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Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate

column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Any

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two. Before you

draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number

Voidwalker Armor

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

curse to you. As long as you remain cursed, you’re unwilling to part with the armor. Taking it off fails to end the curse. While cursed in this way, you feel disconnected from your body

trapped in an object on a different plane of existence. The object and location of this object are chosen by the DM (but might be the House of Cards; see chapter 18). While your soul is trapped in this

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards. These forty-four additional cards are known

collectively as the Deck of Many More Things. (More information on creating new cards for this deck appears in chapter 2.) Like the Deck of Many Things, the Deck of Many More Things manifests differently on

Witchlight Hand

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

your time in the carnival. You know the other hands well, but the carnival’s owners—Mister Witch and Mister Light—remain mysterious to you even after all these years. Maybe you

instrument Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A disguise kit or a musical instrument of your choice, a deck of cards, a carnival uniform or costume, one trinket (determined by rolling on the

Fourth Edition

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

these goals were rewarded with favorable cards, while those who thwarted the deck were forced to draw multiple cards and keep the worst. A new origin for the deck was put forward but not confirmed in

shattered his empire. The deck also gained magical powers distinct from the cards’ effects: wizards, sorcerers, and warlocks could use the deck to empower their spells. The Deck of Many Things was central

Bottom Card: Reward or Ruin

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

this setback: perhaps the characters became lost in the woods or encountered an obstacle blocking their path. Add two more cards to the spread. Lost Gear. The characters lose their rations or are

a ruin based on how well the players resolved the day’s top card. If you’re using cards that have a different meaning when they’re upright versus upside down, ignore the cards’ orientation. Rewards

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

Lord Dagult Neverember once told me, during a drunken tirade, that orcs are fearful of their gods, and, if one plays one’s cards right, they can be controlled through that fear and made to

for survival in the material world, but to keep Maglubiyet at bay in the conflict on the planes. Her children will remain in her care, and if need be she wouldn’t hesitate to take to the field

Unseen Order

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

Unseen Order Difficulty: Medium This guessing game requires characters to use deductive reasoning to determine the correct sequence of four cards. They must use a game board and six stacks of cards

the game board are ten stacks of playing cards. Each stack has four copies of the following six cards: Comet, Gem, Moon, Skull, Star, and Sun. A ghostly goblin in jester garb manifests on the far side

Deck of Many More Things

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

Deck of Many More Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards

. These forty-four additional cards are known collectively as the Deck of Many More Things. (More information on creating new cards for this deck appears in chapter 2.) Like the Deck of Many Things, the

Mary Greymalkin

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

of Moloch, one of either agents’ couriers, and so forth. As she does in Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, she offers to let the characters draw from her deck of several things. Some of the deck’s cards

determines. Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the space you occupied when you disappeared. You draw no more cards. Flames. A powerful artificer (Moghadam or Thessalar, at the

Deck of Many Things

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

Deck of Many Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but

some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Deck of Many Things Wondrous item, legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have only thirteen cards

, but the rest have twenty-two. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck

Deck of Many Things

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

Deck of Many Things Wondrous item, legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have only thirteen cards

, but the rest have twenty-two. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck

Deck of Many Things

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

Deck of Many Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but

some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend

Sanctums of the Heralds

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

Sanctums of the Heralds Most meetings of the Heralds of the Comet involve broods of initiates gathering in private homes to read divinatory cards and look for signs of impending cataclysm. Rites of

allow easy passage. A few natural columns remain. Two natural pools are incorporated into the initiation rite: new initiates bathe in the larger pool and then drink from the smaller pool, whose cold and

Fortune-Telling

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

Oddlewin’s actions, but they remain connected to his feet. Oddlewin’s Deck of Many Things is a nine-card set containing the Comet, Fates, Fool, Key, Knight, Rogue, Ruin, Sage, and Throne cards. He stole

iconography of comets, keys, knights, and more. A small goblin sits cross-legged on the ground, wearing a blue hat and a lopsided smile. A stack of ivory cards lies before him. “Took you long enough

Effects for Single Cards

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

they can use in subsequent adventures to find the cards that remain. Eventually the heroes assemble the entire deck, which they can then use in the traditional manner, drawing transformative cards from

Effects for Single Cards A Deck of Many Things typically appears not as individual cards, but as a collection of cards characters can draw from. But this doesn’t have to be true; you can give each

The Wayward Son

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers

) with the characters, Astarion recognizes two Vampire Wardens from Cazador’s palace. The wardens are blocking the public exit to Rat’s Run. Certain that someone from the palace wants to kidnap him

, Astarion sneaks upstairs to avoid the wardens until the trouble blows over. If the characters follow Astarion, they must remain inconspicuous while moving with him toward a staircase to area R6. Each

10. The Kraken

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

remain protective of the area. If the characters want to proceed into area 10 without angering the kraken priests, they must succeed on DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check and promise not to harm Fhenimore

, one of the kraken priests triggers the ballistae trap, firing both siege weapons simultaneously, while the other casts Evard’s black tentacles, effectively blocking off the entrance to area 10. On the

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

other creatures, because such objects are more likely to be in good condition and thus more useful or valuable. When they go after items that aren’t free for the taking, kobolds try to remain

responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds

The Emerald Enclave

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

survive. Living deep in the wilderness demands great fortitude and the mastery of certain fighting and survival skills. Down in the Underdark, far from the wild lands, the Emerald Enclave must remain

Riding Lizard stat card (one for each enclave scout and player character). If you don’t want to control the scouts and giant lizards yourself, you can distribute their stat cards among the players and

Witchlight Hand

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

you spend all your time in the carnival. You know the other hands well, but the carnival’s owners—Mister Witch and Mister Light—remain mysterious to you even after all these years. Maybe you joined

your choice Equipment: A disguise kit or a musical instrument of your choice, a deck of cards, a carnival uniform or costume, one trinket (determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a

60. Cog of Blood

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

two exits, including an adamantine portcullis blocking a passage to the north. Set into a metal plate above the portcullis is a row of five red crystals shaped like drops of blood. The adamantine

the wardrobe, transforming into screaming orcs before your eyes. Opening the wardrobe summons an orc war chief and seven orcs. Their bodies, armor, and weapons remain in this chamber when they die

Seagrow Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

to start the encounter, but the other two remain motionless until characters move close to them. You don’t need to keep track of exactly where everyone is standing in the room. Instead, rely on your

Elemental Plane of Fire—another dimension of reality that is the cosmic source of fiery energy. The Plane of Fire is the origin of both the orange crystal blocking the vent (which is actually an egg case

G. Tser Pool Encampment

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

this camp by the Vistani, their escorts remain at the camp and don’t accompany the adventuring party any farther. Twelve Vistani (male and female human bandits) are standing and sitting around the

reference to that individual’s past deeds. She then asks the characters if they want their fortunes read. If they say yes, Madam Eva produces a worn deck of cards and proceeds with the sequence outlined

Membership

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

, featuring imagery drawn from the cards of a Deck of Many Things. Through the course of this narrative, the initiates learn more of the group’s secret teachings and the symbolism used in divinatory card

participate in the rites together speak of themselves as a single “brood” and remain especially close-knit. This brood is the only family that remains to initiates. Broods are numbered in the group’s annals

Welcome to the City of Blades

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

placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms. The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates

can choose to impose disadvantage on any checks the characters make to remain inconspicuous during their first day in Gracklstugh. Map 4.1: Gracklstugh View Player Version Getting Captured Even after

Thalivar's Beacon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

the west, but it fell long ago and only a few broken arches of masonry remain. Arched doorways lead into the entry hall. B2. Entry Hall A large banquet table rests on the floor in here. The guards use

wall. B8. Guard Room The soldiers relax in this chamber when they’re not on duty, wiling away their downtime by playing cards, drinking, or singing. There are 1d4 + 2 guards in here at any time of the

Life in the Tribe

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to the lair is a

amount of resources to remain strong. As a rule, a tribe is violently hostile toward any other tribe it meets, seeing the rival orcs first and foremost as competitors for food and victims. On some

Strahd's Enemy

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

Strahd’s Enemy Drawn from the high deck, the fourth card in the card reading determines the location of an NPC who can improve the characters’ chances of defeating Strahd. (Some cards offer two

, and he refuses to accompany the characters. But if the Abbot dies, Clovin doesn’t have any reason to remain in the abbey, so he’s willing to come along if he is bribed with wine. Clovin provides no

Gibbet Crossing Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

all that remain in this large room. Words are carved into a double door that leads south. Doors also exit to the east and west; the one to the west bears a large “X” in dark red. The tunnel from the

unless the attacker doesn’t rely on sight, as with blindsight, or can see through illusions, as with truesight. G13: Private Rooms Half a dozen rough chambers along an L-shaped passage remain mostly

Shipwreck Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

seconds. C4: Captain’s Quarters The door to the captain’s quarters is barricaded from the inside, though the heavy wooden bar blocking the door is half rotten. A character who tries to force the door

). 2nd-Level Characters. If the characters are 2nd level, add two zombies to this encounter. Treasure. Some of the goods in the crates here remain valuable. Using a crowbar, a character can pry open a

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

, a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check is needed to push the door open. Each check requires an action. Disable the Statues. A statue can be disabled by blocking the flow of gas from its mouth

a successful DC 15 Strength check made to block up the statue with a cloak or similar object, decreases the poison damage by 5 (1d10). Once a character succeeds on the check, someone must remain next

Stage 1: The Dran & Courtier?

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

remain open, so the characters can explore the rooms beyond when they return from whatever stage is triggered by opening the door. Any treasure or other objects claimed in a stage stay with the characters

blocking it out of the way. Characters attempting to hold the door become suddenly distracted, unable to remember why they were doing so. Characters who refuse to enter the inn feel oddly compelled to move

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