connection revealing greater to have ritual

Wizard

Classes Player’s Handbook

Wizards believe that their counterparts in ancient civilizations knew secrets of magic that have been lost to the ages, and discovering those secrets could unlock the path to a power greater than any

Class Features Cantrips Prepared Spells 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 +2 Spellcasting, Ritual Adept, Arcane Recovery 3 4 2 — — — — — — &mdash

Cranium Rat Squeaker

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.The cranium rats squeakers of Sigil have no connection to the mind flayers that

created their progenitors. Rather, these magical rodents cooperate with the residents of the City of Doors, whether by simply living together or by pursuing greater ambitions. When squeakers collect in

Banderhobb

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Resonant Connection. If the banderhobb has even a tiny piece of a creature or an object in its possession, such as a lock of hair or a splinter of wood, it knows the most direct route to that

shape resembling a bipedal toad. In this form, a banderhobb temporarily serves its creator as a thug, a thief, and a kidnapper that swallows the unwary. Hags have devised a ritual for creating

Drowned Assassin

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

underwater at a depth greater than 100 feet. Bound Together. The drowned assassin shares its mind with every other drowned one within 1 mile of it, and can communicate its thoughts and observations to

succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar). Reveal (1/Day). The drowned assassin removes its mask, revealing its rotting face. Each

Cranium Rat Squeaker Swarm

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

points remaining.The cranium rat squeaker;cranium rats squeakers of Sigil have no connection to the mind flayers that created their progenitors. Rather, these magical rodents cooperate with the

residents of the City of Doors, whether by simply living together or by pursuing greater ambitions. When squeakers collect in large numbers, their swarms merge into a single intelligence with enhanced

Drown

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

have done so, Drown can’t be used this way again until the next dawn. Tears of Endless Anguish. While inside a water node, you can perform a ritual called the Tears of Endless Anguish, using

Drown to create a devastation orb of water (see the devastation orb description for the time and cost of the ritual). Once you perform the ritual, Drown can’t be used to perform the ritual again

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand

require some sort of blood sacrifice, and their effects are usually transformative. For example, some Black Raven shamans know a ritual that allows them to hatch giant ravens from normal raven eggs, and

Yuan-ti Anathema

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

for godhood, a yuan-ti abomination might perform a ritual that, if successful, transforms them into an even greater form: a yuan-ti anathema. This ritual demands the sacrifice of hundreds of snakes and

requires the abomination to bathe in the blood of their enemies. The transformation is quick but painful. Anathemas consider themselves demigods on the path to greater divinity. They demand obeisance

Nightmare Haunt

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

invasion, many nightmare haunts take the shape of those terrifying invaders, having multiple limbs and inhuman visages. Smoky purplish energy wafts from their forms, suggesting their connection to the Wicked

Slumber. The Wicked Slumber During the Phyrexian invasion of Eldraine, the high fae monarch Talion, the Kindly Lord, and a trio of witch sisters performed a grand ritual to create a sleeping

Lunar Sorcery (SotDQ)

Classes Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

from your lineage has been exposed to the concentrated magic of the moon (or moons) of your world, imbuing you with lunar magic. Perhaps your ancestor was involved in a druidic ritual involving an

eclipse, or maybe a mystical fragment of a moon crashed near you. However you came to have your magic, your connection to the moon is obvious when you cast sorcerer spells—perhaps making your pupils

Hexblood

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

before their birth. Many hexbloods turn to lives of adventure, seeking to discover the mysteries of their magic, to forge a connection with their fey natures, or to avoid a hag that obsesses over them

considered a gift from the town’s patron deity, who is known as Mother. BECOMING A HAG Hags can undertake a ritual to irreversibly transform a hexblood they created into a new hag, either one of

Choldrith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

dedicated solely to her, but the devotees performed no such ritual. As revenge for the devotees’ betrayal, the Spider Queen manipulated the creation rituals so that they sometimes created

connection to Lolth, which gives them divine magic. They also make up the ruling caste of most chitine colonies. A colony can support numerous choldriths, who serve as commanders, priests, and

Lunar Sorcery

Classes Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

from your lineage has been exposed to the concentrated magic of the moon (or moons) of your world, imbuing you with lunar magic. Perhaps your ancestor was involved in a druidic ritual involving an

eclipse, or maybe a mystical fragment of a moon crashed near you. However you came to have your magic, your connection to the moon is obvious when you cast sorcerer spells—perhaps making your pupils

Gauth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

to drain. A gauth might employ creatures to bring it items that can provide it with sustenance. When the ritual to summon a spectator goes wrong, a gauth might push itself through the flawed

connection, arriving immediately or several minutes later. It might present itself as a beholder to ignorant creatures in an attempt to intimidate them, or as a spectator to its summoner in order to drain

Centaur Legacy

Species Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, they celebrate family and community as microcosms of that greater connection. Among the Gruul, they have a strong clan identity, and Selesnya centaurs are fiercely loyal to their individual communities

Faceless

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

unidentifiable as your true self. By removing your disguise and revealing your true face, you are no longer identifiable as your persona. This allows you to change appearances between your two personalities as

often as you wish, using one to hide the other or serve as convenient camouflage. However, should someone realize the connection between your persona and your true self, your deception might lose its

Ancient Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

: command, divination, greater restoration, hypnotic pattern, invisibilityThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a

energy and brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live

Hythonia

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

effect on a success. The petrification lasts until the creature is freed by the greater restoration spell or other magic. Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the

medusa rising up anew, the last of her shed skin dropping away, revealing glistening, unscarred scales. Fighting Hythonia as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 17

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

, elemental forces hold greater sway than they do on other worlds. As a people touched by elemental power, genasi are viewed as seers, prophets, and chosen ones. The birth of a genasi, whether a slave, a noble

mountains. Fitting backgrounds include charlatan, entertainer, and noble. Earth genasi are more withdrawn, and their connection to the earth keeps them from being comfortable in most cities. Their uncommon

Thessalheart Construct

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

unconscious while poisoned in this way.A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the

construct is not destroyed. The artificer Thessalar created this crafty construct, and uses it to imbue his greater monstrous creations with even more power.Poison

Laneshi

races

. Using a powerful necromantic ritual, the second twin is sacrificed, its soul bound within the body of the other. Each member of the mystic caste is therefore possessed of two souls—one living

greater status. Laneshi warriors skirmish constantly with their deep-dwelling neighbors. But at the same time, the rulers of the Llana’Shi Empire have begun to focus on the surface world for

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

advancement and expanding their territory. They believed themselves to be the most enlightened mortals in the world, and in their hubris they sought to become ever greater. The serpent gods of the

cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in

Aasimar Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

;provides guidance to the aasimar, though this connection functions only in dreams. As such, the guidance is not a direct command or a simple spoken word. Instead, the aasimar receives visions, prophecies

on a greater quest. To a distant angel, saving a few commoners might pale in comparison to defeating a cult of Orcus. An aasimar’s guide is wise but not infallible. Aasimar Names Most aasimar

Learning Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, it counts as a secret learned for the whole party. Revealing Secrets A character can magically spend a secret like currency, revealing it to the multiverse to gain a momentary boon. To do this, the

learn from Kas in chapter 10 about Vecna’s location, they still know where the lich-god weaves his ritual. When a character spends a secret, every character in the party gains advantage on d20 rolls

Monk Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

seriously, approaching their adventures as personal tests of their physical and spiritual growth. As a rule, monks care little for material wealth and are driven by a desire to accomplish a greater

mission than merely slaying monsters and plundering their treasure. Creating a Monk As you make your monk character, think about your connection to the monastery where you learned your skills and spent

Learning Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, it counts as a secret learned for the whole party. Revealing Secrets A character can magically spend a secret like currency, revealing it to the multiverse to gain a momentary boon. To do this, the

learn from Kas in chapter 10 about Vecna’s location, they still know where the lich-god weaves his ritual. When a character spends a secret, every character in the party gains advantage on d20 rolls

Inside the Inn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

berserker) stands proudly before the statue. The statue of Talos (see appendix A) moves toward the characters, its face twisted in rage. THE CONNECTION The ritual has created a connection between Teega and

Inside the Inn The cultists of Talos are performing a ritual inside the Wayside Inn. The doors and windows to the building are locked but can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using

Inside the Inn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath

berserker) stands proudly before the statue. The statue of Talos (see appendix A) moves toward the characters, its face twisted in rage. THE CONNECTION The ritual has created a connection between Teega and

Inside the Inn The cultists of Talos are performing a ritual inside the Wayside Inn. The doors and windows to the building are locked but can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using

A Troubled Journey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Tale in order to control the Princess of the Shadow Glass. Because the Queen of Air and Darkness banished the princess, the ritual of the scrivener that bound the princess established a connection

between the queen and the book, as well as between her and creatures marked by the book. That connection was lost when Machil Rillyn used a wish spell to break the mark. When the characters became marked

A Troubled Journey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Tale in order to control the Princess of the Shadow Glass. Because the Queen of Air and Darkness banished the princess, the ritual of the scrivener that bound the princess established a connection

between the queen and the book, as well as between her and creatures marked by the book. That connection was lost when Machil Rillyn used a wish spell to break the mark. When the characters became marked

Paladin Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Paladin Spells 1st Level Ceremony (abjuration, ritual) 4th Level Find greater steed (conjuration) 5th Level Holy weapon (evocation)

Paladin Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Paladin Spells 1st Level Ceremony (abjuration, ritual) 4th Level Find greater steed (conjuration) 5th Level Holy weapon (evocation)

Volcanic Threats

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

the Volcanic Awakening table every 12 hours or whenever you desire. You can also have two salamanders ambush the party as these volcanic events take place. Volcanic Awakening d4 Connection 1 A

of the characters. 4 The earth cracks, revealing magma flowing below. A fire snake rises from the crack and attacks the first creature it sees before retreating after 1 round.

Volcanic Threats

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

the Volcanic Awakening table every 12 hours or whenever you desire. You can also have two salamanders ambush the party as these volcanic events take place. Volcanic Awakening d4 Connection 1 A

of the characters. 4 The earth cracks, revealing magma flowing below. A fire snake rises from the crack and attacks the first creature it sees before retreating after 1 round.

Linked to Vecna

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Linked to Vecna Once the characters are metaphysically linked to Vecna and can spend powerful secrets, their connection to the lich-god might manifest in additional ways, at your discretion. For

instance, the characters might periodically see mental images of Vecna weaving his ritual in a mysterious, crystal-filled cave. Or the characters might dream about foreboding Vecnan images, including the

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