book blade diffusing contact requires

Arcanaloth

Monsters Monster Manual

. It can replace one attack with a Banishing Claw attack. Banishing Claw (Requires Soul Tome). Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Banishing Claw"}, reach

Hand, Prestidigitation 1/Day Each: Contact Other Plane, Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door, Mind BlankCounterspell. The arcanaloth casts Counterspell in response to that spell’s trigger, using the

Glyph of Warding

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

Symbol

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

Warlock

Classes 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

+3 Ability Score Improvement 6 3 9 2 4 9 +4 Contact Patron 7 3 10 2 5 10 +4 Subclass feature 7 4 10 2 5 11 +4 Mystic Arcanum (level 6 spell) 7 4 11 3 5

Storm Giant Tempest Caller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Scrying (Requires Storm Rune). The giant can use its crystal ball to cast the scrying spell (save DC 17). Storm Rune. The giant has a storm rune

the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a storm rune on another crystal ball in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest.Multiattack. The giant makes three Lightning Blade or

Markos Delphi

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Multiattack. Markos makes two Ceremonial Blade attacks, two Psychic Orb attacks, or one of each. Ceremonial Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction

":"Ceremonial Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Ceremonial Blade", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus

Dragonborn of Sardior

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

modifier.Multiattack. The dragonborn makes three Mind Blade attacks. Mind Blade. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Mind Blade"} to hit, reach

5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4+4);{"diceNotation":"1d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Mind Blade", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation

Githyanki Xenomancer

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

the farthest reaches of Wildspace and the Astral Sea, even visiting worlds of the Material Plane from time to time, to study and catalog creatures it has never encountered before. Friendly contact with

sapient creatures can bring the xenomancer’s diplomatic skills to the forefront, while hostile contact becomes a test of the xenomancer’s survival skills. Sometimes a xenomancer’s

Soulstone Grimoire

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

Spellshard

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

Blue Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

remove the gem from an incapacitated slaad. Each try requires 1 minute of uninterrupted work and a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Medicine) check. Each failed attempt deals 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10

ever comes into contact with the Spawning Stone. Slaadi on Limbo are attracted to the Spawning Stone, so most end up with a gem. A slaad with a control gem in its brain has the following additional

Iggwilv the Witch Queen

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

hideous laughter. Tasha’s magic-fueled ambitions brought her into contact with demons and demon lords, which she subjugated and used against her enemies. Tasha became known on the world of

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

Goose Mother

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).

Gray Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

cast on the slaad destroys the gem without harming the slaad. Someone who is proficient in Wisdom (Medicine) can remove the gem from an incapacitated slaad. Each try requires 1 minute of

controlled in this way. A slaad born from something other than the Spawning Stone has no gem in its brain, but it gains one if it ever comes into contact with the Spawning Stone. Slaadi on Limbo are

Death Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

from an incapacitated slaad. Each try requires 1 minute of uninterrupted work and a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Medicine) check. Each failed attempt deals 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType

longer be controlled in this way. A slaad born from something other than the Spawning Stone has no gem in its brain, but it gains one if it ever comes into contact with the Spawning Stone. Slaadi on Limbo

Green Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

slaad. Each try requires 1 minute of uninterrupted work and a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Medicine) check. Each failed attempt deals 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType

slaad born from something other than the Spawning Stone has no gem in its brain, but it gains one if it ever comes into contact with the Spawning Stone. Slaadi on Limbo are attracted to the Spawning

Double Blade

Equipment

Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Double Blade, you must take the Advanced Weapon

Red Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

remove the gem from an incapacitated slaad. Each try requires 1 minute of uninterrupted work and a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Medicine) check. Each failed attempt deals 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10

be controlled in this way. A slaad born from something other than the Spawning Stone has no gem in its brain, but it gains one if it ever comes into contact with the Spawning Stone. Slaadi on Limbo are

Lorehold Student

Backgrounds Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

You have spent your youth preparing to be a student of Lorehold College, reading every book on the college’s recommended reading list for prospective students. Your academic passions are in the

broad field of history. You might dream of using magic to contact great historical figures or your own ancestors or of recreating the mighty magic of a distant age. Skill Proficiencies

Fire Giant Forgecaller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

target. Metal objects in that area glow red-hot until the start of the giant’s next turn. Any creature in physical contact with a heated object at the start of its turn must make a DC 19 Constitution

"}; on a roll of 3 or lower, the giant has no more rocks to throw. Magma Wave (Requires Fire Rune). The giant emits a wave of magma from its fire rune in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must

Glyph of Warding Legacy

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

Blast Disk

magic-items

certain distance of the disk or when someone first makes contact with the disk, then breaks that contact. Impact. The activated disk can be set to detonate on impact, then used by throwing or dropping it

or hidden. Finding the disk requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check, with a DC equal to the ability check that was used when it was hidden, such as Wisdom (Nature) or Dexterity

Death Giant Shrouded One

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

", "rollAction":"Soul Burst", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target has the frightened condition, the giant gains temporary hit points equal to the damage dealt. Reaping Scythe (Requires

the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to

Space Clown

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

first spelljamming helm;spelljamming helms from dohwar merchants (see “Dohwar”). Subsequent visits to other Wildspace systems led to contact with a multitude of other folk. In the wake of

requires the clown’s concentration (as if concentrating on a spell), and the illusion fails to hold up to physical inspection. As an action, a creature that can see the clown’s illusory form can

Constantori's Portrait

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

of existence. The painting can’t telepathically contact you, however. Maintaining telepathic contact with the painting requires your concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). Guardian

the painting knows and what it doesn’t. While attuned to the painting, you can take an action to telepathically contact it over any distance, provided you and the painting are on the same plane

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

serve her as bodyguards and scouts. Avarice uses her Rary's telepathic bond spell to stay in telepathic contact with her gargoyles before sending them off on any mission. Avarice also has the support of

. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire

Boros Legionnaire

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

) 2 Justice. Achieving justice requires establishing fair, equitable, and compassionate relationships within a community. (Good) 3 Protection. It isn’t right for innocents to

-Boros Contacts table. Boros Contacts d8 Contact 1 A former comrade in arms was promoted into the prestigious Sunhome Guard. 2 One of my parents is a ranking Boros officer

Moonblade Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Of all the magic items created by the elves, one of the most prized and jealously guarded is a moonblade. In ancient times, nearly all elven noble houses claimed one such blade. Over the centuries

. A moonblade passes down from parent to child. The sword chooses its bearer and remains bonded to that person for life. If the bearer dies, another heir can claim the blade. If no worthy heir exists

Blast Disk (Rare)

magic-items

certain distance of the disk or when someone first makes contact with the disk, then breaks that contact. Impact. The activated disk can be set to detonate on impact, then used by throwing or dropping it

is triggered. However, these advanced Blast Disks recharge at dawn. Disarming a Disk. When used on the battlefield, Blast Disks are typically buried or hidden. Finding the disk requires a successful

Blast Disk (Uncommon)

magic-items

certain distance of the disk or when someone first makes contact with the disk, then breaks that contact. Impact. The activated disk can be set to detonate on impact, then used by throwing or dropping it

;However, these advanced Blast Disks recharge at dawn. Disarming a Disk. When used on the battlefield, Blast Disks are typically buried or hidden. Finding the disk requires a successful

Blast Disk (Common)

magic-items

certain distance of the disk or when someone first makes contact with the disk, then breaks that contact. Impact. The activated disk can be set to detonate on impact, then used by throwing or dropping it

battlefield, Blast Disks are typically buried or hidden. Finding the disk requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check, with a DC equal to the ability check that was used when it

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

commoner’s clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial

abundant connections among the Simic. The guild members live in watery sinkholes called zonots, and their isolation shelters them from much contact with outsiders. Nonetheless, a fair number of Simic

Wizard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

. Some aspire to become like the gods, shaping reality itself. Though the casting of a typical spell requires merely the utterance of a few strange words, fleeting gestures, and sometimes a pinch or

. Creating a Wizard Creating a wizard character demands a backstory dominated by at least one extraordinary event. How did your character first come into contact with magic? How did you discover you had

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common

feeling about who might fulfill their duties strictly by the book. Suggested Characteristics The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all

Shipwright

Backgrounds Ghosts of Saltmarsh

. Skill Proficiencies: History, Perception Tool Proficiencies: Carpenter’s tools, vehicles (water) Equipment: A set of well-loved carpenter’s tools, a blank book, 1 ounce of

or roll on the table. D6 CONTACT 1–2 Eda Oweland 3–4 Gellan Primewater 5–6 Anders Solmor

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