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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You suggest a course of activity—described in no more than 25 words—to one creature you can see within range that can hear and understand you. The suggestion must sound achievable and not
you could say, “Stop fighting, leave this library peacefully, and don’t return.”
The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration or
Spells
Player’s Handbook
six months, such as a book from a wizard’s library.
“Very familiar” is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures that you can see within range, or a single object that you can see within range, to a destination you select. If you target an
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
teleport up to 20 feet to an unoccupied space she can see.
Life-Rending Gaze. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 20, one creature Valindra can see within 30 feet. Failure: 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10
or regret, but to hide the powers she has since gained as an Undead creature.Valindra Shadowmantle’s Lair
Valindra lairs within a sprawling, ruined library in the Shadowfell. After several
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Miirym fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
X-Ray Vision. Miirym can see through solid matter out to a range of 60 feet. To her, opaque creatures, objects, and obstacles within
. The spectral dragon—what’s left of her— dwells in the catacombs and caves under the library. Those who have visited the depths describe Miirym as a set of immense spectral jaws whose
Sage
Legacy
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
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
work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.
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My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore.
5
I’ve been searching my whole
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
of knowledge.
The most well known of Faerûn’s fonts of knowledge is Candlekeep. The great library is always in need of workers and attendants, some of whom rise through the ranks to
: LIBRARY ACCESS
Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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 an almost inaccessible place, or that it simply cannot
ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands.
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I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.
4
My life’s work is a series of
Teleport
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
This spell instantly transports you and up to eight willing creatures of your choice that you can see within range, or a single object that you can see within range, to a destination you select. If
a wizard's library, bed linen from a royal suite, or a chunk of marble from a lich's secret tomb.
"Very familiar" is a place you have been very often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
Signature Item table to see what you have, or choose an item from the table.
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10-foot pole
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Medallion
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Crowbar
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has historical significance or is one of a kind.
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I’m secretly in love with the wealthy patron who sponsors my archaeological exploits.
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I hope to bring prestige to a library, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
distorted distance and direction can be in the library (see the “Gravenhollow: General Features” sidebar). His quarters are a work of art, covered with murals and wall carvings of his own design, along
Living Quarters Each level of Gravenhollow features rooms reserved for habitation. The galeb duhr keep the rooms clean, and can provide food and drink magically created by the library if asked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
library is suffused with magic that warps the space within it, and which makes navigating and exploration a unique challenge (see the “Gravenhollow: General Features” sidebar). Each room on each level of
The Stone Library When the characters first enter Gravenhollow, the library appears to be a simple arrangement of great cavernous halls carved out from the stone of the Underdark. However, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
2N. Library Books and manuscripts line wooden shelves constructed from salvaged lumber. One dragonwing (see appendix D for statistics) and four cultists (initiates) spend most of their time here
study and to divert him from the miserable surroundings. Rezmir knows about the library and approves of using the books this way, as long as they are delivered to the Well of Dragons before Tiamat’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
2N. Library Books and manuscripts line wooden shelves constructed from salvaged lumber. One dragonwing (see appendix D for statistics) and four cultists (initiates) spend most of their time here
study and to divert him from the miserable surroundings. Rezmir knows about the library and approves of using the books this way, as long as they are delivered to the Well of Dragons before Tiamat’s
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
library, a university, or an independent scholar or other learned person or creature. Knowing where the information can be found doesn’t automatically enable you to learn it; you might need to
attached to.
Personality Traits
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I can’t wait to see what I become next!
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I am convinced that everything inclines toward constant improvement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
looted long ago. Four dragonclaws (see appendix D) moved into this chamber and turned it into their living quarters. They tend the library in area 2N.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
looted long ago. Four dragonclaws (see appendix D for statistics) moved into this chamber and turned it into their living quarters. They tend the library in area 2N.
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
, muttering a few words of power over them. Closing his eyes to see the visions more clearly, he nods slowly, then opens his eyes and points down the passage to his left.
Wizards are supreme magic-users
library or university, teaching others the secrets of the multiverse. Other wizards sell their services as diviners, serve in military forces, or pursue lives of crime or domination.
But the lure of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Wards Numerous magical defenses protect the library. The most innocuous include wards to protect the library’s books from mold, weevils, and other threats. Other protections are more dramatic, as
wizard or other individual can bypass the ward by assuming the form of a Tiny bird. The Avowed don’t discuss this flaw with outsiders, but anyone who can see the gulls flying over Candlekeep can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
can be released from her sojourn here if any volumes from the lost library are returned (see area 11). Although Ilda is not evil, the confrontation with her should still be harrowing. This is a
9. Study and Library This room was Diderius’s study and library, in which he would meet with sages and travelers. Its dusty shelves and tables are now empty, the scrolls and tomes once held here
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Forsaken Deep Features Dyson Logos Map 4.6: Forsaken Deep View Player Version Map 4.6 shows the ruins of the storm giant retreat and the trench, including the following features: Library. The
retreat’s flooded library holds five crystalline, coral archives that contain knowledge preserved in crackling lightning. The formations are 10 feet across and 20 feet high. Two are shattered and useless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X30. Preserved Library This stone library has twenty-foot-high walls and a thirty-foot-high vaulted ceiling. Covering the ceiling is a fresco that depicts angels being set ablaze in a hell. A black
memory is restored. A true seeing spell also allows one to see the magically obfuscated text. The tomes mostly contain vile, forbidden lore. Many spellbooks are hidden here, collectively holding every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Inner Ward The poster map included with this book shows the Inner Ward, which contains the Great Library—a veritable forest of stone towers clumped around stockier buildings, all joined together in
doorways lurk in the library, their locations or access requirements lost. Valuable books, scrolls, and other items might be trapped inside these extradimensional spaces.
When an extradimensional space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the countless tablets and cylinders in Gravenhollow’s halls. As such, it might be the key to discovering the cause of the demon lords’ arrival. The stone library lies west of the Wormwrithings, 360
miles from Mantol-Derith and 120 miles from Gauntlgrym. Only one tunnel leads to the library, and the magic surrounding Gravenhollow can change where the tunnel’s entrance appears among the surrounding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
T6: Occult Library Characters who listen at either entrance to this room notice heavy footfalls within and the sound of furniture being smashed. Jodie Muir A putrid stench greets you here—its source
Evil Cultist Fanatic)—to destroy everything in this library. Eleith commands two Ogre Zombies to do the heavy labor. The cultist and zombies are Hostile and fight anyone not wearing the crimson robes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, dictated largely by the characters’ decisions and tactics. The adventurers’ immediate destination is the legendary library of Gravenhollow (see chapter 11), where they gain information that likely takes them
important. The journey from Mantol-Derith to Gravenhollow should involve sufficient encounters and challenges for the characters to reach 10th level by the time they visit the stone giant library. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
18. Library The githyanki keep a modest library of books and maps on shelves carved into the asteroid’s rock walls. These shelves run from the floor to the 15-foot-high ceiling of each chamber. Most
columns that support the roof are lined with books. All the volumes here are in Gith and concern the githyanki’s history battling illithids and githzerai (see the “Gith” entry in the Monster Manual). 18b
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Leaving Gravenhollow As long as the characters remain respectful guests, the librarians don’t mind them staying in Gravenhollow as long as they like. However, the library stops providing new visions
first. He emphasizes that time is of the essence. Every day the characters tarry allows the demon lords’ power and influence in the Underdark to grow. See chapter 12, “The Tower of Vengeance,” for more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Residents The library is quiet and peaceful, and visitors are free to move within it as they wish. If anyone has a need to find any other character within Gravenhollow (including one of the
librarians), the library subtly directs the character toward its target within minutes. The three stone giants who serve as Gravenhollow’s librarians don’t specifically welcome visitors — or even notice their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
(Religion) check reveals that Ilda can be released from her sojourn here if any volumes from the lost library are returned (see area 11). Although Ilda is not evil, the confrontation with her should
9. Study and Library The room east of the throne room antechamber was Diderius’s study and library, in which he would meet with sages and travelers. Its dusty shelves and tables are now empty, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
(see chapter 4) and Captain Dapplewing’s Manor (see chapter 3). Map 1.1: central campus View Player Version The Biblioplex The center of Strixhaven is the Biblioplex, the university’s main library
. At the heart of the library is a snarl, a tangle in the fabric of magic, that glows like a miniature sun in the grand Hall of Oracles. A star arch called the Dawnbow curves across the sky above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
are traveling with the party (see the “Society of Brilliance” random encounter in chapter 2), they can find the way to Gravenhollow, having found it once before. Any Society of Brilliance member who
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
demon summoning and the inherent unpredictability of faerzress.” These echoes don’t have much else to offer, although they can explain how the library works (see the “Gravenhollow: General Features
Echoes Gravenhollow “remembers” all who have walked its halls, as well as those who will visit the library in the future. As the characters explore the library, apparitions constantly flicker in and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Skabatha’s private library (see area L14 in chapter 3). The hag has tucked a thin, wax-stoppered vial inside the spine of the book. A character who examines the book before opening it spots the vial
M7. Oracular Library This magnificent hall is lined with stone bookshelves housing a library of leather-bound tomes. Three elderly, bespectacled goblins climb ladders to fetch books for three slender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
and Dean Plargg’s ongoing research. These dusty objects—mostly mundane stone or jade vessels—are each worth 100 gp. Additionally, a character who spends 10 minutes searching the library and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) check discovers a Lorehold primer (see chapter 2).
’ Repository When the character enter the Deans’ Repository, read: The portal opens into a richly decorated library filled with floor-to-ceiling shelves packed with books and archaeological relics. Four long
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
these sorts of side goals can provide concrete benefits. A wizard who has access to the library may be able to swap one of their known spells at start of each session. As a simple reward, a character