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Returning 35 results for 'most some with only answer from for life'.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You grant the semblance of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was
it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
drawing this card, you can ask a question in meditation and mentally receive a truthful answer to that question.
Skull. An Avatar of Death appears in an unoccupied space as close to you as possible
ally with its attacks. You and your allies can each summon only one avatar as a consequence of this draw. A creature slain by an avatar can’t be restored to life.
Avatar of Death
Medium Undead
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a soul coin and use it to do one of the following:
Drain Life. You siphon away some of the soul’s essence and gain 1d10
temporary hit points.
Query. You telepathically ask the soul a question and receive a brief telepathic response, which you can understand. The soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Curiosity. I might never be able to experience everything in the multiverse—but it doesn’t hurt to try. (Any)
2
Nonviolence. Violence need never be the answer in a multiverse of infinite
’s life.
4
A young moonstone dragon has acquired a powerful magic item belonging to one of the fey courts and is leading the assassin sent to retrieve the item on a chase through the
Speak with Dead
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The corpse must still have a mouth and can't be undead. The
spell fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the last 10 days.
Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. The soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic.
Borrow Experience.
for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived.
Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor from
Equipment
When you smoke requiem clay, you summon the spirit of a single deceased person that you personally knew in life. The spirit’s image is visible, and its voice can be heard in whispers, but it
cannot touch you. You can ask the spirit up to five questions, as the speak with dead spell. The spirit knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief
Deck of Many Things
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
becomes your enemy. The devil seeks your ruin and plagues your life, savoring your suffering before attempting to slay you. This enmity lasts until either you or the devil dies.
Fool. You lose 10,000 XP
own avatar of death. A creature slain by an avatar of death can't be restored to life.
Avatar of Death
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 20 Hit Points half the hit point maximum of its
Ideals
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Your ideals are the things that you believe in most strongly, the fundamental moral and ethical principles that compel you to act as you do. Ideals encompass everything from your life goals to your
core belief system.
Ideals might answer any of these questions: What are the principles that you will never betray? What would prompt you to make sacrifices? What drives you to act and guides your goals and ambitions? What is the single most important thing you strive for?
Sage
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Backgrounds
Basic Rules (2014)
life for the answer to a certain question.
6
I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it back.
d6
Flaw
1
I am easily distracted by the promise of
colleague posing a question you have not yet been able to answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Specialty
To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
tomes related to a specific field of lore.
5
I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
6
I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it
answer, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Specialty
To determine the nature of your scholarly training, roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below.
d8
Deep Dragon Wyrmling
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
5
While the petty squabbles of other creatures bore and irritate me, I might hear out those who demonstrate an appreciation for the finer things in life by bringing me delicacies like clams or
another, and we would all do well to prioritize that kinship. (Any)
3
Mystery. I appreciate a question I cannot answer, so I strive to be an enigma for other creatures. (Any)
4
Adaptability
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
drops to 0 hit points, whereupon it disappears. If anyone tries to help you, the helper summons its own avatar of death. A creature slain by an avatar of death can’t be restored to life.
Star
answer to that question. Besides information, the answer helps you solve a puzzling problem or other dilemma. In other words, the knowledge comes with wisdom on how to apply it.
The Void. This
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of lore.
5
I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
6
I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do
path to power and domination. (Evil)
6
Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)
d6
Bond
1
It is my duty to protect my students
Young Deep Dragon
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monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
things in life by bringing me delicacies like clams or aboleth flesh.
6
I might be willing to exert myself to take out a mind flayer. Those disgusting creatures must be stopped.
7
I dream of
. (Any)
2
Kindred. All dragons are kin to one another, and we would all do well to prioritize that kinship. (Any)
3
Mystery. I appreciate a question I cannot answer, so I strive to be an
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
2
Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe
in my life, even when they are far from me.
2
An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me.
3
I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my
Adult Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
While the petty squabbles of other creatures bore and irritate me, I might hear out those who demonstrate an appreciation for the finer things in life by bringing me delicacies like clams or aboleth
, and we would all do well to prioritize that kinship. (Any)
3
Mystery. I appreciate a question I cannot answer, so I strive to be an enigma for other creatures. (Any)
4
Adaptability. Whether
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
searching my whole life for the answer to a simple question: Am I a god?”
Flaw. “I don’t like mysteries. Unraveling them keeps me up at night.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
doll until she speaks its name, which she has forgotten. She refuses to leave this place without the doll. Dolora, who only recalls fragmented memories of her life, can’t answer many questions. This
is particularly true about the messages associated with the alcoves in the hall (see “Alcoves” later in this section). While Dolora can’t answer vague questions about the candles’ clues (such as “Who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
from the dark clouds above sporadically illuminates the hall, lighting the faces of life-sized human statues in the alcoves. Each visage is frozen in terror. The ten statues that line this corridor
. The statues are imbued with the spirits of Strahd’s ancestors, all of which grieve over the termination of their bloodline. Each spirit will answer one question if addressed directly. The spirits
Ancient Deep Dragon
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While the petty squabbles of other creatures bore and irritate me, I might hear out those who demonstrate an appreciation for the finer things in life by bringing me delicacies like clams or aboleth
we would all do well to prioritize that kinship. (Any)
3
Mystery. I appreciate a question I cannot answer, so I strive to be an enigma for other creatures. (Any)
4
Adaptability. Whether
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Unexplained Powers Sorcerers are rare in the world, and it’s unusual to find a sorcerer who is not involved in the adventuring life in some way. People with magical power seething in their veins
obscure or quixotic motivations driving them to adventure. Some seek a greater understanding of the magical force that infuses them, or the answer to the mystery of its origin. Others hope to find a way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the following boxed text to the players when the characters enter the Bleeding Citadel: A bright white light burns away the blood and grit staining your clothes. Restorative energy brings life to numb
muscles as the glow softens to reveal the interior of a sun-kissed cathedral. How light passes through the scab and into the stained glass windows is a mystery only magic can answer.
Pillars line a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
told in life, Morte masks his pain with a morbid sense of humor and an insufferable dose of sarcasm. Talking with Morte Morte is friendly toward the characters and does his best to answer their
book’s introduction), they don’t remember much about themselves and don’t know why they’re in the Mortuary. Morte can answer the following questions or otherwise provide this information: Who Are You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic. Freeing a Soul. Casting Remove Curse or another spell that
Coin. A Soul Coin has 3 charges. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a Soul Coin and do one of the following: Drain Life. You siphon away some of the soul’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
in life, but it must answer you truthfully and to the best of its ability. The answer is no more than a sentence or two and might be cryptic. Freeing a Soul. Casting a spell that removes a curse on a
Soul Coin. A soul coin has 3 charges. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a soul coin and use it to do one of the following: Drain Life. You siphon away some of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Characteristics Often considered rude and uncouth, outlanders have little respect for the niceties of life in the cities. The ties of tribe, clan, family, and the natural world of which they are a part are
. 7 I feel far more comfortable around animals than people. 8 I was, in fact, raised by wolves. d6 Ideal 1 Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
reroll it? When it lands cocked against a book, do you pull the book away and see where it lands or reroll the die? Work with your players to answer these questions, and record the answers as house rules
lets them, through their characters, do things they can’t do in real life—fight monsters, cast spells, and so on. However, for some players, this means wreaking havoc in towns or betraying their allies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
has been delivered, can the calamity it foreshadows be averted? Typically, the answer is yes—that’s the point of giving a warning. If the people who receive the warning appease the gods, repent of their
evil ways, turn aside from their self-destructive course, or send heroes to destroy the source of the disaster, the apocalypse is averted, and life can return to normal. Sometimes the coming disaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
several of D&D’s most ferocious foes to life. As Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat numbered among the first fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons products, an online supplement for these
campaign. Whether this is your first time testing your mettle against the Cult of the Dragon or you’re prepared to take on Tiamat once more, Tyranny of Dragons promises a challenge like no other. Do you have what it takes to call yourself a true dragon slayer? The fate of the Realms hangs on your answer.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
duplicated fully on every world that has plant life; or is only a metaphor for Rillifane’s deep connection to nature. A growing sentiment among Rillifane’s druids holds that the correct answer is “All of the
Common Symbol
Aerdrie Faenya CG Air, rain, fertility, birth Life, Tempest, Trickery Bird silhouetted against a cloud
Angharradh CG Wisdom, growth, protection Knowledge, Life, War
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ignorance of any matter, so they might give a purposefully unclear or misleading answer rather than admit they don’t know the right one. Omens When the lynx-constellation paces restlessly in the night
beach—and circling around the oracle’s feet, leaving them completely dry. (If necessary, though, you should clarify that the oracle knows the answer to be “woe.”) Other Messages. An omen can also have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Random Encounters in Hither Use random encounters to bring the swamp to life or to present the characters with more opportunities to interact with the setting. You can also use random encounters to
of the well. The will-o’-wisps are the spirits of creatures who owned the trinkets in life. If a character tries to take one or more of the trinkets, the will-o’-wisps turn visible, accuse the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
lemure killed in the Nine Hells is only permanently destroyed if it is killed with a blessed weapon or if its shapeless corpse is splashed with holy water before it can return to life. Promotion and
archdevils that answer to the greatest archdevil of all: Asmodeus, the Archduke of Nessus, the ninth layer. To reach the deepest layer of the Nine Hells, one must descend through all eight of the layers above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
your life.
— Walnut Dankgrass
Jim Darkmagic Sets Things Straight With absolutely no idea what they’re meant to do or how they got into this position, the characters might try to seek out
attempt Omin’s mission, and he’s keen to get them on their way. If the characters have any questions about the assignment, Jim can be the vessel through which you answer. Those who appear enthusiastic






