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Tome of the Stilled Tongue

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

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

to a treacherous former servant of the lich Vecna the Archlich;Vecna. The tongues pinned to the covers of the four copies came from other spellcasters who crossed Vecna. The first few pages of each

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

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

. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the

Rakshasa

Monsters Monster Manual

’s permission, no spell can observe the rakshasa remotely or detect its thoughts, creature type, or alignment. Fiendish Restoration. If the rakshasa dies outside the Nine Hells, its body turns to

cursed. While cursed, the target gains no benefit from finishing a Short or Long Rest. Baleful Command (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Baleful Command

Sphinx of Valor

Monsters Monster Manual

Inscrutable. No magic can observe the sphinx remotely or detect its thoughts without its permission. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain its intentions or sincerity are made with Disadvantage

":"Slashing"} Slashing damage. Roar (3/Day). The sphinx emits a magical roar. Whenever it roars, the roar has a different effect, as detailed below (the sequence resets when it takes a Long Rest): First

Telepathic

Feats Player’s Handbook

language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a

spell slot or spell components, and you must finish a Long Rest before you can cast it in this way again. You can also cast it using spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Your spellcasting ability for the spell is the ability increased by this feat.

Night Hag

Monsters Monster Manual

Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify, Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast

DC 14): At Will: Detect Magic, Etherealness, Magic Missile (level 4 version) 2/Day Each: Phantasmal Killer, Plane Shift (self only)Cold, FireShape-Shift. The hag shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a

Dracolich

Monsters Monster Manual

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19, +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Detect Magic, Ray of Sickness (level 2

. The area within 1 mile of the lair is Lightly Obscured by pale fog. Whenever a creature other than the dracolich or one of its allies finishes a Long Rest in that area, it must succeed on a DC 15

Dracolich (Gargantuan)

Monsters Monster Manual

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19, +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Detect Magic, Ray of Sickness (level 2

. The area within 1 mile of the lair is Lightly Obscured by pale fog. Whenever a creature other than the dracolich or one of its allies finishes a Long Rest in that area, it must succeed on a DC 15

Arch-hag

Monsters Monster Manual

Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify,Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22): At Will: Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door,Dispel Magic, Hypnotic Pattern 2/Day Each: Mass Suggestion, Modify Memory, Plane Shift Tongue Twister. The

Mark of Detection

Feats Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

. Magical Detection. You always have the Detect Magic and Detect Poison and Disease spells prepared. You can cast each spell once without a spell slot, and you regain the ability to cast it in that way when

you finish a Long Rest. You can also cast these spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level. Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells (choose

Animated Chained Library

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks. Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType

":"to hit","rollAction":"Chained Book"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Chained Book","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning

Dreaming Dark Infiltrator

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

infiltrator casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): 3/Day: Detect Thoughts 1/Day: Synaptic

cursed creature repeats the save whenever it finishes a Short or Long Rest, ending the effect on itself on a success. Success: Half damage only.

Battle Master's Compendium

Equipment

detailed analysis covers military units, weapons, strategy, rank, discipline, and much more. When you study a chapter in the book for 1 hour during a short or long rest, you learn interesting

Written by Bloodlord Varrox, Battle Master’s Compendium is a military treatise. Each of its thirteen chapters covers a different skill related to military strategy and tactics. The book’s

Vampire Infernalist

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Fireball (level 4 version), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day: Scrying 1/Day: Wall of FireLegendary

sap the body and mind. Creatures (excluding the vampire and its allies) that finish a Short or Long Rest while within 1 mile of the lair make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature

Cult of the Dragon Initiate

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

, you can gain Heroic Inspiration if you lack it. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.

Nass Lantomir's Ghost

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

this book tells how to reach a lost city of magic entombed in the ice. Before she could obtain the book, Nass perished. She now exists as a ghost, unable to rest until she finds the book. Characters

its 2nd-level spell slots to cast upgraded versions of the thunderwave spell. Spellbook. The wooden covers of Nass’s spellbook are bound in nothic hide, and silver clasps hold the book shut

Libram of Souls and Flesh

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

With covers made of skin and fittings of bone, this tome is cold to the touch, and it whispers faintly. When found, the book contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you

are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you. While

Detect Thoughts Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

detect the presence of a creature in this way, you can read its thoughts for the rest of the duration as described above, even if you can’t see it, but it must still be within range.

the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation. You can also use this spell to detect the presence of thinking

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, message, minor illusion, prestidigitation 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile 2nd level (3 slots): flaming sphere, knock, scorching ray 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell

d20; on a 1, the staff turns to water and is destroyed.Banishing Rebuke (Recharges after a Long Rest). When Avarice is damaged by a creature that she can see within 60 feet of her, she can banish that

Rakshasa Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

spell attacks). The rakshasa can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect thoughts, disguise self, mage hand, minor illusion 3/day each: charm person

, detect magic, invisibility, major image, suggestion 1/day each: dominate person, fly, plane shift, true seeingMultiattack. The rakshasa makes two claw attacks. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7

Gingwatzim

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

as a book, dagger, or gemstone) that its creator is carrying or wearing when the gingwatzim is conjured. The other form can be any Tiny beast. Once these alternate forms are chosen, they can’t

exhaustion. When the target finishes a short or long rest, the target loses every level of exhaustion gained from this attack. Change Shape. The gingwatzim changes from its true form—a 3-foot

Iggwilv the Witch Queen

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

): At will: detect magic, disguise self, invisibility, light, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, Tasha's hideous laughter 3/day each: dispel magic, fly, polymorph 1/day each: maze, telekinesis

Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilv—the greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book

Demonomicon of Iggwilv Legacy

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the general

chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. And the book holds more than blasphemies. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter

Warlock of the Great Old One Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Innate Spellcasting. The warlock's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells (spell save DC 15), requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, jump

, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the

Hester Barch

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

but her closest aides, the magister has the innate psionic ability to cast the detect thoughts spell without somatic or material components. After using it once, the magister must finish a short or

long rest before she can cast the spell again. Wisdom is her spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12).Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Club"} to

Valtagar Steelshadow

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile 2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, misty step 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fly, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): fire

"} piercing damage. Enlarge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, Valtagar magically increases in size. While enlarged, Valtagar is Large, doubles his damage dice on Strength-based weapon

Night Hag Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, magic missile 2/day each: plane shift (self only), ray of enfeeblement, sleep Magic

circle. As long as the contact persists, the target has dreadful visions. If these visions last for at least 1 hour, the target gains no benefit from its rest, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 5

Drow Inquisitor Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

lights, detect magic 1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, levitate (self only), suggestion Magic Resistance. The drow has advantage on saving throws against

necrotic damage it takes. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.

Stolos

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

Innate Spellcasting. Stolos's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. He can innately cast the following spells (spell save DC 15), requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, jump

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. He knows the following warlock

Tressym

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical invisibility fails to conceal anything from the tressym’s sight. Keen Smell. The tressym has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks

that rely on smell. Poison Sense. A tressym can detect whether a substance is poisonous by taste, touch, or smell.Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +0;{"diceNotation":"1d20+0","rollType":"to hit

Night Hag (Coven Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, magic missile 2/day each: plane shift (self only), ray of enfeeblement, sleep Magic

, the target has dreadful visions. If these visions last for at least 1 hour, the target gains no benefit from its rest, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType

Androsphinx Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

following cleric spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): sacred flame, spare the dying, thaumaturgy 1st level (4 slots): command, detect evil and good, detect magic 2nd level (3 slots): lesser restoration

long rest, the roar is louder and the effect is different, as detailed below. Each creature within 500 feet of the sphinx and able to hear the roar must make a saving throw. First Roar. Each creature

Xvart Warlock of Raxivort Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Innate Spellcasting. The xvart's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, mage armor (self only

attacks). It regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the following warlock spells: Cantrips (at will): eldritch blast, mage hand, minor illusion, poison spray

Deathlock Wight Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Innate Spellcasting. The wight's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no verbal or material components: At will: detect

finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. A humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the wight's control, unless the humanoid

Deathlock Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Innate Spellcasting. The deathlock's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic

":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the following warlock spells: Cantrips (at will): chill touch, eldritch

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