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Dungeon Master’s Guide
you roll a 20 on the d20 for an attack roll with this weapon, the target takes an extra 21 Necrotic damage.
While holding Wave, you gain the following benefits:
Combat Ready. You have Advantage on
regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While you carry it, you can expend 1 charge to cast Dominate Beast (save DC 20) from it on a Beast that has a Swim Speed.
Globe of Invulnerability. While
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
90 feet of her. Each target must succeed on a DC 23 Intelligence saving throw or Isperia chooses an action for that target: Attack, magic;Cast a Spell, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, Hide, Ready
Innate Spellcasting. Isperia’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 23). Isperia can innately cast imprisonment twice per day, requiring no material components.
Inscrutable
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
causes the henge to cast shadows, and these shadows allow the watch’s owner to track the passage of time.
Carnival Setup and Takedown. The creature attuned to the watch can use an action to
carnival are magically whisked about until everything is packed up and ready for travel, or unpacked and assembled. The watch has no effect on creatures, which can move about freely and safely while the
feats
You have been specially trained in magical triage and are able to identify the signs of shock and fatigue in those suffering from injuries. You are always ready to provide aid to those in need. You
, exhaustion, incapacitated, paralyzed, or poisoned.
You learn the spare the dying cantrip and can cast it as a bonus action.
You gain the ability to cast the spell cure wounds without using a spell slot, up
Shifter
Legacy
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
typically more lithe and flexible. Their facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes, flat noses, and pointed ears; most shifters also have prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like
ready for change or opportunity.
Shifters have a natural inclination toward classes with a primal connection. A shifter barbarian draws their rage from the beast within. A shifter ranger indulges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
How does readying a spell work? Do you lose your spell slot if the trigger never occurs? When you take the Ready action to ready a spell, you immediately expend any resources used to cast said spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
either take your Reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal (expending any resources used to cast it) but hold its energy, which you
Ready [Action] You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets you act by taking a Reaction before the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
either take your Reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal (expending any resources used to cast it) but hold its energy, which you
Ready [Action] You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets you act by taking a Reaction before the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal but hold its energy, which you release with your reaction
Ready Sometimes you want to get the jump on a foe or wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you can take the Ready action on your turn, which lets you act using your reaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
occurs, you can either take your reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger. Remember that you can take only one reaction per round. When you ready a spell, you cast it as normal
Ready Sometimes you want to get the jump on a foe or wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you can take the Ready action on your turn, which lets you act using your reaction
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Kobolds are a lot less cute when they learn how to cast fireballs.
— Volo
Kobolds are often dismissed as cowardly, foolish, and weak, but these little reptilian creatures actually have a
room to dig, and ready sources of food. Although lairing in these locations puts kobolds in competition with surface-dwelling humanoids, their ability to avoid detection often means their warrens go
Actions
move away.”When the trigger occurs, you can either take your Reaction right after the trigger finishes or ignore the trigger.When you Ready a spell, you cast it as normal (expending any resources used
Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define.You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Haven of the Red Quill With Machil’s notes and map in hand, the characters are ready to retrace the late adventurer’s steps to the place where The Scrivener’s Tale was found: the library called the
Delimbiyran or the nearby town of Daggerford. If the characters lack the means to teleport themselves, Teles Ahvoste can cast the teleport spell for them, or he might know a suitable spellcaster in Baldur’s Gate who owes him a favor, or whom the characters can hire for the job.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Remarkable Villains Eberron is rich in villains, from two-bit hoods to continental masterminds. It might be a long time before you’re ready to face the sinister leader behind the Order of the Emerald
, when a pulp villain appears to die, they can devise remarkable escapes from death. Perhaps Halas had a ring that cast an illusion of his death while stabilizing him or cast feather fall when he leapt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
stopped. RESTORING VIRGIL
Any character who can cast find familiar can attempt to restore Virgil to its former role, taking the gull as their own familiar. To accomplish this, the character must earn
Virgil’s trust, contemplate the nature of conjuration magic, and finally cast find familiar.
Virgil’s Trust. For Virgil to consider becoming a character’s familiar, that character must reseal the Pit of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
following benefits: Combat Ready. You have Advantage on Initiative rolls. Underwater Adaptation. A bubble of air forms around your head while you are underwater, allowing you to breathe normally in that
environment. Aquatic Command. Wave has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While you carry it, you can expend 1 charge to cast Dominate Beast (save DC 20) from it on a Beast that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Religious orders of healing also seek the magic of this domain. Level 3: Disciple of Life When a spell you cast with a spell slot restores Hit Points to a creature, that creature regains additional
Hit Points on the turn you cast the spell. The additional Hit Points equal 2 plus the spell slot’s level. Level 3: Life Domain Spells Your connection to this divine domain ensures you always have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Field. Can you take a Ready action to ready Dispel Magic to stop another spell from taking effect? The easiest way to stop a spell is to cast Counterspell on its caster while it’s being cast. If
, on your turn you could say something like this: “I ready Dispel Magic, and if the high priest casts a spell on anyone, I cast Dispel Magic on the target if the spell takes hold.” If the high priest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
practice. More than that, each spell a wizard might cast requires a portion of one’s powerful intellect to be dedicated to the task, with the necessary patterns of thought and proper mindset kept in stasis
, ready to be unleashed. Even after these concepts are mastered, new knowledge of magic remains elusive, and a wizard must progress steadily through deeper levels of understanding, breaking through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and fingers curled like talons, as though ready to leap down and claw at anyone who stands before it (see “Halaster Statue” below).
Frescoes. Six 10-foot-square painted frescoes adorn the walls around
in area 35 on level 22, in the closest unoccupied space next to the gate located there. Halaster Statue Anytime a creature other than Halaster tries to cast a spell in this room, the statue’s arms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Make a Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, Performance, or Persuasion) or Wisdom (Animal Handling) check to alter a creature’s attitude. Magic Cast a spell, use a magic item, or use a magical feature
. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
understand them in return.
Innate Spellcasting. Kysh’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). He can cast the following spell, requiring only verbal
is ready to join the party in their struggle. Tritons are folk of the Elemental Plane of Water who journeyed to the Material Plane to watch over the dark places of the ocean depths. They stand guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Make a Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, Performance, or Persuasion) or Wisdom (Animal Handling) check to alter a creature’s attitude. Magic Cast a spell, use a magic item, or use a magical feature
. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
have certain spells ready; when you reach a Warlock level specified in the Archfey Spells table, you thereafter always have the listed spells prepared.
Archfey Spells Warlock Level Spells
Fey Your patron grants you the ability to move between the boundaries of the planes. You can cast Misty Step without expending a spell slot a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Scholar of Impossibilities Run this encounter when you’re ready to bring the hunt for R04M to an end. The tunnel ends in a ledge overlooking a vast, empty crevasse. No path clearly proceeds above or
interact with evil creatures. Additionally, you can cast the spell eyebite as an action. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice when you gain this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
of healing or endurance, and gods of home and community. Religious orders of healing also seek the magic of this domain.
Level 3: Disciple of Life When a spell you cast with a spell slot restores Hit
Points to a creature, that creature regains additional Hit Points on the turn you cast the spell. The additional Hit Points equal 2 plus the spell slot’s level.
Level 3: Life Domain Spells Your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
fictional reality of the game and in terms of the rules of the game. This means that when an enemy with a Crossbow takes the Ready action to cover the area in front of a door, the players should have a
.” Ready “Your foe seems to be waiting for something, ready to act.” You can combine those narrative descriptions with game rules: “Dispensing with attacks, your foe hurries across the room, taking the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
— Ensnaring Strike Conjuration C Hunter’s Mark (can cast up to twice without expending a spell slot) Divination C Jump Transmutation — Longstrider Transmutation — Speak with Animals Divination R *In the
ready to fire. An arrow produced by this weapon deals Force damage instead of Piercing damage on a hit, and it disappears after it hits or misses its target. Until it disappears, the arrow emits Bright
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
to cast plane shift, delivering itself and the characters to a field in the Outlands (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information about this plane of existence). There they must wait for the
and the train is ready to go, read the following text: Machinery whirs and clicks as the train shudders and creeps forward, gradually picking up speed. Another horn blast signals that the Concordant Express is once again on the move.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
— Ensnaring Strike Conjuration C Hunter’s Mark (can cast up to twice without expending a spell slot) Divination C Jump Transmutation — Longstrider Transmutation — Speak with Animals Divination R *In the
ready to fire. An arrow produced by this weapon deals Force damage instead of Piercing damage on a hit, and it disappears after it hits or misses its target. Until it disappears, the arrow emits Bright
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks):
At will: fire bolt, invisibility (after casting, roll a d8; on a roll of 3 or 8, Witch can’t cast the spell again
. This light causes the henge to cast shadows, and these shadows allow the watch’s owner to track the passage of time. Carnival Setup and Takedown. The creature attuned to the watch can use an action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
doesn’t have ramps built into the field. “But practicing with them is fun!” she explains. “Plus, you’ll get better at the game! What’s not to love?” During Practice When the characters are ready to start
(Acrobatics), or Intelligence (Arcana) check, as chosen by the player. Using Magic. Instead of making an ability check, a character can cast a spell. The level of the spell determines the benefit: 1st or 2nd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
(created by magic) plays throughout. Doors to private chambers have arcane lock spells cast on them, and flying swords are mounted on the walls, ready to attack on Wakanga’s command. The occasional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Level 3: Oath of Devotion Spells The magic of your oath ensures you always have certain spells ready; when you reach a Paladin level specified in the Oath of Devotion Spells table, you thereafter
protective energy. Whenever you cast Divine Smite, you and your allies have Half Cover while in your Aura of Protection. The aura has this benefit until the start of your next turn. Level 20: Holy Nimbus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
to the description of a spell before you cast it. Don’t expect the DM to know how your spell works, and be ready to answer any questions about it.
6 Jared: Great! That puts out the fire. Without the
and Amy, what are your characters doing?
Russell (as Shreeve): I stand near the door, sword drawn, ready for danger. This place is creepy!
Amy (as Auro): I go near the fireplace. A warm fire sounds






