most some with only affects faint for list

Azbara Jos

Monsters Tyranny of Dragons

still takes half the cantrip’s damage but suffers no other effect. Sculpt Spells. When Azbara casts an evocation spell that affects other creatures that he can see, he can choose a number of

attacks). Azbara has the following spells prepared from the wizard spell list: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): fog cloud, magic missile

Spell Scroll Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

A Spell Scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without Material components. Otherwise

, the scroll isn’t lost. If the spell is on your spell list but of a higher level than you can normally cast, you make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you

Special Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

spell can have special rules or restrictions. For example, a drow mage can innately cast the levitate spell, but the spell has a "self only" restriction, which means that the spell affects only the

feature. The monster has a list of spells known or prepared from a specific class. The list might also include spells from a feature in that class, such as the Divine Domain feature of the cleric or the

Special Traits

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

spell can have special rules or restrictions. For example, a drow mage can innately cast the levitate spell, but the spell has a “self only” restriction, which means that the spell affects only the

for any cantrips included in the feature. The monster has a list of spells known or prepared from a particular class. The list might also include spells from a feature in that class, such as the

Azbara Jos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

misses, or the target succeeds on its saving throw, the target still takes half the cantrip’s damage but suffers no other effect. Sculpt Spells. When Azbara casts an evocation spell that affects

following spells prepared from the wizard spell list: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): fog cloud, magic missile, shield, thunderwave

Azbara Jos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

misses, or the target succeeds on its saving throw, the target still takes half the cantrip’s damage but suffers no other effect. Sculpt Spells. When Azbara casts an evocation spell that affects

following spells prepared from the wizard spell list: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): fog cloud, magic missile, shield

Azbara Jos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

misses, or the target succeeds on its saving throw, the target still takes half the cantrip’s damage but suffers no other effect. Sculpt Spells. When Azbara casts an evocation spell that affects

following spells prepared from the wizard spell list: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): fog cloud, magic missile, shield, thunderwave

Sample Haunted Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

unsettling glimpses into an area’s past. This haunted trap affects a single room or 30-foot-square area. When a creature enters the area, the trap’s emanation manifests as faint, disembodied whispers. If

haunted trap affects a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on an ancient but pristine instrument. When a creature enters the area, the trap’s emanation manifests as the sound of distant, mournful music. A round

Climbing the Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

misses, its Drop action affects the bridge, potentially damaging or destroying it. Legends of Kirgaz say the demigod has never missed a target. If Kirgaz uses its Drop action and misses its target, the

pleased if any characters agree and bids them to spread word of his perfection. Characters who agree to follow the giant—even if they’re insincere—hear faint croaking (that only they can hear

A Titanic Problem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

that Kopoha isn’t on the guest list. As Kopoha grows more insistent, winds carrying the scent of a thunderstorm rise around the pair. The argument continues until the characters intervene. Any

should be god of? How characters react to these confessions affects how Kopoha’s visit to Sylvania ends (see the “Closing Time” section).

Aberrant Mind

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Plane carried psionic energy to you. When you use your powers, faint motes of light sparkle around you. 3 You once suffered the dominating powers of an aboleth, leaving a psychic splinter in your mind

wizard spell list. Psionic Spells Sorcerer Level Spells 1st arms of Hadar, dissonant whispers, mind sliver 3rd calm emotions, detect thoughts 5th hunger of Hadar, sending 7th Evard’s black

Regional Effects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

affects nearby water, such as the way black and red dragons can foul the water near their lairs. Other regional effects related to water include the following examples: Beguiling Water. When a creature

the impression that the dragon is watching intruders. Starry Scenes. At night, the stars above the dragon’s lair are surrounded by faint outlines of creatures that begin to move and act out scenes from the dragon’s dreams—including the dragon.

Event-Based Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

common example of this type of villain, your villain could be a serial arsonist favoring a certain type of building, a magical sickness that affects spellcasters who cast a specific spell, a thief that

will happen, but you can create a list of possible encounters that the adventurers might experience. This can take the form of general descriptions of the villain’s forces, details of its lieutenants

Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

tables don’t list every language in the D&D multiverse. The Monster Manual mentions other languages, including Gnoll, Modron, Sahuagin, and Slaad. Does a monster with at-will spellcasting ability

grant a die whenever a visible ally in range makes an attack roll or a saving throw. Does a gauth’s Devour Magic eye ray end a creature’s attunement to an attuned magic item the ray affects? No

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

conjured. For example, find familiar gives the caster a list of animals to choose from. Other spells of this sort let the spellcaster choose from among several broad options. For example, conjure

Hit Dice affects the homunculus as described in the spell, but the wizard’s hit point maximum isn’t decreased. Can you cast darkness with a higher-level slot to end a spell of 3rd level or higher that

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

(Perception) score hears faint crying coming from a small stand of stones. Investigating the cries reveals a tiny winged figure, head in hands. This is Thunderwing, a sprite. She immediately gravitates

affects Xanthoria. L8. Meditation Cavern An unlocked wooden door seals off this cave. The air hangs heavy and rotten in this terraced cavern. Patches of brilliantly colored mushrooms dot the upper terrace

Upper Levels and Cellar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

member of the military. It also includes notes about the different sunken ships he has explored in the surrounding bay and its tributary rivers. The final entry on this list gives the location of the

sightless eye sockets stare up blankly, and a small silver disk is clutched in one of its skeletal hands. A horizontal crevice between two blocks in the south wall glows with faint daylight, marking a

Magical Phenomena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

intent of making it linger in the area and perform an act related to its associated emotion. The effect lasts 24 hours. The following list notes some of the most common emotional echoes, where they tend to

orchards and encourages creatures to confess their love to others and endlessly list their favorite things Sorrow: Appears in ruins and swamps, particularly around quicksand, and overwhelms creatures with

Portal Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Dagdra’s ledger, three items at a time (see the Dagdra’s List table below). The dwarf calls out the three items, and a character must make an ability check using one of the skills noted for an item to

devil then vanishes, and the party gains a failure point. Dagdra’s List Item Ability Check Chultan bold-tan body lotion Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) Feathered “dino

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

reaction that affects every creature that uses or relies on it. You can eliminate a people, place, or thing that previously existed in a certain location or area in your campaign world. On a small scale, the

major change to the campaign world. You can build one from scratch using ideas from the current campaign or randomly determine a world-shaking event and flesh out the details. Write a list of three or

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