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Candlekeep Mysteries
, dispel magic, identify, levitate, locate object, Tenser's Floating Disk, unseen servant
1/day each: banishment, contact other plane, Drawmij's instant summons, legend lore, locate creature, planar
invisible barrier of magical force that protects it. Until the start of its next turn, the sage has a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack, and it takes no damage from magic
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
with it. The ammunition created by the bow vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
While wielding this magic bow, you can use a bonus action to enter a semi-incorporeal state until the
This silver-and-black bow is engraved with the phases of the moon. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
When you hit with a ranged attack roll using this magic
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
produces its own, automatically creating one piece of magic ammunition when you make a ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a
target. The crossbow has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn.
Constellations. The crossbow is decorated with three constellations. As a bonus action, you can tap one of the
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This ivory longbow is inscribed with a prayer to the god Hiatea, the runes of which are entwined with gilded engravings of wheat stalks and deer antlers.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage
instant after it hits or misses a target.
The bow has 8 charges for the following properties, which you can use while wielding the bow. The bow regains 1d4 + 1 charges daily at dawn.
Curative Arrow
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
(Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you.
Random Properties. A docent has the following properties:
Languages. The docent knows Common, Giant, and 1d4
additional languages chosen by the DM. If a docent knows fewer than six languages, it can learn a new language after it hears or reads the language through your senses.
Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, or crumbling ruins designed to disorient intruders. Circuitous routes within the lair provide the dragon with numerous ways to evade pursuit, while strategically designed choke points allow them to
points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Psychic Step. The dragon magically teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
’s lair is a maze of twisting tunnels, interconnected caverns, or crumbling ruins designed to disorient intruders. Circuitous routes within the lair provide the dragon with numerous ways to evade
pursuit, while strategically designed choke points allow them to harry enemies with repeated ambushes. Emerald dragons frequently lay traps and alarms at the entrance points to their lairs, with older
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Ethereal Jaunt. As a bonus action, a xill can magically shift from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane, or vice versa.
Poison Stinger. The xill injects poison into one creature it hit with its
damage.Deep within the Ethereal Plane are the demiplanes, miniatures worlds built by powerful archmages and other mighty entities to serve as a private domain. Each demiplane is a designed realm
feats
Field, Ballistic Smite, Conjure Cannonball, Conjure Cover, Jam Weapon, Jethro's Instant Reload, and Perforating Shot.
Spells Prepared. Choose a number of spells equal to your Proficiency Bonus from among
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
.
Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
— especially those designed to protect the power and wealth of the elite. When living among enlightened folk, verdan are still the first to speak out against cultural restraints on individuals
magic-items
designed to assist with household duties. It vaguely resembles whatever species its creator used as inspiration. An activated domestic wonderuses the Domestic Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you
hours or until a creature touches the wonder with its key as a Utilize action to deactivate it, after which the wonder has the Unconscious condition until it is wound again.
Bonus Actions
Chime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Alpha, the adventure—which involves a crashed spaceship, futuristic weaponry, and humorously malfunctioning robots—became an instant classic. The updated adventure is designed for 11th-level characters.
, a one-eyed elder evil once entombed beneath the Cynidicean ziggurat. The updated adventure is designed for 1st-level characters. When a Star Falls When a Star Falls was the first adventure to bear a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Repeating Shot Item: A simple or martial weapon with the ammunition property (requires attunement) This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it when it’s used to make a
ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Repeating Shot Item: A simple or martial weapon with the ammunition property (requires attunement) This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it when it’s used to make a
ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Repeating Shot Item: A simple or martial weapon with the ammunition property (requires attunement) This magic weapon grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it when it’s used to make a
ranged attack with it. The ammunition created by the weapon vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
is cast at level 5 (save DC 17, +9 attack bonus) and doesn’t require Concentration, but you otherwise function as the spell’s caster.
Once the cube summons a creature, the cube can’t do so again
until the next dawn.
Cube of Summoning 1d6 Spell
1 Summon Aberration
2 Summon Beast
3 Summon Construct
4 Summon Dragon
5 Summon Elemental
6 Summon Fey
Conceptopolis, Andrew Mar Daern’s Instant Fortress, Cubic Gate,
Cube of Force, Cube of Summoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Daern’s Instant Fortress Wondrous item, rare Daern’s Instant Fortress You can use an action to place this 1-inch metal cube on the ground and speak its command word. The cube rapidly grows into a
. When activated, the tower has a small door on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can speak as a bonus action. It is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Character Advancement The Levels of Undermountain table lists the dungeon’s levels and the character levels for which they’re designed. It’s okay for characters to enter a dungeon level that’s
designed for a higher-level party; the encounters there will be more dangerous and taxing, but characters can retreat if things get too rough. Characters can also leave Undermountain, adventure elsewhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
this adamantine tower, which is actually a Daern’s instant fortress (see chapter 7, “Treasure,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Only Strahd knows the command word to alter its shape and size, which
form can enter the tower through these slits. Treasure The ground floor of the Daern’s instant fortress contains 50,000 cp, 10,000 sp, 10,000 gp, 1,000 pp, 15 assorted gems (100 gp each), and a +2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Action-Oriented Creatures The solo and leader creatures presented in this book are designed to be bosses: enemies who can take on an entire party by themselves or with a handful of underlings. Rather
opportunities to act and move when it’s not their turn. Thus, each action-oriented creature has at least one special bonus action and reaction, as well as a special section with villain actions that let them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Combat Robot Combat robots are designed for security or military action. They make able sentries and are usually programmed to take intruders prisoner before resorting to lethal force. Combat robots
are clearly designed to intimidate, while others offer canned, upbeat platitudes in pleasant tones even while subduing opponents. Combat Robot Medium Construct, Typically Lawful Neutral
Armor Class
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
taking the Dodge or Ready action, as described in "Actions in Combat." Bonus Actions Various class features, spells, and other abilities let you take an additional action on your turn called a bonus
action. The Cunning Action feature, for example, allows a rogue to take a bonus action. You can take a bonus action only when a special ability, spell, or other feature of the game states that you can do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Minions A minion is a weak foe, designed to allow GMs to create dramatic combat encounters with hordes of enemies without overwhelming the characters. In fact, an encounter with minions makes
uncomplicated. Minions act quickly. They don’t multiattack, roll for damage, or take unique bonus actions or reactions, so their turns aren’t long. Minions die fast. A character can kill several minions with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
can’t decide what to do on your turn, consider taking the Dodge or Ready action, as described in "Actions in Combat." Bonus Actions Various class features, spells, and other abilities let you take an
additional action on your turn called a bonus action. The Cunning Action feature, for example, allows a rogue to take a bonus action. You can take a bonus action only when a special ability, spell, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Daern’s Instant Fortress Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement) As a Magic action, you can place this 1-inch adamantine statuette on the ground and, using a command word, cause it to grow rapidly
a trapdoor leading to the roof. When created, the tower has a single door at ground level on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can issue as a Bonus Action. It is
Weapon Property
An Armor-Piercing weapon is a Melee weapon designed to punch through armor or thick hide. When you make an attack roll using an Armor-Piercing weapon, you gain a +1 bonus to the attack roll if your target is wearing armor or has an Armor Class of 18 or higher.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Instant Fortress Wondrous item, rare You can use an action to place this 1-inch metal cube on the ground and speak its command word. The cube rapidly grows into a fortress that remains until you use
small door on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can speak as a bonus action. It is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such as that of a chime of opening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Daern’s Instant Fortress Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires Attunement) As a Magic action, you can place this 1-inch adamantine statuette on the ground and, using a command word, cause it to grow rapidly
a trapdoor leading to the roof. When created, the tower has a single door at ground level on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can issue as a Bonus Action. It is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
exterminate the enemies of their deity. Stealth, poison, and disguise help you eliminate your foes with deadly efficiency. Bonus Proficiencies When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain
advantage on any Charisma (Deception) check you make to avoid detection. Death Strike Starting at 17th level, you become a master of instant death. When you attack and hit a creature that is surprised, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
plus any five languages
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Actions
Shocking Grasp (Cantrip). Melee Spell Attack: +8 to hit (with advantage if the target is wearing armor made of metal
1/day each: banishment, contact other plane, Drawmij’s instant summons, legend lore, locate creature, planar binding, polymorph, protection from evil and good, scrying, sending, true seeing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
), ignoring the class’s Hit Die progression. The monster’s proficiency bonus is based on its challenge rating, not its class levels. Once you finish adding class levels to a monster, feel free to tweak
recalculate its challenge rating as though you had designed the monster from scratch. Depending on the monster and the number of class levels you add to it, its challenge rating might change very
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
weapon using Strength, you can add your Rage Damage bonus to the attack’s damage roll. Giant Stature. Your reach increases by 5 feet, and if you are smaller than Large, you become Large, along with
hits, and it gains the thrown property, with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet. If you throw the weapon, it reappears in your hand the instant after it hits or misses a target. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom (Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you. Random Properties. A docent has the following properties: Languages
senses. Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to one of the following skills (roll a d4): (1) Arcana, (2) History, (3) Investigation, or (4) Nature. Spells. The docent knows one of the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom (Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you. Random Properties. A docent has the following properties: Languages
senses. Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to one of the following skills (roll a d4): (1) Arcana, (2) History, (3) Investigation, or (4) Nature. Spells. The docent knows one of the following spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Statistics Retainers are designed to be easy to run so their player (who is already managing a complex character) doesn’t get overwhelmed with even more details. Each retainer has a simple stat block
increase (see “Hit Points and Hit Dice”) and they gain combat features (see “Features”). Additionally, a few of their statistics increase when their mentor’s proficiency bonus does, including attack bonuses