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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Whelm is a powerful weapon forged by dwarves and lost in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Hurl. Whelm has the
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Supernatural Awareness. While you are holding the weapon, it alerts you to the location of any secret or concealed doors within 30 feet of you. In addition, you can cast Detect Evil and Good or Locate
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Roughly marble sized, Ioun Stones are named after Ioun, a god of knowledge and prophecy revered on some worlds. Many types of Ioun Stones exist, each type a distinct combination of shape and color
Initiative rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks.
Ioun Stone of Fortitude;Fortitude (Very Rare). Your Constitution increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this pink rhomboid orbits your head.
Ioun
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
disastrous confrontations with enemies of her temporary allies, she’s elected to keep her personal lair secret. Deep within her lair is a hidden reading room where she usually keeps her spirit gem
and using the same spellcasting ability as her Spellcasting action.
Apathy. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair that aren’t Undead have Disadvantage on Death Saving Throws and Initiative rolls
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
darkvision.
Shadowy Demise. If Sion dies, his body melts into shadow, leaving behind only equipment he was wearing or carrying.
Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, Sion has disadvantage on attack rolls
Heavens. Originally one of the tower’s stewards, Sion displayed an innate talent for magic. Piyarz encouraged Sion to develop his arcane powers in secret, and in time Sion became a skilled shadow
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
bonus action.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the deep crow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The deep crow makes three
the familiars of evil arcane casters, abandoned in the subterranean depths and left to grow to enormous size. Others claim these creatures were once normal crows transmuted by vile essence and viler
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before the tadpole is born, the host feels unwell; its speed is halved; and it has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. At birth, the
’s foul magic. The Dragon Armies closely guard the secret of the draconians’ creation, allowing Krynn’s metallic dragons to continue to think their eggs are being held hostage so they don’t oppose the Dragon Queen’s conquests.Poison
Demilich
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
can be restored with the greater restoration spell or similar magic.
Vile Curse (Costs 3 Actions). The demilich targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC
15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the gloamwing has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The gloamwing makes two attacks: one with its bite
the specters get their name. Their work can include driving off people who accidentally wander too close to a secret rooftop meeting, killing those who knowingly infiltrate Dimir property, and
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Magic Mockery", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the start of the faerie’s next
. While often seen as foolish, ouphes are magically connected to the natural world and know more about the secret lives of trees, mushrooms, and moss than most mortals. While ouphes are related to Eldraine
Wereraven
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Curse of Strahd
, 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
already higher. Attack and damage rolls for the wereraven’s bite are based on whichever is higher of the character’s Strength and Dexterity. The bite of a wereraven in raven form deals 1
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
creature is wreathed in light, attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature can’t benefit from the invisible condition.
Spellcasting. The faerie casts one of the following
creatures found throughout the wilds of Eldraine. While often seen as foolish, ouphes are magically connected to the natural world and know more about the secret lives of trees, mushrooms, and moss than
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
speak to and understand rat;rats and giant rat;giant rats.
Swarming Rush. A jermlaine adds 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Swarming Rush"} to its weapon damage rolls while
their assumption that any who meet them seek to harvest them for such experiments.
Secret Lairs. Because they are hunted for food or for their skin, jermlaine take care to hide their lairs away from
Whelm
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Whelm is a powerful warhammer forged by dwarves and lost in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. At dawn the day after you
first make an attack roll with Whelm, you develop a fear of being outdoors that persists as long as you remain attuned to the weapon. This causes you to have disadvantage on attack rolls, saving
Wave
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
weapon, Wave happily accepts new converts.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you score a critical hit with it, the target takes extra necrotic damage
imprisoned a family of storm giants there, and the giants forged Wave in an act of devotion to—or rebellion against—that god.
Wave harbors a secret doubt about its own nature and purpose. For all
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
with the greater restoration spell or similar magic.
Vile Curse (Costs 3 Actions). The demilich targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving
throw or be magically cursed. Until the curse ends, the target has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
lich often haunts the abode it favored in life, such as a lonely tower, a haunted ruin, or an academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians
initiative ties), the lich can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the lich can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
The lich rolls a d8 and regains a spell
Baphomet
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
effects.
Magic Weapons. Baphomet’s weapon attacks are magical.
Reckless. At the start of his turn, Baphomet can gain advantage on all melee weapon attack rolls during that turn, but attack rolls
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
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians and traps.
Everything about a lich’s lair reflects its keen mind and wicked cunning, including
; Exethanter can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Exethanter rolls a d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Spell Slot Level"} and regains a spell slot of that level or
Lich
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
haunts the abode it favored in life, such as a lonely tower, a haunted ruin, or an academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians and traps
ties), the lich can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the lich can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
The lich rolls a d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType
Teleport
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
on the same plane of existence as you. Your familiarity with the destination determines whether you arrive there successfully. The GM rolls d100 and consults the table.
Familiarity
Mishap
a wizard's library, bed linen from a royal suite, or a chunk of marble from a lich's secret tomb.
"Very familiar" is a place you have been very often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place
Valindra Shadowmantle
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Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
a lonely tower, a haunted ruin, or an academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians and traps.
Everything about a lich’s lair
one of the following magical effects; the lich can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
The lich rolls a d8 and regains a spell slot of that level or lower. If it has no spent spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
, attack rolls, and saving throws are each distinct from the other. If something in the game affects one, such as the Guidance spell, the other two aren’t affected unless the rules specifically say so. A game rule that affects D20 Tests affects all three.
Are attack rolls and saving throws basically specialized ability checks? They aren’t. Ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws are all different kinds of D20 Tests that can be made during a
Senses
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Passive ChecksA passive check is a special kind of ability check that doesn't involve any die rolls. Such a check can represent the average result for a task done repeatedly, such as searching for
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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Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
target can’t regain hit points until the start of Illmarrow’s next turn. If the target is undead, it also has disadvantage on attack rolls against Illmarrow until the end of her next turn
island domain.
Long ago, it was revealed that the elven line of Vol — a house that practiced the art of necromancy and bore the Dragonmark of Death — was engaged in secret blood rites
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
and empty pages. Holding a book while speaking its secret command word causes the book’s text to magically appear. Only the lich in area X27 knows the command word for each book, and only if its
memory is restored. A true seeing spell also allows one to see the magically obfuscated text. The tomes mostly contain vile, forbidden lore. Many spellbooks are hidden here, collectively holding every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
wall of solid stone behind the false door hides a secret door, which can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. Secret Trapdoor. On the other side of the secret door is a secret
room to the north and rolls 1d6 × 10 feet south, then west. Everything it rolls over is squashed to a pulp. There is no appeal.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
learn from Kas in chapter 10 about Vecna’s location, they still know where the lich-god weaves his ritual. When a character spends a secret, every character in the party gains advantage on d20 rolls
Learning Secrets Every time the characters learn a powerful secret, note it on the Secrets Tracker. Once the characters learn a secret, they can’t learn it again. When one character learns a secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
setting, where an order of Wizards used him as a bootblack and scribe. He studied magic in secret until he amassed enough power to slaughter the order, and then he turned his efforts toward scribing
the Book of Vile Darkness (described in chapter 7). Armed with that dread tome, he forged a kingdom to rule, with the vampire Kas as his lieutenant. But Kas betrayed and killed him, leaving only one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
parenthesis. Lizardfolk Names: Achuak (green), Aryte (war), Baeshra (animal), Darastrix (dragon), Garurt (axe), Irhtos (secret), Jhank (hammer), Kepesk (storm), Kethend (gem), Korth (danger), Kosj
), Vyth (steel) LIZARDFOLK SPEECH
Lizardfolk can master Common, but their mindset results in a speech pattern distinct from other humanoids. Lizardfolk rarely use metaphors. Their speech is almost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
once home to over a dozen distinct kingdoms, but wars devastated the continent. From this chaos, a band of saviors rose up to forge a new world. Guided by celestial spirits and endowed with vast
is known of the nation. Merchants tell stories of massive monoliths that control the dreams of the people, and of secret police who use psionics to root out dissidents. A single nation stands against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
him his life, but he escaped with a gold dragon egg and enough coin to fund his bakery and give up banditry altogether. Secret Ingredient. Fill’s pastries are toasted with dragon fire, a closely guarded
secret ingredient produced by a gold dragon Fill is raising behind closed doors. In recent months, Fill has struggled to keep the growing dragon, whose name is Briochebane, hidden from the public
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
cleft surrounded by foul, bleeding runes. Inside is the Book of Vile Darkness. Secrets of Eternity If a character agrees to let the Scholar share a forbidden secret, the baernaloth requests that the
this one and those that came before. It believes that when the time comes, it will be able to change the multiverse to suit its vision of profane perfection. The Scholar will share a secret no mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
vile. This reek nauseates many who smell it, but it can also warn of the presence of troglodytes before they strike. Troglodyte Medium Monstrosity, Chaotic Evil
AC 11 Initiative +0 (10)
HP 13 (2d8
target is immune to the Stench of all troglodytes for 1 hour.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the troglodyte has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls.
Actions
Rend. Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
Dastard recently became the lair of a sea hag named Myldryd Urchinspine. The vile hag lurks in the boat’s dark interior, ready to devour anyone who drops in uninvited. The sandy floor of her lair is
Player’s Handbook), 200 cp, a comb made out of whalebone (5 sp), and a stuffed parrot with a carnelian gemstone (50 gp) hidden inside it. A secret compartment in the chest’s lid can be found and opened with a successful DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check; it contains a medallion of thoughts.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
uppermost 5 feet of the stairs. When that occurs, a stone statue of a dragon, hidden in the secret room at the top of the stairs (see the “Second Tier” portion of the map), pops out and rolls forward to the
terrain. A character who moves on the stairs must while they are slippery must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check or fall prone. Secret Door. If the characters get to the top of the stairs