Explain this madness of you saying he was seen on
The cylinder is a potent barrier against poison gas,
the far side of the river. The Thorunn flows near fro-
zen! He tries to swim it, he’ll be dead before he draws
his second breath. He tries to raft across, that ice grinds
his raft and him to chaff. What did he do, just walk it?
—Ronan Hirston, warden of Asleif, on the last
known sighting of the renegade sage Orlef Hart,
last seen reading a scroll of defense against water
The Dungeon Masters’ Guide presents a wide range of
magic items for your DUNGEONS & DRAGONS games,
including a number of vintage items familiar to players
of all editions of the game. But magic is mysterious, and
many unique and memorable items remain to be discov-
ered by DMs and players alike.
The Emporium of Uncanny Magic — Surprising
Scrolls presents six unique scrolls from previous edi-
tions of the D&D game, updated and revised for fifth
edition. As with the scroll of protection found in the
Dungeon Master’s Guide, these new scrolls are consum-
able magic items that can be used by any character.
Scroll of Defense against Dragon
Breath
Scroll, uncommon
The scroll of defense against dragon breath is a most
potent protection against those dreadful creatures.
When you use an action to read the scroll, you gain
advantage on saving throws against any dragon’s
breath weapon, and you have resistance to any dam-
age dealt by a dragon’s breath weapon. This benefit
lasts for 1 minute.
The magic of the scroll functions against the breath
weapon of any dragon, including the true dragons,
lesser varieties such as the shadow dragon or dragon
turtle, and undead that are spawned from dragons (in-
cluding the dracolich).
Scroll of Defense against Gas
Scroll, rare
When you use an action to read this scroll, it surrounds
you with magical energy that forms a 10-foot-radius,
10-foot-high cylinder that moves with you and remains
centered on you.
airborne disease, any breath weapon described as a
gas, spells that generate harmful gases or fogs (includ-
ing cloudkill and stinking cloud), and other noxious or
harmful gases, odors, or airborne effects. While within
the cylinder, creatures have advantage on saving throws
against such effects, and have resistance to any damage
dealt by such an effect. This protection lasts for 5 min-
utes, or until you end it as a bonus action.
The cylinder does not allow creatures to breathe in
the absence of air, including underwater.
Scroll of Defense against Lycanthropes
Scroll, rare
This defensive scroll empowers you against the
attacks and abilities of any type of lycanthrope.
When you use an action to read the scroll, you have
resistance to any damage caused by the attack of a
lycanthrope, whether in its humanoid, beast, or hy-
brid form.
  You cannot be cursed with lycanthropy while under
the effect of the scroll (though its magic has no effect
on any existing curse), and you have advantage on
contested skill checks made against any lycanthrope.
Additionally, any weapon attack you make against a ly-
canthrope is treated as an attack with a silvered weapon
while the scroll’s magic is in effect. These benefits last
for 10 minutes.
Scroll of Defense against Petrification
Scroll, uncommon
When you use an action to read this scroll, you bestow
its magic on yourself and up to four additional willing
creatures that you are in contact with when the scroll is
read. Each affected creature gains immunity to the pet-
rified condition for 10 minutes. The scroll’s magic has
no effect on creatures that are already petrified.
Scroll of Defense against Possession
Scroll, uncommon
The power of this scroll protects creatures from pos-
session by creatures or supernatural
effects. When you use an action
to read this scroll, you bestow its
magic on yourself and up to four
additional willing creatures that you
are in contact with when the scroll
is read. For 5 minutes, each affected
creature cannot be charmed, fright-
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Surprising Scrolls
Scrolls Rarity
Scroll of defense against dragon breath Uncommon
Scroll of defense against gas Rare
Scroll of defense against lycanthropes Rare
Scroll of defense against petrification Uncommon
Scroll of defense against possession Uncommon
Scroll of defense against water Common
ened, or possessed, including by spells such as magic
jar, a ghost’s Possession trait, and similar effects. The
scroll’s magic has no effect on creatures that are already
possessed.
Scroll of Defense against Water
Scroll, common
When you use an action to read this scroll, you are
surrounded by a faintly shimmering field of blue-white
energy. No mundane form of water—liquid water, ice,
fog or steam, hail, snow, and so forth—can penetrate the
barrier. The magic of this scroll lasts for 10 minutes, or
until you dismiss it as a bonus action.
The barrier keeps you dry in inclement weather, pre-
vents you from sinking in water, and allows you to move
normally across difficult terrain caused by water (in-
cluding ice, snow, and mud). You can move across such
terrain, including moving across the surface of still wa-
ter, at your normal speed. Moving along running water
might require a successful Dexterity (Acrobatics) check
to avoid falling prone, at the DM’s determination.
Another creature can push you underwater with a
successful DC 20 Strength check, or you can make
the same check if you have some solid object to push
against or pull yourself toward. The magic of the scroll
does not allow you breathe underwater, nor does it pro-
tect you from magical fogs, magical water or ice, breath
weapons, or other non-mundane effects.
Colophon
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