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Monsters
Monster Manual
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using
Escape"} days. When the hag teleports away, each creature within 60 feet of the space it left is cursed. Until the curse ends, a creature has Disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws, and the
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. Isperia is immune to any effect that would sense her emotions or read her thoughts, as well as any divination spell that she refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain her intentions or
slot): divine word
8th level (1 slot): antimagic fieldMultiattack. Isperia makes two claw attacks. She can cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action in place of one claw attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Special Equipment. Halaster wears a robe of eyes that lets him see in all directions, gives him darkvision out to a range of 120 feet, grants advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on
casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
unoccupied space he can see.Negate Spell (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Negate Spell"}. Graz’zt tries to interrupt a spell he sees a creature casting within 60
have disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide.
Regional Effects
The region containing Graz’zt’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more of the following effects
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
alhoon targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it that is casting a spell. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, the spell fails, but any spell slots or charges are not wasted.Mind flayers that
trapping, but this is a dangerous proposition. Anyone who holds the periapt gains advantage on attacks, saving throws, and checks against the alhoons associated with its creation, and those alhoons in turn
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
(History) checks is doubled.
You can’t be blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, petrified, or stunned.
Undead with a challenge rating of 2 or lower will neither threaten nor attack you unless
successful one. When the staff is destroyed, the life force of the Forgotten One is released to the afterlife. Where it goes is anyone’s guess.
Casting the staff into a sphere of annihilation
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
-evil creature carrying a number of soul coins greater than its Constitution modifier has disadvantage on its attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.
Using a Soul Coin. A soul coin has 3 charges
answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic.
Freeing a Soul. Casting a spell that removes a curse on a soul coin frees the soul
Resurrection
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
Casting this
removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its return to life.
This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal
Narzugon
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Diabolical Sense. The narzugon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to perceive good-aligned creatures.
Infernal Tack. The narzugon wears spurs that are part of infernal tack, which allow
;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Hellfire Lance"} hours. If the creature isn't revived before then, only a wish spell or killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature's
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
also has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws, other than Constitution saving throws. Finally, if the target tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a Constitution
saving throw, or the casting fails and the spell is wasted.
A target suffering this pain can make a Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a successful save, the pain ends.
Eyebite
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
it has succeeded on a saving throw against this casting of eyebite.
Asleep. The target falls unconscious. It wakes up if it takes any damage or if another creature uses its action to shake the sleeper
ability checks. At the end of each of its turns, it can make another Wisdom saving throw. If it succeeds, the effect ends.
Raise Dead
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, curses, or similar effects; if these aren't first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can't return an undead creature to life.
This spell
.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
feats
using any spell slots you have. Your spellcasting ability for casting the spell in this way is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (choose the ability when you select this feat).
Twisted Hex. As a Magic
Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls using the chosen ability. When the creature fails one of these rolls, it can make a Charisma saving throw, destroying the charm on a success (DC = 8
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
you. You have disadvantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks.
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One weapon or item you carry of your choice gains a walking speed of 30 feet and goes where you tell it.
Your armor and clothing
checks made using thieves’ tools or tinker’s tools.
Any metal object you wield or wear is covered in a thin layer of oil that drips occasionally and leaves your fingerprints everywhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this spell to restore life to a creature
Resurrection 7th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth at least 1,000 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You touch a dead creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this spell to restore life to a creature
Resurrection 7th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth at least 1,000 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You touch a dead creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Enhance Ability 2nd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather from a beast) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You touch a creature and bestow
upon it a magical enhancement. Choose one of the following effects; the target gains that effect until the spell ends. Bear’s Endurance. The target has advantage on Constitution checks. It also gains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Enhance Ability 2nd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather from a beast) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You touch a creature and bestow
upon it a magical enhancement. Choose one of the following effects; the target gains that effect until the spell ends. Bear’s Endurance. The target has advantage on Constitution checks. It also gains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Pass without Trace Level 2 Abjuration (Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (ashes from burned mistletoe)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You radiate a
concealing aura in a 30-foot Emanation for the duration. While in the aura, you and each creature you choose have a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and leave no tracks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Pass without Trace Level 2 Abjuration (Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (ashes from burned mistletoe)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You radiate a
concealing aura in a 30-foot Emanation for the duration. While in the aura, you and each creature you choose have a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and leave no tracks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Enthrall Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Warlock) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You weave a distracting string of words, causing
creatures of your choice that you can see within range to make a Wisdom saving throw. Any creature you or your companions are fighting automatically succeeds on this save. On a failed save, a target has a −10 penalty to Wisdom (Perception) checks and Passive Perception until the spell ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Contagion 5th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Component: V, S Duration: 7 days Your touch inflicts disease. Make a melee spell attack against a creature within your reach. On a
creature’s mind, and its eyes turn milky white. The creature has disadvantage on Wisdom checks and Wisdom saving throws and is blinded. Filth Fever. A raging fever sweeps through the creature’s body. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Foresight 9th-level divination Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a hummingbird feather) Duration: 8 hours You touch a willing creature and bestow a limited ability to see into
the immediate future. For the duration, the target can’t be surprised and has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. Additionally, other creatures have disadvantage on attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Power Word Pain 7th-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: Instantaneous You speak a word of power that causes waves of intense pain to assail one creature
charmed. While the target is affected by crippling pain, any speed it has can be no higher than 10 feet. The target also has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws, other than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Enhance Ability Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1
hour
You touch a creature and choose Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. For the duration, the target has Advantage on ability checks using the chosen ability. Using a Higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Pass without Trace 2nd-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (ashes from a burned leaf of mistletoe and a sprig of spruce) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour A
Dexterity (Stealth) checks and can’t be tracked except by magical means. A creature that receives this bonus leaves behind no tracks or other traces of its passage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Enhance Ability Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1
hour
You touch a creature and choose Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. For the duration, the target has Advantage on ability checks using the chosen ability. Using a Higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Pass without Trace 2nd-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (ashes from a burned leaf of mistletoe and a sprig of spruce) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour A
Dexterity (Stealth) checks and can’t be tracked except by magical means. A creature that receives this bonus leaves behind no tracks or other traces of its passage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Resolving the Battle The game takes place over three phases. In each phase, you should make ability checks for the student NPCs on the opposing team. The Battle of Strixhaven is among the most
ability check, a character can cast a spell. The level of the spell determines the benefit: 1st or 2nd Level. Casting a 1st- or 2nd-level spell gives another team member of the character’s choice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Enlarge/Reduce Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S, M (a pinch of powdered iron)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
category—from Medium to Large, for example. The target also has Advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. The target’s attacks with its enlarged weapons or Unarmed Strikes deal an extra 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
damage. Outside combat, you could foil a cunning diplomat, for example, by casting the spell and imposing disadvantage on his or her Charisma checks. Does the bard’s Jack of All Trades feature apply to
Ability Checks Are attack rolls and saving throws basically specialized ability checks? They aren’t. It’s easy to mistake the three rolls as three faces of the same thing, because they each involve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Raise Dead 5th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth at least 500 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration: Instantaneous You return a dead creature
these aren’t first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can’t return an undead creature to life. This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Eyebite 6th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the spell’s duration, your eyes become an inky void imbued with dread
your turns until the spell ends, you can use your action to target another creature but can’t target a creature again if it has succeeded on a saving throw against this casting of eyebite. Asleep. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Enthrall 2nd-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute You weave a distracting string of words, causing creatures of your choice that you can see
has advantage on the save. On a failed save, the target has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to perceive any creature other than you until the spell ends or until the target can no longer hear you. The spell ends if you are incapacitated or can no longer speak.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Phantasmal Killer Level 4 Illusion (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 120 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You tap into the nightmares of a creature you
Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls for the duration. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage, and the spell ends. For the duration, the target makes a Wisdom saving