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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Darkvision out to 120 feet.
The wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and speaks Abyssal and Common.
Personality. The wand’s purpose is to help satisfy Orcus’s desire to slay
guarded.
Bathing the wand in positive energy (such as that which permeates the Positive Plane) causes it to crack and explode, but unless the above conditions are met, the wand instantly re-forms on Orcus’s layer of the Abyss.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire might be achieved only in part, or you might suffer an unforeseen consequence as a
game. Similarly, wishing for a Legendary magic item or an Artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item’s current owner. If your wish is granted and its effects have
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
been. A redcap’s desire to slay is rooted in its will to survive.
VARIANT: MADCAPS
A madcap is a redcap that soaks its hat in demon ichor instead of blood. Contact with demon ichor makes the
, the word “cool,” or the color blue.
When a madcap drops to 0 hit points, its hateful existence comes to an end in spectacular fashion as it bursts into flames, reducing itself, its ichor-soaked hat, and its pants to ashes instantly while leaving behind its weapon and smoldering iron boots.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
his attention to building Castle Ravenloft, Rahadin saw to it that wizards and artisans were brought to Barovia. Years later, Strahd appointed Rahadin his castle chamberlain. Rahadin was pleased to do
, found Tatyana.
Tatyana was Strahd's type—a woman of exquisite beauty and gentle manner. When Strahd returned to Ravenloft, the young woman instantly caught his eye, and Rahadin had the pleasure of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
6
A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching one treasure hunter
sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
injured and stranded far from the sea, but the dragon is too proud to ask for help getting home.
6
A topaz dragon is building a tableau of desiccated creatures and has grown obsessed with catching
threatens shipping and caravans around a major city.
Topaz Dragon Lairs
Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
whichever cards they desire. Alternatively, roll on the Deck of Many More Things table below to randomly determine what cards are drawn.
Deck of Many More Things
d100
Card
01
Aberration
Disintegrate spell destroys the chains instantly, freeing you. Another creature can also free you by succeeding on a DC 30 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools.
Ring. A rare or rarer magic ring appears
Wish
Legacy
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
spell might simply fail, the effect you desire might only be partly achieved, or you might suffer some unforeseen consequence as a result of how you worded the wish. For example, wishing that a villain
instantly transport you to the presence of the item's current owner.
The stress of casting this spell to produce any effect other than duplicating another spell weakens you. After enduring that stress
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
’s desire to slay everything in the multiverse. The wand is cold, cruel, nihilistic, and bereft of humor.
In order to further its master’s goals, the wand feigns devotion to its current
imprisoned the hero’s soul and keeps it hidden and well guarded.
Bathing the wand in positive energy causes it to crack and explode, but unless the above conditions are met, the wand instantly reforms on Orcus’s layer of the Abyss.
Kenku
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
. Every kenku is born with a desire to take to the air, and those who learn spellcasting do so in hope of mastering spells that will allow them to fly. Rumors of magic items such as flying carpets, brooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, and the Palace of Heart’s Desire simply by walking into or flying over the border mist, whereupon they are instantly transported to the border of whichever part of Prismeer contains their intended
A Domain Divided The poster map of Prismeer shows the Feywild domain divided into four sections: the splinter-realms of Hither, Thither, and Yon, and the Palace of Heart’s Desire. These fragments are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Winery If the characters continue toward the winery, read: Situated in the midst of the vineyard, the winery is an old, two-story stone building with multiple entrances, thick ivy
3 1 druid and 24 twig blights (from area W9) 4 1 druid and 5 needle blights (from area W14) 5 1 druid and 2 vine blights (from area W20) The druid lurking in area W16 carries a Gulthias staff (see appendix C). If the staff is destroyed, all blights within 300 feet of it instantly wither and die.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Play Style By building a new world (or adopting an existing one) and creating the key events that launch your campaign, you determined what your campaign is about. Next, you have to decide how you
bugbear lair. Don’t track money or time spent in town. Once they’ve completed a task, send the adventurers back into the action as quickly as possible. Character motivation need be no more developed than a desire to kill monsters and acquire treasure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, surrounded by the petrified remains of past admirers and would-be heroes. Immortal Splendor. Men and women who desire eternal youth, beauty, and adoration might pray to malicious gods, beg dragons for
. Those who strike such bargains gain physical beauty, restored youth, immortality, and the adoration of all who behold them, granting them the influence and power they so desire. However, after years
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
The Fiend You have made a pact with a fiend from the lower planes of existence, a being whose aims are evil, even if you strive against those aims. Such beings desire the corruption or destruction of
creature with an attack, you can use this feature to instantly transport the target through the lower planes. The creature disappears and hurtles through a nightmare landscape. At the end of your next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
The Fiend You have made a pact with a fiend from the lower planes of existence, a being whose aims are evil, even if you strive against those aims. Such beings desire the corruption or destruction of
level, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can use this feature to instantly transport the target through the lower planes. The creature disappears and hurtles through a nightmare landscape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
might instantly sense visitors entering their domain, while the heroes have no reliable means of identifying the Darklord. Describe why the Darklord is interested in the characters. The Darklord
bond, desire, or loved one.
2 An adventurer shares a Darklord’s flaw.
3 The Darklord and an adventurer share camaraderie over a mutual ideal.
4 The Darklord believes they can teach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
shard per person above the age of ten years, and is collected door-to-door by patrols of the City Guard on the last day of each month. Individuals who so desire can pay a single dragon in tax and
be taxed if they are confronted in any building, be it an inn or an outhouse. So if you’re out and around on the last day of the month, you’ll no doubt experience “taxing traffic” as the streets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Libram of Souls and Flesh Yes Rare Lyre of Building Yes Rare Outer Essence Shard Yes Rare Planecaller’s Codex Yes Rare Protective Verses Yes Rare Reveler’s Concertina Yes Rare Shadowfell Brand Tattoo
Yes Artifact Teeth of Dahlver-Nar Yes Who doesn’t love magic items? The desire for them is one of the few things Mordenkainen and I have in common. And magic tattoos—they’re especially fun. I think
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
structures (about 12 feet high) with stone doors that are 5 feet high and 3 feet wide. Building interiors tend to be unlit (which is of little concern to deep gnomes, who have darkvision), and they contain
table to determine what kind of building it is. Each building’s occupants took everything of value before fleeing Little Lockford, leaving nothing of value for characters to find. Buildings of Little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire might only be partly achieved, or you might suffer some unforeseen
from the game. Similarly, wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item’s current owner. The stress of casting this spell to produce any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire might only be partly achieved, or you might suffer some unforeseen
from the game. Similarly, wishing for a legendary magic item or artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of the item’s current owner. The stress of casting this spell to produce any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and speaks Abyssal and Common. Personality. The wand’s purpose is to help satisfy Orcus’s desire to slay everything in the multiverse. The wand is
which permeates the Positive Plane) causes it to crack and explode, but unless the above conditions are met, the wand instantly re-forms on Orcus’s layer of the Abyss.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
least once every three days, the redcap vanishes as if it had never been. A redcap’s desire to slay is rooted in its will to survive. Redcap
Small Fey, Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 13 (natural armor
end in spectacular fashion as it bursts into flames, reducing itself, its ichor-soaked hat, and its pants to ashes instantly while leaving behind its weapon and smoldering iron boots.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-high ceiling of this cavern is a forest of icicles, some of which have grown to a length of five feet or more. Embedded in the south wall is a cylindrical, domed building made of seamless black stone
and decorated with faintly glowing constellations. Rime-covered statues of human wizards stand in front of this building, gazing outward from atop three-foot-high stone pedestals. The building and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
possible. The DM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such an instance; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire
a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the game. Similarly, wishing for a Legendary magic item or an Artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
unswerving loyalty, without which that fiendish plane would become as anarchic as the Abyss. At the same time, it is in the nature of devils to scheme, creating in some a desire to rule that eclipses
positively ruthless at enforcing the terms of an agreement. Moreover, a contract with even the lowliest devil is enforced by Asmodeus’s will. Any mortal creature that breaks such a contract instantly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
possible. The DM has great latitude in ruling what occurs in such an instance; the greater the wish, the greater the likelihood that something goes wrong. This spell might simply fail, the effect you desire
a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the game. Similarly, wishing for a Legendary magic item or an Artifact might instantly transport you to the presence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
coalesce into a manifest form and create a genie. A genie usually retains no connection to the soul that gave it form. That life force is a building block that determines the genie’s form and apparent
objects of their desire. This constant indulgence has made them decadent, while their supreme power over reality makes them haughty and arrogant. Their vast palaces overflow with wonders and sensory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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
desire.
Ringing the bell summons a flock of giant cranes (use the pteranodon stat block), one for each character or NPC in the party, from the direction of the Palace of Heart’s Desire. These birds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
spot by nightfall. Azbara Jos remains with the cultists during this time, and Jamna expresses her desire to stick with them until they uncover the treasure’s destination. The cultists spend a day resting
-building camps are coordinated. If freight haulers went there, it must have been to see if they could haul supplies to the road-head for pay. Are they hiring guards for supply caravans? Sure, you bet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
destroyed her birth village and killed her parents, neighbors took her in and moved to Etizalan. There she learned a sense of community and acquired a strong desire to help others. As a youth, her
befall her new home. Her many useful inventions impressed the people of Etizalan, and she eventually became a local leader. Personality Trait. “I like building things. Seeing a complete work after hours
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
spot by nightfall. Azbara Jos remains with the cultists during this time, and Jamna expresses her desire to stick with the characters until they uncover the treasure’s destination. The cultists spend a
the road-building camps are coordinated. If freight haulers went there, it must have been to see if they could haul supplies to the road-head for pay. Are they hiring guards for supply caravans? Sure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
door of this large building shows the faded image of a workhorse holding a flagon of ale. The building is sagging and dilapidated, but it is more intact than the ruins across the road.
Four ash zombies
(see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
by the door of this large building shows the faded image of a workhorse holding a flagon of ale. The building is sagging and dilapidated, but it is more intact than the ruins across the road.
Six
ash zombies (see the “Ash Zombies” sidebar) lurk in the shadows in this building, slumped against the walls or under the bar. When living creatures enter, the zombies groan and stir, slowly climbing to






