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Dungeon Master’s Guide
addition, Fiends and Undead within the halo’s Bright Light make attack rolls against you with Disadvantage.
Random Properties. The Book of Exalted Deeds has the following random properties:
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The definitive treatise on all that is good in the multiverse, the Book of Exalted Deeds figures prominently in many religions. Rather than being a scripture devoted to a particular faith, the book
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
sleeping naturally when combat begins. This benefit doesn’t wake a subject from magically induced sleep.
Supernatural Readiness. Each subject has Advantage on its Initiative rolls.
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Any
cards drawn in excess of this number have no effect. Otherwise, as soon as you draw a card from the deck, its magic takes effect. You must draw each card no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. If
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Player’s Handbook
Draw on Shadow Magic to Fight Your Foes
Gloom Stalkers are at home in the darkest places, wielding magic drawn from the Shadowfell to combat enemies that lurk in darkness.
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You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Curse. This weapon is cursed and possessed by a vengeful spirit. Becoming attuned to it extends the curse to you. As
long as you remain cursed, you are unwilling to part with the weapon, keeping it on your person at all times. While attuned to this weapon, you have Disadvantage on attack rolls made with weapons
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Held in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain, Wave is engraved with images of waves, shells, and sea creatures.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When
you roll a 20 on the d20 for an attack roll with this weapon, the target takes an extra 21 Necrotic damage.
While holding Wave, you gain the following benefits:
Combat Ready. You have Advantage on
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one ability. The target has Disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made with that ability.
The target has Disadvantage on attack rolls against you.
In combat, the target must succeed on a
Spells
Player’s Handbook
touch, your familiar can deliver the touch. Your familiar must be within 100 feet of you, and it must take a Reaction to deliver the touch when you cast the spell.
Combat. The familiar is an ally to
you and your allies. It rolls its own Initiative and acts on its own turn. A familiar can’t attack, but it can take other actions as normal.
Disappearance of the Familiar. When the familiar
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attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you hit an Undead with this weapon, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage, and the target regains 1d10 Hit Points. If this Necrotic damage reduces you
, two other weapons locked away under White Plume Mountain. It wants the three weapons to be reunited and wielded together in combat, even though it violently disagrees with Whelm and finds Wave tedious
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
Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Fear. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. While Frightened, the target must move at least 30
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Player’s Handbook
you. Your familiarity with the destination determines whether you arrive there successfully. The DM rolls 1d100 and consults the Teleportation Outcome table and the explanations after it
six months, such as a book from a wizard’s library.
“Very familiar” is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
StaticDreaming Dark Infiltrators are spies sent to gather intelligence. They plant psychic seeds in their minds of their foes that enhance the infiltrators’ combat prowess against those
. While cursed in this way, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls against the infiltrator, and the infiltrator always knows its location while it and the infiltrator are on the same plane of existence. A
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Lucky. When the medic rolls a 1 on the d20 of a D20 Test, it can reroll the die, and it must use the new roll.Multiattack. The medic makes two Radiant Burst attacks.
Radiant Burst.
sacrosanct, these medics also learned to channel their healing power into dazzling light to help them reach the wounded and escape from the thick of combat when necessary.Mark of Healing (2/Day). The medic casts Cure Wounds or Lesser Restoration, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
False Object. If the library is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the library move or act, that creature must
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
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Candlekeep Mysteries
False Objects. If the swarm is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the swarm move or act, that creature must
","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Book Club"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Book Club","rollDamageType
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strength to use. You have Disadvantage on attack rolls with a Strong-Draw weapon unless your Strength is 13 or higher. You add both your Strength and Dexterity modifiers to damage with a Strong-Draw weapon.
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Strong-Draw. A weapon with the Strong-Draw quality requires great
Equipment
to use. You have Disadvantage on attack rolls with a Strong-Draw weapon unless your Strength is 13 or higher. You add both your Strength and Dexterity modifiers to damage with a Strong-Draw weapon.
feat.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Strong-Draw. A weapon with the Strong-Draw quality requires great strength
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great strength to use. You have Disadvantage on attack rolls with a Strong-Draw weapon unless your Strength is 13 or higher. You add both your Strength and Dexterity modifiers to damage with a Strong-Draw weapon.
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Strong-Draw. A weapon with the Strong-Draw quality requires
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The definitive treatise on all that is good in the multiverse, the fabled Book of Exalted Deeds figures prominently in many religions. Rather than being a scripture devoted to a particular faith, the
book’s various authors filled the pages with their own vision of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil.
The Book of Exalted Deeds rarely lingers in one place. As soon as the book
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
While you are holding this leather-bound book, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your wizard spells, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to the saving throw DCs of your wizard
spells. The bonus is determined by the book’s rarity.
You can use this book as a spellbook. In addition, when you use your Arcane Recovery feature, you can increase the number of spell slot levels you regain by 1.
Weapon of Warning
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This magic weapon warns you of danger. While the weapon is on your person, you have advantage on initiative rolls. In addition, you and any of your companions within 30 feet of you can’t be
surprise;surprised, except when incapacitated by something other than nonmagical sleep. The weapon magically awakens you and your companions within range if any of you are sleeping naturally when combat begins.
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The Book of Many Things
Created in the image of the Deck of Many Things, this deck of ivory or vellum cards bestows an assortment of minor benefits and penalties on those who draw from it. Most (75 percent) of these decks
have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw, then draw them randomly. Any additional cards drawn have no effect
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Tyranny of Dragons
The jewels in this insignia of the Cult of the Dragon flare with purple light when you enter combat, empowering your natural fists or natural weapons.
While wearing the insignia, you gain a +1 bonus
to the attack rolls and the damage rolls you make with unarmed strikes and natural weapons. Such attacks are considered to be magical.
Kenku
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, the kenku has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised.
Mimicry. The kenku can mimic any sounds it has heard, including voices. A
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
The pages of this book are bound in fiend hide, and its cover is embossed with a diagram of the Great Wheel of the multiverse. When found, the book contains the following spells: banishment, find
familiar, gate, magic circle, planar binding, and summon elemental (appears in this book). It functions as a spellbook for you.
While you are holding the book, you can use it as a spellcasting
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Uttering an incantation, you draw on the magic of the Lower Planes or Upper Planes (your choice) to transform yourself. You gain the following benefits until the spell ends:
You are immune to fire
modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls.
You can attack twice, instead of once, when you take the Attack action on your turn. You ignore this benefit if you already have
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
gemstone. Unknown to Ruxithid the Chosen, a new group of mind flayer fanatics that draw power from the Far Realm planted it for him to find. The gemstone lets Ruxithid telepathically communicate with the
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Brain Tendrils", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have the stunned condition until the start of Ruxithid’s next turn.
Combat Command. Ruxithid commands
Doppelganger
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. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Ambusher. The doppelganger has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it has surprised
.
Surprise Attack. If the doppelganger surprises a creature and hits it with an attack during the first round of combat, the target takes an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll
Star Spawn Mangler
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Ambush. On the first round of each combat, the mangler has advantage on attack rolls against a creature that hasn’t taken a turn yet.
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the
Contagion
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, and attack rolls that use Strength.
Flesh Rot. The creature’s flesh decays. The creature has disadvantage on Charisma checks and vulnerability to all damage.
Mindfire. The creature’s
mind becomes feverish. The creature has disadvantage on Intelligence checks and Intelligence saving throws, and the creature behaves as if under the effects of the confusion spell during combat
Initiative
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Initiative determines the order of turns during combat. When combat starts, every participant rolls Initiative; they make a Dexterity check that determines their place in the Initiative order. The DM
rolls for monsters.Surprise. If a combatant is surprised by combat starting, that combatant has Disadvantage on their Initiative roll. For example, if an ambusher starts combat while hidden from a
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
focus, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to your spell save DC. The bonus is determined by the deck’s rarity.
In addition, while you’re holding the deck, you can draw a card
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The Book of Many Things
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Leather pouch containing 18 gp
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10 crossbow bolts
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Three book;books, written in Common, about random historical events
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Canvas Tent
each card bears an illustration of a different item or set of items. As an action, you can draw a card of your choice from the deck and throw it to the ground in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of
Sword Wraith Commander
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a hit. If it does so, attack rolls against it have advantage until the start of its next turn.
Turning Defiance. The sword wraith and any other sword wraiths within 30 feet
":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Call to Honor (1/Day). To use this action, the sword wraith must have taken damage during the current combat. If the sword wraith can use this action, it gives itself advantage
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
to Honor (1/Day). If the commander has taken damage during this combat, it gives itself advantage on attack rolls until the end of its next turn, and 1d4 + 1;{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"roll
AttacksMartial Fury. The commander makes one Longsword or Longbow attack, which deals an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Martial Fury","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a hit, and attack rolls against it have advantage until the start of its next turn.






