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Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Disadvantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours. Draw another card; this draw doesn’t count as one of your declared draws. Gem. Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty gems worth

1,000 GP each appear at your feet. Jester. You have Advantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key. A Rare or rarer magic weapon with

Android

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Specialization"}): 1, aerialist; 2, diplomat; 3, diver; 4, duelist; 5, medic; 6, sentry. This design determines certain traits in this stat block. Lightning Overload. When the android takes lightning

android has one or more upgrades to help it excel at its intended functions, but all androids are capable of defending themselves with concentrated bolts of force up close or from a distance. Despite

Termalaine in a Nutshell

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Termalaine in a Nutshell Friendliness ❄❄❄ Services ❄❄ Comfort ❄❄❄ Available Quest. “A Beautiful Mine". Population. 600. Leader. Oarus Masthew (lawful good half-orc scout) was declared speaker after a

stat block) and 4 veterans. Heraldry. The open-mouthed head of a fish at the bottom of a sky-blue field, its jaws parted as it swallows a large rose-pink oval. The oval is a tourmaline, symbolic of the

Stat Blocks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Stat Blocks The student NPCs are meant to interact with the characters primarily in roleplaying situations and to help create the flavor of attending a university. They aren’t intended to wade into

NPCs, use the stat block indicated for them in the Student NPC Stat Blocks table, where the stat blocks depend on the student’s year during the current adventure. These stat blocks can be found in

It's Got Three Heads!

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

It’s Got Three Heads! As the winning team is declared, the pests in the mascot stacks suddenly transform into a hostile creature. Read or paraphrase the following: The cheering from the students on

Rose Stage. The creature threatens an opposing team of mascot-stackers, and it uses the stat block of a chimera, though it doesn’t have a breath weapon. Because it’s evening, the lighting in all areas

Ramya Vasavadan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

maharana’s death, Ramya’s brother, Arijani, declared himself the new maharana. Allied with ranas hungry for unearned power, Arijani tried to force Ramya to relinquish the Sapphire Throne. Ramya refused

to yield. Moving swiftly, she organized her allies, met her brother in battle, and captured him. She intended to execute Arijani, but her sister Reeva counseled her to be merciful. Ultimately, Ramya

Feywild Guides

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

on themselves, a capable guide can see the road through the road and the trail beneath the trail. In doing so, the guide sidesteps the confusion and leads charges safely to their intended destination

scout stat block, but change its size to Small) 2 Gloomy wood elf druid (use the druid stat block) 3 Flamboyant pixie 4 Happy-go-lucky satyr 5 Ultra-competitive sprite 6 Overly cautious treant sapling

Introduction: How to Use a Monster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

books. This book is intended for Dungeon Masters (DMs) and provides game statistics for monsters: all sorts of creatures—whether friend or foe—controlled by the DM. Those statistics appear in stat blocks

block has been updated for ease of use and game balance. Enhanced Stat Blocks. New stat block design and language prioritize details vital during play. Versatile Groups. Nonplayer characters now

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

doesn’t count as one of your declared draws. Gem Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty gems worth 1,000 GP each appear at your feet. Jester You have Advantage on D20 Tests for the next

72 hours, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key A Rare or rarer magic weapon with which you are proficient appears on your person. The DM chooses the weapon. Knight You

14. Stonecarvers' Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the ceiling of this hall and cracked in two on the floor. The block was released when someone stepped on a hidden pressure plate in the floor. (The trap failed to hit its intended target and no

14. Stonecarvers’ Hall The Melairkyn dwarves hauled blocks of unworked stone here to be carved into doors, statues, and other forms. 14a. South Entrance A 4-foot-square block of stone has fallen from

Deck of Many Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Things You have Disadvantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours. Draw another card; this draw doesn’t count as one of your declared draws. Gem Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty

gems worth 1,000 GP each appear at your feet. Jester You have Advantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours, or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared draws. Key A Rare or rarer magic

Android

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

or more upgrades to help it excel at its intended functions, but all androids are capable of defending themselves with concentrated bolts of force up close or from a distance. Despite an android’s

designs suited for its role (choose or roll a d6): 1, aerialist; 2, diplomat; 3, diver; 4, duelist; 5, medic; 6, sentry. This design determines certain traits in this stat block. Lightning Overload. When

Combat Encounter Difficulty

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Every creature has an XP value in its stat block. When you add a creature to your combat encounter, deduct its XP from your XP budget to determine how many XP you have left to spend. Spend as much of

. This guideline is especially important for characters of level 1 or 2. Adjustments. A player’s absence might warrant removing creatures from an encounter to keep it at the intended difficulty. Also

Entering the Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

otherworldly green, and beckons to you. Ruxithid the Chosen The goblin standing on the sanctum mezzanine is Ruxithid the Chosen (see the accompanying stat block). Ruxithid’s psionic abilities afford him

harbinger and that his quest for these shards is intended to bring about a metamorphosis of the Material Plane. However, any character who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Insight) check notices the peculiar way

26. Ancient Elven Tomb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

-pound alabaster sarcophagus atop a 1-foot-high block of granite. The lid of the sarcophagus is carved in the likeness of a regal elf of indeterminate age and gender, with a yawning cat stretching on

solid block of alabaster with a fake lid carved to appear openable — a false tomb built to confound would-be treasure-hunters. 26c. Halaster’s Crushing Eye Destroyed Tables. Three stone tables lie

Navigating the Drought Elder

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

gravity doubles the distance creatures can jump. However, any creature that jumps must make a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. On a successful check, the creature lands in the intended spot. On a

failed check, the creature lands 5 feet away from its intended spot and is suspended in the area’s strange gravity. Suspended creatures are restrained until they use an action to pull themselves onto a

Combat Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

8,700 14,200 19 5,500 10,700 17,200 20 6,400 13,200 22,000 Step 3: Spend Your Budget. Every creature has an XP value in its stat block. When you add a creature to your combat encounter, deduct its XP

absence might warrant removing creatures from an encounter to keep it at the intended difficulty. Also, die rolls and other factors can result in an encounter being easier or harder than intended. You can

Dark Bargains and Cursed Paintings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

. After that, the beneficiary suddenly experiences the opposite of the intended effect of the ritual, which transforms the creature into the dark reflection of its initial desire. For example, those

the temple to challenge the coven, but she became a withered husk of her former self as she arrived (use the commoner stat block for her current state). Now trapped here, she is especially fearful of

M20. Paper Birds and Hidden Belfry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

sheets of enchanted parchment, which she then folds into the shape of paper birds that fly to their intended recipients. If a message’s recipient is on another plane of existence or is otherwise

unreachable, the paper bird bursts into flames on takeoff and is instantly destroyed. The paper birds are hostile toward all creatures except the hags of the Hourglass Coven. They use the hawk stat block, with

1: Outer Gatehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Guard Stat Block: Guard This gullible recruit spends more time dreaming than patrolling. Distractable. Bartho is easily distracted from his post because he’d rather be doing anything else. Sleepy

aren’t real. They’re just a myth told to scare little children from wandering into caves.” (False) Jane Katsubo Gala Human Gate Guard Stat Block: Guard Though she’s memorized all the keep’s

Mount Ironrot Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

teleported creatures arrive in an empty space near this oval, regardless of their intended destination in the Mournland. A creature that studies the reflection of the Mournland in the oval clearly sees the

the warforged warrior stat block in appendix A) remain in Ialos to guard the mill or patrol its surroundings. When no expedition is underway, thirteen pilgrims (including their leader, Mercy, who also

Wiltroot Hall Locations (W1-W7)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

tinkers with the Ioun stone for 1 minute and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check mends the item so it functions as intended. W3. Southwest Clearing Although the spongy ground here is

uses the stat block of an ettin. When it’s reduced to 0 hit points, the creature melts back into the spongy bog floor. Mascot. Once the fungal mass is dispatched, the characters can see a spirit statue

Effects for Single Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

companions. Roll initiative for the devil, which has its own turns. The DM has the creature’s stat block. On each of your turns, you can issue a verbal command to the devil (no action required by you), and as

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

Hall of Illusions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

. Candlefoot the Mime Candlefoot Candlefoot, a Witchlight hand (neutral good; see the stat block earlier in the chapter), is the reluctant ticket-puncher at the Hall of Illusions, and he does all he can to

ring he intended for his sweetheart drops to the floor inside the hall as he disappears. Characters who try to follow Rubin are unable to pass through the mirror as he did. Development On the Story

Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

comes to that. The decorative swords on the wall are actually two gingwatzims (see the stat block) that assume their true forms and attack intruders unless Korvala is present. If she is attacked in

occasionally feed on the energy of the living to survive. Korvala has created eight gingwatzims so far, six disguised as books and two more to guard her office. Korvala never intended her gingwatzims to

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

one? “The next time” in the spell description indicates that the extra damage applies only once, the first time you hit a creature after you finish casting the spell. Is the chill touch spell intended

block of a conjured creature determines the nature of the creature’s damage, unless the spell says otherwise. Can conjure animals summon a swarm? No. Conjure animals summons individual creatures, and

Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

attack to make, either an attack in its stat block or a generic attack, like an unarmed strike. Multiattack doesn’t qualify, not only because it’s more than one attack, but also because the rule on

of the same name don’t stack, does that mean a target can’t be affected by a shadow’s Strength Drain more than once between rests? The intended function of Strength Drain is that it stacks with

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

your AC is normally 16 and you have Half Cover, your AC is 18, and Barkskin’s effect isn’t relevant. Is the Chill Touch spell intended as a way of foiling Regeneration? Chill Touch does, indeed, stop

the those of the beast form? Polymorph replaces only the target’s character sheet or stat block with the stat block of the chosen form. Other effects, such as other spells, still exist. What kinds of

Platinum Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the end has odd divots and alcoves within the rock at various heights. This tunnel ends abruptly. The miners intended to keep digging here, but it was abandoned after the collapse occurred. M4

the cave-in. Mounds of broken rock block the tunnel, piled from ceiling to floor. The other parts of the cave-in were passable after the collapse, but this seems an impenetrable wall of earth

People of Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

, picking up or dropping off goods, making deals, or entertaining potential partners. If he joins the franchise and the characters encourage him, you might eventually upgrade him to use the stat block of a

the first person to talk to them in private. Laughing off his claims as “political rhetoric,” he offers to buy drinks and asks to hear the group’s stories. Harbin Wester is intended to be a political

Underlevel Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the adventure for their stat block). They have orders to attack anyone approaching the double doors who is not a Livestock member. They break off their attack if the characters take one or more

behind the walls. Characters who investigate find one kiddywidget (see the end of the adventure for its stat block) in each cavity. These offspring of the skitterwidgets chirp loudly if disturbed by

Character Advancement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

the treasure. Treasure. The wagon holds supplies intended for the keep: animal feed, bales of hay, and sacks of freshly milled flour. Stashed in one of the sacks is a purse that contains 12 GP

here for days, I still don’t have any tales worth telling. Do you?” Aurore Folny Mallyn Human Traveler Stat Block: Commoner This young wayfarer’s heart is filled with wanderlust. Easy

Elturgard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

uphold the laws of Elturgard, and always be in service to the greater good. While originally the Creed Resolute was intended to forge the fractious paladins of Elturgard into the Companions, the oath has

to block out the light so that visitors can get some sleep. Without the onset of dawn or dusk to frame the day’s labors, citizens rely on the tolling of the bells from the High Hall to denote the

Temple Crypts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

the character refuses the offer, the altar emits smoke that coalesces into a hulking figure. This hostile figure uses the clay golem stat block, but it is an Undead instead of a Construct. If the

them a gift, the mirror of reflected pasts (see appendix A). An elven relic used to help long-lived peoples recall happier times, the mirror was intended to help the kingpriest reflect on simpler

Designing Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

intended effect. Spells are a good starting point because they are compact pieces of game design that deliver specific effects. If you are using a spell as a starting point, check to see if you need to

scything blade can be broken, a sliding block can be held in place, or a net can be torn apart. A magic trap can be disabled by someone who can undermine the magic used to power it. Typically, a

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