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Player’s Handbook
odd jobs and services in exchange for access to their libraries. You whiled away many a long evening studying books and scrolls, learning the lore of the multiverse—even the rudiments of magic—and your mind yearns for more.
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Player’s Handbook
A shimmering, multicolored plane of light forms a vertical opaque wall—up to 90 feet long, 30 feet high, and 1 inch thick—centered on a point within range. Alternatively, you shape the
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The wall consists of seven layers, each with a different color. When a creature reaches into or passes through the wall, it does so one layer at a time through all the layers. Each layer forces the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
it longs to be more than mere reference material.
Abyssal Lore. You can reference the Demonomicon whenever you make an Intelligence check to discern information about demons or a Wisdom (Survival
successful save, the Fiend can’t try to possess you again for 7 days (but another Fiend trapped in the book can certainly try).
When the tome is discovered, it has 1d4 Fiends occupying its pages&mdash
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. They then revel in the grand devastation their plotting brought about—looting libraries, plundering vaults, and prying secrets of arcane lore and power from the wreckage.Corruption. The nagpa
helped avert a war between the gods. She transformed them into the scabrous, birdlike creatures known as nagpas and rendered them able to acquire new lore and magical power only from the ruins of
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, months, and sometimes years after their fateful encounter.
Insidious Lore
An allip might attempt to share its lore to escape its curse and enter the afterlife. It can transfer knowledge from its
contain. If the allip succeeds, it passes from the world—and its terrible secret hides somewhere in the scholar’s text, waiting to be discovered by its next victim.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonAcid, Fire, Lightning, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
new roll.Deep in crumbling ruins and piles of dusty scrolls, Lorehold students—first as apprentices and then as Lorehold pledgemage;pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for
studies and travel the world to see history made before their eyes. Their magic can range from spells tampering with the flow of time itself to concussive blasts that break through old ruins—to
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
attack roll, the pledgemage magically enables the attacker to reroll the attack roll. It must use the new roll.Deep in crumbling ruins and piles of dusty scrolls, Lorehold students—first as
Lorehold apprentice;apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time.
Though
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
of Enlarge.
Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its
regulars or organized into elite strike forces for specific missions.
Duergar
Duergar are dwarves of the deep reaches of the Underdark and other sunless realms. Their personalities and abilities have
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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Spellcasting.Dragon Highlord Verminaard leads the Red Dragon Army—the largest and most powerful of the Dragon Queen’s forces—with fanatic zeal and ruthless might. Though prophesied to
banish evil forces from the lands of Krynn, Verminaard was tempted by Takhisis and her promises of glory. Corrupted by the Dragon Queen, Verminaard rose to become one of her champions, claiming
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
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Afflict Despair. When a creature that the baernaloth can see within 60 feet of itself hits with an attack roll or succeeds on a saving throw, the baernaloth forces the creature to reroll the d20 and use
the Books of Keeping—ancient tomes detailing the true names of the first yugoloths—report no mention of baernaloths within. Some posit that these enigmatic yugoloths were created by a
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
chance to mutate into what is known as an encephalon cluster—a ravenous, slimy, psionic, brain-shaped mass that spawns horrors called encephalon gemmules.PsychicLeech. The gemmule targets one
creature within 5 feet of itself and forces the target to make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the gemmule enters the target’s space and attaches to the target. While the gemmule is
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12):
At will: minor illusion
1/day each: gust of wind, mage armor, silent imageThe students of Prismari College—first as apprentices and then as Prismari pledgemage
;pledgemages—see no distinction between magic and art. No two Prismari students have the same style of spellcasting; each wields the elemental magic taught by the college in a way that expresses
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
terrified the other warlords of Avernus for a while.
Three of Smiler’s rivals — Bitter Breath, Feonor, and Princeps Kovik — joined forces to wipe out Smiler’s Defilers
has an unnerving smile — hence his name.
A more apt name for this eladrin would be Smiler the Beguiler, as he’s constantly trying to intoxicate others with his relentless optimism and
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to return.
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the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or hatchlings of other dragons; many a white wyrmling
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
wonders and changing the world—but not always for the better. Doomwake giants arise from pernicious fears that infect a whole city or region. If enough mortals dread destruction for long enough, their
strength from aspects of the world itself—from ancient stone and roiling flames to the depths of the seas and skies. Unlike many creatures of legend, most giants owe their existence not to Nyx and the
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
advantage or disadvantage.Oracles posses the ability to interpret the patterns and language of Nyx, divining from it the flow of fates and the will of the gods. Most of these gifted—or cursed
—mortals communicate with a single god, interpreting their intentions for the wider world. Others aren’t aligned with a god and observe the night sky, reading Nyx like a vast, cryptic scroll
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
College draw their magical might from the flow of time and fate and the way those forces shape the course of history. Scholars of this broad mystical study divide between those who see history as an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
magic.
Lorehold Scholars
The archaeomancers of Lorehold College draw their magical might from the flow of time and fate and the way those forces shape the course of history. Scholars of this broad
mystical study divide between those who see history as an unpredictable jumble of chance and those who believe events form a perfect—and predictable—pattern.Force
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
successful one.Known for her incredible awareness and reflexes, the dragonnel-flying ace Red Ruin leads the Red Dragon Army’s airborne forces. Her actual name is unknown, leading her allies to
refer to her merely as “commander” or “Red Ruin”—a sobriquet earned after razing numerous targets from the air. She rarely removes her distinctive dragonnel-shaped helmet
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
psychic energy can take a nonphysical form upon regenerating. The troll’s psyche survives, but the body is as insubstantial as shadow. The troll might be unaware of the transition—the
creature still moves and attacks with teeth and claws as ever—but now the troll strikes at victims’ minds.
Trolls
Trolls that are nearly obliterated but survive and regenerate from mere
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, though evil forces—such as the mind flayer empire of old—have conducted much research on the topic. For centuries, mind flayers have tried to create armies of mutates to sweep through
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
fails, though evil forces—such as the mind flayer empire of old—have conducted much research on the topic. For centuries, mind flayers have tried to create armies of mutates to sweep through
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The Book of Many Things
with advantage.Sometimes deeply devout people, usually either Humanoids or medusas, dedicate themselves to a cause and are transformed by a deity or magic into hierophant medusas—beings with
Euryale’s story and unwavering conviction.
These medusas are divinely empowered champions, drawing their power from a cosmic truth, the will of a deity, or the primal forces of nature. They
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
embodies the flow of magic from inspiration into artistic expression, whether through physical form or another sensory medium. His magic draws on primal energy—such as flame, lightning, and the
tides—and weaves them into spectacles both beautiful and deadly.
Galazeth founded Prismari College to ensure that the study of magic wouldn’t ever be relegated to pure practicality. His
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
DC 13):
At will: minor illusion
2/day each: gust of wind, silent image
1/day each: mage armor, water walkThe students of Prismari College—first as Prismari apprentice;apprentices and then as
pledgemages—see no distinction between magic and art. No two Prismari students have the same style of spellcasting; each wields the elemental magic taught by the college in a way that expresses
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is
their fury in battle with their psionic abilities or training dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts.
Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
.
Forcing a transformation on creatures inexplicably fails, though evil forces—such as the mind flayer empire of old—have conducted much research on the topic. For centuries, mind flayers
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
nefarious forces. Untold times the deck’s creator, Mother Luba, narrowly escaped doom, spared only by her keen insights. But even for her, not all wickedness could be escaped. In the most dire
amid shuffling cards, waiting for fate to turn foul—as it inevitably will.
Like all tarokka decks, the Tarokka of Souls is a lavishly illustrated collection of fifty-four cards, comprising the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
mountain pass for decades unexpectedly retires to the Elemental Plane of Air. Monstrous forces immediately move into the area—and might take control of the pass unless the dragon can be convinced to
; connection to the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or hatchlings of other dragons; many
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is
their psionic abilities or training dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts.
Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or
dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts.
Denigrated by some as joyless, duergar are in fact deeply passionate in all that they do—even if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an
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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
damage on a successful one.When the armies of Mechanus mobilize against the forces of chaos, hextons are the field generals who command modron troops. These hulking hierarchs lead groups of modrons in
base modrons—monodrone;monodrones, duodrone;duodrones, tridrone;tridrones, quadrone;quadrones, and pentadrone;pentadrones—the upper-tier hierarch modrons hold leadership positions
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The Book of Many Things
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the hag fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Trace the Threads (1/Day). The hag can cast the Legend Lore spell, requiring no material components
attuned depends on the plane where the hag dwells—hopeful and prosperous in the Feywild or dire and doomed in the Shadowfell.
Fate hags carry gleaming magical shears they use to snip strands of
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Army Arcana. When the hobgoblin casts a spell that causes damage or that forces other creatures to make a saving throw, it can choose itself and any number of allies to be immune to the damage caused
peoples—goblin;goblins, hobgoblin;hobgoblins, and bugbear;bugbears—first appeared in the Feywild millennia ago, and they resided there until the god Maglubiyet conquered them. They then
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
also prize understanding of the cosmic forces that emanate from the Outer Planes, studying the opposing tides of good and evil, chaos and order, so they can offer counsel to those with the wisdom to
collecting knowledge and magic dealing with the nature of the planes of existence, cosmic forces, and distant worlds. They prize treasures drawn from different worlds of the Material Plane, especially