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Divine Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Divine Magic The gods show their favor toward mortals in myriad ways. A chosen few have their minds and souls opened to the power of magic. There is no formula for who does and doesn’t receive this

divine insight, as the gods keep their own counsel concerning their selections. Some who are favored seek to ignore or deny their gift, while others embrace it wholeheartedly. Some who display the

Something New

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

health of the mother and the child. Dimira gives birth to a healthy baby boy, but the baby doesn’t cry. While the mother coddles the infant, characters who succeed on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check can

Hint Checks

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

, suggesting that the map is meant to be drawn on. Wisdom (Insight) DC 15. The map doesn’t have labels, which means the names of the landmarks aren’t significant. What’s important are their positions

Keranos's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Keranos’s Champions Keranos sees his champions as tools to bring insight and change to the world. He doesn’t contemplate the moral or ethical consequences of his insights, believing that such

prophecies, potentially drawing in secrets of the other gods or of reality itself. It is relatively easy for a mortal to lose Keranos’s favor because the god is quick to anger and doesn’t suffer failure

What Sarah Knows

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

What Sarah Knows A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check or who is able to calm the ghost with appropriate roleplaying can glean some information from Sarah’s mournful moaning

. Sarah doesn’t know what happened to them, but she is certain that Lord Viallis has something to do with it. Sarah’s anguished state of mind means that she can share no information other than what is

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Testing Phase On the day of the Exam, Dean Tullus doesn’t show up for class. After 10 minutes of uncertainty, one of the dean’s teaching assistants steps in to administer the Exam. Each character

) check. History of Magical Devices. Writing short essays about the origins of different magical devices requires a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Insight) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam

Confronting Kasem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

10 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes Kasem is hiding something. If the characters confront Kasem with multiple accounts or pieces of evidence, they can coax a confession from him (see the following

Xungoon Family Seafood, he explains he’s looking out for his future. He doesn’t care that there’s no precedent for buying a family business. Strange Pets. If asked about the cages and fruit in the Spicy

Playing the Same Character

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Playing the Same Character A character who falls victim to the Void card doesn’t have to collapse into a coma; instead, they could have one chance to save themselves, with time running out. This

distant and muted, as if their thoughts and feelings were trapped behind glass. Soon, the seriousness of the problem becomes clear. Soul Loss The soulless character has disadvantage on Wisdom (Insight

Keranos's Influence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Keranos’s Influence Keranos is the embodiment of wisdom and insight unhindered by compassion or patience. Just as the storm vents its fury unpredictably and without warning, so does Keranos deliver

. He doesn’t desire authority over other gods and, in fact, doesn’t particularly enjoy their company. Keranos finds satisfaction in investing bright mortals with prescient visions to see how they adapt

Mud Pits of Florrb

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

successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the mud mephit seems to be waiting for something to happen. Florrb doesn’t want others to know what’s really going on and reveals the cause of its anxiety only if magically compelled to do so.

Spy

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

) CHA 16(+3) Skills Deception +5, Insight +4, Investigation +5, Perception +6, Persuasion +5, Sleight of Hand +4, Stealth +4 Senses passive Perception 16 Languages any two languages

when it hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the spy that isn’t incapacitated and the spy doesn’t have disadvantage

Approaching the Lodge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check, tell that the wolves are lying about Garagai—the frost giant is in fact inside the lodge. Are they afraid to face their master, perhaps, or is there another

characters, but in case that doesn’t happen, they remain outside to attack any characters who try to flee. (Specifically, the wolves wait in area L1, east of the lodge’s main entrance.) If one wolf is slain, the other flees to avoid a similar fate.

Old Flame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis

nearby and might be persuaded to help the characters. Gargenhale owes Topolah a favor. Topolah doesn’t mention that in the years following their breakup, Gargenhale met his mortal end and rose again as a

vampirate. Topolah fears that the crew of the Second Wind might be discouraged by learning this fact before they meet Gargenhale in person. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check

Mind Flayer Prophet

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Mind Flayer Prophet Some mind flayers dedicate their lives to channeling abstruse truths from beyond reality. This insight gives them preternatural senses and allows them to focus their innate

20 (+5) WIS 17 (+3) CHA 17 (+3) Saving Throws Int +8, Wis +6, Cha +6 Skills Arcana +8, Insight +6, Perception +6, Stealth +5 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16

Wereraven

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

) INT 13 (+1) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 14 (+2) Skills Insight +4, Perception +6 Senses passive Perception 16 Languages Common (can’t speak in raven form) Challenge 2 (450 XP

imitations with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check. Regeneration. The wereraven regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the wereraven takes damage from a silvered weapon or a spell

Spy

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

. STR 10 (+0) DEX 15 (+2) CON 10 (+0) INT 12 (+1) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 16 (+3) Skills Deception +5, Insight +4, Investigation +5, Perception +6, Persuasion

within 5 feet of an ally of the spy that isn’t incapacitated and the spy doesn’t have disadvantage on the attack roll. Actions Multiattack. The spy makes two melee attacks. Shortsword. Melee

Faction Agent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership in your faction

(though you can choose to do so), and it might enhance your status in the faction. Skill Proficiencies: Insight and one Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma skill of your choice, as appropriate to your faction

Gideon Lightward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

) WIS 18 (+4) CHA 13 (+1) Saving Throws Dex +4, Con +7, Wis +7 Skills Insight +7, Religion +6 Damage Vulnerabilities radiant Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing

Challenge 6 (2,300 XP) Regeneration. Gideon regains 10 hit points at the start of each of his turns. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Gideon is

Detect Thoughts

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

choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the creature is unaffected. You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creature—what is most on its mind in that moment. As

. 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)

choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn’t speak any language, the creature is unaffected. You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creature—what is most on its mind in that moment. As

. 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

Need a Lift?

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

differences in the sergeant’s facial expressions, suggesting that she’s not the same person the party interacted with previously. Jas doesn’t have details of any prior conversations the party had with the

Urban Bounty Hunter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

doesn’t fit with the group’s objectives—but on the other hand, you can take down much more formidable targets with the help of your companions. Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Deception, Insight

5. Prison Cell

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

spell to float in the center of this otherwise empty room. It was captured while it searched this level for its companions, Tel’zact and Yeluit (see area 29c). Marquox doesn’t know why the githyanki are

guarantees the party safe passage through level 17. A successful DC 16 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the illithid has no intention of making good on its promise. If the githzerai zerths from

Larissa Snowmane

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

Larissa Snowmane is a human druid with exceptional insight into navigating the waterways of the Mists. Her handsome, multilevel paddleboat River Dancer provides an exciting base of operations for

next stop even more dangerous. River Dancer pulls into port with only Captain Snowmane aboard. Larissa needs a crew, but she doesn’t mention that her last crew died when she used the Dance of the Dead.

Siege Weapon Sabotage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

can take a Search action to make a DC 19 Wisdom (Insight) check. A character who recalls Corlie telling them that she doesn’t have any squires makes this check with Advantage. On a success, a character

Sahuagin High Priestess

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

) DEX 12 (+1) CON 14 (+2) INT 12 (+1) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 10 (+0) Saving Throws Wis +6 Skills Insight +6, Perception +6 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive

Perception 16 Languages Sahuagin Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Blood Frenzy. The high priestess has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Limited

Sahuagin High Priestess

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

) DEX 12 (+1) CON 14 (+2) INT 12 (+1) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 10 (+0) Saving Throws Wis +6 Skills Insight +6, Perception +6 Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive

Perception 16 Languages Sahuagin Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Blood Frenzy. The high priestess has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Limited

Cleric

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

Proficiencies Choose 2: History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, or Religion Weapon Proficiencies Simple weapons Armor Training Light and Medium armor and Shields Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Chain

associate themselves with temples dedicated to the deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn prayers

Actions

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

. Actions Action Summary Attack Attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike. Dash For the rest of the turn, give yourself extra movement equal to your Speed. Disengage Your movement doesn’t provoke

. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History

Strixhaven Campus Guide

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 12 (+1) Saving Throws Dex +4 Skills Insight +3, Persuasion +3 Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities blinded, deafened, exhaustion, paralyzed, petrified

that knows at least one language and can hear the guide understands what it says. Unusual Nature. The guide doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Actions Multiattack. The guide makes two Slam

Rare Birds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

out of concern he doesn’t feel the same way. Characters acting on Hugo’s request to get an introduction to Merriweather can tell she reciprocates his feelings by succeeding on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight

Blade Lieutenant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

) CHA 17 (+3) Saving Throws Int +6, Cha +7 Skills Insight +6, Intimidation +7, Perception +6 Damage Resistances poison Condition Immunities exhaustion, poisoned Senses passive Perception

within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the incapacitated condition. Actions Multiattack. The lieutenant makes three Longsword or Javelin Launcher attacks. Longsword. Melee Weapon

Actions

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

. Actions Action Summary Attack Attack with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike. Dash For the rest of the turn, give yourself extra movement equal to your Speed. Disengage Your movement doesn’t provoke

. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History

Phandalin Miner's Exchange

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

correspondence found in the leader’s quarters. Halia doesn’t reveal that she wants to take over the Redbrand operation herself. A DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check indicates she has ulterior motives for wanting the

slowly to bring Phandalin under her control, and can become a valuable patron to the characters if they don’t cross her. Halia doesn’t know the location of Cragmaw Castle, but she has heard that the

Imp

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

ft. in spider form) STR 6 (–2) DEX 17 (+3) CON 13 (+1) INT 11 (+0) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 14 (+2) Skills Deception +4, Insight +3, Persuasion +4

dies. Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the imp’s Darkvision. Magic Resistance. The imp has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Actions Sting

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