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its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a random effect occurs instead
, determined by rolling on the following table.
Any spell you cast from the hat uses your spell save DC and spell attack bonus.
1d100
Effect
01–50
You cast a random spell determined by
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
rolling on the Moonblade Properties table.
Minor Property. In addition to its aforementioned properties, each Moonblade has a minor property determined by rolling on the Magic Item’s Minor
minute. A creature repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
her most loyal cultists. They can gain the Ferocious Surge trait, and her cult’s leaders can also gain the Infernal Tactics trait.
Ferocious Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When
this creature hits with an attack roll that isn’t a critical hit, it can turn the hit into a critical hit.
Infernal Tactics. Immediately after rolling initiative, this creature can choose
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. It desires a wielder who embodies bravery and heroism.
Attunement. The sword allows you to attune to it immediately, without having to take a short rest. The first time you attune to the sword, you
creature that is transformed by magic, and see into the Ethereal Plane, all within a range of 60 feet.
New Personality. You gain new personality traits, determined by rolling once on each of the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
;appears next to the Baba Yaga's Mortar;mortar at the next dawn.
Random Properties. This artifact has the following random properties, which you can determine by rolling on the tables in the
that material. Once you use this action, you can't do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
You can also use the artifact as alchemist's supplies, brewer's supplies, cook's utensils, an
Flail Snail
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, an additional effect might occur, as determined by rolling a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Antimagic Shell"}:
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(Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The snail’s shell emits dazzling, colored light until the end of the snail’s next turn. During this time, the shell sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size and
. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which
Initiative
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foe who is unaware that combat is starting, that foe is surprised.Initiative Order. A combatant's check total is called their Initiative count, or Initiative for short. The DM ranks the combatants, from
Initiative scores instead of rolling Initiative. Your Initiative score equals 10 plus your Dexterity modifier. If you have Advantage on Initiative rolls, increase your Initiative score by 5. If you have Disadvantage on those rolls, decrease that score by 5.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Short Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage An interrupted Short Rest confers no benefits.
Short Rest A Short Rest is a 1-hour period of downtime, during which a creature does nothing more strenuous than reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. To start a Short Rest, you must have at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Short Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage An interrupted Short Rest confers no benefits.
Short Rest A Short Rest is a 1-hour period of downtime, during which a creature does nothing more strenuous than reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. To start a Short Rest, you must have at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
boulder out of the way requires a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check. The sound of the rolling boulder is loud enough to be heard by the creatures in area 9. The cave has an 8-foot-high
the treasure that Boss Hark has amassed in his short lifetime: 12 gp, 55 sp, and 87 cp (loose) A matching pair of silver salt and pepper shakers (worth 10 gp apiece or 25 gp for the pair) A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Interrupting the Rest. A Long Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage 1 hour of walking or other physical exertion If you
rested at least 1 hour before the interruption, you gain the benefits of a Short Rest. See also “Short Rest.” You can resume a Long Rest immediately after an interruption. If you do so, the rest requires 1 additional hour per interruption to finish.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Interrupting the Rest. A Long Rest is stopped by the following interruptions: Rolling Initiative Casting a spell other than a cantrip Taking any damage 1 hour of walking or other physical exertion If you
rested at least 1 hour before the interruption, you gain the benefits of a Short Rest. See also “Short Rest.” You can resume a Long Rest immediately after an interruption. If you do so, the rest requires 1 additional hour per interruption to finish.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Rolling Initiative Combat starts when—and only when—you say it does. Some characters have abilities that trigger on an Initiative roll; you, not the players, decide if and when Initiative is rolled
character Advantage on their Initiative roll. For example, if a conversation with an NPC is cut short because the Sorcerer is convinced that NPC is a doppelganger and targets it with a Chromatic Orb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
27. Stairs This corridor ascends from south to north in a series of short, gently sloped staircases. Pressure Plate. The 10-foot square indicated on the map is the location of a pressure plate (see
by another check. Rolling Stone Trap. A millstone, concealed in the wall behind a layer of stucco, lies at the top of the steps. No nonmagical means can detect the hidden stone. If the trap is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Starting Area The Starting Area table produces a chamber or a set of corridors at the entrance to your dungeon. When rolling for a random starting area, pick one of the doors or passages leading into
three walls 4 Rectangle, 80 × 20 ft., with row of pillars down the middle; two passages leading from each long wall, doors on each short wall 5 Rectangle, 20 × 40 ft.; passage on each wall 6 Circle, 40 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
the creature immediately suffers the level’s effect (as determined by rolling on the Short-Term Madness, Long-Term Madness, or Indefinite Madness table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, as appropriate
an area suffused with faerzress. In Out of the Abyss, madness is measured in three levels: Madness Levels Level Effect 1 Bout of short-term madness (lasts 1d10 minutes) 2 Bout of long-term madness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Details Did they kill for justice or just for the thrill? Define the particulars of the murder, either by letting the players craft their own or by rolling on the Murder Details table. Murder Details d6
. Fate gave you the opportunity. You’re a hero, but no one cheered.
Roles in the Murder Each character plays a role in the murder, determined by rolling on the Murder: Character Roles table or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Details Did they kill for justice or just for the thrill? Define the particulars of the murder, either by letting the players craft their own or by rolling on the Murder Details table. Murder Details d6
a hero, but no one cheered. Beth Trott Roles in the Murder Each character plays a role in the murder, determined by rolling on the Murder: Character Roles table or choosing an appropriate entry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
that winds lazily across the rolling grasslands of the Greenfields. Sundown is approaching when you top a rise and see the town of Greenest just a few short miles away. But instead of the pleasant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Maglubiyet and his priests. Zariel’s cultists can gain the Ferocious Surge trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Infernal Tactics trait. Ferocious Surge (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When this
creature hits with an attack that isn’t a critical hit, it can turn the hit into a critical hit. Infernal Tactics. This creature has a keen eye for seizing a tactical advantage. Immediately after rolling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Your size is Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier: Size modifier = 2d8 Height = 4 feet + 6 inches + your size modifier in inches Weight in pounds = 90
(minimum of 1 temporary hit point). You also gain additional benefits that depend on your shifter subrace, described below. Once you shift, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
that winds lazily across the rolling grasslands of the Greenfields. Sundown is approaching when you top a rise and see the town of Greenest just a few short miles away. But instead of the pleasant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Medium. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier: Size modifier = 2d12 Height = 6 feet + your size modifier in inches Weight in pounds = 200 + (2d6 × your size modifier
. To set your height and weight randomly, start with rolling a size modifier: Size modifier = 2d4 Height = 3 feet + 5 inches + your size modifier in inches Weight in pounds = 35 + your size modifier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
rolling a d20, adding any modifiers, and comparing the total to a Difficulty Class, and they’re all subject to advantage and disadvantage. In short, they share the same procedure for determining
number? Ability checks don’t score critical hits. Attack rolls do. Is a 1 on an ability check an automatic failure? Rolling a 1 on an ability check or a saving throw is not an automatic failure. A 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a successful check, you cast the spell using its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a
random effect occurs instead, determined by rolling on the following table.
Conceptopolis Presto creates a lightning bolt
using his Hat of Many Spells
Any spell you cast from the hat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
successful check, you cast the spell using its normal casting time, and you can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. On a failed check, you fail to cast the spell and a
random effect occurs instead, determined by rolling on the following table. Any spell you cast from the hat uses your spell save DC and spell attack bonus. 1d100 Effect 01–50 You cast a random spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
than one such barrow, either broken open from the outside by those seeking lost treasures, or somehow broken from within. The Fields of the Dead is a vast, rolling plain of windswept grasses that
few walled enclosures that contain several such dwellings can occasionally be found a short distance away from the roads and rivers that run through or near the Fields. The folk of this land are kind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Traxigor’s Tower Once the griffons land, characters are free to dismount and descend the stairs into Traxigor’s tower. After delivering the party safely to the tower, the griffons take a short rest
trinket, determined by rolling on the Trinkets table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook. Traxigor doesn’t care if the character keeps the trinket or not, and doesn’t remember how or when he acquired it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
manifests in that location. The surge lasts for 1 hour. Rolling on the Eldritch Surges table while a surge is already in effect causes the current surge to end. THE ENTITY
Krokulmar, the entity at the
once per turn. 3 Illusory magic causes one to perceive objects and creatures a short distance from their actual locations. While in the room, a creature has disadvantage on attack rolls. 4 An animated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
character must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the character contracts a random form of madness determined by rolling on the Short-Term Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
so again until you finish a short or long rest. When you reach certain levels in this class, the size of your Psionic Energy dice increases: at 5th level (d8), 11th level (d10), and 17th level (d12
Psionic Energy die, rolling it and dealing force damage to the target equal to the number rolled plus your Intelligence modifier. Telekinetic Movement. You can move an object or a creature with your mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with fang-filled mouths. Any creature that beholds the statue in any of its forms must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or gain a random form of short-term madness (determined by rolling on the
Short-Term Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Whether a creature succeeds or fails on the saving throw, it can’t be affected by the statue again. A character who sees the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
retain the tale in mind until you bestow the tale’s effect or you finish a short or long rest. You can use an action to choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you (this can be you) to be the
target of the tale’s effect. Once you do so, you can’t bestow the tale’s effect again until you roll it again. You can retain only one of these tales in mind at a time, and rolling on the Spirit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rune beyond the first grants the Moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or determines it randomly by rolling on the Moonblade Properties table. Minor Property. In addition to its
aforementioned properties, each Moonblade has a minor property determined by rolling on the Magic Item’s Minor Property table (see earlier in this chapter). Sentience. A Moonblade is a sentient weapon