Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'book being devised chance requires'.
Other Suggestions:
block being desired choice requires
block being divided choice requires
body being desired choice requires
body being divided choice requires
back being demise change requires
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Archlich;Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every horrid idea, every corrupt thought, and every example of foul magic he came across or devised.
Other practitioners of
evil have added their own input to the book’s catalog of vile knowledge. Their additions are clear, for the writers of later works stitched whatever they were writing into the tome or, in some
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest
spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set
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
.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set its trigger and choose which effect the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
(harmlessly) remove its horns and use them as weapons. One horn becomes a Lance, +1;+1 Lance, and the other becomes a Longsword, +2;+2 Longsword. Removing a horn requires a Magic action, and the
to 24 hours. The nightmare fights only to defend itself. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 5 days have passed.
The figurine has a 10 percent chance each time you use it to
Book of Vile Darkness
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs.
Other practitioners of evil have held the book and
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
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs.
Other practitioners of evil have held the book and
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
Equipment
Scrawled in devil’s ichor, this tome describes the rites necessary to achieve immortality in undeath. The book includes instructions for crafting a soulstone and imbuing it with power
, transforming the ritual caster into a Lich (MCDM);lich. In a final, terrible act, the completion of the ritual requires tearing out one’s own heart and the heart of a loved one.
To decipher the
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
This polished Eberron dragonshard fits in the hand and stores information similar to a book. The shard can hold the equivalent of one book that’s no more than 320 pages long. A shard can be
can use an action to open your mind to the shard, seeing its content in your mind. On subsequent rounds, reading the text or scribing new text on blank “pages” in the shard requires
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
", "rollAction":"Lullaby of Honks"}; Requires at Least Two Heads). The Goose Mother’s heads honk a discordant lullaby. Each creature of the Goose Mother’s choice within 10 feet of it must make a
, 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
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
much damage on a successful one. In addition, there is a 50 percent chance that 3 hezrou;hezrous then appear in unoccupied spaces in the sphere. They act as Iggwilv’s allies, take their turns
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
Glyph of Warding
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
be closed (such as a book, a scroll, or a treasure chest) to conceal the glyph. The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If the surface or object is moved more than 10 feet from
where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly invisible and requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
pale and cloudy, and he loses the Air Form trait. He can remain in polymorphed form for up to 1 hour. Reverting to his true form requires an action.
Summon Elementals (1/Day). Yan-C-Bin summons up
beneath the open sky have a five percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Thunderstorm Chance"} chance of being struck by lightning. A creature struck by lightning must make a
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
):
At will: detect magic, fog cloud, light, minor illusion
1/day each: dream (as an action), gaseous form, major image
Thunderous Clap (Requires Cloud Rune). The giant magically summons a thundercloud
area is heavily obscured. The cloud lingers until the start of the giant’s next turn or until a strong wind disperses it.Negate Spell (Requires Cloud Rune). When the giant sees a creature within 60
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
historians all participate with passing scholars from Candlekeep in a lively exchange of ideas, debating and collaborating in book-filled halls across the Upper and Lower City. The city is also rife
involved, have a strong chance of knowing who is.
Suggested Characteristics
Sages are defined by their extensive studies, and their characteristics reflect this life of study. Devoted to
Control Water
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
and then crashes down. Any Huge or smaller vehicles in the wave's path are carried with it to the other side. Any Huge or smaller vehicles struck by the wave have a 25 percent chance of capsizing
. This effect requires a body of water at least 50 feet square and 25 feet deep. You cause a whirlpool to form in the center of the area. The whirlpool forms a vortex that is 5 feet wide at the base
Demogorgon
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
gaze requires Demogorgon to focus both heads on the target, he can’t use his Maddening Gaze legendary action until the start of his next turn.
3. Insanity Gaze. The target suffers the effect of
Demogorgon (for example, hitting him with an attack), there is a 50 percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"illusory duplicate"} chance that it is the illusory duplicate that is
Figurine of Wondrous Power
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
a horn requires an action, and the weapons disappear and the horns return when the goat reverts to figurine form. In addition, the goat radiates a 30-foot-radius aura of terror while you are riding
5 days have passed.
If you have a good alignment, the figurine has a 10 percent chance each time you use it to ignore your orders, including a command to revert to figurine form. If you mount the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
attuned to the artifact.
Attuning to the artifact requires two hours, which can be undertaken as part of a long rest, during which time you must be inside the servant, interacting with its controls
. While crew members are attuning themselves, any creature or structure outside and within 50 feet of the servant has a 25 percent chance of being accidentally targeted by one of its Destructive Fist
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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
pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the
scrawled pages invites doom. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every horrid idea, every corrupt thought, and every example of foul magic he
Yuan-ti Pureblood
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
transformation. Every use of the ritual must be modified to suit the individual undergoing transformation, and requires rare herbs, exotic magical substances, snakes, and one or more humans to be sacrificed
they don’t believe they have a reasonable chance of success. This reaction isn’t out of cowardice, but practicality—yuan-ti value their own lives much too highly to risk them when the
Magic Items
Princes of the Apocalypse
example, an air node creates a devastation orb of air. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires 2,000 gp worth of special components, which are consumed.
A devastation orb measures 12 inches in
apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. At the end of each hour, there is a ten percent chance that the heat wave starts a wildfire in a random location within the area of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Close to Home Vrakir has set his mind to conquering the characters’ homeland. The region’s brave defenders have rebuffed his army’s initial assaults, but they stand little chance of holding out once
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
Heart Weaver’s Primer Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) This pristine book smells faintly of a random scent you find pleasing. When found, the book contains the following spells
: antipathy/sympathy, charm person, dominate person, enthrall, hypnotic pattern, modify memory, and suggestion. It functions as a spellbook for you. While you are holding the book, you can use it as a
Orc
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, where they join Gruumsh’s army and fight on his behalf in the endless war against the goblinoid followers of Maglubiyet. Gruumsh sees this conflict as a chance to pit his people against an eager
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Atlas of Endless Horizons Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) Atlas of Endless Horizons This thick book is bound in dark leather, crisscrossed with inlaid silver lines suggesting a
map or chart. When found, the book contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you are attuned to the book: arcane gate, dimension door, gate, misty step, plane shift
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Duplicitous Manuscript Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) To you, this book is a magical spellbook. To anyone else, the book appears to be a volume of verbose romance fiction. As
an action, you can change the book’s appearance and alter the plot of the romance. When found, the book contains the following spells: hallucinatory terrain, major image, mirror image, mislead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Planecaller’s Codex Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Libram of Souls and Flesh Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Arcane Grimoire Wondrous item, uncommon (+1), rare (+2), very rare (+3) (requires attunement by a wizard) 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Fulminating Treatise Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) This thick, scorched spellbook reeks of smoke and ozone, and sparks of energy crackles along the edges of its pages. When
found, the book contains the following spells: contingency, fireball, gust of wind, Leomund’s tiny hut, magic missile, thunderwave, and wall of force. It functions as a spellbook for you. Fulminating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Protective Verses Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Alchemical Compendium Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) Acrid odors cling to this stained, heavy volume. The book’s metal fittings are copper, iron, lead, silver, and gold, some
frozen mid-transition from one metal to another. When found, the book contains the following spells: enlarge/reduce, feather fall, flesh to stone, gaseous form, magic weapon, and polymorph. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 6: Shemshime The final event revolves around interacting with the book and learning the last stanza of the rhyme, which tells how to foil Shemshime and end the curse. Meanwhile, Shemshime
coalesces around the book, lashing out at the characters to stop them from thwarting its manifestation. As event 5 concludes, read or paraphrase: Gailby appears in the doorway, blood spattered on her face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Book of Exalted Deeds Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) 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’s authors filled the pages with their own visions of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil. The Book of Exalted Deeds






