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Dungeon Masterâs Guide
. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the bookâs spine, the
general chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter how many pages are removed, and
Spells
Playerâs Handbook
six months, such as a book from a wizardâs library.
âVery familiarâ is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the
âs sanctum but instead viewed an illusion, or you are attempting to teleport to a location that no longer exists.
Mishap. The spellâs unpredictable magic results in a difficult journey
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
this book tells how to reach a lost city of magic entombed in the ice. Before she could obtain the book, Nass perished. She now exists as a ghost, unable to rest until she finds the book. Characters
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Iggwilv has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. (This trait is bestowed by her robe of the archmagi.)
Special Equipment. Iggwilv wears
Oerth as Iggwilv the Witch Queen, a peerless wizard and conqueror. It was she who wrote the Demonomicon of Iggwilvâthe greatest of all treatises on the Abyss and its demonic inhabitants. (The book
Zuggtmoy
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Out of the Abyss
throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zuggtmoy has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Zuggtmoyâs weapon attacks are
infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of madness (determined by rolling on the Madness
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zuggtmoy fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zuggtmoy has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
within the lair. They vanish after 1 hour.
Unleash Spores. Zuggtmoy uses either her Infestation Spores or her Mind Control Spores, centered on a mushroom or other fungus within her lair, instead of on
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
a fiend, you use the maximum possible result instead of rolling.
Ensnarement. While carrying the book, whenever you cast the magic circle spell naming only fiends, or the planar binding spell
recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the bookâs spine, the general
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
Immutable Form. Elise is immune to any spell or effect that would alter her form.
Lightning Absorption. Whenever Elise is subjected to lightning damage, she takes no damage and instead
stitching itself into place if positioned in a cavity where the creatureâs heart used to be. A creature with the device inside them is immune to disease, ceases to age, and does not die of old age
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect poison and disease, druidcraft
2/day each: enlarge/reduce, speak with plants
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interfere with the goings-on of the faerie court. Instead, treefolk serve as guardians and shepherds of their wild groves, dispensing wisdom and blessings to travelers who wander under their branches
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Evasion. If the dolgaunt is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, the dolgaunt instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw
number of hit points equal to half the necrotic damage taken.Dolgaunts are emaciated hobgoblins with disease-hued flesh. Their eye sockets gape open and empty above a mouth with a wormlike tongue
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the Goose Mother fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Multiple Heads. The Goose Mother has five heads. Whenever the Goose Mother takes 25 or more
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Motherâs eggs that isnât destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, instead of a bipedal vegepygmy. Thornies are less intelligent than other vegepygmies, but they are larger and more ferocious and have thorn-covered bodies.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures
start of each of its turns. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Any magic that neutralizes poison or cures disease kills
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Death Ray", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target instead takes 64
disease and decay brings out similar characteristics in the creatureâs swampy habitat. Such a wetland becomes gloomy, tangled, and more fetid than it was before. Beneficial qualities of the
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak
shirt and trousers.
Personality Trait. âI judge others by their actions. Words mean nothing.â
Ideal. âKnowledge. The Book of Inner Alchemy will help me leave behind the sins of my
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
succeeds on this saving throw automatically if Bael wishes it or if he is incapacitated.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Bael fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance
following of cultists. Those who worship at his altar call him the King of Hell, and the most deluded believe that he is the lord of all devils. In arcane circles, certain writings, such as the dreaded Book
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast.
Spellbook. Avariceâs spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tieflingâs personal sigil is burned into the front cover
. The book contains the spells Avarice has prepared plus the following additional spells: burning hands, cone of cold, find familiar, ice storm, lightning bolt, rope trick, thunderwave, tongues, wall of fire, and wall of force.Cold, Fire
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Vecna fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Vecna carries a magic dagger named Afterthought. In the hands of anyone other than
and dream as he started to write his Book of Vile Darkness.
Vecna forged a kingdom on Oerth, but he grew bored with it after several centuries. He started inflicting suffering on other worlds. In
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Nafas has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Noble Genie. Nafas doesnât suffer any of the penalties that
destroy Nafas is to take his place.
Nafas as a Patron
In addition to linking the adventures in this book, you can use Nafas as a group patron (detailed in Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything). In
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
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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
Blue Slaad (control gem variant)
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Monster Manual (2014)
acquire the gem. If the slaad fails its saving throw against imprisonment, the spell can transfer the gem to the spellcaster's open hand, instead of imprisoning the slaad. A wish spell, if cast in
":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos
Red Slaad (control gem variant)
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Monster Manual (2014)
acquire the gem. If the slaad fails its saving throw against imprisonment, the spell can transfer the gem to the spellcaster's open hand, instead of imprisoning the slaad. A wish spell, if cast in
":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a diseaseâa minuscule slaad
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
world.
Perhaps instead you were taken in by the scholars of the Vault of the Sages or the Map House in Silverymoon, and now you have struck out to increase your knowledge and to make yourself available
your cloister, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, and a pouch containing 10 gp
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Teleport
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a permanent teleportation circle whose sigil sequence you know. "Associated object" means that you possess an object taken from the desired destination within the last six months, such as a book from
an enemy's sanctum but instead viewed an illusion, or you are attempting to teleport to a familiar location that no longer exists.
On Target. You and your group (or the target object) appear where
Origin Feat
You gain the following benefits.
Dragonâs Tongue. You know Draconic. If you already know Draconic when you select this feat, you instead learn one language of your choice from the
language tables in the Player's Handbook or Chapter 2 of this book.
Dragonâs Terror. You can take a Magic action to instill terror in a creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself. The
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Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
commonerâs clothes, a book of research notes, an ink pen, a bottle of squid ink, a flask of oil (made from blubber), a vial of acid (derived from digestive juices), a vial of fish scales, a vial
.)
Simic Guild Spells
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
acid splash, druidcraft
1st
detect poison and disease, expeditious retreat, jump
2nd
alter self, enhance
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
action instead of its normal bite attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 10
Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. Until the disease is cured, the target canât regain hit points except by magical means, and the targetâs hit point maximum decreases by 3 (1d6) every 24 hours. If the targetâs hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Clue 4: Book Garden This clue refers to the book gardens of area B9. When the characters enter a book garden, they see a lush arboretum. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals
that three of the shrubs are not ordinary greenery, but are instead awakened shrubs, each with a glistening crown of leaves. If a character uses an action to pat the shrubs on these leaves, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Pronouns The core rules often use the singular pronoun âitâ to refer to a single creature. This book instead uses the singular âtheyâ to clearly delineate between creatures and objects. Objects still use âitâ as a singular pronoun.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the drowned ascetic drops to 1 hit point instead.
Actions
Multiattack
, the drowned ascetic must see the attacker.
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BLUEROT
This disease target humanoids. While afflicted with bluerot, a victim grows grotesque blue boils on their face and back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, one of Candlekeepâs sages and the foremost expert on Xanthoriaâboth the book and its mysterious author: Your guide does not return. Instead, you are greeted by a robed wood elf with brown hair and a
Finding the Book Upon arriving in Candlekeep, the characters can use an Avowed guide to help them track down the book titled Xanthoria. This quest brings them to the attention of Zelyth Lightleaf
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Suggested Domains
Symbol
Gilean, god of knowledge N Knowledge Open book Chislev, goddess of nature N Nature Feather Reorx, god of craft N Knowledge Forging hammer Shinare, goddess of wealth
Yellow skull Hiddukel, god of lies and greed CE Trickery Broken merchantâs scales Morgion, god of disease and secrecy NE Death Hood with two red eyes Sargonnas, god of vengeance and fire LE War Stylized
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
Appendix: Class Options in Other Worlds The class options in this book are designed for the Forgotten Realms, but they can be easily transported to other official D&D worlds or to a world of your own
settings discussed. Instead, take them in the spirit of advice given from one DM to another on how to integrate these new character options into your campaign.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 1: Fool Harry Conway Welcome to The Book of Many Things, whose twenty-two chapters give you character options, magic items, spells, monsters, ready-to-play adventures, DM advice, and setting
to your campaign, shaping it to fit your needs and the tastes of your players. You can stack the deck with low-level effects that prompt roleplaying instead of mechanical changes or create a deck that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
lowborn turned instead toward non-wererats. Her first major act consisted of conferring the gift of lycanthropy upon her family. Only her twin, Louise, resisted, for which Jacqueline disfigured her and cast
incubated in the filth of the bourgeoisie. Disease was not unknown in Richemulot, but the virulence of this new Gnawing Plague sent panic through the populace. The disease killed indiscriminately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Running the Adventure Tyranny of Dragons is a big, sprawling adventure that covers many levels of play and a huge swath of the Forgotten Realms. This book outlines the overall structure of the
stage directions that must be followed. Tyranny of Dragons does not hold your hand and guide you step-by-step from the storyâs beginning to its inevitable conclusion. Instead, it presents people






