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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
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Magic Weapon. You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with the sword, which scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20 and deals an extra 2d10 Slashing damage to Undead
Initiative rolls.
Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in
Classes
Player’s Handbook
personify their Rage as a fierce spirit or revered forebear. Others see it as a connection to the pain and anguish of the world, as an impersonal tangle of wild magic, or as an expression of their own
Defense, Weapon Mastery
2
+2
2
2
+2
Danger Sense, Reckless Attack
2
+2
2
3
+2
Barbarian Subclass, Primal Knowledge
3
+2
2
4
+2
Ability Score Improvement
3
+2
3
5
+3
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Fey Ancestry. Tally has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put him to sleep.Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
":"Club"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Club","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Commoners include peasants, serfs, servants, pilgrims, merchants, artisans, and hermits.
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Gnome Cunning. Wiri has advantage on all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
Clockwork Mouse. Wiri has a clockwork mouse in a hidden pocket. When she sets it on the
., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Club","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.Commoners include peasants, serfs, servants, pilgrims, merchants, artisans, and hermits.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of arms magically orbit the bodies of the titanic, nearly forgotten artisans known as hundred-handed ones. These giants often dwell in remote mountains and seaside cliffs, where they carve their
archons of old.
Artisans of the Archons. Legend has it that the hundred-handed ones were once a tribe of giant artisans, prized by archon tyrants for their ability as stone cutters and smiths. The
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elementals — that work to preserve life and the order of the planes.
Horizon Walker Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Horizon Walker Magic, Detect Portal, Planar Warrior (1d8)
7th
Ethereal Step
11th
Distant Strike, Planar Warrior (2d8)
15th
Spectral Defense
Horizon Walkers guard the world against threats that originate from other planes or that seek to ravage the mortal realm with otherworldly magic. They seek out planar portals and keep watch over them
Classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
An artificer who specializes as an Armorer modifies armor to function almost like a second skin. The armor is enhanced to hone the artificer’s magic, unleash potent attacks, and generate a
formidable defense. The artificer bonds with this armor, becoming one with it even as they experiment with it and refine its magical capabilities.
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
guild, skilled in a particular field and closely associated with other artisans. You are a well-established part of the mercantile world, freed by talent and wealth from the constraints of a feudal
traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Guild Business
Guilds are generally found in cities large enough to support several artisans practicing the same trade. However, your guild
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic, fog cloud, light
3/day each: feather fall, fly, misty step, telekinesis
1/day each: control weather, gaseous form
Equipment. Cressaro wears
bracers of defense, giving him AC 16.Multiattack. The giant makes two morningstar attacks.
Morningstar. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Magic Resistance. The ram has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Ram. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Ram"} to
livestock among giants. The rams’ fleece stores magical energy by absorbing ambient magic and drawing power from spells. While a ram is alive and unshorn, it uses its fleece’s magic for self
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
":"acid"} acid damage and is pulled up to 30 feet straight toward the ooze. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t pulled.Magic-minded artisans have long
incorporated parts of dragons’ bodies into magic items, crafting dragon hide into armor and forging weapons from claws and teeth. Alchemists have found beneficial uses for dragon blood, but ill-advised
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
mark can mend broken things with a touch, and always has a minor magic item they’ve been working on. An artificer or a wizard will get the most out of the mark, but anyone can find a use for an
-marked Cannith forgeholds use streamlined forms of production to quickly produce common goods. Even independent artisans often learn their trade at Cannith academies and adhere to Cannith standards
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike or Psychic Bolt attacks
, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: dispel magic, levitate (self only), mage hand (the hand is invisible), see invisibility
1/day each
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Special Equipment. Glasstaff wields a staff of defense (see appendix B). With the staff in hand, he can use an action to cast the mage armor spell and use his reaction to cast the shield
, magic missileA former member of the Lords’ Alliance, Glasstaff seized an opportunity in Phandalin to line his own pockets. Originally tasked with setting up a constabulary, he instead assembled
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
sickness
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, gentle repose, hold person, ray of enfeeblement, spiritual weapon
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, magic circle, speak with dead, spirit guardians
":"damage","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Shell Defense. Krull withdraws into his shell. Until he emerges as a bonus action, he has a +4 bonus to AC and has advantage on Strength and
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
Equipment. Holga carries a darksteel greataxe, a magic weapon that grants her resistance to lightning damage while she carries it (included above).
Unarmored Defense. While Holga isn’t wearing
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Misdirecting Defense. The AC of the recruiter includes its Charisma modifier while it isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Oriq Mask. The recruiter wears an Oriq mask. While wearing the
mask, the recruiter can’t be targeted by any divination magic or perceived through magical scrying sensors, and it adds double its proficiency bonus to Charisma (Deception) checks (included above
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Special Equipment. Ras Nsi wears bracers of defense, wields a flame tongue longsword, and carries a sending stone matched to one carried by the guide Salida (see chapter 1).
Shapechanger. Ras Nsi
level (4 slots): expeditious retreat, false life, magic missile, shield
2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, hold person, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, fireball
4th
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Defense. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to become insubstantial for a moment, halving the damage you take. Then the reaction can’t be used again until the next sunset.
Magic Tattoo
Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo is dark in color and abstract.
Tattoo Attunement. To attune to this item, you hold the needle to your skin where you want the tattoo to appear
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Slayer Magic, Hunter’s Sense, Slayer’s Prey
7th
Supernatural Defense
11th
Magic-User’s Nemesis
15th
Slayer’s Counter
You have dedicated yourself to hunting down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic. A Monster Slayer seeks out vampires, dragons, evil fey, fiends, and other magical threats. Trained in
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Slayer Magic, Hunter’s Sense, Slayer’s Prey
7th
Supernatural Defense
11th
Magic-User’s Nemesis
15th
Slayer’s Counter
You have dedicated yourself to hunting down creatures of the night and wielders of grim magic. A Monster Slayer seeks out vampires, dragons, evil fey, fiends, and other magical threats. Trained in
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
elementals — that work to preserve life and the order of the planes.
Horizon Walker Features
Ranger Level
Feature
3rd
Horizon Walker Magic, Detect Portal, Planar Warrior (1d8)
7th
Ethereal Step
11th
Distant Strike, Planar Warrior (2d8)
15th
Spectral Defense
Horizon Walkers guard the world against threats that originate from other planes or that seek to ravage the mortal realm with otherworldly magic. They seek out planar portals and keep watch over them
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks.
Unarmed Strike
":"damage", "rollAction":"Retaliating Light", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, as magic lashes out in retribution.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Fey Ancestry. Rahadin has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put him to
sleep.
Innate Spellcasting. Rahadin's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence. He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
3/day: misty step, phantom steed
1/day: magic
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;{"diceNotation":"2d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Nature's Wrath (Thunder)", "rollDamageType":"thunder"}.
Shell Defense. The tortle withdraws into its shell. Until it emerges, it gains a +4 bonus to
wind blowing through trees, to watch a frog croaking on a lily pad, or to stand in a crowded marketplace. A tortle druid savors such things more than most, channeling the natural magic of the world
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike or Psychic Bolt attacks. It
. The githzerai touches one creature it can see within 5 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence saving throw, or the githzerai chooses an action for that target: Attack, Magic
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
absorbed into the tree’s bark.Barkburrs are animate, poisonous Plants that spontaneously grow from trees when a spark of nature’s magic takes root in the wood. They appear as limpet-like knots
of bark and wood indistinguishable from ordinary tree burls. Barkburrs often act in defense of a grove or forest.
Some barkburrs cling to the trees from which they sprouted, while others slowly wander
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
spellcasters who call down fireballs and other destructive magic in the defense of the court they serve, whether that court is in the Feywild or the Material Plane. A hobgoblin devastator on the
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
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. He can't use this trait if he's incapacitated.
Fey Ancestry. Jarlaxle has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put him to sleep.
Innate Spellcasting. Jarlaxle's innate
succeed instead.
Master Attuner. Jarlaxle can attune to up to five magic items, and he can attune to magic items that normally require attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard.
Sneak Attack (1
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Unarmored Defense. While the hobgoblin is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The hobgoblin makes four attacks, each of which can be an Unarmed
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
Classes
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
elven ways.
In combat, a bladesinger uses a series of intricate, elegant maneuvers that fend off harm and allow the bladesinger to channel magic into devastating attacks and a cunning defense. Many
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Earth Armor. The clockwork doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it burrows.
Magic Resistance. The clockwork has advantage on saving throws against spells and other
. If detected, it sends electrical shocks through the ground toward pursuers while it retreats.
Clockworks
Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Magic Resistance. The clockwork has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The clockwork doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Bite. Melee
clockwork with alchemical concoctions that can paralyze creatures and cloud the mind.
Clockworks
Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs but
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
The gods of the forge are patrons of artisans who work with metal, from a humble blacksmith who keeps a village in horseshoes and plow blades to the mighty elf artisan whose diamond-tipped arrows of
. Clerics of these deities search for objects lost to the forces of darkness, liberate mines overrun by orcs, and uncover rare and wondrous materials necessary to create potent magic items. Followers of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Magic Resistance. The clockwork has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The clockwork doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack
traps or melee-oriented clockworks—and at shorter ranges, burst with explosive force.
Clockworks
Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs