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. It can replace one attack with a Banishing Claw attack.
Banishing Claw (Requires Soul Tome). Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Banishing Claw"}, reach
becomes bound to the tome and can escape only if the tome is reduced to 0 Hit Points.
Fiendish Burst. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fiendish
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This treatise, composed by Iggwilv the archmage, documents the Abyss;Abyss's layers and inhabitants and is widely regarded as the most thorough and blasphemous tome of demonology in the multiverse
. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. If the save fails by 5 or more, the target also ages 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Horrifying Visage"} ×
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
An expansive treatise documenting the Abyss’s infinite layers and inhabitants, the Demonomicon of Iggwilv is the most thorough and blasphemous tome of demonology in the multiverse. The tome
do so, you can add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
Fiendish Scourging. Your magic causes pain to fiends. While carrying the book, when you make a damage roll for a spell you cast against
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
damage dealt. If Vellynne casts this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the necrotic damage increases by 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Vampiric Touch"} for each
spell. She can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge she expends. The wand regains 1d6 + 1;{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Wand of Magic Missiles
Inquisitor of the Tome
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
;t being worn or carried in the sphere automatically take the damage and are similarly moved.Telekinetic Deflection. In response to being hit by an attack roll, the inquisitor increases its AC by 4
order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site
backgrounds
Curse of Strahd: Character Options
mirror, a oil (flask);flask of oil, a tinderbox, and 3 torch; torches), one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Horror Trinkets table after this background), a clothes
threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a harrowing event that haunts you, or roll one on the Harrowing Events table.
Harrowing Event
d10
Event
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
added their own input to its catalog of vile knowledge. Their additions are clear, for the writers of later works stitched whatever they were writing into the tome or, in some cases, made notations
to the book, you can cast circle of death (save DC 20) from it as an action. After you cast the spell, roll a d6. On a roll of 1–5, you can’t use this property again until the next dawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Banishing Claw attack.
Banishing Claw (Requires Soul Tome). Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5) Slashing damage plus 19 (3d12) Psychic damage. If the target is a creature, it is
. Roll on or choose a result from the Ankheg Tunnel Discoveries table to inspire what might be found in an ankheg’s tunnel. Though they feed on things under the soil, ankhegs prefer live meat—your cattle
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Valda’s Spire of Secrets: Player Pack 2
Flying Book Little can be said about the flying book that is not readily apparent. Though it is indistinguishable from an arcanist’s spellbook while motionless, this animated arcane tome can flutter
ft.; Passive Perception 7
Languages None
CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2)
Actions
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) Bludgeoning damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
thorough and blasphemous tome of demonology in the multiverse. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and
unoccupied space to you. On a successful save, the Fiend can’t try to possess you again for 7 days (but another Fiend trapped in the book can certainly try). When the tome is discovered, it has 1d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Inquisitor of the Tome The Ulmist Inquisition is an order of inquisitors in the Domain of Dread known as Barovia that seeks to discover the origins of evil within people’s hearts. The order’s founder
, strength, or intellect, respectively, to achieve the inquisition’s goals. Members of the Order of Tristian, which is represented by a tome, endeavor to use knowledge and cunning to alter their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
blasphemous tome of demonology in the multiverse. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections
carrying the book, when you make a damage roll for a spell you cast against a fiend, you use the maximum possible result instead of rolling. Ensnarement. While carrying the book, whenever you cast the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Ulmist Inquisitors Zealous Vanquishers of Evil Intent Habitat: Any; Treasure: Any Polar Engine Left to Right: Inquisitor of the Tome, Inquisitor of the Sword, and Inquisitor of the Mind Fire “Evil
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Silvered Longsword. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 5 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) Slashing damage plus 4 (1d8) Psychic damage, and the target has the Frightened condition until the start of the inquisitor’s next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
leather-bound books line stone shelves carved into the walls of this underground library. A tome with an iron-plated cover lies open on a table near the north wall.
The nothic occasionally performs
research here. Books. The books in this room cover topics related to alchemy, geometry, and metallurgy. They are hard to parse, and none of them are valuable to the characters. Iron Tome. The open tome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a harrowing event that haunts you, or roll one on the Harrowing Events table. Harrowing Event d10 Event 1 A monster that slaughtered dozens of innocent
opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche. 9 A fiend possessed you as a child. You were locked away but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a harrowing event that haunts you, or roll one on the Harrowing Events table. Harrowing Event d10 Event
1 A monster that slaughtered dozens of
fills your mind with evil thoughts.
8 You opened an eldritch tome and saw things unfit for a sane mind. You burned the book, but its words and images are burned into your psyche.
9 A fiend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Scribe Prerequisite: 5th-level warlock, Pact of the Tome feature A new page appears in your Book of Shadows. With your permission, a creature can use its action to write its name on that page, which can
disappears after 1 minute. As an action, you can magically erase a name on the page by touching it. Gift of the Protectors Prerequisite: 9th-level warlock, Pact of the Tome feature A new page appears in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
: History, Religion Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a hammer, a hooded lantern, a tinderbox, a tome of history, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Strike, Legend Lore Consider customizing how your spells look when you cast them. Your Lorehold spells might create displays of golden light. You might use a tome or a scroll as a spellcasting focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the character finds, roll on the Trinkets table in appendix A. Unseen Servant A curious object drifts into view, as though held aloft by an invisible force. This unseen servant was created by Strahd
and is permanent until destroyed (see the unseen servant spell in the Player’s Handbook). Roll a d6 to determine what the servant is carrying, or choose one of the options below. d6 Items 1 A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.
Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a wizard spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one. Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence
during your adventures. You could discover a spell recorded on a scroll in an evil wizard’s chest, for example, or in a dusty tome in an ancient library.
Copying a Spell into the Book. When you find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
: Level 2+ Warlock You can cast False Life on yourself without expending a spell slot. When you cast the spell with this feature, you don’t roll the die for the Temporary Hit Points; you automatically get
Protectors Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
they are slowly revealed as shockingly cruel, immoral, or the antithesis of good. Choose from or roll on the Gothic Horror Villains table to inspire villains appropriate to this genre. Gothic Horror
. Villain Torments Self-debasement and self-loathing lurk at the heart of gothic villains’ evil, whether they indulge in vices or are consumed with misanthropy. Choose from or roll on the Gothic Horror
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
: Level 2+ Warlock You can cast False Life on yourself without expending a spell slot. When you cast the spell with this feature, you don’t roll the die for the Temporary Hit Points; you automatically get
Protectors Prerequisite: Level 9+ Warlock, Pact of the Tome Invocation A new page appears in your Book of Shadows when you conjure it. With your permission, a creature can take an action to write its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
happens, all creatures in the vicinity must roll initiative, including the stone golem. The skull acts on initiative count 30 and again on initiative count 15. On each of the skull’s turns, all creatures
).
The desk has a single drawer, in which Halaster has placed one of his many spellbooks. This thin tome has a black leather cover with Halaster’s rune burned into it. Any creature other than Halaster that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
a challenge. Roll a d12 and consult the following table to determine the subject matter of a randomly chosen book. Tatyana d12 Book 1 Alchemist’s tome 2 Bestiary of strange beasts 3 Biography of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
characters first meet Vlonwelv and her retinue, roll a d20 and consult the following table: d20 Vlonwelv’s Location 1–5 Area 25b 6–15 Area 26 16–20 Area 27a Treasure. Vlonwelv wears two webbed
adopted daughter close by. When determining Vlonwelv’s starting location, assume Zress accompanies her. If you have Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, use the drow house captain stat block in that book to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
or roll on the Cosmic Horror Villains table to inspire villains appropriate to this genre. Cosmic Horror Villains 1d10 The Villain Is … 1 A smiling minstrel whose music drives listeners to
from their studies or granted by alien forces. Choose from or roll on the Cosmic Horror Torments table to determine what alien or psychological torment plagues the villain. Cosmic Horror Torments 1d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
intellect to alter the environment through telekinetic force, and the order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome. Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city
door, fly, greater invisibility
Bonus Actions
Blink Step. The inquisitor teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.
Inquisitor of the Tome
Medium Humanoid
Armor Class 11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
feet. During this journey, the characters are subject to a rockslide (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) that carries the characters back down the path. After the rockslide is resolved, roll or choose an
top of Fool’s Needle, they discover one or more strange creatures lurking near the portal. Roll or choose an option on the Fool’s Needle Gate Creatures table below. All creatures are Hostile toward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
once, and the d8 can be added to one attack roll, ability check, or saving throw made by the character in the next 24 hours. If the Charisma (Performance) check fails by 5 or more, a screeching
enter, roll a d6. On a 1, the characters discover 1d4 frightened commoners in hiding (if the devils haven’t found them) or a number of mangled bodies (if the devils did). As the DM, you determine the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
hide behind them. If they keep watch, the characters can take a short or long rest here without being disturbed. If the characters use Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome to consult with Gazre-Azam, the djinni
1 minute trying to remove the padlock, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Attempting this check without first melting the ice in and around the padlock imposes disadvantage on the roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to the ceiling down to the floor. Tracks have worn smooth paths from ledge to ledge across the curving floor.
The thunderous griding of stone echoes throughout the cave, as three boulders roll along
DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be warped by planar magic. Roll on the Abyssal Energy table to determine the effect, which lasts until the pillars pulse again or are destroyed. Abyssal Energy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
convey information that the players might have missed earlier in the story. A random encounter occurs whenever you want one to. To determine what the characters find, roll a d8 and consult the Random
Encounters in Hither table. If you roll on the table, get the same result as a previous roll, and don’t like the repetition, choose a different encounter that you think would be fun. Random Encounters