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Dungeon Master’s Guide
defends itself but otherwise takes no actions. At the end of the duration, the creature acts in accordance with its normal disposition and alignment.
An Identify spell reveals if the flask contains a
the following table (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block).
1d100
Contents
0-50
No creature
51
Arcanaloth
52-54
Bone Devil
55-56
Cambion
57
Magic Items
Tales from the Yawning Portal
This stone is a large gem worth 150 gp.
Curse. The stone is cursed, but its magical nature is hidden; detect magic doesn’t detect it. An identify spell reveals the stone’s true nature
Iron Flask
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accordance with its normal disposition and alignment.
An identify spell reveals that a creature is inside the flask, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly
discovered bottle might already contain a creature chosen by the GM or determined randomly.
d100
Contents
d100
Contents
1-50
Empty
77-78
Elemental (any)
51
Arcanaloth
79
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The amulet is a 4-inch-wide disk composed of silver-framed wood, with a rune carved into its face. A detect magic spell reveals a magical aura of enchantment around the amulet.
Every shield
Adult Brass Dragon
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creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.
Wing Attack
illusion with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Any physical interaction with an image reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass through it.
Whenever a creature with an
Ancient Brass Dragon
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be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail
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
Magic Items
Candlekeep Mysteries
damage except radiant damage. A detect evil and good spell or similar magic reveals that the figurine has been desecrated. As long as it has at least 1 hit point, the figurine has the following magical
Magic Items
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
magic. All cases of the curse end if Murgaxor’s orb is destroyed.
Magical Signature. As a side effect of the orb’s curse, the spell detect magic reveals an aura of enchantment surrounding
creatures bearing the curse. This aura is distinctive, but in a way detect magic offers no further details about.
Destroying the Orb. Murgaxor’s orb has AC 18; 20 hit points; immunity to necrotic
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
deck, you can use an action to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: comprehend languages, detect evil and good, detect magic, detect poison and disease, locate object, or scrying
released and destroyed. This reveals a fifteenth soul, a lich, that inhabits the Nether card, which appears only when the fourteen souls are defeated. If this ancient entity is destroyed, the Nether card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Secret Compartment. Inspection of the southernmost pillar reveals a loose stone in its base. Behind the stone is an empty compartment, its contents discovered and plundered long ago.
loudly as it hits the floor.
Warning. The words “Certain death this way!” are carved in Common on the southeast wall, with an arrow pointing toward the southern exit.
The bugbears detect the approach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Loadstone Wondrous item, rare This stone is a large gem worth 150 gp. Curse. The stone is cursed, but its magical nature is hidden; detect magic doesn’t detect it. An identify spell reveals the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
18. Illusory Walls This 10-foot-high hallway is closed off to the west and east by illusory walls. A detect magic spell reveals that the walls are illusions without substance, and creatures and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
.
The room is lined with lead and has antimagic properties, so no spells will work within the room, and no magical properties of items of any sort will properly function except those that detect an aura
of magic or a place of desecration. Statues. Each statue has a magical aura, but they are merely hunks of metal; they do nothing. Each registers to the casting of detect evil and good as a desecrated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
features, resembling a blank-faced humanoid. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the statue, which alters its form to mimic the appearance of any Small or Medium humanoid that
touches it. The statue has no other properties. Trapped Chest The chest has an iron key in its lock, and turning the key unlocks it. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
28. More Halaster Statues This area is identical to area 24, with the added feature of an illusory wall to the west. A detect magic spell cast on the western wall reveals that the wall gives off an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
breaks out, one shriek from above snaps the kobolds back in line. The griffon also protects the kobolds if they come under attack. Treasure A thorough search of the kitchen reveals small chests of
black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Each of these weighs 2 pounds, but their contents are worth 130 gp total.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
members are angry that people saw the contents of their spilled cargo. Their instructions, direct from Wyrmspeaker Rezmir, were to keep the material secure and secret. Witnesses who show much interest
in the jewelry or who ask questions might need to be silenced. NPC witnesses could disappear overnight or die unexpectedly from sudden illness (which a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check reveals to be poison). The same attacks can be directed against characters who show too much curiosity.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
wooden chest contains cookware, spices, old fishbones, and a mummified toad. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of evocation magic around the toad, and an identify spell or similar magic reveals what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
members are angry that people saw the contents of their spilled cargo. Their instructions, direct from Wyrmspeaker Rezmir, were to keep the material secure and secret. Witnesses who show much interest
in the jewelry or who ask questions might need to be silenced. NPC witnesses could disappear overnight or die unexpectedly from sudden illness (which a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check reveals to be poison). The same attacks can be directed against characters who show too much curiosity.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
breaks out, one shriek from above snaps the kobolds back in line. The griffon also protects the kobolds if they come under attack. Treasure A thorough search of the kitchen reveals small chests of
black pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Each of these weighs 2 pounds, but their contents are worth 130 gp total.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
light before spinning to look in the direction of the cult’s hideout (acting like a compass). A Detect Magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of divination magic around the eyeball. Casting
Identify while targeting the eyeball reveals its function and its key phrase. Alternatively, a character can rifle through Delvin’s pockets and find a slip of parchment with the key phrase scribbled on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
on it, and a casting of detect evil and good or a paladin’s use of Divine Sense reveals it as a desecrated place. Mouth Trap. The mouth opening is similar to a sphere of annihilation, but it is about 3
a devil face formed of mosaic tiles. The face has a huge O of a mouth, inside of which the space is dead black.
Aura. The devil face radiates an aura of transmutation magic if detect magic is used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Employee Pass Cards Every casino employee carries a pass card made of green metal and embossed with a devil’s smiling, winking visage. A detect magic spell reveals a faint aura of abjuration magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
east wall. A fireplace built into the south wall features an elegantly carved mantelpiece. Treasure. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic emanating from the fireplace mantel. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
black ink flecked with silver. A detect magic spell reveals that the book gives off auras of illusion and transmutation magic, but an identify spell does not reveal the magical mark it bestows.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
circular. (The pools shown on map 1 are not to scale.) A detect magic spell reveals a faint aura of abjuration magic around each pool. The tortles of the island like to bathe and relax in the mud pools
successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the mud mephit seems to be waiting for something to happen. Florrb doesn’t want others to know what’s really going on and reveals the cause of its anxiety only if magically compelled to do so.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
holes in the basin’s rim prevent overflow. Treasure A detect magic spell cast on the fountain reveals an aura of conjuration around the aboleth statue, contained within which is the source of the water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and used multiple fireball spells to destroy the room’s contents. Burned Shelves and Racks. The walls are lined with burned bookshelves and scroll racks.
Charred Furnishings. The charred remains of
magical effects active on it suppressed for 1d4 minutes after it exits. Detect magic cast from outside the room does not detect the antimagic field. Treasure. The tapestry weighs 30 pounds and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hand. Engraved on each side of the loose coin is Halaster’s rune. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around the coin, and an identify spell or similar magic reveals its magical
(Arcana or Nature) check confirms that she is holding the skull of a long-dead mind flayer. Treasure. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of illusion magic around the mind flayer skull, and an identify
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
by 15 inches wide, contained in a corked glass bottle 5 feet long and 1½ feet wide. The bottle rests on its side in a wooden stand and is portable. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of
transmutation magic around the ship. An identify spell or similar magic cast on the model reveals that it’s an actual longship magically reduced to one-twelfth its normal size. The spell also reveals that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
are stacked on shelves in the middle of the room.
A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the oven, which is used for baking tiny clay bricks like the ones in area 26a. The clay on the shelves is too old and brittle to be of use.
of a detect magic spell. The bricks can be assembled into a single Large object, two Medium objects, or four Small objects. A sculpture animates at its creator’s command, as though affected by an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
twig dolls are bound to the charred tree, all within easy reach. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic emanating from the tree and the ground in a 60-foot radius around it. Close
examination of a twig doll reveals something wrapped inside it. By breaking a doll apart, characters can see that it contains a still-beating pig’s heart. Any damage to a heart kills it and causes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
fog makes it hard to see the dragon’s features from a distance, but close inspection reveals that it’s a silver dragon of noble bearing, its spiny frill cracked and broken in many places. The statue
is 10 feet tall but looks much more imposing perched on the granite block. If scrutinized with a detect magic spell, the statue radiates an aura of evocation magic. The dragon statue used to breathe a cone of cold as part of a magic trap, but the trap no longer works (see area Q2).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
character who understands Dwarvish knows that the oversized rune on the north wall is an ancient symbol meaning “cold.” A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the rune. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the ceiling of area 35. Magical darkness fills the mouth and the shaft. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals auras of evocation and illusion magic within the shaft. A successful dispel magic






