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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This magic weapon has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the weapon, you can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror from it. Each
creature of your choice within 30 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. While Frightened in this way, a creature must spend its turns
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
15 Dexterity saving throw or have the Restrained condition until you have the Incapacitated condition, until you take a Bonus Action to release the target, or until the target is no longer within 15
feet of you. While Restrained in this way, the target takes 3d6 Psychic damage at the start of each of its turns. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
breathe, eat, or drink.
You can take a Magic action to remove the flask’s stopper and release the creature in the flask. The creature then obeys your commands for 1 hour, understanding those
creature, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly discovered Iron Flask might already contain a creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling on
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
musk zombie, or if the corpse is targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic before it animates.
Yellow Musk (3/Day). The creeper’s flowers release a strong musk that targets all
humanoids within 30 feet of it. Each target must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the creeper for 1 minute. A creature charmed in this way does nothing on its turn except move as close
Way of Mercy
Legacy
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Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
bring a swift end as an act of mercy.
Those who follow the Way of Mercy might be members of a religious order, administering to the needy and making grim choices rooted in reality rather than idealism
Monks of the Way of Mercy learn to manipulate the life force of others to bring aid to those in need. They are wandering physicians to the poor and hurt. However, to those beyond their help, they
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
unwavering sense of honor.
Alignment. Lawful good.
Personality Trait. “My speech is riddled with references to adventures I have undertaken.”
Ideal. “A little kindness goes a long way
upbeat demeanor and is a strict observer of noble etiquette and courtesies. He knows the way to Downfall and can point charactersin the right direction. He can also impart the following useful information
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
surfaces substituting for the mirror needed to cast certain divination spells. While being used in this way, the fractine siphons magical energy from the spellcaster—not enough to cause harm
, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane.
The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as a bonus action. If the fractine is reduced
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
number of personal choices or ill-fated circumstances might have led you to turn away from society. You may, if you wish, choose or roll an origin event from the Hermit Origins table.
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Life
a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since.
2
You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less
Mace of Terror
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This magic weapon has 3 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror. Each creature of your choice in a 30-foot radius extending from you must
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you for 1 minute. While it is frightened in this way, a creature must spend its turns trying to move as far away from you as it can, and it
Equipment
Combat
Utility
Whimsy
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These black disks are covered in a continuous spiral that moves to the center of the disk—believed to be an ancient and lost way of
recording knowledge. Some sages know how to unlock the messages within the grooves, while many Obojiman potion makers grind or melt these “records” to release the magic they contain. These
Iron Flask
Legacy
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
age.
You can use an action to remove the flask's stopper and release the creature the flask contains. The creature is friendly to you and your companions for 1 hour and obeys your commands for that
accordance with its normal disposition and alignment.
An identify spell reveals that a creature is inside the flask, but the only way to determine the type of creature is to open the flask. A newly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Dream Spores 5th-Order Telepathy Power Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You release a burst of psionic spores. Each creature you can see
within 30 feet of you must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or be charmed by you for the duration. While charmed in this way, a creature must use their movement during their turn to move within 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Dream Spores 5th-Order Telepathy Power Manifestation Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
You release a burst of psionic spores. Each creature you can see
within 30 feet of you must succeed on an Intelligence saving throw or be charmed by you for the duration. While charmed in this way, a creature must use their movement during their turn to move within 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
forces of Lolth marshal; and to the cliffside redoubt, where Kas retreated to plan. Along the way, they encounter Vaeve, a drow mage who is loyal to neither Lolth nor Kas, and who offers the
characters useful information. The characters’ choices affect where they ultimately face Kas, but regardless, the characters must weaken the vampire enough to banish him with their Chime of Exile. While doing so, they discover Vecna’s location in the Cave of Shattered Reflection.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. See “Respect for the DM” in chapter 1 and “Draw In the Players” later in this chapter for advice about dealing with this situation.
One way to give players impactful choices is to keep multiple
comparisons because of the way individual adventures are limited in scope but blend together (to some degree) to create a larger narrative. If an adventure is a single episode or season of a series, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. See “Respect for the DM” in chapter 1 and “Draw In the Players” later in this chapter for advice about dealing with this situation.
One way to give players impactful choices is to keep multiple
comparisons because of the way individual adventures are limited in scope but blend together (to some degree) to create a larger narrative. If an adventure is a single episode or season of a series, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
as a lodestone for the astral seeds, is the only way to free a world from their grip. If the star goes dark, the crystal vines release their stored energy back into the host world, shrivel, and die.
from the star. After the elves select a suitable host world, ships known as star moths release hundreds of astral seeds into the planet’s atmosphere. The seeds fall from the sky and bury themselves in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
forces of Lolth marshal; and to the cliffside redoubt, where Kas retreated to plan. Along the way, they encounter Vaeve, a drow mage who is loyal to neither Lolth nor Kas, and who offers the
characters useful information. The characters’ choices affect where they ultimately face Kas, but regardless, the characters must weaken the vampire enough to banish him with their Chime of Exile. While doing so, they discover Vecna’s location in the Cave of Shattered Reflection.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Laying Curses Curses aren’t something to throw around lightly. They should be dramatically appropriate responses to meaningful choices characters make. If every goblin or bandit coughs out a dying
curse, the narrative impact fades. There should always be a way to avoid a curse, and a curse’s effects should clearly arise from wrongdoing. Here are some examples of actions that warrant a curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
as a lodestone for the astral seeds, is the only way to free a world from their grip. If the star goes dark, the crystal vines release their stored energy back into the host world, shrivel, and die.
from the star. After the elves select a suitable host world, ships known as star moths release hundreds of astral seeds into the planet’s atmosphere. The seeds fall from the sky and bury themselves in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Laying Curses Curses aren’t something to throw around lightly. They should be dramatically appropriate responses to meaningful choices characters make. If every goblin or bandit coughs out a dying
curse, the narrative impact fades. There should always be a way to avoid a curse, and a curse’s effects should clearly arise from wrongdoing. Here are some examples of actions that warrant a curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Way of the Lion Read the following boxed text to describe the characters’ final day of travel to Candlekeep: Over the past four days, the weather on the Coast Way has gradually worsened. Dark
clouds release heavy rain until the road runs thick with mud, yet you trudge on, passing by friendly merchant caravans heading north.
On the morning of the fifth day, the rain subsides but the dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Way of the Lion Read the following boxed text to describe the characters’ final day of travel to Candlekeep: Over the past four days, the weather on the Coast Way has gradually worsened. Dark
clouds release heavy rain until the road runs thick with mud, yet you trudge on, passing by friendly merchant caravans heading north.
On the morning of the fifth day, the rain subsides but the dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Prophecy in a way that will bring them victory. Though the Lords of Dust are mighty enough on their own, they serve greater masters known as the overlords (see chapter 6). Unfathomably powerful fiends, the
serve its own ends. The goal of the Lords of Dust is to release the overlords from their bindings and loose them upon Eberron in a new age of darkness. Despite this unified goal, the Lords of Dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
three tentacles, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or have the Restrained condition until you have the Incapacitated condition, until you take a Bonus Action to release the target
, or until the target is no longer within 15 feet of you. While Restrained in this way, the target takes 3d6 Psychic damage at the start of each of its turns. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Gothic Horror Gothic horror is about the terror within, not without. It shatters the illusion of humanity in a poignant way by holding a mirror up to us and saying: look at what we truly are, and
before revealing them fully. Sacrifices feature prominently in gothic stories. Give characters heart-wrenching choices to make.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Prophecy in a way that will bring them victory. Though the Lords of Dust are mighty enough on their own, they serve greater masters known as the overlords (see chapter 6). Unfathomably powerful fiends, the
serve its own ends. The goal of the Lords of Dust is to release the overlords from their bindings and loose them upon Eberron in a new age of darkness. Despite this unified goal, the Lords of Dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
constantly come and go along the Evermoor Way. West of the city, a wide bridge spans the river, leading to a walled citadel.
Characters looking for a place to stay find two decent choices in the Pearl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
constantly come and go along the Evermoor Way. West of the city, a wide bridge spans the river, leading to a walled citadel.
Characters looking for a place to stay find two decent choices in the Pearl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
three tentacles, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or have the Restrained condition until you have the Incapacitated condition, until you take a Bonus Action to release the target
, or until the target is no longer within 15 feet of you. While Restrained in this way, the target takes 3d6 Psychic damage at the start of each of its turns. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
character’s background and class, use the appropriate tables to determine how you came to make those choices. Life Events. Your character’s existence until now, no matter how brief or uneventful, has been
marked by one or more life events — memorable happenings that have had an effect on who you are today. Supplemental Tables. Your life has intersected with the lives of plenty of other people, all the way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
exceed the time limit.) A session or an event can’t end with the adventure unfinished, since there’s no way to guarantee that the same players and DM will be available for the next session. Typically
specific starting point and endpoint. A good way to get around this restriction is to create an adventure with multiple possible endings. Location-based adventures also work well with this format. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Gothic Horror Gothic horror is about the terror within, not without. It shatters the illusion of humanity in a poignant way by holding a mirror up to us and saying: look at what we truly are, and
before revealing them fully. Sacrifices feature prominently in gothic stories. Give characters heart-wrenching choices to make.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
, the character is knocked prone and washed down to area 1, taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage along the way. The goblins in area 7 can release a second flood by opening the second pool, but they don’t do
against the goblin’s passive Wisdom (Perception) score to creep by without being noticed. If the goblin spots the adventurers, it signals the goblins in area 7 to release a flood (see the “Flood!” section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
, the character is knocked prone and washed down to area 1, taking 1d6 bludgeoning damage along the way. The goblins in area 7 can release a second flood by opening the second pool, but they don’t do
against the goblin’s passive Wisdom (Perception) score to creep by without being noticed. If the goblin spots the adventurers, it signals the goblins in area 7 to release a flood (see the “Flood!” section