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Dungeon Master’s Guide
. If you fail to command it, the djinni defends itself against attackers but takes no other actions.
After the djinni departs, it can’t be summoned again for 24 hours, and the ring becomes
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff , you can use any of its properties:
Cast Spell. You can expend 1 of the staff’s charges to cast Charm Person, Command, or Comprehend
staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell.
Resist Enchantment. If you fail a saving throw against an Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can turn your failed save
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
has the Restrained condition until you take a Bonus Action to issue a command that releases it. Doing so or missing with the attack causes the bands to contract and become a sphere once more.
A
Restrained creature is freed. On a failed check, any further attempts made by that creature automatically fail until 24 hours have elapsed.
Once the bands are used, they can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Valin has the following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command
already has a chance to fail or become unreliable when cast multiple times, that chance increases by 25 percent.
A creature that takes treasure from the lair is cursed until the treasure is returned. The
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(at will): sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, guiding bolt, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, silence, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead
spell already has a chance to fail or become unreliable when cast multiple times, that chance increases by 25 percent.
A creature that takes treasure from the lair is cursed until the treasure is
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book disappears. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of
book, the spirit tries to leave the book and enter your body. If you fail a DC 20 Charisma saving throw, it succeeds, and you become an NPC under the DM’s control until the intruding spirit is
Iron Bands of Binding
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Basic Rules (2014)
This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or smaller creature you can see within 60 feet
hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the bands to contract and become a sphere once
Ring of Djinni Summoning
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Basic Rules (2014)
djinni is friendly to you and your companions. It obeys any commands you give it, no matter what language you use. If you fail to command it, the djinni defends itself against attackers but takes no
While wearing this ring, you can speak its command word as an action to summon a particular djinni from the Elemental Plane of Air. The djinni appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 120
Staff of Charming
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Basic Rules (2014)
While holding this staff, you can use an action to expend 1 of its 10 charges to cast charm person, command, or comprehend languages from it using your spell save DC. The staff can also be used as a
magic quarterstaff.
If you are holding the staff and fail a saving throw against an enchantment spell that targets only you, you can turn your failed save into a successful one. You can't use this
Iron Bands of Bilarro
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or smaller creature you can see within 60 feet
hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the bands to contract and become a sphere once
Mummy Lord
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(at will): sacred flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, guiding bolt, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, silence, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead
;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Misleading Result Chance"} chance to provide misleading results, as determined by the DM. If a divination spell already has a chance to fail or become
Book of Vile Darkness
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book disappears. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of
made to interact with non-evil creatures.
Command Evil. While you are attuned to the book and holding it, you can use an action to cast the dominate monster spell on an evil target (save DC 18). You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Command Word A command word is a word or short phrase that must be spoken or signed for an item to work. Spoken command words must be audible and fail to work in areas where all sound is suppressed, as in the area of the Silence spell.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
points. It then returns to its home plane. While summoned, the djinni is friendly to you and your companions. It obeys any commands you give it, no matter what language you use. If you fail to command it
Ring of Djinni Summoning Ring, legendary (requires attunement) While wearing this ring, you can speak its command word as an action to summon a particular djinni from the Elemental Plane of Air. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Failure If the characters fail to defeat Anthradusk, the blue dragon completes his ritual, and several Ancient Blue Dragons appear at Anthradusk’s side. Under their resurrector’s command, the dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
points. It then returns to its home plane. While summoned, the djinni is friendly to you and your companions. It obeys any commands you give it, no matter what language you use. If you fail to command it
Ring of Djinni Summoning Ring, legendary (requires attunement) While wearing this ring, you can speak its command word as an action to summon a particular djinni from the Elemental Plane of Air. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Friendly to you and your allies, and it obeys your commands. If you fail to command it, the djinni defends itself against attackers but takes no other actions. After the djinni departs, it can’t be
tokens of esteem. Conceptopolis Ring of Animal Influence, Ring of Djinni Summoning, Ring of Elemental Command (Air)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Iron Bands of Binding Wondrous item, rare This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or
modifier plus your proficiency bonus. On a hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Iron Bands of Bilarro Wondrous item, rare This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or
modifier plus your proficiency bonus. On a hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Friendly to you and your allies, and it obeys your commands. If you fail to command it, the djinni defends itself against attackers but takes no other actions. After the djinni departs, it can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
4. Armory The armory door has an arcane lock spell cast on it. Officially, only Ras Nsi, Sekelok, and Fenthaza know the command phrase to bypass the spell (“white feather”). Speaking the command
creatures who fail to speak the correct passphrase. The current passphrase is “black mask.” Characters are given three chances to utter the correct phrase before Ukurlahmu attacks. Before it attacks, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Spoken command words must be audible and fail to work in areas where all sound is suppressed, as in the area of the Silence spell. Consumable Items Some items are consumed—used up, in other words—when
details how an item is activated. Certain items use the following rules for their activation. Command Word A command word is a word or short phrase that must be spoken or signed for an item to work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
person, command, or comprehend languages from it using your spell save DC. The staff can also be used as a magic quarterstaff. If you are holding the staff and fail a saving throw against an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Spell. You can expend 1 of the staff’s charges to cast Charm Person, Command, or Comprehend Languages from it using your spell save DC. Reflect Enchantment. If you succeed on a saving throw against an
Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge from the staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell. Resist Enchantment. If you fail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Proficiency Bonus. On a hit, the target has the Restrained condition until you take a Bonus Action to issue a command that releases it. Doing so or missing with the attack causes the bands to contract
successful check, the item is destroyed, and the Restrained creature is freed. On a failed check, any further attempts made by that creature automatically fail until 24 hours have elapsed. Once the bands are used, they can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Proficiency Bonus. On a hit, the target has the Restrained condition until you take a Bonus Action to issue a command that releases it. Doing so or missing with the attack causes the bands to contract
successful check, the item is destroyed, and the Restrained creature is freed. On a failed check, any further attempts made by that creature automatically fail until 24 hours have elapsed. Once the bands are used, they can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Spell. You can expend 1 of the staff’s charges to cast Charm Person, Command, or Comprehend Languages from it using your spell save DC. Reflect Enchantment. If you succeed on a saving throw against an
Enchantment spell that targets only you, you can take a Reaction to expend 1 charge from the staff and turn the spell back on its caster as if you had cast the spell. Resist Enchantment. If you fail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
object or knowledge it guards vanishes. Even if a sphinx is attacked and defeated, a quester will still fail to gain the secret it sought — and will make an enemy of the god that placed the sphinx as a
guardian. Benign deities sometimes grant a sphinx the power to remove supplicants that fail their tests, transporting them away and ensuring that they never encounter the sphinx again. However, those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
protect the path leading to area 16. The water weird can command the pool’s water to erupt like a geyser, effectively lifting the water weird up to the characters’ level and putting them within its reach
Wisdom (Perception) score. If more than half the characters fail the check, the water weird notices them and attacks. If the characters are attacked by the water weird while following Droki, the wily derro realizes he’s being shadowed and makes a run for it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, Assassination, and Larceny (STEAL), which has been spying on the characters for some time and wants their mission aboard the Concordant Express to fail. (This is doubly true if the characters are working for
the gem to command the slaad to slip aboard the Concordant Express and kill the characters on sight. The slaad loathes being surrounded by modrons on the train and fights to the death. Scrying Sensor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Blade Lieutenant Blade lieutenants lead subordinates on raids on behalf of the Lord of Blades. Soldiers who fail to meet a lieutenant’s demands are harshly disciplined. Blade Lieutenant Medium
ft., one target. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4) piercing damage, and the target has the prone condition.
Bonus Actions
Command Ally. The lieutenant targets one ally it can see within 30 feet of itself. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
person, command, or comprehend languages from it using your spell save DC. The staff can also be used as a magic quarterstaff. If you are holding the staff and fail a saving throw against an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
legitimate hierarchies, and those selected by law to lead must be obeyed. Those who obey must do so to the best of their ability, and if those who lead fail to protect the law, they must be replaced. In this
Spells table. See the Divine Domain class feature in the Player’s Handbook for how domain spells work. Order Domain Spells Cleric Level Spells 1st command, heroism 3rd hold person, zone of truth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
characters have an encounter. If characters use cover and stealth to avoid encounters, have each character attempt a DC 10 Dexterity (Stealth) check. For every two individual checks that fail, the
by raiders (roll a d6 to determine the raiding group) 8 1d6 townsfolk hiding * Acolytes have command prepared instead of sanctuary. Most of the cultists, guards, and acolytes are human. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
’ assault but fail to close the rift, the evil influence of the pit strengthens and begins to extend outward. All those who have drowned in the bay are gradually harvested by the remaining drowned ones
and transformed into undead, until Syrgaul has an army of drowned corpses at his command. What terrible atrocities the undead captain might visit upon the nearby settlements are up to you. Even with