Dungeon Master's Guide

VICIOUS WEAPON
T ENTAC L E Ro o
TENTACLE Ron
Rod, rare (requires attunement)
Made by the drow, this rod is a magic weapon that end_
in three rubbery tentacles. While holding the rod, you
can use an action to direct each tentacle to attack a
creature you can see within 15 feet of you. Each tentac ~
makes a melee attack roll with a +9 bonus. On a hit,
the tentacle deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage. If you hit
a target with all three tentacles, it must make a DC 15
Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature's
speed is halved, it has disadvantage on Dexterity
saving throws, and it can't use reactions for 1 minute.
Moreover, on each of its turns, it can take either an
action or a bonus action, but not both. At the end of ea -
of its turns, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the
effect on itself on a success.
TOME OF CLEAR THOUGHT
Wondrous item, very rare
This book contains memory and logic exercises, and i~
words are charged with magic. If you spend 48 hours
over a period of 6 days or fewer studying the book's
contents and practicing its guidelines, your Intelligence
score increases by 2, as does your maximum for that
score. The manual then loses its magic, but regains it ·..,
a century.
TOME OF LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE
Wondrous item, very rare
This book contains guidelines for influencing and
charming others, and its words are charged with
magic. If you spend 48 hours over a period of 6 days or
fewer studying the book's contents and practicing its
guidelines, your Charisma score increases by 2, as d~
your maximum for that score. The manual then loses i·­
magic, but regains it in a century.
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TOME OF THE STILLED TONGUE
Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a
wizard)
This thick leather-bound volume has a desiccated
tongue pinned to the front cover. Five of these tomes
exist, and it's unknown which one is the original. The
grisly cover decoration on the first tome of the stilled
tongue once belonged to a treacherous former servant
of the lich-god Vecna, keeper of secrets. The tongues
pinned to the covers of the four copies came from othe:­
spellcasters who crossed Vecna. The first few pages o'
each tome are filled with indecipherable scrawls. The
remaining pages are blank and pristine.
If you can attune to this item, you can use it as a
spellbook and an arcane focus. In addition, while
holding the tome, you can use a bonus action to cast a
spell you have written in this tome, without expend in
a spell slot or using any verbal or somatic component
Once used, this property of the tome can't be used agai::.
until the next dawn.
While attuned to the book, you can remove the tonguF
from the book's cover. If you do so, all spells written in
the book are permanently erased.
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