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be a short phrase or cryptic rhyme. The spell doesn’t account for circumstances that might change the answer, such as the casting of other spells.
If you cast the spell more than once before
finishing a Long Rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get no answer.
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
provides is often cryptic or vague.
The aboleth knows where Lord Neverember’s secret vault is located. It also knows that three keys are needed to open the vault and that a gold dragon named
damage. Casting an antipathy/sympathy spell on the stone destroys it if the antipathy effect is selected and the spell is directed to repel aberrations. When the spell is cast in this way, the stone
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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
Divination
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen.
The spell doesn't take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional
spells or the loss or gain of a companion.
If you cast the spell two or more times before finishing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The GM makes this roll in secret.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Divination 4th-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (incense and a sacrificial offering appropriate to your religion, together worth at least 25 gp, which
occur within 7 days. The DM offers a truthful reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
short phrase or cryptic rhyme. The spell doesn’t account for circumstances that might change the answer, such as the casting of other spells. If you cast the spell more than once before finishing a Long Rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get no answer.
Divination Level 4 Divination (Cleric, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (incense worth 25+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: Instantaneous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Divination 4th-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (incense and a sacrificial offering appropriate to your religion, together worth at least 25 gp, which
occur within 7 days. The DM offers a truthful reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
short phrase or cryptic rhyme. The spell doesn’t account for circumstances that might change the answer, such as the casting of other spells. If you cast the spell more than once before finishing a Long Rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get no answer.
Divination Level 4 Divination (Cleric, Druid, Wizard) Casting Time: Action or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (incense worth 25+ GP, which the spell consumes)
Duration: Instantaneous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Testing Phase On the day of the Exam, each character makes two ability checks related to parts of the test: Augury Tools and Methods. Choosing the most effective tools and methods for casting augury
requires a successful DC 17 Intelligence (History) check. Interpreting Weals and Woes. Reasoning out meaningful interpretations of cryptic scenarios paired with the results of auguries requires a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Speak with Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (burning incense)
Duration: 10 minutes
You grant the semblance of life to a
languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of
last 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of
last 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Speak with Dead Level 3 Necromancy (Bard, Cleric, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 10 feet
Components: V, S, M (burning incense)
Duration: 10 minutes
You grant the semblance of life to a
languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Soul Cage 6th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a humanoid you can see within 60 feet of you dies Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a tiny silver cage worth 100 gp
soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic. Borrow Experience. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
in life, but it must 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
life, but it must 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 Remove Curse or another spell that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
rat has the incapacitated and prone conditions and is indifferent to the party. If the characters leave the defenseless rat in peace, it gives them a cryptic warning about the tunnels beyond: “Beware
(see Morte’s Planar Parade). Casting greater restoration, remove curse, or a similar spell on the target before this transformation completes ends the curse and undoes its effects. Cursed Cakers The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
truthful reply to the caster’s questions. The reply takes the form of a simple “yes” or “no,” a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. It might be transmitted through a disembodied voice, a vision only the caster
by the first casting of the spell, intercepts the second one and chooses to mislead the character. Or it could simply mean that the god is tired of the character’s pestering and chooses not to answer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
finely tooled metal etched with organic designs or cryptic symbols. 8 Monstrous. This archfey has a monstrous form. For example, they might resemble an enormous spider, a hydra whose heads look like
recipient’s consent. After a specified period of time, the refuge vanishes. 6 Resurrection. The archfey offers one free casting of the true resurrection spell, which they can cast as an action without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, so Lurg simply withdraws behind the west curtain and remains silent for 1 minute while he concocts a cryptic, meaningless answer. After he reemerges from the curtain and delivers his response, the
magical silence prevents casting spells with verbal components. Treasure. Porro and Cipolla wear gold chain belts worth 30 gp each. They each carry a key to their desk drawers (see areas T15 and area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
command word that functions only while the boat is within the Lost Caverns. A character who knows this additional command word (“Shrimpkin”)—discovered by casting the Identify spell on the boat or by
the hollow boulder is a bronze tablet worth 100 gp. The tablet is etched with a poem for those hoping to delve into the greater caverns. It offers cryptic insight on how to enter Iggwilv’s inner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
casting the Identify spell on the boat or by examining clues in the boat’s intricate designs and succeeding on a DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check—can command the boat to row itself in a particular
enough to delve into the greater caverns. It offers cryptic insight on how to enter Iggwilv’s inner sanctum (area G21), where the archmage’s true prize resides. The poem reads as follows: In the center
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
spell with a casting time of 1 action in place of one claw attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it
, and sow discord — all in obedience to the sometimes cryptic orders of their mysterious leaders.
The Dimir NPCs table summarizes key roles within House Dimir. Statistics for these NPCs are found in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
DC 12 Dexterity saving throw halves the damage. Casting dispel magic on smokepowder renders it permanently inert. Garmult’s House of Mastery Part school and part alehouse, this wide three-story
sap. These arboreal visions of the future are often cryptic, yet inevitably come to pass. As much as the city’s elite would love to harness this power, anyone else attempting to peel the tree’s bark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
object within 20 feet of it: 1d6 for a handful, 9d6 for a keg. A successful DC 12 Dexterity saving throw halves the damage. Casting dispel magic on smokepowder renders it permanently inert. Garmult’s
parchment. Pulling it carefully away reveals a prophetic scene rendered in bloody sap. These arboreal visions of the future are often cryptic, yet inevitably come to pass. As much as the city’s elite would