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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
After you write a message of fifty words or fewer on this magic sheet of parchment and speak a creature’s name, the parchment magically folds into a Tiny paper bird and flies to the recipient
13, a flying speed of 60 feet, a Dexterity of 16 (+3), and a score of 1 (−5) in all other abilities, and it is immune to poison and psychic damage.
It travels to within 5 feet of its intended
Wave
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet.
The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak
with aquatic animals as if using a speak with animals spell, using telepathy to involve its wielder in the conversation.
Personality
When it grows restless, Wave has a habit of humming tunes that vary
Nilbog
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
damage to 0 and regains 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Reversal of Fortune"} hit points.When Maglubiyet conquered the goblin gods, he intended to leave only Khurgorbaeyag alive
possesses only goblins. Bereft of a host, the spirit has a flying speed of 30 feet and can’t speak or be attacked. The only action it can take is to attempt to possess a goblin within 5 feet of it.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
live like the cats they resemble, naturally curious and at home in playful environments. In other places, tabaxi live as other folk do, not exhibiting the feline behavior the Cat Lord intended
can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Paper Bird Wondrous item, uncommon After you write a message of fifty words or fewer on this magic sheet of parchment and speak a creature’s name, the parchment magically folds into a Tiny paper
feet of its intended recipient by the most direct route, whereupon it turns into a nonmagical and inanimate sheet of parchment that can be unfolded only by the intended recipient. If the bird’s hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Paper Bird Wondrous item, uncommon After you write a message of fifty words or fewer on this magic sheet of parchment and speak a creature’s name, the parchment magically folds into a Tiny paper bird
feet of its intended recipient by the most direct route, whereupon it turns into a nonmagical and inanimate sheet of parchment that can be unfolded only by the intended recipient. If the bird’s hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Hoard Item Quirks Hoard items often manifest strange qualities beyond their intended function, regardless of the state they’re in. Roll once on the Draconic Quirks table to determine the quirk of a
hoard item. Draconic Quirks d8 Quirk
1 When resting on the ground, the item points in the direction of the last hoard it steeped in.
2 The item’s bearer can speak and understand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak with aquatic animals as if using a speak with animals spell, using telepathy to involve its wielder in the
— that god. Wave harbors a secret doubt about its own nature and purpose. For all its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea god’s demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Pride Many giants are taught that Annam begot the giants and intended them to rule the worlds of the Material Plane. Though giants have learned many hard lessons in the millennia since their origin
, calling them “tiny,” “insignificant,” “babies,” “pests,” “vermin,” or similar terms. 6 The giant won’t speak any language but Giant. 7 The giant erupts in rage at the slightest sign of insult or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
transplanted into living humanoids. The transplant recipients come under the control of the mummy lord, either as living supplicants or golems through which the mummy lord can see and speak. The book also hints
the tome came to Valin. The names Valin has added at the end are those of the oracle’s current and intended victims, as seen in her visions: Alessia Baseer, Valin Sarnaster’s longtime attendant (and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
alignment, with an Intelligence of 14, a Wisdom of 10, and a Charisma of 18. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The weapon communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak
, read, and understand Aquan. It can also speak with aquatic animals as if using a speak with animals spell, using telepathy to involve its wielder in the conversation. Personality. When it grows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragonblood Ooze What to say about the dragonblood ooze? I could comment on the bad blood between me and Tiamat. I might observe that its creator originally intended a blood sausage recipe. But
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Languages understands Draconic and the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3
Amorphous. The ooze can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
mouth. It can use this orifice to actually speak, rather than depending on rapport spores. It no longer attends melds with the other leaders, instead sending its representative. Garden of Horror As
growing around them.
One voice calls out loudly in Undercommon — a female drow fighting to speak. “Please … for your gods of light . . . kill me!” She manages to stir within her living grave, raising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
erupt from the skull to complete its ghastly transformation. Legacy of Life. A flameskull only dimly recalls its former life. Though it might speak in its old voice and recount key events from its past
spell. If it can no longer fulfill its intended purpose, the re-formed flameskull is beholden to no one and becomes autonomous. Undead Nature. A flameskull doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of a man whose infidelity caused his scorned wife to cut out the heart of her younger, more beautiful rival and consume it in a ritual intended to forever win her husband’s heart. The ritual succeeded
nonmagical attacks
Senses passive Perception 15
Languages understands Common and Elvish but can’t speak
Challenge 2 (450 XP)
Dive Attack. If the peryton is flying and dives at least 30 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Corpse Market include ghoulish remains intended for consumption, such as fingers pickled in brine, jars of blood, and wrapped organs. Shops sell bouquets of dead flowers, frayed burial finery, jewelry
eyes and a shock of long, white hair. She is inquisitive and happy to gossip. Zuzanna Wuzyk Sangora If the characters don’t seem inclined to speak with Sangora, Eldon blurts out a question about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
around me intended to speak with the Daughters of Sora Kell. All I could think about was the stories my grandmother used to tell me. Sora Maenya can crush a giant with her bare hands. She can eat the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Resting The incursion into the Doomvault is intended to be a fast-paced assault in which the characters have little time for typical rests. A few areas of the dungeon offer access to special magic
can, for a time, experience the world through the dread warrior’s senses, speak with its mouth, and cast spells through it. A powerful wizard can control more than one dread warrior at a time. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
warlock’s Awakened Mind feature allow two-way telepathic communication? The feature is intended to provide one-way communication. The warlock can use the feature to speak telepathically to a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
hang from the walls in such places, intended both to inspire the artisans and protect them against accidents. Regardless of their professions, worshipers of Purphoros often light small fires in the
, though, and can’t speak. He toils day and night in Purphoros’s forge, making wonders that would shame any mortal smith but can never match Purphoros’s work in beauty or originality.
The Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
confines of the Black Cabin, where Macreadus can observe the results. Once he sees the device working as intended, his spirit departs to the afterlife. Dying in the Black Cabin If a creature with an
. Creatures on the Material Plane can’t see the spirit without some ability or magic that lets them gaze into the Border Ethereal. A spirit in the Border Ethereal can’t speak to creatures on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
block) for up to 1 minute or until you use an action to speak the command word again, whereupon it transforms back into a card. The deck defender obeys your spoken commands. If you issue no commands
. As an action, you can speak a command word while touching this card and transform into a wolflike biped for 1 minute. For that duration, you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
books for several scholars at the same time, Ramilir guesses that he must have accidentally taken The Scrivener’s Tale instead of a book intended for another scholar, then placed the unrecognized tome in
characters, Ramilir suggests that they speak with one of the Great Readers of Candlekeep: Teles Ahvoste, a scholar who specializes in curses. The acolyte arranges that meeting, then escorts the characters to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
guest stole.
6 An intelligent magic item in a brass dragon’s hoard sends out a telepathic distress call, wanting to be rescued so it can be used for its intended purpose.
7 A windstorm
Dragon Wyrmling Connections d6 Connected Creatures
1 Captured by a band of gnolls, a brass dragon wyrmling is patiently trying to teach the gnolls to speak Draconic.
2 Grieved by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The Abbot is teaching Vasilka the finer points of etiquette. He also intends to teach her how to dance. Vasilka obeys his every command. She can’t speak but lets loose an unholy scream if harmed. If
turnip and rabbit soup, intended for the mongrelfolk imprisoned in areas S12c and S15. Roleplaying the Abbot The Abbot believes he is righteous. He regrets transforming the Belviews into horrid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Nilbog When Maglubiyet conquered the goblin gods, he intended to leave only Khurgorbaeyag alive as a harsh overseer who would keep the goblins under heel. But the goblins’ pantheon included a
respect and praise. NILBOGISM
A nilbog is an invisible spirit that possesses only goblins. Bereft of a host, the spirit has a flying speed of 30 feet and can’t speak or be attacked. The only action it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to its intended destination. Caught at Last! When it is finally found, the nimblewright (see appendix B) is wearing a stolen cloak and hiding under a pile of uncollected garbage in an alley. Exactly
, it had no rights to speak of.) The officers are near the end of their shift and eager to move on; they urge the characters to go home and cause no further mischief. Lady Gralhund’s Map Lady Gralhund
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
transgressors. The overwhelming terror that foreshadows a mummy’s attack can leave the intended victim paralyzed with fright. In the days following a mummy’s touch, a victim’s body rots from the
mummy might slaughter all the creatures responsible and still not sate its wrath.
Undead Archives. Though they seldom bother to do so, mummies can speak. As a result, some serve as undead repositories
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
you roll something that doesn’t make sense, roll again, choose a more appropriate entry, or use the rolled detail as inspiration to make up your own. Who Created It or Was Intended to Use It? d20
Creator or Intended User 1 Aberration. The item was created by aberrations in ancient times, possibly for the use of favored humanoid thralls. When seen from the corner of the eye, the item seems to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
character accepts, they immediately become aware of how to use the altar to speak with the dead, and they don’t need a holy symbol to do so. Chemosh’s Altar. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of
questions, as if by the speak with dead spell. Each skull can be questioned only once in this way. If the characters question a skull from area S3, it can answer little beyond general questions about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
speak. The method remains shrouded in secrecy, and each member of the Fetid Gaze knows only one part of the procedure. Each hag guards her knowledge zealously, fearing that giving up her secret would
. After that, the beneficiary suddenly experiences the opposite of the intended effect of the ritual, which transforms the creature into the dark reflection of its initial desire. For example, those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teleported creatures arrive in an empty space near this oval, regardless of their intended destination in the Mournland. A creature that studies the reflection of the Mournland in the oval clearly sees the
toward them, Kalyth offers to share her group’s meager food supplies with the party. Kalyth’s Secret. If the characters are friendly with Kalyth, she asks to speak with them privately. In a quiet spot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
, use each nonplayer character’s NPC Card to determine how they react to the character’s words and actions.
Active Roleplaying. In active roleplaying, you speak with a character’s voice and might echo
job intended for the party. The characters don’t have to complete a quest at a location to benefit from its services. Unless stated otherwise, the characters can decline a quest; they can always
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the counter. The Clue. The legible parts of the graffiti read, “Zorz ws here.” This is intended to say, “Zorzula was here,” and the goblins left the graffiti in reference to Zorzula’s Rest. The graffiti
the tavern. If asked about the raiders, the tiefling directs the characters to speak with Grista. Talking to Grista Grista grudgingly shares the following information: Awakened Rudely. Grista awoke to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Gravy Four iron gibbets hang from chains hooked to the 10-foot-high ceiling. The gibbets are empty except for one that holds a wailing goblin named Glom. Glom was caught stealing food intended for the
. If the characters and Yek part company on peaceful terms, three of Yek’s goblin toadies try to speak to the characters afterward, away from the goblin boss. They plead with the characters to end