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Player’s Handbook
would sense the Alarm or Glyph of Warding spell or a mechanical pit trap, but it wouldn’t reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole.
This spell reveals
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Enigmatic Mind. The archaic’s mind can’t be read, creatures can communicate telepathically with the archaic only if it allows, and magic can’t determine whether the archaic is lying
creature encounters a solid object (such as a ceiling) in this fall, it strikes the object just as it would during a downward fall. If the creature reaches the top of the area without striking anything
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
.
Turn Resistance. The Returned has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
tirelessness, which makes them exceptional guards. In the necropoleis, this sees many Returned employed as sentries, though they might also be messengers or laborers. If threatened, groups of these Returned
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Intelligence of 22, a Wisdom of 18, and a Charisma of 24, as well as hearing and truesight out to a range of 120 feet.
The shield can speak, read, and understand Common and Infernal, and it can communicate
on its own. The pit fiend won’t reveal its true nature, referring to itself only as the Hidden Lord. It drops hints and subtle suggestions that it is an angel trapped in an unholy prison. If
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Long ago, groups of elves ventured from the Feywild to the Astral Plane to be closer to their gods. Life in the Silver Void has imbued their souls with a spark of divine light. That light manifests
suggestions or to ignore them. Whichever scores you decide to increase, none of the scores can be raised above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
reveal them. (Any)
4
Knowledge. I want to know as much as I can about this city and how it works. (Any)
5
Independence. I value the freedom to pursue my own goals without interference
Aasimar
Legacy
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Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
celestial heritage. These often begin subtle and become more obvious when the aasimar gains the ability to reveal their full celestial nature. The Aasimar Celestial Features table has examples you can
. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and
. You might be able to bluff others through with you, or even convince members of the Watch that you’re a patriar. However, any true test of your authenticity is likely to reveal your deception
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
would not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole.
This spell merely reveals that a trap is present. You don't learn the location of each trap, but you do learn the general nature of the danger posed by a trap you sense.
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle.
She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed
head on the ceiling—good food and good stories in front of a nice, warm fire. If halflings had a shred of ambition, they might really amount to something.”
Lasting Institutions
Where a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
cobwebs. The ceiling overhead is obscured by hanging strands of webbing.
Casual observation will not reveal that the ceiling, 20 feet overhead, is composed of badly fitting stones. The cobwebs must be
1. False Entrance Tunnel If the characters clear the passage on the west side of the cliff face, read: The corridor before you is made of plain stone, roughly worked, and it is dark and full of
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
other changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of their soul.
The first changelings in the multiverse appeared in the Feywild, and the wondrous, mutable essence of that plane lingers in
can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X3. Empty Barracks Shattered bits of wood cover the floor of this frigid, twenty-foot-square room. The ceiling in each of these rooms is 10 feet high. The wood is all that remains of guards’ bunks. A secret door set in one wall of each room can be pulled open to reveal area X2a or X2b beyond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ceiling, well hidden by the cobwebs. These items are explained in “Flight of the Vampire” below. Halfway down the hall on the south side is a narrow secret door that can be pulled open to reveal area K31
K27. King’s Hall This twenty-foot-high hall has a dark, vaulted ceiling draped with cobwebs. A low moan seems to travel the length of the corridor as it rises and falls, intoning sadness and despair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Distant Music This 30-foot-wide hallway has a 45-foot-high arched ceiling carved with spiders and webs. Band music can be heard coming from a large chamber to the west (see area 25). The east end
of the hall has collapsed, and a secret door in the north wall pushes open to reveal a hallway that leads to areas 21 and 18b.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Observation Room This unoccupied room has four 2-foot-long, 6-inch-wide window slits that reveal starry space beyond. The githyanki observe incoming vessels from here. A secret trapdoor in the
floor opens into the ceiling of area 24. From here, it’s a 30-foot drop to the floor of that chamber. The trapdoor is a 3-foot-square stone slab that can be lifted with a singular or combined Strength of 15 or higher.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
32. Hidden Trapdoor The staircase ends at a landing with a 6-foot-high ceiling of close-fitting planks with a wooden trapdoor set into it. The trapdoor is bolted shut from this side and can be pushed
open to reveal the den (area 3) above. Development Once the trapdoor has been found and opened, it remains available to characters as a way into and out of the dungeon level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K4. Carriage House Read the following text if the characters open the carriage house doors: The double doors swing open to reveal a sleek, black carriage fitted with glass windows and brass lanterns.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X30. Preserved Library This stone library has twenty-foot-high walls and a thirty-foot-high vaulted ceiling. Covering the ceiling is a fresco that depicts angels being set ablaze in a hell. A black
, deteriorate and become brittle if taken from the room. The secret door in the center of the west wall can be pulled open to reveal an empty room (area X29). The one in the center of the south wall can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wooden ladders that lean against the walls. The ceiling here is 15 feet high. The bottles contain the dried-up remains of potions that lost their efficacy long ago. The ladders were once used to reach
the higher niches, but they can no longer support any weight. A secret door is set in the north wall. It can be pulled open to reveal a staircase landing (area X21).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Surprise Audience When the characters emerge from the hatch, read or paraphrase the following: The space beyond is a windowless room with a wooden ceiling only four feet off the floor and a trapdoor
Garden Imperial Opera. The room has no doors, but the trapdoor in the ceiling can be pulled down to provide access to the stage above.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
W14. Wine Cellar In the winery’s heyday, the wine cellar was packed with barrels awaiting shipment, but those days are long gone. Wooden pillars and beams support the ten-foot-high ceiling of this
the cellar. If they are here when the characters enter that part of the cellar, read: Something moves behind the eastern wine rack. Through the holes, you glimpse a half dozen humanoid figures, one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Entering the Sanctum When the characters enter the sanctum, read or paraphrase the following: The doors of the lift open to reveal a massive sanctum built of obsidian stone. Two waterfalls of lava
cascade down either side of the sanctum’s entrance, casting eerie light on the vaulted ceiling. At the opposite end of the sanctum looms a towering statue of a dwarven woman. Cracks race along her arms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K80. Center Stair If the characters enter this area through the door at the bottom of the stairs, read: The door creaks open to reveal a stone staircase between rough masonry walls. There is little
dust on the steps, but light fog tumbles down the steps from above. If the characters enter this area at the top of the staircase, read: The rough-hewn corridor ends at a stone staircase that descends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
23A. Triangular Stone If the characters approach from the south, read: You come upon a ten-foot-wide pit that stretches across the corridor. Beyond it is a wedge-shaped stone block or pillar that
skeletons. The triangular pillar’s apex points toward the pit. Scratches on the floor and ceiling, scribing short arcs on either side of it, are easy to see. Someone who examines the pillar notices that it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spell would sense an area affected by the alarm spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it would not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
can only be an ankheg’s head. Two tattered banners hang from the ceiling, and two leather chairs and a handful of braziers complete the comfortable parlor.
This is very much a hunter’s bragging room
open to reveal area 20. It can also be discovered by pulling on the edge of the wood panel between the tapestries.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
can only be an ankheg’s head. Two tattered banners hang from the ceiling, and two leather chairs and a handful of braziers complete the comfortable parlor. This is very much a hunter’s bragging room
to reveal area 20. It can also be discovered by pulling on the edge of the wood panel between the tapestries.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
76. Trial of the Octagon Carved into the door of this room is an octagon. When the characters open the door, read: The ceiling of this plaster-walled room is fifteen feet high. A leather-backed tome
found with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the lines of the nursery rhyme (see below) are read aloud in reverse order, starting with the last line and ending on the first, the doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K39. Hall of Webs This ancient hall is choked with spider webs broken by a single clear path down its center. The hall has an arched ceiling 20 feet overhead, hidden behind thick webbing. At the
eastern end are a pair of arched bronze doors of ornate design. These doors can be pulled open to reveal area K40 beyond. Most of the hall is full of giant spider webs (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X26. Secret Alcove Two secret doors lead to this room. When either door is pulled open, read: Hundreds of skulls fall out of a cavity behind the door. This room has a 30-foot-high ceiling and is
packed floor to ceiling with human skulls. It takes 5 minutes for a single character to clear a path into the room. Multiple characters can work together to clear a path more quickly. Once the skulls are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
spell would sense an area affected by the alarm spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it would not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
mechanical pit trap, but it wouldn’t reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole. This spell reveals that a trap is present but not its location. You do learn the general nature of the danger posed by a trap you sense.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Arborean Springs Read or paraphrase the following aloud when the characters approach Arborean Springs: A small town surrounded by ancient stone walls perches on a rocky outcropping overlooking a
a mix of recent wooden construction and ancient stone buildings.
The people of Arborean Springs fall into three broad groups: Traditionalists. Most of the people of Arborean Springs are farmers and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Arrival When the characters arrive at the inn, use the following read-aloud text to describe the situation outside the inn: The buffeting winds and violent precipitation grow more intense the closer
you get to the inn. Your vision is hampered to the point you can only see clearly within thirty feet.
Lights coming from the inn reveal a strange scene. Six humanoid creatures stand at the main