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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
;t lost.
If Fireball is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make a DC 13 ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast the spell. On
copier must succeed on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, the spell is copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
, the scroll isn’t lost.
If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you
is copied in this way, the copier must succeed on an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC equal to 10 plus the spell’s level. On a successful check, the spell is copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
slot of the spell’s level. Then, to determine whether you cast the spell, make an Intelligence (Arcana) check (DC 10 plus the spell’s level). On a successful check, you cast the spell using
its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a random effect occurs instead
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the scrawled pages invites doom.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna the
book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and use its Adjusted Ability Scores, Tireless Form, Spells, Vile Lore, and Vile Speech properties.
The Book of Vile Darkness
Spells
Player’s Handbook
spell ends without being triggered.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set
its trigger and choose whether it’s an explosive rune or a spell glyph, as explained below.
Set the Trigger. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the coffin is animate.
Spider Climb. The animated coffin can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on
during the day, while a necromancer might enlist animated coffins to conscript corpses from faraway settlements into an Undead army.
Animated coffins are rarely empty. The Animated Coffin Contents
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The darkweaver takes 10 radiant damage when it starts its turn
from across the planes experience reality. For them, the act of eating is an experience to be drawn out and savored, with every meal considered in all its facets. Whether its fare is a demon, an
Spells
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
, the contents of the chest reappear on the ground at your feet.
The target creature is made aware of the chest’s contents before it chooses whether or not to open it, and knows how much of the
spell’s duration remains in which it can retrieve them. No other creature can open the chest and retrieve its contents. When the spell expires or when all the contents of the chest have been
Telekinesis
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
longer affected by the spell.
Creature. You can try to move a Huge or smaller creature. Make an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by the creature's Strength check. If you win the
.
If the object is worn or carried by a creature, you must make an ability check with your spellcasting ability contested by that creature's Strength check. If you succeed, you pull the object away
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hasn't observed the egg hunter move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the egg hunter is animate. Dragons have disadvantage on this
contents. They deposit their own eggs into the empty shells, hiding the eggs from unsuspecting dragon parents or guardians.
Lucky
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Feats
Player’s Handbook (2014)
, ability check, or saving throw.
You can also spend one luck point when an attack roll is made against you. Roll a d20, and then choose whether the attack uses the attacker's roll or yours. If more than
You have inexplicable luck that seems to kick in at just the right moment.
You have 3 luck points. Whenever you make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you can spend one luck
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
(Insight) check can discern whether you are happy, sad, angry, disgusted, surprised, or afraid, as well as the main source of that emotion. For example, you might communicate fear caused by a monster you
just saw around the corner, grief at the loss of a friend, or happiness derived from pride in your performance in combat. A dark elf has advantage on this check.
Spell Scroll
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Basic Rules (2014)
, the scroll isn’t lost.
If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you
copied. Whether the check succeeds or fails, the Spell Scroll is destroyed.
VARIANT: SCROLL MISHAPS
A creature who tries and fails to cast a spell from a spell scroll must make a DC 10
Boggle
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Boggle Oil. The boggle excretes nonflammable oil from its pores. The boggle chooses whether the oil is slippery or sticky and can change the oil on its skin from one consistency to an other as a
: While coated in sticky oil, the boggle gains advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks made to grapple and any ability check made to maintain a hold on another creature, a surface, or an object. The
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability check, the diviner rolls a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Portent"} and chooses whether to use that roll in place of
Cloaker
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
creature, including the target, can take its action to detach the cloaker by succeeding on a DC 16 Strength check.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
whether it targets the cloaker or one of the duplicates. A creature is unaffected by this magical effect if it can't see or if it relies on senses other than sight.
A duplicate has the cloaker's AC and
Monsters
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can use the inspiration die after the roll is made but before the DM says whether it succeeds or fails
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
skull by the character. Once this check is made, whether it succeeds or fails, the skull can’t be used in this manner again.PoisonBludgeoning
advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the stone cursed move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the box as an action, allowing access to the box’s contents.
A creature that spends 1 hour holding an infernal puzzle box while trying to open it can make a DC 30 Intelligence (Investigation
) check. If the check succeeds, the creature figures out the trick or sequence of steps needed to open the box. If the check fails by 5 or more, the creature must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Book of Vile Darkness
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The amber spell gem is a very rare item and can store up to a 4th level spell. The stored
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The quartz spell gem is a rare item and can store up to a 2nd level spell. The stored spell's
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The bloodstone spell gem is a rare item and can store up to a 3rd level spell. The stored
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
DC 13 Strength check. When the boneless dies, it detaches from any creature it is attached to.Not all animate corpses shamble from their graves. Boneless are undead remains devoid of skeletons. Most
.
Whether through accident or depraved genius, some villains use one corpse to create two separate undead. Boneless might adorn the frames of other undead, like skeletons or zombies. The sight of a
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The obsidian spell gem is a uncommon item and can store a cantrip. The stored spell's saving throw
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The lapis lazuli spell gem is a uncommon item and can store up to a 1st level spell. The
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The topaz spell gem is a very rare item and can store up to a 6th level spell. The stored
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The ruby spell gem is a legendary item and can store up to a 8th level spell. The stored
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The jade spell gem is a very rare item and can store up to a 5th level spell. The stored spell's
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The start ruby spell gem is a legendary item and can store up to a 7th level spell. The
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The diamond spell gem is a legendary item and can store up to a 9th level spell. The
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant to know the secrets it contains, knowledge so horrid that to
powder if the book rests on it long enough.
A creature attuned to the book must spend 80 hours reading and studying it to digest its contents and reap its benefits. The creature can then freely modify
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
Each spell gem has a maximum level for the spell it can store. The spell level determines the gem
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
start of its turn.
Detect. The deep crow makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Shadow Caw (Costs 2 Actions). The ancient deep crow uses Shadow Caw.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The ancient deep crow
cousins, the ancient deep crows. Whether these gargantuan specimens are elder deep crows grown to great size or some higher form that holds lesser deep crows in thrall remains to be determined. Ideally
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the choldrith has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks
", "rollAction":"Web"} to hit, range 30/60 ft., one Large or smaller creature. Hit: The target is restrained by webbing. As an action, the restrained target can make a DC 11 Strength check, bursting the webbing