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Returning 29 results for 'cast of distracted'.
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
made him the envy of many rival spellcasters.
Ringlerun has a good heart, but he’s easily distracted by intellectual pursuits. He would rather spend time in quiet contemplation or reading than in
Spells
Acquisitions Incorporated
Of the many tactics employed by master magician and renowned adventurer Jim Darkmagic, the old glowing coin trick is a time-honored classic. When you cast the spell, you hurl the coin that is the
succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be distracted for the duration. While distracted, a creature has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and initiative rolls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
precise gestures required for spellcasting, you must be proficient with the armor you are wearing to cast a spell. You are otherwise too distracted and physically hampered by your armor for spellcasting.
Casting Time Most spells require a single action to cast, but some spells require a bonus action, a reaction, or much more time to cast. Bonus Action A spell cast with a bonus action is especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
adventurer Jim Darkmagic, the old glowing coin trick is a time-honored classic. When you cast the spell, you hurl the coin that is the spell’s material component to any spot within range. The coin lights
up as if under the effect of a light spell. Each creature of your choice that you can see within 30 feet of the coin must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be distracted for the duration. While
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
be proficient with the armor you are wearing to cast a spell. You are otherwise too distracted and physically hampered by your armor for spellcasting.
, have more powerful effects when cast at a higher level, as detailed in a spell's description. CASTING IN ARMOR
Because of the mental focus and precise gestures required for spellcasting, you must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
precise gestures required for spellcasting, you must be proficient with the armor you are wearing to cast a spell. You are otherwise too distracted and physically hampered by your armor for spellcasting.
Spell Slots Regardless of how many spells a caster knows or prepares, he or she can cast only a limited number of spells before resting. Manipulating the fabric of magic and channeling its energy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
traits when you reach the specified piety score. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for any spell that you cast through these traits. Augur Piety 3+ Oracle trait You can cast augury as a ritual with
this trait. Once you do so, you can’t cast it in this way again until you finish a long rest. Seer Piety 10+ Oracle trait You can cast divination as a ritual with this trait. Once you do so, you can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Living Shadow The shadow you cast is animate and ever-present, even when lighting conditions would otherwise prevent it. Your shadow occasionally moves out of sync with you. Sometimes it appears to
holds weapons or bears wounds that don’t exist.
2 When I’m distracted, my shadow panics and tries to get other people’s attention, as if it’s desperate to escape me.
3 When it’s not being
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
150 feet but lose all other movement.
You are blinded.
02
You can cast the speak with animals spell at will, but can use it to speak with only one animal of your choice.
All animals despise
feels unnaturally tight. Unless you go naked, roll a d4 each time you are attacked and subtract the number rolled from your AC.
04
You can cast the legend lore spell three times.
Whenever you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
too distracted by the abundance of food to pose much of a threat. They fight only in self-defense.
Metal Wasps The metal wasps are programmed to attack Medium humanoids; they ignore other creatures
on its pentagonal sides. The dodecahedron contains arcane clockwork mechanisms that whir and click whenever the die is cast. The dodecahedron can be hurled up to 60 feet as an action. A random magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
for the characters and ready to fight. If they have not been warned, the gricks remain alert but the cultists are distracted as they try to cast a spell under the cult fanatic’s watchful eye. Familiar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
of power. This staff greatly increased Ringlerun’s capabilities and made him the envy of many rival spellcasters. Ringlerun has a good heart, but he’s easily distracted by intellectual pursuits. He
, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
contains a mimic, disguised as the clay urn on the east wall. The mimic preys on creatures distracted by the shadows or waits to attack someone who inspects the eastern doors. If the mimic is reduced to half
spell reveals its magical properties: A humanoid that sits in the throne can use it to cast the control weather spell without needing components. As long as the creature remains seated in the throne, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
unfocused and easily distracted, his potential scattered like seeds on stone. It wasn’t until a kraken rose from the ocean’s deepest depths and began a rampage that threatened Dalakos’s community that he
can cast fog cloud with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can cast gust of wind with it, and starting at 5th level, you can also cast wall of water with it (see the spell below). Once you cast a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters each have a round to cast a spell or drink a potion. But otherwise, the action is continuous. Dropping out from behind a dark cloud is an airship held aloft by a large balloon — emblazoned with
20 damage, the chaos of the storm has distracted the characters and crew. In that event, all creatures on the characters’ battle balloon are surprised by the airship sent by the Six to engage the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Mogis after he defied his war advisors by making his sickly but beloved child his heir. He was cast out and has since become tragically obsessed with finding a worthy heir. Whether Antigonos’s tale is
, Antigonos attacks any characters who insult him or try to rob him. Despite his age, he can still muster a flash of his past prowess. He gets distracted easily, though, using his greataxe and amphora (if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
all the primal elves followed Corellon’s lead. The primal elves gathered in great hosts around Lolth and Corellon as each entity pleaded its case. At a time when Corellon became distracted and lost in
cast out the primal elves from Arvandor and consigned them to a physical existence on the Material Plane and other worlds of the multiverse such as the Feywild and the Shadowfell. From then on, all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
grackle-lung must succeed on a Constitution check to take the Dash action. If the check fails, the action cannot be attempted. If the creature attempts to cast a spell with a verbal component, it must
Keepers of the Flame are currently distracted by their ongoing vendetta against the Gray Ghosts, who recently stole a valuable dragon egg that would have hatched Themberchaud’s eventual successor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
inside of Morty’s collar. Personality Trait. “Sometimes I sing to myself when I am distracted. It is an old song of the fey, about a daughter betrayed by her father and given to the unseelie in a bargain
normally. Twice a day, the hags use their coven spells (see the “Coven Spells” sidebar) to cast seeming on their minions, disguising them suitably for their roles. The following creatures serve the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dark crevice in the ceiling. These motes cast an eerie glow on the great, alien skull that hung beneath them.”
— from the Journal of Jastus Hollowquill,
explorer of Undermountain
Deathly Despot
death tyrant’s lair or guard its treasure vaults. Acting as bait for traps or as combat fodder, zombies keep powerful enemies distracted while the death tyrant moves into position and prepares to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
resting on the tables bathe the room in dull orange light and cast shadows upon the walls, most of which are adorned with wolf heads mounted on wooden plaques. The double doors leading into the taproom
. Urwin Martikov, who prepares most of the meals, is found here throughout the day. He occasionally receives help from his two boys, but they are easily distracted. A cupboard against the east wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
while its captors are distracted. With its childlike intellect and telepathy, the otyugh broadcasts its desire for more food. The characters are able to communicate with the creature, and if they offer
wights to stand down. Aura. A detect magic spell cast on this area reveals an aura of transmutation magic around each hole, hinting at the presence of a magical effect. Blood Vines Trap. If a non-undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
, using ooze prods to poke the mixtures. They challenge any intruders. If the undead become distracted, oozes might attack (see “Vat System” below). Sarkalla, a Red Wizard transmuter (see appendix B), is
transmuter and three Thayan apprentices sleep here (see appendix B for both stat blocks). When roused, they tip the cots over and cast their spells from behind cover. They try to force or draw the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
charge to cast conjure minor elementals (summoning either four magma mephits or four magmins, as the wearer wishes) or fire shield (warm shield version only) from the ring. Once all of its charges are
trace, speak with animals
1/day each: commune with nature (cast as 1 action), conjure woodland beings, hallucinatory terrain (cast as 1 action)
Shining Falls Traffic on the Delimbiyr River comes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
limited. A foe might become distracted the first time a ghostly figure appears in a haunted tavern, but the quality of the illusion is such that it doesn’t stand up to continued scrutiny. Cosmetic effects
generic arcane feature could instead grant any franchisee the ability to cast a specific spell of 6th level or lower, with a limitation of one casting per day. An arcane feature should be something that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
head, and Kellikilli responds with a high-pitched giggle and squirts water into one of Grandlejaw’s faces. The water weird is too distracted to notice anyone who doesn’t disturb the water, but the hydra
, as they had lived the experience of Dumathoin’s teachings before hearing the call to join the clergy. Obelisk Fragment. A wizard cast passwall to bypass most of the crypt, which allowed them to place
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
pit, it attacks at once. The medusa fights until destroyed unless distracted by any information regarding the high priest (see area O5) or any offer to help leave the temple. If the characters confirm
within an apparatus of Kwalish or similar device), that creature can attempt a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check to open the archway. Treat this as if the character had cast the gate spell to open a gate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Gallery (area C26) and is too focused on his work to be distracted by combat elsewhere in the catacombs. He trusts his minions to handle any trouble. If intruders reach Jerot’s personal chamber, he
can’t cast spells while he’s in the cage. Eldon’s cage hangs from a sturdy chain that ends 20 feet above the ground. The door on the cage’s side is latched but not locked. Any character who can reach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
risk getting caught. On their first turns in combat, Draac and Taal cast Evard’s black tentacles spells. The tentacles erupt from the floor in front of the characters, filling the two 20-foot squares
. Once they finish, the giants move on to the next ruined homestead they find. The giants are too distracted to notice anyone watching them from a distance. If the characters confront the giants or