic, your next two ability checks are made with disadvantage.

Orb of the Stein Rune

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

This orb of granite is about the size of an adult human’s fist. The stein (stone) rune appears on it in the form of crystalline veins that run across the surface. The orb has the following

, you have advantage on all checks and saving throws to resist effects that force you to move. In addition, any enemy that moves to a space within 10 feet of you must succeed on a DC 12 Strength

Shard of the Ise Rune

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

This shard of ice is long and slender, roughly the size of a dagger. The ise (ice) rune glows within it. The shard has the following properties, which work only while it’s on your person

a short or long rest. Gift of Frost. You can transfer the shard’s magic to a nonmagical item — a cloak or a pair of boots — by tracing the ise rune there with your finger. The

Demon Skin

Magic Items Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

This magic armor appears as a pot of bubbling black ichor. When you attune to it, the ichor adheres to and contours to your skin, and the pot disappears. The armor can be worn under normal clothes

. While wearing the armor, you have resistance to poison damage. The armor also doesn’t impose disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

Yuk Yuk

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Nimble Escape. The goblin can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of its turns. Yuk Yuk has advantage on checks made to avoid being surprised.Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +4

);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Goblins are small, black-hearted humanoids that lair in despoiled dungeons and other dismal settings. Individually weak, they gather in large numbers to torment other creatures.

Spiderbait

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Nimble Escape. The goblin can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of its turns. Spiderbait has advantage on checks made to avoid being surprised.Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack

);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Goblins are small, black-hearted humanoids that lair in despoiled dungeons and other dismal settings. Individually weak, they gather in large numbers to torment other creatures.

Drow Mage Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

level (3 slots): alter self, misty step, web 3rd level (3 slots): fly, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): Evard's black tentacles, greater invisibility 5th level (2 slots): cloudkill Sunlight

Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to

Wersten Kern

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

. Black, thorny rose stems sprout from the creature’s body while it is cursed, imposing disadvantage on the creature’s ability checks and attack rolls and halving its speed. A creature that

. In battle, she wields a wicked pike that flies Soth’s black rose standard, and her cries can stop mighty warriors’ hearts. Wersten staunchly follows Soth’s commands, and she will serve him until she faces a second doom.Poison

Kobold Dragonshield Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Dragon's Resistance. The kobold has resistance to a type of damage based on the color of dragon that invested it with power (choose or roll a d10): 1–2, acid (black); 3–4, cold (white); 5–6, fire

, the kobold has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The kobold makes two melee attacks. Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3

Pennant of the Vind Rune

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

This blue pennant is crafted from silk and is five feet long and whips about as if buffeted by a wind. The vind (wind) rune appears on its surface, looking almost like a cloud. The pennant has the

property, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Wind Walker. While you are attuned to this rune, you can cast levitate as a bonus action. Once you use this property, you can

K'thriss Drow'b

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

charmed, and magic can't put him to sleep. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, K'thriss has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Innate

relic known as the Black Altar, exposing him to their infinite truths and shocking the drow's hair jet-black. His matching “beard” is actually a slow-growing colony of inert spores that K'thriss

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

darkness. An evil rune might appear on your face, your eyes might become glossy black, or horns might sprout from your forehead. Or you might become wizened and hideous, lose all facial features, gain a

forked tongue, or some other feature the DM chooses. The mark of darkness grants you advantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks made to interact with evil creatures and Charisma (Intimidation) checks

Kobold Dragonshield

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

","rollAction":"Dragon's Resistance"}): 1–2, acid (black or copper); 3–4, cold (silver or white); 5–6, fire (brass, gold, or red); 7–8, lightning (blue or bronze); 9–10, poison

on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The kobold makes two Spear attacks. Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3

Withers

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, Withers has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Magical Amulet. He wears an amulet of the black skull

Moonblade Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

preserving and protecting elvenkind. If the blade rejects you, you make ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws with disadvantage for 24 hours. If the blade accepts you, you become attuned to it and a

new rune appears on the blade. You remain attuned to the weapon until you die or the weapon is destroyed. A moonblade has one rune on its blade for each master it has served (typically 1d6 + 1). The

Staff of the Forgotten One

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

This crooked staff is carved from bone and topped with the skull of a forgotten archmage whom Acererak destroyed long ago. Etched into the skull’s forehead is Acererak’s rune, which is

(History) checks is doubled. You can’t be blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, petrified, or stunned. Undead with a challenge rating of 2 or lower will neither threaten nor attack you unless

Meenlock

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Light Sensitivity. While in bright light, the meenlock has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20

, twisting tunnels open up within it. One of these passageways serves as the lair’s only entrance, and a large central chamber serves as the meenlocks’ den. Inside the warren, black moss

Blackrazor Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Hidden in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain, Blackrazor shines like a piece of night sky filled with stars. Its black scabbard is decorated with pieces of cut obsidian. You gain a +3 bonus to

advantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. If you hit an undead with this weapon, you take 1d10 necrotic damage and the target regains 1d10 hit points. If this necrotic damage

Nurvureem

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the dragon has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The dragon can use its Frightful Presence. It then

dwell in swamps on the frayed edges of civilization. A black dragon’s lair is a dismal cave, grotto, or ruin that is at least partially flooded, providing pools where the dragon rests, and where

Deck of Several Things

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you have advantage on ability checks made using one skill of your choice for the duration of the adventure. Otherwise, this card has no

adventure, you lose proficiency with one skill or gain disadvantage on all checks made with one skill (with the skill and the penalty determined by the DM). Discard this card and draw from the deck again

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

. Skull. You summon an avatar of death--a ghostly humanoid skeleton clad in a tattered black robe and carrying a spectral scythe. It appears in a space of the GM's choice within 10 feet of you and attacks

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

Rune Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

some cloud giants. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks and Charisma (Deception) checks. In addition, when you or a

, you have advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks and Charisma (Intimidation) checks. In addition, you can invoke the rune as a bonus action to increase your sturdiness. For 10 minutes, you gain

Book of Vile Darkness (Variant)

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

. Mark of Darkness. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, you acquire a physical disfigurement as a hideous sign of your devotion to vile darkness. An evil rune might

appear on your face, your eyes might become glossy black, or horns might sprout from your forehead. Or you might become wizened and hideous, lose all facial features, gain a forked tongue, or some

Rune Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

some cloud giants. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks and Charisma (Deception) checks. In addition, when you or a

, you have advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks and Charisma (Intimidation) checks. In addition, you can invoke the rune as a bonus action to increase your sturdiness. For 10 minutes, you gain

Rune Knight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

some cloud giants. While wearing or carrying an object inscribed with this rune, you have advantage on Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks and Charisma (Deception) checks. In addition, when you or a

, you have advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks and Charisma (Intimidation) checks. In addition, you can invoke the rune as a bonus action to increase your sturdiness. For 10 minutes, you gain

Azorius Functionary

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

cast ensnaring strike, for example, the vines created by the spell might appear as rune-inscribed glowing bands that wrap around the target and hold it in place. Suggested Characteristics

see me slip up and break the law. 5 A lesser Gruul chieftain seems to think I could be useful. 6 The black sheep of my family is putting their maniacal genius to use in the Izzet. 7

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

you. You have disadvantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks. 03 One weapon or item you carry of your choice gains a walking speed of 30 feet and goes where you tell it. Your armor and clothing

checks made using thieves’ tools or tinker’s tools. Any metal object you wield or wear is covered in a thin layer of oil that drips occasionally and leaves your fingerprints everywhere

29. Apprentice Portraits

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

handsome, slender man with thinning hair and a penetrating stare. He wears a plain black robe and many rings on his steepled fingers. Tattooed on his forehead is a tiny black rune. A successful DC 10

Intelligence (Arcana) check confirms that the rune represents the School of Necromancy. Trobriand the Metal Mage is a stoic, bearded man with black hair, black robes, and tinker’s goggles. Perched on

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