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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
general chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter how many pages are removed, and
it longs to be more than mere reference material.
Abyssal Lore. You can reference the Demonomicon whenever you make an Intelligence check to discern information about demons or a Wisdom (Survival
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Insight) check. If the nothic wins, it magically learns one fact or secret about the target. The target automatically wins if it is immune to being charmed.A nothic is a monstrous creature with
until the end of its next turn.
Weird Insight. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must contest its Charisma (Deception) check against the nothic’s Wisdom
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Acquisitions Incorporated
transfer any amount of your franchise funds back to your satchel with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check.
Secret Satchel
As a rank 3 hoardsperson, your living loot satchel gets an
upgrade to function as the replica chest used for the Leomund's secret chest spell, becoming a rare magic item. You can open the secret chest through your living loot satchel to deposit or withdraw items
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this necrotic damage.The Oriq are a secret society of mages who wield forbidden magic in the service of their leader, Extus Narr. Narr was in consideration for
needs to summon a devastating being, the Blood Avatar, to destroy Strixhaven.
The Oriq work in secret, infiltrating Strixhaven to search for the magic their master covets and watch for impressionable
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The amber spell gem is a very rare item and can store up to a 4th level spell. The stored
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
calm it by speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases
can come from different creatures and be combined in different ways, no two fiendish flesh golems look exactly alike. Night hags guard the secret to making such golems, rarely sharing it with anyone
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The quartz spell gem is a rare item and can store up to a 2nd level spell. The stored spell's
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The bloodstone spell gem is a rare item and can store up to a 3rd level spell. The stored
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The jade spell gem is a very rare item and can store up to a 5th level spell. The stored spell's
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The start ruby spell gem is a legendary item and can store up to a 7th level spell. The
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The diamond spell gem is a legendary item and can store up to a 9th level spell. The
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The obsidian spell gem is a uncommon item and can store a cantrip. The stored spell's saving throw
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The lapis lazuli spell gem is a uncommon item and can store up to a 1st level spell. The
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The topaz spell gem is a very rare item and can store up to a 6th level spell. The stored
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
The ruby spell gem is a legendary item and can store up to a 8th level spell. The stored
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the memory web is animate.
Memory Flood. When the memory web is reduced to 0 hit points, it discharges any memories it consumed over the past 24
seeds that might be released by a slain memory web.
Memory Web Memories
d4
Memory
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The location of a powerful magic item
2
A secret betrayal by a beloved public figure
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Out of the Abyss
the gem.
If the spell is of a higher level than you can normally cast, you must make an ability check using your spellcasting ability to determine whether you cast it successfully. The DC equals 10
+ the spell’s level. On a failed check, the spell disappears from the gem with no other effect.
Each spell gem has a maximum level for the spell it can store. The spell level determines the gem
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Curse of Strahd
successful DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Regeneration. The wereraven regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the wereraven takes damage from a silvered weapon or a spell, this trait
, modestly give money to charity. They take steps to keep magic items out of evil hands by stashing them in secret hiding places.
Characters as Wereravens. The Monster Manual has rules for characters
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Storm King's Thunder
regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The
a secret yet widespread organization called the Kraken Society. Using information given to them by the evil storm giant sisters, Kraken Society operatives ambushed and killed Queen Neri. Iymrith then
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
feet of him. If the spell is 3rd level or lower, the spell fails and has no effect. If the spell is 4th level or higher, Graz’zt makes a Charisma check against a DC of 10 + the spell’s
kindness.
Cults devoted to him are secret societies of indulgence, often using their debauchery to subjugate others through blackmail, addiction, and manipulation. They wear alabaster masks with
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. And the book holds more than blasphemies. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter
charges).
Abyssal Reference. You can reference the Demonomicon whenever you make an Intelligence check to discern information about demons or a Wisdom (Survival) check related to the Abyss. When you
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The Book of Many Things
worshipers to enact its will beyond the Abyss. The exact nature of the curse that binds Aurnozci to Xulregg is its cult’s most closely guarded secret, fully known only to the faith’s enigmatic
apart the cocoon, ending the cocoon’s effect with a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check.
Insect Swarm. Aurnozci creates a 30-foot-radius sphere of stinging wasps centered on a point
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
needing to make an ability check.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 20-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The dragon makes one
honeycombs of hidden passages, deceptively thin walls, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
needing to make an ability check.
Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The dragon makes one
, and secret chambers that allow them to traverse the entire lair without ever being seen by intruders. The best-defended sapphire dragon lairs have no easily accessible entrances or exits at all, and
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the other tarn. The dragon uses the underwater passage as a secret entrance and emergency exit.
Main Caves. The lair is a complex of caves and tunnels; the stone surfaces are smooth and water-worn, and
dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Background Check. Once per day, the dragon can cast the legend lore spell, requiring no spell components, naming any person, place, or
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, one in the rock face just above one tarn and one below the surface of the other tarn. The dragon uses the underwater passage as a secret entrance and emergency exit.
Main Caves. The lair is a complex
surrounding a legendary amethyst dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Background Check. Once per day, the dragon can cast the legend
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
long rest, you must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion.
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The Stable Hand’s Secret (sweet-tasting human canine)
2 Incubus;incubi
When you make a
Charisma check against a humanoid, you can roll a d10 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the result. The creature then becomes hostile to you at the next dawn.
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The Donkey’s Dream
Nothic
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Basic Rules (2014)
Charisma (Deception) check against the nothic’s Wisdom (Insight) check. If the nothic wins, it magically learns one fact or secret about the target. The target automatically wins if it is immune to
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your check result is a 20 or higher, you learn a secret about a creature. This benefit applies only once for a given creature.
The save DC of your spells gains a +1 bonus.
Drawbacks: When you
secretive realms, at the cost of a growing suspicion of others.
Language: Celestial.
Attunement Check: Intelligence (Arcana) DC 20. To end your attunement to the Book of Dzyan, a demon or devil must cast
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Spider Climb. The clergy can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Vampire Weakness. The clergy has the following weaknesses:
Self-Loathing
their victims and drawing it out in scarlet ribbons.
Secret. Crimson clergy struggle to accept how monstrous they have become. They can’t stand the sight of themselves and see their true visage
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Voice below). A creature that hears the voice can tell it’s an imitation with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check. The DC increases to 19 for a voice the ketgrinn has stolen.
Riddle Bound
. As an Influence action, a creature that poses a riddle to the ketgrinn and succeeds on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception) check gives the ketgrinn the Incapacitated condition until the start of the
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can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Ward of Innocence. The lurker can’t attack or willingly move to a space within 10 feet of a
their victims into the dark, and vanish with them.
Secret. Frightened children know that lurkers in the dark can be held at bay by clutching a beloved stuffed animal.BludgeoningDark Teleport. While
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condition, or until the elemental dies. The target or a creature within 5 feet of it can take an action to make a DC 16 Strength (Athletics) check, ending the Restrained condition on the target on a
carrying out their final orders. The hexed seals, fashioned from carved trinkets and masks, that trap the spirit in its form impart their curse on the creature’s enemies.
Secret. The jinxcraft seals can be washed away with alcohol, hindering and even destroying the bayou beast.PoisonFire
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Infighting. As an Influence action, a creature that insinuates that the components of the swarm are conspiring against each other and succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Deception) check deals 10 Necrotic
damage to the swarm.
Spider Climb. The swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s
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Compelled Contest. The reveler can’t refuse a contest of skill with Musical Instruments. As an Influence action, a creature can make a Charisma (Performance) check using a Musical Instrument
. The reveler must succeed on a Charisma saving throw with a DC equal to the check’s total or take 20 Psychic damage and have the Stunned condition until the end of the creature’s next turn