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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This object looks like a feather. Different types of feather tokens exist, each with a different single-use effect. The DM chooses the kind of token or determines it randomly by rolling on the Quaal
’s Feather Tokens table. The type of token determines its rarity.
Anchor (Uncommon). You can take a Magic action to touch the token to a boat or ship. For the next 24 hours, the vessel can&rsquo
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Innovation is a dangerous pursuit, at least the way the mages of the Izzet League engage in it. As protection against the risk of an experiment going awry, they have developed a device to help
you cast by rolling on the table for the level of the spell slot you expended. If the slot is 6th level or higher, roll on the table for 5th-level spells.
If you try to cast a cantrip you don’t
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
and the bugbear became friends.
6
Last winter, you dove into the frigid river to haul out a foundering fishing boat with your bare hands, saving all aboard. Now, everyone on the docks knows your
can spend 2d10 minutes to convince 1d6 commoners to perform a non-illegal act that inconveniences a member of the Watch or Flaming Fist, a patriar, or some other wealthy looking individual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
The Swamp Forest Dukha pilots his skiff to the mouth of the Tinjhorna River, a journey that takes 10 hours in his boat. From there, the journey to the waterfalls takes an additional 10 hours. Travel
please, roll on the River Journey Encounters table to see what occurs. River Journey Encounters d10 Encounter 1–2 It rains heavily. For the next hour, the boat and its surroundings are heavily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Clever Beast When a roll on the Lake Events table indicates that the lake monster takes an interest in the characters, read: Ripples disrupt the surface of the lake, causing your boat to bob from
nearby boats. It swims to the bottom of the lake if attacked.
2 The plesiosaurus rams a boat from beneath. (If the characters have more than one boat, randomly determine which one the monster rams
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
or determines it randomly by rolling on the Quaal’s Feather Tokens table. The type of token determines its rarity. Quaal’s Feather Tokens 1d100 Token Rarity 01–20 Anchor Uncommon 21–35 Bird Rare
36–50 Fan Uncommon 51–65 Swan boat Rare 66–90 Tree Uncommon 91–00 Whip Rare Anchor (Uncommon) You can take a Magic action to touch the token to a boat or ship. For the next 24 hours, the vessel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the center of each boat. The lake is covered in ice floes, which make travel dangerous. As the characters row out from Bremen, their boats must steer around 1d4 + 1 ice floes. Any character who
tries to steer a boat around an ice floe must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom check, adding their proficiency bonus to the roll if they’re proficient with water vehicles. On a failed check, the boat hits the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
or determines it randomly by rolling on the Quaal’s Feather Tokens table. The type of token determines its rarity. Quaal’s Feather Tokens 1d100 Token Rarity 01–20 Anchor Uncommon 21–35 Bird Rare
36–50 Fan Uncommon 51–65 Swan boat Rare 66–90 Tree Uncommon 91–00 Whip Rare Anchor (Uncommon) You can take a Magic action to touch the token to a boat or ship. For the next 24 hours, the vessel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
vane. Read or paraphrase the following once the device is restored: The villagers gather around the Storm’s Eye Weather Vane with their gazes cast toward the shore. Peals of thunder shake the ground
, and flashes of lightning illuminate dark clouds rolling in from the sea.
The weather vane’s crossbar begins to twirl, and ribbons of blue-green energy pulse from the whole structure. As the storm
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
to investigate the boat, delaying that hero’s arrival in Grakenok. The dingy is doomed, but its lone sailor is easily saved. This precocious human commoner calls himself Kai and is impressed by whoever
arriving at Grakenok (see the “Arriving in Grakenok” section). A character who calls out to a nearby rival and succeeds on a DC 16 Charisma (Persuasion) check can convince the rival to fight the whirlwyrm, which delay’s that hero’s arrival in Grakenok.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
device. He offers a reward if the characters can convince onlookers to make a purchase. Hunting. Hunting and trapping parties regularly operate outside Ballynock and are always looking for skilled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
.
Dukha explains this is where he met the riverine Tinjhorna. He moors the boat amid the islands opposite the falls so the group can attempt to call upon the riverine—and to keep it safe in case the spirit
proves hostile. As Dukha ties up the boat, characters who succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check notice several pairs of green, feline eyes watching from amid the island’s foliage. Upon being
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a busy part of the Lower City or Outer City of Baldur’s Gate, you can spend 2d10 minutes to convince 1d6 commoners to perform a non-illegal act that inconveniences a member of the Watch or Flaming
the groin. Later, you and the bugbear became friends.
6 Last winter, you dove into the frigid river to haul out a foundering fishing boat with your bare hands, saving all aboard. Now, everyone on the docks knows your name.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the characters is an epic liar who can convince the guards the party is a legitimate diplomatic or trade delegation. Anyone with a merchant or criminal background has heard rumors that the Zhentarim
days inside the city before the duergar slavers start taking their measure. Arriving by way of the Darklake Docks is easier and more discreet. If the characters are traveling by boat, Buppido can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and sneak up on them. Taking a boat downriver, landing, and sneaking back is also a viable option. The area atop the cliffs is wooded, but an open field lies below and behind the soldiers’ position
Keep sits the creation of the tinker gnome Than: a people-launching device called a gnomeflinger (described in appendix A). If using the gnomeflinger comes up, Becklin or Darrett suggests consulting with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
have seen the ship, row ashore and pick the characters up (say in the cave below the haunted house), that takes 15 or 20 minutes. The characters then board the fishing boat, which is rowed out toward the
ship. The journey to the ship takes 30 minutes (20 minutes with more than two rowing), but if the boat is to approach the Sea Ghost from the seaward side, another 5 minutes should be added. The ship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
a busy part of the Lower City or Outer City of Baldur’s Gate, you can spend 2d10 minutes to convince 1d6 commoners to perform a non-illegal act that inconveniences a member of the Watch or Flaming
bugbear became friends. 6 Last winter, you dove into the frigid river to haul out a foundering fishing boat with your bare hands, saving all aboard. Now, everyone on the docks knows your name.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
first time a creature picks up the Summer Star, its core glows with a golden radiance as bright as a candle flame. Unless the creature drops the device immediately, the light suddenly blossoms, becoming
a 10-foot-radius sphere of incinerating golden radiance centered on the device. Each creature in the sphere must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 90 (10d10 + 35) radiant damage on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
the bigger ships alongside each other would be risky), or to travel to or from a pier that is either too small or too crowded to accommodate a larger vessel.
A jolly boat can be lowered into the
gravity plane of a larger ship or object, where it bobs like a boat in water. A jolly boat is too small to support a spelljamming helm, so the crew must use oars to steer and propel it as it “floats” in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
edge of the castle yard leads down to the boat basin and landing. Carved into the bluff is a 20-foot-long staircase. Random Encounters. Characters lingering in the castle yard are likely to encounter
through their first turn of any combat that takes place here, then awaken and arm themselves during their second turn. Development If the characters convince Grimjaw that they are here to join up, they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the veterans, whom the pilgrims consider warmongers, Mercy can be persuaded to negotiate if the characters act as intermediaries. If the characters explain the veterans’ financial need and convince
powered not by a Docent, but by a device called a graymatter engine that incorporated part of an artifact—perhaps that’s what you seek? The graymatter engine was said to generate a magical barrier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. A character proficient with water vehicles makes these checks with advantage. Boat Made of Boats. A character who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check formulates a plan to use rope and rings of
. Personal Fleet. If a character asks Vogler’s fishers for help and succeeds on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check, the character can convince the villagers to lend their personal vessels to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
black sphere holds the demon in place, and appears to be slowly draining away its essence.
The balor Tarnhem is bound here by the magic of Acererak, who has fashioned a device from a sphere of
(area 14), and then set the controls in area 5 to release him. To convince them to do so, the fiend promises anything within his power. As a show of good faith, he can relate how to safely open the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
whirlwind obliterates all evidence of the reading.
2 Defend the shrine from a worshiper who is angry with an oracle for an incorrect prediction.
3 Convince an oracle to give a worshiper a
Collect the materials necessary to create a revolutionary oracular device.
12 Protect an oracle who must deliver bad news to a worshiper who is both influential and unpredictable.
Oracular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and two magic items, determined by rolling on Magic Item Table B in Dungeon Master’s Guide. 2. Upper Level Nothing of value is to be found on this level of the tower except a large sack lying on the
floor. Determine its contents by rolling three times on the Items in a Giant’s Bag table in the introduction. Moog is here unless she has been lured elsewhere. If the characters wait her out, Moog gets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Areas of the Water Temple C1. Lake Landing If the characters arrive by boat from the stream, read the following text: Firelight shines from a large cavern ahead. The stream opens into a large
). Eyon’s mount, a hunter shark, swims in the lake nearby. The cultists challenge any strange boats that approach from the east and attack unless the characters convince them to parley. Roleplaying Eyon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Sailors in Need Whether they’re traveling by land, arriving by boat, or teleporting in, the characters witness a disturbing scene as they first catch sight of the lighthouse. Silent Sound lighthouse
, panicked shouts can be heard. Along the shore next to the beach, tentacles rising from the sea thrash out against a longboat. Three people in the boat are fighting off the tentacles, and are faring
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the hook. The color and properties of the conjured fish are determined by rolling on the Hook of Fisher’s Delight table. Once the hook conjures a fish, it can’t do so again until the next dawn.
Hook
, which is determined by rolling on the Lantern of Tracking table. Once determined, this creature type can’t be changed. While the lantern is within 300 feet of any creature of that type, its flame
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. In addition to functioning as a normal mirror, each security mirror acts as a magical scrying device, allowing guards in the security office
1d3 security guards (use the thug stat block) to the holding cells (area A17). The cheater is released the next dawn, escorted by security to a boat, advised never to return, and sent upriver.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
promptly arranges a meeting with the brigganocks to sort out their differences. Similarly, if the characters convince the brigganocks that the korreds don’t work for Endelyn, the brigganocks agree to
Granite, Myzelda of Slate, Yanna of Basalt, Noll of Obsidian, and Malo of Marble. The korreds of Yon despise Endelyn Moongrave, whom they commonly refer to as Bitter End. If the characters convince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
docks! The party holds the line. Mark one victory and advance to Event 6: “Rolling Thunder.” The party retreats. The cultists of Talos surge into the town. Go to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 4
with long fingers squatting over an upturned rowboat. A woman squirms in the mud underneath, trapped by the weight of the boat. You recognize her as Valdi Estapaar, the fisherwoman who sits on the town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
and fears the Second Wind might accidentally smash it to flinders or rip it off its moorings. For this reason, he orders Flinch to deploy a jolly boat while the Second Wind remains 100 feet away, its
the Second Wind. Characters can use the six oars aboard the jolly boat to propel it to the docks while Krux stands proudly in the bow, pointing to the dock as if the destination were not obvious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
who come within 5 feet of the boilerdrak recognize it isn’t a dragon, but a mechanical device. After the baaz draconians are defeated, proceed with the “Fewmaster Gholcag” encounter. Vogler
Vogler Battlefield Events During this encounter, roll on the Vogler Battlefield Events table each round at initiative count 0. Also consider rolling on the table if a character enters the Fray or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
decreases to 12. Bribing. A character can convince a guard to look the other way with a 50 gp bribe and a successful DC 10 Charisma (Persuasion) check. Hiding. Before entering a room, a character can
the vault. For 1 hour after an alarm sounds, when rolling to determine if a guard is present in a room, roll two dice instead of one; if either result is a 1, a guard is present. Additionally, the DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to deal 20 psychic damage to Lord Drylund. This damage is enough to kill Lord Drylund instantly. From dawn until dusk, the flat-bottomed wooden boat is moored at the city docks. Dockworkers come and
, she casts a detect thoughts spell to confirm or put to rest her suspicions. If she becomes convinced that someone is cheating, she uses her suggestion spell to convince the individual to take a