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Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
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
Deck of Many Things
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
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
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
Backgrounds
The Book of Many Things
, and career. Maybe a rampaging dragon or another monster wiped out everything you had in a single calamitous afternoon. Or you might have sought out a Deck of Many Things, hoping to make your
choice of feat reflects how you’ve dealt with the terrible loss that changed your life forever. If you’ve kept your senses sharp for every opportunity and climbed your way out of misery by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
11 (+0)
Skills Arcana +5, Perception +3
Senses passive Perception 13
Languages any one language (usually Common)
Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Sea Legs. The deck
Pirate Deck Wizard These salt-encrusted practitioners of magic are at once learned and superstitious. The crews of pirate ships generally give their deck wizards a wide berth, as they magically step
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Ruin Spider The potent magic of a Deck of Many Things can have unpredictable effects on its environment, especially when the deck remains in one place for a long time. Ruin spiders arise when the
magic of the deck transforms giant spiders into even more dangerous monsters whose acidic venom disintegrates everything it touches. A ruin spider is easily recognizable by anyone familiar with the Deck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
invade the air envelopes of spelljamming ships and attack crew members on deck. Cooked night scavver meat is a popular offering in taverns across Wildspace. Night Scavver
Huge Monstrosity
)
CHA
1 (−5)
Skills Perception +6, Stealth +8
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages —
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Unusual Nature. The scavver doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Lower Decks The lower decks are riddled with holes, allowing easy access to the fortress interior. Characters can ascend to the command deck without needing to make ability checks simply by moving up
)
CHA
3 (−4)
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages —
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP)
Adhesive. The bone whelk can cause Medium or smaller objects to adhere to it. A Medium or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. Asteria hasn’t aged since Istus drew her future from the first Deck of Many Things. She doesn’t know why this is but surmises her life is tied to that deck; so long as it continues to exist, so will
she. She has no way to prove this hypothesis, but she nevertheless opposes groups like the Grim Harrow (see chapter 19) that seek to destroy the Deck of Many Things. Adventure Hooks Asteria knows more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
when the Deck of Many Things was shuffled for the first time. The rifflers were so enraptured with the soft sound made by the whispering cards that they made physical bodies for themselves in order to
them across worlds, all in service of an incomprehensible agenda to manipulate the fate of the multiverse. Rifflers are as likely to give a deck to adventurers in dire need as they are to wrest cards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
, but it’s passably good work for a display. Treasure Of more immediate interest is the open chest of gold and jewels sitting on the ship’s deck. The chest contains 375 gp, 1,480 ep, and 495 sp, plus
Intelligence check. If the chest or any of the treasure it contains — even a single coin — is removed from the ship, Arauthator senses it immediately and dispatches 2 ice trolls (see area 12) to investigate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
!” the goblin says, beckoning you to sit.
This goblin is Oddlewin, a fortune teller. The ivory deck before him is a Deck of Many Things that he uses to read people’s fates. The symbols on the tent’s
Oddlewin’s actions, but they remain connected to his feet. Oddlewin’s Deck of Many Things is a nine-card set containing the Comet, Fates, Fool, Key, Knight, Rogue, Ruin, Sage, and Throne cards. He stole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
character feels a pull toward what they’ve lost. If you’re using the House of Cards, the character senses that a Deck of Many Things can bring them where they need to be.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
12 (+1)
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery
of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Steady as She Goes. On the deck of a ship, the giff has advantage on ability checks and saving throws made against effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, but it’s passably good work for a display. Treasure Of more immediate interest is the open chest of gold and jewels sitting on the ship’s deck. The chest contains 375 gp, 1,480 ep, and 495 sp, plus
Intelligence check. If the chest or any of the treasure it contains—even a single coin—is removed from the ship, Arauthator senses it immediately and dispatches 2 ice trolls (see area 12) to investigate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
+ 30)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
17 (+3)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
12 (+1)
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages
Common
Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Steady as She Goes. On the deck of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
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
, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
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
, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Tavern Locations The following area descriptions are keyed to map 1.4. L1. Main Deck Describe this area to the players as follows: The main deck of the old ship features wooden steps that climb to
the forecastle and aftcastle, and another set of stairs descending into the ship. A padlocked wooden hatch fitted with windows acts as a skylight for the deck below — the tavern proper, visible through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
world to another. The Grim Harrow—a band of Undead beings created by the Deck of Many Things (see chapter 19)—seeks out harrow hawks, capturing them and training them as hunting animals. The Grim
Perception +6, Stealth +5
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages —
Challenge 1 (200 XP) Proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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 doesn’t
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, she’d take the entire multiverse with her. The Grim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, and career. Maybe a rampaging dragon or another monster wiped out everything you had in a single calamitous afternoon. Or you might have sought out a Deck of Many Things, hoping to make your
, Skilled, or Tough feat (your choice). Your choice of feat reflects how you’ve dealt with the terrible loss that changed your life forever. If you’ve kept your senses sharp for every opportunity and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Underdark. Many scholars agree there’s a link between talon beasts, the constellation of the Talons (see chapter 13), and the Talons card found in a Deck of Many Things, but it’s not clear which came first
.
STR
22 (+6)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
19 (+4)
INT
5 (−3)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
5 (−3)
Skills Perception +4
Condition Immunities frightened
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Moonlight Guardian Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many
, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities poison, radiant
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses truesight 120 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
be afraid. Though these illusions are realistic, thanks to my arcane prowess, they are just that—illusions.”
Blue-white lines form around you, etching the shape of a ship deck around the platform
upon which you stand. The room then melts away amid an explosion of colors, textures, and sounds that place you on the deck of a ship that is shaped like a gigantic hammerhead shark. The ship is situated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
knowledge and connections across the multiverse. Legends state that her garden in Cair Ophidian contains magical plants that can undo potent curses, including those inflicted by a Deck of Many Things. The
need powerful magic dispelled, such as the effects of the more ruinous cards from a Deck of Many Things. Zoology and Herbology. As an archdruid, Euryale knows much regarding primal magic, nature gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
fortune teller and drew from a Deck of Many Things. The avatar of death slew her in a flash. That was many centuries ago, and Wynemar is now a powerful and bloodthirsty Undead commander of the Grim
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, stunned, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 19
Languages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Grim Champion of Pestilence 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
, frightened, poisoned, stunned, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Infernal
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Halo of Pestilence. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
been poring over van Richten’s research and learning about Strahd and Castle Ravenloft, with every intention of dispatching the vampire herself. Tarokka Deck. Ezmerelda keeps a deck of tarokka cards in
, Perception +6, Performance +6, Sleight of Hand +7, Stealth +7, Survival +6
Senses passive Perception 16
Languages Common, Elvish
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Special Equipment. In addition to her magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
13 (+1)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
13 (+1)
Senses
any one world, one for each card in a Deck of Many Things. As a group, hierophants are sometimes called Sages, but each hierophant is also identified with a particular card. When a hierophant dies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
(+5)
INT
2(−4)
WIS
12(+1)
CHA
5(−3)
Saving Throws Con +9, Wis +5
Skills Perception +9, Stealth +5
Damage Resistances fire, lightning
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, paralyzed, poisoned, petrified
Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.,
passive Perception 11
Languages Terran
Challenge 6 (2,300
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
.
Malaxxix’s creations appear at fortuitous times. A character might find one days after some great misfortune, such as after wronging a powerful hag or drawing the Flames card from a Deck of Many
, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities acid, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
Senses truesight 120 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gate. 5 A Deck of Many Things. 6 A magic key that opens a door in Sigil that no other key and no spell can open. 7 The preserved corpse of an empyrean. 8 The remains of half a kraken. 9 The skull of a
, Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Stunned, Unconscious
Senses Blindsight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 13
Languages None
CR 23 (XP 50,000; PB +7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages understands the languages you speak
Challenge — Proficiency Bonus equals your bonus
Incorporeal Movement. The spirit can move through
cone) Components: V, S, M (a deck of cards) Duration: Instantaneous You spray a 15-foot cone of spectral cards. Each creature in that area must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a