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Phase Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus action, the spider can magically shift from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane, or vice versa. Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including

poisoned in this way.A phase spider possesses the magical ability to phase in and out of the Ethereal Plane. It seems to appear out of nowhere and quickly vanishes after attacking. Its movement on the Ethereal Plane before coming back to the Material Plane makes it seem like it can teleport.

Ancient Deep Crow

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Hide action as a bonus action.Multiattack. The ancient deep crow makes three attacks: one with its mandibles and two with its claws. Mandibles. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11

regions within 6 miles of the lair. Intermittent, echoing caws can be heard coming from all directions within 6 miles of the lair. Subterranean beasts within 1 mile of the ancient deep crow's lair serve

Professor Orb

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

A professor orb is a smooth 5-pound sphere of smoky gray quartz about the size of a grapefruit. Close examination reveals two or more pinpricks of silver light coming from deep inside the sphere

. The orb has extensive knowledge of four narrow academic subjects. When making an Intelligence check to recall lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including

Ceremony

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

. Bless Water. You touch one vial of water and cause it to become holy water. Coming of Age. You touch one humanoid who is a young adult. For the next 24 hours, whenever the target makes an

bonded together in marriage. For the next 7 days, each target gains a +2 bonus to AC while they are within 30 feet of each other. A creature can benefit from this rite again only if widowed.

Whisper Jar

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

, which you play back liberally Whispered Encyclopedia At rank 2, your whisper jar becomes an uncommon magic item that can tap into the broader lore of Acquisitions Incorporated. As a bonus action

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus, the demon prince of undeath, taught Vecna a ritual that

, and you gain the following benefits: You have truesight. You can use an action to see as if you were wearing a ring of X-ray vision. You can end this effect as a bonus action. The eye has 8

Orrery of the Wanderer

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

scattered the components that powered it, secreting them across the world. But the orrery’s instinct for survival is strong, and its components have a way of inexorably coming together over

within 30 feet of you, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. Into the Void. With or without its components, the attuned orrery infuses your spirit with the tumultuous energy of the planes. Over time, your

Serving an Immortal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

tell what those implications might be—and stumbling upon hints of an immortal’s broader agenda might prove frightening. Your tasks could involve fulfilling prophecies in deliberate ways, preventing

prophesied events from coming to pass, or even engaging in seemingly random actions that further designs invisible to mortal eyes. Immortal beings might send you on all manner of adventures, such as those

Tiers of Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

tier 1, characters are apprentice adventurers, though they are already set apart from the broader populace by virtue of their extraordinary abilities. They learn their starting class features and

achieve the pinnacle of their class features, becoming heroic archetypes. The fate of the world or even the order of the multiverse might hang in the balance during their adventures. Bonus Feats at

Tools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

certain tools. Proficiency with a tool allows you to add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make using that tool. Tool use is not tied to a single ability, since proficiency with a tool

represents broader knowledge of its use. For example, the DM might ask you to make a Dexterity check to carve a fine detail with your woodcarver's tools, or a Strength check to make something out of

Tarak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Tarak Before coming to Dragon’s Rest, Tarak was a criminal, but he has since devoted himself to the study of herbs and medicine. He is usually unarmed, but he keeps several daggers hidden in his cell

Challenge 1 Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions Multiattack. Tarak makes three Dagger attacks. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4

Tiers of Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

tier 1, characters are apprentice adventurers, though they are already set apart from the broader populace by virtue of their extraordinary abilities. They learn their starting class features and

achieve the pinnacle of their class features, becoming heroic archetypes. The fate of the world or even the order of the multiverse might hang in the balance during their adventures. Bonus Feats at

Entering the Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

following: This goblinoid figure is taller and broader than the other goblins you’ve encountered, and a gnarled crystal has split his skull open to reveal his brain. He turns, eyes and veins glowing an

15 Languages Common, Goblin, telepathy 60 ft. Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Legendary Resistance (2/Day). When Ruxithid fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead

Tools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

certain tools. Proficiency with a tool allows you to add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make using that tool. Tool use is not tied to a single ability, since proficiency with a tool

represents broader knowledge of its use. For example, the DM might ask you to make a Dexterity check to carve a fine detail with your woodcarver’s tools, or a Strength check to make something out of

Phase Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Ethereal Plane before coming back to the Material Plane makes it seem like it can teleport. Phase Spider Large monstrosity, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 32 (5d10 + 5) Speed 30

Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 3 (700 XP) Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus action, the spider can magically shift from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane, or vice versa. Spider Climb. The

Gloom Stalker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

trepidation, but a Gloom Stalker ventures boldly into the darkness, seeking to ambush threats before they can reach the broader world. Such rangers are often found in the Underdark, but they will go any

ambush. You can give yourself a bonus to your initiative rolls equal to your Wisdom modifier. At the start of your first turn of each combat, your walking speed increases by 10 feet, which lasts

Ceremony

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

of water and cause it to become holy water. Coming of Age. You touch one humanoid who is a young adult. For the next 24 hours, whenever the target makes an ability check, it can roll a d4 and add the

, the target can’t become undead by any means short of a wish spell. Wedding. You touch adult humanoids willing to be bonded together in marriage. For the next 7 days, each target gains a +2 bonus to

Elder Evil Blessings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

a bonus action up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. In addition, every creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the cultist must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 16 (3d10

) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Cult of Tharizdun the Chained God Tharizdun’s Spark (Recharge 6). As a bonus action, the cultist touches a simple or

Magic Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

when viewed indirectly. When you finish a long rest, you can spend 10 minutes consulting the cards for an omen of the coming day. Roll a d20 and record the number rolled. Once in the next 8 hours

Planes, or the holy symbols of various deities. While holding this deck, you can use it as a spellcasting focus, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to your spell save DC. The bonus is

Mercion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

coming for you.” Flaw. “My friends would say I’m inflexible. The truth is, I like things done a certain way.” Combat Notes Mercion counts on her armor to protect her as she administers healing. She uses

) CHA 17 (+3) Saving Throws Wis +5, Cha +5 Skills Insight +5, Medicine +5 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages Common, Dwarvish Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Special

Quest: Bank Job

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

checks: DC 15 Charisma (Deception). The character tells the thief a lie, like saying the guards are coming. DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion). The character convinces the thief to pursue a different line of

, Quink is flabbergasted but adds a 10 GP bonus for the characters’ exceptional work. Soon after, two guards arrive and arrest Yvette. After the arrest, Yvette no longer appears at this location.

Q53. Beacon of Argynvostholt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

Q53. Beacon of Argynvostholt Wooden stairs climb to the tower’s peak, which has a stone floor and a thirty-foot-high pitched roof. Ravens roost on crisscrossing rafters, coming and going through

creatures that oppose Strahd gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws for as long as they remain in Barovia. Revenants at Rest. Vladimir Horngaard and the other revenants that haunt Barovia see the light as

Creating a Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

druid after being abandoned in the depths of a forest. Perhaps your character had a dramatic encounter with the spirits of nature, coming face to face with a giant eagle or dire wolf and surviving the

, choose the hermit background. Level Proficiency Bonus Features Cantrips Known — Spell Slots per Spell Level — 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Zargon's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

the region’s typical climate. If Zargon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. Zargon the Returner Huge Aberration, Lawful Evil Armor Class 18 (natural armor) Hit Points 253 (22d12

., passive Perception 20 Languages all, telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 17 (18,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6 Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Zargon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

Eldritch Lich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

Languages Common, Deep Speech, telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Far Realm Parasite. Inside the lich’s torso dwells a wormlike parasite that contains the lich’s soul

Old Ones table to determine which entity gave an eldritch lich its parasite. Great Old Ones d6 Form 1 Cthulhu 2 Tharizdun, the Chained God 3 Dendar, the Night Serpent 4 Ghaunadaur 5 Zargon, the Returner 6 That Which Lurks

Loremonger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

, your whisper jar becomes an uncommon magic item that can tap into the broader lore of Acquisitions Incorporated. As a bonus action, you ask the jar for information on a specific subject and make a DC 15

information Position Proficiency: In addition to the proficiencies noted below, you can add your proficiency bonus to an ability check to analyze the operation of a franchise, assess historical records, or

Minotaur

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

long, tufted tails, but minotaurs of the Ordruun clan (and some others) have their tails docked as part of a coming-of-age ceremony; they find the heavy armor of the Boros legion much more comfortable

make one melee attack with your horns as a bonus action. Hammering Horns. Immediately after you hit a creature with a melee attack as part of the Attack action on your turn, you can use a bonus action

Orrery of the Wanderer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

components have a way of inexorably coming together over decades or centuries, found by treasure hunters, stolen by monsters, found and stolen again — and moving closer to each other all the time. Random

. As long as the orrery is within 30 feet of you, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. Into the Void. With or without its components, the attuned orrery infuses your spirit with the tumultuous energy of the

Rearguard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

stop any small party of intruders coming up the trail, or harass and delay a larger group while sending word to the camp that trouble approaches. The veteran decides that he has enough of an

them into melee. Because they are positioned in the rocks above the characters, the cultists have three-quarters cover against attacks from below (+5 bonus to AC). To reach the foes, characters must

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Crossing the wall is riskier than the average power play, and those in the know predict the coming conflict to be a bloody one. Guild operations in the Outer City center on smuggling and gambling

, thieves’ cant Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Cunning Action. On each of her turns in combat, Nine-Fingers can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. Dagger Thrower. Nine-Fingers adds

The Guild

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

. Crossing the wall is riskier than the average power play, and those in the know predict the coming conflict to be a bloody one. Guild operations in the Outer City center on smuggling and gambling

5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Actions Multiattack. Nine-Fingers makes three dagger attacks. Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit

Eye and Hand of Vecna

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

dark magic and conquest, he forged a terrible empire. For all his power, Vecna couldn’t escape his own mortality. He began to fear death and take steps to prevent his end from ever coming about. Orcus

changes to neutral evil, and you gain the following benefits: You have truesight. You can use an action to see as if you were wearing a ring of X-ray vision. You can end this effect as a bonus action

E8: Jail Car

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

them to spot trouble coming from the sides of the car. The outer doors of the car are locked tight, as is the 10-foot-square skylight in the roof. As an action, a character with thieves’ tools can try

character to add their proficiency bonus to their roll. If the check is successful, the character wins. On a failed check, the character can opt to cheat in the late stages of the game and make a DC 19

Annam and the Ordning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

in conflict with one of his siblings. To hill giants, these stories make Grolantor a figure to be admired. Among the other giants, Grolantor is the butt of every joke, always coming out poorly in

pray to Stonebones, the Great Creator, in a much broader range of circumstances, eager for divine insight as they carry out their daily lives. His priests undertake frequent pilgrimages into the

Secretarian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

. You help advance your franchise by keeping staff happy (enough), hiring competent (enough) workers, coming up with slogans and catchphrases, launching marketing schemes, and getting jingles and

below, you can add your proficiency bonus to an ability check to convince a suspicious crowd of your good (or at least non-evil) intentions, encourage franchise hirelings to work faster, or improvise

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