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Dungeon Master’s Guide
disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life
Archlich;Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every horrid idea, every corrupt thought, and every example of foul magic he came across or devised.
Other practitioners of
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Flesh Golems
60 days
50,000 GP
18
Manual of Iron Golems
120 days
100,000 GP
19-20
Manual of Stone Golems
90 days
80,000 GP
To create a golem, you must spend the time shown on the
, the book is consumed in eldritch flames. The golem becomes animate when the ashes of the manual are sprinkled on it. It is under your control, and it understands and obeys your spoken commands.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks.
Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
":"to hit","rollAction":"Chained Book"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Chained Book","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
This leather-bound spellbook is reinforced with iron and silver fittings and an iron lock (DC 20 to open). As an action, you can touch the book’s cover and cause it to lock as if you cast
arcane lock on it. When found, the book contains the following spells: arcane lock, dispel magic, globe of invulnerability, glyph of warding, Mordenkainen's private sanctum, protection from evil and good
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Acrid odors cling to this stained, heavy volume. The book’s metal fittings are copper, iron, lead, silver, and gold, some frozen mid-transition from one metal to another. When found, the book
contains the following spells: enlarge/reduce, feather fall, flesh to stone, gaseous form, magic weapon, and polymorph. It functions as a spellbook for you.
While you are holding the book, you can use
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book disappears. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Boon of Immortality. Iggwilv is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Iggwilv fails a saving throw, she can choose to
immediately after hers, and can’t summon other demons. They remain until they die or until Iggwilv dismisses them as an action.
Spellcasting. Iggwilv casts one of the following spells, requiring
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
♦️
5 days’ worth of Rations (1 day);rations
6 ♦️
Pot, iron;Iron pot
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Disguise kit
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Window (up to 5 feet wide and 5 feet high), which you can
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Leather pouch containing 18 gp
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10 crossbow bolts
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Three book;books, written in Common, about random historical events
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Canvas Tent
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the Goose Mother dies.
At the end of its turn, the Goose Mother grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Dimensionally Bound. Nafas can’t leave the Infinite Staircase or be trapped within a container (such as an Iron Flask). Attempts to transport Nafas to another plane are wasted.
Last Wish. When
to their service with Iron Flask;Iron Flasks or other magic provoke his tempestuous ire.
When Nafas is provoked, the scope of his retribution is limited only by his imagination. Though the genie
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
As an action, you make a few snips with these iron shears and cause the shadow of a Humanoid creature you can see within 5 feet of you to detach from its source. If the creature is unwilling to give
creature type is Fey instead of Undead. A creature whose Strength is reduced to 0 by this shadow’s Strength Drain attack does not die but falls unconscious instead. The creature regains
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
, filling the target’s mind with visions of death and the plangent toll of an iron bell. The target must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw or take 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType
only leader the faction has ever had. A popular Duster legend holds that other than the Lady of Pain herself, Skall is Sigil’s oldest resident, the first creature to live and die in the City of
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
can't die permanently. Upon its death, it reforms elsewhere in the multiverse and becomes active again at a time set by the DM.
Rak Tulkhesh
Called the Rage of War, Rak Tulkhesh is the incarnation of
draconic creature twisted by demonic rage. Covered in iron spikes protruding from his bleeding flesh, this overlord looms fifteen feet high at the shoulders, and his wings span over forty feet. While
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
02
Balance*
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Beast
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Book
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Bridge
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Campfire
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Cavern
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Celestial
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Comet*
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Construct
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Corpse
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Crossroads
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the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
favorite religious hymn that I constantly hum.
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I must keep a written record of my beliefs and the sins that I witness. When finished, this book will be my gift to the multiverse.
3
I have
cherished memories of Idyllglen, though I’ve only seen this bucolic town in dreams.
4
I would die for those who fight beside me, regardless of their faults.
5
I seek to honor the angel
Book of Vile Darkness
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the world. If you fail to perform at least one evil act within the span of 10 days, or if you willingly perform a good act, the book disappears. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
Backgrounds
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book about plant identification, an
iron pot, an herbalism kit, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Feature: Witherbloom Initiate
You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat and must choose Witherbloom within it.
In
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Curse of Strahd: Character Options
with a sword or banished with a spell. It might come to you as a shadow on the wall, a bloodcurdling nightmare, a memory that refuses to die, or a demonic whisper in the dark. The burden has taken its
. You escaped, but the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts.
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You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its
Acolyte
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.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of
worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
choice, as appropriate to your factionLanguages: Two of your choiceEquipment: Badge or emblem of your faction, a copy of a seminal faction text (or a code-book for a covert faction), a set of common
)
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Aspiration. I seek to prove myself worthy of my god’s favor by matching my actions against his or her teachings. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Protective Verses Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) This leather-bound spellbook is reinforced with iron and silver fittings and an iron lock (DC 20 to open). As an action, you
can touch the book’s cover and cause it to lock as if you cast arcane lock on it. When found, the book contains the following spells: arcane lock, dispel magic, globe of invulnerability, glyph of
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp
FEATURE: SHELTER OF THE FAITHFUL
As
his or her teachings. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
2
I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
list, they are nonetheless warlock spells for you. If you lose your Book of Shadows, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony to receive a replacement from your patron. This ceremony can be performed during a short or long rest, and it destroys the previous book. The book turns to ash when you die.
more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die. You can transform one magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
performed during a short or long rest, and it destroys the previous book. The book turns to ash when you die.
disappears if it is more than 5 feet away from you for 1 minute or more. It also disappears if you use this feature again, if you dismiss the weapon (no action required), or if you die. You can transform one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Alchemical Compendium Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a wizard) Acrid odors cling to this stained, heavy volume. The book’s metal fittings are copper, iron, lead, silver, and gold, some
frozen mid-transition from one metal to another. When found, the book contains the following spells: enlarge/reduce, feather fall, flesh to stone, gaseous form, magic weapon, and polymorph. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
weapons and armor. Now, the room has been mostly cleared out, and the door that leads to area 25b has been smashed to rubble. What looks like a large iron book lies facedown on the floor in the northeast
corner. Closer inspection reveals that the object is a cast-iron mold for smelting metal ingots. The hinged covers form the top and bottom halves of an ingot mold last used by duergar long ago. One side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, encourage that player to be less secretive. When a die falls on the floor, do you count it or reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands, or reroll
normal hit, or even a miss. Don’t distort die rolls too often, though, and don’t let on that you’re doing it. Otherwise, your players might think they don’t face any real risks — or worse, that you’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
hangs open on one hinge. Strahd’s soldiers forced open the iron door that once sealed Argynvost’s vault (area Q41). They also took every book in this study but one. (Many of the books taken from here can
near a cavernous hearth. A picture above the mantel has been slashed, its lower half hanging down below the frame like a torn piece of flesh. An iron door set in the south corner of the west wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life by any means while your soul remains imprisoned. Random Properties. The Book of Vile Darkness
Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous item, artifact (requires attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript of ineffable wickedness are the meat and drink of those in evil’s thrall. No mortal was meant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
No Time to Lose The day after the characters’ time in the Detention Bog, they’re summoned to a meeting with Professor Verelda Lang in the Biblioplex’s book gardens. (Map 3.1 and chapter 3 provide a
energy out of everyone affected. Some will die. Others may not. Either way, we believe that the ritual will transfer that energy to Murgaxor, making him immortal.
“Murgaxor’s plan is clear now, and we
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life
Book of Vile Darkness Wondrous Item, Artifact (Requires Attunement) The contents of this foul manuscript are the meat and drink of the wicked. It contains knowledge so horrid that to even glimpse the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Witherbloom College. Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book about plant
identification, an iron pot, an herbalism kit, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp Feature: Witherbloom Initiate You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
wearing a crown is mounted above each magically locked door, identifying which iron guardian must wear the crown for it to be unlocked. Creatures whose names have been penned inside Zybilna’s ritual book
iron lion in area P9 or the iron hart in area P10. It is assumed that the characters will revisit areas P9 and P10 from time to time so that they can toggle the locks to provide entry where they want to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
specified cost to purchase supplies. Once you finish creating the golem, the book is consumed in eldritch flames. The golem becomes animate when the ashes of the manual are sprinkled on it. See the
50,000 GP 18 Iron Golem 120 days 100,000 GP 19–20 Stone Golem 90 days 80,000 GP Conceptopolis Manual of Golems (Clay, Flesh, Iron, Stone), Manual of Bodily Health
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, endlessly singing her sins.
7 The Darklord endlessly cries tears of blood, ink, poison, or molten iron.
8 The Darklord knows how he’s going to die and sees evidence of impending doom everywhere.