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;a red-haired dwarf wearing a pointed hat.” You also communicate a message of up to twenty-five words. The Beast travels for the duration toward the specified location, covering about 25 miles
destination before the spell ends, the message is lost, and the Beast returns to where you cast the spell.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The spell’s duration increases by 48 hours for each spell slot level above 2.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Celestial. If it hears words of Celestial spoken, the vampire must try to attack the source of those spoken words on its next turn. If these words come from multiple sources and from opposite directions, the
gnolls. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to.
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Basic Rules (2014)
of your instructions, but if the creature is hostile to you, it strives to twist your words to achieve its own objectives. If the creature carries out your instructions completely before the spell
ends, it travels to you to report this fact if you are on the same plane of existence. If you are on a different plane of existence, it returns to the place where you bound it and remains there until the
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
banished using magic such as the dispel evil and good spell. The banished spirit returns to the book.
Adjusted Ability Scores. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book
demons. When you do so, double your proficiency bonus on that check.
Dark Speech. While you carry the Book of Vile Darkness and are attuned to it, you can use an action to recite words from its pages in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
contingency. If the rules tried to do so, the game would become unplayable. An alternative would be for the rules to severely limit what characters can do, which would be counter to the open-endedness of
something. In a perfect world, RAW and RAI align perfectly, but sometimes the words on the page don’t succeed at communicating the designers’ intent. Or perhaps the words succeed with one group of players
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
work—those are the words I live by.
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I am always the first to offer a compliment.
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Get off my snowfield, you immature bipeds! When I was a wyrmling, people respected their elders
the lair returns to normal levels over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. The increased Hit Die recovery ends immediately. The existing abundance of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
All play and no work—those are the words I live by.
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I am always the first to offer a compliment.
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Get off my snowfield, you immature bipeds! When I was a wyrmling, people respected
made with advantage.
If the dragon dies, the animal population near the lair returns to normal levels over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
. This equipment is hooked to a specially crafted leather harness attached to Eeyal’s shell. Eeyal claims to have the right tool for every contingency and is so protective of her gear that she insists on
words carefully and doesn’t take unnecessary risks. As she walks through the jungle, she uses her quarterstaff to poke and prod ahead of her, fully aware that traps and snares come in many forms. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
players to bring them to life and a DM to guide their use. The DM is key. Many unexpected things can happen in a D&D campaign, and no set of rules could reasonably account for every contingency. If
perfect world, RAW and RAI align perfectly, but sometimes the words on the page don’t succeed at communicating the designers’ intent. Or perhaps the words succeed with one group of players but not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
communicate a message of up to twenty-five words. The Beast travels for the duration toward the specified location, covering about 25 miles per 24 hours or 50 miles if the Beast can fly. When the Beast
returns to where you cast the spell. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The spell’s duration increases by 48 hours for each spell slot level above 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
communicate a message of up to twenty-five words. The Beast travels for the duration toward the specified location, covering about 25 miles per 24 hours or 50 miles if the Beast can fly. When the Beast
returns to where you cast the spell. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The spell’s duration increases by 48 hours for each spell slot level above 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the creature is hostile to you, it strives to twist your words to achieve its own objectives. If the creature carries out your instructions completely before the spell ends, it travels to you to report
this fact if you are on the same plane of existence. If you are on a different plane of existence, it returns to the place where you bound it and remains there until the spell ends. At Higher Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
the creature is hostile to you, it strives to twist your words to achieve its own objectives. If the creature carries out your instructions completely before the spell ends, it travels to you to report
this fact if you are on the same plane of existence. If you are on a different plane of existence, it returns to the place where you bound it and remains there until the spell ends. At Higher Levels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
himself, to support the delusion that he is a god. If Buppido returns to Gracklstugh, he abandons the characters at the first opportunity and makes his way to this place. If he is here when the
bodies. Each skeleton has two skulls, although this has no effect on its abilities. Buppido fights with insane confidence and seems surprised if the party defeats him, screaming incoherent last words
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and words, Umbraxakar changes back into an adult bronze dragon, returns the characters’ gifts, and insists on being called Glyster henceforth. He offers to help the characters clear out the rest of
17 (a symbol of guilt) While gifting one of these items, the character must speak sympathetic words to the dragon and succeed on a DC 20 Charisma (Persuasion) check. Other characters can’t help on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Their noses can’t stand the scent of perfumes, and their ears can’t abide words spoken aloud in Celestial. They don’t cast reflections in mirrors unless they want to. Unlike normal vampires, gnoll
it feeds on a victim’s blood, its mist form takes on a crimson hue for an hour or so before its colorlessness returns. TEKELI-LI AND THE CAVES OF HUNGER
Tekeli-li was a fang of Yeenoghu, a powerful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
inspire what a naga knows. Guardian Naga Lore 1d8 The Guardian Naga Recalls... 1 The last words of an ancient sage or leader. 2 The location of a hidden city or continent. 3 A magic word, password, or
, Poisoned, Restrained
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages Celestial, Common
CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4)
Traits
Celestial Restoration. If the naga dies, it returns to life in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
roll initiative for each storm giant. The former approach expedites combat; the latter leads to a battle with more verisimilitude. HARSHNAG RETURNS!
If the characters decide to confront Iymrith
without storm giant reinforcements, consider having Harshnag appear out of the blue and offer to fight by their side. A giant of few words, Harshnag doesn’t talk much about how he survived the destruction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
below.
“Looking for friends, hmm?” comes a cloyingly shrill voice. The words emanate from a crack in the cavern wall fifteen feet above the ledge. A rotten stench emanates from within.
It’s easy
charm). Once you cast this spell, you can’t cast it again until the next dawn. This charm vanishes after 13 days, when your appearance returns to normal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
duplicates created by a mirror image spell. The mephit attacks all other creatures in the room, with its duplicates appearing to follow suit. The mephit knows three command words: “bloatbug,” “frogspittle
or remove curse, ends the effect and returns the creature to its normal weight. Frogspittle: Each creature in the room must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 9 (2d8) poison damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of a deadly battle, assuring dire consequences for the victorious A poem, rhyme, or song foretelling doom A carved epitaph on a gravestone discouraging robbers The last words of a dying person—either
the victim of such a curse suppresses the burden for 1 hour. A greater restoration spell suppresses the burden until the victim finishes a long rest. Death usually ends a curse, but the curse returns in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
area 11. If the statue has no targets on its turn, it returns to its alcove and becomes inanimate until triggered again. It also returns to its alcove if the command word, “sleep,” is spoken in Abyssal
frame are the following words in Celestial: “The dead know the secret.” The rules of the gate are as follows: Speaking the proper command word (“Axallian”) while standing in front of the mirror opens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
running perpendicular to this one. Where the two halls meet, words have been scrawled on the ceiling in dried blood.
A secret door in the west wall slides open to reveal a dark tunnel leading to areas 26
and area 66. At the spot marked X on map 5.5, bloody words on the ceiling read, “AWAKEN NAPAKA!” 62B. Sloped Hall Large puddles of gray slime spread across the floor of this ten-foot-wide, gently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
this blade once more in its service.”
The archdevil’s words hang in the air for a silent moment, and she glances upward in agonized uncertainty. Then Zariel is bathed in a brilliant wash of radiant
are freed from infernal bondage. The planetar imprisoned within the Companion raises the city out of the Nine Hells and returns it to Faerûn (see “The Planetar’s Power”). Zariel accompanies the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
mince words: “A dangerous army is headed for Vogler. The Ironclad Regiment will do what it can to defend Vogler, but we must be ready to flee.”
Following the mayor’s report, the locals stand in
system. The mechanism can be broken down in two hours, freeing up vessels for one hundred people. Battle Plans Early in the afternoon, Cudgel returns to Vogler. She shares the following information
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
malfunction returns to 10 percent.
Random Properties. There are far more possible combinations for the Infernal Machine’s controls than can ever be known or matrixed—especially as the controls
with an unpleasant buzzing that imposes disadvantage on Intelligence checks and saving throws.
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All creatures you speak with automatically believe your words, as if you have succeeded on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is called: a coven has three members, they believe that good or evil magic returns upon its source threefold, and the casting of many spells requires the same words chanted three times.
Long ago
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
a candle’s flicker, one apparition vanishes, and another appears. If the characters ask Nib about the apparitions, he explains the nature of his curse: “I am haunted by my own words: as long as my ill
removed until the character ends the haunting by returning the gold. A wish spell ends the hauntings and automatically returns the stolen gold to the cave. A remove curse or greater restoration spell cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
hair, and shiny baubles are also visible in the harpy’s nest. Harpy’s Return. When the characters arrive at the shipwreck, the harpy is out looking for another ship to lure onto the rocks. It returns
words “Aleitha and Brastos—together forever.” The black-haired woman wears a sailor’s uniform similar to the tatters worn by the zombies aboard this ship. The blond-haired man wears a merchant’s fine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Fortune-Telling A silver-colored tent stands near the market’s center, marked with a banner bearing a colorful jester’s hat surrounded by the words “Oddlewin’s Tent of Many Fortunes.” When the
Look for ways to incorporate the characters’ fortunes into your campaign. A character’s shadow returns to them when the fortune comes to fruition, letting that character know this is the moment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
these words, the goats wait to see if the characters offer them something in return, thereby honoring the rule of reciprocity (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2). The goats are hungry but not picky
Dubhforgail (see area P18 in chapter 5). Mudlump’s Home. If Mudlump survives this encounter, he returns to his home in the tumbledown, moss-covered ruins of a 30-foot-diameter stone tower that once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, crumbling skull on the floor. Both doors bear Dwarvish writing.
The stone door to the north has the words “the honored dead” carved into it in Dwarvish. The askew door to the east bears the words
or temporarily stopping them as described above puts this area’s haunt to rest. Words carved above the doorway leading to area P12 read “the valiant dead” in Dwarvish. Sliding Wall. The wall between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
one another. Söpo tries to get the characters to explore every part of the island by sharing the following information with those who can understand its words: The shipwrecks that surround the island
is more than 200 feet from where Nass died, the ghost instantly returns to that spot, regardless of whether the wizard’s corpse is still there. If the ghost is reduced to 0 hit points, it fades away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
words, an officer in uniform can create a variety of simulations within any one of these chambers, filling it with an illusory scene that affects the five senses. Boatswain Tarto is present here
each sailor who returns alive from a mission into Wildspace. In bringing the officer into disrepute, the characters have surely earned some enemies! Have the players note this outcome for future
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
short message (up to twenty-five words) that is broadcast in every location throughout Starglass Waypoint. The message can be in your own voice or delivered by a mechanical voice that translates your
which the gas returns. Console Mishaps 1d12
Mishap
1 The console powers down. It can’t be turned back on, and none of its functions can be activated henceforth. 2–3 Creatures within 5 feet of