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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Tools, Bullseye Lantern,Map,Map or Scroll Case, Shovel, Tent, Traveler's Clothes, 17 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You’ve made a lifelong study of the lost and fallen cultures of the past, visiting their
ruins, deciphering their written records, and examining their surviving masterworks. Perhaps you studied at Morgrave University or a similar institution, supplementing your time in the library with
Equipment
This fractal sphere is an informationally hyperdense arcane formula from the void. You can decipher it with 1 hour of study.
Once deciphered, the sphere can be used to perform a 1-hour ritual, which
’t participate in the ritual loses all memory of the chosen entity, and the entity’s name is erased from all records. On a failure, the GM chooses an entity to be erased. If the check fails by 10 or more, you and all participants are also erased and die.
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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
to help those in other places who seek your expertise. You might be one of the few who aid Herald’s Holdfast, helping to catalogue and maintain records of the information that arrives daily from
your cloister, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, and a pouch containing 10 gp
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe the battle for control of Stygia is a test staged by Asmodeus in hopes of purging the worst impulses from both Geryon and Levistus—or discovering a competent
–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Geryon (Variant);VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an action that
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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odds aren’t in their favor. A short retreat might be just the thing to reach a better tactical position, find allies, or to allow the yuan-ti the opportunity to study their opponents and
can more easily pronounce the name in this altered form. An adopted name of this sort is recognized as a variant of the birth name, rather than a unique name unto itself. A yuan-ti might refer to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
or B: (A) Cartographer’s Tools, Bullseye Lantern, Map, Map or Scroll Case, Shovel, Tent, Traveler’s Clothes, 17 GP; or (B) 50 GP
You’ve made a lifelong study of the lost and fallen cultures of the
past, visiting their ruins, deciphering their written records, and examining their surviving masterworks. Perhaps you studied at Morgrave University or a similar institution, supplementing your time in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
chapter is for any D&D character who hopes or fears that they might one day face a dragon. But this chapter is also for the bard who has made a lifelong study of dragonsong, the cleric devoted to
can dramatically shape adventurers’ lives. The following sections present a variety of options for creating characters with a tie to dragons: “Draconic Races” presents variant dragonborn race options to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
shout an alarm, calling the characters “trespassers” as they move to attack. This alerts the two cogwork archivists in the nearby Records Room (area L4), which remain in that area, and causes the
invisible stalker that guards the wing to arrive in 1d4 rounds. L4. Records Room Bound volumes of Lorehold records cram this room’s tall bookshelves and round tables. A double door and numerous plain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
records the command word to open the mansion’s doorway. Many researchers perused this book over the years it spent in Candlekeep, but knowledge of the command word was useless without the location of
detect magic, as was his habit. The spell revealed a gateway in the very study room he had been assigned! Forgetting about his earlier purpose, Matreous asked for any knowledge of who might have created
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
other places who seek your expertise. You might be one of the few who aid Herald’s Holdfast, helping to catalogue and maintain records of the information that arrives daily from across Faerûn. Skill
quill, ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
inventions. Twin Gods Observatory This observatory stands on the slopes of the Twin Gods Volcanoes. From here, members of a group called the Watchers of the Ashes study the surrounding volcanoes and seek
to predict disasters before they strike. Centuries of records and myths are etched into the observatory’s walls. The oldest Watchers claim all the information necessary to predict and prevent the Ashrise is recorded here.
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who study its ebb and flow to expect the stalemate to continue. A different view is put forth by the archmage Tzunk, who notes that Maglubiyet has never faced a foe as ferocious and protective as
rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use crude symbols to convey basic information, such as “food stored here,” “danger close
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Mage Mages spend their lives in the study and practice of magic. Good-aligned mages offer counsel to nobles and others in power, while evil mages dwell in isolated sites to perform unspeakable
to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
VARIANT: FAMILIARS
Any spellcaster that can cast the find familiar spell (such as an archmage or mage) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
drawer. C13. Captain Dapplewing’s Study This large office serves as both parlor and study. Antique furnishings line the walls, along with the sculpted heads of several magic creatures. A heavy table
and a desk are covered in scattered documents.
Once Captain Dapplewing’s study, this large office is often used for sensitive discussions among faculty members. The decor has stayed the same since
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, yet no one can be sure exactly what the illithids are and are not capable of. VARIANT: MIND FLAYER PSION
Mind flayers sometimes devote themselves to deeper study of psionic power, and many excel at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
so alien in construction that non-illithids must resort to magic to discern its meaning. Though Qualith can be used to keep records, illithids most often use it to mark portals or other surfaces with
the effect on itself on a success.
VARIANT: MIND FLAYER ARCANIST
A few mind flayers supplement their psionic power with arcane spells. However, they are regarded as deviants by their illithid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
associated with different races or cultures. You decide how flexible you want to be in allowing a player character to break these restrictions. Can a half-elf live among the elves and study their bardic
an existing feature that can be used as a model? How does the new class feature compare to other features of the same level? Variant: Spell Points One way to modify how a class feels is to change how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, including their possible connections to modern bloodlines, from an exhaustive study of the records carved in the crypt’s stones. Unlike the rest of the Iron Tabernacle, the tombs are unmarred
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Monastery and, to a lesser extent, Miraj Vizann, the “mud sorcerer” in the Temple of the Black Earth. Journals, letters, and transaction records in Wiggan’s study link him to the earth cult, revealing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Everlast cautions them by saying, “That might be unwise, for the obelisk was damaged in the crash. Iriolarthas was unable to repair it.” If the characters ask Everlast how to reach Iriolarthas’s study
(see “Treasure” below) and a brittle tome with a black, eight-pointed star on its front cover. This brittle tome records the various meetings of the Wizards of the Ebon Star. One passage explains, in the
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
character who gains access to the records room through deception or stealth can take the Study action to search the files, making a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check. On a success, the character
seal on the scrap of paper found among the ashes in the fireplace looks like that of the Guild of Lawyers, Scribes, and Accountants. They have a records office in the Artisans’ Quarter.”
A witness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
drawer in area M4. M3: Possessions Room This storage room houses objects confiscated from the dead. Two poltergeists (variant specters) put on a macabre puppet show for an audience of three slack-jawed
-white fruit resembling an apple. A creature that eats half or more of the fruit takes 70 necrotic damage. The dryads don’t stop characters from picking the fruit. M9: Records Room A floating feline
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. His ferocity serves him well in Stygia’s frozen waste, but it has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe that the battle
this area must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or derive no benefit from the rest. If Geryon dies, these effects fade over the course of 1d10 days. VARIANT: SOUND THE HORN
Geryon can have an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
beneath his claws and to taste his foes’ blood. Yet Geryon’s ferocity has also limited his ability to collect souls and forge an effective hierarchy. Sages who study the Nine Hells believe the battle for
rolled from the damage.
Variant: Sound the Horn Geryon can have an action that allows him to summon minotaurs. Sound the Horn (1/Day). Geryon blows his horn, which causes 5d4 minotaurs (see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
entirely. Sinkers have strong allies in both the Bleak Cabal and the Heralds of Dust. Fated Who Take All They Can and More Factol: Duke Rowan Darkwood Headquarters: Hall of Records Aligned Plane: Ysgard
Sigil. Secure in the Hall of Records, the Fated cement their role as the tax collectors of the Cage. Their ruthless debt collection efforts and aggressive foreclosures earn them a heaping share of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
, apparently in sufficient quantity to nourish several small bushes and pale saplings that grow in the soil.
Investigating. In his study, Belak stores seasonal records of growth, precipitation, harvests, and
steps descend sharply.
The steps descend 15 feet. An 8-foot-high stone corridor passes about 7 feet below the northern arboretum (area 49), connecting the stairways on either side. 53. Belak’s Study
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
beanstalk in here is one result of this study; Zybilna’s quasit, Iggrik, pilfered and used a more potent variant of this potion to create the enormous beanstalk in area P17. Treasure. Characters who
, hobgoblin
When the decapitated heads speak the syllables of “Baba Yaga” in their proper order, all creatures in the hall are teleported to unoccupied spaces in the study (area P47). P35. Flooded Hall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
claim and sell can find mundane tools and records here (see “Conclusion” for details). H7c: City Sculpture. In the center of this chamber stands an immovable 10-foot cube of pink sandstone. The cube’s top
; occasionally a majestic brass dragon soars over the scene. This sculpture is a magically animated model depicting Haskasori during its heyday. As a Search action, a character can study the sculpture and make a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
succeeds on a DC 17 Dexterity check. Treasure. The chest weighs 65 pounds and is trapped (see “Trap” below). It contains three thin, black-covered ledgers with entries written in Infernal (records of Duke
) poison damage. V18. Duke’s Study An oak writing desk angled to face the middle of the room has a matching chair behind it and two black candlesticks atop it. Other furnishings include three bookcases
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
laws and ordinances, summaries of judicial decisions and trial outcomes, deed records, guild charters, census tallies, and family genealogies for all the noble houses and sufficiently important
commoners. The records go back to the city’s founding, encompassing centuries of meticulously maintained documents. The libraries don’t share a common index, and sorting through their overlapping and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
laws and ordinances, summaries of judicial decisions and trial outcomes, deed records, guild charters, census tallies, and family genealogies for all the noble houses and sufficiently important
commoners. The records go back to the city’s founding, encompassing centuries of meticulously maintained documents. The libraries don’t share a common index, and sorting through their overlapping and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Cards.
The starlight glow is a conduit to a living star (see the “Variant: Servants of Living Stars” sidebar in chapter 21 for examples). A creature that spends 10 minutes concentrating on the glow
: Flames This lavishly appointed study smells of subtly sweet incense, and soft music plays from no obvious source. A large Flames card on the south wall is framed like a fireplace. The illustrated fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
everything from petty disputes in other wards to groundbreaking cases in the High Courts. They adjudicate, review, and study the rules of Sigil, maintaining order according to the law as they interpret
, which include current and past Harmonium patrol routes, active members and their ranks, and official arrest records. Recruiting the Harmonium. With an official writ from Factol Sarin, the factol of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
. In the former chambers of a dwarf scholar, tucked away in the eastern end of Khundrukar, he found a scroll that he tried to use to bind a fiend to his service. This room was once a library or a study
scholar’s records and realized that the legends of wondrous treasure would lure greedy souls. It consumed the wizard from the previous expedition, who took refuge in this library after his companions were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
” on it records adventures the order has undertaken. It also notes intended headquarters renovations that are constantly behind schedule, given how much time the franchise members spend away from the
a few minutes of study by a character with proficiency in Arcana or who uses detect magic, reveals not only evocation magic within the lens (used to produce the magical light), but conjuration magic