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Bag of Tricks

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This bag made from gray, rust, or tan cloth appears empty. Reaching inside the bag, however, reveals the presence of a small, fuzzy object. You can take a Magic action to pull the fuzzy object from

creature’s stat block. The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 Hit Points. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies, and it acts immediately after you on your

Iron Flask

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

defends itself but otherwise takes no actions. At the end of the duration, the creature acts in accordance with its normal disposition and alignment. An Identify spell reveals if the flask contains a

the following table (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block). 1d100 Contents 0-50 No creature 51 Arcanaloth 52-54 Bone Devil 55-56 Cambion 57

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. The DM can use a different stat block to represent the knight, as desired. Moon. You gain the ability to cast Wish 1d3 times. Puzzle. Permanently reduce your Intelligence or Wisdom by 1d4 + 1 (to

until they or someone else reveals it. Nothing less than a Wish spell or divine intervention can end the NPC’s hostility toward you. Ruin. All forms of wealth that you carry or own, other than

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

ability to cast the wish spell 1d3 times. Rogue. A nonplayer character of the GM's choice becomes hostile toward you. The identity of your new enemy isn't known until the NPC or someone else reveals

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

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

loses all the traits and actions of the old form and gains those of the new form. A stat block is given for each of Auril’s three forms. These descriptions do not reflect Auril at full power, but

has taken, how many levels of exhaustion they have, and what conditions are affecting them currently. Auril instantly teleports to any location on the island. If the space she chooses as her

Geryon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

times. Currently, Levistus claims lordship over Stygia, but he has been trapped in an enormous block of ice at the command of Asmodeus. In response, Geryon is marshaling his followers, hoping to use this

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. A stat block is given for each of Auril’s three forms. These descriptions do not reflect Auril at full power, but rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions Auril

are affecting them currently. Auril instantly teleports to any location on the island. If the space she chooses as her destination is already occupied, Auril appears in the closest unoccupied space to

Geryon (Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

innumerable times. Currently, Levistus claims lordship over Stygia, but he has been trapped in an enormous block of ice at the command of Asmodeus. In response, Geryon is marshaling his followers, hoping to

Drow Matron Mother

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20): At will: command, dancing lights, detect magic, thaumaturgy 2/day each: banishment, blade barrier, cure wounds, hold person, plane

;Mothers of Rebellion Some matron mothers renounce Lolth and join the war against their former goddess. Such drow could be of any alignment, and they lose the following abilities in the stat block

Auril (Second Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

form survives. When she transitions from one form to another, she loses all the traits and actions of the old form and gains those of the new form. A stat block is given for each of Auril’s three

creatures on the island. She knows how much damage each of these creatures has taken, how many levels of exhaustion they have, and what conditions are affecting them currently. Auril instantly teleports

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device

action, you can command the servant to take one of the actions in its stat block or some other action. When a creature provokes an opportunity attack from the servant, you can use your reaction to command

Deck of Several Things

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

possess for the duration of this adventure. Knight. You gain the service of any of the NPCs in the “Hirelings” section not currently with the party, who appears in a space you choose

identity of your new enemy isn’t known until the NPC or someone else reveals it. Any enchantment spell cast on the NPC at 6th level or higher can end the NPC’s hostility toward you. Ruin

Random Obstacles

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

Random Obstacles Obstacles block progress through the dungeon. In some cases, what adventurers consider an obstacle is an easy path for the dungeon’s inhabitants. For example, a flooded chamber is a

barrier to many characters but easily navigated by water-breathing creatures. Obstacles can affect more than one room. A chasm might run through several passages and chambers, or send cracks through

Harrowhall Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

lit during the day and dimly lit at night. Torches are mounted along the keep’s interior walls, but they aren’t lit. Scrying Barrier. Before putting his necromantic plans in motion, Gremorly placed

runes around the keep’s outer walls that block certain kinds of divination magic. Creatures outside the keep’s exterior walls can’t scry into the keep. However, creatures inside the keep can scry inside it or beyond the walls. This effect lingers even if Gremorly’s ritual ghost trap is dismantled.

Stopping the Ritual

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

Stopping the Ritual If Murgaxor’s barrier and ritual stones are destroyed, Murgaxor loses access to his lair actions. In addition, any creatures or effects brought forth by his lair actions (such as

(use the bullywug stat block). When the ritual was disrupted, his powers dissipated as well. In this state, he no longer poses a threat to anyone. The characters have won!

M6. Immortality Ritual

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

uses the Oriq blood mage stat block in chapter 7 and has access to lair actions (see “Murgaxor’s Lair Actions” below), which he can use anywhere in the Ruins of Caerdoon. Whirling around him are five

, he can take lair actions. Barrier. Murgaxor is surrounded by a barrier of arcane energy resembling a cocoon of writhing mud. While surrounded by this barrier, Murgaxor and the stones encircling him

D5. Chapel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

courtyard statue. Two small braziers rest upon a white cloth draped over the altar, though neither is currently lit. An empty stone bowl sits in the altar’s center. Cloth cushions are strewn

haphazardly on the floor. This chapel is dedicated to Sharindlar. The renegade dwarves left this place alone. Treasure If characters poke around the altar, a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals a silver chain worth 25 gp tangled on one of the braziers. Near the chain is a small bloodstain.

Records Gap

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

character pursues the missing information, cross-checking other university records reveals an unusually high number of student deaths that same year. While Strixhaven experiences the occasional rare

forbidden magic realize that these deaths occurred in the same year that student was expelled. Beyond this, no other information on the topic is currently available. If the characters mention the records

3. Halaster's Maw

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

to stone and placed here by Halaster to lure other adventurers to their doom (see “Pit Trap” below). Pit Trap A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the pit. Each time

Dexterity saving throw, taking 88 (16d10) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures that are gaseous, amorphous (such as an ooze), or protected by an impenetrable magical barrier (such as that created by an Otiluke’s resilient sphere spell) take no damage.

The Maze

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

quick to point out this anomaly, to prove to the characters that the maze is nothing to take lightly. The view from above reveals the maze as it exists in the real world. The view up the path from

ground level looks into the extradimensional space that Xonthal crafted as a barrier around his home. The tower’s entrance exists only within this extradimensional space. Entering the maze any other way

Enhanced Medusa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Enhanced Medusa Like the enhanced sphinx from Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature has been augmented with various technologies from the Barrier Peaks. Specifically, its eyes have been replaced

Living Lanthorn” as a result. The enhanced medusa uses the medusa stat block with the following changes: It has truesight out to a range of 60 feet. It can cast the light cantrip at will. Its

The Maze

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

are quick to point out this anomaly, to prove to the characters that the maze is nothing to take lightly. The view from above reveals the maze as it exists in the real world. The view up the path from

ground level looks into the extradimensional space that Xonthal crafted as a barrier around his home. The tower’s entrance exists only within this extradimensional space. Entering the maze any other

Brains in Iron (The Council)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

construct for all time as punishment. A brain in iron uses the brain in a jar stat block with the following changes: It is lawful neutral. It has the construct type. Its size is Large. It has Armor Class

15 (natural armor). It has a speed of 20 feet. If this adventure is played as a sequel to Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature began as the brains in jars encountered in the Barrier Peaks. After

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Background Eons ago, a planar craft of unknown origin crashed within the Barrier Peaks. The scholar Kwalish would later find this craft, converting it into his laboratory and studying its technology

Lum the Mad (so named after its last owner). Yet with the defeat of Baron Lum, his Infernal Machine was said to have been destroyed as well. Currently, the archdevils Zariel and Bel both have designs

Additional Stages

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

establishment is not who they appear to be. Finding the impersonator reveals a powerful monster of your determination, whose defeat ends the stage. Inanimate Trauma No people are found in the Dran

of the Six! For even more chaos, each of the characters temporarily transforms into a franchise staff member using an NPC stat block, so that the players must use those NPCs to repel the attackers

Gardens of Decay Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

light, the Glass Arboretum sits at the heart of the Gardens of Decay. At first it appears to be a lush conservatory filled with vivid flowers and verdant trees, but closer inspection reveals that the

-shifting fractals that periodically coalesce into scenes from worlds throughout the multiverse. Each window is a planar portal to the world currently visible in the window. Usually these images are random

Is That Astrolabe Breathing?

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

Is That Astrolabe Breathing? After the characters find the tome for Professor Blackstone and gather any information they wish, or if they closely examine the central astrolabe, the astrolabe reveals

movement from the largest astrolabe along the north wall, as the device’s overlapping copper rings become lashing, barbed tentacles! The astrolabe uses the stat block of a grick alpha, except it doesn’t

Chapter 1: Return from Neverdeath Graveyard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Chapter 1: Return from Neverdeath Graveyard Katerina Ladon A bizarre ritual reveals the cult of Vecna’s terrifying activities As the adventure begins, the characters are established heroes currently

Q1. Dragon Statue

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

fog makes it hard to see the dragon’s features from a distance, but close inspection reveals that it’s a silver dragon of noble bearing, its spiny frill cracked and broken in many places. The statue

is 10 feet tall but looks much more imposing perched on the granite block. If scrutinized with a detect magic spell, the statue radiates an aura of evocation magic. The dragon statue used to breathe a cone of cold as part of a magic trap, but the trap no longer works (see area Q2).

12. Divination Pool

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

(Investigation) check reveals that a dragontooth dagger (see appendix C) was the killing weapon. This was the unlucky cultist the duplicitous Varram sacrificed when he used the pool. Pool The pool is currently

doors in area 4. Broken arrows, bloodstains, and a dead cultist are strewn across the floor of the chamber. A DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals that the arrows were shot from the north

12. Divination Pool

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

(Investigation) check reveals that a dragontooth dagger (See appendix C) was the killing weapon. This was the unlucky cultist the duplicitous Varram sacrificed when he used the pool. Pool The pool is currently

doors in area 4. Broken arrows, bloodstains, and a dead cultist are strewn across the floor of the chamber. A DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals that the arrows were shot from the north

Gate to Carceri

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

guards or deterrents block access to the gate. The gate is a two-way portal to Carceri, but most locals believe it’s a one-way gate and refuse to approach. Characters loitering near the gate with the

currently in the gate-town, though, so even attempting to get his permission to leave is impossible. The farastu demodands (see Morte’s Planar Parade) who serve as the baron’s guards stiffly relate this to

Zorhanna Adulare

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

entirely of magical snow. The simulacrum uses the archmage stat block, with these changes: The simulacrum is a neutral evil Construct. It speaks Common, Draconic, Elvish, Gnomish, or Sylvan while

pretending to be Zorhanna, or Deep Speech when it is angry or frustrated. It can’t regain expended spell slots or use the properties of the shard solitaire necklace. (The shard solitaire is currently

Bag of Tricks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Bag of Tricks Wondrous Item, Uncommon This bag made from gray, rust, or tan cloth appears empty. Reaching inside the bag, however, reveals the presence of a small, fuzzy object. You can take a Magic

. See the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block. The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 Hit Points. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies, and it acts

1. Porch

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

reveals a 3-foot-high crawl space below. Any 5-foot-square space of the porch has AC 13, 10 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Medium creatures must squeeze to enter the crawl space

, but Small or smaller creatures can enter unimpeded. Those who wriggle into the crawl space upset a swarm of unnaturally aggressive earwigs (use the swarm of maggots stat block in chapter 5). Treasure

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