die items are bones

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you draw the card or at any other time before you die. Flames. A powerful devil becomes your enemy. The devil seeks your ruin and torments you, savoring your suffering before attempting to slay you

magic items, are lost to you. Portable property vanishes. Businesses, buildings, and land you own are lost in a way that alters reality the least. If you have a Bastion (see the Dungeon Master’s

Moonblade

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Of all the magic items created by elves, one of the most prized and jealously guarded is a Moonblade. In ancient times, nearly all elven noble houses claimed one such weapon. Over the centuries, some

accepted by the weapon and try to attune to it, you become attuned to it instantly, and a new rune appears on it. You remain attuned to the weapon until you die or the weapon is destroyed. A Moonblade

Knucklehead Trout

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

knucklehead trout can't easily be caught in nets. Moreover, using a line to reel in such a strong fish is a significant undertaking. Incautious fishers who get pulled into freezing water can quickly die

, particularly if they're weighed down by heavy furs and cloaks. A male knucklehead trout can weigh 70 pounds or more. The females tend to be smaller, weighing about 50 pounds. Both are prized for their ivory-like bones.

Draconian Mage

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

across the battlefield or aid their allies’ incursions and attacks. They have wings that allow them to glide during a fall. When draconian mages die, their flesh shrivels away before their bones

Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its scales and flesh immediately shrivel away and its bones explode. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity

Bozak Draconian

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

enough for full flight, but bozaks can use them to glide during a fall. When bozaks die, their flesh shrivels away before their bones explode, sending a shower of magical splinters in all directions

Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its scales and flesh immediately shrivel away, and then its bones explode. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 10

Darkweaver

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Darkweaver Cocoon Contents"} Category 1 Roll a die. If you roll an even number, the cocoon contains the bones of a Humanoid. If you roll an odd number, the

cocoon contains the bones of a non-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule. 2 A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young 3 A corpse holding a jar of universal

Potion of Aqueous Form

Magic Items Mythic Odysseys of Theros

When you drink this potion, you transform into a pool of water. You return to your true form after 10 minutes or if you are incapacitated or die. You’re under the following effects while in

Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution saving throws. Limitations. You can’t talk, attack, cast spells, or activate magic items. Any objects you were carrying or wearing meld into your new form and are inaccessible, though you continue to be affected by anything you’re wearing, such as armor.

Strahd Zombie

Monsters Curse of Strahd

decapitated. If the zombie is reduced to 0 hit points, all parts of it die. Until then, a severed part acts on the zombie’s initiative and has its own action and movement. A severed part has AC 8. Any

himself. Loathsome Limbs. A Strahd zombie’s gray-green flesh looks soft, and its bones seem brittle. Any good hit from a bludgeoning or slashing weapon severs part of the zombie’s body

Endelyn Moongrave

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Boon of Immortality. Endelyn is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age. Eclipsed Doom. Endelyn can be killed only if she is reduced to 0 hit points during a

the next as well. Nothing surprises me.” Ideal. “Each of us gets to play the lead in our own tragedy, but if you can’t be bothered to put on a good show before you die, don’t

Skabatha Nightshade

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Boon of Immortality. Skabatha is immune to any effect that would age her, and she can’t die from old age. Forgetfulness. The first creature that Skabatha sees after she finishes a long rest is

with a lost love might be transformed into one of their loved one’s cherished items, such as a favorite bonnet. Skabatha assumes the guise of an old toymaker. Part toy herself, she has a windup

Baba Yaga's Mortar and Pestle

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

is reduced to powder, pulp, or paste, as appropriate. Only magic items are unaffected. If you wish, when the pestle stops, you can have the mortar separate its contents-like powdered bone, crushed

images of you streaking through the sky between your point of origin and the destination. You arrive at the location 1 hour later or, if it is night, 1 minute later. Bones Know Their Home. When you

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

tooth, roll a die at the end of your turn. On an even number, the tooth vanishes, and creatures appear as if you sowed the tooth, but they are hostile to you and your allies. On an odd number, the

than 3 magic items, you gain 1 level of exhaustion that can’t be removed until you are attuned to three or more magic items. 14 The Claws of Dragotha (broken translucent fang) 1 adult red

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

Beast’s game statistics, and any nonmagical equipment you’re wearing or carrying melds into your new form and can’t be used. Any magic items you’re carrying drop in an

, you die and can be resurrected only by the Wish spell. Crossroads. Roll a d20. If the roll is even, you age 1d10 years. If the roll is odd, you become younger by 1d10 years, to a minimum of 1 year

Adult Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

refract light, collections of prophecy, works on astronomy, and star charts. When it comes to magical treasure, they seek items and spells that predict the future, create or manipulate light, or channel

the lair returns to normal levels over the course of 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. The increased Hit Die recovery ends immediately. The existing abundance of

Ancient Crystal Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

baubles that refract light, collections of prophecy, works on astronomy, and star charts. When it comes to magical treasure, they seek items and spells that predict the future, create or manipulate

increased Hit Die recovery ends immediately. The existing abundance of quartz crystals remains, but new crystals form at a normal rate.Cold, RadiantChange Shape. The dragon magically transforms into

Troglodyte Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

in the shallow depths of the Underdark in a constant state of war against their neighbors and one another. They mark the borders of their territories with cracked bones and skulls, or with

have such items. A troglodyte tribe might be torn apart by battles over a single longsword. Devotees of Laogzed. Some troglodytes venerate Laogzed, a demonic, monstrously fat toad-lizard that slumbers

Hammer of Thunderbolts Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

power to attune to this weapon. The attunement ends if you take off either of those items. While you are attuned to this weapon and holding it, your Strength score increases by 4 and can exceed 20

, but not 30. When you roll a 20 on an attack roll made with this weapon against a giant, the giant must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or die. The hammer also has 5 charges. While attuned

Goliath Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

the responsibility to earn a place in the tribe or die trying. Driven Competitors Every day brings a new challenge to a goliath. Food, water, and shelter are rare in the uppermost mountain reaches. A

seek out a larger, more powerful wyrm to battle. Few goliath adventurers reach old age, as most die attempting to surpass their past accomplishments. Fair Play For goliaths, competition exists only

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

extremity. To attune to the eye, you must gouge out your own eye and press the artifact into the empty socket. The eye grafts itself to your head and remains there until you die. Once in place, the eye

transforms into a golden eye with a slit for a pupil, much like that of a cat. If the eye is ever removed, you die. To attune to the hand, you must lop off your left hand at the wrist and the press

Deck of Many Things Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

spins anew, allowing you to avoid or erase one event as if it never happened. You can use the card's magic as soon as you draw the card or at any other time before you die. Flames. A powerful devil

it. Nothing less than a wish spell or divine intervention can end the NPC's hostility toward you. Ruin. All forms of wealth that you carry or own, other than magic items, are lost to you. Portable

Moonblade Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Of all the magic items created by the elves, one of the most prized and jealously guarded is a moonblade. In ancient times, nearly all elven noble houses claimed one such blade. Over the centuries

new rune appears on the blade. You remain attuned to the weapon until you die or the weapon is destroyed. A moonblade has one rune on its blade for each master it has served (typically 1d6 + 1). The

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

sightings. Able Scavengers Kobolds are adept at identifying broken, misplaced, discarded, or leftover crafted items from other creatures that can still be put to use. They prefer to scavenge objects that

have clearly been lost or thrown away, which is easy to do without attracting attention. At the same time, they don’t automatically shy away from trying to grab items that are the property of

Deck of Several Things

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

. All forms of wealth that you carry or own, other than magic items, are lost to you. This wealth can be recovered either in the treasury of the Monastery of the Distressed Body (area M10) or

tattered black robe. It appears in a space of the DM’s choice within 10 feet of you and attacks you, warning all others that you must win the battle alone. The avatar fights until you die or it

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

great unknown. NISHREK AND THE ETERNAL WAR Orcs believe that if they die with honor, their spirits go to the plane of Acheron, the Infinite Battlefield — specifically the layer of Nishrek

corpse’s ears for three days to ward off any retribution, and then bury or burn them. Three ravens is always a good sign. It is good luck to spit where you are about to sleep. Gnome bones can

College of Creation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

3rd-level College of Creation feature Whenever you give a creature a Bardic Inspiration die, you can utter a note from the Song of Creation to create a Tiny mote of potential, which orbits within 5

feet of that creature. The mote is intangible and invulnerable, and it lasts until the Bardic Inspiration die is lost. The mote looks like a musical note, a star, a flower, or another symbol of art or

Built on Bones

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

Built on Bones Centuries passed. In that time, the last kingpriest rose to power in the land of Istar. This religious leader dreamed of an earthly paradise—a pleasure city to reward those he deemed

sacred site where, for millennia, dragons of Krynn had gone to die. The kingpriest harnessed the magical resonance of the dragons buried there, lifting the city into the sky.

28. False Tomb

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

fashioned by orcs, goblinoids, drow, duergar, and other enemies of the dwarves. No dwarven items can be found among the wreckage.) Sarcophagus. A deep alcove in the north wall is mostly clear of metal

wreckage and contains a shattered stone sarcophagus. Engraved in the back wall of the alcove is a Dwarvish inscription that reads, “Our king is with the gods. Here lie his bones.” Secret Door. A secret

Greyhawk's Premise

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

, evil dragons, and monstrous hordes. Heroes are needed to bring hope to the people of the Flanaess. Even if the heroes die trying, the legends of their exploits will live on! Adventuring parties from the

Free City of Greyhawk and other settlements trek across the vast wilderness of Eastern Oerik, slaying monsters and exploring dungeons to find magic items the adventurers can use to defend their homeland and take the fight to their enemies.

3. Larder

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

fashion into protective clothing. Fish organs, shells, bones, soft stone, and other sundries are stored in smaller quantities, and are used by the ice toads to make ink, brushes, parchment, and other items

for their work. A few seemingly inexplicable items are stored away from the other supplies, including a single steel gauntlet, a silver brooch containing a cameo, the brass hilt of a dueling knife

Treasure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

who gets what. If the tribe’s war wagon is available, it is used to transport large or especially treasured items. Each orc warrior carries its personal loot from the raid in a sack. These are the

something that was acquired at great risk. In any case, once the bragging is over, the loot is eaten, put to use, or otherwise disposed of. The Orc Trophies table provides a selection of items that might

Storm Giant Bags

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

210 (6d6 × 10) gp 35 (1d6 × 10) pp 3 (1d4 + 1) boulders (for throwing) 2 (1d4) items from the Storm Giant Bag Items table Storm Giant Bag Items d12 Item 1 The bones of a roc, carved with

lightning as a harbinger of good fortune and collect talismans made from objects struck by lightning or items that resemble lightning bolts. Storm Giant Bag Contents 210 (6d6 × 10) sp 105 (3d6 × 10) ep

Dracolich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Dracolich Even as long-lived as they are, all dragons must eventually die. This thought doesn’t sit well with many dragons, some of which allow themselves to be transformed by necromantic energy and

dracolich retains its shape and size upon transforming, its skin and scales drawing tight to its bones or sloughing away to leave a skeletal form behind. Its eyes appear as glowing points of light

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

might display more than one of these items. Status Symbols d20 Status Symbol 1 Earrings and notches in an ear 2 Rib bones tied into hair 3 A belt made from raccoon pelts

K70. Kingsmen Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

K70. Kingsmen Hall This thirty-foot-square room is a shambles. Scattered furniture lies in heaps near the walls. Broken bones lie scattered amid crumpled and crushed plate armor. Shields and swords

shields or swords from the wall requires a successful DC 10 Strength check. None of the items found here are valuable.

Needle's Bones

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

Needle’s Bones A wide sinkhole yawns before you, the earth around it littered with goblin bones. The opening is 90 feet across and roughly circular, and the stone walls are nearly vertical. Thirty

feet down, the sinkhole is filled with murky green water. Hundreds of frogs hop from one floating plant to another. The massive rib cage and fine wing bones of a dragon rise above the murk. Vines

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