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Dungeon Master’s Guide
remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book
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
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;typically an assortment of demons.
Ensnarement. While carrying the book, whenever you cast Magic Circle naming only Fiends or cast Planar Binding targeting a Fiend, the spell is cast at level 9
those hours pass, anyone who opens the book’s remaining binding is transported to a nascent layer of the Abyss that lies hidden within the book. At the heart of this deadly, semisentient domain
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Player’s Handbook
Armor, Sickle, 2 Dagger;Daggers, orb;Arcane Focus (orb), Book (occult lore), Scholar's Pack, and 15 GP; or (B) 100 GP
Warlocks quest for knowledge that lies hidden in the fabric of the
the influence of these beings can be felt. In no time, each Warlock is drawn into a binding pact with a powerful patron. Drawing on the ancient knowledge of beings such as angels, archfey, demons
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to your head and remains there until you die. If the eye is ever removed, you die.
Properties of the Eye. While you are attuned to the eye, your alignment is Neutral Evil, and you gain the following
your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control.
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Book of Vile Darkness
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must make a DC 17 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s alignment changes to neutral evil.
The Book of Vile Darkness remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil
great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life by any means while your soul remains imprisoned.
Random Properties. The Book of Vile Darkness has the following random properties:
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
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
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
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Keys from the Golden Vault
must make a DC 17 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s alignment changes to neutral evil.
The Book of Vile Darkness remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil
great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life by any means while your soul remains imprisoned.
The Book of Vile Darkness has the following properties:
Circle of Death. While attuned
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
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
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The Codicil of White is a tall, thin volume bound in white ermine fur over seasoned boards of white pine and sealed with a clasp and lock of tarnished silver. The book is cold to the touch, and the
fur is worn about the edges from use. The twenty-seven pages within are of vellum painted with silver gilt on the outer edges. The whole is sewn to a leather binding with strips of sinews, making it
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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a fiend, you use the maximum possible result instead of rolling.
Ensnarement. While carrying the book, whenever you cast the magic circle spell naming only fiends, or the planar binding spell
pages. If this occurs, the pages reappear after 24 hours. Before all those hours pass, anyone who opens the book’s remaining binding is transported to a nascent layer of the Abyss that lies hidden
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
and across planes to escape the worst of them. She eventually took a page from her mother’s book and sequestered herself in the Feywild, where she assumed the guise of an archfey and carved out
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
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Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
. While doing so, it doesn't disturb the material it moves through. It can end its movement within earth or stone, but if it remains within earth or stone when this ability ends, it takes 14 (4d6
devours any metals it encounters. Though normally content to eat raw veins of ore, this creature considers refined and crafted metals to be particularly delectable.
Vexing Scavengers. Khargras are
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
ceratok, a horned creature much like a rhinoceros (and with the same statistics). It remains in its ceratok form for 1 hour.
Izzet Keyrune (Rare). Formed of carved and polished red and blue stone, the
Associated with a particular guild, a guild keyrune is a ceremonial, stylized key, about 1 foot long, made from carved stone. Not a literal key, the item is a badge of authority that gives its bearer
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"Storm of Crows"}. The abhorrent overlord conjures a swarm of spectral crows and harpies in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the overlord can see within 120 feet of it. The sphere remains for 1
, drawn by its evil and the promise of warm meat. An abhorrent overlord has no sense of loyalty or camaraderie toward these sycophants and often devours members of its retinue, yet more of the same
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
extraordinarily long, spindly limbs. She must submerge herself in a briny concoction for an hour each day, or her body will dry out until it locks up in a kind of living rictus, and she remains that way until
Yaga’s adopted daughter, surpassed them in power and carved out a Feywild domain for herself in the guise of an archfey named Zybilna. The hags wormed their way into Iggwilv’s good graces
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other creatures to see in), but nothing else can pass through, even by means of teleportation or planar travel. The gemstone can't be cut or broken while the spell remains in effect.
The special
. If you cast the spell again using the same component, the target of the first casting is immediately freed from its binding.
Eye and Hand of Vecna
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extremity.
To attune to the eye, you must gouge out your own eye and press the artifact into the empty socket. The eye grafts itself to your head and remains there until you die. Once in place, the eye
from your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control.
Properties of the Hand. Your alignment changes to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
. 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
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
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
destroyed, it regains all its hit points in 1 hour unless Holy Water (flask);holy water is sprinkled on its remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them.
Spellcasting. The priest is a
appears carved into the skull’s forehead.
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Priest of Osybus (Spectral);Spectral. The priest now appears wraithlike, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It gains resistance to all damage
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Missing Pages Several pages have been sliced from the binding of The Book of Inner Alchemy. They were recently stolen on behalf of a radical monk named Bak Mei, an apostate practitioner of the Open
) corrupted. Unable to achieve an immortal state of being, he ordered his most trusted students to infiltrate the library and steal pages from the book that might have a solution to his problem. Using the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
earth elemental that remains for 1 hour and obeys the creature. Once a creature has used this property to cast the spell, that creature can’t use this property of any binding rune again until it
Endless Rockslide Magic The Endless Rockslide has the following properties: Binding Runes. A creature touching one of the runes on the bridge can attempt to activate it with 1 minute of concentration
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- 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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
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 how many pages are removed, and it longs to be more than mere reference material. Random Properties. The artifact has the following random
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
remaining binding is transported to a nascent layer of the Abyss that lies hidden within the book. At the heart of this deadly, semisentient domain lies a long-lost Artifact, Fraz-Urb’luu’s Staff. If
book up-to-date, no matter how many pages are removed, and it longs to be more than mere reference material. Abyssal Lore. You can reference the Demonomicon whenever you make an Intelligence check to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
4. Pudding Pits This chamber is divided into four hallways and floored with heavy flagstones, the walls carved with worn and faded bas-reliefs. These show strange, swirling shapes that might be waves
and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage. At the bottom of each pit is a black pudding, which attacks any creature that falls in. If denied a victim, or if it devours a fallen creature quickly, the pudding climbs up the sides to attack any dangling creatures, or to move into the hallway in search of prey.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
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
rearranging themselves to form a portal. Anyone who steps through the opening is transported to Wisteria Vale. After all the characters pass through the portal, the pages rearrange themselves back into the form of the book, and the portal closes.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
portal to the Plane of Earth. Map 4.4 shows the following features surrounding the Endless Rockslide: Bridges and Walkways. Bridges carved with Binding Runes (see below) span the chasm, and walkways
allow access around the rockslide. A crane and winch with buckets and sieves, installed in recent times, allow workers to gather minerals from the slide. Chambers. Giant-sized chambers are carved into the rock near the falls, including a workshop that holds tools for working metal, stone, and gems.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
49. Arch Gate to Level 14 Arch. A stone arch embedded in the middle of the southeast wall has the image of an open book carved into its keystone.
Secret Door. A secret door opens into a dusty
tunnel leading east.
The arch is one of Halaster’s gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Holding an open book while standing within 5 feet of the arch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. The
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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Blackstaff is a sentient, rune-carved staff set with thin silver veins. It is the symbol of office for the Blackstaff, the highest-ranking wizard in Waterdeep. As the rightful owner of the
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Destroying the staff would release the spirits trapped inside it, but in that event, Khelben’s spirit can lodge itself inside any one piece of the staff that remains. The piece containing Khelben&rsquo
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the ground and is a massive thing made of polished obsidian with oversized feet — the impaled skulls of four ancient blue dragons. Runes glisten in the carved obsidian, winking to life with blue
creature can’t be touched or moved from the throne. Touching a Ruling Scepter to the force field dispels the field, though the creature remains paralyzed until it is separated from the throne.
Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creature attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature must make a DC 17 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s alignment changes to neutral evil. The Book of Vile Darkness remains
you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life by any means while your soul remains imprisoned. Random Properties. The Book of Vile Darkness
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
back to the days when giants and dragons fought great wars. The binding kept dragons from taking these castles for their own, and the bond still holds centuries later. The cult has struck a bargain with
castle’s propulsion and buoyancy. The cult cannot afford to alienate Blagothkus, because the castle’s spirit will not obey them. Skyreach Castle is carved from ice so thick as to be opaque. The ice is as
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
to the days when giants and dragons fought great wars. The binding kept dragons from taking these castles for their own, and the bond still holds centuries later. The cult has struck a bargain with
propulsion and buoyancy. The cult cannot afford to alienate Blagothkus, because the castle’s spirit will not obey them. Skyreach Castle is carved from ice so thick as to be opaque. The ice is as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
east wall has an image of an open book carved into its keystone.
Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall opens into a dusty, web-choked passage between this room and area 24.
Arch Gate to
Level 9 The arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Holding an open book while standing within 5 feet of the arch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. The book
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Character Death When a character dies, the player has a few options. Soul Binding The rebel Red Wizards can use the mighty magic of the Doomvault, which traps souls, to raise fallen adventurers as
upon leaving the Doomvault. Furthermore, over the course of many weeks, a character who remains in this state loses any identity and becomes a wight under the control of the Red Wizards. To have any