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Command
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You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is
undead, if it doesn't understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it.
Some typical commands and their effects follow. You might issue a command other than one described here
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the quill in order to speak to it. If the quill is behind Total Cover, it can’t understand you. If you repeat the command word, even if you’re not holding the quill, it deactivates and falls down. If the quill doesn’t write anything for 1 minute, it deactivates on its own.
This red feather quill generates its own mundane ink and acts on its own as you speak to it. While holding the quill, you can use a command word as a Bonus Action to activate it. While activated, the
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
Ashen Creature. When the knight drops to 0 hit points, it is reduced to a pile of ash, and any equipment it was wearing or carrying falls to the ground.
Brave. The knight has advantage on saving
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Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the knight can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it
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can place the shield on your torso and speak the command word, causing the wood and vines to wrap around your figure. For one hour, or until you end this effect as an action, you are unable to hold a
resist being poisoned.
When this effect ends, the barkshield falls from its place on your torso, fading to a lifeless shade of grey. This property can’t be used again until you finish a long
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repeat the command word to return the Trident to its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when the tree reverts to a Trident. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
action to plant the bottom of this Trident in fertile ground and use a command word to transform it into a healthy tree. The tree is 60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its canopy
Solar
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greatsword to hover magically in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. If the solar can see the sword, the solar can mentally command it as a bonus action to fly up to 50 feet and either make one attack
against a target or return to the solar's hands. If the hovering sword is targeted by any effect, the solar is considered to be holding it. The hovering sword falls if the solar dies.
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Staff of the Woodlands
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if targeted by detect magic. While touching the tree and using another action to speak its command word, you return the staff to its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when it reverts to a staff.
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Action and use a command word to magically connect the end of the ammunition to the plant inside the Quiver. The plant is a ropelike vine that flies effortless behind its connected piece of ammunition when
Quiver when the vine is retracted in this way.
If you hit a creature with a piece of ammunition that was connected to the vine, the vine magically disconnects itself from the ammunition and falls. You
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can place the shield on your torso and speak the command word, causing the wood and vines to wrap around your figure. For one hour, or until you end this effect as an action, you are unable to hold a
resist being poisoned.
When this effect ends, the barkshield falls from its place on your torso, fading to a lifeless shade of grey. This property can’t be used again until you finish a long
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can place the shield on your torso and speak the command word, causing the wood and vines to wrap around your figure. For one hour, or until you end this effect as an action, you are unable to hold a
resist being poisoned.
When this effect ends, the barkshield falls from its place on your torso, fading to a lifeless shade of grey. This property can’t be used again until you finish a long
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collapsible legs and plant it firmly on the ground in your space to become a Tiny defensive turret. While you’re within 30 feet of the crossbow, you can take a Bonus Action to magically command it
emits a small chirping sound audible out to 100 feet. The deployed crossbow is an object with AC 12, HP 30, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. If it’s reduced to 0 Hit Points, it falls over
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, you can take a Bonus Action and use a command word to magically recall the Spear. The stone spike crumbles, and the Spear inside vanishes back into the surface it erupted from before reemerging from
the surface next to you into your open hand. If you don’t have an open hand, it falls to the ground at your feet.
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can place the shield on your torso and speak the command word, causing the wood and vines to wrap around your figure. For one hour, or until you end this effect as an action, you are unable to hold a
resist being poisoned.
When this effect ends, the barkshield falls from its place on your torso, fading to a lifeless shade of grey. This property can’t be used again until you finish a long
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pylon upright in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you as a Magic action. If a pylon within 5 feet of you has an electrical charge, you can use a command word as a Bonus Action to magically
pylon or hits it with a metal Melee weapon takes 1d8 Lightning damage for each pylon connected to it, including itself. When a pylon is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it falls over and loses its electrical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Command 1st-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: 1 round You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is undead, if it doesn’t understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it. Some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Command 1st-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: 1 round You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is undead, if it doesn’t understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it. Some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Animated Shield Armor (shield), very rare (requires attunement) While holding this shield, you can speak its command word as a bonus action to cause it to animate. The shield leaps into the air and
incapacitated or die, at which point the shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free. Animated Shield
Apparatus of Kwalish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Animated Shield Armor (shield), very rare (requires attunement) While holding this shield, you can speak its command word as a bonus action to cause it to animate. The shield leaps into the air and
hovers in your space to protect you as if you were wielding it, leaving your hands free. The shield remains animated for 1 minute, until you use a bonus action to end this effect, or until you are incapacitated or die, at which point the shield falls to the ground or into your hand if you have one free.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
DC 15 Strength check. It can also be opened with a command word that only Strahd and Cyrus Belview (area K62) know. Unless the portcullis is wedged or propped open, it falls back into place once it is let go.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Dancing Sword Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement) You can use a bonus action to toss this magic sword into the air and speak the command word. When you do so, the sword begins to
hovering sword attacks for the fourth time, it flies up to 30 feet and tries to return to your hand. If you have no hand free, it falls to the ground at your feet. If the sword has no unobstructed path to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Dancing Sword Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement) You can use a bonus action to toss this magic sword into the air and speak the command word. When you do so, the sword begins to
hovering sword attacks for the fourth time, it flies up to 30 feet and tries to return to your hand. If you have no hand free, it falls to the ground at your feet. If the sword has no unobstructed path to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
ability to hover for 1 minute. If the creature is airborne when this effect ends, it falls safely to the ground, taking no damage and landing on its feet.
A small packet holds enough pixie dust for
one use.
Pole of Collapsing Wondrous Item, Common
While holding this 10-foot pole, you can use an action to speak a command word and cause it to collapse into a 1-foot-long rod for ease of storage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
the water and into the air! The world falls away beneath you as the Moondancer flies through the clouds and into the starry abyss of night.
Here ends chapter 1. Emergency Airlift If the characters
don’t make it to the docks, Captain Sartell reveals her identity to Traevus and negotiates a deal with him whereby she takes command of the Moondancer in exchange for delivering Traevus, his gang, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
mentally command its every action. If the crawling claw’s creator doesn’t command it, the claw follows its last command to the best of its ability.
Commands given to a crawling claw must be simple. A
claw can’t be tasked with finding and killing a particular person, because its limited senses and intelligence prevent it from tracking and picking out specific individuals. However, a command to kill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
incarnation. The image says, in Olman, “Command me to answer, and I shall.” The image of a long-dead Olman is superimposed on the character’s reflection. A command spell can cause the spirit to answer
three yes-or-no questions (the one-word command is “Answer”). The spirit answers only questions spoken in Olman, and nods or shakes its head in response. Any creature that touches the black mirror must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tree appears ordinary but radiates a faint aura of transmutation magic if targeted by detect magic. While touching the tree and using another action to speak its command word, you return the staff to
its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when it reverts to a staff.
Staffs Left to Right: Thunder and
Lightning, Withering, and Woodlands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
command words needed to operate it. Map 11.1: Van Richten’s Tower (Area V)View Player Version Anyone who sits in the driver’s seat and speaks its command word (“Drovash”) summons a pair of quasi-real
dismiss the horses with a second command word (“Arvesh”). The horses can be dispelled (DC 15) but not harmed. The wagon has a hidden trapdoor in its underbelly that can be detected by a character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
appears ordinary but radiates a faint aura of transmutation magic if targeted by detect magic. While touching the tree and using another action to speak its command word, you return the staff to its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when it reverts to a staff.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
uses its Charm Ray to make the worm release it. 81–00 The beholder falls into a sinkhole as it succumbs to Halaster’s finger of death spell (see area 8). Nalfeshnees The sleeping demons can’t be
outside its menhir, a nalfeshnee can be magically compelled to divulge the command word that activates the gate. A legend lore spell or similar magic also reveals the command word. The current word
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Floral Assault The assassin vines growing near area 15 can be moved elsewhere in their pots, as long as their murderous nature is temporarily quelled. The charm of plant command found in area 11 can
tiles on the roof can be easily rigged to collapse. This tactic is especially useful if the victim falls some distance into an area where the characters have open space to make attacks (area 7, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
command, carries a potion of supreme healing, which she uses if she becomes grievously wounded. 7a. Arch Gate to Level 15 Light. Torches burn in iron brackets mounted to four pillars that support the 20
gauntlet.
The githyanki warriors follow orders without question and have no authority to negotiate; that task falls to the knights in area 7c. A fight here brings reinforcements from areas 7b and 7c. Arch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
command tug on heavy chains on the south side of the gate. To bypass the doors without opening them, yuan-ti malisons transform into snakes and slither through the holes at the bottom of the doors. A type 1
without the aid of gear or magic. A creature can skirt around the edge of a pit with a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check but falls if the check fails. A creature can also attempt to clear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
isn’t a player character.
On each of their turns, a participant can use a bonus action to mentally command their teacup either to attack another teacup within range or to try to shove another
teacup off the table, using the rules for shoving in the Player’s Handbook. A participant loses the game if their teacup drops to 0 hit points or if their teacup falls off the table.
Scufflecup
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
levitate spell in effect, such that any creature that steps into the shaft (or that falls off the stairs) is suspended in midair. A creature that speaks the command word aluhal’kafion (“descend”) drops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Charmayne’s command. It’s up to the characters to steal the king’s heart, thereby ending Charmayne’s ritual. If the characters are successful, all the damage wrought by Charmayne’s magic will be undone
ashen creature drops to 0 hit points, it is reduced to a pile of ash, and any equipment it was wearing or carrying falls to the ground.