both before dice cast rolling

Dice Rolling

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

Dice Rolling Establish expectations about rolling dice. Rolling in full view of everyone is a good starting point. If you see a player rolling and scooping the dice up before anyone else can see

it? What about you, the DM? Do you make your rolls in the open or hide them behind a DM screen? Consider the following: If you roll dice where the players can see, they know you’re playing impartially

Amulet of the Planes

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

check, you cast Plane Shift. On a failed check, you and each creature and object within 15 feet of you travel to a random destination determined by rolling 1d100 and consulting the following table

. 1d100 Destination 01–60 Random location on the plane you named 61–70 Random location on an Inner Planes;Inner Plane determined by rolling 1d6: on a 1, the Elemental Plane

Candle of Invocation

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

cast Gate with it. Doing so destroys the candle. The portal created by the spell links to a particular Outer Plane chosen by the DM or determined by rolling on the following table. 1d100 Outer

;D20 Tests. In addition, a Cleric or Druid in the light can cast level 1 spells they have prepared without expending spell slots. Alternatively, when you light the candle for the first time, you can

Hat of Many Spells

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

, determined by rolling on the following table. Any spell you cast from the hat uses your spell save DC and spell attack bonus. 1d100 Effect 01–50 You cast a random spell determined by

rolling 1d10: on a 1, Enlarge/Reduce (enlarge effect); on a 2, Enlarge/Reduce (reduce effect); on a 3, Faerie Fire; on a 4, Fireball; on a 5, Gust of Wind; on a 6, Invisibility (cast on yourself); on a

Necklace of Prayer Beads

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. If a magic bead is removed from the necklace, that bead loses its magic. Six types of magic beads exist. The DM decides the type of each bead on the necklace or determines it randomly by rolling on

the table below. A necklace can have more than one bead of the same type. To use one, you must be wearing the necklace. Each bead contains a spell that you can cast from it as a Bonus Action (using

Shapechange

Spells Player’s Handbook

no higher than your level or Challenge Rating. You must have seen the sort of creature before, and it can’t be a Construct or an Undead. When you cast the spell, you gain a number of Temporary

block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies; and ability to communicate. If

Animal Shapes

Spells Player’s Handbook

statistics, but the target retains its creature type; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; alignment; ability to communicate; and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The target’s actions are

limited by the Beast form’s anatomy, and it can’t cast spells. The target’s equipment melds into the new form, and the target can’t use any of that equipment while in that form. The

Polymorph

Spells Player’s Handbook

statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen Beast, but the target retains its alignment, personality, creature type, Hit Points, and Hit Point Dice. The target gains a number of Temporary

. The target is limited in the actions it can perform by the anatomy of its new form, and it can’t speak or cast spells. The target’s gear melds into the new form. The creature can’t use or otherwise benefit from any of that equipment.

True Polymorph

Spells Player’s Handbook

statistics are replaced by the stat block of the new form, but it retains its Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, alignment, and personality. The target gains a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the Hit

or cast spells. The target’s gear melds into the new form. The creature can’t use or otherwise benefit from any of that equipment. Object into Creature. You can turn an object into any

Wand of Wonder

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

other magical effect determined by rolling on the Wand of Wonder Effects table. Spells cast from the wand have a save DC of 15. If a spell’s maximum range is normally less than 120 feet, it

becomes 120 feet when cast from the wand. If an effect has multiple possible subjects, the DM determines randomly which among them are affected. Regaining Charges. The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

roll for a spell you cast against a Fiend, you use the maximum possible result instead of rolling. Random Properties. The Artifact has the following random properties (see “Artifacts” in

;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

Find Steed

Spells Player’s Handbook

from this spell, the steed is replaced by the new one. The steed resembles a Large, rideable animal of your choice, such as a horse, a camel, a dire wolf, or an elk. Whenever you cast the spell, choose

anything it was wearing or carrying. If you cast this spell again, you decide whether you summon the steed that disappeared or a different one. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s

Greater Aberrant Mark

Feats Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Long Rest. Mark of Inspiration. When you cast a cantrip, you can roll one or two of your unexpended Hit Point Dice. You gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to the number rolled plus your

Constitution modifier, and one creature of your choice within 30 feet of you (not including you) takes Force damage equal to the number rolled. Those dice are then expended. You can use this benefit a

Greater Mark of Healing

Feats Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

feat to cast Cure Wounds without using a spell slot a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. Additionally, when you cast Cure

Wounds and roll dice to determine the number of Hit Points restored, you can treat any 1 or 2 on a roll as a 3.

Spellfire Adept

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Fueled Spellfire. Once per turn, when a spell you cast deals Radiant damage, you can expend up to two Hit Point Dice, roll them, and add the total rolled to

Aberrant Dragonmark

Feats Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

spellcasting ability for this spell. Aberrant Surge. When you cast the level 1 spell from this feat, you can expend one of your Hit Point Dice and roll it. If you roll an even number, you gain a number of

Long Rest. Aberrant Magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the Sorcerer spell list. Also, choose a level 1 spell from that spell list. You always have that spell prepared. You can cast it once

Light Bringer

Feats Astarion's Book of Hungers

learn the Light spell and can cast it without Material components. If you already know that cantrip, you learn a different Cleric cantrip of your choice. The spell’s spellcasting ability is the

ability increased by this feat. Solar Luminance. When you cast Light, you can have the light from the spell be sunlight. Once you use this benefit, you can’t use it again until you finish a Long

Bloodshed Blade

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

then spend and roll one of your unspent Hit Dice and add the number rolled to the attack roll. You can choose to invoke the rune after rolling the d20. If this attack hits, you can also spend and roll

any number of your unspent Hit Dice and add the total rolled to the weapon’s damage. Once the rune has been invoked, it can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.

Bone Roc

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

multiple flying creatures. Despite their name, bone rocs aren’t always reanimated skeletons of rocs. You may customize a bone roc by rolling on the Bone Roc Sources table to determine the type of

attacks. 5 Pteranodon. The bone roc doesn’t provoke an opportunity attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach. 6 Roc. The bone roc’s size is Gargantuan, and its flying speed is 120 feet. Its Hit Dice remain unchanged. PoisonBludgeoning

Cosmotronic Blastseeker

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Empowered Spell (3/Day). When the blastseeker rolls damage for a spell, it can reroll up to four dice of damage. It must use the new dice. Innate Spellcasting. The blastseeker’s innate

spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The blastseeker can innately cast the

Amble

Monsters Locathah Rising

;{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Balm of the Summer Court"} of their die pool. Roll the spent dice and add them together. The target regains a number of hit points equal to the total. The

target also gains 1 temporary hit point per die spent. Amble regains all expended dice when they finish a long rest. Hidden Paths (4/Day). (As a Bonus Action) Amble may teleport up to 60 feet to an

Augury Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

By casting gem-inlaid sticks, rolling dragon bones, laying out ornate cards, or employing some other divining tool, you receive an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a specific

spells or the loss or gain of a companion. If you cast the spell two or more times before completing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The DM makes this roll in secret.

Feylost

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

traveler’s clothes, three trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a pouch containing 8 gp Fey Mark You were transformed in some small way by your stay in the Feywild

and gained a fey mark, determined by rolling on the Fey Mark table. Fey Mark d8 Fey Mark 1 Your eyes swirl with iridescent colors. 2 You have a sweet scent, like that of

Wither and Bloom

Spells Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

unspent Hit Dice and regain a number of hit points equal to the roll plus your spellcasting ability modifier. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the

damage increases by 1d6 for each slot above the 2nd, and the number of Hit Dice that can be spent and added to the healing roll increases by one for each slot above 2nd.

Longbow of the Healing Hearth

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

150 feet of you. The target can then immediately spend and roll one of its unspent Hit Dice and regain a number of hit points equal to the roll plus your Wisdom modifier (minimum of +1). If the

target has no unspent Hit Dice remaining, nothing happens. You can use a curative arrow only once per turn. Spellcasting. While holding the bow, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to

Potion of Giant Size

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

and wearing also increases in size for the duration. When rolling damage for weapons enlarged in this manner, roll three times the normal number of dice; for example, an enlarged longsword would deal

Crown of the Wrath Bringer

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

. When you make an attack roll against a creature and hit it while wearing this crown, you can spend and roll one of your unspent Hit Dice. The creature takes extra psychic damage equal to the number

rolled. Invoking the Rune. As an action, you can invoke the crown’s rune to cast the fear spell (save DC 15) with it; the spell has a duration of 1 minute and doesn’t require concentration. Once the rune has been invoked, it can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.

Cloudkill Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

10 feet away from you at the start of each of your turns, rolling along the surface of the ground. The vapors, being heavier than air, sink to the lowest level of the land, even pouring down openings

. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 5th.

Sun Staff

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

using this staff, the target takes an extra 1d8 fire damage. Solar Focus. You can use the staff as a spellcasting focus. While holding the staff, you can reroll a number of damage dice up to your

proficiency bonus when you use a spell slot to cast a spell that deals fire or radiant damage. You must use the new rolls. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn

Duergar Darkhaft

Monsters Out of the Abyss

innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 10). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: friends, mage hand 1/day each: disguise self, sleep Sunlight

, the duergar magically increases in size, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. While enlarged, the duergar is Large, doubles its damage dice on Strength-based weapon attacks (included in the

Pudding King

Monsters Out of the Abyss

saving throws against magic. Innate Spellcasting. The Pudding King’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material

equipment he is wearing or carrying is absorbed by the new form. In ooze form, the Pudding King retains his alignment, hit points, Hit Dice, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as

Rod of Hellish Flames

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

the spell again until the next dawn. Surge of Brimstone. Whenever you cast a spell that deals fire or necrotic damage, you can use the rod to deal the maximum damage instead of rolling. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

resistance to fire and necrotic damage. Searing Rebuke. You can cast the Hellish Rebuke spell as a 4th-level spell (save DC 16) from the rod. Once you use the rod to cast the spell, the rod can’t cast

Duergar Keeper of the Flame

Monsters Out of the Abyss

the Flame's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: friends, message 3/day: command Spellcasting. The

after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the duergar magically increases in size, along with anything it is wearing or carrying. While enlarged, the duergar is Large, doubles its damage dice on

Duergar Soulblade Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: blade ward, true strike 3/day each: jump, hunter's mark Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the duergar has

with anything it is wearing or carrying. While enlarged, the duergar is Large, doubles its damage dice on Strength-based weapon attacks (included in the attacks), and makes Strength checks and

Korred Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: commune with nature, meld into stone, stone shape 1/day each: conjure

in rocky terrain. Stone’s Strength. While on the ground, the korred deals 2 extra dice of damage with any weapon attack (included in its attacks).Multiattack. The korred makes two attacks with

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