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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, while others are devilish tricksters.
Wizards
Wizards pursue magical power through the study of arcane texts. Some travel the world searching for esoteric tomes, while others train lesser wizards or
makes the illusionist appear to be standing in a place a few inches from its actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against the illusionist. The effect lasts for 1
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
of Seclusion
1
You led an ill-fated expedition into the Riverveins. Your friends were swept away by flooding, and you’ve never been able to shake the guilt of causing their deaths over
fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are.
3
You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
identify its presence by noticing these smashed items, taking a Study action, and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. The effect is the same as the Reverse Gravity spell (save
DC 16), except that it is permanent and typically covers an area that is 60 feet in diameter and 60 feet high. Every 1d4 rounds, the effect is suppressed for 1d4 rounds and normal gravity returns, causing creatures and objects to fall.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Origin Feats These feats are in the Origin category. Sharp Eye Origin Feat When you take the Search or Study action, you can give yourself Advantage on any ability check made as part of that action
. When you fail a saving throw to avoid or end the Charmed or Frightened condition, you can take a Reaction to add a bonus to the roll, potentially causing it to succeed. The bonus is equal to your Proficiency Bonus. Once you take this Reaction, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
swept away by flooding, and you’ve never been able to shake the guilt of causing their deaths over a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since. 2 You
crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less fortunately, maintaining that deception might require you to stay in hiding until you actually are. 3 You study the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
friends were swept away by flooding, and you’ve never been able to shake the guilt of causing their deaths over a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since
You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You’ve seen followers of evil deities perform miracles for the helpless at Twin Songs, and you’ve seen patriars who worship good deities turn their backs on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Spin Cycle Trap The first time a creature enters any of the chambers on the Command Deck, a trap activates, causing the ship to rapidly spin end over end for 1 minute. When the ship starts to spin
, have the character roll a d10; on a 10, the trap deactivates. Alternatively, the character can use the action to study the controls and make a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. If the check is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
modifying energy and matter Mystra’s gifts range from subtle to earthshakingly powerful. Infuse your day with a little magic or stop a mighty villain from causing suffering—or both. When you study magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, conflict is what inspires tale-tellers like you to create your best work. Conflict can bring out the best in some people, causing their heroic nature to shine forth and transform the world, but it can
cause others to gravitate toward darkness and fall under the sway of evil. You strive to experience or witness all forms of conflict, great and small, so as to study this eternal aspect of life and immortalize it in your words and music.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
(Perception) check, detecting a tiny glyph on the statue on a successful check. Once the glyph is found, a character can take a Study action to examine it and make a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check
Duration: Instantaneous
This 10-foot-deep pit has a hinged lid constructed from material identical to the surrounding floor. When a creature moves onto the lid, it swings open like a trapdoor, causing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, causing the creature to fall into the pit. The lid remains open thereafter. A creature that falls into the pit takes 3 (1d6) Bludgeoning damage from the fall. Detect and Disarm. As a Study action, a
Wisdom (Perception) check, detecting a tiny glyph on the statue on a successful check. Once the glyph is found, a character can take a Study action to examine it and make a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
from the law in an old ruin or abandoned mine. 11 A contagion in a forest is causing spiders to grow massive and become aggressive. 12 To take revenge against a village for an imagined slight, a
, aquatic monsters start attacking the waterfront at night. 19 The ruins on the hill near the village lie under a curse, so people don’t go there—except a scholar who wants to study the ruins. 20 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
widespread magical curse that is causing people to waste away while also preventing the dead from being raised. An expeditionary force is headed to Chult to find the origin of the curse, and you’ve
expertise will prove invaluable, and you’ve wanted to study the cultures there. Archaeologist Appendix A You have learned that a wizard-merchant is planning an important expedition to Chult—a place full of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, causing the sand within it to fall to the floor. The magic writing on the base of the hourglass reads as follows: Cast a stone into the fire:
Violet leads to the mountain spire
Orange to the castle’s
location within Strahd’s domain, as determined by the color: Flame Color Teleports to … Red Study (area K37) Orange North tower peak (area K60) Yellow Strahd’s tomb (area K86) Green Coffin maker’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Lyn Armaal, Levels 5-6 32. Study Sansuri researches new spells and hones her wizardly craft here. Furnishings include a table and a 25-foot-tall wooden cabinet with an arcane lock spell cast on its
secret chest spell. By touching the replica, Sansuri can recall the larger chest (see “Treasure”), causing it to appear within 5 feet of her. No other creature can summon the full-sized chest in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
active) 88–90 Storage 91 Strong room or vault, for guarding valuable treasures connected to the portal or funds used to pay the planar gate’s guardians 92–93 Study 94 Torture chamber, for questioning
creatures that pass through the portal or that attempt to clandestinely use it 95–98 Latrine or bath 99–00 Workshop for constructing tools and gear needed to study the portal Dungeon: Stronghold d100
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
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River Tattoo. Prisoner 13 magically ends any effects causing the grappled or restrained conditions on herself. If she is bound with nonmagical restraints, she slips out of them.
Reactions
Readiness
later use. Following that, she reveals that the tattoo on her right hand is the key to the vault. She allows the characters to study it so they can replicate its image using magic such as disguise self
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
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River Tattoo. Prisoner 13 magically ends any effects causing the grappled or restrained conditions on herself. If she is bound with nonmagical restraints, she slips out of them.
Reactions
Readiness
later use. Following that, she reveals that the tattoo on her right hand is the key to the vault. She allows the characters to study it so they can replicate its image using magic such as disguise self
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, though finding a buyer for such tomes might require the party to look beyond Saltmarsh. 3. Study This room was once a writing room or study. Against the wall under the windows sits a large wooden
spell is triggered, causing the following message to be spoken in a loud and malevolent voice: “Welcome, fools — welcome to your deaths!” Booming, fiendish laughter follows the spoken message. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed
Magic Items (T-Z) Thespian’s Playbill Wondrous Item, Uncommon (Requires Attunement) While holding this magical theater program, whenever you take the Study action and make an Intelligence check, you
action, you can activate the armor, causing the hems of its sleeves and body to extend into ribbonlike tendrils. As a Bonus Action while the armor is active, you can force each creature of your choice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
deafened until the end of their next turn.
10-20 No effect.
B11. Gallio’s Study Gallio sleeps in here, surrounded by books he acquired from Thalivar’s library. The room contains a bed, a closet
, altering reality so that any consequences of that action are erased. For example, a creature could undo the killing blow that they dealt to an enemy, causing that enemy to return to life in the position
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Moonstalkers don’t come through this area without good reason. Treasure. Each oil painting is worth 250 gp. 5: Study A moonstone chandelier casts a soft, bluish-white glow over this room’s oaken table and
of doors that she can see, causing each one to close. She can choose to lock a door as it closes. Wanewort can also use this lair action to unlock and open locked doors. Treasure. A Glimmering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Wizards Wizards pursue magical power through the study of arcane texts. Some travel the world searching for esoteric tomes, while others train lesser wizards or collaborate with colleagues to create
illusion that makes the illusionist appear to be standing in a place a few inches from its actual location, causing any creature to have disadvantage on attack rolls against the illusionist. The effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
origins to the beguiling magic of the Feywild. Bards who study this magic weave threads of beauty and terror into their songs and stories, and the mightiest among them can cloak themselves in
creature is hit by an attack roll, that creature can use its Reaction to roll the Bardic Inspiration die and add the number rolled to its AC against that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. The most accomplished Battle Masters are well-rounded figures who combine their carefully honed combat skills with academic study in the fields of history, theory, and the arts. Level 3: Combat
modifier (your choice). Precision Attack When you miss with an attack roll, you can expend one Superiority Die, roll that die, and add it to the attack roll, potentially causing the attack to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
twelfth chests that the characters examine are locked; they contain bottles of wine and spirits. 12A. Obmi’s Study The door to this study appears to be locked from the outside, suggesting that the place
a victim and a prisoner of the giants. In fact, at first sight, this chamber appears to be a cell rather than a truly comfortable study. Obmi is at work in the room, poring over several scrolls atop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Study action to examine the rug and succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check realizes that if cleaned, the rug would be worth 500 GP. B3c: Eastern Quarters. A human skull is mounted on
refuses to stand down, hand over any of his loot, or stop terrorizing the coast. He delights in causing pain and suffering. If conversation drags on too long, Sablewing gets bored and starts combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Macreadus’s magical assistant, Blare. It died when its master died. Any character proficient in Arcana can study the blueprints and conclude that they show different experimental designs for a weather
, causing the tattered gray curtains to billow and flap like angry ghosts. Snow covers a bed and much of the surrounding floor.
This room is unfit for habitation and hasn’t been used it in a long time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
indifference, but for some a spellbook is a gateway to a new way of thinking.
For a time, the study of such forbidden texts can be hidden from other illithids and even from an elder brain. Understanding of
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Psychic Infiltrators. When an elder brain infiltrates a mind, it alters the creature’s perception and deceives its senses, causing it to see, hear, touch, taste, or feel reality according to the elder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
) check can pull out a charged disk from the slot, causing the buzz saw to power down. This charged disk is identical to the disks that power the replica modrons. A character can topple the buzz saw over
Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check to study the walls and assess the duodrones’ activities can fill in the details. When the characters complete the circuit and insert charged disks into the four slots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Thunderwing was Xanthoria’s friend until the druid’s mind became twisted by the influence of Zuggtmoy, causing Xanthoria to conduct grisly experiments on living creatures. Thunderwing is one of
character who takes the time to study the murals and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Religion) check uncovers subtle symbology related to the worship of Zuggtmoy. A character who succeeds on this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
. Alternatively, the characters can use the heavy undergrowth to ambush the cultists, causing the cultists to have Disadvantage on their Initiative rolls. Dumped Body. As a Search action, a character can examine
: Central Altar This seven-foot-long, oval altar is made of pink stone. A depression atop the altar is stained blackish red.
The cult leaders execute disloyal cultists here. As a Study action, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wall of this otherwise empty closet is a badly beaten man wearing nothing but a loincloth. The iron shackles have cut into his wrists, causing blood to trickle down his hands. The man is a Vallakian
points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Destroying it lays the assassin’s spirit to rest, causing the manifestation to disappear if it is present. The mirror corrupts those who use it to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
open with a successful DC 10 Strength check. However, if the check succeeds by 5 or more, the door breaks, causing the character attempting the check to spill into the room and fall prone. When the
succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check discerns the impressions on the paper, which can be read by rubbing charcoal across the page or with careful study. S —
We have completed our
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
,” causing ten knives to magically rise from the counters and attack. These knives are flying swords that deal 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage on a hit. Founders’ Day. Jandar isn’t here. Instead, he’s
one. The gas dissipates quickly. C22. Ammalia’s Private Study The door to this room is locked. The room contains the following features: The walls are lined with bookshelves packed with thick tomes. A