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Monster Manual
cause the guardian to store one spell of level 4 or lower. To do so, the wearer must cast the spell on the guardian while within 5 feet of it. The spell has no effect but is stored within the guardian
the guardian. Response: The wearer gains a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack and possibly causing it to miss, until the start of the guardian’s next turn.Poison
Feats
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
language tables in the Player's Handbook or Chapter 2 of this book.
Dragon’s Terror. You can take a Magic action to instill terror in a creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The
when the effect ends for a target, the target is immune to this effect for 24 hours.
Inspired by Fear. When you cause a creature to have the Frightened condition and you are the source of its fear
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
following properties while attuned to the dagger, provided he has the weapon drawn:
Cause a blue gem set into the dagger’s pommel to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an
temperature in a 120-foot-radius sphere centered on a point he can see within 300 feet of him. The temperature in that area drops 20 degrees per minute, to a minimum of −30 degrees Fahrenheit. Frost and
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
This leather-bound spellbook is reinforced with iron and silver fittings and an iron lock (DC 20 to open). As an action, you can touch the book’s cover and cause it to lock as if you cast
arcane lock on it. When found, the book contains the following spells: arcane lock, dispel magic, globe of invulnerability, glyph of warding, Mordenkainen's private sanctum, protection from evil and good
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
"} bludgeoning damage. The giant can cause the club to emit a burst of thunderous energy that deals 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Thundering Stone Club
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Boulder"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the giant has no more boulders to throw.Unyielding. In response to failing a saving throw to avoid being moved, having the prone
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
response to being hit by an attack, Vecna utters a fell word, dealing 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fell Rebuke", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage to
and dream as he started to write his Book of Vile Darkness.
Vecna forged a kingdom on Oerth, but he grew bored with it after several centuries. He started inflicting suffering on other worlds. In
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
;{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Heal Self"} hit points, and all levels of exhaustion end on him.Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Bak Mei deflects
abbots of his temple confronted Bak Mei about his radical pursuits and demanded that he cease his activities. In response, he tried to stage a revolt at the temple, a traitorous action that resulted
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"damage","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Once per turn, the adept can cause one of the following additional effects (choose one or roll a d4
hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dart","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Deflect Missile. In response to being hit
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer, plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.Spell Redirection. In response to a
cast near a gremishka might rebound onto those nearby or cause the monster to explode, its scaly chunks rapidly reforming into duplicate gremishkas. These spontaneously created swarms can rapidly turn
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and if the target is Large or smaller, it is knocked prone.Intercept Attack. In response to another creature within 5 feet of it being hit by an
willingly harm that creature for 1 minute or until that creature attacks or damages it.
5
Limited Steering. The clockwork must move in a straight line. It can turn up to 90 degrees before moving
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Divine Strike. Once on each of his turns when he hits a creature with a weapon attack, Omin can cause the attack to deal an extra 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Divine
in matters of love, and hopeless in games of chance. Omin is also often accused of being one of the Masked Lords of Waterdeep, though this bit of fancy earns little more than a chuckle in response
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
":"force"} force damage.Mirrored Damage. In response to being damaged by a creature it can see within 120 feet of itself, the fractine forces that creature to make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On
surfaces substituting for the mirror needed to cast certain divination spells. While being used in this way, the fractine siphons magical energy from the spellcaster—not enough to cause harm
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
Guide). If it succeeds, the ring compels its wearer to cause undue harm to everyone and everything around it, in a cold-hearted attempt to incur the wrath of enemies and bring about the wearer&rsquo
and use the ring to lower the temperature in a 120-foot-radius sphere centered on a point you can see within 300 feet of you. The temperature in that area drops 20 degrees per minute, to a minimum of
Satyr
Legacy
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Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
all, and the proper response to such a gift, as far as most satyrs are concerned, is to accept it with relish.
Born of the Wild
In their physical forms, satyrs embody a fusion of humanoid
discourse. Satyrs feel that life is to be lived and experienced with all the senses. Satyrs see the world and everything in it as a book of delights, and they want to explore every page. See chapter 3
Triton
Legacy
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
the world above.
Aquatic Crusaders
Centuries ago, tritons entered the world in response to the growing threat of evil elementals. Tritons waged many wars against their enemies on the Plane of Water
, organized, and unified around a common cause. A triton on the surface becomes easily confused by the bewildering array of alliances, rivalries, and petty grievances that prevent the surface folk from
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, Titivilus has manipulated everyone along his path to power, either to win them over to his cause or to remove them as a threat.
Since gaining his position, Titivilus has convinced Dispater that countless
plots are being hatched against him and that Asmodeus himself seeks to remove Dispater from power. In response, Dispater has withdrawn to his palace and left day-to-day decisions to Titivilus, even
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
.
Spellcasting. The nilbog casts one of the following spells, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: mage hand, Tasha's hideous laughterReversal of Fortune. In response to
that cause disorder unless they are appeased. Goblins have no name for this deity and dare not give it one, lest Maglubiyet use its name to ensnare and crush it as he did their other deities. They
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
.
Zephyr Step. In response to being hit by an attack roll, Nafas moves up to half his flying speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.Nafas is the breath of the multiverse, an
destroy Nafas is to take his place.
Nafas as a Patron
In addition to linking the adventures in this book, you can use Nafas as a group patron (detailed in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything). In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Relationship Points The characters have opportunities throughout the adventures in this book to gain Relationship Points with student NPCs. At your discretion, in addition to Relationship encounters
. When a character interacts with a student NPC, that character’s player decides which of the following categories they wish their response to fall under: Friendly Response. A friendly response earns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Fighter If my Battle Master Fighter provokes an Opportunity Attack and it misses, can I use Riposte? Yes, you can use the Riposte maneuver in response to an Opportunity Attack that misses you
, assuming your Reaction is available. Can the Disarming Attack maneuver cause a creature to drop a Shield? No. Disarming Attack forces a creature to drop an object it is holding. Donned Shields aren’t merely held.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
,
when towers rise from rubble
and reach into the sky,
then shall embers spring to life
in the darkness,
and five shall rise
to cause a dragon’s fall.
—THE DRACONIC PROPHECY
This
book is an extensive supplement to Eberron: Rising from the Last War. That book is a comprehensive guide to the world of Eberron; this one adds new character options, new campaign models, and new
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
paraphrase the following text when Arasta uses her Armor of Spiders trait:
The nightmarish arachnid unleashes a shriek that sounds like a thousand spider carapaces scarring slate. In response, the
count 20 (losing initiative ties), Arasta can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects. She can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Arasta learns about any creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
for her cause and providing information about the book’s location. Syr Isbeth doesn’t know whether Nebukath can be trusted, but stealing the book would stymie Vrakir’s war effort—it’s too good an
Vrakir unleashes the fell power of the Book of Vile Darkness. Syr Isbeth, the human leader of the defense effort, received a missive from the arcanaloth Nebukath professing the arcanaloth’s sympathies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
can touch the book’s cover and cause it to lock as if you cast arcane lock on it. When found, the book contains the following spells: arcane lock, dispel magic, globe of invulnerability, glyph of
warding, Mordenkainen’s private sanctum, protection from evil, and symbol. It functions as a spellbook for you. While you are holding the book, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Portal Basics Most portals aren’t always open. Instead, they open at certain times, when a particular condition is met, in response to a command word or phrase, or when a traveler is holding a
when they’re inactive (including to detect magic spells), but they can be detected by the true seeing or warp sense spell (see chapter 1 of this book for a description of the latter). When a portal activates, it typically becomes outlined in light with its destination visible beyond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Lum the Mad In response to any reaction or questions, the agent proudly explains how the partially functioning Infernal Machine was used to find and capture Lum the Mad, so that he could assist in
bring the machine online. However, he is also able to deactivate the machine, or even cause it to self-destruct—if the characters can convince him to do so with appropriate roleplaying or Charisma checks of your determination.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Dungeon Master’s Guide). If it succeeds, the ring compels its wearer to cause undue harm to everyone and everything around it, in a cold-hearted attempt to incur the wrath of enemies and bring about
can see within 300 feet of you. The temperature in that area drops 20 degrees per minute, to a minimum of –30 degrees Fahrenheit. Frost and ice begin to form on surfaces once the temperature drops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
books for several scholars at the same time, Ramilir guesses that he must have accidentally taken The Scrivener’s Tale instead of a book intended for another scholar, then placed the unrecognized tome in
with the characters’ books. A successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check confirms that the acolyte’s mistake was an honest one. In response to any discussion of the mark that has appeared on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
and shoosuvas, see chapter 3 of this book. Ghouls Ghoul packs emerge from graveyards and dungeons to trail in the wake of a war band, feasting on the remains of its victims and sometimes eventually
incursions into the world, leucrottas are bigger, smarter, and faster than gnolls. When one joins a war band, it doesn’t strive to lead the group (which would cause unneeded conflict) but rather to serve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
provide the sparks that can ignite and sustain a campaign. The most common pitfall of serial stories without a set beginning, middle, and end is inertia. Like many television shows and comic-book series
around the characters and in response to their actions. World-shaking events force conflict. They set new events and power groups in motion. Their outcomes change the world by altering the tone of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Though appearing to be nothing more than a combination of diary and penny dreadful, the book satisfied the requirement of a unique work to grant that party entrance to Candlekeep. It chronicles the
population all vanished or fled, leaving the village abandoned. (They never discovered the cause: a nest of meenlocks.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the kitchen. They attack in response to any threat or suspicious activity. If two githyanki fall, the survivors retreat to area 21.
Containers. Stacked about the room are forty crates filled with
map. A magic ward keeps the temperature in this area at 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Characters who stay in this area for more than 1 hour suffer the effects of extreme cold (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Silver Sliver on multiple occasions that I’m available for consulting on things like this. No response, though. The organization is said to be headed up by someone named Glimmr Violente: a woman
devoted to not just the cause of justice in the abstract, but the literal application of justice via a scimitar. Her band of true believers do the whole shiny mask thing and don’t charge for their services … which is another thing I wouldn’t do.
— Omin Dran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Introduction: Multiversal Menagerie “Morte. A self-professed ‘famous’ planar traveler who often poses as a mimir to–”
–Partial mimir response on the subject “Morte”
CoupleofKooks “Whoa, hey
inhabitants of the planes. This book contains useful data gleaned from Morte’s stories and ramblings. Still, the planes are vast and varied, and what Morte experienced as true might not match all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description The Price of Beauty is bound in soft green leather, eight inches wide and fourteen inches tall, and set with golden clasps. The book gives off the unmistakable scent of lilies. Set
into its cover is a polished oval mirror with a delicate gold frame styled like locks of hair, which appear to spill down around the face of anyone who looks into the mirror. The book is filled with