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Dungeon Master’s Guide
maximum of 24. You can’t gain this benefit from the book more than once.
Enlightened Magic. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, any spell slot you expend to
cast a spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher.
Halo. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, you gain a protective halo. This halo sheds Bright Light in
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
spellcasting ability for it is Charisma. This use of the spell has a range of 30 feet and can affect a cube of water no larger than 30 feet on a side.
Speak with Animals. The nereid can comprehend and
verbally communicate with beasts.Blinding Acid. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Blinding Acid"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft., one target
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
);{"diceNotation":"2d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 12).
Drowning
maintains concentration, up to 10 minutes (as if concentrating on a spell).
The charmed target is incapacitated, and instead of holding its breath underwater, it tries to breathe normally and
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
, the target is incapacitated, loses control of its body, and is unaware of its surroundings. The yakfolk now controls the body and can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, and it
dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, the yakfolk reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the body and is stunned until the end of its next turn. If the host body dies while
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
, the target is incapacitated, loses control of its body, and is unaware of its surroundings. The yakfolk now controls the body and can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, and it
dispel evil and good spell. When the possession ends, the yakfolk reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the body and is stunned until the end of its next turn. If the host body dies while
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 24. You can’t gain this benefit from the book more than once.
Enlightened Magic
Once you’ve read and studied the book, any spell slot you
expend to cast a cleric or paladin spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher.
Halo
Once you’ve read and studied the book, you gain a protective halo. This halo sheds bright light in a
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
);{"diceNotation":"2d8+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and a 10-foot-radius invisible sphere of antimagic, like that created by an Antimagic Field spell
takes its turn immediately after Zargon’s. Only a Wish spell can reverse this transformation and restore the creature to life.Zargon can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. They believe that using water to kill their enemies, such as through ritual drowning, earns them Olhydra’s favor. Rip Tide Priest
Medium humanoid (human), neutral evil
Armor Class 13 (chain shirt
+2, Stealth +2
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages Aquan, Common
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Spellcasting. The priest is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
repeatedly dunks the cage into the goo, nearly drowning the prisoner with each submersion. The ultroloth, Baazit, is bound by dimensional shackles that prevent it from teleporting away. Baazit contacts the
Baazit’s cage. Once the cage stops moving, a character can try to use thieves’ tools to unlock the cage door, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d8 + 2) piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 12).
Drowning Hypnosis. The kelpie
concentration, up to 10 minutes (as if concentrating on a spell).
The charmed target is incapacitated, and instead of holding its breath underwater, it tries to breathe normally and immediately runs out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Magic. Once you’ve read and studied the book, any spell slot you expend to cast a cleric or paladin spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher. Halo. Once you’ve read and studied the book, you
, drowning the book in the River Styx removes all writing and imagery from its pages and renders the book powerless for 1d100 years.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
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2 Being chased through the wilderness.
3 Being devoured by animals or monsters.
4 Falling, drowning, or suffocating.
5 A ruinous public embarrassment.
6 A shadowy intruder
casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Disguise Self, Etherealness
1/Day Each: Dream
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
spell slot you expend to cast a spell counts as a spell slot of one level higher. Halo. After you spend the requisite amount of time reading and studying the book, you gain a protective halo. This
properties (see “Artifacts” in this chapter): 2 minor beneficial properties 2 major beneficial properties Destroying the Book. The Book of Exalted Deeds can’t be destroyed. However, drowning the book in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
serving the thief.
Shape Water. The nereid can cast control water at will, requiring no components. Its spellcasting ability for it is Charisma. This use of the spell has a range of 30 feet and can
affect a cube of water no larger than 30 feet on a side.
Speak with Animals. The nereid can comprehend and verbally communicate with beasts.
Actions
Blinding Acid. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
been shipwrecked and on the brink of drowning when your patron’s grasp offered you a chance at life. Whatever the reason for your pact, the sea and its unknown depths call to you. Entities of the deep
that might empower a warlock include krakens, ancient water elementals, godlike hallucinations dreamed into being by kuo-toa, merfolk demigods, and sea hag covens. Expanded Spell List 1st-level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
can’t be removed. 3 Spells can’t restore hit points to you. 4 The sound of pixie laughter fills your head while you are awake, drowning out all other sounds. 5 Anything you try to pick up or hold in
Whenever you tell a lie, you lose the ability to speak for 1d8 hours. A remove curse spell or similar magic is usually enough to end a Fey curse on a creature, but some Fey curses are tenacious and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
crawlway. The valves remain closed until the room’s trap activates, though a knock spell or a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check can force open a valve. Casting dispel magic on the illusory
coffin is stuck to the floor with sovereign glue and has a hinged lid. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of abjuration magic around the coffin. A wooden plaque inside the coffin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
a failed save, the creature takes 21 (6d6) psychic damage and telepathically hears dozens of drowning cries. Characters who inspect the hole in the ship determine it continues through the bottom of
to preserve sacred knowledge in a secure place. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around the throne. Lurking Aboleth. In the shadows of the southwest alcove lurks the aboleth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
usually send omens as either warnings or as signs of their favor. The response to the augury spell takes the form of an omen foretelling weal or woe, and the gods might use omens in the same way, even
spell requests an omen. At your option, you can simply provide the short answers offered in the spell description—weal, woe, weal and woe, or nothing—but you can also describe more elaborate omens. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Olhydra as the embodiment of water’s destructiveness. They believe that using water to kill their enemies, such as through ritual drowning, earns them Olhydra’s favor. Crushing Wave Priest
Medium humanoid
spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It knows the following sorcerer spells (an asterisked spell is from appendix B):
Cantrips (at will): chill
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
feature unless the encounter is going badly, then either activates the feature or tries to goad the characters into doing so.
13 Spell effects and breath weapons used inside the dragon’s lair cause
cave-in, tumbling into a deep chasm, drowning in lava, or some similarly dramatic exit. After escaping, the dragon plots revenge.
20 At the same time the characters are confronting the dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. If a creature fails this check by 5 or more, it gets stuck, is restrained, and risks drowning. A creature can free itself or a creature within reach by using an action to shift the rubble and
called Onyari and learn all the information from the “History of the City” section. Additionally, they find a spell scroll of arcane gate and a book containing rituals for the divination and phantom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
quarterstaff. He has the flaming sphere spell prepared rather than animal messenger. In addition to Krell, this cabin also contains two giant spiders lurking in a far corner, and Krell’s pet phase
wooden box along the port wall. The box contains spell scrolls of gust of wind and protection from poison, a potion of heroism, a potion of water breathing, a cloak of protection, 507 gp, and 199 sp. 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic emanating from these runes. Damaging the case triggers a magical trap that forces each creature in a 15-foot-radius sphere centered on the
is thunderous, drowning out the noise from the casino. Above the waterfall is a stone overlook bounded by three-foot-high railings.
The waterfall is 100 feet tall and plunges into water that is 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
associate of Gellan Primewater. He uses his magic to help a gang of smugglers based out of the nearby Tower of Zenopus in exchange for rare spell components and magic items. 7. Faithful Quartermasters
witness to. His mood shifts to darkness as he witnesses a brutal murder on the docks of a squalid port, then lifts in pride as he watches a brave mariner leap into the sea and save a drowning child
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
dank lower levels. Particularly problematic inmates end up in the Swimming Hole — a flooded and lightless shaft where prisoners must constantly tread water or risk drowning, while also fending off the
priestess uses a tongues spell to translate the clam’s words, then executes an attack on the ship during the next new moon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
shaft where prisoners must constantly tread water or risk drowning, while also fending off the blind, biting shrimp that dwell there. Though long-term incarceration is rare in the city, there are
the treasure in the water. When the clam is opened, it magically recites up to 25 words in Common. This information helps the sahuagin identify the ship. The sahuagin priestess uses a tongues spell to translate the clam’s words, then executes an attack on the ship during the next new moon.