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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This pointed hat has the following properties.
Spellcasting Focus. While holding the hat, you can use it as a Spellcasting Focus for your Wizard spells. Any spell you cast using the hat gains a
spell must be on the Wizard spell list, it must be of a level you can cast, and it can’t have Material components costing more than 1,000 GP. Once you decide on the spell, you must expend a spell
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Vecna the Archlich;Vecna was a mighty wizard who, through magic and conquest, forged a terrible empire. For all his power, however, Vecna feared death and took steps to prevent his demise by becoming
your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control.
Eye of Vecna Spells
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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
unoccupied space nearest to the piece of chardalyn, and another lich’s mind in the body seizes psychic control of the body.Multiattack. Zlan makes three attacks, using Slam or Bewildering Bolt
Devoured the souls of children to occupy their bodies
Vaeristhelph Rex
Seized power as a wizard-king, traded his throne for lichdom
Vlad Xil Haerven
Wallowed in greed and traded lives
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
A wizard named Damara created this orb while devising a way to become a dragon. Aided by a mysterious magician (actually an aspect of Tiamat in disguise), Damara eventually created an Artifact that
would enable him to achieve his dream. Yet the potential power of his creation terrified Damara so much that he dared not use the orb. Instead, the wizard entombed himself with the Artifact to seal it
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Evil Wizard of Duplicity and Duplication
Manshoon is an evil, arrogant wizard who was an instrumental founder of the Zhentarim centuries ago
someone else in disguise, which is just as Manshoon prefers.
Manshoon seeks power and is checked only by the many enemies who want to see him dead. He recently failed to seize control of Waterdeep in a
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Sammaster was a keenly intelligent wizard born centuries ago. A quick study throughout his itinerant apprenticeship, Sammaster primarily studied magic relating to dragons. After learning all he could from
. He drew on the warped resurrection of dracoliches to become a lich himself. He continues to lead the Cult of the Dragon from the shadows, developing new ways to control and corrupt dragonkind
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
.
History
Sammaster was a keenly intelligent wizard born centuries ago. A quick study throughout his itinerant apprenticeship, Sammaster primarily studied magic relating to dragons. After learning all
for his demise. He drew on the warped resurrection of dracoliches to become a lich himself. He continues to lead the Cult of the Dragon from the shadows, developing new ways to control and corrupt
Monsters
Arcana Unleashed
: Detect Magic, Invisibility, Mage Hand, Silent Image2/Day Each: Alter Self, Contact Other Plane, Create Undead, Dimension Door1/Day Each: Control Weather, ImprisonmentProtective Magic. Venger casts
Tharizdun’s wrath.
After abandoning his quest to free Tharizdun, Venger sought to use several Orb of Dragonkind;Orbs of Dragonkind to control Tiamat. This futile endeavor earned Venger Tiamat’s
Monsters
Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall
Magic, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Once the undisputed regent of Thay, Szass Tam is an old and powerful lich who plots to regain control over the nation. Although he still
armies.
History
An eloquent and inventive wizard, Szass Tam rose through the ranks of the Red Wizards to become the zulkir of necromancy more than three centuries ago and became a lich not long
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
biomancer has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, light, mending, poison spray, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, grease, shield
2nd level (3 slots
, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): cone of cold, creation, hold monster
6th level (1 slot): move earth, wall of ice
7th level (1 slot): prismatic spray
8th level (1 slot): control weatherScimitar. Melee
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Tomb of Annihilation
":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic
rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.
A humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the wight's control, unless the humanoid is restored to
Orb of Dragonkind
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(or Dragon Orbs) to help them defeat the dragons. One orb was taken to each of the five wizard towers, and there they were used to speed the war toward a victorious end. The wizards used the orbs to
lure dragons to them, then destroyed the dragons with powerful magic.
As the wizard towers fell in later ages, the orbs were destroyed or faded into legend, and only three are thought to survive. Their
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
telepathic and use their power of suggestion to control others. Their creators use them to force enemies to withdraw or surrender.
A hypnos magen carries no weapons, relying entirely on its psychic
abilities to manipulate and harm other creatures.
Magen are magical, humanlike beings created by a wizard spell (see the create magen spell in appendix D) or by other arcane methods.
Though magen look
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
magic as both a weapon and armor, a resource superior to any piece of steel. War mages act fast in battle, using their spells to seize tactical control of a situation. Their spells strike hard, while
response: “What good is being able to throw a mighty fireball if I die before I can cast it?”
War Magic Features
Wizard Level
Feature
2nd
Arcane Deflection, Tactical Wit
6th
Power Surge
10th
Durable Magic
14th
Deflecting Shroud
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). She has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): acid splash, druidcraft, ray of frost, shape water
1st level (4
slots): color spray, expeditious retreat, fog cloud, shield
2nd level (3 slots): enlarge/reduce, gust of wind
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fly, slow
4th level (3 slots): control water, ice
Magic Items
Legendary Magic Items
The wizard Mordenkainen crafted this sleek, golden helmet. If he created other helms of disjunction, they have yet to be found.
As an action while wearing this helm, you can use it to emit an
Wizard
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-force mind control. Their magic conjures monsters from other planes of existence, glimpses the future, or turns slain foes into zombies. Their mightiest spells change one substance into another, call
the fey) that are steeped in magic.
The Lure of Knowledge
Wizards’ lives are seldom mundane. The closest a wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer in a
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
magic as both a weapon and armor, a resource superior to any piece of steel. War mages act fast in battle, using their spells to seize tactical control of a situation. Their spells strike hard, while
response: “What good is being able to throw a mighty fireball if I die before I can cast it?”
War Magic Features
Wizard Level
Feature
3rd
Arcane Deflection, Tactical Wit
6th
Power Surge
10th
Durable Magic
14th
Deflecting Shroud
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
object.
Spellcasting. The ghost is a 6th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14). The ghost has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand
saving throw or be possessed by the ghost; the ghost then disappears, and the target is incapacitated and loses control of its body. The ghost now controls the body but doesn’t deprive the target
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
the wizard’s spell list but must share the spell slots among themselves:
1st level (4 slots): charm person, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): alter self, suggestion
3rd level (3 slots): dispel
decade ago, during a time when the boundaries between the planes thinned, the hags became aware of the magic spring controlled by Sylvarie—and decided to control and corrupt it for their own purposes
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
incapacitated condition and loses control of its body. Gremorly can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except ones that turn Undead, and he retains his alignment, Intelligence
, Prestidigitation
2/day each: Bestow Curse, Dispel Magic
1/day: SlowYears ago, a wizard named Gremorly drew the Throne card from a Deck of Many Things, gaining ownership of a small castle called Sovereign
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 26, +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He has the following wizard
gravity, teleport
8th level (1 slot): control weather, maze, power word stun
9th level (1 slot): prismatic wallMultiattack. Niv-Mizzet makes three attacks: one with his bite and two with his claws
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
with spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light,* message,* prestidigitation, shocking grasp (see “Actions” below)
1st level (4 slots): mage armor,* shield
network of Ten-Towns. He hoped that his work would help the Arcane Brotherhood gain control of the region. A few years ago, shortly after his arrival in Ten-Towns, Gant established a protection racket in
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Special Equipment. Acererak carries the Staff of the Forgotten One. He wears a talisman of the sphere and has a sphere of annihilation under his control.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Acererak
","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Acererak has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, ray of frost, shocking grasp
1st level (at will): ray of
Staff of Swarming Insects
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This staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, a swarm of insects consumes and destroys the staff, then disperses
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The top of this magic quarterstaff is shaped like a spider. It deals an extra 1d6 poison damage on a hit when used to make a weapon attack.
Spells. The staff has 10 charges. While holding it, you can
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
isn’t being worn or carried, the gazer moves it up to 30 feet in any direction. The gazer can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a
beholders with wizard minions insist they take a gazer as a familiar because the beholders can see through the eyes of these creatures.
A wild gazer (one living separately from a beholder) is
Staff of Charming
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While holding this staff, you can use an action to expend 1 of its 10 charges to cast charm person, command, or comprehend languages from it using your spell save DC. The staff can also be used as a
Staff of Fire
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You have resistance to fire damage while you hold this staff.
The staff has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells
Staff of Frost
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You have resistance to cold damage while you hold this staff.
The staff has 10 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, and thus each group has one leader that exerts autocratic control. But as with many tyrannies, the passing of a leader often results in a chaotic transition to the next. Sometimes a goblin boss has
lucky if their only punishment is demotion to the pariah caste. Sometimes another creature assumes control of a goblin tribe, by killing or subjugating the current boss and cowing most of the rest of
Adult Silver Dragon
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mines, silver dragons covet the lost outposts of humanoid civilization. An abandoned mountaintop citadel or a remote tower raised by a long-dead wizard is the sort of lair that every silver dragon
’t need to be outdoors; otherwise the effect is identical to the control weather spell.
Within 1 mile of the lair, winds buoy non-evil creatures that fall due to no act of the dragon’s or
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
less that isn’t being worn or carried, the gazer moves it up to 30 feet in any direction. The gazer can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or
pets. Some beholders with wizard minions insist they take a gazer as a familiar because the beholders can see through the eyes of these creatures.
A wild gazer (one living separately from a beholder
Staff of Power
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This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack
Vampire Spellcaster
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
save DC 16, +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The vampire has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand
then buried in the ground rises the following night as a vampire spawn under the vampire's control.
Charm. The vampire targets one humanoid it can see within 30 feet of it. If the target can see the