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Returning 29 results for 'expend release'.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This magic weapon has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the weapon, you can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror from it. Each
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to digest its contents and gain its
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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
save, you are possessed by the creature, which controls you like a puppet. As a Magic action, the possessing creature can release you and appear in the closest unoccupied space to you. On a
at dawn. While holding the book, you can take a Magic action to cast one of the spells (save DC 20) on the following table. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell
Spells
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder. You have Resistance to the chosen damage type.
Elemental Pulse. When you cast this spell and at the start of each of your subsequent turns, you release a burst
participates in the casting, you can choose one additional creature, to a maximum of nine additional creatures. The chosen creatures also gain the benefits of the spell for its duration.
When the spell is cast, each secondary caster must expend a level 2+ spell slot; otherwise, the spell fails.
Magic Items
Netheril’s Fall
This hat has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. You can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge while holding the hat to release a magical vortex from it. The vortex fills a 10
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Legendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, Zlan can expend a use to take one of the following actions. Zlan regains
prove useful.
Zlan’s current plan is to heat Icewind Dale from below, warming the Underdark to melt its ice and release aberrant terrors from frozen stasis. This melting also exposes ancient sites containing power Zlan needs to enforce its wicked will on the region.Cold, PoisonLightning, Necrotic
monsters
’s turn, Cthulhu can expend a use to take one of the following actions. Cthulhu regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Clamp. Cthulhu makes an Eldritch Claw attack.
Fold Space
and orchestrating events to ensure its release and a new epoch of multiversal doom.
Cthulhu’s Domain
Innsmouth is altered by Cthulhu’s presence, creating the following effects:
Choking
Mace of Terror
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This magic weapon has 3 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror. Each creature of your choice in a 30-foot radius extending from you must
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Each of these black leg guards is decorated with a motif of monstrous skulls screaming in terror.
The greaves have 3 charges. While wearing these greaves, you can use a bonus action to expend 1
magic.
You have disadvantage on saving throws against the frightened condition. Whenever you start your turn frightened, the greaves release an ear-piercing scream. You and each creature within 10 feet
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of power (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) in addition to the following properties.
Animate Walking Statues. You can expend 1 or more of the staff’s charges as an action to animate or
deactivated or if the staff is broken.
Dispel Magic. You can expend 1 of the staff’s charges as a bonus action to cast dispel magic on a creature, an object, or a magical effect that you touch
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
telepathically with any creature it can sense within 120 feet of it. Its voice is a deep, hollow whisper.
The shield has 3 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 charge to cast fireball or 2
evil and good on the shield has a 1 percent chance of freeing the pit fiend, or automatically succeeds if the spell is cast by a solar, a planetar, or an archdevil. A god can release the pit fiend by
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
a creature of good alignment that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
Hat of Vortexes Wondrous Item, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) This hat has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. You can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge while holding the
hat to release a magical vortex from it. The vortex fills a 10-foot Cube originating from you and lasts for 1 hour. While the vortex is present, its area is Difficult Terrain. You decide a vortex’s visual details when you create it. For instance, the vortex might be multicolored or glittery.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror from it. Each creature of your choice within 30 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. While
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Mace of Terror Weapon (mace), rare (requires attunement) This magic weapon has 3 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to release a wave of terror. Each creature of
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
charges. It regains 1d8 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding it, you can use an action to cast Tasha's hideous laughter from it or to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following
possessing creature can release you as an action, appearing in the closest unoccupied space. On a successful save, the fiend can’t try to possess you again for 7 days.
When the tome is discovered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
expend 1 or more of the staff’s charges as an action to animate or deactivate one or more of the walking statues of Waterdeep (see appendix B). You must be in the city to use this property, and you can
walking statue becomes inanimate if deactivated or if the staff is broken. Dispel Magic. You can expend 1 of the staff’s charges as a bonus action to cast dispel magic on a creature, an object, or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
objects spell description in the Player’s Handbook). As an action, the animated wand can expend 1 of its charges and target a random creature with one of its randomly determined effects. Any such effect
save, the creature is forced to release the wand. On a successful save, the wand becomes inanimate until the creature lets go of it. If a spellcaster holds the wand long enough to become attuned to it, that act banishes Rantantar’s evil spirit from the wand forever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
attunement)
Left to Right: Javelin of Lightning, Mace of
Smiting, Mace of Disruption, and Luck Blade
This magic weapon has 3 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1
charge to release a wave of terror. Each creature of your choice in a 30-foot radius extending from you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you for 1 minute. While it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
wings, keeps the book’s contents secure. Only a creature that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
shield has 3 charges. You can use an action to expend 1 charge to cast fireball or 2 charges to cast wall of fire from the shield (save DC 21 for each). The wall of fire spell lasts for 1 minute (no
. Casting dispel evil and good on the shield has a 1 percent chance of freeing the pit fiend, or automatically succeeds if the spell is cast by a solar, a planetar, or an archdevil. A god can release the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
and firm of purpose. A heavy clasp, wrought to look like angel wings, keeps the book’s contents secure. Only a creature of good alignment that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
orchestrating events to ensure its release and a new epoch of multiversal doom. Cthulhu Gargantuan Aberration, Chaotic Evil
AC 19 Initiative +9 (19)
HP 385 (22d20 + 154)
Speed 30 ft., Climb 30 ft
.
Legendary Actions
Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Domain). Immediately after another creature’s turn, Cthulhu can expend a use to take one of the following actions. Cthulhu regains all expended
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
legend. These bards are so eloquent that a speech or song that one of them performs can cause captors to release the bard unharmed and can lull a furious dragon into complacency. The same magic that
join the College of Glamour at 3rd level, you gain the ability to weave a song of fey magic that imbues your allies with vigor and speed. As a bonus action, you can expend one use of your Bardic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
major detrimental property Spells. The book has 8 charges. It regains 1d8 expended charges daily at dawn. While holding it, you can use an action to cast Tasha’s hideous laughter from it or to expend
the creature, which controls you like a puppet. The possessing creature can release you as an action, appearing in the closest unoccupied space. On a successful save, the fiend can’t try to possess you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
20 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, you are possessed by the creature, which controls you like a puppet. As a Magic action, the possessing creature can release you and appear in the closest
expended charges daily at dawn. While holding the book, you can take a Magic action to cast one of the spells (save DC 20) on the following table. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
staff’s charges to accomplish. If a creature attuned to the staff uses an action to expend 10 or more of its charges while touching the staff to the obelisk, power surges from the staff and triggers
only a few seconds before she dies and turns to dust; with her dying breath, she implores the characters in Loross (the dead Netherese tongue) to “destroy the crown … release my memories … let me have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
(Performance) check using an instrument within 5 feet of the shrine, performing a song dedicated to Oghma. Touch the shrine and expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. Once one of the two options
leader commands, “Now! Release your secrets unto me! Let the truths hidden in your soul come forth and become stronger!” As if in response, the cultists’ silhouettes warp into two lanky shadowy entities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
release a rain of arrows from turrets up higher on the lighthouse. The trap can be bypassed by pressing a hidden button on the door, requiring a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check to
within the lens. A successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check subtly sabotages the runes scribed into the lens. A character can expend one use of Channel Divinity to force divine power into