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Dungeon Master’s Guide
column of the Deck of Many Things table when randomly determining cards drawn from the deck.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly. Any
avatar makes a number of Reaping Scythe attacks equal to half the summoner’s Proficiency Bonus (rounded up).
Reaping Scythe. Melee Attack Roll: Automatic hit, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Nimble Escape. Jingle Jangle can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of her turns.Flail of Locks. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit
Jangle’s obsession with keys serves as a cautionary tale for those who would enter into a bargain with Bavlorna Blightstraw. The goblin once sought the hag’s help in a desperate attempt to
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Shroud of Souls bonus action.
The skull bearing the death rune has AC 18; 35 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The skull regains all its hit points at the end of every turn
conjure an aura of tormented souls for protection.
Death Giants
Long ago, a large band of cloud giants traveled to the Shadowfell in search of a way to preserve their collapsing empire. Desperate to
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Mount. If the ashen rider isn't mounted, it can use a bonus action to magically teleport onto the creature serving as its mount, provided the ashen rider and its mount are on the same plane of
mortals make offerings in a desperate attempt to appease them, but the ashen riders aren't merciful, and they delight in reducing the paragons of the mortal world to ash.
The mysterious conquerors
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
annihilation.
Desperate to save themselves and their allies, powerful elemental beings called the Wind Dukes of Aaqa rose against Miska. Committed to the concept of law, the Wind Dukes descended from a
of Seven Parts. While attuned to the rod, you gain the following benefits:
Magic Weapon. The Rod of Seven Parts functions for you as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Nylea wields the shortbow Ephixis, the bow whose arrows herald the turning of the seasons. Nylea is quick to let her favored followers borrow her bow, particularly when they intend to use it to
. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this bow, and you suffer no disadvantage when attacking at the weapon’s long range. Additionally, Ephixis scores a critical hit on a d20
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
have only thirteen cards, but the rest have twenty-two.
Before you draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw, then draw them randomly. Any additional cards drawn have no effect
.
Champion. You gain a +1 bonus to weapon attack and damage rolls. This bonus lasts for 8 hours.
Chancellor. Within 8 hours of drawing this card, you can cast Augury once as an action, requiring no
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
who escaped the dragon’s clutches.
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A topaz dragon has developed a taste for merfolk, and the merfolk community near the dragon’s lair is desperate for help.
8
A topaz dragon is
intent on destroying the homes of all intelligent creatures in the dragon’s territory, and desperate locals seek to find out what’s behind the dragon’s wrath.
Connected
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
one treasure hunter who escaped the dragon’s clutches.
7
A topaz dragon has developed a taste for merfolk, and the merfolk community near the dragon’s lair is desperate for help
.
8
A topaz dragon is intent on destroying the homes of all intelligent creatures in the dragon’s territory, and desperate locals seek to find out what’s behind the dragon’s wrath
Deck of Many Things
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number
Persuasion skill, and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill. In addition, you gain rightful ownership of a small keep somewhere in the world. However, the keep is currently
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Lost Sorrowsworn Lost sorrowsworn are representations of the anxiety and fear people experience when they can’t find their way. These sorrowsworn appear desperate and panicked. Lost sorrowsworn grasp
Perception 8
Languages Common
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Actions
Multiattack. The sorrowsworn makes two Arm Spike attacks.
Arm Spike. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
draw a card, you must declare how many cards you intend to draw and then draw them randomly (you can use an altered deck of playing cards to simulate the deck). Any cards drawn in excess of this number
), whichever comes later in the adventure.
Throne. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill and you double your proficiency bonus on checks made with that skill for the duration of the adventure. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
whale’s arrival. They wear cold weather clothing and have brought four casks of oil with them. They intend to pour the oil through the hole in the ice, contaminating the water around Angajuk’s Bell and
whale needs to be lured to the surface with bait. The desperate hunters try to capture a character to use for this purpose and, if successful, bind and lower the character into the water as a lure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
bears a shield made of dragon scales, as well as scars from desperate fights. Dragonshields know they have a place of honor among those who venerate dragons, but—being kobolds at heart—most of them feel
unworthy of their status and are desperate to prove themselves deserving of it. But they also have the ability to rally in the face of certain death, inspiring others to follow them into battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Divine Intervention As with Callaphe the Mariner’s desperate cry to Thassa, heroes in dire straits sometimes implore their gods for help. Occasionally, the gods answer. Whether a response is elicited
by a hero’s desperate prayer, a cleric’s use of the Divine Intervention class feature, or a god’s decision to intervene in mortal affairs for good or ill, an answer can manifest in a variety of ways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
holds weapons or bears wounds that don’t exist.
2 When I’m distracted, my shadow panics and tries to get other people’s attention, as if it’s desperate to escape me.
3 When it’s not being
stretches and delivers the attack as if it were you. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Ominous Will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Moonlight Guardian Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many
., passive Perception 11
Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Immutable Form. The guardian is immune to any spell or other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
merrow try to swamp it by making a DC 25 Strength check, with a +2 bonus to the check for each additional merrow involved in the attempt. Success means that Frostskimmr lurches dangerously and each
current position, but warns them to keep away from it. Armed with this information, the characters gain a +1 bonus to their next two daytime event rolls. Scrags This event occurs only at night, and only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
drives her. More than any other member of the Grim Harrow, Jyn is desperate to destroy the deck and end her painful existence. If she could, she’d take the entire multiverse with her. The Grim
, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 23
Languages Common, Elvish
Challenge 25 (75,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +8
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the champion fails a saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
blessing or a curse? Did you seek it out, or did it find you? Did you have the option to refuse it, and do you wish you had? What do you intend to do with it? Perhaps you feel like you’ve been given
hermit background. Third, choose the light, prestidigitation, ray of frost, and shocking grasp cantrips, along with the 1st-level spells shield and magic missile. Level
Proficiency
Bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
try to swamp it by making a DC 25 Strength check, with a +2 bonus to the check for each additional merrow involved in the attempt. Success means that Frostskimmr lurches dangerously and each creature
current position, but warns them to keep away from it. Armed with this information, the characters gain a +1 bonus to their next two daytime event rolls. Scrags. This event occurs only at night, and only on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
open, and so on. This entry specifies what the trap targets, its attack bonus or saving throw DC, and what happens on a hit or a failed saving throw. Countermeasures. Traps can be detected or
for you to describe what happens next, the players should be specific about how they want to defeat the trap. Simply stating the desire to make a check isn’t helpful for you. Ask the players where their characters are positioned and what they intend to do to defeat the trap.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
followers borrow her bow, particularly when they intend to use it to perform great deeds, put an end to foul creatures, or cast down the arrogant. Ephixis, Bow of Nylea
(YEONG-HAO HAN) Bow of the Wild
. This divine weapon includes a shortbow and a quiver with four arrows, each tied to one of the four seasons. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this bow, and you suffer no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
comes from the captives inside the base signaling for help. They are desperate to get free but lack any means of escape. The four townspeople are all commoners with an Intelligence of 16: a pair of
, shouting through the tiny opening atop the base if necessary: Awful Plan. The mind flayers intend to use the captives’ brains to create something called a “new elder brain” when they complete their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
slashing while in dim light or darkness
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 21
Languages Common
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Two Heads. The sorrowsworn has advantage on
darkness
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Common
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Life Hunger. If a creature within 60 feet of the sorrowsworn regains hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Death Giants Long ago, a large band of cloud giants traveled to the Shadowfell in search of a way to preserve their collapsing empire. Desperate to save themselves and their way of life, they
Perception 17
Languages Giant
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes two Scythe or Soul Bolt attacks.
Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
drops to 0, they fall into a state known as lethe—a violent hunger wherein they can only lash out in a desperate search for sustenance. Demons who have fallen into lethe become single-minded and violent
can set the DC equal to 8 + the demon’s proficiency bonus.
I sometimes sit all day among my treasures. I have piles of coins, one-of-a-kind statuettes, and magic items of great power. Do you know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
stopped bringing offerings to Amun Sa’s tomb. The threat of starvation loomed over Nafik and his priests. In a desperate measure, Nafik wrought a haphazard ritual on himself and his fellow priests
, poison
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Nosferatu Vicious, undead hunters, nosferatu possess the endless thirst of vampires but none of their grace. For them, existence is nothing more than an everlasting string of cold, desperate nights
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages the languages it knew in life
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Regeneration. The nosferatu regains 10 hit points at the start of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
they force their targets to desperate limits, night hags claim their victims’ tormented spirits, capturing them in sinister traps called soul bags. The hags then slip between planes of existence to
ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Magic, Etherealness, Magic Missile (level 4 version)
2/Day Each: Phantasmal Killer, Plane Shift (self only)
Bonus Actions
Shape-Shift. The hag shape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Mental Fortitude. The neogi has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened, and
) Proficiency Bonus +2
Mental Fortitude. The neogi has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened, and magic can’t put the neogi to sleep.
Spider Climb. The neogi can climb difficult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the present, the here and now, the moment to moment. Those desperate individuals who seek her out do so to find a remedy for a nagging problem or anxiety. Though she despises unannounced visitors, a
, Deception +5, Perception +4, Stealth +3
Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Amphibious. Bavlorna can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
appears in an unoccupied space adjacent to the map’s edge near a random character. 6–9 A stray heavy crossbow bolt targets a random character. The attack has a +4 bonus to hit and deals 7 (1d10 + 2
doesn’t intend her harm. Unbeknownst to the character, the fake Luggik is using telepathy to relate information to this spy mid-battle. If called out for this, the fake Luggik appears at the map’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
flying, it can’t take any actions or reactions unless it lands.
Orange Grung. The poisoned creature is frightened of its allies.
Purple Grung. The poisoned creature feels a desperate need to soak
Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Amphibious. The grung can breathe air and water.
Poisonous Skin. Any creature that grapples the grung or otherwise comes into direct contact with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
annihilation. Desperate to save themselves and their allies, powerful elemental beings called the Wind Dukes of Aaqa rose against Miska. Committed to the concept of law, the Wind Dukes descended from
following benefits:
Magic Weapon. The Rod of Seven Parts functions for you as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it.
Rod Spellcasting. The Rod of Seven






