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Spells
Player’s Handbook
sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message.
You can send the message across any distance and even to other
, a creature can block your ability to reach it again with this spell for 8 hours. If you try to send another message during that time, you learn that you are blocked, and the spell fails.
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollAction":"Infernal Orb", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Fire giants study war in its many forms across the multiverse, which
sometimes leads the giants to a fascination with the Blood War—the endless conflict between demons and devils across the Lower Planes. Such a giant might enter into a pact with a powerful devil
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
Shadowy Form. While the darkweaver is in dim light or darkness, attack rolls against it are made with disadvantage unless the darkweaver has the incapacitated condition.
Spider Climb. The darkweaver
from across the planes experience reality. For them, the act of eating is an experience to be drawn out and savored, with every meal considered in all its facets. Whether its fare is a demon, an
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability:
At will: speak with dead
1/day: plane shift (self only)Berbalangs creep across the petrified remains of dead gods adrift on the
to these creatures, thus preserving the information they gain.
Pursuit of knowledge drives everything berbalangs do. Although they mostly learn their secrets from the dead, they aren’t above
Magic Items
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
A docent is a small metal sphere, about 2 inches across, studded with dragonshards. To attune to a docent, you must embed the item somewhere on your body, such as your chest or your eye socket
additional languages chosen by the DM. If a docent knows fewer than six languages, it can learn a new language after it hears or reads the language through your senses.
Skills. The docent has a +7 bonus to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Cosmological Study
Many amethyst dragons are fascinated by the existence of other worlds in the Material Plane, and especially the way individual dragons manifest unique echoes across those worlds. They
… or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
other worlds in the Material Plane, and especially the way individual dragons manifest unique echoes across those worlds. They also prize understanding of the cosmic forces that emanate from the Outer
to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including the creation of a more orderly and perfect cosmos
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Cosmological Study
Many amethyst dragons are fascinated by the existence of other worlds in the Material Plane, and especially the way individual dragons manifest unique echoes across those worlds
you do … or than any of your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
amethyst dragons are fascinated by the existence of other worlds in the Material Plane, and especially the way individual dragons manifest unique echoes across those worlds. They also prize understanding
your selves do, really.
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It is not my place to interfere. I merely seek to observe, learn, and understand.
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With a true understanding of metaphysics, anything is possible—including
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Inquisitiveness. Even the smallest village contains myriad stories of love, loss, triumph, and betrayal. There is always more to learn about people. (Any)
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Espionage. Once I get paid for the
wary eye on the efreeti;efreet who have built a tower near the dragon’s lair, and indirectly aids any who oppose the efreet.
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An iron golem ferries visitors across the lava moat
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
immediately gain the benefits of finishing a long rest.
Cavern. You gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. You also gain the ability to move up, down, across vertical surfaces, and along ceilings
1 year passes, the revenant kills you, or you use a Wish spell to banish it permanently to the afterlife.
Warrior. Your Strength score increases by 2 to a maximum of 22.
Well. You learn three cantrips of your choice from any spell list.
Worg
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.A worg is an evil predator that delights in hunting and devouring creatures weaker than itself. Cunning and malevolent, worgs roam across
the remote wilderness or are raised by goblins and hobgoblins. Those creatures use worgs as mounts, but a worg will turn on its rider if it feels mistreated or malnourished. Worgs speak in their own language and Goblin, and a few learn to speak Common as well.
Berbalang
Legacy
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
":"2d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.Berbalangs creep across the petrified remains of dead gods adrift on the Astral Plane. Obsessed with
these creatures, thus preserving the information they gain.
Spectral Spy. The pursuit of knowledge drives everything berbalangs do. Although they mostly learn their secrets from the dead, they aren&rsquo
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
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Wicked Tormentors. As befits creatures born from a moment of panic, screaming devilkins love to spread fear and confusion across the world. They gather in small flocks, lurking along lonely forest roads
. Predators in the area learn that the devilkin's screeching is a sure sign that easy prey draws near.
Opportunistic Alliances. A flock of screaming devilkins can appreciate vicious cruelty in other
feats
You came across something strange and awful, made all the more terrible by its hidden nature. A town might have seemed innocent until it dragged unwitting visitors to their carefully tended
can use this ability to determine if they are lying. You learn nothing about the truth they conceal or why they are lying, simply that there is a knowing falsehood in their statement. You can use this
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
historians all participate with passing scholars from Candlekeep in a lively exchange of ideas, debating and collaborating in book-filled halls across the Upper and Lower City. The city is also rife
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
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
needs warrant. For example, you can have a message carried across a neighborhood, procure a short carriage ride without paying, or have others clean up a bloody mess you left in an alley. The DM
, Leomund's secret chest
5th
geas
Your magic tends to manifest as swirling shadows, brilliant light, or sometimes the momentary appearance of shadowy spirit forms. Your spells might
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
gates, but finding clues in an urban environment is very different from tracking someone across the wilderness. You don’t know where to go from here, but your people need you to succeed.
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, and perhaps learn to create them.
Feature: Wanderer
You have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the general layout of terrain, settlements, and other
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
neighborhoods, you can seek out crew members in that area and learn the local gossip. You can also gain unimpeded entry to nearly any bank, guild hall, place of business, workhouse, or crew meeting place in
across the region. Perhaps you transported goods from one place to another, by ship, wagon, or caravan, or bought them from traveling traders and sold them in your own little shop. In some ways, the traveling merchant’s life lends itself to adventure far more than the life of an artisan.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Urban Encounters Although they hold the promise of safety, cities and towns can be just as dangerous as the darkest dungeon. Evil hides in plain sight or in dark corners. Sewers, shadowy alleys
, slums, smoke-filled taverns, dilapidated tenements, and crowded marketplaces can quickly turn into battlegrounds. On top of that, adventurers must learn to behave themselves, lest they attract unwanted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
are slick because of the water and walking on them is normally no trouble. However, once combat begins, anyone charging across the floor must make a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check or
. Creatures/NPCs Three star spawn manglers were the first creatures to emerge from the portal to the Far Realm when the mind flayers opened it. These shadowy low-slung, creeping horrors each have six arms, and
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
even the lowliest attendant to make friends (and enemies) in laboratories across Ravnica.
Roll twice on the Izzet Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Izzet Contacts table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
’ camp, characters learn they are up against the Cult of the Dragon, and they have the chance to destroy a subterranean dragon hatchery that the cult guards. The hatchery provides clues to the cult’s
operation and sends the characters on a long journey northward. During that trip, they face threats from the cult and gain some unexpected allies within the Zhentarim, a shadowy organization with an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Knowledge of Avernus Characters who research Avernus in Sigil can learn the following: Blood War. Avernus is a major battlefield for the Blood War, the raging conflict between demons and devils. It
would be fruitless to fight every Fiend the characters come across in Avernus, since conflicts invariably escalate as infernal combatants join in against interlopers in the Nine Hells. To accomplish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
caravans traveling to and from Ten-Towns and mount hunting expeditions across the tundra. Any of the following hooks might lure characters to the gates of Karkolohk: The characters learn about the goblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
wandering across the land gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer. But a depth of knowledge, a level of musical skill, and a touch of
magic set bards apart from their fellows. Only rarely do bards settle in one place for long, and their natural desire to travel — to find new tales to tell, new skills to learn, and new discoveries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
possible paths going forward: the Path of Demons and the Path of Devils. Each path features a number of locations across Avernus that the characters must visit in sequence to learn where Zariel’s sword is
. The Wandering Emporium provides a good place for the characters to rest and gather supplies that are otherwise hard to find in Avernus. At the conclusion of this chapter, the characters learn that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. The characters might be locals or travelers. They and players learn about the area as the party explores the town and meets its citizens. The Swinging Sword (area 2) is the only inn, and the Helm at
Highsun (area 3) is a large tavern across the street from the inn. Locals gather at Gaelkur’s store (area 17) or the tavern to gossip. Ironhead Arms (area 13) is the best place to buy weapons and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sure I get my point across.
4 I don’t care about the opinions of creatures that are less intelligent than I am. But I’m fascinated by creatures that are significantly more intelligent.
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d6 Ideal
1 Curiosity. The best way to show you value others is to learn as much as you can about them. (Good)
2 Perspective. Everyone sees things differently, so if you want to know
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
spirit. Rezmir knows from informants across the Sword Coast that Leosin has been researching the cult’s history and recent activity. The wyrmspeaker wants to know how much Leosin has learned and with whom
and fell in with the raiders when they retreated, hoping to learn more about the cult’s plans and the location of their camp. Rezmir spotted him after the sun came up, and the monk was quickly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Character Creation The Mists of Ravenloft drift across worlds, sowing fear and abducting unsuspecting souls. These forces don’t claim individuals at random, though. The fear of innocents, the turmoil
also explore how mystery might drive your character. Horror Trinkets. Learn what creepy curio inspires or haunts your adventures. Monster hunters Gennifer and Laurie Weathermay- Foxgrove
corner the werewolf Natalia Vhorishkova
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a
with this spell for 8 hours. If you try to send another message during that time, you learn that you are blocked, and the spell fails.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Flaming Fist patrols. You are known within the city’s immigrant communities. Should you ever need to learn about a foreign land, people, tradition, or history, you know where to find someone with
, but finding clues in an urban environment is very different from tracking someone across the wilderness. You don’t know where to go from here, but your people need you to succeed. 2 You’ve always been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
orchestrate plots that unfold across ages. These elusive, amphibious immortals physically and mentally overwhelm their victims and transform creatures with a slimy, aberrant infection, reshaping other
Aboleth Seeks To... 1 Accomplish incomprehensible plans that lead it to act in seemingly random ways. 2 Learn more of the world by kidnapping people and consuming their minds. 3 Manipulate innocents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Hosttower during the last Rage of Dragons could be answered only by Arauthator. Maccath set sail on an expedition to learn those answers three years ago and hasn’t been heard from since. Dala
their sealskin boats toward a huge iceberg, flattened like a plateau across its surface, but ringed by icy peaks. She had intended to follow the Ice Hunters and investigate the iceberg. After that, no






