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Dungeon Master’s Guide
When you take a Magic action to read this scroll, a particular titan named in the scroll appears in an unoccupied space on the ground or in water that you can see within 1 mile of yourself. The DM
disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points. If the titan is summoned into a space that isn’t large enough to contain it, the summoning fails, and the scroll is wasted.
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Titan
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
tome are filled with indecipherable scrawls. The remaining pages are blank.
While attuned to this item, you can use it as a Spellbook and an Arcane Focus. In addition, while holding the tome, you can
again until the next dawn.
Only you can remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased.
Vecna watches anyone using this tome and can write cryptic messages in it. These messages typically fade away after they are read.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
temporary hit points.
Telepathic Shroud. The swarm is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as to all divination spells.Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +5
of its hit points remaining, the swarm casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: command
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
and other magical effects.
Thought Shield. The hierophant’s thoughts can’t be read by any means unless the hierophant allows it.Multiattack. The hierophant makes two Herald’s Axe
remaining leaders choose an initiate to fill the position, preferring initiates from the oldest broods.
A new hierophant undergoes a rite similar to the rite of initiation, but only the other
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
dealt to it (round down), and the target takes the remaining damage. The necrichor can attach to only one creature at a time.
The attached necrichor can telepathically control the target’s move
, though, the knowledge of what these prisons contain and where some lie have been lost. And every imprisoned necrichor understands that its captivity might be lengthy, but time is of little consequence to the ageless.Acid, Necrotic
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
into a monster.
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The killer used its body to contain an evil entity.
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The killer appears to be an ordinary person who doesn’t realize it turns into a killer when enraged
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
half as much damage.
Split. When a Large fractine that has at least 10 hit points remaining takes bludgeoning, piercing, slashing, or thunder damage from any source, it splits into two Medium fractines
indestructible and opaque walls, and is only as big as it needs to be to contain the target, which doesn’t suffer from hunger or thirst while imprisoned. No other creature can enter the demiplane
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
takes effect. You must draw each card you declared no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. Unless a card states otherwise, if you fail to draw the chosen number, the remaining number of cards fly
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
Swarm of Cranium Rats
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
than half of its hit points remaining, the swarm can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: command, comprehend languages, detect thoughts
1/day each: confusion
temporary hit points.
Telepathic Shroud. The swarm is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as to all divination spells.Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +5
Tortle
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The Tortle Package
dozen) in a fortified compound enclosed by stone walls that are easily defensible. If no such compound exists, they build one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives guarding the compound
put to use when building forts to contain their offspring.
Although they spend a considerable portion of their lives in isolation, tortles are social creatures that like to form meaningful
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, remaining until Orcus dismisses them.
Sentience. The Wand of Orcus is a sentient, chaotic evil item with an Intelligence of 16, a Wisdom of 12, and a Charisma of 16. It has hearing and darkvision out
to a range of 120 feet.
The wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Abyssal and Common.
Personality. The wand’s purpose is to help satisfy Orcus
Human
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Basic Rules (2014)
sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle.
She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed
single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarf clans and halfling
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
the southeast quadrant, while the orcs claim the remaining quadrants. See the Enemy Roster table for the number of orcs and ogres present. The courtyard’s northwest and northeast quadrants contain rotted wooden troughs and posts that were once used to feed, water, and tether horses.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Scroll of Titan Summoning Scroll, Legendary When you take a Magic action to read this scroll, a particular titan named in the scroll appears in an unoccupied space on the ground or in water that you
toward all other creatures and disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points. If the titan is summoned into a space that isn’t large enough to contain it, the summoning fails, and the scroll is wasted
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
two factions weakened them both. The mariners’ guild then sent a force ashore, and the remaining pirates were killed or driven off by the guild’ soldiers. The island, though now apparently abandoned
, remains a danger due to undead guarding the only safe approach: a beach called the Skull Dunes. The mariners’ guild is willing to pay 2,000 gp to the characters if they can land, explore the island
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
rows. Resting in six of them are wounded drow (three females and three males), each with 1d12 hit points remaining. They are still clad in armor, and they keep their weapons within arm’s reach
neutral evil. Each has two 1st-level spell slots and no spell slots of higher level remaining. They have these racial traits: They speak Elvish and Undercommon. They have advantage on saving throws
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Using This Supplement This document and the 2024 Player’s Handbook contain all you need to run the adventure. The following appendixes are included: Appendix A provides stat blocks for the creatures
like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
, twelve bullywugs lounge in the squalor. That number doubles at night. If characters walk into the barracks during daytime, read the text below aloud. If they sneak in or enter in the middle of the
staircase on the third round. Three mud-spattered chests are shoved into the sheltered space behind the staircase. These contain much of the bullywugs’ accumulated pay. Dralmorrer Borngray pays them with
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Hold of the Deepking The Hold of the Deepking stands south of Laduguer’s Furrow and north of Themberchaud’s lair. When the characters first lay eyes on it, read the following boxed text aloud to the
filled with molten lava bathe the palace facade in a hellish glow, and the thick stone walls bristle with iron turrets and battlements.
There appears to be no one guarding the palace, but this is an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, twelve bullywugs lounge in the squalor. That number doubles at night. If characters walk into the barracks during daytime, read the text below aloud. If they sneak in or enter in the middle of the
staircase on the third round. Three mud-spattered chests are shoved into the sheltered space behind the staircase. These contain much of the bullywugs’ accumulated pay. Dralmorrer Borngray pays them
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Card Reading When you perform a card reading before running the adventure, write down the results for reference later. If the characters have their fortunes read in the adventures, do the card
shuffle them. Then shuffle the remaining cards (the common deck), keeping the two decks separate. Draw the top three cards from the common deck and lay them face down in the 1, 2, and 3 positions
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
battle or illness, but an orc can live to about 40, remaining healthy almost up until the end. Luthic’s divine blessing can further extend an orc’s life, though Gruumsh is never happy when
return from a raid.
The gaze of the One Eye brings madness to many an orc.
— Elminster
Roleplaying an Orc
When you’re roleplaying an orc, the following tables contain possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
power of every other god in the multiverse and scattered the dead gods’ bones across the Astral Sea. Read aloud the following when the characters arrive: You float amid a vast void speckled with
remaining, it has no remaining uses of its Legendary Resistance trait, and its flying speed is reduced to 20 feet until its hit points are fully restored. The eye mongers focus their attacks on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, various townsfolk can point in the direction the verbeeg went after stealing the casks. As the characters make their way to the edge of the forest, read: A figure in cold weather clothing lurches out of
the woods into plain view, running as fast as he can through the deep snow. Slung over his back are a pair of animal traps, one of which appears to contain a panicked fox.
The figure is Fef Moryn
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
be found in Strahd’s study in Castle Ravenloft.) The sole remaining volume lies on the floor behind the overturned chair. Titled The Oath Celestial, the book has been partially burned, and its cover
against Strahd came from that empire — now lost beyond the mists. Journal Page As the characters cross the room, read: You hear the soft flapping sound of wings, but can’t discern its origin. A single
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. “Heinrich” feigns confusion. If the characters ask him why he attacked, he claims that he was guarding the temple. If the arcanaloth loses more than half of its hit points, it teleports to the temple
of useful items with the following eight patches remaining: Bag of 100 gp Iron door Wooden ladder Riding horse Pit Rowboat Spell scroll (moonbeam) Mastiffs See the robe’s description in the Dungeon
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Adventure Overview This adventure begins when the characters read the story of the lost golem in Alkazaar’s Appendix and discover the magic picture in the book. The picture-portal can teleport the
known as the Hall of Rainbows that could contain clues to the golem’s origin. But the Bedine also warn that the cave complex is in the territory of a deadly purple worm. The adventurers travel to the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Beginning the Adventure Read the following boxed text to the players to kick off the adventure: A fungal plague is ravaging the Sword Coast, spreading quickly from one settlement to the next
. Although magic has proven effective at ridding individuals of the spore infection, the plague is spreading too quickly to contain. Creatures that become infected fall ill with a fever and sprout disgusting
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
characters might be locals. Or they might be dragon hunters who’ve heard of a black dragon in the area, a threat they’re determined to end. To begin the adventure, read or paraphrase the following text
. Sizzling streams of acid flow down the streets. Villagers rush about, shouting for loved ones and struggling to contain the damage. Near the shore, flames leap from the windows of a low-roofed building. An
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tongues pinned to the covers of the four copies came from other spellcasters who crossed Vecna. The first few pages of each tome are filled with indecipherable scrawls. The remaining pages are blank
remove the tongue from the book’s cover. If you do so, all spells written in the book are permanently erased. Vecna watches anyone using this tome. He can also write cryptic messages in the book. These messages appear at midnight and fade away after they are read.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, with clouds of ash rising toward the black, spherical void that looms above Castle Cinis. The characters have no encounters on their way to the castle. When they arrive at the castle, read or paraphrase
, and the remaining eight guards patrol the grounds in two groups of four. Characters who spend a few minutes studying the guards’ movements gain advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to approach
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Crumbling Tower When the characters approach the tower site, read the following: Amid a grove of gnarled scrub trees stands a half-fallen stone tower. Rough workers’ tents, piles of timbers, and
rusted. The tents show signs of recent occupation (cultists who don’t live in the village bunk here, near the temple) but contain no personal effects. Characters who search the site can see that inside
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Scriptoria Collections When the characters head down the stairs to the Scriptoria Collections, read or paraphrase the following: As you make your way down the winding staircase, the passage’s gloom
his career, Quenthorne shifted his interest to the evolution of magical creatures, especially those associated with spellcasters, so the records contain a dazzling assortment of information.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text.
The Monster Manual and Volo’s Guide to
Monsters contain stat blocks for most of the creatures found in this adventure. You don’t need the latter reference to run Tomb of Annihilation, as all the necessary stat blocks from Volo’s Guide to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Stone Bridge See chapter 2 for more information on the Stone Bridge. When the characters reach the middle of the bridge, read the following text: You see half a dozen figures on the bridge ahead
. “Not a bad place to die,” the mage says with mild amusement. The doppelganger posing as Gargosh doesn’t take part in the fight, remaining on the fringes of the battle and rooting for the characters to