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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
if the target is a Construct, an Elemental, or a Giant. Immediately after hitting or missing, the weapon flies back to your hand.
Shock Wave. You can take a Magic action to strike the ground with
Whelm and send a shock wave out from the point of impact. Each creature of your choice on the ground within 60 feet of that point must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or have the Stunned
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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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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Secret Expertise. The hand has one of these additional skills: Acrobatics +6, Animal Handling +5, Arcana +5, Athletics +4, Medicine +5, or Performance +5.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4
speed of 30 feet for 1 minute. If the creature is airborne when this effect ends, it falls safely to the ground, taking no damage and landing on its feet.
Spellcasting. The hand casts one of the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the ground.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Rock"} to hit, range 60/120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d8 + 6);{"diceNotation":"1d8+6","rollType
"} bludgeoning damage if the korred is on the ground.
Spellcasting. The korred casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its turn if it is in contact with the ground. If the wood woad takes fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the wood woad’s next turn. The wood woad dies only if it
everlasting guardian.
The ritual to create a wood woad is a primeval secret passed down through generations of forest-dwelling societies and druid circles. Performing the ritual isn’t necessarily an
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Secret Expertise. The hand has one of these additional skills: Acrobatics +6, Animal Handling +5, Arcana +5, Athletics +4, Medicine +5, or Performance +5.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4
speed of 30 feet for 1 minute. If the creature is airborne when this effect ends, it falls safely to the ground, taking no damage and landing on its feet.
Spellcasting. The hand casts one of the
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ground in a 30-foot radius centered on her. The area becomes difficult terrain until the start of her next turn. Any creature, other than Hythonia, takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage
cracks, turns a lifeless gray, and shatters! The monster crumbles to dust—but what clatters to the ground isn’t scale and bone, but hollow stone. The sound of rippling coils precedes the
Baphomet
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Out of the Abyss
natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires.
Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret
;The world is my hunting ground. Others are my prey.”
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“Hate comes easily to me and explodes into rage.”
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“I see those who oppose me not as
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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
","rollAction":"Magic Staff","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Arcane Cataclysm (Recharges after a Long Rest). Sul Khatesh conjures orbs of magical energy that plummet to the ground at three
temporary hit points per level of that spell.
Maddening Secrets (Costs 3 Actions). Sul Khatesh whispers an arcane secret into the mind of a creature she can see within 60 feet of her. The target must
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
proliferation of secret societies and conspiracies in those lands. If your background is as an agent for one of the main factions of the North and Sword Coast, here are some possibilities.
The Harpers
from many walks of life, setting them to tasks that serve the goals of the Black Network but aren’t necessarily criminal in nature. Agents of the Black Network must often work in secret, and are
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
result is rolled after it’s been used, you draw the next lowest unused tooth on the table.
Sowing Teeth. To sow the tooth, you place it on the ground in an unoccupied space within your reach
, or you throw it into an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you in a body of water that is at least 50 feet wide and 50 feet long. Upon doing so, the tooth burrows into the ground and vanishes, leaving
Adult Copper Dragon
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Copper Dragon’s Lair
Copper dragons dwell in dry uplands and on hilltops, where they make their lairs in narrow caves. False walls in the lair hide secret antechambers where the dragon stores
treasure is hidden.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects:
The dragon chooses a point on the ground that
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burrows they dig under seemingly safe ground, to drown or suffocate.
Secret. The sound of a hunting horn drives wellwyrms into a panicked frenzy.Bludgeoning, Piercing
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branches, rotting any flesh and digging into the ground around them to spread the blight.
Secret. Carving the Sylvan name of the forest the gloomwood once called home into the creature’s trunk quells its aggression.NecroticBludgeoning, Piercing
Blighted Aura. The ground in a 20-foot Emanation originating from the gloomwood is Difficult Terrain from mushrooms and fungus that grow in the area. A creature that ends its turn in the Emanation
Ancient Copper Dragon
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secret antechambers where the dragon stores valuable ores, art objects, and other oddities it has collected over its lifetime. Worthless items are put on display in open caves to tantalize treasure
:
The dragon chooses a point on the ground that it can see within 120 feet of it. Stone spikes sprout from the ground in a 20-foot radius centered on that point. The effect is otherwise identical to
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"}. Swamp water and plants roil around the elemental. Strength Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature on the ground in a 20-foot Emanation originating from the elemental. Failure: 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation
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
Whelm
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
attack. If you don’t have a hand free, the weapon lands at your feet.
Shock Wave
You can use an action to strike the ground with Whelm and send a shock wave out from the point of impact. Each
creature of your choice on the ground within 60 feet of that point must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become stunned for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of
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minute. It repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Gliding Levitation. The invader hovers 6 inches above the ground and leaves no tracks. It ignores
Difficult Terrain caused by conditions on the ground, can move over liquids, and takes no damage from falling.
Magic Resistance. The invader has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
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that drift above the ground, always flitting just out of sight. Adorned in tattered cloaks and concealing hoods or hats, their hollow laughter echoes through dark places, fading in and out to confuse
and terrify their victims. Kackles always carry lanterns lit with ghostly flames, the color of which changes to reflect a kackle’s current cruelty of choice.
Secret. Kackles are bound to their
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condition until the end of its next turn. Success: Half damage only.Necrolisks are subterranean dragons that feed on the essence of spirits. Tunneling through the ground in search of corpses, especially
. Creatures of flesh and blood that disturb the dragons might also find themselves as a less preferred, but passable, meal.
Secret. Necrolisks are severely allergic to a concoction of lavender, nightshade
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on the carriage precedes the apparition’s appearance, and its sepulchral sound has caused more than a few witnesses to drop dead on the spot.
Secret. Phantom hearses are driven to collect the
Prone condition. If the hearse dies, any entombed creature falls to the ground with the Prone condition in the hearse’s former space.
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the ground in a 60-foot radius centered on the keeper. The area is Difficult Terrain, and a creature has the Poisoned condition while within the area. The fungus remains for 1 minute, until the keeper
channel their magic through fungus, mold, and rot, pushing the cycle of life toward death, decay, and the flourishing of things that thrive in gloom.
Secret. The fungus growing throughout keepers of the blight empowers and sustains them, and killing that growth diminishes their power.Necrotic, Poison
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ground in its space and in any unoccupied spaces in any tunnels it left by burrowing within 100 feet. A creature that touches the lava for the first time on a turn or starts its turn in the lava takes
through the regular willing sacrifice of citizens to slow or delay the inevitable doom to come.
Secret. If a soul willingly perishes in flame or lava to ensure the behemoth’s demise, the Fiend will
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this action again until the start of his next turn.
Jinxed Ground. Charisma Saving Throw: DC 17, each creature within a 20-foot Emanation originating from the sinner. Failure: The target has the
Grinning Sinner siphons his trapped patron’s cursed power and makes bargains of his own to snare the souls of the desperate and foolish.
Secret. The Grinning Sinner holds his prowess and
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secret doors over and over again, or can be used when the DM wants to secretly determine whether the characters succeed at something without rolling dice, such as noticing a hidden monster.
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in contact with the same ground or substance.
Tremorsense can't be used to detect flying or incorporeal creatures. Many burrowing creatures, such as ankhegs, have this special sense.
TruesightA
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
empty bottle of fine wine stands on an end table next to a used wineglass.
Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall opens into Melissara’s study (area 11).
Treasure The tapestry depicts the
original Shadowdusk Hold, an impressive villa overgrown with ivy that stood in Waterdeep’s Sea Ward until it was burned to the ground. The tapestry is worth 250 gp and weighs 50 pounds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
corpses hanging from the trees and worms bursting up from the ground. Secret Door A secret door in the west wall can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. It pushes open easily to reveal a cobweb-filled wooden staircase leading up to the attic.
scenes of trees, falling leaves, and tiny critters. Characters who search the walls for secret doors or otherwise inspect the paneling can, with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check, notice tiny
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
Ahh, the Sly Fox. Soft beds, warm turnip pie — such pleasant memories. Alas, the tavern’s no more. Goblinoids plundered her stores and burnt her to the ground. Those heathens have no
, or secret backstabbing and outright fights over the title. Most often, the victor in such a struggle comes from another family of the lasher caste, and any allies of the previous boss count themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
empty bottle of fine wine stands on an end table next to a used wineglass.
Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall opens into Melissara’s study (area 11).
Treasure The tapestry depicts the
original Shadowdusk Hold, an impressive villa overgrown with ivy that stood in Waterdeep’s Sea Ward until it was burned to the ground. The tapestry is worth 250 gp and weighs 50 pounds.
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Bakery Layout From the outside, the bakery (shown on Map: Fill’s Bakery) resembles a giant loaf of bread. The ground floor contains the kitchen, pantry, and storefront. The upper floor has living quarters for Fill and his secret dragon sous-chef, Briochebane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
corpses hanging from the trees and worms bursting up from the ground. Secret Door A secret door in the west wall can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. It pushes open easily to reveal a cobweb-filled wooden staircase leading up to the attic.
scenes of trees, falling leaves, and tiny critters. Characters who search the walls for secret doors or otherwise inspect the paneling can, with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check, notice tiny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Bakery Layout From the outside, the bakery (shown on Map: Fill’s Bakery) resembles a giant loaf of bread. The ground floor contains the kitchen, pantry, and storefront. The upper floor has living quarters for Fill and his secret dragon sous-chef, Briochebane.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Z8. Ring of Stone A twenty-foot-diameter ring of stones dominates a rocky ledge on the mountainside. Within the ring, you see spattered blood and small, gnawed bones. Lying on the ground outside the
a werewolf; then the bodies of the dead are devoured, their bones picked clean. Set into the mountainside is a secret door that can be pushed open to reveal a tunnel with rough-hewn stairs leading down to area Z6.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Z8. Ring of Stone A twenty-foot-diameter ring of stones dominates a rocky ledge on the mountainside. Within the ring, you see spattered blood and small, gnawed bones. Lying on the ground outside the
a werewolf; then the bodies of the dead are devoured, their bones picked clean. Set into the mountainside is a secret door that can be pushed open to reveal a tunnel with rough-hewn stairs leading down to area Z6.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the time. A secret vault contained signet rings, family trees, and copies of important decrees, holding them in case of some calamity. During one of the city’s early uprisings, the temple became a
target for rioters and was burned to the ground. Where the temple stood has since been forgotten. However, rumors persist that the temple’s vault is likely hidden beneath a patriar home or even a