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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
","rollAction":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The sword has 5 charges. If Zalthar scores a critical hit against a creature that has fewer than 100 hit points, it must
. When the sword has no charges remaining, it loses this property.
Hellfire Orb (1/Day). The death knight hurls a magical ball of fire that explodes at a point it can see within 120 feet of it. Each
Magic Items
Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
you can see within 30 feet of you suffers a critical hit while youâre wearing the armor or wielding the shield that bears the emblem, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge to turn the critical hit into a normal hit instead.
The emblem regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
This emblem is the symbol of a deity or a spiritual tradition. As an action, you can attach the emblem to a suit of armor or a shield or remove it.
The emblem has 3 charges. When you or a creature
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak
Mei is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Bak Mei attacks three times: twice with Thunder Strike and once with his staff of striking.
Thunder
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
instant after it hits or misses a target.
The bow has 8 charges for the following properties, which you can use while wielding the bow. The bow regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn.
Curative Arrow
target has no unspent Hit Dice remaining, nothing happens. You can use a curative arrow only once per turn.
Spellcasting. While holding the bow, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to
Magic Items
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
inside you, you can speak, read, and write Deep Speech.
Spells. The earworm has 4 charges. You can cast the following spells from it, expending the necessary number of charges (spell save DC 15
): detect thoughts (2 charges) or dissonant whispers (1 charge). Each time you use the earworm to cast the detect thoughts spell, it sends the information gleaned to the nearest daelkyr, or
Magic Items
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Heretic has 6 charges for the following properties; the sword regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn:
Destroy Devotion. Once per turn
when you hit a creature with this weapon, you can expend 1 of its charges to attempt to render the target powerless. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or have the paralyzed
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
without its wielder while the two are attuned to one another.
Spells. The sword has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. A creature attuned to the sword can use an action and
expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells from it without material components: fly (2 charges), polymorph (3 charges), or transport via plants (4 charges).
Sentience. The sword
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
the creature carrying or wielding it, and it has hearing and normal vision out to a range of 60 feet. The ring craves destruction, and it likes inflicting indiscriminate harm on others
immunity to cold damage and donât suffer any ill effects from extreme cold (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Masterâs Guide).
Magic. The Ring of Winter has 12 charges and
Magic Items
Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
transformation. Your alignment becomes lawful good, and you gain the following traits:
Angelic Language. You can speak, read, and write Celestial.
Celestial Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic and
âre wielding the weapon with two hands. An evil creature that takes this radiant damage must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn.
Sentience
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Baldurâs 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
telepathically with any creature it can sense within 120 feet of it. Its voice is a deep, hollow whisper.
The shield has 3 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 charge to cast fireball or 2
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
radiant damage to the target.
Hurling. The battleaxe has 3 charges. You can expend 1 charge and make a ranged attack with the axe, hurling it as if it had the thrown property with a normal range of 60
regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Illumination. While holding the axe, you can use an action to cause the axe to glow blue or to quench the glow. This glow sheds bright light in a 30-foot
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2
they are alive and any conditions they have. If you named an object, you know if it is broken or not. If you named a magic item that has charges, you know how many charges it has remaining.
Maze. You
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
while the wand is attuned to Orcus himself.
Protection. You gain a +3 bonus to Armor Class while holding the wand.
Spells. The wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1
or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: animate dead (1 charge), blight (2 charges), circle of death (3 charges), finger of death (3 charges), power word kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
Repulsion Shield Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: A shield (requires attunement) A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wielding this shield. The shield has 4 charges. While
holding it, the wielder can use a reaction immediately after being hit by a melee attack to expend 1 of the shieldâs charges and push the attacker up to 15 feet away. The shield regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Repulsion Shield Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: A shield (requires attunement) A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wielding this shield. The shield has 4 charges. While
holding it, the wielder can use a reaction immediately after being hit by a melee attack to expend 1 of the shieldâs charges and push the attacker up to 15 feet away. The shield regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Repulsion Shield Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer
Item: A shield (requires attunement) A creature gains a +1 bonus to Armor Class while wielding this shield. The shield has 4 charges. While holding
it, the wielder can use a reaction immediately after being hit by a melee attack to expend 1 of the shieldâs charges and push the attacker up to 15 feet away. The shield regains 1d4 expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
emblem to a suit of armor or a shield or remove it. The emblem has 3 charges. When you or a creature you can see within 30 feet of you suffers a critical hit while youâre wearing the armor or wielding the
shield that bears the emblem, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge to turn the critical hit into a normal hit instead. The emblem regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
on the following table. d100 Communication 01â60 The item communicates by transmitting emotion to the creature carrying or wielding it. 61â90 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more
languages. 91â00 The item can speak, read, and understand one or more languages. In addition, the item can communicate telepathically with any character that carries or wields it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
head and bonds to your skull. While the earworm is inside you, you can speak, read, and write Deep Speech. Spells. The earworm has 4 charges. You can cast the following spells from it, expending the
necessary number of charges (spell save DC 15): detect thoughts (2 charges) or dissonant whispers (1 charge). Each time you use the earworm to cast the detect thoughts spell, it sends the information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
strike down servants of the Upper Planes and weaken the forces of good. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Heretic has 6 charges for the following properties; the
sword regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn: Destroy Devotion. Once per turn when you hit a creature with this weapon, you can expend 1 of its charges to attempt to render the target powerless. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
creature carrying or wielding it, and it has hearing and normal vision out to a range of 60 feet. The ring craves destruction, and it likes inflicting indiscriminate harm on others. Nondetection. The
extreme cold (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Masterâs Guide). Magic. The Ring of Winter has 12 charges and regains all its expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can expend the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
they are activated. A Potion of Healing must be swallowed, for example, while the writing vanishes from a scroll when it is read. Once used, a consumable item loses its magic. Spells Cast from Items Some
use with the item. If the user doesnât have a spellcasting ability, their spellcasting ability modifier is +0 for the item, and the userâs Proficiency Bonus applies. Charges Some magic items have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak with aquatic animals as if using a speak with animals spell, using telepathy to involve its wielder in the conversation. Personality. When it grows
. Trident of Fish Command This trident is a magic weapon. It has 3 charges. While you carry it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to cast dominate beast (save DC 15) from it on a beast that has an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
from a scroll when it is read. Once used, a consumable item loses its magic and no longer functions. MAGIC ITEM FORMULAS
A magic item formula explains how to make a particular magic item. Such a
items might even be for sale, each with a cost double that of its magic item.
Spells Some magic items allow the user to cast a spell from the item, often by expending charges from it. The spell is cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
their stat block earlier in the adventure) are training in this area. When the fighting starts, read: âIntruders!â shouts the woman. âTheyâre here to steal the secrets of Master Bak Mei! Students, show
attacking tiger.
Jade Tigress charges into battle with the monks. All of them are willing to die for Bak Mei and are determined to stop the characters from reaching the Jagged Sanctum. Red Key. Jade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
charges daily at dawn. Chris Casciano Hammer of Runic Focus Shield of the Tortoise Armor (Shield), Uncommon (Requires Attunement) While you are wielding this shield, you gain a +1 bonus to AC. This bonus
Armor of Weightlessness Armor (Light, Medium, or Heavy), Uncommon (Requires Attunement) This armor has 5 charges. While you wear it, you can use a bonus action to expend 1 or more charges to cast one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Battle Begins When the characters are ready, Darrett or a militia member guides them into line with the other Vogler troops. Read the following description: After much laughter and jostling, the
among several mounted soldiers. The mock Istarian troops assault the hill. Around you, the Vogler militia charges to meet them.
As the two groups charge, have each character make a Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
come back from foraging. They arrive in the middle of combat. When the fighting begins, read: Stroking his well-kept white beard, the old man begins to mock you as his students take up fighting
/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak Mei is wearing no armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
of the game affect them differently. The most important of these rules is that Small characters have trouble wielding heavy weapons, as explained in chapter 5. Speed Your speed determines how far you
can move when traveling (chapter 8, âAdventuringâ) and fighting (chapter 9, âCombatâ). Languages Your character can speak, read, and write certain languages. Chapter 4, âPersonality and Background
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The sword has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn. A creature attuned to the sword can use an action and expend 1 or more charges to cast one of the following spells from it
without material components: fly (2 charges), polymorph (3 charges), or transport via plants (4 charges). Sentience. The sword has an Intelligence of 17, a Wisdom of 12, and a Charisma of 20. It has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. The shield can speak, read, and understand Common and Infernal, and it can communicate telepathically with any creature it can sense within 120 feet of it. Its voice is a deep, hollow whisper. The
shield has 3 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 charge to cast fireball or 2 charges to cast wall of fire from the shield (save DC 21 for each). The wall of fire spell lasts for 1 minute (no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
magic item. Whatever the nature of the magic contained in a scroll, unleashing that magic requires the user to read the scroll. When its magic has been invoked, the scroll canât be used again. Its words
fade, or it crumbles into dust. Unless a scrollâs description says otherwise, any creature that can understand a written language can read the script on a scroll and attempt to activate it. VARIANT
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Magical Skate-Off If the characters follow the student who invited them, that student leads them behind Bowâs End Tavern. Read or paraphrase the following: Behind the tavern, several groups of
wielding is one of several scattered throughout the crowd. These wands are ordinary spellcasting foci imbued with minor magical effects. Strixhavenâs instructors use them to help students practice their wand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
23. Body Tanks If the characters have met Thessalar already, they recognize the bodies in the tank as the artificer. Adjust the following read-aloud text accordingly: This chamber holds a half-dozen
picked with a successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thievesâ tools, or it can be forced with a successful DC 18 Strength check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Arkhanâs Tower He wears the hand of evil, yet his goal remains just beyond his fingertips. â The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text
whenever they hit with a melee weapon attack (already factored into Arkhanâs attacks). This extra damage is of the same type as the weaponâs damage type.
Hand of Vecna. The Hand of Vecna has 8 charges