desires invoke are binding

Reduced-threat Aboleth

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

. The diseased creature can breathe only underwater. Probing Telepathy. If a creature communicates telepathically with the aboleth, the aboleth learns the creature's greatest desires if the aboleth

, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: The aboleth

Fast Friends

Spells Acquisitions Incorporated

When you need to make sure something gets done, you can’t rely on vague promises, sworn oaths, or binding contracts of employment. When you cast this spell, choose one humanoid within range

its current task. If the service or activity might cause harm to the creature, or if it conflicts with the creature’s normal activities and desires, the creature can make another Wisdom saving

Aboleth Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. The diseased creature can breathe only underwater. Probing Telepathy. If a creature communicates telepathically with the aboleth, the aboleth learns the creature’s greatest desires if the

most of its existence underwater, surfacing occasionally to treat with visitors or worshipers. Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

You have always had a way with people. You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read

weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some value. d6

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children’s books. It’s a useful talent, and

insults are my weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some

Appendix A: Diabolical Deals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Appendix A: Diabolical Deals A hallmark of devils is their delight in striking deals with mortals. These deals are more than mere agreements; they are cosmically binding exchanges in which a devil

grants a mortal character some measure of power for a price. Once an agreement is reached, the deal is sealed with a binding contract, which both parties must sign. A devil’s ultimate goal is to claim

Fast Friends

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

promises, sworn oaths, or binding contracts of employment. When you cast this spell, choose one humanoid within range that can see and hear you, and that can understand you. The creature must succeed on

if it conflicts with the creature’s normal activities and desires, the creature can make another Wisdom saving throw to try to end the effect. This save is made with advantage if you or your

Temples of Extraction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

the characters close in, the wizards cast area spells that include themselves and the party. If a shrine of binding (see below) exudes a magical effect to which creatures in the room can become inured

zealously. Contact Stones. There are no contact stones in this sector. Shrines of Binding Each chamber of this zone features an identical 3-foot-high shrine whose arcane power extracts energy from a

Marid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

. Water is a marid’s native element, and the genie can manipulate water in virtually any way it desires. A marid can walk on water and breathe naturally beneath its surface. It can create water or shape

it a crime for a lesser being to interrupt one of their tales, and offending a marid is a sure way to invoke its wrath. “The marid poured out of the flask like water and said, ‘Your wish is my

Charlatan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Charlatan You have always had a way with people. You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can

weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment. 8 I pocket anything I see that might have some value. d6 Ideal 1

Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

something specific the morkoth has or knows. The creature shows no mercy to those that try to steal from it, but it can be bargained with by a visitor that offers the morkoth something it desires. No

morkoth encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 12 (8,400 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a morkoth can invoke the ambient magic of the island to take lair actions. On

Ancient Being

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

circle of binding sigils or sealed as a spirit within a gigantic statue, the fiend’s influence drives your group. 4 Guardian Celestial. An angel or another powerful celestial takes an interest in a

stores their secrets in a mind vault on the Astral Plane. That means they can’t be tricked or coerced into revealing anything, nor can their thoughts be read. You must find the vault and travel through the rival’s deadly memories to find the knowledge your patron desires.

Haven Locations

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

of which use the mummy stat block but are lawful neutral. The scholar mummies are wrapped in funeral robes set with purple-glowing runes of oath-binding, recognized as such by any character who has

invoke all of the princess’s names: Nintra Siotta, the Princess of the Shadow Glass, Lady of Dread Omens, and Seeker of the Three Crowns. The marked character must use the parchment and ink found in the

Meenlock

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Meenlock Meenlocks are deformed fey that invoke terror and seek to destroy all that is good, innocent, and beautiful. They primarily live in forests, although they adapt well to urban and

were the digit of a hand. Ego Unhindered. Each elder brain considers itself and its desires the most important things in the multiverse, the mind flayers in its colony nothing more than extensions of

House of Cards Locations

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

. The present fate hag appears as an adult woman. The first time a character tries talking to her, she asks what the character desires most. If the character answers honestly, the hag grants that

. 19: Knight A being composed of golden light and clad in plate armor rests on one knee in the center of the room. Chains of shadow wrap around its neck, wrists, and waist, binding it to the floor. A

Creating Adventures

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

adventures to please different kinds of players. The guild or guilds your players choose will also help you understand your players’ desires. It’s a safe bet that a player who creates a Rakdos character is

binding contracts), murder, politics, theft, torture, and vice. DAVID PALUMBO You could build a campaign around the Orzhov Syndicate’s efforts to gain control of the adventurers. Recognizing the

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