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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: counterspell, detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, eyebite, fireball, lightning bolt, shield
3/day
rose up against them. Armies of dragons fought against the fiends of Khyber. And though the overlords couldn't be destroyed, the couatl sacrificed their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
(spell save DC 21):
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing his appearance), confusion, detect magic, fly, major image, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire
Teleport. Moloch teleports
him win back his title.
Rumors suggest that he can often be found in Sigil, where he bargains with yugoloths to build yet another army with which he might invade Malbolge and wrest the throne from
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
(spell save DC 24). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect thoughts, dispel magic, spirit guardians
1/day each: banishing smite, blinding smite
their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a silver flame that bound the overlords in Khyber once more. These bonds have held for countless generations, but the overlords still yearn to break free
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
that rely on smell.
Innate Spellcasting. The giant’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic
roof of a merchant’s home, seizing what they seek, and stalking away before the town watch can rally.
Intricate Networks. Clever, ambitious, and greedy, many fog giants build up whole networks of
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
internal organs of the usual sort. Their bodies are composed of cells, fibers, plasma-like ooze, and clusters of nerves. These nerves enable a plasmoid to detect light, heat, texture, sound, pain, and
different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The “Quick Build&rdquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Gnomengarde’s foremost inventors, they are trying to dream up an invention that will cure King Korboz’s madness. Fibblestib’s proposal is a “sanity ray.” Dabbledob thinks that’s dumb, and wants to build
on the pedestal is a spellbook that the rock gnomes of Gnomengarde share. Its cover describes its title as Magick of Gnomengarde (in Common and Gnomish), and it contains the wizard spells burning hands, detect magic, identify, mage armor, magic missile, shield, and sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
detect magic and disguise self spells with this trait. When you use this version of disguise self, you can seem up to 3 feet shorter or taller. Once you cast either of these spells with this trait, you
. Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. Speech of Beast and Leaf. You have the ability to communicate in a limited
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
The Role of Rules Why even have a column like Sage Advice when a DM can just make a ruling? Rules are a big part of what makes D&D a game, rather than simply improvised storytelling. The game’s rules
D&D. The direction we chose for the current edition was to lay a foundation of rules that a DM could build on, and we embraced the DM’s role as the bridge between the things the rules address and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
The Role of Rules Why even have Sage Advice when a DM can just make a ruling? Rules are a big part of what makes D&D a game, rather than simply improvised storytelling. The game’s rules are meant to
direction we took for fifth edition was to lay a foundation of rules that a DM could build on, and we celebrate the DM as the bridge between the things the rules address and the things they don’t. In a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Quick Build You can make a bard quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest ability score, followed by Dexterity. Second, choose the entertainer background. Third
, choose the dancing lights and vicious mockery cantrips, along with the following 1st-level spells: charm person, detect magic, healing word, and thunderwave. The Bard
—Spell Slots per Spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
pounds. Your size is Medium. Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Firbolg Magic. You can cast detect magic and disguise self with this trait, using Wisdom as your spellcasting ability for them
force someone to make a saving throw. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest. Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
improvised traps they use to protect their warrens.
KURTULMAK: GOD OF KOBOLDS
The god of kobolds was a vassal of Tiamat. When the gnome god Garl Glittergold stole a treasure from Tiamat’s hoard, she
sewer tunnels, paying them with food and tools the kobolds wouldn’t have access to on their own. If they are treated well and left alone to do the job, the kobolds work industriously and build a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
city’s inhabitants, which he used to build his tomb. Flying Shields As a bonus action, Ras Nsi can speak a command word (“Ssilum”) that causes five shields to fly off the walls and levitate around him
, reducing Ras Nsi’s bonus to AC by 2. When there are no more active shields, the effect ends, and Ras Nsi can’t use this power again until he finishes a long rest. A detect magic or similar effect reveals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
bargain for a musical gift in addition to your life and freedom, but at what cost? Quick Build You can make a bard quickly by following these suggestions. First, Charisma should be your highest
, detect magic, healing word, and thunderwave. Level
Proficiency
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
journal’s author didn’t build the bridge or the tower. The bridge bears a magical ward, but the writer is far too clever to be taken in by a mere magical trap and hasn’t studied it in detail. Godlet’s
detection and location is still on his headless corpse. (The amulet doesn’t block the psychic abilities of Ilvaash and the mind flayers, such as Creature Sense and detect thoughts.) Eclectic souvenirs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Dexterity check made using thieves’ tools opens each lock. If released from captivity, the goblinoids arm themselves with improvised weapons and flee to area 17a by way of the south tunnel. The
(an arcane focus) and a leather-bound spellbook that belong to Marta Moonshadow (see area 5d). The book contains the following spells: chromatic orb, cone of cold, counterspell, detect magic, dispel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
course of combat. Brian Valeza Kobolds build a barricade to keep adventurers at bay Initial Attitudes A published adventure typically notes or implies whether a creature’s initial attitude toward the
to locations that allow them to monitor entrances to the lair. If possible, these creatures might equip themselves with an alarm such as a horn or improvised gong (an empty kettle, perhaps). At the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
they seek, and stalking away before the town watch can rally. Intricate Networks. Clever, ambitious, and greedy, many fog giants build up whole networks of bandits, raiders, spies, and criminals. In some
innately cast the following spells, requiring nomaterial components:
At will: detect magic, fog cloud, light
3/day each: feather fall, misty step
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
found in Sigil, where he bargains with yugoloths to build yet another army with which he might invade Malbolge and wrest the throne from Glasya. Bereft as he is, he has little to offer in exchange, so he
spells, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, burning hands (as a 7th-level spell), confusion, detect magic, fly, geas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
times wandering the planes in search of magical might or secrets that might help him win back his title. Rumors suggest that he can often be found in Sigil, where he bargains with yugoloths to build
), confusion, detect magic, fly, major image, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire
Teleport. Moloch teleports, along with any equipment he is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
). Above the library is a loft with an improvised railing made from wood and wire that reaches partway to the ceiling. This is Ignis’s nursery (area 5).
Sean Macdonald Map: Holrow Homestead View
hang in bunches from the highest branches. A Detect Magic spell reveals the trees carry a faint aura of enchantment magic. A character investigating the greenhouse who succeeds on a DC 17 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a silver flame that bound the overlords in Khyber once more. These bonds have held for countless generations, but the overlords still yearn to break
, instead of twice.
Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 24). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
carved relief shows a column of mounted knights charging through a portal into a fiery hellscape.
Zariel’s warlocks helped build the Crypt of the Hellriders to gain infernal power in their mortal world
legs, and the angel holds her sword high. All around them are the broken bodies of fallen knights and devils.
Characters who use detect magic or similar magic to examine the steles discern a strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
transmutation to a detect magic spell or similar effect. Double Doors. The lock on the double doors opens with a key granted by passing the trials of the pools (see below). If the characters have that
character notices that the floor in this area shows signs of charring that obscures faint runes. A weak fire trap triggers if any creature enters the area, which radiates evocation to a detect magic spell or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
hounds detect the characters and attack, day or night. G3. Coach House This stone building contains a beautifully maintained coach and clean stables that house four draft horses and Lady Gralhund’s jet
be a spellbook, the tome on the lectern is a chronicle of the Gralhund family’s accomplishments, embellished or recast to paint the family in the most favorable light. A detect magic spell reveals an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
that I would not be cheated of my place in the great beyond. I would build a tomb to end all tombs—one that none could ever despoil.”
Secret Door. The statue of Amun Sa conceals a secret door that
onlooker who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check can tell that the bowl teleported its contents somewhere else. A Detect Magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the bowl. P5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
most adept at the skills halflings needed to survive. Those legendary halflings comprise the rest of the pantheon. Yondalla created the first halfling villages and showed the people how to build
their caps doffed, humbly asking permission from Sheela to continue. Charmalaine Charmalaine is an energetic and spontaneous deity, unafraid of danger, for she expects to be able to detect it as it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
shines from its highest window.
A detect magic spell cast here reveals an aura of abjuration magic. Runes cover every inch of this tower’s exterior. A glyph for the symbol (insanity) spell is hidden
, they learn three facts from the Ythryn Lore table, which Xerophon shares to build trust. The doppelganger also knows that to bypass the force field around the Spire of Iriolarthas, one must perform the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
water, or 1 gallon as part of a short rest. Brewer’s Supplies Activity DC Detect poison or impurities in a drink 10 Identify alcohol 15 Ignore effects of alcohol 20 Calligrapher’s Supplies Calligraphy
Spot forged text 15 Forge a signature 20 Carpenter’s Tools Skill at carpentry enables a character to construct wooden structures. A carpenter can build a house, a shack, a wooden cabinet, or similar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the grate. After that mishap, the cultists decided not to press their luck and left the treasure alone. Grate Trap. A character can detect the grate’s trap by examining the grate and succeeding on a DC
secret door that is easily spotted and opened from inside the tunnel. It leads to area C2. C10: Improvised Workshop Luca Bancone The marid Shanzezim is bound to the crypts and spends time tinkering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
build other structures in the village, and its cellars and dungeons are waterlogged. A hidden chamber in the dungeon holds a permanent teleportation circle used by the Blackstaff (Waterdeep’s highest
empower and ward their spirit mound. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic emanating from the ground in front of the giant stone raven, and an aura of transmutation magic from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
seven small gold spikes project upward.
The crowned helmet is an ancient dwarven relic (see “Treasure” below) that radiates strong magic when scrutinized with a detect magic spell. As soon as
G13. Several barrels and crates stand at the north end of the cavern. They contain water and rations. G13. Bulette Kennels Boulders have been used to build crude, roofless enclosures similar to pens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
considered an improvised weapon that deals 3d4 piercing damage on a hit. The iron dagger is nonmagical and can be pried loose with a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check. 31. Kitchen Standing
east wall is a wooden chest, 10 feet long by 6 feet tall by 8 feet wide. The chest feels cold to the touch, and a detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the chest. Its interior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
difficult on even the best of days. The forest is patrolled by wood elves, who defend the woods from poachers. Visitors who leave the inhabitants of the Misty Forest alone, and who build their campfires
“Moonwood” section). Map 3.8: One Stone View Player Version Ancient Relic Casting a detect magic spell on the boulder reveals an aura of transmutation magic emanating from it. The boulder itself is a