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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
command words, each requiring a Magic action to use:
First Command Word. The box unfolds into a Rowboat.
Second Command Word. The box unfolds into a Keelboat.
Third Command Word. The Folding Boat
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
behind a calling card to taunt their victims. You may roll on the Master Thief Calling Cards table to determine what a master thief leaves behind.
Master Thief Calling Cards
d10;{"diceNotation
":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Calling Card"}
Calling Card
1
Tiny, folded paper cat
2
Red bird feather
3
Rose petal
4
Figurine made from twigs and twine
5
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
confidence and rakish demeanor make him a natural leader. With carefully chosen words, he inspires the members of his thieves’ crew to greatness. But when his past mistakes come calling, Edgin must
);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shortsword", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage.
Disorienting Words. Edgin magically taunts up to three creatures he can see within
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Spellcasting. The apprentice casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will
students prefer the benevolent side of language, using their words to uplift their friends and illuminate harsh truths about those in power. Others, though, choose to wield words more ruthlessly and
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: dancing lights, friends
2/day each: bless, command
, cure wounds, daylight, mage armor
1/day each: hypnotic pattern, tonguesProfessors of radiance call up magic through spoken words and glyphs formed of magically shaped ink and light. The professors
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Spellcasting. The pledgemage casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will
.
Some Silverquill students prefer the benevolent side of language, using their words to uplift their friends and illuminate harsh truths about those in power. Others, though, choose to wield words more
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
"} necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. While carrying the Witchlight watch, Witch casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell
, without informing the rest of his family, Urmius bought a run-down carnival and persuaded Naeryx to help him operate it. Naeryx and Urmius—now calling themselves Mister Witch and Mister Light
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: mage armor, mage hand
1/day each: enlarge/reduce, fly
to them.Commanding Words. The shaker speaks magical words to order a creature it can see within 30 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be affected by one of the
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Amphibious. Kysh can breathe air and water.
Emissary of the Sea. Kysh can communicate simple ideas with amphibious and water-breathing beasts. They understand the meaning of his words, but he cannot
with spell attacks). He can cast the following spell, requiring only verbal components:
1/day: fog cloudMultiattack. Kysh makes two melee attacks with his spear.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
throw be blinded until the end of its next turn.
Spellcasting. The professor casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell
focus on words that find the tiniest, most invisible cracks in an opponent’s defenses and break them.
Silverquill Scholars
The scholars of Silverquill College study the power of magic shaped
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal courts and
other settings of power.
College of Whispers Features
Bard Level
Feature
3rd
Psychic Blades, Words of Terror
6th
Mantle of Whispers
14th
Shadow Lore
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
pulled 5 feet toward the ogre.
Spellcasting. The ogre casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):
At will: beast
nearby settlements, an ogre chitterlord often leads the way, calling rats from the alleys and sewers to harry townsfolk from within the city while the ogres lay siege to the outer walls. Should their
Spells
Acquisitions Incorporated
Jim Darkmagic is said to have invented this spell, originally calling it I said what?! Have you ever been talking to the local monarch and accidentally mentioned how their son looks like your
everything you said within the last 6 seconds. Those creatures then remember that you actually said the words you speak as the verbal component of the spell.
When I met Jim Darkmagic, I wondered
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
, requiring no material spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic, levitate, light
1/day each: control weather (cast as 1 action), water
: “I’ll protect this beautiful world from the ravages of evil with my dying breath.”
Flaw: “I don’t care if my words hurt others’ feelings.”Lightning, ThunderCold
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Disembodied Voice. Up to three times in its life, the zodar can cause a message of up to twenty-five words to issue from the air around it. It speaks only when it has something profoundly important
casts the wish spell, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17). After casting this spell, the zodar turns to dust and is destroyed.A zodar is a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spellcasting. Titivilus casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as
equipment he is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space he can see.
Twisting Words. Titivilus targets one creature he can see within 60 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 21
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, members of this college rarely reveal their true nature. They typically claim to follow some other college, or they keep their actual calling secret in order to infiltrate and exploit royal courts and
other settings of power.
College of Whispers Features
Bard Level
Feature
3rd
Psychic Blades, Words of Terror
6th
Mantle of Whispers
14th
Shadow Lore
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
successful one. The thri-kreen regains hit points equal to the damage dealt.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The thri-kreen casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as
revitalize themselves.
The Thri-kreen language doesn’t employ words in the usual sense. To demonstrate emotion and reaction, thri-kreen clack their mandibles and wave their antennae
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, requiring no material components:
At will: guidance, light, thaumaturgy
3/day each: bless, guiding bolt, healing word, hold person
1/day each: augury, scryingEldritch Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +5
directly, be it with dramatic manifestations or direct possession of their servant. Although a deity’s words might be steeped in metaphors, should a god wish to make their intentions clear, they
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
You utter foul words, summoning one demon from the chaos of the Abyss. You choose the demon’s type, which must be one of challenge rating 5 or lower, such as a shadow demon or a barlgura. The
. When you summon it and on each of your turns thereafter, you can issue a verbal command to it (requiring no action on your part), telling it what it must do on its next turn. If you issue no command, it
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"thunder"} thunder damage, and the target is knocked prone.
Spellcasting. The priest casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell
Short or Long Rest). A kraken speaks through the priest with a thunderous voice audible within 300 feet. Creatures of the priest’s choice that can hear the kraken’s words (which are spoken
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
idol can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: charm person, cure wounds, disguise self, thaumaturgy
1/day each: commune, dominate person, insect plague, mass
idol achieves a sizable following through silvered words and demonstrations of power, its facade begins to crack, and a downward spiral ensues. As the radiant idol sinks deeper into the realm of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
following spells, requiring no components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending
1/day each: dimension door, fly
, greater invisibility“Evil lurks everywhere. With our minds, we will unearth it, we will plumb its depths, and we will annihilate it.” With those words, the psychically gifted priest Ulmed
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
kelubar casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: invisibility (self only)
1/day each: dispel
;shators. They are squat, and their skin drips with a foul-smelling, acidic slime. Kelubars revel in the subservience of others, and they prefer to do battle with words—or at least to send in their
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
’s next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t blinded.
Spellcasting. Shadrix casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and
mastered the magic of light and shadow, and he focused that magic through communication. Shadrix’s words thrummed with power, inspiring his allies and demoralizing his enemies.
He established
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
takes half as much damage only.
Spellcasting. The witchkite casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At
motes of magical flame.
“I heard there’s an especially fearsome witch around here. Or was it a particularly cruel dragon? The tales were very confu—”
—Last words of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
turn.
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The inquisitor casts one of the following spells, requiring no components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: arcane eye
.” With those words, the psychically gifted priest Ulmed founded the Ulmist Inquisition, an order of psionic inquisitors that seeks to discover the wickedness hiding in people’s souls.
In the
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
.
Jailer (1/Day). The shator can cast the imprisonment spell, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (chaining effect only; spell save DC 18
the effect on itself on a success. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.
Spellcasting. The shator casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
intend to do with your gift once you realize what it is capable of.
Folk Hero
d8
Personality Trait
1
I judge people by their actions, not their words.
2
If someone is in
.
7
I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter.
8
I get bored easily. When am I going to get on with my destiny?
d6
Ideal
1
Respect. People deserve to be treated
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
(Psionics). The inquisitor casts one of the following spells, requiring no components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: detect magic, dispel magic
annihilate it.” With those words, the psychically gifted priest Ulmed founded the Ulmist Inquisition, an order of psionic inquisitors that seeks to discover the wickedness hiding in people&rsquo
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Spellcasting. Moloch casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability
archdevils in check. The arrangement unraveled, however, when Moloch took the night hag named Malagard for his advisor. Her poisonous words gradually convinced him to attempt to topple Asmodeus. The
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Stunning Soliloquy"}. The high fae unleashes a string of magical words. Each creature of the high fae’s choice within 30 feet of
a success.
Spellcasting. The high fae casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: detect magic
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
remain very important to them.
d8
Personality Trait
1
I judge people by their actions, not their words.
2
If someone is in trouble, I’m always ready to lend help.
3
’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others.
6
Thinking is for other people. I prefer action.
7
I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability:
At will: dancing lights, guidanceShimmering with radiant energy and brimming with
;t help but lose myself in the emotions of others.
5
The stars have much to tell us, and folk need me to interpret what the stars say.
6
All play and no work—those are the words I
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
demystifying her in the eyes of your players. Let her actions, not her words, define her.
Lesser gods in the D&D multiverse are extremely powerful and arrogant, but also fallible and blind to their