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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
;Woe.” The board comes with a heartshaped, wooden planchette. This planchette must be resting on the lettered side of the board for the board’s magic to function.
This board has 3 charges
cast the spell. As you cast the spell, you call on the spirits of the dead to help guide the planchette across the board’s surface, answering your questions by pointing to the letters or words on the board.
Spell
Charge Cost
Augury
1
Commune
3
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Jester, the card reappears in the deck, making it possible to draw the same card twice. (Once the Fool or Jester has left the deck, reroll on the table if that card comes up again.)
Deck of Many Things
Guide), it is destroyed by some calamity beyond your control. Any documentation that proves you should own something lost to this card also disappears.
Sage. At any time you choose within one year of
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
that yakfolk are lazy—quite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the secrets of elemental magic
that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner.
In their seemingly idyllic hideaways, the yakfolk rule with iron fists, and for all their learning and culture, they are enormously
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
laboring oneself. It’s not that yakfolk are lazy—quite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the
, and the yakfolk foster that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner.
In their seemingly idyllic hideaways, the yakfolk rule with iron fists, and for all their learning and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, 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 positive energy for healing and
. (Neutral)
4
Determinism. Our destinies may already be written, but the way we achieve them still matters. (Any)
5
Fun and Games. Play is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic
Magic Items
Princes of the Apocalypse
Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Earth Orb. When this orb detonates, it subjects the area to the effects of the earthquake spell for 1 minute (spell save DC 18). For the purpose of the spell’s
apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. At the end of each hour, there is a ten percent chance that the heat wave starts a wildfire in a random location within the area of
Baphomet
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Out of the Abyss
until cured. See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more on madness.
Madness of Baphomet
d100
Flaw (lasts until cured)
01–20
“My anger consumes me. I can’t be
;The world is my hunting ground. Others are my prey.”
61–80
“Hate comes easily to me and explodes into rage.”
81–00
“I see those who oppose me not as
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, 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 positive energy for
lives with others. (Neutral)
4
Determinism. Our destinies may already be written, but the way we achieve them still matters. (Any)
5
Fun and Games. Play is learning, but without the boredom
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
shame not to share our lives with others. (Neutral)
4
Determinism. Our destinies may already be written, but the way we achieve them still matters. (Any)
5
Fun and Games. Play is learning, but
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
is learning, but without the boredom. (Chaotic)
6
Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
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Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
cauldron has the following random properties:
1 minor beneficial property (determined by rolling on the Minor Beneficial Properties table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide)
1 minor detrimental
property (determined by rolling on the Minor Detrimental Properties table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide)
Iggwilv's Cauldron Gold;Gold Cauldron. The gold cauldron has the following properties
Sage
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls, and listened to the greatest experts on the subjects that interest you. Your efforts have made you a
can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate has a modest academic community centered around the libraries of the High Hall and the various temples dedicated to gods of learning and innovation. Lecturers, researchers, and
with opportunities for arcane study, although its masters are dispersed across individual wizards’ abodes and lack concentrated communities.
You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
often mistaken for daydreaming.
6
I cultivate a single obscure hobby or study and eagerly discuss it at length.
7
I am ever learning how to be among others — when to stay quiet
comes to us all eventually.
2
I never make eye contact or hold it unflinchingly.
3
I have no sense of humor. Laughing is uncomfortable and embarrassing.
4
I overexert myself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
It’s an Academy of Mages Study at Strixhaven isn’t about learning to be a wizard but about learning to be a historian, an artist, an orator, a scientist, or some other profession—while using magic to
, described in Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, can excel in studying history at Lorehold College by virtue of their connection to an ancestral spirit.) Magic is everywhere on campus. The campus culture
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
level that attempt to fight Claugiyliamatar head-on will likely meet their demise. This quest does not appear on the Leilon quest board, but the party likely comes here after learning that Claugiyliamatar poses a threat at the Bronze Shrine (see “Bronze Shrine”).
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, or secret backstabbing and outright fights over the title. Most often, the victor in such a struggle comes from another family of the lasher caste, and any allies of the previous boss count themselves
Adventurer’s Guide.) Use one of the warlock stat blocks in appendix B to represent this goblin, adding darkvision and the Nimble Escape traits common to all goblins.
Booyahg Booyahg Booyahg. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Grayson Wildemere Neutral Human First Year (Silverquill)
Grayson comes from an old, moneyed, and influential family. To him, studying at Strixhaven is a means to an end. Learning business acumen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. That’s where the Monster Manual comes in handy. The Monster Manual is one of three books that form the foundation of the Dungeons & Dragons game, the other two being the Player’s Handbook and the Dungeon
Master’s Guide. The Monster Manual, like the Dungeon Master’s Guide, is a book for DMs. Use it to populate your D&D adventures with pesky goblins, stinky troglodytes, savage orcs, mighty dragons, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
invitation to come to the manor to discuss the results of their expedition. If the characters have the intent of avoiding the agent, the agent comes to find them in short order, and arranges for their mechanical guide to teleport everyone back to the manor.
Special Delivery Whichever agent the characters are working for, their mechanical guide is programmed to teleport them back to the agent’s manor. If the characters somehow obtained both mechanical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
relationships and in learning. Can you earn a professor’s trust? Can you get unrestricted access to the library stacks? Can you impress that mysterious stranger? At the DM’s discretion, accomplishing
who accomplishes a meaningful personal goal could receive one to five hero points, as described in chapter 9 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Another twist that works well with a Morgrave campaign is to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
more, the character confirms that the dwarf was killed by burnt othur fumes (a poison detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The dwarf has been dead for 5 minutes and thus is beyond the help of a
no way of learning that the dwarf was murdered by the vengeful Kala Mabarin, who got close enough to him in the crowd to poison him, then led him to the alley to die.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
yakfolk are lazy—quite the contrary. They simply consider most menial tasks beneath them.
Yakfolk have a drive for learning, particularly when it comes to the secrets of elemental magic and dark
that image until the strangers can be disarmed and taken prisoner.
In their seemingly idyllic hideaways, the yakfolk rule with iron fists, and for all their learning and culture, they are enormously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. In rare cases, a modron goes rogue and develops its own will. In these cases, other modrons are sent to recover or destroy their malfunctioning kin. The guide swore “beep boop” meant “hello, friend.” I don’t know why they’re after us!
—A planar explorer learning modrons have no sense of humor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
development. A few possible downtime activities are suggested below, but the party’s downtime escapades can include anything that you and the players come up with. The Orrery Learning more about the
approach the characters take, remember that learning the full scope of the orrery’s history, the secrets of its creator, and the range of its powers is the goal of the whole campaign. Whatever small bits
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
River Guide cares only for the single coin he’s owed by any who board his skiff. During the feast of the Necrologion, which gives its name to the eighth month in the calendar of Meletis, pious souls
he collected the coins anew, the gods would free the River Guide from his service and welcome him into their ranks. Ever since, Athreos has labored, both at ferrying the dead and in search of his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
comes within a day’s travel of the library can make a DC 15 Intelligence check to find the passage leading to Gravenhollow. If its check fails, it can try again after 8 hours of searching and
contemplation. Stone Giant Guide If the characters don’t have the ring to guide them, a duergar NPC (for example, Ghuldur Flagonfist in Mantol-Derith) might suggest that they talk to Stonespeaker Hgraam in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
patron has abundant resources to facilitate it. You can call in a favor to delegate the work of researching lore (a downtime activity described in the Player’s Handbook or Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
the Player’s Handbook or Xanathar’s Guide to Everything), you pay only one-half the normal cost, assuming that what you are studying is something the university teaches. Training in languages, musical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
learning fueled by an irrepressible curiosity. Most individuals settle on a specialized area of study such as an aspect of the natural world, a particular method of invention, or the patterns that
to enliven mealtime. Their fun-loving attitude also comes through in the form of jokes that gnomes tell to, or about, their companions, and in the good-spirited pranks that they play on each other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
, and leads to an open fiery pit — a portal to the Abyss. The unstable magic of the portal prevents any creature that is not a fiend from stepping through it. If Tarnhem is freed, he eventually comes
this way and escapes. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes a ripple in the rift’s magic, allowing a creature to pass through it into the tomb. Roll a d6. On a
Orc
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth
while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods.
The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
representing “Weal” and “Woe.” The board comes with a heart-shaped, wooden planchette. This planchette must be resting on the lettered side of the board for the board’s magic to function. This board
must expend to cast the spell. As you cast the spell, you call on the spirits of the dead to guide the planchette across the board’s surface, answering your questions by pointing to the letters or words on the board. Spell Charge Cost Augury 1 Commune 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
two 10-foot-square rafts made of zurkhwood logs lashed together with thick spiderwebs. Resting nearby are six 10-foot poles that the drow use to guide the rafts.
Although the darkmantles need to eat
, they flee if reduced to half their hit points or fewer. The drow use the rafts to ply the River of the Depths. Each raft is built to carry six Medium humanoids and their gear, though as many as twelve people can fit onto a raft if push comes to shove.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
library, marking its location as a center of mystic learning. Arches welcome inquisitive minds into the library. Inside, almost every surface from the floor to the high ceiling is jammed with stacks of
. They burn perpetually with magical flame, symbolizing the path toward learning and an escape from ignorance. Archway Commons Just south of the Biblioplex, a star arch curves overhead like a smaller
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mielikki, Oghma, Silvanus, Sune, Tymora, and Mystra. Knowledge, both the acquisition of it and the wisdom that comes from diligent study, is the real treasure of Silverymoon, as much as magic or wealth
could ever be. While it is easy and pleasing enough to get lost among the trees of the city, anyone who comes close enough to the River Raurin is awed by the vision of the Moonbridge: the great arch of