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                                                     Magic Items
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                                                    , the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , the scroll is unintelligible. Casting Fireball by reading the scroll requires itâs normal casting time. Once cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll isn&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                     Spells
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                                                     spells or the loss or gain of a companion.
If you cast the spell two or more times before completing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The DM makes this roll in secret.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    By casting gem-inlaid sticks, rolling dragon bones, laying out ornate cards, or employing some other divining tool, you receive an omen from an otherworldly entity about the results of a specific
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Divination
                                                    
    
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                                                     Spells
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                                                     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.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Spell Scroll
                                                    
    
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                                                     Magic Items
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                                                    , the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Glyph of Warding
                                                    
    
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                                                     Spells
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                                                     triggers include opening that object, approaching within a certain distance of the object, or seeing or reading the glyph. Once a glyph is triggered, this spell ends.
You can further refine the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     much damage on a successful one.
Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of 3rd level or lower in the glyph by casting it as part of creating the glyph. The spell must target a single
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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 DM makes this roll in secret.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     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 DM makes this roll in secret.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    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
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     gain of a companion. If you cast the spell two or more times before completing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The DM makes this roll in secret.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Augury 2nd-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (specially marked sticks, bones, or similar tokens worth at least 25 gp) Duration: Instantaneous By casting
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     gain of a companion. If you cast the spell two or more times before completing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The DM makes this roll in secret.
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Augury 2nd-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V, S, M (specially marked sticks, bones, or similar tokens worth at least 25 gp) Duration: Instantaneous By casting
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     without providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost. If the spell is on your classâs spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     without Material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . If the casting is interrupted, the scroll isnât lost. If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     without providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost. If the spell is on your classâs spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     without providing any material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the words on
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the scroll fade, and it crumbles to dust. If the casting is interrupted, the scroll is not lost. If the spell is on your classâs spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     without Material components. Otherwise, the scroll is unintelligible. Casting the spell by reading the scroll requires the spellâs normal casting time. Once the spell is cast, the scroll crumbles to dust
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . If the casting is interrupted, the scroll isnât lost. If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     activity, such as reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. During sleep, you have the Unconscious condition. After you finish a Long Rest, you must wait at least 16 hours before starting another one
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Interrupting the Rest. A Long Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage 1 hour of walking or other physical exertion If you
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. If the rest is interrupted by a period of strenuous activity - at least 1 hour of walking, fighting, casting spells, or similar adventuring activity - the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Short Rest A Short Rest is a 1-hour period of downtime, during which a creature does nothing more strenuous than reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. To start a Short Rest, you must have at
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Short Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage An interrupted Short Rest confers no benefits.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     activity, such as reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. During sleep, you have the Unconscious condition. After you finish a Long Rest, you must wait at least 16 hours before starting another one
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Interrupting the Rest. A Long Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage 1 hour of walking or other physical exertion If you
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Short Rest A Short Rest is a 1-hour period of downtime, during which a creature does nothing more strenuous than reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. To start a Short Rest, you must have at
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Short Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage An interrupted Short Rest confers no benefits.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. If the rest is interrupted by a period of strenuous activity â at least 1 hour of walking, fighting, casting spells, or similar adventuring activity â the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Activating an Item Activating some magic items requires a user to do something in particular, such as holding the item and uttering a command word, reading the item if it is a scroll, or drinking it
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     at the lowest possible spell and caster level, doesnât expend any of the userâs spell slots, and requires no components unless the itemâs description says otherwise. The spell uses its normal casting
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Glyph of Warding 3rd-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (incense and powdered diamond worth at least 200 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration: Until dispelled or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     most common triggers include opening that object, approaching within a certain distance of the object, or seeing or reading the glyph. Once a glyph is triggered, this spell ends. You can further refine
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     within your line of sight. Speaking of âline of sight,â the game uses the English meaning of the term, which has no special meaning in the rules. Does casting a spell while taking a short rest
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     interrupt the rest? Yes. Spellcasting is more strenuous than the activities listed on page 186 of the Playerâs Handbook: âeating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds.â
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Glyph of Warding 3rd-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 hour Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (incense and powdered diamond worth at least 200 gp, which the spell consumes) Duration: Until dispelled or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     most common triggers include opening that object, approaching within a certain distance of the object, or seeing or reading the glyph. Once a glyph is triggered, this spell ends. You can further refine
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     must maintain concentration during that time, as if you were casting a spell. Once you use this feature, you canât use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Object Reading. Holding an object as
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to learn the same information about that creature. Area Reading. As you meditate, you see visions of recent events in your immediate vicinity (a room, street, tunnel, clearing, or the like, up to a 50
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     who embark on expeditions to explore the jungle never return. Zindar makes extensive use of spells in his day-to-day work, casting message to deliver missives to dock workers, detect thoughts for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     reading ship captainsâ minds, knock for unsealing containers for inspection, clairvoyance for peering into ship holds, dominate beast to pacify nervous animals, and so forth. ZINDARâS TRAITS
 Ideal. âI
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Symbol 7th-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (mercury, phosphorus, and powdered diamond and opal with a total value of at least 1,000 gp, which the spell
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     inscribed within an object, the most common triggers are opening the object, approaching within a certain distance of it, or seeing or reading the glyph. You can further refine the trigger so the spell
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ward has 0 hit points. As is normal for healing, the ward canât regain more hit points than its hit point maximum: twice the wizardâs level + the wizardâs Intelligence modifier. Does casting alarm as a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     narrative intent, however, is that the wizard is reading from their book, but the only mechanical requirement is that the wizard has the spell in their spellbook.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     heard me this time. I have never been so scared, but I must tell Lady Maria what I have seen. I must!
 In her diary, Sarah tried to draw the image of the cover of an old tome Lord Viallis was reading
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a ritual casting of the contact other plane spell, and can intuit that the runes Sarah has hastily copied are tied to an entity from the Outer Planes. Characters who do not recognize the circle can seek assistance from one of the Avowed to determine this information.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    11. Student Dormitories Each room contains identical furnishings: Pneumatic Tubes. A row of five pneumatic tubes is attached to one wall. These tubes connect to the reading niche (area 6), the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     share this room. Spite has taken the precaution of casting a glyph of warding spell on the door frame, set to trigger if anyone other than he or Dumara crosses the threshold. The glyph canât be seen from
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cocoonâs contents:  d6 Cocoonâs Contents   1 A wooden mannequin wearing a gown. 2 A Barovian witch (see appendix D). She screams like a wild animal and begins casting spells. 3 A Strahd zombie (see
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     K57) 5 Wine cellar (area K63) 6 Torture chamber (area K76)  Strahd isnât actually at that location unless the card reading (see chapter 1) indicates that he is. If the characters ask Rahadin to lead
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     that she simply was not told of their presence. With this pretense established, she tries to learn the charactersâ true intentions, casting charm person on the party using a 5th-level spell slot
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     villa can be determined randomly:  d100 Victoroâs Location   01â70 Heâs in his office (area C6). 71â90 Heâs in the reading room (area C4). 91â00 Heâs with Ammalia at one of the three locations
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Casting feature (or the Ritual Caster feat) who spends 24 hours reading the book can master the ritual described within. The ritual takes 11 minutes to cast and requires incense and a vial of unholy water
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     character can notice a slight gap beneath the secret door with a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Perception) check. C4. Reading Room This reading nook has the following features: Light pours into this room
                                                
                                            
                                        





