both better detect college rather

Manshoon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

ability (spell save DC 19): At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Light, Lightning Bolt (level 4 version), Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Scrying, Sending

. That Manshoon is dead, and the current Manshoon is one of the original’s many clones. Being a magical copy rather than an original doesn’t make Manshoon any less of a threat, as he’s

Zlan

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

turn. Spellcasting. Zlan casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): At Will: Detect Magic, Detect

Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and

Biha Babir

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At Will: Create or Destroy Water, Detect Magic, Major Image 2/Day Each: Control Water (Flood, Part Water, or Redirect Flow

a cunning mind. Biha Babir is politically savvy and prefers to outsmart her opponents rather than battle them, though she doesn’t shy from combat if necessary. Biha Babir covets opulence, but

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks): At Will: Blight, Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Ray of Sickness (level 6 version) 2/Day Each: Dimension Door

efficiently as he can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence. Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 21): At Will: Cone of Cold, Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Invisibility, Mage Hand

can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence. Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps a magical soul

Encode Thoughts

Spells Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

otherwise stationary. If you cast this spell while concentrating on a spell or an ability that allows you to read or manipulate the thoughts of others (such as detect thoughts or modify

memory), you can transform the thoughts or memories you read, rather than your own, into a thought strand. Casting this spell while holding a thought strand allows you to instantly receive whatever

Quandrix Apprentice

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

hand 1/day each: enlarge/reduce, mage armorThe students of Quandrix College—first as apprentices and then as Quandrix pledgemage;pledgemages—immerse themselves in the magic of geometry and

metaphysics. Their ultimate goal isn’t mastery, however. Rather, in their projects they explore and expand knowledge without expecting concrete answers. Whether students are extrapolating

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

in her true form. She helped create Silverymoon’s famous Moonbridge and cofounded the Lady’s College, the first school in Faerûn for mages as students rather than as apprentices in

spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22): At will: Dancing Lights, Detect Magic, Mage Armor (self only), Mage Hand 2/day each: Detect Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Tongues 1

Quandrix Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

hand 1/day each: dimension door, enlarge/reduce, mage armor, plant growthThe students of Quandrix College—first as Quandrix apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—immerse themselves

in the magic of geometry and metaphysics. Their ultimate goal isn’t mastery, however. Rather, in their projects they explore and expand knowledge without expecting concrete answers. Whether

Quandrix Professor of Theory

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

interacts with the world can change the world. They impress upon their students to use magic as a tool to shape the overall experience of reality, and in turn make the world a better place. Quandrix

Scholars The scholars of Quandrix College focus on the mathematical principles that govern reality. Through these formulas, they can manipulate properties of matter and space, as well as abstract and conceptual space such as the mind, probability, and the flow of magic itself.Psychic

First-Year Student

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11): At will: mage hand, prestidigitation 1/day: detect magicBeginner’s Luck (2/Day). When the

rudimentary magic as they acclimate to the university’s environment. Once a student has selected a college, they trade their plain gray first-year uniforms for the trappings of their chosen school and

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

create illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations. Creating an Emerald Dragon Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon Ideals

of a legendary emerald dragon are terrorizing a nearby halfling settlement. One solution is to get rid of the dragon. 6 An emerald dragon is the headmaster in absentia of a bardic college and

Cranium Rat Squeaker Swarm

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): At will: command,* detect thoughts,* sending* 1/day each: confusion,* dominate monster* *To cast this spell, the swarm must have more than half its hit

points remaining.The cranium rat squeaker;cranium rats squeakers of Sigil have no connection to the mind flayers that created their progenitors. Rather, these magical rodents cooperate with the

Coin of Decisionry

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

the user toward a specific course of action. The creature flipping the coin can detect your manipulation with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Insight) check. Better Odds When you reach rank 3, your

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

hand is invisible), minor illusion 1/day each: detect thoughts, invisibility, silent imageEmerald dragons are the most curious, cunning, and manipulative of the gem dragons, wielding psionic power to

spells that create illusions, allowing them to better conceal their treasures from prying eyes and divinations. Creating an Emerald Dragon Use the Emerald Dragon Personality Traits and Emerald Dragon

Prisoner 237

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, sleep 2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock,* detect thoughts,* suggestion* 3rd level (2 slots): counterspell, lightning bolt* *Prisoner 237 needs material components to cast these spells.Shocking Grasp

his criminal ventures by capturing him. Rather than put Gant to death for his crimes in Icewind Dale, the Council of Speakers in Ten-Towns made a deal with representatives of the Lords' Alliance to have

College of Lore Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

following the tenets of a deity. A noble who keeps such a bard as a herald or advisor knows that the bard would rather be honest than politic. The college’s members gather in libraries and

Bards of the College of Lore know something about most things, collecting bits of knowledge from sources as diverse as scholarly tomes and peasant tales. Whether singing folk ballads in taverns or

Skabatha Nightshade

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

will: detect magic, druidcraft, speak with animals 2/day each: polymorph, remove curse, speak with plants 1/day: awaken (as an action), plane shift (self only)Skabatha is the oldest member of the

Hourglass Coven. Better known as Granny Nightshade, she offers her assistance to those who are haunted by regret. Her deals often result in cruel twists; for example, a petitioner who asks to be reunited

Snow Sphinx

monsters

Inscrutable. No magic can observe the sphinx remotely or detect its thoughts without its permission. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain its intentions or sincerity are made with

13): At Will: Detect Magic, Ice Knife, Minor Illusion 1/Day Each: Dispel Magic, Fear, SuggestionCamouflaged against the ice, a solitary snow sphinx is on the prowl. A shock of dark humanoid hair

Ringlerun

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

person, detect magic, sleep 1/day each: banishment, dispel magic, fly, knock Staff Spell. While holding his staff of power, Ringlerun can expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following

","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage; 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges).Ringlerun became an adventurer to better satisfy his craving for

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

seeing the deepest places in the ocean. 8 I find I rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature. Deep Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation

":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal"} Ideal 1 Understanding. True power comes from the ability to discern other creatures’ motivations better than they can discern yours

Leonin Iconoclast

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, requiring no material components: 1/day each: banishment, detect evil and good Unarmored Defense. While the leonin is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom

warrior;tribal warriors, but those who hunt the servants of the gods rather than game are known as leonin iconoclasts.

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: chromatic orb (cold orb only; see “Actions” below), detect magic, misty step 2/day each: control

weather, detect thoughts, ice storm Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

necessary, using their magic to bolster their swords and armor. Their spells lean toward charms and illusions rather than blatantly destructive spells. They have a wide-ranging knowledge of many

a master, following the more experienced bard until you were ready to strike out on your own? Or did you attend a college where you studied bardic lore and practiced your musical magic? Perhaps you

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

I rather enjoy the company of people—as long as they remain unaware of my true nature. Deep Dragon Ideals d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Ideal

"} Ideal 1 Understanding. True power comes from the ability to discern other creatures’ motivations better than they can discern yours. (Any) 2 Kindred. All dragons are kin to one

Oracle of Strixhaven

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

: detect magic 2/day each: dispel magic, mage armor, remove curse, sending 1/day each: power word stun, scrying (as an action), wall of force Teleport. The Oracle teleports, along with any

. The current Oracle is an elderly human named Jadzi. A graduate of Quandrix College, Jadzi has since expanded her studies to encompass all disciplines of spellcasting, tempering the mathematical abstractions she wielded at Strixhaven with benevolent divination and a return to the basics of magic itself.

Grim Champion of Pestilence

Monsters The Book of Many Things

following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At will: Detect Magic, Mage Armor (self only) 2/day each: Blight, Blindness/Deafness

Undead in the Grim Harrow, considering himself better than all of them and unjustly condemned to the Gardens of Decay for an act of altruism. Though the weakest of the Harrow’s three leaders

Skylla

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): 1/day each: detect magic, disguise self, faerie fire, fly, hypnotic pattern

into allowing her to serve as the primary liaison between the League of Malevolence and the Hourglass Coven, claiming her pact with Baba Yaga made her better suited for the role than anyone else

Urchin Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

securely for at least ten days. How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate circumstances and embark on a better life? Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of

shaped by lives of desperate poverty, for good and for ill. They tend to be driven either by a commitment to the people with whom they shared life on the street or by a burning desire to find a better

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and one that you’re perfectly willing to use for your advantage. You know what people want and you deliver, or rather

there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her. 4 I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who

Auril (Third Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

to be cautious and avoid contact with other creatures that can harm her. Auril’s worshipers know better than to disturb her self-imposed isolation. Terrible blizzards have cut off Icewind Dale

. A stat block is given for each of Auril’s three forms. These descriptions do not reflect Auril at full power, but rather Auril as she is encountered in this adventure.Lair Actions Auril

Nass Lantomir's Ghost

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, message, prestidigitation, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): — 3rd level (3 slots): counterspellWithering Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +6

overheard her master talking to another wizard about a covert expedition to Icewind Dale being undertaken to seek out long-lost magic from a bygone empire. Rather than carry out her original plan, Nass

Vecna the Archlich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22): At will: Animate Dead (as an action), Detect Magic, Dispel Magic, Fly, Lightning Bolt

scribe. He spent the better part of his childhood secretly educating himself in his masters’ arts. Once Vecna learned all he could, he massacred the wizards. He then recorded his every foul thought

Adult Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): 3/day each: charm person (as 5th-level spell), detect thoughts, hypnotic patternOlder oblexes, called adults

sharper the mind, the better the meal, so oblexes hunt targets more likely to be intelligent, such as wizards and other spellcasters. When suitable fare comes within reach, an oblex draws its body up to

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and

implement better tactics. Any enemy who chases a group of fleeing yuan-ti might be on the victorious side of a rout or could be heading into a trap; if the enemy has been encountered before, it is likely

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