can writing reaping

Illusory Script

Spells Player’s Handbook

You write on parchment, paper, or another suitable material and imbue it with an illusion that lasts for the duration. To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing

appears normal, seems to be written in your hand, and conveys whatever meaning you intended when you wrote the text. To all others, the writing appears as if it were written in an unknown or magical

Book of Exalted Deeds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

minor beneficial properties 2 major beneficial properties Destroying the Book. The Book of Exalted Deeds can’t be destroyed. However, drowning the book in the River Styx removes all writing and imagery from its pages and renders the book powerless for 1d100 years.

vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring hope to an endangered world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to capture its

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

97–00 97–00 Void Each card’s effect is described below. Balance. You can increase one of your ability scores by 2, to a maximum of 22, provided you also decrease another

one of your ability scores by 2. You can’t decrease an ability that has a score of 5 or lower. Alternatively, you can choose not to adjust your ability scores, in which case this card has no

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

evil have added their own input to the book’s catalog of vile knowledge. Their additions are clear, for the writers of later works stitched whatever they were writing into the tome or, in some

cases, made notations and additions to existing text. There are places where pages are missing, torn, or covered so completely with ink, blood, and scratches that the original text can’t be

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

’s blank pages, which fills with writing detailing the trapped creature’s widely known name and depravities. Once used, this action can’t be used again until the next dawn. When you

it longs to be more than mere reference material. Abyssal Lore. You can reference the Demonomicon whenever you make an Intelligence check to discern information about demons or a Wisdom (Survival

Avatar of Death Legacy

Monsters Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Incorporeal Movement. The avatar can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Incorporeal

spectral scythe through a creature within 5 feet of it, dealing 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Reaping Scythe","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 4

Specter of Night

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the specter fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. The specter has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

effects.Multiattack. The specter uses Mournful Keening if available, then makes one Hooves attack and one Reaping Scythe attack. Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType

Star Spawn Hulk Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

location can’t be discerned by magic.Multiattack. The hulk makes two slam attacks. If both attacks hit the same target, the target also takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage

","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Reaping Arms (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Reaping Arms"}. The hulk makes a separate slam attack against each

Illusory Script Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you

You write on parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration. To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell

Death Giant Shrouded One

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Death Rune. The giant has a death rune inscribed on a giant’s skull in its possession. While holding or wearing the skull bearing the rune, the giant can use its Reaping Scythe action and

long rest.Multiattack. The giant makes three Soul Burst attacks. Alternatively, if the giant has its death rune, it can make three Reaping Scythe attacks. Soul Burst. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +11

Scribe's Pen

Magic Items Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

You can use this pen to write on any surface. You decide whether the writing is visible or invisible, but the writing is always visible to a person with the Mark of Scribing. Any creature with the

Mark of Scribing can use an action to touch the invisible writing, making it visible to all. If you use the pen to write on a creature that isn’t a construct, the writing fades after 7 days.

Inkling Mascot

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Amorphous. The inkling can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.Blot. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Blot"} to hit

wriggle through the air, inklings serve as the mascots for Silverquill College. These living blobs of shadowy ink are often summoned by professors who require assistance in their writing workshops—the

Crystalline Chronicle

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, Tasha's mind whip, and Tenser's floating disk. It functions as a spellbook for you, with its spells and other writing psychically encoded within it. While you are holding the crystal, you can use it as

An etched crystal sphere the size of a grapefruit hums faintly and pulses with irregular flares of inner light. While you are touching the crystal, you can retrieve and store information and spells

Illuminator's Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

fingertip as if it were an ink pen that never runs out of ink. As an action, you can touch a piece of writing up to one page in length and speak a creature’s name. The writing becomes invisible to

Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo features beautiful calligraphy, images of writing implements, and the like. Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your

Squid Ink

Equipment

Combat Utility Whimsy 4 9 7 Squid ink is highly sought after by calligraphers and fine clothiers as the ink makes for excellent writing ink and a rich, colorful dye for the

finest clothes. Some chefs also prize the ink to add some color and a unique flavor to their soups and dishes. Squid ink can be found in the many different kinds of squid that live in the waters surrounding Obojima.

Star Spawn Hulk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

location can’t be discerned by magic.Multiattack. The hulk makes two Slam attacks. If both attacks hit the same target, the target also takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage

", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Reaping Arms (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Reaping Arms"}. The hulk makes a separate Slam attack

Marut

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Immutable Form. The marut is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the marut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic

). The marut casts plane shift, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. The marut can cast the spell normally, or it can cast the spell on an unwilling

Spirit of Death

Spells The Book of Many Things

You call forth a spirit that embodies death. The spirit manifests in an unoccupied space you can see within range and uses the reaper spirit stat block. The spirit disappears when it is reduced to 0

understands the languages you speak Challenge — Proficiency Bonus equals your bonus Incorporeal Movement. The spirit can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain

Yagnoloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

can hear it can use their reactions to make one melee attack each. Life Leech. The yagnoloth touches one incapacitated creature within 15 feet of it. The target takes 36 (7d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"7d8

carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.Anyone who would contract yugoloths for a task usually ends up dealing with a yagnoloth. Cunning negotiators, these strange Fiends handle the

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

disadvantage. Destroying the Book It is rumored that the Book of Exalted Deeds can’t be destroyed as long as good exists in the multiverse. However, drowning the book in the River Styx removes all writing and imagery from its pages and renders the book powerless for 1d100 years.

is read, it vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring light to a darkened world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

added their own input to its catalog of vile knowledge. Their additions are clear, for the writers of later works stitched whatever they were writing into the tome or, in some cases, made notations

and additions to existing text. There are places where pages are missing, torn, or covered so completely with ink, blood, and scratches that the original text can’t be divined. Nature can’t

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

As a sell-sword who fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with risking life and limb for a chance at a share of treasure. Now, you look forward to fighting foes and reaping even

exchange for gold. Some organizations, such as the Zhentarim, Flaming Fist, and the nation of Mintarn have hundreds or thousands of members and can provide private armies to those with enough funds. A

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number

you are found and removed from the sphere. You can't be located by any divination magic, but a wish spell can reveal the location of your prison. You draw no more cards. Euryale. The card's medusa

Cloistered Scholar

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

your cloister, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, and a pouch containing 10 gp FEATURE

through my words, invariably insulting others. 6 I can’t keep a secret to save my life, or anyone else’s.

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

death becomes a hero eternal. Young hobgoblins start soldiering when they can walk and heed the mustering call as soon as they can wield their weapons capably. Every legion in the hobgoblins&rsquo

its officers. For instance, the captains of the highest-ranking banners can expect their orders to be followed by the captains of any banners of lower rank. Rank and responsibility aren’t

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

aggression toward creatures that they could defeat in a fight and that can’t be dealt with in some other manner. They are aggressive toward prey they want to eat, creatures that want to harm them, and

once been a warrior or hunter, but now the body is just freshly killed meat. A lizardfolk who lives among other humanoids can, over time, learn to respect other creatures’ emotions. The

Frequency of Bastion Turns

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

before you leave again in the morning.” The characters are adventuring near their Bastions and resting in their Bastions at night. You might say, “It’s been a week since your last Bastion turn, so you can

take one now.” You can slow the frequency of Bastion turns to better serve the needs of your players and your campaign. For example, if the characters have months between adventures, you can call for

Scribe's Pen

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

Scribe’s Pen Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a creature with the Mark of Scribing) You can use this pen to write on any surface. You decide whether the writing is visible or invisible

, but the writing is always visible to a person with the Mark of Scribing. Any creature with the Mark of Scribing can use an action to touch the invisible writing, making it visible to all. If you use the pen to write on a creature that isn’t a construct, the writing fades after 7 days.

Scribe's Pen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Scribe’s Pen Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a creature with the Mark of Scribing) You can use this pen to write on any surface. You decide whether the writing is visible or invisible

, but the writing is always visible to a person with the Mark of Scribing. Any creature with the Mark of Scribing can use an action to touch the invisible writing, making it visible to all. If you use the pen to write on a creature that isn’t a construct, the writing fades after 7 days.

Illusory Script

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

unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you know. Should the spell

parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration. To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing

Specter of Night

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four

understands Common but can’t speak Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the specter fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Magic

Reaping Scythe attack. Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage plus 28 (8d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

of writing within 6 miles of the dragon’s lair become magically charged and can’t be damaged by nonmagical means. Restless Sleep. When a creature finishes a long rest within 6 miles of the

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9

Illusory Script

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

unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you know. Should the spell

parchment, paper, or some other suitable writing material and imbue it with a potent illusion that lasts for the duration. To you and any creatures you designate when you cast the spell, the writing

Powered Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

). Translate any writing you can see in any nonmagical language, to a total of one thousand words over 1 minute (1 charge or 5 hit points). Fill the armor with air, allowing you to breathe normally in

advantage on death saving throws. The armor has further capabilities that can be powered either by energy cells or by your own life energy. You can use a bonus action to draw power from an energy cell

Soul Coin

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Soul coins are about 5 inches across and about an inch thick, minted from infernal iron. Each coin weighs one-third of a pound, and is inscribed with Infernal writing and a spell that magically binds

be the victim of a night hag’s curse. Carrying Soul Coins. To hold a soul coin is to feel the soul bound within it — overcome with rage or fraught with despair. An evil creature can

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