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Dungeon Master’s Guide
location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself.
As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space, and you can’t use the staff's property again
As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a Giant Constrictor Snake in that space. The snake is under your
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Special Equipment. Acererak carries the Staff of the Forgotten One. He wears a talisman of the sphere and has a sphere of annihilation under his control.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Acererak
phylactery, the location of which is hidden.
Spellcasting. Acererak is a 20th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 23, +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak
Mei is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Bak Mei attacks three times: twice with Thunder Strike and once with his staff of striking.
Thunder
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Icy Doom. When Avarice dies, her corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead.
Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff
hit","rollAction":"Fire Bolt"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Fire Bolt","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.
Staff of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, taking a group of mind flayers with it, and moves to another location to form a new colony. After the death of the ulitharid’s body, a special process transforms its brain into a new elder brain for
staff; when the ulitharid is ready to give up its life, it attaches the staff to the back of its head, and the staff cracks open its skull, enabling its brain to be extracted. The brain and the staff
Magic Items
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
location.
If you use a bonus action to speak the command word again, or if the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, the snake reverts to staff form in its current space.
Thunderclap. You point the
An ornate carving of a serpent adorned with a coursing river spirals down the length of this redand-gold staff. While you’re holding it, you can use an action to produce one of the following
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
wearing or carrying, and reappears 24 hours later in the same location or the nearest unoccupied space.
Uncanny Awareness. Endelyn can’t be surprised.Multiattack. Endelyn makes two Puppeteer's Lash
called the Orrery of Tragedies clicks and turns day and night, giving Endelyn glimpses of her terrible fate.
Alignment. Neutral evil.
Personality Trait. “I have foreseen not only this moment but
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
a specific location their battlefield. This gives rise to stories of haunted battlegrounds, ruins, roads, river crossings and other strategic locations where a dullahan continues a terrifying
, like warhorse skeleton;warhorse skeletons or nightmare;nightmares.
Headless Hunts
Dullahans are known for seeking their lost heads, giving rise to regional legends of headless hunters and endless
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
sneak out of the closet in the middle of the night, smother the guest with a pillow, and then retreat back to the closet. The castle staff never considered that the effigy might be responsible
leather pulled taut over an articulated wooden frame. Pidlwick II has rubbed soot around its eyes and mouth, giving it the triangular eyes and jagged grin of a jack-o'-lantern.
Pidlwick II's Traits
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to
within 10 feet of the location the giant left must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw or have the frightened condition until the end of that creature’s next turn.
Shroud of Souls (Requires
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
staff of power taken from him by those who imprisoned him and commands his servants to do likewise.
The Prince of Deception’s true form is like that of a great gargoyle, some 12 feet tall, with
location of all illusions and hidden creatures within 15 feet of it.
Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing that is NonmagicalCold, Fire, Lightning
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
remnant of celestial matter imbued with life-giving magic. The collision released a storm of chaotic energy and sent countless islands spinning away into the void. Within some of them, bits of the god&rsquo
failed save, the creature feels an intense urge to use its movement on each of its turns to enter the lair and to move toward the morkoth’s location (the target doesn’t realize it’s
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The Book of Many Things
Pit
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Plant
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Priest
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Prisoner
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Puzzle*
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Ring
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Rogue*
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Ruin*
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Sage*
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Shield
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Ship
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Skull*
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Staff
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drawn. The precise location in the Feywild to which the fey crossing leads is determined by the DM.
Fiend. A powerful Fiend appears in a nearby unoccupied space and offers you a deal. The precise
Staff of the Python
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Basic Rules (2014)
attack your enemies or guard a location.
If the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, it dies and reverts to its staff form. The staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its hit points, it regains all of them.
You can use an action to speak this staff's command word and throw the staff on the ground within 10 feet of you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake under your control and acts on its own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
task and giving the staff member direction. This can encourage the characters to develop closer relationships with franchise staff through roleplaying, and keeps the players involved in staff-focused franchise tasks.
Making Task Checks When a franchise task requires an ability check, a staff member can use their own ability check modifier to determine success. (This modifier might depend on the staff member’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
sight of a guard Conversing with a prisoner about anything other than prison business (such as giving them instructions for tasks) For suspicion to increase, prison staff members must witness the
Suspicion Activities outside the daily routine of the prison draw attention from the guards and what few other staff members there are. Suspicion is measured in levels from 1 to 6. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
sight of a guard Conversing with a prisoner about anything other than prison business (such as giving them instructions for tasks) For suspicion to increase, prison staff members must witness the
Suspicion Activities outside the daily routine of the prison draw attention from the guards and what few other staff members there are. Suspicion is measured in levels from 1 to 6. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Staff of the Python Staff, uncommon (requires attunement by a cleric, druid, or warlock) You can use an action to speak this staff’s command word and throw the staff on the ground within 10 feet of
you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake (see the Monster Manual for statistics) under your control and acts on its own initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space
Staff of the Python Staff, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
command, such as to attack your enemies or guard a location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself. As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space
Staff of the Python Staff, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) As a Magic action, you can throw this staff so that it lands in an unoccupied space within 10 feet of you, causing the staff to become a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Staff of the Python Staff, uncommon (requires attunement by a cleric, druid, or warlock) You can use an action to speak this staff’s command word and throw the staff on the ground within 10 feet of
you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake (see the Monster Manual for statistics) under your control and acts on its own initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
traditional adventuring. During any game session, the players can decide to focus on what the franchise staff are up to by setting assignments, giving orders, and making checks to determine the
during the campaign. When the characters return from adventuring, they take on some of the responsibility for bookkeeping, maintenance, long-term planning, and the like, making franchise staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
attack your enemies or guard a location. If you use a bonus action to speak the command word again, or if the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, the snake reverts to staff form in its current space
Staff of Ruling Staff, Rare (Requires Attunement) An ornate carving of a serpent adorned with a coursing river spirals down the length of this red-and-gold staff. While you’re holding it, you can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
battling a black pudding conceals the secret door in the north wall. Bloodstains mar the carving, making the dwarves look horribly wounded and giving the ooze a disgustingly realistic sheen. The secret door
stands in a section of wall that bears the image of a dwarf wizard wielding a staff. The staff is made of real iron and is partially embedded in the stone. An arcane lock has been cast on the secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. Magic Items The more powerful an NPC, the more likely it has one or more magic items in its possession. An archmage, for example, might have a magic staff or wand, as well as one or more potions and scrolls. Giving an NPC a potent damage-dealing magic item could alter its challenge rating.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
About the Tavern The Low Lantern’s location is marked on map 1.1, while map 1.4 shows its interior. Describe the tavern to the players as follows: Fog obscures the Low Lantern until you get within a
off-duty Flaming Fist mercenaries. The owner and proprietor is Laraelra Thundreth, a middle-aged female human mage known as “the Captain” to her staff and regular patrons. Laraelra is neutral and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Major Items, Uncommon Item Type Attune? Adamantine armor Armor No Amulet of proof against detection and location Wondrous item Yes Bag of tricks Wondrous item No Boots of elvenkind Wondrous item
Yes Ring of warmth Ring Yes Ring of water walking Ring No Rod of the pact keeper, +1 Rod Yes (warlock) Sentinel shield Armor No Shield, +1 Armor No Slippers of spider climbing Wondrous item Yes Staff of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
giving a small group additional resources, as explained in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Each of the adventures can take place in any world you choose, as long as the location has the basic elements listed at the beginning of each adventure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Censer of Dreams Features The Censer of Dreams has the following features: Unseen Stewards. A staff of one hundred invisible zephyrs tends to the palace and its guests. Each of these stewards
creatures he designates can command the zephyrs. A destroyed zephyr re-forms in a random location within the palace after 1d4 days. Winds. Winds perpetually swirl around the Censer of Dreams and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Flameskull Gargoyle Mage Mummy Mummy Lord Sphinx of Lore Key NPCs Name
Role
Stat Block
Location
Anthradusk Primary antagonist Ancient Blue Dragon “Anthradusk’s Return” Eldemere Quest giver
and human disciple of a dead brass dragon Mage (Medium, Chaotic Good) “Beginning the Adventure” Oliekintara Provides a required passphrase Sphinx of Lore “Temple of Sands” Rummox Anthradusk’s companion Dao (Neutral Evil) H9 Yaarnak Asks characters to retrieve his lost staff Mummy Lord (Small) H8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
have a magic staff or wand, as well as one or more potions and scrolls. Giving an NPC a potent damage-dealing magic item could alter its challenge rating. Magic items, as well as adjusting a creature’s challenge rating, are described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Potion of Comprehension 56–58 Pot of Awakening 59–60 Prosthetic Limb 61–64 Rival Coin 65–66 Rope of Mending 67–68 Ruby of the War Mage 69–82 Spell Scroll (cantrip or level 1 spell) 83–84 Staff of
Adornment 85–86 Staff of Birdcalls 87–89 Staff of Flowers 90–92 Talking Doll 93–94 Tankard of Sobriety 95–97 Wand of Conducting 98–00 Wand of Pyrotechnics Arcana—Uncommon 1d100 Item 01 Amulet of Proof
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
staff member (“The bartender is an old dwarf named Clanky; he’s got a prosthetic arm.”). It might be something about the food, or about events hosted at the location (“Once a week, the local mediums hold
give an initial focus to the campaign—setting a tone and giving players an initial investment in the story. The player characters may be meeting in a tavern—but it’s their favorite tavern. The bard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
River Athis flowed through the region, making the land along its banks flourish. Animals, plants, and the citizens of Bakar prospered from its life-giving waters. The pharaohs of Bakar believed that
people and cursed them, holding high his two royal implements—the Staff of Ruling (see appendix A) and the star-gem of Mo-Pelar (a Gem of Seeing). He invoked the gods and decreed that if his people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Staff Chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook details the costs for characters to hire skilled and untrained hirelings. As is true of characters in any campaign, Acquisitions Incorporated franchisees are
free to hire any NPCs they want, within whatever limitations the DM wants to set on such employment. But the franchise itself comes with a number of staff whose wages are part of the franchise’s cost






