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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
command words, each requiring a Magic action to use:
First Command Word. The box unfolds into a Rowboat.
Second Command Word. The box unfolds into a Keelboat.
Third Command Word. The Folding Boat
in the Player’s Handbook. If either vessel is reduced to 0 Hit Points, the Folding Boat is destroyed.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Cunning Action. On each of its turns, the spy can use a bonus action to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The spy deals an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6
can be any item found on the Adventuring Gear table in chapter 5, “Equipment,” of the Player’s Handbook. The item must be worth no more than 15 gp.Multiattack. The spy makes two melee
Magic Items
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the creatures pulling them work like controlled mounts, as described in the mounted combat rules in the Player’s Handbook, but with the following differences:
Mounting or dismounting a chariot
creature pulling it.
If multiple creatures are pulling the chariot, they all act on the same initiative, and they must take the same action on their turn.
Magic Items
Divine Contention
A fiery red crystal the size of a human palm.
Once per day as a bonus action, a villain can activate the ruinstone to undo one deed they have performed. The possibilities here are broad, but in
combat it’s simplest to allow them the opportunity to “rewind” one action and take it again, or to reroll a failed saving throw (if it can still take actions).
Each use of the
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
speak by clacking their mandibles and waving their antennae, indicating to other thri-kreen what they are thinking and feeling. Other creatures find this method of communication difficult to interpret and
, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of widespread languages to choose from. The DM is free
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
,” of the Player’s Handbook, or any similar item selected with the DM’s permission. The summoned item is transported to you from somewhere else in the world, but it is generic in
, it cannot be used again until the next dawn.
Recall Code. As an action, you can set your current location as a point of return locked to the rotor. Anytime thereafter, you can use a bonus action to
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
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Neogi*
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Space clown*
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Vampirate*
10
Void scavver*
Feature: Wildspace Adaptation
You gain the Tough feat from the Player’s Handbook. In addition, you learned how
provided by magic) has disadvantage on the attack roll unless the weapon deals piercing damage.
Movement. A creature can use an action to push off something heavier than itself and move up to its walking
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Hypnosis action, originating at a point within 120 feet of itself. It doesn’t need to see the effect’s point of origin.
Regional Effects
The island surrounding a morkoth’s lair is
warped by the creature’s presence, creating the following effects:
Alter Water. With a thought (no action required), the morkoth can initiate a change in the water within its lair that takes
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
This warm crystal glints with the sunset colors of the Feywild sky and evokes whispers of emotional memory. As an action, you can attach the shard to a Tiny object (such as a weapon or a piece of
holding or wearing the shard, you can roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook. If the result is a spell, it is too wild to be affected by your Metamagic, and if it normally
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Shapechanger. If Strahd isn’t in running water or sunlight, he can use his action to polymorph into a Tiny bat, a Medium wolf, or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into his true form.
While in
success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until Strahd is destroyed, is on a different plane of existence than the target, or takes a bonus action to end the effect.
Children of the Night (1
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
valuables. Its innards are connected to a secure coffer within Head Office’s vault in Waterdeep, to which the satchel periodically transfers the franchise’s wealth. As an action, you can
you really don’t want to know about, there is no chance for the spell to end.
That Thing You Need
At rank 3, you can use a bonus action to reach into your living loot satchel and make a DC 15
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
or uses its action to end it.
Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 60-foot cone
repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can
feats
any of these cases, the creature has a CR of 0 or lacks a CR (such as another player character), you don’t gain Heroic Inspiration.
Win Big. As a Bonus Action, you can expend your Heroic Inspiration to gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to your level.
Morkoth
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the morkoth takes a lair action to cause one of the effects described below:
The morkoth uses its Hypnosis action, originating
arrival, whether an object or a creature, on its island or in its sanctum. As an action, the morkoth can locate any one creature or object on the island. Visitors to the island feel as though they are being
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
: cheerfulness and celebration, marked by merriment and hope as winter’s sorrow passes
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Summer: boldness and aggression, a time of unfettered energy and calls to action
Creating Your
that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign.
Creature Type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the vibration of its clacking gears sends showers of loose stones down the crevasse walls. Once the engine has been activated, it “acts” on initiative count 15. Mephit Madness On the round after the
automatically grabs one of its bands before falling. The creature can use an action to try to climb back onto the engine, doing so with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. At the end of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the vibration of its clacking gears sends showers of loose stones down the crevasse walls. Once the engine has been activated, it “acts” on initiative count 15. Mephit Madness On the round after the
automatically grabs one of its bands before falling. The creature can use an action to try to climb back onto the engine, doing so with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. At the end of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
encourage specific actions by offering inspiration while a player is considering options. Both approaches have their strengths and weaknesses. Waiting until after an action preserves the flow of play, but
more freedom to do what they want. Telling a player that an action will earn inspiration provides clarity, but it can make it feel like you are manipulating the players or making choices for them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
out of the game for as long as it takes. Monsters don’t attack the character, and the character takes the Dodge action in combat until the player rejoins the group. This solution allows the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
out of the game for as long as it takes. Monsters don’t attack the character, and the character takes the Dodge action in combat until the player rejoins the group. This solution allows the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
encourage specific actions by offering inspiration while a player is considering options. Both approaches have their strengths and weaknesses. Waiting until after an action preserves the flow of play, but
more freedom to do what they want. Telling a player that an action will earn inspiration provides clarity, but it can make it feel like you are manipulating the players or making choices for them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
character, and the character takes the Dodge action in combat until the player rejoins the group. This solution allows the other players to keep playing instead of letting one player stop the game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(with their input), arbitrate the rules, and settle arguments. And when you’re narrating the action of the game, the players should be paying attention. Player Die Rolling Players should roll their dice
character, and the character takes the Dodge action in combat until the player rejoins the group. This solution allows the other players to keep playing instead of letting one player stop the game
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
her chest. The caryatids face inward.
Modron. Circling the caryatids counterclockwise is a quadrone with its bow at the ready. It makes clicking and clacking noises as it walks.
Bas-Reliefs. The
language only. It knows that the caryatids can restore petrified creatures to flesh, having seen them in action, and it has heard Halaster speak the command phrase to activate the caryatids. Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
magic of the Simulations Deck puts a unique spin on the training session, dropping player characters straight into the action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
magic of the Simulations Deck puts a unique spin on the training session, dropping player characters straight into the action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rare. As an action, a character can use a healing surge and spend up to half his or her Hit Dice. For each Hit Die spent in this way, the player rolls the die and adds the character’s Constitution
modifier. The character regains hit points equal to the total. The player can decide to spend an additional Hit Die after each roll. A character who uses a healing surge can’t do so again until he or she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
prefer to let the DM make a call and continue with the action. If you gloss over a rules issue in play, make a note of it (a good task to delegate to a player) and return to the issue later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rare. As an action, a character can use a healing surge and spend up to half his or her Hit Dice. For each Hit Die spent in this way, the player rolls the die and adds the character’s Constitution
modifier. The character regains hit points equal to the total. The player can decide to spend an additional Hit Die after each roll. A character who uses a healing surge can’t do so again until he or she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
prefer to let the DM make a call and continue with the action. If you gloss over a rules issue in play, make a note of it (a good task to delegate to a player) and return to the issue later.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
action is up to you. You might tell the player to make a Strength check, while mentally setting the Difficulty Class (DC) at 15. If the Strength check is successful, you then determine how a face full of
. As the player who creates the game world and the adventures that take place within it, the DM is a natural fit to take on the referee role. As a referee, the DM acts as a mediator between the rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
action is up to you. You might tell the player to make a Strength check, while mentally setting the Difficulty Class (DC) at 15. If the Strength check is successful, you then determine how a face full of
. As the player who creates the game world and the adventures that take place within it, the DM is a natural fit to take on the referee role. As a referee, the DM acts as a mediator between the rules
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
tools to help keep the action moving. At any time, you can decide that a player’s action is automatically successful. You can also grant the player advantage on any ability check, reducing the chance of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
equal to the number of players and place the cards face up on the table where everyone can see them. Whenever a player gains inspiration, they must pick a card and later use the effect shown on the
Inspiration Cards table at the appropriate time. The player then draws a new card for the communal hand and shuffles the used card into the deck. Inspiration Cards Card Effect Balance (or 2 ♠) When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
her chest. The caryatids face inward.
Modron. Circling the caryatids counterclockwise is a quadrone with its bow at the ready. It makes clicking and clacking noises as it walks.
Bas-Reliefs. The
language only. It knows that the caryatids can restore petrified creatures to flesh, having seen them in action, and it has heard Halaster speak the command phrase to activate the caryatids. Its