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Dungeon Masterâs Guide
column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Any
Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Created in the image of the Deck of Many Things, this deck of ivory or vellum cards bestows an assortment of minor benefits and penalties on those who draw from it. Most (75 percent) of these decks
have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw, then draw them randomly. Any additional cards drawn have no effect
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many Things. The mage wished for a retinue of bodyguards ideally suited to fighting lycanthropes
and other shapeshifting creatures. In response, the Moon card spawned the first moonlight guardian.
A moonlight guardianâs body is infused with magical moonlight that the creature can channel
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The Book of Many Things
Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards. These forty-four additional cards are known
collectively as the Deck of Many More Things. (More information on creating new cards for this deck appears in chapter 2.)
Like the Deck of Many Things, the Deck of Many More Things manifests differently on
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
its body crumbles to dust.The champion can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature
, might have been the first person to draw the Skull card from a Deck of Many Things and be slain by the avatar of death. Even Jyn doesnât know for sure, as that was so long ago that sheâs
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
incapacitated condition and loses control of its body. Gremorly canât 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
The Book of Many Things
must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or have the incapacitated condition until the start of its next turn, as the insects ravage its body.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion
Spellcasting.Aleron was once a tiefling adventurer, but unlike so many victims of the Deck of Many Things, he never drew the Skull card. Instead, when one of his allies drew the card and faced the avatar of death
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
single topaz dragon scale on the deck.
2
A topaz dragon has claimed a stretch of coastline and ordered the residents of a seaside town to vacate the area or suffer the dragonâs wrath
an action, the dragon can cast the clairvoyance spell, requiring no spell components and targeting any body of water in that region.
If the dragon dies, the population of giant squid in the region
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to what happened is a single topaz dragon scale on the deck.
2
A topaz dragon has claimed a stretch of coastline and ordered the residents of a seaside town to vacate the area or suffer the
âs psionic presence. As an action, the dragon can cast the clairvoyance spell, requiring no spell components and targeting any body of water in that region.
If the dragon dies, the population of
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Basic Rules (2014)
draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number
Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two.
Before you
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Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number
Stored in a leather pouch, this unique deck contains twenty-two colored cards made of some strong but unknown metal, each of which features a design printed as a mosaic of raised dots. Before you
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
trinket
4
An article of clothing
5
A piece of jewelry
6
An arcane book or formulary
7
A written story, song, poem, or secret
8
A tattoo or other body marking
intend to do with your gift once you realize what it is capable of.
Folk Hero
d8
Personality Trait
1
I judge people by their actions, not their words.
2
If someone is in
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
fishing tackle. If you have access to a body of water that sustains marine life, you can maintain a moderate lifestyle while working as a fisher, and you can catch enough food to feed yourself and up to
work. (Any)
D6
BOND
1
I lost something important in the deep sea, and I intend to find it.
2
Someone elseâs greed destroyed my livelihood, and I will be
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, as well as the number of cards they intend to draw. Otherwise, the deckâs magical powers lie dormant. Anyone who identifies a deck learns this about the deck in the process, per the rules for
Handling the Cards The Deck of Many Things has the power to transform anyone who draws from it, but to trigger its effects, the individual handling the cards must state their desire to draw from it
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printed as a mosaic of raised dots. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the
Deck of Several Things Wondrous item, legendary Stored in a leather pouch, this unique deck contains twenty-two colored cards made of some strong but unknown metal, each of which features a design
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All-Consuming Star. The hierophants of the Heralds of the Comet intend to use the deck to foment the unraveling of creation.
signal the beginning of the end. Other signs also appear among the stars, the clouds, the seas, and world events, revealing the future to those who know how to interpret them. Divinatory Deck
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some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend
Deck of Many Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but
Compendium
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single card from the deck. This quickly became a resource-management puzzle: when the players knew one of their number would be imprisoned by the Donjon card, for example, or have their soul separated from their body by the Void card, how did they proceed?
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons With the publication of the first Dungeon Masterâs Guide in 1979, the most recognizable aspects of the Deck of Many Things were established. Here, the names of the cards
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ascends through the body of the flying fortress to a 10-foot-diameter, spherical iron cistern directly below the command deck. The pipe is 400 feet long from top to bottom and has access hatches leading to
, 10-foot-square hatch on the flat top of the flying fortress. The hatch is watched by the bone devils that fly above the fortress and leads to a corridor just outside the bridge on the command deck
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some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend
Deck of Many Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but
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Cargo Deck Conflagration Miken follows the characters as they head to the Cargo Deck to combat the fire, as does Wizpop if the characters found and repaired the autognome. The characters arrive to
find the Cargo Deck filled with thick smoke. Rules for the smoke are as follows: Smoke Inhalation. Any creature that needs to breathe must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw whenever it starts its
Compendium
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, but the rest have twenty-two. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck
Deck of Many Things Wondrous item, legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have only thirteen cards
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, but the rest have twenty-two. Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck
Deck of Many Things Wondrous item, legendary Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have only thirteen cards
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Lambent Zenith approached Havock, the rodâs magic mixed with the latent power in Havockâs dying body and went awry. This volatile combination now causes teleportation spells and effects to function
portal appears in a random unoccupied space in the exit location. Portal Exit d6 Exit Location 1 Sterncastle deck (stern segment; area Z1a) 2 Companionway (stern segment; area Z5) 3 Starboard top deck
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Deck of Many More Things Wondrous Item, Legendary Over the centuries since the first Deck of Many Things was created, many have sought and failed to replicate it. But some have created new cards
. These forty-four additional cards are known collectively as the Deck of Many More Things. (More information on creating new cards for this deck appears in chapter 2.) Like the Deck of Many Things, the
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deck. In Wildspace and on the Astral Plane, gravity is an accommodating force, in that the direction of its effect seems to be âthat which is most convenient.â For an object the size of a planet or
moon, gravity pulls everything toward the center of the body, meaning that creatures can stand upright anywhere on the surface, and dropped objects fall perpendicular to the surface they land on. For
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strange features, waving cruel weapons, and unleashing blasts of magic.
Captain Sardax lies on the deck nearby, her body ruined by shrapnel. âHold the top deck!â she snarls with her dying breath. âGrant
Right into the Action When everyone is ready to begin, roll for initiative. Then read or paraphrase the following aloud: You stand on the deck of your spelljamming ship, Moonraider, even as
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death knight can see and speak through the skeletal figurehead (see âDeath Knightâs Soulâ). D2. Upper Deck The upper deck contains a set of stairs that descend into the bowels of the ship, two ballista
hatch to the stores can only be opened by creatures with a combined Strength score of 18 or more. While hidden in the fog cloud, the cultists abandon the siege weapons and stay below deck. Instead, a
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Heroes of Destiny The following table provides narrative ideas inspired by the Deck of Many Things that players can use as prompts while developing their characters. The tablesâ entries are geared
choose the entries that speak to you or randomly pull cards from The Deck of Many Things card set. One of the most important steps of a warriorâs journey is discovering the reason why you fight. Glory
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Chapter 22: Euryale Though many cards in the Deck of Many Things depict individuals, only one card bears a proper name: Euryale, a baneful card with a medusa-like visage. Many sages have pondered who
this individual is and why she appears in the deck, speculating that perhaps Euryale is a fearsome demigod or the wielder of a destructive curse. But the truth is simple: the Deck of Many Things was
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aft of the deck. Lower Deck The cramped lower deck of the galley ship reeks of body odor and has the following features: Cargo Holds. Cargo holds at the fore and aft of the lower deck hold crates
Sample Ships This section provides stat blocks, deck plans, and other details for some of the most common ships. SIEGE WEAPONS
Some ships are armed with siege weapons, the descriptions of which are
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Chapter 18: Void The Void card is perhaps the most dreaded draw from a Deck of Many Things. The individual who draws this card is consigned to a terrible fate: their body collapses while their soul
presented in this chapter. If the characters can obtain the mask, they can reunite the soul of their fellow adventurer with that characterâs body.
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You donât have to use the House of
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Grim Champion of Desolation Jyn Corvis, a former adventurer, might have been the first person to draw the Skull card from a Deck of Many Things and be slain by the avatar of death. Even Jyn doesnât
drives her. More than any other member of the Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, sheâd take the entire multiverse with her. The Grim
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Shipwreck Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4, which shows the layout of the shipwreck. Map 4: The Wreck of Compass Rose View Player Version C1: Main Deck The moldering wood of the
deck is slick with algae and seawater. Amid the tangle of rigging, splintered railings, and stray seaweed, you spot boots, bones, and bits of gore that seem considerably more recent than the wreck of
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of Moloch, one of either agentsâ couriers, and so forth. As she does in Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, she offers to let the characters draw from her deck of several things. Some of the deckâs cards
spells disaster. Your soul is drawn from your body and held within a soul gem in the Temple of Moloch (with the gemsmith in area 31). While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is incapacitated






