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Detect Thoughts
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures. When you cast the spell and as your action on each turn until the spell ends, you can focus your mind on any one creature that you
creature’s thoughts, the creature can use its action on its turn to make an Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends.
Questions verbally directed at
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. It can speak, read, and understand Common, and its voice sounds silvery and melodic. Snicker-Snack craves the destruction of evil Dragons and urges
finish a long rest after that happens, you can attempt to regain the sword’s trust by making a contested Charisma check against Snicker-Snack. If you win the contest, your attunement to the weapon is instantly restored. Your attunement to the weapon can’t be restored in any other way.
Sword of Kas
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Common.
Personality. The sword’s purpose is to bring ruin to Vecna. Killing Vecna’s worshipers, destroying the lich’s works, and
Kas. The creature must cast the wish spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword
Symbol
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Spells
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Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target is driven insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can't take actions, can't understand what other creatures say, can't read, and speaks only in
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
seer nearby. A hulk appears to have little will of its own and is driven to protect its master.
Star Spawn
The Material Plane represents only one small part of the multiverse. Beyond the best
available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read aloud their blasphemous texts, and conduct the mind-searing rituals that guide star spawn into the world.
Elder Evil
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
; petty rivalries, Arasta was once one of Nylea’s most beloved dryad companions. Phenax’s bitterness saw her transformed into an arachnid monstrosity and driven into the darkest depths of the
encounter, as Arasta summons her arachnid children to protect her. While she has temporary hit points from this trait, she can choose one of her mythic actions when she uses a legendary action.
Read or
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Hobgoblins trace their origins to the ancient courts of the Feywild, where they first appeared with their goblin and bugbear kin. Many of them were driven from the Feywild by the conquering god
above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of
Warlock
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
(such as the ability to see in darkness or to read any language) to access to powerful spells. Unlike bookish wizards, warlocks supplement their magic with some facility at hand-to-hand combat. They
are comfortable in light armor and know how to use simple weapons. Delvers into Secrets Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Number of Feathers Characters who try to identify the hecklers can spot Kettlesteam in her current guise with a successful Wisdom (Perception) check contested by the kenku’s Charisma (Deception) check. See
“Catching Kettlesteam” later in the chapter if the characters try to corner her. Helping Palasha If she is driven from Silversong Lake by heckling, Palasha takes refuge in the river near the Hall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a copper piece) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration, you can read the thoughts of
Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends. Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
good greatsword with an Intelligence of 9, a Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. It can speak, read, and understand Common, and its voice sounds
if you miss on attack rolls with the weapon three times in a row. Each time you finish a long rest after that happens, you can attempt to regain the sword’s trust by making a contested Charisma check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a copper piece) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration, you can read the thoughts of
Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check; if it succeeds, the spell ends. Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Even characters who don’t sleep have the dream. If the characters don’t rest at the same time, you might decide that only the first character who rests has the dream. Read the following boxed text only
to the players whose characters experience the dream (preferably out of earshot of those players whose characters didn’t have the dream). If all the characters have the dream, read the boxed text to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Need a Lift? Jas (neutral evil changeling; see chapter 6) approaches the characters in the guise of Sergeant Vilroy sometime after they leave Mithral Tower. Read or paraphrase the following boxed
character who suspects that “Vilroy” is hiding something can make a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the changeling’s Charisma (Deception) check. A character who wins the contest detects slight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Inquisitive As an archetypal Inquisitive, you excel at rooting out secrets and unraveling mysteries. You rely on your sharp eye for detail, but also on your finely honed ability to read the words and
a Wisdom (Insight) check against a creature you can see that isn’t incapacitated, contested by the target’s Charisma (Deception) check. If you succeed, you can use your Sneak Attack against that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
manticore driven out of the mountains by Cryovain the white dragon attacks the windmill shortly before the adventurers arrive. Read the following boxed text to set the scene: Built on the slope of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy or other means, unless you allow it. You can present false thoughts by succeeding on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the mind reader’s Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, you can use your reaction to have the attack target that creature instead of you. Soul of Deceit Starting at 17th level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy or other means, unless you allow it
. You can present false thoughts by making a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the mind reader’s Wisdom (Insight) check. Additionally, no matter what you say, magic that would determine if you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Tavern Brawl As the characters are relaxing in the taproom of the Yawning Portal, a fistfight breaks out. Read the following to set the scene: You sit around a sturdy wooden table lit by a brightly
successful Strength check contested by Yagra’s Strength check. Yagra thanks the characters if they help her, but is disappointed that they interfered in the fight. Remember how the characters deal with Krentz
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
accurately, gaining advantage on Intelligence checks for the next 24 hours. However, the character is also driven temporarily insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can’t take actions or reactions
, can’t understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. You control the creature’s movement, which is erratic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
after sunrise, on its normal schedule, but the craft carries no new passengers and departs again quickly unless the characters hail it. (If Raserhill stuck around the island and was driven off or killed
, read: The sultry day is silent except for the sounds of the sea. A lone bird circles in lazy loops in the sky overhead. Eventually it descends and alights on a nearby rock. It’s a gull, and an old one
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
; animosity, gnomes tend to avoid or abandon settlements that have a severe infestation of kobolds, and conversely kobolds are usually driven out of communities that have a large gnome population
moves its tribe to another area, ceding the contested territory to its more successful neighbors.
As demonstrated by their hatred of gnomes, kobolds have a persecution complex and easily take offense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
understands the world more accurately, gaining advantage on Intelligence checks for the next 24 hours. However, the character is also driven temporarily insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can’t take
actions or reactions, can’t understand what other creatures say, can’t read, and speaks only in gibberish. You control the creature’s movement, which is erratic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
characters sight the vessel, read the following boxed text aloud: An armored dreadnaught made from metal and bones ploughs through the fog, driven by banks of bonelike oars. Flames leap from a brazier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. Established territories are suddenly contested or might be undefended against other perils. The dragon’s hoard represents tremendous wealth flowing through a single region. Entire populations of
other kinds of events described here, with dragons as its focus. Alternatively, the prophecy might be uttered by a dragon or read and interpreted primarily by dragons (like the Draconic Prophecy in the world of Eberron).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
intend to impersonate, studying them and probing their minds for secrets. A doppelganger can read a creature’s surface thoughts, allowing it to glean that creature’s name, desires, and fears, along with a
mother’s species until it reaches adolescence, at which point it discovers its true nature and is driven to seek out its kind to join them. Doppelganger
Medium monstrosity (shapechanger), neutral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
and can speak, read, and understand Common. Personality. The sword’s purpose is to bring ruin to Vecna. Killing Vecna’s worshipers, destroying the lich’s works, and foiling his machinations all help
spell and make a Charisma check contested by the Charisma check of the sword. The sword must be within 30 feet of the creature, or the spell fails. If the sword wins the contest, nothing happens, and the wish spell is wasted. If the sword loses the contest, it is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
dream. Read this text to the cleric’s player: In your dream, you are once again on the deck of the ship that brought you here, and you see Stormwreck Isle shrouded in darkness, just as it was in your
earlier dreams. As you sail closer, the darkness breaks, and a dazzling ray of sunlight shines down over the island. A gentle plume of white smoke rises up from the island as the darkness is driven away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
presenting a D&D adventure that was as much story-driven as location-based, featuring a villain who was complex and terrifying. Castle Ravenloft, with its amazing three-dimensional maps, remains to
meant for you, the Dungeon Master, alone. We recommend you read the entire adventure before attempting to run it. It assumes that you have the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
how it communicates or roll on the following table. d100 Communication 01-60 The item communicates by transmitting emotion to the creature carrying or wielding it. 61-90 The item can speak, read
, and understand one or more languages. 91-00 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more languages. In addition, the item can communicate telepathically with any character that carries or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daask Excavation site When the characters take the lift down to the Daask excavation site, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: The lift seems to descend forever into the belly
arrive then leap out to attack. A successful Wisdom (Perception) check contested by the goblins’ Dexterity (Stealth) check notices the goblins. Otherwise the goblins surprise the characters. The goblins
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Merrow These worshipers of Demogorgon have been driven into a frenzy by his arrival in the Underdark. They immediately attack, trying to capsize or wreck boats as they utter the war cry, “Blood and salt
contested by the merrow’s Strength check. If the merrow wins the contest, the vessel capsizes. Stirges These stirges cling to the ceiling like bats. If the party is aware of the stirges, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
above the ground in the area south of the western bridge. If the characters reached this area by using the chain ladder or otherwise descending through the chasm, read or paraphrase the following text
south bank of the river. On the north side of the bridge, a ledge continues to the east.
If the characters go north and cross the bridge, read: After a short distance, the ledge leading east bends to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the characters and begins shadowing them, attempting to remain unseen. Characters keeping an eye out for trouble spot the drow with a successful Wisdom (Perception) check contested by the drow’s
is out surveying damaged sections of the city. Merchants and crafters who confront the priestess, claiming to have lost everything in Demogorgon’s attack, are banished to the Braelyn. Locals driven mad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Falls Clearing As the characters approach the series of waterfalls, read the following description: A gradually increasing roar drowns out the rain forest sounds long before the river turns
characters come in peace. If the fight lasts more than 2 rounds, Dukha shifts into his hybrid form and fights alongside the characters until the other weretigers are driven off. If he does so, he resents