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magically reads the surface thoughts of one creature within 60 feet of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 feet of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead
Shapechanger. The doppelganger can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
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Shroud Tattoo. Prisoner 13 can’t be targeted by divination spells or any feature that would read her thoughts, and she can’t be perceived through magical scrying sensors. She can&rsquo
. When a creature Prisoner 13 can see within 60 feet of herself ends its turn, Prisoner 13 makes one Tattooed Strike attack or uses River Tattoo. She can then move up to her speed without provoking
magic-items
as that persona when targeted by magic to determine your creature type, alignment, or location.
When you attune to this pin, you can devise a general line of thought of 25 words or fewer. While you
wear this pin, a creature that reads your thoughts detects your preprogrammed line of thought instead. A creature that takes the Study action while reading your thoughts makes a DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a successful check, it becomes aware that the detected thoughts are preprogrammed.
magic-items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
can devise a general line of thought of 25 words or fewer. While you wear this pin, a creature that reads your thoughts detects your preprogrammed line of thought instead. A creature that takes the
. While wearing this pin, you can cast the Nondetection spell on yourself. The duration of this spell is permanent until you disable the effect (no action required), you remove the pin, or you are no longer attuned to the pin.
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Guide. Regardless of its alignment, the orb has an Intelligence of 18, and Wisdom and Charisma scores determined by rolling 3d6 for each ability. The orb speaks, reads, and understands four languages
, and it can see and hear normally out to a range of 60 feet. Unlike most other sentient items, the orb has no goals of its own and can’t initiate a conflict with the creature in possession of it
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
additional languages chosen by the DM. If a docent knows fewer than six languages, it can learn a new language after it hears or reads the language through your senses.
Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to
you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows (see “Random Properties” below).
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, creatures in the surrounding cavern can see the castle.)
Rightmost Lever. The inscription under this lever reads “HEAT.” Lowering the lever shuts off the heat, reducing the interior temperature by 10
situated at the points of a gold pentagram. An inscription appears next to each lever and each button. A creature can use an action to adjust up to three levers and buttons, in any combination. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Maximilian’s Earthen Grasp (p. 238) In the third paragraph, “can make a Strength check” now reads, “can use its action to make a Strength check.” (5th printing)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reads Krezk, and through the woods you can see an arching stone bridge spanning a river. The arm pointing east reads Vallaki, and the road slopes up gradually in that direction. The arm pointing southwest reads The Wizard of Wines. The road slopes gently downward in that direction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
the aft of this ship. The name on its side reads Icingdeath.
If the characters are traveling by barge, they can row to the side of the ship, where the ship’s captain welcomes them aboard. If the
Arrival Icingdeath and Twinkle are anchored near the shore ten miles west of Leilon. The characters can travel overland or take barges. When they can see the ships, read the following boxed text
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Melee Attacks (p. 195) The third paragraph now reads, “Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Material (M) (p. 203) The final paragraph now reads, “A spellcaster must have a hand free to access a spell’s material components—or to hold a spellcasting focus—but it can be the same hand that he or she uses to perform somatic components.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Ready (p. 193) The second sentence now reads, “To do so, you can take the Ready action on your turn, which lets you act using your reaction before the start of your next turn.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Thri-kreen (p. 288) Bite: the last sentence now reads, “The poisoned target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
All That Glitters Difficulty: Medium This gem-filled room can be placed in any dungeon, estate, or building with multiple rooms and might serve as both a trap and a place to obtain a reward. Dozens
of gems lie strewn upon the floor. Amid the treasure stands a marble statue with its hands clasped in front of it. A placard at the statue’s base reads, “Only one treasure may leave this room. Cross with another and find your tomb.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Spell Scroll (p. 200) Starting with its second sentence, the first paragraph now reads as follows: If the spell is on your class’s spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Lightning Lure (p. 143) This spell’s range has been changed to “Self (15-foot radius).” Additionally, the first sentence now reads, “You create a lash of lightning energy that strikes at one creature of your choice that you can see within 15 feet of you.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Darkvision (p. 183) The second sentence of this subsection now reads, “Within a specified range, a creature with darkvision can see in dim light as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light, so areas of darkness are only lightly obscured as far as that creature is concerned.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Suffocating (p. 183) The second paragraph now reads, “When a creature runs out of breath or is choking, it can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 round
). At the start of its next turn, it drops to 0 hit points and is dying, and it can’t regain hit points or be stabilized until it can breathe again.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Pact of the Tome (p. 108) Starting with the second sentence, the first paragraph now reads, “When you gain this feature, choose three cantrips from any class’s spell list (the three needn’t be from
the same list). While the book is on your person, you can cast those cantrips at will. They don’t count against your number of cantrips known. If they don’t appear on the warlock spell list, they are nonetheless warlock spells for you.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Wild Magic Surge (p. 103) Starting with the second sentence, this section now reads, “Once per turn, the DM can have you roll a d20 immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
(represented by a su-monster) contains one of nine puzzle cubes needed to enter the Tomb of the Nine Gods. The inscription above the central arch is written in Old Omuan and reads as follows: “Better
portcullises slam shut and seal off these corridors. Each portcullis weighs 600 pounds and can be lifted by one or more characters with a combined Strength score of at least 20. A character can prevent a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, they can catch the tomb dwarf. The tomb dwarf uses the statistics of a wight, except that it wields a battleaxe and a light crossbow. If it is not caught, the creature moves silently through the
east wall of the balcony on level 2, engraved with another of Acererak’s cryptic warnings in Common. (Give the players a copy of handout 18 in appendix E.) It reads as follows: The ring is a path to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
characters invitations to the gala and reads a letter from Eliphas, urging them to steal the shard solitaire necklace from Zorhanna and take it far from Paliset Hall. An added complication occurs toward
simulacrum, but they have their own clever plan to steal the shard solitaire—a plan the characters can turn to their advantage, if all else fails.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
entrance appears to be a ground-level iron door with a wooden sign bolted to it that reads in Common, “Danger! No Trespassing!”
There’s nothing outwardly peculiar about the tower. It has a retractable
roof on its topmost level (see area B4), but this feature can be noted only from above, not from the ground. The Barn Door’s rockets can’t be seen because they’re hidden underground. Characters who examine the ground around the tower find several metal shingles that came loose during the test firing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
their look—are sprawled across the floor.
The centuries-old paper in the cubbyholes disintegrates if touched, but a character who reads Dwarvish can see faint markings on a few scraps, recording weigh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, can supply the characters with clues related to the hags (see “Riddle of the Carousel” below). Diana tells them that they must “speak to the unicorns,” but to earn their trust they must learn the
names of all eight unicorns. Diana gives one of the characters a clay pot of gold paint and some paintbrushes. She says she can close the carousel for a short time while it undergoes some “essential
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
determined by rolling 3d6 for each ability. The orb speaks, reads, and understands four languages, and can see and hear normally out to a range of 60 feet. Unlike most sentient items, the orb has no will
lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including its Intelligence modifier). In addition to the knowledge it possesses, a professor orb can cast the mage hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The goblins have turned a human skeleton into a marionette and dangled it from ropes attached to the ceiling so that they can make it dance around the room. The goblins chant “Nimraith! Nimraith
! Nimraith!” as it bobs about.
Cleft Shield. Two halves of a cloven wooden shield lie in the room’s northwest corner. Each half of the cloven shield has letters etched into it. One half reads “Nimr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
next Bastion Turn. If an event occurs, the DM reads the event aloud to the player whose character controls that Bastion. (All the events are described in the sections following the table.) The event
owner isn’t present in the Bastion at the time. That means these events can be opportunities for the player to take on the role of the Bastion’s hirelings and roleplay their reactions to these events
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fashioned by orcs, goblinoids, drow, duergar, and other enemies of the dwarves. No dwarven items can be found among the wreckage.)
Sarcophagus. A deep alcove in the north wall is mostly clear of metal
wreckage and contains a shattered stone sarcophagus. Engraved in the back wall of the alcove is a Dwarvish inscription that reads, “Our king is with the gods. Here lie his bones.”
Secret Door. A secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
). After a character who reads Mazfroth’s Mighty Digressions finds an essay pertaining to their interests, but before they can finish reading the passage, the book attacks them.
. Damage to the Weave can cause unimaginable destruction, as evidenced by the Spellplague in 1385 DR, the Year of Blue Fire. Some scholars believe that Malar, god of the hunt, is responsible for lycanthropy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the afterlife. Athreos is no judge, though. The veiled, silent god undergoes no deliberations and makes no exceptions. The River Guide reads the truth of each soul and bears it unfailingly to its proper
robes and a collection of golden masks. What little can be seen of his body is unsettling, its gray flesh stretched thin over a barely human skeleton. The River Guide is never without his ancient staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
the chapter) rushes up to one of the characters, stuffs a handwritten note into their grasp, winks, and dashes away. The note is crumpled and slightly damp. It reads: “Big heroes on campus! You’re the
talk of the school, what with your monster-dispatching ways. But can you recover the legendary Sassy Sally Jane? Many have tried. All have failed. Meet us outside Captain Dapplewing’s Manor at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
necromancer who styles himself a “lord” is lurking in a cave near the landmark. Southwest of Red Larch, Lance Rock is visible for miles. When the characters can see it, read the following text: Lance Rock is a
few hundred feet south of the stone is a ravine choked with brush. A trail leads into the brush near a neatly-painted sign that reads, in Common: Come no closer
lest you catch
the disfiguring plague