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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This black or dark-blue robe is embroidered with small white or silver stars. You gain a +1 bonus to saving throws while you wear it.
Six stars, located on the robe’s upper-front portion, are
particularly large. While wearing this robe, you can take a Magic action to remove one of the stars and expend it to cast the level 5 version of Magic Missile. Daily at dusk, 1d6 removed stars
Classes
Player’s Handbook
Chained God; Zargon, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the
Great Old One might be indifferent to your existence. But the secrets you’ve learned nevertheless allow you to draw strange magic from it.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
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When you take a Magic action to toss an Ioun Stone into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet, conferring its benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun
, and any resources used to cast it are wasted. Once the stone has canceled 20 levels of spells, it burns out, turns dull gray, and loses its magic.
Ioun Stone of Agility;Agility (Very Rare). Your
Monsters
Dragon of Icespire Peak
Gnome Cunning. The gnome has advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
Spellcasting. The gnome is a 2nd-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence
, prestidigitation, ray of frost (see “Actions” below)
1st level (3 slots): detect magic, mage armor, magic missile (see “Actions” below), shieldMagic Missile (Expends a 1st
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
":"damage","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.Those who follow Myrkul are either wizards or those who seek to master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of Myrkul study rituals
are initiates who have not yet mastered arcane magic and rely on their flails in battle. Skull Lasher of Myrkul;Skull lashers are spellcasters who use magic to augment their combat abilities. The
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Fey Ancestry. Drivvin has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put him to sleep.
Innate Spellcasting. Drivvin's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15
). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: dancing lights
1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)
Magic Resistance. Drivvin has advantage
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. Vertrand has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. Vertrand is an 18th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence
wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. Zox has advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
Spellcasting. Zox is an 18th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence
wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. Melissara has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. Melissara is an 18th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence
wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. The Left Hand of Manshoon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. The Left Hand of Manshoon is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its
self and invisibility at will and has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. Berlain has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. Berlain is an 18th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell
wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. Valtagar has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Duergar Resilience. Valtagar has advantage on saving throws against poison.
Spellcasting. Valtagar
): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fly, lightning bolt
4th level (3 slots): fire
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Magic Resistance. Syndra has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. Syndra is an 18th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell
spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
—a nervous disorder that manifests as trembling. It can affect her balance and her stride, but she has learned to cast her spells unimpeded by it.
Despite her firm grasp of the dark arts, she
Special Equipment. Vellynne wears bracers of defense and carries a wand of magic missiles (see “Actions” below).
Spellcasting. Vellynne is an 8th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting
Backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
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Your family has a history of practicing the dark arts. You dabbled once and felt something horrible clutch at your soul, whereupon you fled in terror.
5
An oni took your sibling one
with a sword or banished with a spell. It might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a memory that refuses to die, or a demonic whisper in the dark. The burden has taken its
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
Magic Resistance. Vizeran has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Fey Ancestry. Vizeran has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the
will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, misty
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
arts. Benevolent ones counsel kings and queens, while evil ones rule as tyrants and pursue lichdom. Those who are neither good nor evil sequester themselves in remote towers to practice their magic
Magic Resistance. The archmage has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. The archmage is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, message, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, protection from evil and good, ray of sickness (see “Actions
master the necromantic arts.
Delvers into Lore. Cultists of Myrkul study rituals that allow them to force the souls of the dead into service, compelling them to answer questions and share forgotten
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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—Lady Elara d’Thuranni, shadow dancer
The Mark of Shadow lets an elf weave illusions, crafting magic to distract or delight. It also allows its bearer to sculpt shadows, making it easy to
foremost centers of the arts in the Five Nations, each focusing on a specific artistic tradition: the written word, movement arts, music, material arts, and the arts of illusion, puppetry, oratory, and
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
Magic Resistance. The simulacrum has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Simulacrum. The simulacrum can’t regain expended spell slots or use the properties of
the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor*, magic missile
2nd
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
transformed by it.
The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the dark energy
. Last week.
Shadow Magic Features
Sorcerer Level
Feature
3rd
Eyes of the Dark, Strength of the Grave
3rd
Eyes of the Dark (darkness)
6th
Hound of Ill Omen
14th
Shadow Walk
18th
Umbral Form
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
receive secret training in the arts of magic and stealth. This indoctrination is a slow and arduous process; many aspirants don’t finish it, and years might go by during which the iron shadows
will of their masters. They wield a deadly combination of unarmed fighting techniques and shadow magic to deceive and defeat their foes. While on secret missions, they wear masks crafted to resemble
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Illumination. Trenzia sheds either dim light in a 15-foot radius, or bright light in a 15-foot radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. She can switch between the options as an action.
Magic
);holy water is sprinkled on her remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them.
Spellcasting. Trenzia is a 5th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The mad women and men known as Barovian witches forge pacts with Strahd and the Dark Powers of Ravenloft in exchange for magic and longevity. They prefer to live in
the shadows and can see in the dark. When traveling in the open, they use alter self spells to assume less conspicuous forms. They also use these spells to grow long, sharp claws with which they can
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Grave Magic. When the master of souls cast a spell that deals damage, it can change the spell's damage type to necrotic.
Spellcasting. The master of souls is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting
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Cantrips (at will): chill touch (see “Actions” below), mage hand, message, prestidigitation
1st level (4 slots): burning hands, detect magic, ray of sickness (see “Actions” below), shield
2nd level (3 slots
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
the crime. Most people are too daunted by you to report your wrongdoing to the Azorius.
Rakdos Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature
For you, the spells on the Rakdos
;flaming sphere
3rd
fear, haste
4th
confusion, wall of fire
5th
dominate person
Your magic often produces a flashy spectacle, wreathing you or your targets in a mixture
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of the magical arts, they learn the basics of weapon use, and they measure their deeds by the enemies defeated though their magic. They have the respect of other members of the host and receive
2/day each: fireball, fly, fog cloud, gust of wind, lightning boltHobgoblins with a prodigious talent for magic sometimes undergo grueling training to become hobgoblin devastators. Devastators are
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
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Tentacles play a big part in K'thriss's spellcasting, whether wrenching him through the sky when he uses magic to fly, or manifesting in dark, suckered form when he casts spells such as thorn whip. And
Special Equipment. K'thriss wears a robe of stars (accounted for in his statistics). The robe allows him to cast the following spells:
6/day: magic missile (7 missiles)
Awakened Mind. K'thriss can
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
This dark spider-silk cloak is made by drow. It is a cloak of elvenkind. It loses its magic if exposed to sunlight for 1 hour without interruption.
While you wear this cloak with its hood up, Wisdom
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
transformed by it.
The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the dark energy
. Last week.
Shadow Magic Features
Sorcerer Level
Feature
1st
Eyes of the Dark, Strength of the Grave
3rd
Eyes of the Dark (darkness)
6th
Hound of Ill Omen
14th
Shadow Walk
18th
Umbral Form
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area
’ wrath, she cursed every member of his house. The seelie fey’s true name has been stricken from history, but the stories call him Dubh Catha (“Dark Crow” in Common), and other Fey
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Iggwilv has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. (This trait is bestowed by her robe of the archmagi.)
Special Equipment. Iggwilv wears
):
At will: detect magic, disguise self, invisibility, light, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, Tasha's hideous laughter
3/day each: dispel magic, fly, polymorph
1/day each: maze, telekinesis
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Magic Resistance. The tlacatecolo has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The tlacatecolo makes two Talon attacks.
Talon. Melee Weapon Attack: +6
level of exhaustion. If the creature is in direct sunlight when it makes this saving throw, it automatically succeeds on the save.
If the creature is targeted by magic that ends a poison or disease
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Vecna fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Vecna carries a magic dagger named Afterthought. In the hands of anyone other than
is a creature, it is afflicted by entropic magic, taking 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Afterthought", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage at the start of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
additional 15 feet. It can switch between the options as an action.
Magic Resistance. The priest has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Rejuvenation. If the priest is
destroyed, it regains all its hit points in 1 hour unless Holy Water (flask);holy water is sprinkled on its remains or a dispel magic or remove curse spell is cast on them.
Spellcasting. The priest is a