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Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
The backs of the cards in this deck are decorated with intricate designs representing different planes of existence. The deck has 6 charges. While holding it, you can expend 1 or more of its charges
to use the following properties:
Marked Card. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge to draw a card from the deck and place it in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The card then becomes
Folding Boat
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Basic Rules (2014)
command words, each requiring you to use an action to speak it.
One command word causes the box to unfold into a boat 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. The boat has one pair of oars, an anchor
ship has a deck, rowing seats, five sets of oars, a steering oar, an anchor, a deck cabin, and a mast with a square sail. The ship can hold fifteen Medium creatures comfortably.
When the box becomes a
Magic Items
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
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of an enemy ship, surviving on brackish water and foolhardy rats. At the right moment, you crept up to the deck and took over the ship on your own.
6
Leave None Behind. You carried an
, marines tend to operate best in groups, valuing camaraderie and the companionship of like-minded individuals.
D8
PERSONALITY TRAIT
1
I speak rarely but mean every word I say
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
card from the deck and place it in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The card then becomes marked with an invisible sigil. Once within the next 24 hours, as an action, you can speak the marked
Deck of Dimensions Wondrous Item, Very Rare (Requires Attunement) The backs of the cards in this deck are decorated with intricate designs representing different planes of existence. The deck has 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Hollow Deck Havoc Describe the Hollow Deck as follows: This deck is one large, bowl-shaped chamber containing several large piles of mechanical parts, with many more parts strewn across the floor
automatons menace you with rotating saws that extend from their forelimbs. They appear to speak to each other using clicking noises that seem oddly familiar.
The clockwork horrors are speaking Thri-kreen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Autognome Survivor Once the clockwork horrors have been defeated, the characters can search the wreckage scattered throughout the Hollow Deck. Any character who does so can make a DC 11 Wisdom
Gnomish on a little brass plaque bolted to their chest) suffered vocal cord damage as well as other structural damage. The autognome has 6 hit points remaining, can’t speak, and makes occasional
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
inside. This item also has three command words, each requiring you to use an action to speak it. Folding Boat One command word causes the box to unfold into a boat 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2 feet
feet long, 8 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. The ship has a deck, rowing seats, five sets of oars, a steering oar, an anchor, a deck cabin, and a mast with a square sail. The ship can hold fifteen Medium
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
inside. This item also has three command words, each requiring you to use an action to speak it. One command word causes the box to unfold into a boat 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2 feet deep. The boat
feet wide, and 6 feet deep. The ship has a deck, rowing seats, five sets of oars, a steering oar, an anchor, a deck cabin, and a mast with a square sail. The ship can hold fifteen Medium creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
spellcasters, but they can enrich any character’s story. When using this table, you can either choose the entries that speak to you or draw cards from the deck. Sage Destinies Card Heroic Tie
Heroes of Destiny The Sage Destinies table provides narrative ideas inspired by the Deck of Many Things that you can use while developing your character. The entries in this table are geared toward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ship. Young Silver Dragon Dalanyrr, a female silver dragon barely twenty years old, is flitting among the clouds when she spots the airship. Her curiosity piqued, she tries to land on deck and speak
of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine the prevailing weather conditions. Under clear skies, characters on deck or in the crow’s nest spot approaching creatures automatically, giving the crew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
block) for up to 1 minute or until you use an action to speak the command word again, whereupon it transforms back into a card. The deck defender obeys your spoken commands. If you issue no commands
Effects for Single Cards A Deck of Many Things typically appears not as individual cards, but as a collection of cards characters can draw from. But this doesn’t have to be true; you can give each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
death knight can see and speak through the skeletal figurehead (see “Death Knight’s Soul”). 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
from their bodies, the heads remain alive and sedate as a result of Halaster’s magic. Tapping on a jar is enough to stir a head to consciousness. The heads speak only the languages they knew in life
determined by drawing a card from the Secrets Deck (see appendix C). A head can also confirm that Halaster spends a lot of time on this level of Undermountain. Removing a head from a jar or removing a jar from this room ends the magic that animates the head, which immediately dies.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
disoriented underground. Setup. Use a deck of playing cards, Ace through 5 only, from each suit (Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, Spades). You should have 20 cards in total. Picking a Path. Shuffle the deck thoroughly
navigated the sewers and found the Central Chamber. Replacement Tools
If you don’t have a deck of cards available, have the players roll 1d4 to determine the suit, and 1d6 to determine the card
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, featuring imagery drawn from the cards of a Deck of Many Things. Through the course of this narrative, the initiates learn more of the group’s secret teachings and the symbolism used in divinatory card
them from discussing their initiation rite or disclosing the arcana of the group to outsiders. In the symbolism of the Deck of Many Things, initiates are sometimes called Knights. Initiates who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
moved on long ago but left behind a statue of a forgotten healer. Cloaker. Two pale cloakers that can speak Common and Elvish cling to the statue’s back, disguising themselves as leathery wings. When
reach the deck of the shattered vessel. Vines cover the ship’s shattered hull. Little more than a moldy deck and toppled masts remains. Bits of frayed rope and broad scraps of patchwork fabric litter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
of the ships, but might retreat below deck to eat, rest, or get a break from the light of day. Each ship has six officers: a captain, a first mate, a bosun, a quartermaster, a surgeon, and a cook. Each
spends 1 hour observing a ship’s crew can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a success, the character notices that most crew members speak Common with an Elvish accent and exchange hand signals
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
can either choose entries that speak to you or randomly pull cards from The Deck of Many Things card set until you feel your character’s story is complete. The prompts in the table include
Heroes of Destiny The Rogue Destinies table provides narrative ideas inspired by the Deck of Many Things that players can use as prompts while developing characters. The entries in this table are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
battle clamber onto the deck and ask to speak to the captain. They say they’re looking for a new commission and are eager to serve. Krux won’t have them under his command, however, and orders that
over the bow of the ship, quickly flies around the mast, and settles a few feet above the main deck, changing colors as it hovers in place. In a soft voice it says, “Lost, are we? Maybe I can be of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Heroes of Destiny The Fated Destinies table provides narrative ideas inspired by the Deck of Many Things that you can use as prompts while developing your character. The entries are geared toward
characters who rely on faith, conviction, or fate—particularly clerics, druids, and paladins—but any character’s story can benefit from them. When using this table, you can choose the entries that speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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 warrior’s journey is discovering the reason why you fight. Glory
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 tables’ entries are geared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
on the map. View Player Version J1. Main Deck Three sailors (drow) and a mate (drow elite warrior) are on deck at all times. If the characters board the ship and ask to speak with the captain, the
mate asks their business before even thinking about disturbing him. Jolly Boats. Four rowboats are stacked on top of each other on this deck. Ropes and pulleys are used to hoist these boats in and out
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Any loud disturbances on deck cause the captain and the sleeping cultists to awaken and investigate. Unless the characters approach the Morkoth invisibly, it is likely that the entire ship’s crew will
, or if the merrow are unable to hurl their harpoons, the merrow crawl up onto the deck and attack with their teeth and claws, pursuing prey into the Morkoth’s lower deck if necessary. Map 11.2: The
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
., passive Perception 11
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Immutable Form. The guardian is immune to any spell or other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
with the first mate, who is half her age, while the captain falls in love with her. On one side of the stage is a backdrop resembling the deck of a ship; the other side is decorated to look like a
’ Alliance who answers directly to Laeral Silverhand. He also seems to know all about the characters’ meeting with Laeral (see encounter 1, “Alley”) and says he can speak on her behalf. He asks about
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->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Lambent Zenith Locations The areas of the wreck are keyed to map 3.1. Francesca Baerald Map 3.1: Lambent Zenith View Player Version Z1a–Z1b: Sterncastle Deck and Below Scraps of golden sails dangle
from the sterncastle’s ruined mast. Two armored githyanki patrol the deck and below, silver swords at their hips.
Two lawful neutral githyanki knights named Lysan and Zastra, who served as bosuns on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
D1. Kraken’s Folly The Kraken’s Folly is a beached pirate ship that some residents of Mistshore use as a tenement. At any given time, 4d6 bandits loiter on deck, hoping that someone who needs muscle
to mention this to the characters for fear of scaring them off. Obliteros is a giant shark, with these changes: The shark’s alignment is chaotic evil. Its Intelligence score is 10 (+0), and it can speak and understand Aquan.
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
. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The champion uses Spellcasting.
Domenico Cava Aleron We fought. I survived. I couldn’t speak for days afterward.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Ravenloft in particular has a history of featuring props in its adventures (see “Tarokka Deck and Spirit Board” section later in this chapter). The world of creating custom props is endless, but don’t
incredible control over your game’s tone and atmosphere. Model the behaviors you want players to emulate by staying focused on the game, letting others speak in turn, heading off encroachment on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Ctenmiir’s coffin has a speed of 30 feet and a climbing speed of 10 feet, and protects the vampire from sunlight even as it prevents him from escaping his servitude. Though Ctenmiir is able to speak
her potions. Mary strikes an eerie, witch-like figure, surrounded always by swirling magical-mechanical trinkets of her own devising. She is often seen shuffling a deck of several things, and will try
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
-handedly and led your comrades to victory. 5 Stowaway. For days, you hid in the bilge of an enemy ship, surviving on brackish water and foolhardy rats. At the right moment, you crept up to the deck and took
Personality Trait 1 I speak rarely but mean every word I say. 2 I laugh loudly and see the humor in stressful situations. 3 I prefer to solve problems without violence, but I finish fights decisively. 4 I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
deck of Dangerous Business for any reason, they immediately attract the attention of nearby guards. Dead Guard The dead guard is a male half-orc. Lying on his chest is a black business card bearing
later for more information). The condition of the guard’s head makes it impossible to talk to him with speak with dead. Aside from his grievous head wound, the guard’s body is untouched except where