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Dungeon Master’s Guide
number of charges above 50, the staff explodes as if you activated its Retributive Strike (see below).
Spells. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it
DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes Force damage equal to 6 times the number of charges in the staff. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This staff has 10 charges.
Insect Cloud. While holding the staff , you can take a Magic action and expend 1 charge to cause a swarm of harmless flying insects to fill a 30-foot Emanation originating
from you. The insects remain for 10 minutes, making the area Heavily Obscured for creatures other than you. A strong wind (like that created by Gust of Wind) disperses the swarm and ends the effect
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
, taking 9d6 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Thunderclap. You can take a Magic action to cause the staff to produce a thunderclap audible out to 600 feet
This staff can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. It also has the following additional properties. Once one of these properties
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
charges in the staff . Each other creature in the area makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes Force damage equal to 4 times the number of charges in the staff . On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.
This staff has 20 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving
Equipment
This armor consists of a coat and leggings (and perhaps a separate skirt) of leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, much like the scales of a fish. The suit includes gauntlets.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
can be activated again.
The trigger can be as general or as detailed as you like, though it must be based on visual or audible phenomena that occur within 30 feet of the area. For example, you could
Spells
Player’s Handbook
A storm of fire appears within range. The area of the storm consists of up to ten 10-foot Cube;Cubes, which you arrange as you like. Each Cube must be contiguous with at least one other Cube. Each
creature in the area makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 7d10 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried start burning.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Prismatic Rays table.
Prismatic Rays
1d8
Ray
1
Red. Failed Save: 12d6 Fire damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage.
2
Orange. Failed Save: 12d6 Acid damage. Successful Save
: Half as much damage.
3
Yellow. Failed Save: 12d6 Lightning damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage.
4
Green. Failed Save: 12d6 Poison damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage
Spells
Player’s Handbook
A swirling cloud of embers and smoke fills a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. The cloud’s area is Heavily Obscured. It lasts for the duration or until a strong wind (like
that created by Gust of Wind) disperses it.
When the cloud appears, each creature in it makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d8 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a
Spells
Player’s Handbook
imperceptible.
Beyond the door is a magnificent foyer with numerous chambers beyond. The dwelling’s atmosphere is clean, fresh, and warm.
You can create any floor plan you like for the dwelling, but it
and other objects created by this spell dissipate into smoke if removed from it.
A staff of 100 near-transparent servants attends all who enter. You determine the appearance of these servants and
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
served as the foundation of the Demonomicon of Iggwilv. The Tome of Zyx can be destroyed like any ordinary book. Once the staff emerges, the demon lord Fraz-Urb’luu knows instantly.
save, you are possessed by the creature, which controls you like a puppet. As a Magic action, the possessing creature can release you and appear in the closest unoccupied space to you. On a
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Player’s Handbook
violet layer.
Prismatic Layers
Order
Effects
1
Red. Failed Save: 12d6 Fire damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage. Additional Effects: Nonmagical ranged attacks can’t pass
through this layer, which is destroyed if it takes at least 25 Cold damage.
2
Orange. Failed Save: 12d6 Acid damage. Successful Save: Half as much damage. Additional Effects: Magical ranged
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
still seek to work Vecna’s will in the world.
The Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna are separate Artifacts that might be found together or separately. The eye looks like a bloodshot organ torn
your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control.
Eye of Vecna Spells
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Charge Cost
Classes
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, including performing music, working magic, and making jests.
A Bard’s life is spent traveling, gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer
Backgrounds
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
;s leaders insist the organization is more like a family than a shadowy syndicate, few families exhibit as much dishonesty, nepotism, and corruption as this one. You’ve honed your cunning, reflexes, and blade to climb the guild’s ranks.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
possible. Werewyverns like to keep their wyvern form a secret until they need an upper hand in a fight or an aerial escape.
Werewyverns transmit lycanthropy through their potent venom. The curse&rsquo
;s transmission is unpredictable and often as much a surprise to the werewyvern as it is to the victim.Shape-Shift. The werewyvern Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts into a Medium wyvern-humanoid hybrid or a
Monsters
Netheril’s Fall
: destroy as much in their paths as possible. Before eldritch eddies manifest, telltale signs signal their arrival. Roll on or choose a result from the Eldritch Eddy Manifestations table to inspire what
happens right before an eldritch eddy arises.
Eldritch Eddy Manifestations
1d6
Right Before an Eddy Manifests …
1
Brightly colored sparks fly through the air like fireworks
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
would enable him to achieve his dream. Yet the potential power of his creation terrified Damara so much that he dared not use the orb. Instead, the wizard entombed himself with the Artifact to seal it
away.
The Orb of Damara is about 6 inches in diameter and is made of a glassy, iridescent material that's like obsidian but incredibly hard. If held to one's own lips with the intention of consuming
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
typically presents as a marid crowned in coral, with her lower half lengthening into a sinewy, eel-like tail.
History
Before becoming ruler of Maran Saya, Biha Babir worked as a spy. She has
whatever genie empire rises from the wreckage.
Personality
Biha Babir’s demeanor is like the ocean: seemingly placid on the surface, but dangerous and fierce deep below. Her amiable attitude hides
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Special Equipment. Skylla carries an eldritch staff (see appendix A) with 10 charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4;{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Charges regained"} expended
charges daily at dawn. If its last charge is expended, roll a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Last charge"}; on a 1, the staff is destroyed.Multiattack. Skylla makes two
Staff of the Magi
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explodes as if you activated its retributive strike (see below).
Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your
This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While you hold it, you gain a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls.
The staff has 50
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Resistance (3/Day). If Alustriel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Alustriel carries a magic staff known as the Staff of Silverymoon. In the hands of anyone other
than Alustriel, the Staff of Silverymoon is a Staff of Power.Multiattack. Alustriel makes three Staff of Silverymoon attacks or two Reproving Ray attacks.
Staff of Silverymoon. Melee Weapon Attack
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The top of this magic quarterstaff is shaped like a spider. It deals an extra 1d6 poison damage on a hit when used to make a weapon attack.
Spells. The staff has 10 charges. While holding it, you
can expend the requisite number of charges to cast one of the following spells from the staff: spider climb (1 charge) or web (2 charges; spell save DC 15).
The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges
Spider Staff
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Lost Mine of Phandelver
The top of this black, adamantine staff is shaped like a spider. The staff weighs 6 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells.
The staff can be wielded as a
quarterstaff. It deals 1d6 extra poison damage on a hit when used to make a weapon attack.
The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Special Equipment. Kelek wears bracers of defense and carries a staff of striking with 10 charges. The staff regains 1d6 + 4;{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Regain expended
charges"} expended charges daily at dawn. If its last charge is expended, roll a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Last charge expended"}; on a 1, the staff becomes a nonmagical
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
least 1 hit point.Multiattack. Virruza makes three attacks: one with his bite and two with his claws or staff. Alternatively, he uses his Hurl Flame twice.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation
":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +1;{"diceNotation":"1d20+1","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d6 – 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6-1","rollType":"roll
","rollAction":"Staff"} bludgeoning damage, or 3 (1d8 - 1);{"diceNotation":"1d8-1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Staff","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if used with two hands
Staff of Power
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in the following table. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.
Distance from Origin
Damage
10 ft. away or closer
8 x the number of charges in the staff
11
This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
object in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest.Multiattack. The giant makes three Prism Staff attacks.
Prism Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to
hit", "rollAction":"Prism Staff"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"3d6+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Prism Staff", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning
Equipment
This armour consists of a coat and leggings (and perhaps a separate skirt) of leather covered with overlapping pieces of metal, much like the scales of a fish. The suit includes gauntlets.
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Special Equipment. Acererak carries the Staff of the Forgotten One. He wears a talisman of the sphere and has a sphere of annihilation under his control.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Acererak
effect on itself on a success.
Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6
Staff of Thunder and Lightning
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line must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 9d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Thunderclap. You can use an action to cause the staff to issue
This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. It also has the following additional properties. When one of these properties is used
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
instead.Multiattack. Jarad makes two attacks: one with his Noxious Touch and one with his Staff of Svogthir. He can cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action in place of one of these attacks.
Noxious Touch
the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Staff of Svogthir. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Staff of Svogthir"} to hit
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
saving throw, taking 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful
one.K'thriss Drow'b;K'thriss's familiar, Ligotti, is a semisapient remnant of a tentacle attack, spawned by the warlock's intercessor patron god. Ligotti is entirely alien to the material plane (and often appears in the form of a staff).
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes two Demon Staff attacks or one Demon Staff attack
and three Tentacle Rod attacks.
Demon Staff. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Demon Staff"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4






