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Dungeon Master’s Guide
magic of the deck functions only if its cards are drawn at random. You can take a Magic action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a point within 30 feet of yourself. An
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Archmage
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Assassin
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Bandit Captain
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Beholder
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Berserker
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Bugbear Warrior
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Cloud Giant
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
tentacle attack.
Fling. The thessalkraken uses Fling.
Ink Cloud (Costs 3 Actions). While underwater, the thessalkraken expels an ink cloud in a 60-foot radius. The cloud spreads around corners, and that
);{"diceNotation":"3d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ink Cloud","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A strong current disperses
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Explode. When the vampirate is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes in a cloud of ash. Any creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 5 (1d10
vampire’s but doesn’t use them to draw vital fluids from prey, which vampirates consider an unsavory act. Rather, a vampirate drains life energy from another creature by touching it or by
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Explode. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes in a cloud of ash. Any creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation
use them to draw vital fluids from prey, which vampirates consider an unsavory act. Rather, a vampirate drains life energy from another creature by touching it or by siphoning off its energy from a
Sage
Legacy
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Basic Rules (2014)
, sometimes as a means toward other ideals.
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Personality Trait
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I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition.
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I’ve read every book in the
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Beauty. What is beautiful points us beyond itself toward what is true. (Good)
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Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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No Limits. Nothing should fetter the
Deck of Illusions
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
random (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). You can use an action to draw a card at random from the deck and throw it to the ground at a point within 30 feet of you.
An
of hearts
Druid
Ten of hearts
Cloud giant
Nine of hearts
Ettin
Eight of hearts
Bugbear
Two of hearts
Goblin
Ace of diamonds
Beholder
King of diamonds
Archmage and
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Explode. When the captain is reduced to 0 hit points, it explodes in a cloud of ash. Any creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 16 (3d10
parchment. A vampirate has fangs like a vampire’s but doesn’t use them to draw vital fluids from prey, which vampirates consider an unsavory act. Rather, a vampirate drains life energy from
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This golden harp is sculpted in the image of the god Iallanis, depicted as a young cloud giant woman. When a creature comes within 5 feet of the harp, the instrument animates and is capable of
to a range of 120 feet.
The harp can speak, read, and understand Common and Giant. It can also communicate telepathically with the creature attuned to it.
The harp has a dramatic and pompous
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
this description. Notably, cards from the Deck of Many More Things are more likely to be beneficial, though about a third of them are still dangerous.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many
cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Unless a card allows you to draw additional cards, any cards drawn exceeding this number have no effect.
As soon as you draw a card, its magic
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Personality Trait
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I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition.
2
I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I
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Logic. Emotions must not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
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Power. Knowledge is the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Air genasi are descended from djinn, the genies of the Elemental Plane of Air. Embodying many of the airy traits of their otherworldly ancestors, air genasi can draw upon their connection to the
increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
convey the impression of great erudition.
2
I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have.
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I’m used to helping out those who
not cloud our logical thinking. (Lawful)
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No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence. (Chaotic)
5
Power. Knowledge is the path to power and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Card Reading When you perform a card reading before running the adventure, write down the results for reference later. If the characters have their fortunes read in the adventures, do the card
shuffle them. Then shuffle the remaining cards (the common deck), keeping the two decks separate. Draw the top three cards from the common deck and lay them face down in the 1, 2, and 3 positions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
20. Ogre Barracks Read the following text if the characters surprise this chamber’s occupants: This unfurnished chamber contains a horde of ogres sleeping on piles of fur.
Unless they are drawn
If any ogres are taken prisoner, charmed, or fast-talked, the characters learn relatively little. They serve the cloud giant Blagothkus (whose wife was slain some years ago), they know that the cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
20. Ogre Barracks Read the following text if the characters surprise this chamber’s occupants. This unfurnished chamber contains a horde of ogres sleeping on piles of fur. Unless they are drawn
finds a single pale blue sapphire worth 500 gp wedged into a crevice. Developments If any ogres are taken prisoner, charmed, or fast-talked, the characters learn relatively little. They serve the cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Skytower Shelter Skytower Shelter is one of two goliath settlements described in this chapter, the other being Wyrmdoom Crag (see "Wyrmdoom Crag"). Read both entries before running encounters in
either location. Also review the “Goliaths” entry in appendix C, in particular the “Spine of the World Goliaths” section. There is also a list of goliath names you can draw from, as needed. Characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
mysterious faerie market described in chapter 14 is home to a nilbog fortune teller named Oddlewin who uses a Deck of Many Things to read the future of his customers. This might be the first time that
characters see the deck, and if they’re willing to perform a service for Oddlewin, he might let them draw from it. This is a good way to introduce the deck to low-level characters. Heroes of a more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, whereupon each bursts into a cloud of sweet-smelling spores as its body dissolves back into the larger mass of fungi filling the cavern. Read the following to the players when the final creature is
defeated. The creature bursts like an overfull wineskin, releasing a clear ichor and a cloud of dusty spores. The deflating bulk of its body sinks back beneath the shimmering fungal field where you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Approaching Rigus As the characters approach Rigus, read or paraphrase the following description: From a flat, dusty plain rises a seven-tiered hill girded by ring after ring of iron battlements
daunting fortifications. Your mimir chimes as you draw closer, its glowing eyes pulsing in time with a distant drumbeat.
If the characters draw near Rigus in their walking castle, the gate-town’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
characters walk through the flaps into the tent, read or paraphrase the following text: Warm light glows from a single lantern in this otherwise dark tent, illuminating canvas walls decorated with patchwork
!” the goblin says, beckoning you to sit.
This goblin is Oddlewin, a fortune teller. The ivory deck before him is a Deck of Many Things that he uses to read people’s fates. The symbols on the tent’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Tower of Zephyros The day after the characters accept Morak’s quest, they have their first encounter with a giant. Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: You see an enormous
tower floating on a billowy cloud a thousand feet overhead. The tower must be hundreds of feet tall, and its spire looks strangely like a pointy wizard’s hat. As the tower drifts closer, stairs made of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
shelves at random, you might have Sarah appear because her story is being read for the first time since her diary came to the library. Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor is a nondescript general text, so it fits
best in some forgotten corner of the library where tomes of no particular interest are stored. Read or paraphrase the following when you’re ready to begin the adventure: The air around you grows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
his plan to release Tiamat: recruiting dragons and assembling a treasure hoard worthy of the queen of evil dragons. These efforts draw the characters’ attention to the cult. The action begins when a
get into a flying citadel that a cloud giant placed at the cult’s disposal and prevent it from reaching its destination at the Well of Dragons.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
his plan to release Tiamat: recruiting dragons and assembling a treasure hoard worthy of the queen of evil dragons. These efforts draw the characters’ attention to the cult. The action begins when a
get into a flying citadel that a cloud giant placed at the cult’s disposal and prevent it from reaching its destination at the Well of Dragons.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
his plan to release Tiamat: recruiting dragons and assembling a treasure hoard worthy of the queen of evil dragons. These efforts draw the characters’ attention to the cult. The action begins when a
get into a flying citadel that a cloud giant placed at the cult’s disposal and prevent it from reaching its destination at the Well of Dragons.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Meeting the Mayor After the fire is extinguished and the characters have talked to any survivors, read the following: Relieved murmurs ripple through the crowd as a sturdy orc woman with white, cloud
redeem themselves by ridding the village of the dragon threat. In either case, she leads the characters to the village square. If the characters follow her, read or paraphrase the following: The mayor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
many vendors is a nilbog fortune teller who will read a character’s future using his Deck of Many Things or let the character draw from it—for a price. Chapter 15: Throne. When a character draws the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Crumbling Tower When the characters approach the tower site, read the following: Amid a grove of gnarled scrub trees stands a half-fallen stone tower. Rough workers’ tents, piles of timbers, and
tools scattered about show that the site appears to be under reconstruction, though little headway seems to have been made in restoring the tower to its former glory.
As the characters draw closer, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
The Ritual To perform the ritual, Gallio paints a magic rune on each character’s forehead and chants an incantation to draw upon the power of the planar beacon. When the ritual is complete, Gallio
asks each character to ring the silver bell mounted on the wall. As they do so, they fade from sight and are transported into the Ethereal Plane. Read the following boxed text aloud when a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Wyrmdoom Crag Wyrmdoom Crag is one of two goliath settlements described in this chapter, the other being Skytower Shelter (see "Skytower Shelter"). Read both entries before running encounters in
either location. Also review the “Goliaths” entry in appendix C, in particular the “Spine of the World Goliaths” section. There is also a list of goliath names you can draw from, as needed. Wyrmdoom Crag
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
fireball goes off early in the morning, at a time when all the characters are in Trollskull Manor. Read aloud the following text to set the scene: Windows rattle as the roar of an explosion fills Trollskull
Alley. Charred bodies and anguished screams fly through the air. A thick cloud of acrid smoke billows outward from the blast, which seems to have occurred right outside your door. Let the players tell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
side, add a third coldlight walker and two more ice mephits. The attacking force approaches the Black Cabin from the east. As the characters emerge from the cabin, read: Bright light shines from the
“Sacrifices to Auril”). The ice mephits descend from the darkened sky to provide aerial support, using their fog cloud spells to engulf enemy spellcasters or to obscure the approaching coldlight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
through the archway, read: Beyond the thundering archway lies a hexagonal chamber whose walls rise 50 feet before tapering to a 90-foot-high apex. Standing in each corner of the room is a life-size statue
of a giant holding up a heavy, iron lantern with one raised arm. Each type of giant is represented: hill, stone, frost, fire, cloud, and storm. A cold, magical light radiates from each lantern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Night of Terror As dusk approaches, the defenders on Kalaman’s western walls sound an alarm: the Red Dragon Army and its flying citadel draw near. All of Kalaman’s soldiers are called to defensive
positions. When the alarms ring out, Darrett finds the characters and takes them to the Trade Gate’s ramparts. When they arrive, read the following description: The west-facing ramparts of the Trade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Starting the Adventure The Storyteller Nimuel reveals the chaos caused by a rampaging bakunawa The adventure begins as the characters approach Kalapang. As they draw near, they witness a calamity
. Read or paraphrase the following text to set the scene: The trip to Kalapang has been uneventful, with travelers and trade wagons regularly passing. Soon the pale, vine-covered wall surrounding the