both before distance creature read

Locate Animals or Plants

Spells Player’s Handbook

Describe or name a specific kind of Beast, Plant creature, or nonmagical plant. You learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.

Mind Blank

Spells Player’s Handbook

Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch has Immunity to Psychic damage and the Charmed condition. The target is also unaffected by anything that would sense its emotions or alignment

, read its thoughts, or magically detect its location, and no spell—not even Wish—can gather information about the target, observe it remotely, or control its mind.

Transport via Plants

Spells Player’s Handbook

This spell creates a magical link between a Large or larger inanimate plant within range and another plant, at any distance, on the same plane of existence. You must have seen or touched the

destination plant at least once before. For the duration, any creature can step into the target plant and exit from the destination plant by using 5 feet of movement.

Doppelganger

Monsters Monster Manual

. Read Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12). Unsettling Visage (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation

":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Unsettling Visage"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 15-foot Emanation originating from the doppelganger that can see the doppelganger. Failure

Couatl

Monsters Monster Manual

Shielded Mind. The couatl’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and other creatures can communicate with it telepathically only if it allows them.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +7

, and the target has the Poisoned condition until the end of the couatl’s next turn. Constrict. Strength Saving Throw: DC 15, one Medium or smaller creature the couatl can see within 5 feet

Flumph

Monsters Monster Manual

’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and magic can’t detect its location or observe it remotely.Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit

Throw: DC 10, one creature the flumph can see within 15 feet. Failure: The target is coated in a foul-smelling liquid, exudes a stench for 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction

Rary's Telepathic Bond

Spells Player’s Handbook

You forge a telepathic link among up to eight willing creatures of your choice within range, psychically linking each creature to all the others for the duration. Creatures that can’t

communicate in any languages aren’t affected by this spell. Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they share a language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can’t extend to other planes of existence.

Ring of Mind Shielding

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

While wearing this ring, you are immune to magic that allows other creatures to read your thoughts, determine whether you are lying, know your alignment, or know your creature type. Creatures can

in the ring, you can telepathically communicate with any creature wearing it. A wearer can’t prevent this telepathic communication.

Wand of Enemy Detection

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge. For 1 minute, you know the direction of the nearest creature Hostile to you within 60 feet, but not its

distance from you. The wand can sense the presence of Hostile creatures that are Invisible, ethereal, disguised, or hidden, as well as those in plain sight. The effect ends if you stop holding the wand

Scroll of Protection

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Each Scroll of Protection works against creatures of a specific creature type chosen by the DM or determined by rolling on the following table. 1d100 Creature Type 01-10 Scroll of

(Oozes);Oozes 86-90 Scroll of Protection (Plants);Plants 91-00 Scroll of Protection (Undead);Undead Using a Magic action to read the scroll creates a 5-foot Emanation originating

Scroll of Titan Summoning

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

When you take a Magic action to read this scroll, a particular titan named in the scroll appears in an unoccupied space on the ground or in water that you can see within 1 mile of yourself. The DM

picks a suitable titan or determines it randomly by rolling on the table below (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block). The titan is Hostile toward all other creatures and

Detect Thoughts

Spells Player’s Handbook

of yourself that belong to creatures that know languages or are telepathic. You don’t read the thoughts, but you know that a thinking creature is present. The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone

, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of metal; or a thin sheet of lead. Read Thoughts. Target one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself or one creature within 30 feet of yourself that you detected with

Revenant

Monsters Monster Manual

curses one creature it can see within 30 feet of itself. The revenant knows the distance to and direction of the cursed target, even if it is on a different plane of existence. The curse ends on the target if the revenant uses this Bonus Action on a different creature.

(2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Vengeful Glare. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature the revenant can

Book of Exalted Deeds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

that tries to read from the book takes 24d6 Radiant damage. This damage ignores Resistance and Immunity, and it can’t be reduced or avoided by any means. A creature reduced to 0 Hit Points by

’s authors filled the pages with their own visions of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil. The Book of Exalted Deeds rarely lingers in one place. As soon as the book is read, it

Telekinetic

Feats Player’s Handbook

. You learn the Mage Hand spell. You can cast it without Verbal or Somatic components, you can make the spectral hand Invisible, and its range and the distance it can be away from you both increase by 30

feet when you cast it. The spell’s spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat. Telekinetic Shove. As a Bonus Action, you can telekinetically shove one creature you can see

Illusory Script

Spells Player’s Handbook

script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, the illusion can alter the meaning, handwriting, and language of the text, though the language must be one you know. If the spell is dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear. A creature that has Truesight can read the hidden message.

Sending

Spells Player’s Handbook

You send a short message of 25 words or fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the

sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other

Manual of Golems

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage. d20 Golem Time Cost 1-5 Manual of Clay Golems 30 days 65,000 GP 6-17 Manual of

Dimension Door

Spells Player’s Handbook

You teleport to a location within range. You arrive at exactly the spot desired. It can be a place you can see, one you can visualize, or one you can describe by stating distance and direction, such

as “200 feet straight downward” or “300 feet upward to the northwest at a 45-degree angle.” You can also teleport one willing creature. The creature must be within 5 feet of

Aboleth

Monsters Monster Manual

to succeed instead. Mucus Cloud. While underwater, the aboleth is surrounded by mucus. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the aboleth at the end of

it is underwater. While the cursed creature is outside a body of water, the creature takes 6 (1d12);{"diceNotation":"1d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Mucus Cloud Curse", "rollDamageType

Earthquake

Spells Player’s Handbook

0 Hit Points, it collapses. A creature within a distance from a collapsing structure equal to half the structure’s height makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes

Difficult Terrain. When you cast this spell and at the end of each of your turns for the duration, each creature on the ground in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature has

Quaal's Feather Token

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

after flying its maximum distance for a day or if it drops to 0 Hit Points. You can dismiss the bird as a Magic action. Fan (Uncommon). If you are on a boat or ship, you can take a Magic action to

yourself. The token disappears, and a floating whip takes its place. You can then take a Bonus Action to make a melee spell attack against a creature within 10 feet of the whip, with an attack bonus of

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

surface, common triggers include touching or stepping on the glyph, removing another object covering it, or approaching within a certain distance of it. For glyphs inscribed within an object, common

minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn or ends

Glyph of Warding

Spells Player’s Handbook

a surface, common triggers include touching or stepping on the glyph, removing another object covering it, or approaching within a certain distance of it. For glyphs inscribed within an object, common

glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on the glyph. Each creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or

Ioun Stone

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. When you take a Magic action to toss an Ioun Stone into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet, conferring its benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun

;Absorption (Very Rare). While this pale lavender ellipsoid orbits your head, you can take a Reaction to cancel a spell of level 4 or lower cast by a creature you can see. A canceled spell has no effect

Demodog

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

Pack Tactics. The demodog has Advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the demodog’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the

", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.Faceless, Unnatural Canine Demodogs are sinister, quadrupedal

Speaking Stones

Magic Items Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

of your message. You can send the message across any distance. If no creature bears the other stone, you know that fact as soon as you use the stone, and you don’t send the message. Once

other stone. That creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The stones enable creatures to understand the meaning

Jump Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a creature. The creature's jump distance is tripled until the spell ends.

Mind Blank Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch is immune to psychic damage, any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, divination spells, and the charmed condition. The

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read

is read, it vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring light to a darkened world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to

Scroll of Protection Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Each scroll of protection works against a specific type of creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling on the following table. d100 Creature Type 01-10

Aberrations 11-20 Beasts 21-30 Celestials 31-40 Elementals 41-50 Fey 51-75 Fiends 76-80 Plants 81-00 Undead Using an action to read the scroll encloses

Piercer Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Drop. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Drop"} to hit, one creature directly underneath the

piercer. Hit: 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Drop","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage per 10 feet fallen, up to 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Drop"}. Miss: The piercer takes half the normal falling damage for the distance fallen.

Star Spawn Seer Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

":"recharge","rollAction":"Collapse Distance"}. The seer warps space around a creature it can see within 30 feet of it. That creature must make a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target

Out-of-Phase Movement. The seer can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. Each creature it moves through takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage

Wand of Enemy Detection Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to speak its command word. For the next minute, you know the direction of the nearest creature hostile to you

within 60 feet, but not its distance from you. The wand can sense the presence of hostile creatures that are ethereal, invisible, disguised, or hidden, as well as those in plain sight. The effect ends if

Locate Animals or Plants Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Describe or name a specific kind of beast or plant. Concentrating on the voice of nature in your surroundings, you learn the direction and distance to the closest creature or plant of that kind within 5 miles, if any are present.

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