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- Random Tricks; Tricks
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Random Tricks; Tricks
Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide p. 297
Tricks
| dice: d100 | Trick Effect |
|---|---|
| 1-3 | Ages the first person to touch the object |
| 4-6 | The touched object animates, or it animates other objects nearby |
| 7-10 | Asks three skill-testing questions (if all three are answered correctly, a reward appears) |
| 11-13 | Bestows resistance or vulnerability |
| 14-16 | Changes a character’s alignment, personality, size, appearance, or sex when touched |
| 17-19 | Changes one substance to another, such as gold to lead or metal to brittle crystal |
| 20-22 | Creates a force field |
| 23-26 | Creates an illusion |
| 27-29 | Suppresses magic items for a time |
| 30-32 | Enlarges or reduces characters |
| 33-35 | Magic mouth speaks a riddle |
| 36-38 | Confusion (targets all creatures within 10 ft.) |
| 39-41 | Gives directions (true or false) |
| 42-44 | Grants a wish |
| 45-47 | Flies about to avoid being touched |
| 48-50 | Casts geas on the characters |
| 51-53 | Increases, reduces, negates, or reverses gravity |
| 54-56 | Induces greed |
| 57-59 | Contains an imprisoned creature |
| 60-62 | Locks or unlocks exits |
| 63-65 | Offers a game of chance, with the promise of a reward or valuable information |
| 66-68 | Helps or harms certain types of creatures |
| 69-71 | Casts polymorph on the characters (lasts 1 hour) |
| 72-75 | Presents a puzzle or riddle |
| 76-78 | Prevents movement |
| 79-81 | Releases coins, false coins, gems, false gems, a magic item, or a map |
| 82-84 | Releases, summons, or turns into a monster |
| 85-87 | Casts suggestion on the characters |
| 88-90 | Wails loudly when touched |
| 91-93 | Talks (normal speech, nonsense, poetry and rhymes, singing, spellcasting, or screaming) |
| 94-97 | Teleports characters to another place |
| 98-00 | Swaps two or more characters’ minds |
| ^tricks |