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Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Disadvantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours. Draw another card; this draw doesn’t count as one of your declared draws. Gem. Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty gems worth

1,000 GP each appear at your feet. Jester. You have Advantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key. A Rare or rarer magic weapon with

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

, discard this card, and draw from the deck again, counting both draws as one of your declared draws. If losing that much XP would cause you to lose a level, you instead lose an amount that leaves you

1d4 + 1 (to a minimum score of 1). You can draw one additional card beyond your declared draws. Jester. You gain 10,000 XP, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key. A

Ancient Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can

image from a distance can tell it’s an illusion with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Any physical interaction with an image reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass

Deck of Several Things

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

, counting both draws as one of your declared draws. Gem. The 1,000 gp hoard of the leprechaun from the Wilderness Encounters table (see appendix A) appears at your feet. If that treasure has

your declared draws. Jester. You gain proficiency in a skill of your choice for the duration of the adventure, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key. A

Deck of Several Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

draw from the deck again, counting both draws as one of your declared draws. Gem. The 1,000 gp hoard of the leprechaun from the Wilderness Encounters table (see appendix A) appears at your feet. If that

card beyond your declared draws. Jester. You gain proficiency in a skill of your choice for the duration of the adventure, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key. A common

10. Where's Halaster?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the older paintings show the students as skeletons — signifying which graduating students have died. Careful examination reveals that Halaster appears in every class picture except the center portrait

wall behind the curtain are fifteen paintings, each one 5 feet long and 3 feet tall, arranged in three rows of five. Each painting depicts a graduating class of dour-faced Dweomercore wizards. Most of

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

you. This enmity lasts until either you or the devil dies. Fool. You lose 10,000 XP, discard this card, and draw from the deck again, counting both draws as one of your declared draws. If losing that

1,000 gp each appear at your feet. Idiot. Permanently reduce your Intelligence by 1d4 + 1 (to a minimum score of 1). You can draw one additional card beyond your declared draws. Jester. You gain 10,000

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

this card, and draw from the deck again, counting both draws as one of your declared draws. If losing that much XP would cause you to lose a level, you instead lose an amount that leaves you with just

a minimum score of 1). You can draw one additional card beyond your declared draws. Jester. You gain 10,000 XP, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key. A rare or rarer

Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Backgrounds Every story has a beginning. Your character’s background reveals where you came from, how you became an adventurer, and your place in the world. Your fighter might have been a courageous

adventuring? Where did you get the money to purchase your starting gear, or, if you come from a wealthy background, why don’t you have more money? How did you learn the skills of your class? What

Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Backgrounds Every story has a beginning. Your character’s background reveals where you came from, how you became an adventurer, and your place in the world. Your fighter might have been a courageous

adventuring? Where did you get the money to purchase your starting gear, or, if you come from a wealthy background, why don’t you have more money? How did you learn the skills of your class? What

The Relic Lecture

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

understanding the truth of the past might we learn lessons applicable to our magic in the present. Take this, for example.” The professor reveals a translucent orb. Within it a coil of green mist endlessly

much about it yet. She suspects it was used as a magical focus by an ancient wizard she has yet to identify. A character who subtly casts detect magic in class learns the object exudes an aura of

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Things You have Disadvantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours. Draw another card; this draw doesn’t count as one of your declared draws. Gem Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty

gems worth 1,000 GP each appear at your feet. Jester You have Advantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key A Rare or rarer magic

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

doesn’t count as one of your declared draws. Gem Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty gems worth 1,000 GP each appear at your feet. Jester You have Advantage on D20 Tests for the next

72 hours, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key A Rare or rarer magic weapon with which you are proficient appears on your person. The DM chooses the weapon. Knight You

The Inventor's Sabotage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light

didn’t follow him, Lile tries to lure the characters into another room (area A1, area A2, or area A3) and fights them there. When Lile is reduced to 13 Hit Points or fewer, he surrenders. He reveals his

plan to ruin the other inventions at the fair so that his invention, a four-paddled propeller, would be declared winner. Lile is angry at the judges for writing a scathing review of his last expo entry

Jarlaxle Baenre

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

to its lawlessness, and declared himself its secret lord. Jarlaxle likes to weave a tangled web of schemes that leave his enemies baffled — the latest of which is a plan to legitimize Luskan by making

. A few have flatly declared that the city will never be welcome in the alliance. Nonetheless, Jarlaxle aims to persuade Laeral Silverhand, the Open Lord of Waterdeep, to champion Luskan’s cause

Chapter 1: Character Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

a heavily armored warforged stands guard Building on the book’s introduction, this chapter reveals how you can create a character shaped by Eberron and its war-filled history. The chapter offers you

serving a dragonmarked house. Artificer. You have the option of choosing the artificer as your character’s class, becoming an unmatched magical inventor. Group Patron. Working with the other players

Wiltroot Hall Locations (W1-W7)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

overlooks the bog and walkways beyond. This area is devoid of faculty, staff, or students, leaving the building full of class supplies. Up to three herbalism kits or poisoner’s kits could be crafted

table’s cabinet inside the hut reveals a pest mascot (see chapter 7) gnawing on a cracked, strange-looking stone. The pest is one of the mascots the characters must catalog for Professor Sharpbeak, as

Star Spawn Hulk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Star Spawn Hulk The hulk is the largest of the known star spawn. Though ogre-like in stature, the hulk’s glistening translucent skin reveals a muscled form devoid of an ogre’s fat. Pale and seemingly

, other than to protect its master. Star Spawn Hulk Large aberration, chaotic evil Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 136 (13d10 + 65) Speed 30 ft. STR 20(+5) DEX 8(−1

Aroon Family Pepper Challenge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

without reaching for milk or leaving the table until the three rounds are over is declared a winner. Violence and magic are not permitted during the event, but no one checks for magic effects cast

character must choose a pepper from the basket and eat it. The peppers are from the Spicy Brothers’ unique stock, and nothing about them reveals their taste or intensity. The character must roll on the

6. Wizardly Wards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

detects the presence of fiends, such as a paladin’s Divine Sense class feature, reveals the presence of such a creature bound within the shield. If an identify spell is cast on the shield, or if it is

wreathed in bronze feathers. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around the otherwise ordinary shield, inside which is trapped a pit fiend named Kastzanedes. Any ability that

9. Vaults

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

that detects the presence of celestials, such as a paladin’s Divine Sense class feature, reveals the presence of such a creature bound within the shield. If a dispel evil and good spell is cast on

spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around the otherwise ordinary shield, inside which is trapped a deva named Aryx. While trapped in the shield, Aryx can’t communicate with anyone. Any ability

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

on a patriar’s estate fell to pieces when a vigilante clumsily alerted the estate guards, Keene declared open season on do-gooders of all stripes. Nine-Fingers Keene Medium humanoid (human

), neutral Armor Class 15 (leather armor) Hit Points 84 (13d8 + 26) Speed 30 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 18 (+4) CON 14 (+2) INT 13 (+1) WIS 17 (+3) CHA 14 (+2

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

on a patriar’s estate fell to pieces when a vigilante clumsily alerted the estate guards, Keene declared open season on do-gooders of all stripes. Nine-Fingers Keene Medium Humanoid (Human), Neutral

Armor Class 15 (leather armor) Hit Points 84 (13d8 + 26) Speed 30 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 18 (+4) CON 14 (+2) INT 13 (+1) WIS 17 (+3) CHA 14 (+2) Saving Throws Dex +7

Dream Eater

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two

obscured, as the dream eater twists its hazy form into surreal illusions of its foes’ greatest fears. However, all dream eaters share one thing: a gaping, always-smiling mouth, which it reveals before

and other persuasive adventurers find themselves uniquely poised to confront a hungering dream eater. Dream Eater Medium Aberration, Typically Chaotic Evil Armor Class 15 Hit Points 77 (14d8 + 14

39. Dracolich's Phylactery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

staff of power that grants him a +2 bonus to Armor Class, spell attack rolls, and saving throws. His insectoid physiology prevents him from making melee attacks with the staff. Cassiok is insane and

strike, cursing the characters as he does so. Morphing Statue A detect magic spell cast on the statue reveals an aura of transmutation magic surrounding it and a powerful source of necromancy magic deep

Eye Monger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

eye and reveals its true, menacing nature. An eye monger has no use for treasure, but its belly might hold a fair amount of incidental valuables that it can’t digest, including coins, metal weapons

, which prevents a swallowed creature from using magic to escape. Eye Monger Large Aberration, Typically Lawful Evil Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 149 (13d10 + 78) Speed 0 ft., fly

Investigating the Panic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Investigating the Panic A character who investigates what led to the students’ mysterious behavior can make a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful check reveals that the sick

class occupying a prominent space behind her desk. If the characters persist in their questioning, Dean Tullus brushes off any implication of impropriety and mentions that the Strixhaven administration

Catoblepas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

death mixed with swamp gas and skunk musk, gives it away as being much more ghastly than its appearance suggests. When it is on the attack, a catoblepas reveals the extent of its horrific nature. The

impure heart can tame a catoblepas and whisper of malevolent warlocks and wicked knights who ride them into battle. Catoblepas Large Monstrosity, Unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points

Eye Monger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

eye and reveals its true, menacing nature. Magic is suppressed inside an eye monger’s gullet, which prevents swallowed creatures from using magic to escape. Eye Monger Large Aberration, Typically

Lawful Evil Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 149 (13d10 + 78) Speed 0 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover) STR 21 (+5) DEX 6 (−2) CON 23 (+6) INT 7 (−2) WIS 13 (+1) CHA 7 (−2

Flumph

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

creatures feel no loss or discomfort from such feeding. Consuming psionic energy reveals the thoughts and emotions of the creatures on which the flumphs feed. Since so many of those creatures are evil

of dungeon survival Flumph Small aberration, lawful good Armor Class 12 Hit Points 7 (2d6) Speed 5 ft., fly 30 ft. STR 6 (−2) DEX 15 (+2) CON 10 (+0) INT

Exploring the Cemetery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Eagletalon. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana or Religion) check made to study the carved pillars reveals that a pillar can be empowered with radiant energy if the name of the hero it represents is

Companion. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check made to study the mist reveals that it pulsates in sync with the crackling energy of the corrupted Companion. Any creature that enters

Rogue Stat Blocks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

enters the story, an existing NPC who reveals their true identity, or someone transformed into an enemy by the deck’s magic. Each stat block represents an appropriate antagonist for campaign arcs in a

(levels 1 to 4), the ambitious assassin is a Humanoid who might be a charming manipulator or a ruthless killer. Ambitious Assassin Small or Medium Humanoid, Typically Neutral Evil Armor Class 16 (studded

Titivilus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

. Titivilus recognizes the precariousness of his position. After all, Dispater’s acceptance of his plans and his advice can last only so long before some other plotter steps in and reveals the truth. For

. Titivilus Medium Fiend (Devil), Lawful Evil Armor Class 20 (natural armor) Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60) Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. STR 19 (+4) DEX 22 (+6) CON 17 (+3

Roleplaying

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

make sure those other players have an opportunity to join in the fun. Players who like exploring and storytelling are usually amenable to roleplaying, as long as it moves the campaign forward and reveals

the NPC in question is a family member or a contact of a particular adventurer and talks only to that character. An NPC of a certain race or class might listen only to characters he or she feels a

Cloaker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

resemble bone clasps. When a cloaker unfurls and moves to attack, it reveals its pale underside and makes its true nature evident. Red eyes glow above rows of sharp teeth, and a long pendulous tail

complete, the cloakers separate again. Cloaker Large aberration, chaotic neutral Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 78 (12d10 + 12) Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. STR 17 (+3) DEX

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