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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast
one word, such as “yes,” “no,” “maybe,” “never,” “irrelevant,” or “unclear” (if the entity doesn’t know the answer to the
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
planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. You know if the delivery fails.
Upon receiving your message
Contact Other Plane
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long- dead sage, or some other mysterious entity from another plane. Contacting this extraplanar intelligence can strain or even break your mind. When
must ask your questions before the spell ends. The GM answers each question with one word, such as "yes," "no," "maybe," "never," "irrelevant," or "unclear" (if the entity doesn't know the answer to
Sending
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Basic Rules (2014)
answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 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 different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn't arrive.
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
ability (spell save DC 18).
At Will: Disguise Self (24-hour duration), Locate Creature1/Day Each: Circle of Death, Plane Shift, Power Word KillAlso called carperi, angels of death are sent to collect
answer those prayers fail to reveal is that the angels sent on their behalf are often more terrifying than the demons and devils everyone fears. These horrors are creatures of celestial provenance that
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
15):
At Will: Shapechange (Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no Concentration or Temporary Hit Points required to maintain the spell), Locate Creature1/Day: Plane
the angels, lifting their tear-streaked faces to the sky in search of a powerful being who can fix their problems, remedy their grievances, or show them mercy. What the gods who answer those prayers
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the soul and regain 2d8 hit points.
Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used
. 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.
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
maintain the spell)1/Day Each: Control Weather, Plane ShiftLegendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the angel can expend a use to take one of the
show them mercy. What the gods who answer those prayers fail to reveal is that the angels sent on their behalf are often more terrifying than the demons and devils everyone fears. These horrors are
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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 frees the soul
served or the outer plane most closely tied to its alignment (DM’s choice). The souls of lawful evil creatures released from soul coins typically emerge from the River Styx as lemure;lemure devils
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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I often lose track of whether I’m in the Feywild or on the Material Plane.
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I have been known
. Violence need never be the answer in a multiverse of infinite possibilities. (Neutral)
3
Whimsy. Why waste time on boring, ordinary concerns when the world is filled with fantastic and ludicrous
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Personality Traits
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I often lose track of whether I’m in the Feywild or on the Material Plane.
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I have
Nonviolence. Violence need never be the answer in a multiverse of infinite possibilities. (Neutral)
3
Whimsy. Why waste time on boring, ordinary concerns when the world is filled with fantastic and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Trait
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I often lose track of whether I’m in the Feywild or on the Material Plane.
2
I have been known to throw
never be the answer in a multiverse of infinite possibilities. (Neutral)
3
Whimsy. Why waste time on boring, ordinary concerns when the world is filled with fantastic and ludicrous wonders
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
within a volcano on the Elemental Plane of Fire. This fortress-palace is known as the Temple of Ultimate Consumption. Imix is quick to answer calls from the Material Plane, since he hungers eternally
for new forests, plains, and kingdoms to burn.
Lair Actions
Imix is master of heat and flames in his vicinity. He can take lair actions on the Elemental Plane of Fire, or in any elemental fire node
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Trait
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I often lose track of whether I’m in the Feywild or on the Material Plane.
2
I have been known to throw caution to the wind when in pursuit of new items
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
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
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
Gloine (area O7), whichever comes later in the adventure. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is incapacitated. Divination, contact other plane, or a similar spell of 4th level or higher reveals the location of the machinery that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Contact Other Plane Level 5 Divination (Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: 1 minute
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long
-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Contact Other Plane Level 5 Divination (Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 minute or Ritual
Range: Self
Components: V
Duration: 1 minute
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long
-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Contact Other Plane 5th-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V Duration: 1 minute You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other
mysterious entity from another plane. Contacting this extraplanar intelligence can strain or even break your mind. When you cast this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, you take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Contact Other Plane 5th-level divination (ritual) Casting Time: 1 minute Range: Self Components: V Duration: 1 minute You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other
mysterious entity from another plane. Contacting this extraplanar intelligence can strain or even break your mind. When you cast this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, you take
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Hoards What is a dragon without a hoard? The answer, it turns out, is “significantly diminished.”
-Fizban
Hoarding treasure is an essential part of draconic nature. It’s not that dragons
extensions of dragons’ inherently magical nature—resonators that focus their magic and link them to the magic of the Material Plane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables
creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 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 different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables
creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 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 different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
rather than hoard them. If the natural world is somehow at risk—for example, threatened by aberrations or fiends—the seers might be the first to know. The faction can also answer specific questions the
characters on new adventures. All of fate is written in the Weave, and few places on the Material Plane are closer to raw magic than the sea and sky. There is wisdom is seeking truths from these places.
Alustriel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
from the soul and regain 2d8 hit points. Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used. 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. You can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
desires, draining hope and optimism from formerly fiery spirits. An adventure in Hades can challenge characters to find an answer to the ever-present question that hangs over this plane: why bother? As
. These souls become larvae and spend eternity in this place, which lacks a sun, a moon, stars, or seasons. Leaching away color and emotion, the gloom on this plane is more than most visitors can stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Horn of Valhalla Wondrous item, rare (silver or brass), very rare (bronze), or legendary (iron) You can use an action to blow this horn. In response, warrior spirits from the plane of Ysgard appear
again until 7 days have passed. Four types of horn of Valhalla are known to exist, each made of a different metal. The horn’s type determines how many berserkers answer its summons, as well as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Ethereal from a domain is pulled back into the domain it left on leaving the Ethereal Plane. Extradimensional Spaces. Extradimensional spaces function as normal, but spells cast within them are subject to
Darklord senses when someone in their domain casts such a spell. The Darklord can make themself the spell’s target so that they become the one who is contacted and answer as they please. Planar Boundaries
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor.
3
I secretly look forward to
.
2
An adult sapphire dragon employs a dao to help shape and defend the dragon’s lair, and the dao maintains a portal to the Elemental Plane of Earth there.
3
An adult sapphire dragon
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
offer, it returns to its home plane.
Giant. You immediately grow 2d10 inches in height, and your hit point maximum and current hit points both increase by 20.
Humanoid. You can immediately choose to
object or individual, as well as the distance between you and the object or individual, even if the object or individual is on a different plane of existence. If you named an individual, you know if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Horn of Valhalla Wondrous item, rare (silver or brass), very rare (bronze), or legendary (iron) You can use an action to blow this horn. In response, warrior spirits from the plane of Ysgard appear
again until 7 days have passed. Four types of horn of Valhalla are known to exist, each made of a different metal. The horn’s type determines how many berserkers answer its summons, as well as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like
different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. You know if the delivery fails. Upon receiving your message, a creature can block your ability to reach it again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like
different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn’t arrive. You know if the delivery fails. Upon receiving your message, a creature can block your ability to reach it again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
more of them. Gallio wants the characters to travel with him into the Ethereal Plane and lure the monsters into the spectral light of the planar beacon. Gallio can answer any questions the players
using it to trap and bind monsters from beyond this plane of existence. Once bound, such monsters could serve as useful tools if the town is invaded. However, Gallio needs the characters’ help to trap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
can generate power from the secrets his cult has stolen.
“It’s likely to be a far-flung location, and on a plane we’d not expect. I’d say it’s like finding a needle in a haystack, but I have
colleagues who might help us determine the location. I’ll speak with them today, and hopefully we’ll have our answer.
“You’ve all been through a lot. You should rest in your quarters. In the meantime, I’ll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Orcus The bloated Demon Prince of the Undead seeks to end all life in the cosmos, replacing the living with immortal, undead creatures that answer only to him. In this grim future, the many suns of
the Material Plane are extinguished, and all hope has faded away. All that remains is the eternally static realm of the living dead. Orcus is the universe’s staunchest advocate of stagnation. He sees