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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This bag made from gray, rust, or tan cloth appears empty. Reaching inside the bag, however, reveals the presence of a small, fuzzy object.
You can take a Magic action to pull the fuzzy object from
Initiative count. You can take a Bonus Action to command how the creature moves and what action it takes on its next turn, such as attacking an enemy. In the absence of such orders, the creature acts
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
commands even if it doesn’t know the language in which the commands are given. If you issue no commands or give the creature a command that is likely to result in its death or imprisonment, it
defends itself but otherwise takes no actions. At the end of the duration, the creature acts in accordance with its normal disposition and alignment.
An Identify spell reveals if the flask contains a
Equipment
determines that person has a hidden secret. If you reveal you know the secret to the figure, you gain a +5 bonus on Charisma checks to influence them for 24 hours. After the book reveals ten secrets in this way, it holds no more secrets of use.
This book contains Xorannox’s collection of dirty secrets about other people: intrigues between nobles, unfaithful leaders, infernal contracts between devils and clergy of good-aligned temples
Book of Vile Darkness
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
made to interact with non-evil creatures.
Command Evil. While you are attuned to the book and holding it, you can use an action to cast the dominate monster spell on an evil target (save DC 18). You
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the spew.Maw demons share the ceaseless hunger for carnage and mortal flesh of their master, Yeenoghu. After a maw demon rests for 8 hours, anything devoured by it is transported directly into the
;t command the demons, which simply accompany the war band and attack whatever creatures the gnolls fall upon.
Because maw demons are indiscriminate in their hunger, their stomachs contain all manner
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
-evil creatures.
Command Evil. While you are attuned to the book and holding it, you can use an action to cast the dominate monster spell on an evil target (save DC 18). You can’t use this
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
sprouted in place of the first. Enraged, the Goose Mother devoured the witch and rampaged deep into the wilds where it lives to this day.
The Goose Mother lays one golden egg every hour, precisely on the
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Infernal Command. Each of Bael’s allies within 60 feet of him can’t be charmed or frightened until the end of his next turn.
Spellcasting. Bael casts
’s turn. Bael regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Fiendish Magic. Bael uses Spellcasting or Teleport.
Infernal Command. Bael uses Infernal Command.
Attack (Costs 2 Actions
Iron Flask
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This iron bottle has a brass stopper. You can use an action to speak the flask's command word, targeting a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you. If the target is native to a plane of
duration. If you give no commands or give it a command that is likely to result in its death, it defends itself but otherwise takes no actions. At the end of the duration, the creature acts in
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The amulet is a 4-inch-wide disk composed of silver-framed wood, with a rune carved into its face. A detect magic spell reveals a magical aura of enchantment around the amulet.
Every shield
amulet requires 1 week and costs 1,000 gp in components.
A shield guardian’s solitary focus is to protect the amulet’s wearer. The amulet’s wearer can command the guardian to attack
Bag of Tricks
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This ordinary bag, made from gray, rust, or tan cloth, appears empty. Reaching inside the bag, however, reveals the presence of a small, fuzzy object. The bag weighs 1/2 pound.
You can use an action
, and it acts on your turn. You can use a bonus action to command how the creature moves and what action it takes on its next turn, or to give it general orders, such as to attack your enemies. In the
Acolyte
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
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Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of
incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
, government institution, or — certainly — the Guild. This operative will hear you out and, at their discretion, take your information or request up their chain of command. These meetings almost
the money.
3
If there’s a plan, I’ll forget it. If I don’t forget it, I’ll ignore it.
4
I have a “tell” that reveals when I’m lying.
5
I turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and empty pages. Holding a book while speaking its secret command word causes the book’s text to magically appear. Only the lich in area X27 knows the command word for each book, and only if its
over the railing reveals crates in that area. There are no ladders here to reach the high bookshelves. (The wizards who built this place used mage hand spells.) All the books appear to have blank covers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Maw Demon Maw demons share the ceaseless hunger for carnage and mortal flesh of their master, Yeenoghu, who appears in this book. After a maw demon rests for 8 hours, anything devoured by it is
. The gnolls don’t command the demons, which simply accompany the war band and attack whatever creatures the gnolls fall upon. Because maw demons are indiscriminate in their hunger, their stomachs
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform the religious ceremonies of your deity. You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Clue 4: Book Garden This clue refers to the book gardens of area B9. When the characters enter a book garden, they see a lush arboretum. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
black ink flecked with silver. A detect magic spell reveals that the book gives off auras of illusion and transmutation magic, but an identify spell does not reveal the magical mark it bestows.
Book Description The Scrivener’s Tale is bound in soft brown leather, its title embossed on the book’s cover and spine. It is seven inches tall and five inches wide. Its pages appear to be ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
breeze whenever a page is turned. Most important, when the book is first opened, it reveals the creature trapped inside it: a djinni named Gazre-Azam. The first ten pages of the book contain various notes
Book Description The book is a heavy tome with covers of white marble bound in pale blue leather. A large padlock prevents the book from being opened and resists all attempts to open it with magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
records the command word to open the mansion’s doorway. Many researchers perused this book over the years it spent in Candlekeep, but knowledge of the command word was useless without the location of
the many years she spent in its hallowed halls. This book is a treatise on extradimensional spaces similar to those created by the Mordenkainen’s magnificent mansion spell. This information alone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description At first glance, this book of moderate thickness appears to be one of the many insignificant tomes that fill the shelves of the Great Library. Upon closer inspection, this volume
reveals itself to be of exceptional quality. Except for minor damage to the corners, its olive-green covers are in perfect condition. Sewn into the binding with silk threads are sacred texts and medical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Gazre-Azam’s Predicament Gazre-Azam has been trapped in the book for many years. When the book is opened, it releases small, wispy clouds that form into the shape of Gazre-Azam’s head. The djinni
speaks to any character willing to listen and asks for their aid. Gazre-Azam was summoned by Zikran, a water genasi wizard, and bound to the book. Zikran wanted the djinni to teach him how to make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
actually a Bag of Devouring and had devoured the gemstones, Ylagan instructed the modrons to search the outpost for thieves. When no intruders were found, the dragon began harboring fears that one or
and began hunting down the remaining modrons. The destroyed modrons disintegrated, leaving no trace. One of the modron survivors activated a silent alarm in the outpost’s command center, which sent a signal to a githyanki fortress on the Astral Plane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
reveals diagrams and descriptions of almost every location in Candlekeep. Secrets of the Barn Door Any character who studies the book comes across a bookmark at an unusual set of renderings for a tower
Book Description Kandlekeep Dekonstruktion is bound in sturdy black leather, with the title and Isajar’s name neatly engraved on the front cover and spine. Images of a smiling dwarf and a builder’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(using a gust of wind spell, for example) reveals the circle to all. To travel through the gate, a command word must be spoken aloud (a whisper will do). The command word (“Draezir”) can be found on
a paper on Rezmir’s desk in area 3L or from Dralmorrer Borngray if he faces defeat with no escape. When the command word is spoken, everyone and everything inside the gate’s circumference is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(using a gust of wind spell, for example) reveals the circle to all. To travel through the gate, a command word must be spoken aloud (a whisper will do). The command word (“Draezir”) can be found on
a paper on Rezmir’s desk in area 3L or from Dralmorrer Borngray if he faces defeat with no escape. When the command word is spoken, everyone and everything inside the gate’s circumference is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
statue’s base.
Close inspection reveals that the statue is hollow and filled with swirling water. The statue has AC 10, 10 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If the statue is
shattered, the water spills out and takes the form of a water elemental under the command of the one who released it. The elemental understands Aquan only and does not heed commands it can’t understand. It disappears 1 hour after being set free.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Adventure Overview This adventure begins when the characters read the story of the lost golem in Alkazaar’s Appendix and discover the magic picture in the book. The picture-portal can teleport the
adventurers to the golem. The book was found by members of a tribe of nomadic people called the Bedine, who live in the desert of Anauroch. The Bedine are discussing what to do with the golem and how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
similarly scorched. In one patch lies the charred corpse of a bald, grayish-purple gnome, which has been partially devoured by a larger predator.
Grisdelfawr killed the svirfneblin here a week ago and razed
knows the bite was left by a large, reptilian creature. A subsequent successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) check reveals the predator was a dragon. Gibberling Horde About one mile from the forge, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Charisma (Intimidation) checks made to interact with non-evil creatures. Command Evil. While you are attuned to the book and holding it, you can use an action to cast the dominate monster spell on an evil
Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
metaphor—a puzzle that requires literal interpretation of an aphorism would be just the kind of thing a Harper playwright would enjoy. Shining a source of light directly on the page reveals a phrase
written in invisible ink: “Harpers at Twilight.” When that phrase is uttered, the book shakes and flies into the air, pages flipping of their own accord and separating from the binding, then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
by 15 inches wide, contained in a corked glass bottle 5 feet long and 1½ feet wide. The bottle rests on its side in a wooden stand and is portable. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of
transmutation magic around the ship. An identify spell or similar magic cast on the model reveals that it’s an actual longship magically reduced to one-twelfth its normal size. The spell also reveals that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
command word (“Gorah!”), it magically heats any liquid placed inside it and remains hot for 3 hours, or until the command word is spoken again by someone within 5 feet of the cauldron. Once the
command word for activating and deactivating the cauldron. They also know how to open the trapdoor in area K55. Treasure Each witch carries a potion of healing that she made herself. There is a 30
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->Candlekeep Mysteries
Opening the Book If the characters agree to undertake the quest, Pelk hands them the Book of Cylinders and says: “This book was brought to Candlekeep several years ago. The explorers who found it
claimed it was not a historical text, but a warning. My superiors have authorized me to show it to you.”
Pelk allows the characters to inspect the book. It is surprisingly light, and brief examination