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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
ability (spell save DC 19):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Light, Lightning Bolt (level 4 version), Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
2/Day Each: Scrying, Sending
ûn. Manshoon subtly cultivates this belief to keep his true forces hidden.
Manshoon seems to be a young man, but he is significantly older than he appears, and his mind harbors the skills and
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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
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 and can cast it at will, requiring no components
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):
At will: mage hand, prestidigitation
1/day: detect magicBeginner’s Luck (2/Day). When the
begin honing—or even replacing—the magic they learned in their initial year with other skills.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: alter self, major image
3/day each: charm person, detect
thoughts, fear
1/day each: confusion, dominate person, mass suggestionGreen abishais are adept at discovering secrets and other sensitive information, while their diplomatic skills and their magic
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
, mage hand, prestidigitation
3/day each: detect magic, dispel magic, faerie fire, hold monster
1/day each: mind blank, teleport
Supreme Mockery. Quill hurls a string of insults laced with enchantments
charismatic bard who carries himself with a quiet confidence that doesn't hint at the full extent of his skills or powers. A scar cuts across his handsome face, curving from the top of his left
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
set bards apart from their fellows.
Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel—to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries
beyond the horizon—makes an adventuring career a natural calling. Every adventure is an opportunity to learn, practice a variety of skills, enter long-forgotten tombs, discover lost works of magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Search [Action] When you take the Search action, you make a Wisdom check to discern something that isn’t obvious. The Search table suggests which skills are applicable when you take this action
, depending on what you’re trying to detect. Search Skill Thing to Detect Insight Creature’s state of mind Medicine Creature’s ailment or cause of death Perception Concealed creature or object Survival Tracks or food
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Search [Action] When you take the Search action, you make a Wisdom check to discern something that isn’t obvious. The Search table suggests which skills are applicable when you take this action
, depending on what you’re trying to detect. Search Skill Thing to Detect Insight Creature’s state of mind Medicine Creature’s ailment or cause of death Perception Concealed creature or object Survival Tracks or food
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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
and can cast it at will, requiring no components (roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell. Personality. A docent is designed to advise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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
and can cast it at will, requiring no components (roll a d6): (1–2) detect evil and good or (3–6) detect magic. The docent decides when to cast the spell. Personality. A docent is designed to advise and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
., fly 30 ft.
STR
2(−4)
DEX
20(+5)
CON
8(−1)
INT
10(+0)
WIS
14(+2)
CHA
15(+2)
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +7
Senses passive Perception 14
is Charisma (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring only its pixie dust as a component:
At will: druidcraft
1/day each: confusion, dancing lights, detect evil and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
+4
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 13 +1 +1
Wis 16 +3 +3
Cha 20 +5 +5
Skills Deception +10, Insight +8, Perception +8
Vulnerabilities Piercing damage from weapons
rakshasa’s permission, no spell can observe the rakshasa remotely or detect its thoughts, creature type, or alignment.
Fiendish Restoration. If the rakshasa dies outside the Nine Hells, its body turns to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Wis 16 +3 +3
Cha 16 +3 +5
Skills Perception +5
Immunities Charmed
Senses Truesight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 15
Languages Understands Common and Deep Speech but can’t speak
spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Mage Hand
1/Day: Clairvoyance
Reactions
Uncanny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
)
INT
20(+5)
WIS
15(+2)
CHA
16(+3)
Saving Throws Int +9, Wis +6
Skills Arcana +13, History +13
Damage Resistance damage from spells; nonmagical bludgeoning, piercing, and
self and invisibility at will and has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
40 ft.
STR
3 (–4)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
12 (+1)
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4
Damage Immunities poison
Condition
Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Common but can’t speak
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
language through your senses. Skills. The Docent has a +7 bonus to ability checks using 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 and can cast it at will, requiring no spell components (roll a d6): (1–2) Detect Evil and Good or (3–6) Detect Magic. The Docent decides when to cast the spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
)
DEX
14(+2)
CON
15(+2)
INT
12(+1)
WIS
12(+1)
CHA
18(+4)
Saving Throws Wis +4, Cha +7
Skills Arcana +4, History +4
Damage Resistances psychic
Senses
innately cast the following spells (spell save DC 15), requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic, jump, levitate, mage armor (self only), speak with dead
1/day each: arcane gate, true
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
20 (+5)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
16 (+3)
Saving Throws Int +9, Wis +6
Skills Arcana +13, History +13
hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor,* magic missile
2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, misty step
3rd level (3 slots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Cha 18 +4 +7
Skills Arcana +9, Insight +6, Perception +6
Immunities Charmed
Senses Truesight 120 ft.; Passive Perception 16
Languages Understands Common and Deep Speech but can’t speak
one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Mage Hand
1/Day Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Int 20 +5 +9
Wis 15 +2 +6
Cha 16 +3 +3
Skills Arcana +13, History +9, Perception +6
Immunities Psychic; Charmed (with Mind Blank)
Gear Wand
Senses Passive Perception 16
one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Disguise Self, Invisibility, Light, Mage Armor (included in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Skills Athletics +5, Perception +6, Stealth +9
Damage Immunities necrotic
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16
Languages Abyssal, Common, Deep Speech, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 10
components:
At will: detect magic, detect thoughts, invisibility (self only)
2/day each: fear, fireball, fly
1/day each: cloudkill, etherealness
Magic Resistance. Mr. Dory has advantage on saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
(–4)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
12 (+1)
Skills Perception +5, Stealth +4
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages understands Common but can’t speak
Challenge 0 (10 XP)
Detect Invisibility. Within 60 feet of the tressym, magical invisibility fails
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Score Mod Save
Int 13 +1 +1
Wis 8 −1 −1
Cha 18 +4 +4
Skills Arcana +5, Perception +7
Resistances Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder
Senses Blindsight 60 ft
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Invisibility (self only), Mage Hand, Major Image
1/Day Each: Cloudkill, Fly, Plane Shift (self only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Cha 20 +5 +5
Skills Deception +10, Insight +8, Perception +8
Vulnerabilities Piercing damage from weapons wielded by creatures under the effect of a Bless spell
Immunities Charmed
throws against spells and other magical effects, and the attack rolls of spells automatically miss it. Without the rakshasa’s permission, no spell can observe the rakshasa remotely or detect its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
+2
Con 16 +3 +3
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 18 +4 +4
Wis 18 +4 +4
Cha 18 +4 +4
Skills Arcana +12, History +12, Perception +8, Religion +12
Resistances
Inscrutable. No magic can observe the sphinx remotely or detect its thoughts without its permission. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain its intentions or sincerity are made with Disadvantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Green Abishai Green abishais are adept at discovering secrets and other sensitive information. They use their diplomatic skills and magic to manipulate even the shrewdest opponents. Green Abishai
12 (+1)
CHA
19 (+4)
Saving Throws Int +8, Cha +9
Skills Deception +9, Insight +6, Perception +6, Persuasion +9
Damage Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
year with other skills. First-Year Student
Medium or Small Humanoid (Wizard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
8 (−1)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
.
Spellcasting. The student casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11):
At will: mage hand, prestidigitation
1/day: detect magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
)
INT
16 (+3)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
15 (+2)
Saving Throws Con +9, Wis +6, Cha +6
Skills Arcana +7, Insight +6, Intimidation +6, Perception +6
Senses passive Perception 16
level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, magic missile, shield
2nd level (3 slots): gust of wind, misty step, shatter
3rd level (2 slots): fly, lightning bolt
Actions
Multiattack. Blagothkus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(+1)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
13 (+1)
Saving Throws Dex +4
Skills Athletics +3, Perception +2
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages Aquan, Common
Challenge 1
-like weapons of living coral. The salvagers escort other merfolk on scavenging missions, using their keen senses to detect danger. They are found allying with the lizardfolk in Danger at Dunwater.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
)
INT
16 (+3)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
15 (+2)
Saving Throws Con +9, Wis +6, Cha +6
Skills Arcana +7, Insight +6, Intimidation +6, Perception +6
Senses passive Perception 16
level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, magic missile, shield
2nd level (3 slots): gust of wind, misty step, shatter
3rd level (2 slots): fly, lightning bolt
Actions
Multiattack. Blagothkus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Int 16 +3 +3
Wis 18 +4 +8
Cha 10 +0 +0
Skills History +11, Perception +12
Senses Truesight 30 ft.; Passive Perception 22
Languages Giant
CR 10 (XP 5,900; PB +4
. The cyclops casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
2/Day Each: Arcane Eye, Detect Magic, Locate Object
1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
11 +0 +0
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 17 +3 +6
Wis 12 +1 +4
Cha 11 +0 +0
Skills Arcana +6, History +6, Perception +4
Gear Wand
Senses Passive Perception 14
. or range 120 ft. Hit: 16 (3d8 + 3) Force damage.
Spellcasting. The mage casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Skills Arcana +3, Perception +5, Stealth +8
Senses Passive Perception 15
Languages Common, Elvish, Sylvan
CR 5 (XP 1,800; PB +3)
Traits
Magic Resistance. The pixie has Advantage on saving
, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Dancing Lights, Druidcraft, Invisibility (self only)
1/Day Each: Detect Thoughts, Fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Str 15 +2 +2
Dex 10 +0 +2
Con 13 +1 +1
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 10 +0 +0
Wis 11 +0 +2
Cha 13 +1 +1
Skills Perception +4, Stealth +2
Immunities
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 12 +1 +1
Wis 11 +0 +3
Cha 15 +2 +2
Skills Perception +6, Persuasion +5, Stealth +3
Immunities Fire
Senses Blindsight 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
17 (+3)
WIS
16 (+3)
CHA
19 (+4)
Saving Throws Int +6, Wis +6, Cha +7
Skills Insight +6, Perception +6
Condition Immunities charmed
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At will: arcane eye, calm emotions, detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending, suggestion
1/day each: mass suggestion, modify memory