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Tales from the Yawning Portal
surface, then sprinkle the pans with holy water or place a transparent gem worth 100 gp in each pan. The scale remains motionless if it detects nothing, tips to one side or the other for good
(consecrated) or evil (desecrated), and fluctuates slightly if it detects a creature appropriate to the spell but neither good nor evil. By touching the scales after casting the ritual, you instantly learn any information the spell can normally convey, and then the effect ends.
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
mantrap detects any creatures nearby, it releases pollen out to a radius of 30 feet. Any beast or humanoid within the area must succeed on a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw or be forced to use all its movement
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and tentacles. When an adult carrion stalker detects movement, it bursts from its corpse-cradle to attack, intent on implanting its young into the living and starting its species’ life cycle
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
-Urb’luu grants his cultists the Liar’s Eye trait.
Liar’s Eye. This creature has advantage on Wisdom (Insight or Perception) checks.
As a bonus action, the creature detects the
magic-items
can devise a general line of thought of 25 words or fewer. While you wear this pin, a creature that reads your thoughts detects your preprogrammed line of thought instead. A creature that takes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
requires you to place the scale on a solid surface, then sprinkle the pans with holy water or place a transparent gem worth 100 gp in each pan. The scale remains motionless if it detects nothing, tips
to one side or the other for good (consecrated) or evil (desecrated), and fluctuates slightly if it detects a creature appropriate to the spell but neither good nor evil. By touching the scales after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Paladin Would the Divine Sense feature of a Paladin’s Channel Divinity register an Aasimar or a Tiefling due to their heritage? These species are Humanoids and therefore escape the notice of Divine Sense. The feature detects creatures that have the Celestial, Fiend, or Undead creature type.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
green copper and covered with cobwebs.
Treasure. There is nothing remarkable about the copper throne or helm, and neither object detects as magical. But if a character wears the helm while sitting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
wooden planks hidden under a thin layer of earth. A creature using a pole or similar tool to prod ahead detects the pit with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. Any creature that steps onto a pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Umber Hulks The umber hulks that burrowed into the Lost Level now wander freely here in search of prey. A wandering umber hulk detects nearby characters with its tremorsense. Such a creature might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
for traps detects the natural hazard with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. The characters can avoid the pit by staying within 5 feet of the walls. If a character falls into the pit, resolve the outcome using the quicksand rules in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X5b. Secret Door Set into the middle of the temple’s north wall is a secret door. A character who searches the wall for secret doors and succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check detects seams in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
(Insight or Perception) checks. As a bonus action, it automatically detects the location of all illusions and hidden creatures within 15 feet of it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Tunnels A cloaker recently infiltrated Dweomercore and has taken up residence here. When it detects intruders, it settles on the floor and assumes the guise of a dark, discarded cloak, hoping to catch its prey by surprise.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Thirty greatswords hang on weapon racks mounted to the walls.
Salarrl is engrossed in her work. Any character who succeeds on a DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check can sneak by her unnoticed. If she detects intruders, Salarrl retreats to area 30.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
(Stealth) check. If the group check fails, the roc detects one or more trespassers and screeches. The inhabitants of areas 3 and 6 investigate the disturbance, emerging from their caves 2 rounds later
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tarnished platinum (25 gp), and a leather boot. The boot detects as magical and is one of two boots of elvenkind; however, it’s useless without its mate (see level 4, area 16a).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
around the outside of the conservatory and is usually encountered on the rooftop (area C18). It attacks enemies it detects in the air, on the ground, or on the third-floor balcony (area C12). Quasits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, a powerful wizard and former ruler of the city of Silverymoon, Alustriel Silverhand, detects a sinister wave of magic rippling through the multiverse. Using her divining abilities, Alustriel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
restrained by it. A mantrap can engulf only one creature at a time.
Reactions
Attractive Pollen (1/Day). When the mantrap detects any creatures nearby, it releases pollen out to a radius of 30 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
enter the barn are attacked by the goblin hiding in the loft. 7b. Hayloft The loft is filled with haystacks and sacks of oats. A goblin named Derp is searching the loft for treasure. If he detects enemies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
Paladin Would a Paladin’s Divine Sense register a tiefling due to their infernal heritage? A tiefling is a humanoid, not a fiend, and therefore escapes the notice of Divine Sense. The feature detects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
member standing watch must attempt a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check, made with disadvantage because of the noise of the jungle at night. On a success, a character detects the goblins moving into attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
words. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) check detects this illusion. The hags’ cottage is built from three trees entwined together. These trees might contain the three true dryads whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Guardian Spirit If the party communed with Theodora during the séances, the adventure’s climax unfolds as follows. Hidden Halvhrests. After the characters explore and leave area 24, the house detects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
three hounds dragging down a white boar, and it shimmers with strange light.
The armor is a helmed horror disguised by an illusion to appear as ordinary armor. It detects as magical and attacks if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Doors and Key Cards Doors in the Donjon Sphere are made of the same space metals as the outer surface. A magical sensor above each doorway detects movement within 10 feet, which causes the door to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
detects as magical and attacks if disturbed or if commanded to do so by Talis or someone else wearing purple Cult of the Dragon robes. The tapestry is magical and transports those who step through it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the noise of the jungle at night. On a success, a character detects the encroaching grungs and can rouse the rest of the party. If no one on watch succeeds on the check, all the characters are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. An examination of the door accompanied by a successful DC 19 Intelligence (Investigation) check detects the nearly invisible glyph, which is scratched into one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Ankheg An ankheg resembles an enormous, many-legged insect that burrows underground while using its tremorsense to detect prey. When it detects movement above, it bursts from the ground and uses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
(see their description and stat block at the end of the adventure). The observers are tasked with monitoring the streets to ensure nothing has penetrated the city’s defenses. If an observer detects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
much of the former through disuse. When characters enter the same hex as the Narwhal, roll any die. On an odd result, Bwayes is out hunting and automatically detects the characters’ presence before
they’re aware of him; on an even result, Bwayes is resting at the hulk, meaning characters are likely to encounter the vegepygmies before the weretiger. If Bwayes detects the characters, he tracks them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
read Infernal can make an Intelligence (Investigation) check opposed by the devil’s Charisma (Deception) check. If the character’s check result is higher than the devil’s, the character detects the extra clauses in the fine print and can have them removed before the contract is signed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
character who suspects that “Vilroy” is hiding something can make a Wisdom (Insight) check contested by the changeling’s Charisma (Deception) check. A character who wins the contest detects slight






