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attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it:
Animate Dead
Circle of Death
Dominate Monster
Finger of Death
Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t
divined.
Nature can’t abide the book’s presence. Ordinary plants wither in its presence, common animals are unwilling to approach it, and the book gradually destroys whatever it touches. Even
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that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to digest its contents and gain its
benefits.
Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. A Fiend, an Undead, or a servant of a god from the Lower Planes
Feats
Player’s Handbook
General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+)
You gain the following benefits.
Ability Score Increase. Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Defy Death. You have Advantage on Death
Saving Throws.
Speedy Recovery. As a Bonus Action, you can expend one of your Hit Point Dice, roll the die, and regain a number of Hit Points equal to the roll.
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These boots have 4 charges and regain 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the boots, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge, gaining a Fly Speed of 30 feet for 1 hour. If you are flying when the duration expires, you descend at a rate of 30 feet per round until you land.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the death knight fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The death knight has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
can’t use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition.
Undead Restoration. If the death knight is destroyed before it atones for its evil, it gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10
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) check related to the Abyss. When you do so, you gain Advantage on the check.
Containment. The first ten pages of the Demonomicon are blank. As a Magic action while holding the book, you can target a
finish a Long Rest, if you and the Demonomicon are on the same plane of existence, one trapped creature within the book can attempt to possess you. You make a DC 20 Charisma saving throw. On a failed
Monsters
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Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the death tyrant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The death tyrant uses Eye Rays three times.
Bite. Melee Attack
":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.
Eye Rays. The death tyrant randomly shoots one of the following magical rays at a target it can see within 120 feet of itself (roll 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
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again until the next dawn.
Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased.
Vecna watches anyone using this tome and can write cryptic messages in it. These messages typically fade away after they are read.
This book has a desiccated tongue pinned to its front cover. Five of these tomes exist, and it’s unknown which one is the original. The tongue on the first Tome of the Stilled Tongue belonged
Compendium
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Can you delay your turn and take it later in the round? No. When it’s your turn, you either do something or you don’t. If you want to wait to act in response to something, take the Ready action. (See appendix C of the Player’s Handbook.)
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":"Slashing"} Slashing damage.
Death Glare (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Death Glare"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, one Frightened creature the hag can see within
Amphibious. The hag can breathe air and water.
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10
symbol bears: Death, Discord, Fear, Pain, Sleep, or Stunning. Each one is explained below.
Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amorphous. The jelly can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Spider Climb. The jelly can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without
Lightning or Slashing damage. Response: The jelly splits into two new Ochre Jellies. Each new jelly is one size smaller than the original jelly and acts on its Initiative. The original jelly’s Hit Points are divided evenly between the new jellies (round down).Lightning, SlashingAcid
Monsters
Monster Manual
Death Throes. The balor explodes when it dies. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the balor. Failure: 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType
":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage plus 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage
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While wearing this pendant, you gain the following benefits.
Life Preservation. Whenever you make a Death Saving Throw, you can change a roll of 9 or lower to a 10, turning a failed save into a
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns. The rug can smother only one creature at a time.
While grappling the target, the rug can’t take this action, the rug halves the damage it takes (round down), and the target takes the same amount of damage.Poison, Psychic
":"Smother", "rollDamageType":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the rug can give it the Grappled condition (escape DC 13) instead of dealing damage. Until
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Death Burst. The mephit explodes when it dies. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 11, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the mephit. Failure: The target has the Restrained condition until
, one creature the mephit can see within 15 feet. Failure: The target has the Restrained condition until the end of the mephit’s next turn.Poison
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Death Burst. The mephit explodes when it dies. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 11, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the mephit. Failure: The target has the Poisoned condition until
, one creature the mephit can see within 15 feet. Failure: The target has the Blinded condition until the end of the mephit’s next turn.Fire, Poison
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Advantage during the first round of each combat), reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage
":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Unsettling Visage"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 15-foot Emanation originating from the doppelganger that can see the doppelganger. Failure
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words: “Swift death to you who have wronged me.” The target of your attack becomes your sworn enemy until it dies or until dawn 7 days later. You can have only one such sworn enemy at a time
When you nock an arrow on this bow, it whispers in Elvish, “Swift defeat to my enemies.” When you use this weapon to make a ranged attack, you can utter or sign the following command
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halves the attack’s damage to itself (round down), and it teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of itself. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature within 5 feet of
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. The yochlol can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web
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Hit Points. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead
creature that has been dead for 365 days or longer taxes you. Until you finish a Long Rest, you can’t cast spells again, and you have Disadvantage on D20 Tests.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Bound. The guardian is magically bound to an amulet. While the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the guardian to travel to
it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (round up) is transferred to
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against other targets. In addition, the cloaker halves the damage it takes (round down), and the target takes the same amount of damage.
The cloaker can detach itself by spending 5 feet of movement. The
damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, the cloaker attaches to it. While the cloaker is attached, the target has the Blinded condition, and the cloaker can’t make Attach attacks
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creature or object that you can see within range, causing the appropriate effect below. You can affect the same target round after round or choose a new one at any time. If you switch targets, the prior
You gain the ability to move or manipulate creatures or objects by thought. When you cast the spell and as a Magic action on your later turns before the spell ends, you can exert your will on one
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, creatures don’t age while there, although time passes normally. Visitors can remain there for up to 200 days divided by the number of creatures present (round down).
When the time runs out or
While holding this rod, you can take a Magic action to activate it. The rod then instantly transports you and up to 199 other willing creatures you can see to a demiplane. You choose the form the
Monsters
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Amorphous. The pudding can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Corrosive Form. A creature that hits the pudding with a melee attack roll takes 4 (1d8
penalty reaches −5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the weapon.
In 1 minute, the pudding can eat through 2 feet of nonmagical wood or metal.
Spider Climb. The pudding
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a Magic action followed by a 1-minute transformation.
If a target is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the target descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands, which it does safely. If it can’t land after 1 minute, it falls the remaining distance.
can hover; it has Immunity to the Prone condition; and it has Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage. The only actions a target can take in this form are the Dash action or a Magic
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You give a verbal command to a creature that you can see within range, ordering it to carry out some service or refrain from an action or a course of activity as you decide. The target must succeed
on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration. The target automatically succeeds if it can’t understand your command.
While Charmed, the creature takes 5d10 Psychic
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regain 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. If you play the pipes as a Magic action, you can take a Bonus Action to expend 1 to 3 charges, calling forth one Swarm of Rats with each expended charge if
you are playing the pipes, the swarm makes a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the swarm behaves as it normally would and can’t be swayed by the pipes’ music for the next
Spells
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You call forth a fiendish spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Fiendish Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose Demon, Devil, or Yugoloth
None (XP 0; PB equals your Proficiency Bonus)
Traits
Death Throes (Demon Only). When the spirit drops to 0 Hit Points or the spell ends, the spirit explodes. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC equals your
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You call forth a Dragon spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Draconic Spirit stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or
type until the spell ends.
Actions
Multiattack. The spirit makes a number of Rend attacks equal to half the spell’s level (round down), and it uses Breath Weapon.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll
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Death
3
Power Word Kill
4
Speak with Dead
1
While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0
some fell goal.
The wand is topped with a skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the grip of its user. All Holy Water
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Strength saving throw or take 5d10 Bludgeoning damage. A creature can take this damage only once per round. At the end of the turn, the wall’s height is reduced by 50 feet, and the damage the wall
A wall of water springs into existence at a point you choose within range. You can make the wall up to 300 feet long, 300 feet high, and 50 feet thick. The wall lasts for the duration.
When the wall
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drawing this card, you can ask a question in meditation and mentally receive a truthful answer to that question.
Skull. An Avatar of Death appears in an unoccupied space as close to you as possible
ally with its attacks. You and your allies can each summon only one avatar as a consequence of this draw. A creature slain by an avatar can’t be restored to life.
Avatar of Death
Medium Undead
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Restrained condition while in the webs or until it breaks free.
A creature Restrained by the webs can take an action to make a Strength (Athletics) check against your spell save DC. If it succeeds, it is
no longer Restrained.
The webs are flammable. Any 5-foot Cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 Fire damage to any creature that starts its turn in the fire.