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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
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
weaves together stirring prose, allowing the creature to reroll the saving throw and use the higher result.Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as silverquill apprentice
;apprentices and then as pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and-white uniforms, these budding mages practice bolstering speeches and wield inky blades
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
stirring prose, allowing the creature to reroll the saving throw and use the higher result.Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as apprentices and then as silverquill
pledgemage;pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and-white uniforms, these budding mages practice bolstering speeches and wield inky blades.
Some Silverquill
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
Bard Level
Feature
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock
weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers.
College of Swords Features
Bard Level
Feature
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
other settings of power.
College of Whispers Features
Bard Level
Feature
3rd
Psychic Blades, Words of Terror
6th
Mantle of Whispers
14th
Shadow Lore
Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling
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
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
beneath its feet. Iron golems wield enormous blades to extend their reach, and all can belch clouds of deadly poison.
An iron golem's body is smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures. Though other
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
other settings of power.
College of Whispers Features
Bard Level
Feature
3rd
Psychic Blades, Words of Terror
6th
Mantle of Whispers
14th
Shadow Lore
Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing songs, and telling
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a village in horseshoes and plow blades to the mighty elf artisan whose diamond-tipped arrows of
. Clerics of these deities search for objects lost to the forces of darkness, liberate mines overrun by orcs, and uncover rare and wondrous materials necessary to create potent magic items. Followers of
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a village in horseshoes and plow blades to the mighty elf artisan whose diamond-tipped arrows of
. Clerics of these deities search for objects lost to the forces of darkness, liberate mines overrun by orcs, and uncover rare and wondrous materials necessary to create potent magic items. Followers of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Swords Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and
. With their weapon skills and magic, these blades either take up work as enforcers for thieves’ guilds or strike out on their own as adventurers. College of Swords Features Bard Level Feature 3rd Bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Whispers Features Bard Level Feature 3rd Psychic Blades, Words of Terror 6th Mantle of Whispers 14th Shadow Lore Psychic Blades When you join the College of Whispers at 3rd level, you gain the ability
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy The curriculum of Silverquill College revolves around words, encompassing literature (including fiction, essays, drama, and poetry), languages, linguistics, oratory, rhetoric
expose stinging truths, and to obfuscate secrets. The magic of shadow mages often manifests as bolts or blades of darkness or blotches of flowing ink, and its effects range from a sting of shame to an
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->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->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Silverquill Scholars The scholars of Silverquill College study the power of magic shaped through spoken and written words. They use that power either to illuminate and guide or to obscure and
demoralize. Silverquill Students Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as apprentices and then as pledgemages—cut imposing figures on campus. Dressed in smartly trimmed black-and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
that shroud her body, and a mantle of blades coated in blue-green verdigris surrounds her masklike face. No one is certain who or what exactly the Lady of Pain is, but it’s widely accepted she’s a being
Mount Celestia or contracts originating in the Nine Hells, and it’s never a battleground for the conflicts of Material Plane worlds. On rare occasions, the Lady of Pain drifts through the streets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
This miles-wide cavern within the Spire is covered in flakes of rust and, in some rare cases, fragments of eroded blades. Every few moments, a harmless metal scrap falls from above and clinks against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
), Very Rare (Requires Attunement) The blades of these pruning shears bear many nicks and dents but still cut cleanly. The shears function as a magic dagger. The weapon has the following properties
Magic Items This section presents magic items in alphabetical order. Deck of Oracles Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement) The illustrations on this deck of oracle cards move or change subtly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
befuddling. Click to see the answer! Puzzle
I’m a royal servant wielding words instead of blades—a painted courtier, my smile never fades. Wielder of guile, often reviled. Click to see the answer
. Click to see the answer! Gem
I’m an expert in arcane knowledge, as smart as anyone in college. I’ve the answer to every question, but you’ll pay for my erudition. Who am I? Click to see the answer! Sage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Tree to tap into cosmic vitality.
Zealot to rage in union with a god.
Bard. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of...
Dance to harness agility in
while avoiding harm through stealth. Then embody the...
Arcane Trickster to enhance stealth with spells.
Assassin to deliver ambushes and poison.
Soulknife to strike foes with psi blades.
Thief
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of...
Dance to harness agility in battle.
Glamour to weave beguiling Feywild magic.
Lore to collect knowledge
enhance stealth with spells.
Assassin to deliver ambushes and poison.
Soulknife to strike foes with psi blades.
Thief to master infiltration and treasure hunting.
Sorcerer. Wield magic innate to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
giant suits of armor. Its fist can destroy creatures with a single blow, and its clanging steps shake the earth beneath its feet. Iron golems wield enormous blades to extend their reach, and all can
belch clouds of deadly poison. An iron golem’s body is smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures. Though other golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Life in the City of Blades The duergar are called gray dwarves not only because of the color of their skin, but also because of their drab and joyless lifestyle. While they make no time for merriment
, the duergar have a culture as rich and complex as any other, and nowhere is this so evident as in Gracklstugh. Work never stops in the City of Blades, and the gray dwarves take pride in efficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
1 An amethyst dragon seeks a rare type of crystal found in the domain of a territorial stone giant clan.
2 A coven of hags seeks to reclaim its hag eye, which rests within an amethyst
magically coexist in multiple places at once across the world during a rare celestial alignment.
8 An amethyst dragon is fusing with their echoes on other worlds. They all hope to ascend to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
all gnolls. It’s also possible, though quite rare, for a war band to include cultists — other humanoids that have dedicated themselves to Yeenoghu and attached themselves to the war band to prove
springs into action, its blades and teeth turn it into a whirling dealer of death, able to dash from one target to the next as though it had been shot from a bow. Gnoll Witherlings A war band might go for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Forge Domain The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a village in horseshoes and plow blades to the mighty elf artisan whose diamond
wrought object. Clerics of these deities search for objects lost to the forces of darkness, liberate mines overrun by orcs, and uncover rare and wondrous materials necessary to create potent magic items
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Directions” section. The three erinyes are hoping to take down a goristro: a minotaur-like demon that carries demonic legions and rare treasures through the battlefields of the Blood War. They need someone to
two harpoon guns and an infernal screamer, which is a writhing humanoid torso made of melting wax with a barbed hand crank between its shoulder blades. The weapons are mounted to the vehicle’s exterior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
they’re never seen together. They enforce the town’s cardinal rule: “Do no evil.” Evil, as it stands, isn’t as plain as day and night. Though violence is rare, musing spirits inspire townsfolk to push the
dulls the blades of anger and hostility in its vicinity. At all hours, a pacifying aura radiates from the Bone Plinth in a 300-foot radius. Any creature that starts its turn in this area is targeted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
where foragers, explorers, and merchants mingle with awakened wildlife. Meanwhile, a despicable group of hunters, the Vile Hunt, hacks through the jungle in search of rare animal hides. Led by a gold
gather supplies, trade, and sharpen their blades before trekking through the lightless thickets ahead. A friendly three-toed sloth, Razak (neutral good; use the black bear stat block), likes to hang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
great ape’s. Suckered tentacles take the place of his arms. His saurian lower torso ends in webbed and clawed feet, and a forked tail whose whip-like tips are armed with cruel blades. The Prince of
, Juiblex spreads out in a noxious mass, bubbling and filling the air with a profound stench. On the rare occasions when creatures confront the demon lord, Juiblex draws itself up into a shuddering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Welcome to the City of Blades Entering the city is the first major hurdle the characters must surmount in Gracklstugh. Unless they heed Buppido’s advice to arrive by way of the Darklake (or come up
weapons they might have), and that there’s something odd about his behavior. The madness creeping into Gracklstugh has made Gorglak obsessed with rare weapons. He’s willing to go to great extents to
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






