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Detect Thoughts Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

’s mind. If you probe deeper, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. If it fails, you gain insight into its reasoning (if any), its emotional state, and something that looms large in its mind

the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation. You can also use this spell to detect the presence of thinking

Geonid

Monsters The Tortle Package

legs come out of a small opening in the bottom of its shell. A geonid can draw its limbs into its shell and close the opening. When it does so, the creature looks like a small boulder. In this state, the

geonid can’t see and relies on its tremorsense to detect other creatures nearby. Dark Lairs. Geonids live in natural tunnels and caves. They feed primarily on lizards, rats, slugs, and other

Foresworn

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

save DC 15): 2/day each: command, detect evil and good 1/day: wall of forceForesworn are the spirits of fallen Solamnic knights who attend to their duty long after death. Armed with spectral armor and

refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a family’s bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact

Auril (First Form)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: chromatic orb (cold orb only; see “Actions” below), detect magic, misty step 2/day each: control

weather, detect thoughts, ice storm Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Auril has advantage on saving throws

Inquisitor of the Mind Fire Legacy

monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, calm emotions, detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending, suggestion 1/day each: mass suggestion, modify memory Inquisitor’s Command (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the

Eye of Fear and Flame

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: detect evil and good, detect thoughts 1/day each: etherealness, true seeingMultiattack. The eye of fear and flame makes two claw

gods to foment the destruction of lawful creatures, or by lawful gods for the testing of their followers. Rumors state that only twenty of these creatures exist, but much of the truth about them

Inquisitor of the Sword Legacy

monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

following spells, requiring no components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): At will: detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending 1/day each: dimension door, fly

by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking

Mind Drinker Vampire

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

target’s general emotional state but not its thoughts.When vampires join House Dimir, they can learn to siphon mental energy and memories along with the blood of their victims. They also study

. They rarely trust their own agents, though, and often follow their cell members to make sure those members carry out missions as ordered. The most suspicious vampires might even siphon thoughts from their subordinates to detect any hint of betrayal.Necrotic

False Lich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 22): At will: Detect Magic, Fly, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 3/day each: Dispel Magic, Invisibility (self only) 1

the false lich is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and disintegrates, leaving behind the gems. Crushing a gem releases any souls trapped within, at which point the soul’s body re-forms in an unoccupied space nearest to the gem and in the same state as it was when its soul was trapped.

Factol Skall

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): At will: detect magic, mage hand, prestidigitation 2/day each: animate

: The Mortuary). After eons of existence, Skall is in an advanced state of deterioration. Once a spry lich with a wrinkled frame, he now drifts listlessly through the Mortuary’s forlorn halls

Ancient Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack. Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon

by the dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects: Whenever a creature that can understand a language sleeps or enters a state of trance or reverie within 6 miles of

Adult Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack

unable to breathe or stand up. A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success. A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a

Adult Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack. Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats

dragon’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects: Whenever a creature that can understand a language sleeps or enters a state of trance or reverie within 6 miles of the dragon

Inquisitor of the Tome Legacy

monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

(Psionics). The inquisitor casts one of the following spells, requiring no components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): At will: detect magic, dispel magic

order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site

Iymrith

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

. Iymrith casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20): 1/day each: detect magic, dispel magic, ice storm, stone

regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack. Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The

Alhoon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

alhoon casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16): At will: dancing lights, detect magic, detect thoughts

that path is long and fraught with barriers. Alhoons are mind flayers who have used a shortcut to attain a lichlike state. Elder brains forbid mind flayers from pursuing magic power aside from psionics

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

brain casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At will: detect thoughts, levitate 3/day: modify memory

master, which then absorbs the knowledge and experience contained therein. Mind flayers conceive of this oneness with the elder brain as a sacred state akin to an afterlife. Hive Mind Elder brains

Ancient Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail

unable to breathe or stand up. A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success. A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on

Elder Brain Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

: At will: detect thoughts, levitate 1/day each: dominate monster, plane shift (self only) Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the elder brain fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead

creatures at a time. Sense Thoughts. The elder brain targets a creature with which it has a psychic link. The elder brain gains insight into the target’s reasoning, its emotional state, and thoughts

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

spells, requiring no material components: At will: chill touch (17th level), detect magic 3/day each: create undead, dispel magic 1/day: time stop Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Orcus fails a

withdrawn and moody, dwelling on the insufferable state of life.” 21–40 “I am compelled to make the weak suffer.” 41–60 “I have no compunction against

Zuggtmoy Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Innate Spellcasting. Zuggtmoy’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 22). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, locate

“I see visions in the world around me that others do not.” 21–40 “I periodically slip into a catatonic state, staring off into the distance for long stretches at a time

Search [Action]

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

, 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

Search [Action]

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

, 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

Detect Thoughts

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

Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a copper piece) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration, you can read the thoughts of

. If it fails, you gain insight into its reasoning (if any), its emotional state, and something that looms large in its mind (such as something it worries over, loves, or hates). If it succeeds, the

Detect Thoughts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a copper piece) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute For the duration, you can read the thoughts of

. If it fails, you gain insight into its reasoning (if any), its emotional state, and something that looms large in its mind (such as something it worries over, loves, or hates). If it succeeds, the

Brain in a Jar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Brain in a Jar A brain in a jar is the undead consciousness of a sapient creature, kept alive by magical means. Some brains in jars take up that state willingly to continue the work they did in life

) Detect Sentience. The brain in a jar can sense the presence and location of any creature within 300 feet of it that has an Intelligence of 3 or higher, regardless of interposing barriers, unless the

Geonid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

the bottom of its shell. A geonid can draw its limbs into its shell and close the opening. When it does so, the creature looks like a small boulder. In this state, the geonid can’t see and relies on

its tremorsense to detect other creatures nearby. Dark Lairs. Geonids live in natural tunnels and caves. They feed primarily on lizards, rats, slugs, and other vermin, as well as on cave lichen and

26. Statue of Moradin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

made can be unmade.” The statue can’t be budged or damaged. A detect magic spell reveals powerful auras of abjuration and transmutation magic surrounding both it and the hammer, which cannot be

wearing and carrying except for artifacts. After swinging the hammer once, the statue reverts to its inanimate state until the trap is triggered again.

28. Statue of Tharmekhûl

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

or damaged. A detect magic spell reveals powerful auras of abjuration and transmutation magic surrounding both the statue and the axe, which can’t be separated from one another. Teleport Trap This

slashes. The axe is considered a magic weapon in the statue’s grasp. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 16 (2d12 + 5) slashing damage plus 11 (2d10) fire damage. After swinging the axe once, the statue reverts to its inanimate state until the trap is triggered again.

J: Dread Wolf Cove

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

is touched, and it clears a minute later. A detect magic spell reveals the shard emanates an aura of enchantment magic. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check realizes the

glass is a remnant of a destroyed Orb of Dragonkind (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The shattered, incomplete artifact has no properties in its current state. Dalamar recognizes the shard

Foresworn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two

life and can call on magic and its fallen brethren for aid. Like revenants, foresworn fixate on a singular purpose, and they refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is

each: command, detect evil and good 1/day: wall of force Bonus Actions Phantasmic Battalion (Recharge 5–6). The foresworn summons a battalion of ghostly soldiers to its aid. The ghostly soldiers

16. Locked Oaken Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7

magic if a detect magic spell is cast upon it. Sounds from Beyond. A character who listens with an ear to the door will hear far-off music and happy singing, obviously coming from the other side of the

there, the floor beyond the door will begin to tilt downward, with the north end slowly sinking. If this occurs, quickly state how the floor is beginning to slant, and have the characters roll

10. Golem Laboratory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

. To earn the characters’ trust, Urlon answers any questions they have about the current state of the Crystal Labyrinth and the asteroid. If the characters attack him, Urlon retreats to Stardock by

contains the spells that Urlon and his fellow gish normally prepare (see appendix A), plus detect magic, fabricate, haste, hold person, and shield.

Ulmist Inquisitors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

-state to the north of Barovia’s original site, and the inquisition sends its members throughout the multiverse, seeking to thwart the work of malevolent cults, otherworldly horrors, and the malice of

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

Rearguard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

might detect the ambush, with the odds depending on what they know and how they approach the area. If stragglers described the likely ambush spot to characters, it can be recognized from 200 yards

until the characters are within 20 yards. If players state that they’re watching for potential ambush spots, give them advantage when making these checks. The rearguard has a twofold mission. It must

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