A charm is a minor supernatural gift, which can be received in a large variety of ways. For example, a wizard who finds an eldritch secret in a dead archmage's spellbook might be infused with the magic of a charm, as might a character who solves a sphinx's riddle or drinks from a magic fountain. Legendary creatures, such as ancient gold dragons and unicorns, sometimes grace their allies with charms, and some explorers find themselves bearing the magic of a charm after discovering a long-lost location that is drenched in primeval magic.
Some charms can be used only once, and others can be used a specific number of times before vanishing. If a charm lets you cast a spell, you are able to do so without spending a spell slot or providing any components (verbal, somatic, or material). In any case, a charm can't be used in the area created by an antimagic field or a similar effect, and a charm's effects are susceptible to dispel magic and the like. But the charm itself can't be removed from a creature by anything short of divine intervention or the wish spell.
Charms
Azorius Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Hold Person (3rd-level version), Command, or Counterspell spell. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Boros Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Crusader's Mantle or Haste spell. Alternatively, you can cast the Guiding Bolt spell, and if it hits, you regain a number of hit points equal to the damage it deals. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Charm of Animal Conjuring
This charm allows you to cast the Conjure Animals spell (3rd-level version) as an action. Once used three times, the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Biting Cold
This charm has 3 charges. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 of the charm's charges to wreathe your weapon attacks with biting cold for 1 minute. Until this effect ends, you deal an extra 1d6 cold damage when you hit with a melee or ranged weapon attack. Once all its charges have been expended, this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Bounty
This charm has 3 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 of the charm's charges to cast the Create Food and Water spell, requiring no components. Once all its charges have been expended, this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Cold Resistance
This charm allows you to give yourself resistance to cold damage as an action. This benefit lasts for 24 hours, after which the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Darkvision
This charm allows you to cast the Darkvision spell as an action, no components required. Once used three times, the charm goes away.
Charm of Feather Falling
This charm grants you the benefits of a Ring of Feather Falling. These benefits last for 10 days, after which the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Heroism
This charm allows you to give yourself the benefit of a Potion of Heroism as an action. Once you do so, the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Nine Lives
When you drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, you can choose to drop to 1 hit point instead. Once used nine times, the charm goes away.
Charm of Restoration
This charm has 6 charges. You can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells: Greater Restoration (4 charges) or Lesser Restoration (2 charges). Once all its charges have been expended, the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Snowball Strike
This charm has 5 charges. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 of the charm's charges to create a magical snowball in your hand and throw it. You must have a hand free to hold the snowball, or the charge is wasted. The snowball is a magic ranged weapon with which you are proficient. It has a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet, it deals 1d4 cold damage on a hit, and it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. If you score a critical hit with the snowball, the target is blinded until the end of its next turn. The snowball vanishes immediately after you hit or miss with it, or at the end of your turn if you don't throw it. Once all its charges have been expended, this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Crystal Heart
This charm grants you immunity to piercing and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks, but you gain vulnerability to bludgeoning damage. These effects last for 10 days, after which the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Ghoul
This charm allows you to use an action to eat a mouthful of flesh from a humanoid that has been dead no longer than 1 day. When you do, you regain 3d8 + 3 hit points. Once used three times, the charm goes away.
Charm of the Ice Troll
This charm allows you to use your reaction when you take cold damage to reduce the damage to 0. You regain a number of hit points equal to half the cold damage you would have taken. Once you do so, the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Maimed
This charm allows you to regrow a lost appendage or organ, such as an arm, a foot, or an eye. After it is used once, the charm goes away.
Charm of the Mirage
This charm allows you to cast the Hallucinatory Terrain spell (save DC 15) as an action. Once used, this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Slayer
One sword in your possession becomes a Dragon Slayer or Giant Slayer (DM's choice) for the next 9 days. The charm then vanishes from you and the weapon returns to normal.
Charm of the Snow Walker
This charm has 3 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 of the charm's charges to gain the following benefits for 24 hours:
- You and your allies within 15 feet of you ignore difficult terrain caused by snow or ice.
- You can see through areas heavily obscured by snow to a distance of 60 feet.
- You are immune to the effects of extreme cold, as described in the Dungeon Master's Guide (though you gain no protection from cold damage).
Once all its charges have been expended, this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Storm
You become charged with the power of the storm, to the extent that tiny sparks crackle in your eyes. You can cast the Lightning Bolt spell (3rd-level version) as an action. Once used three times, the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Swollen Hag
This charm allows you to spit up a frog as an action. The frog understands you and obeys your commands. Once used three times, the charm goes away.
Charm of the Traveler's Haven
This charm has 3 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 of the charm's charges to cast the Leomund's Tiny Hut spell, no components required. Once all its charges have been expended, this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of the Water Bearer
This charm allows you to create up to 1 gallon of fresh water, which fills one or more empty containers in your possession. You can do this up to thrice per day for 10 days, after which this charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Treasure Sense
While this charm lasts, you can use an action to pinpoint, by scent, the location of precious metals and stones, such as coins and gems, within 30 feet of you. The effect lasts for 3 days, after which the charm vanishes from you.
Charm of Vitality
This charm allows you to give yourself the benefit of a Potion of Vitality as an action. Once you do so, the charm vanishes from you.
Dark Gift of Dahlver-Nar, He of the Many Teeth
Dahlver-Nar's gift is the power to live many lives. Upon receiving this dark gift, the beneficiary instantly reincarnates when it dies, as though it was the target of a Reincarnate spell. The new body appears within 10 feet of the old one. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes.
The beneficiary of this dark gift loses all of its teeth until it reincarnates for the third and final time.
Dark Gift of Delban, the Star of Ice and Hate
Delban's gift is the power to unleash deadly cold. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Cone of Cold spell as an action. After it has been used seven times, the dark gift vanishes. Until it vanishes, the beneficiary also gains the benefits of a Ring of Warmth.
The beneficiary of this dark gift gains the following flaw: "Fire terrifies me."
Dark Gift of Drizlash, the Nine-Eyed Spider
Drizlash's gift is the power to walk on walls and ceilings. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
The beneficiary of this dark gift grows an extra eye somewhere on its body. The eye is blind and ever open.
Dark Gift of Fekre, Queen of Poxes
Fekre's gift is the power of spreading disease. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Contagion spell as an action. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes.
The beneficiary of this dark gift reeks of filth.
Dark Gift of Great Taar Haak, the Five-Headed Destroyer
Taar Haak's gift is great strength. This dark gift grants its beneficiary the benefit of a Belt of Fire Giant Strength. This benefit lasts for 10 days, after which the dark gift vanishes.
The beneficiary of this dark gift the following flaw: "I like to bully others and make them feel weak and inferior."
Dark Gift of Khirad, the Star of Secrets
Khirad's gift is the power of divination. This gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Scrying spell as an action. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes.
Dark Gift of Norganas, the Finger of Oblivion
Norganas's gift is the power to turn life into undeath. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Finger of Death spell as an action. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes. When it vanishes, the beneficiary must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or drop to 0 hit points.
This dark gift turns the beneficiary's blood pitch black and viscid, like tar.
Dark Gift of Savnok the Inscrutible
Savnok's gift is the power to shield the mind. This dark gift takes the form of a Mind Blank spell cast on the beneficiary. The spell has an extended duration of 1 year, after which the dark gift vanishes.
The beneficiary's eyes melt away upon receiving this dark gift, leaving empty sockets that can still see.
Dark Gift of Seriach, the Hell Hound Whisperer
Seriach's gift is the power to summon and control hell hounds. As an action, the beneficiary of this dark gift can summon and control two hell hounds. Both hounds appear at the same time. The beneficiary can summon hounds only once, and the dark gift vanishes when they die.
The beneficiary gains the ability to speak and understand Infernal, if he or she doesn't already know the language. (The hell hounds understand no other language.) Sulfurous smoke issues from the beneficiary's pores whenever he or she speaks Infernal.
Dark Gift of Shami-Amourae, the Lady of Delights
Shami-Amourae's gift is the power of persuasion. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Suggestion spell as an action, and saving throws against the spell have disadvantage. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes.
The beneficiary of this dark gift gains an extra finger on each hand, as well as the following flaw: "I can't get enough pleasure. I desire others to create beauty for me at all times."
Dark Gift of Sykane, the Soul Hungerer
Sykane's gift is the power to raise the recently deceased. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Raise Dead spell as an action. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes.
As soon as this dark gift is received, the beneficiary's eyes glow a sickly yellow until the dark gift vanishes. The beneficiary also gains the following flaw: "If I help someone, I expect payment in return."
Dark Gift of Tarakamedes, the Grave Wyrm
Tarakamedes's gift is the power of flight. The beneficiary of this dark gift grows skeletal wings and gains a flying speed of 50 feet.
The beneficiary of this dark gift must eat bones or grave dirt to survive. At dawn, if the creature has not eaten at least 1 pound of bones or grave dirt in the past 24 hours, it dies.
Dark Gift of Vaund the Evasive
Vaund's gift is the power of evasion. This dark gift grants its beneficiary the benefits of an Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location and a Ring of Evasion. These benefits last for 10 days, after which the dark gift vanishes.
The beneficiary of this dark gift becomes twitchy and nervous, and also gains the following flaw: "I can't give a straight answer to any question put to me."
Dark Gift of Yog the Invincible
Yog's gift is one of physical resilience. This dark gift increases the beneficiary's hit point maximum by 30. This benefit lasts for 10 days, after which the dark gift vanishes.
Oily black fur covers the beneficiary's face and body.
Dark Gift of Yrrga, the Eye of Shadows
Yrrga's gift is the power of true seeing. This dark gift grants its beneficiary the benefits of truesight out to a range of 60 feet. These benefits last for 30 days, after which the dark gift vanishes.
The eyes of the beneficiary become starry voids until the dark gift vanishes. The beneficiary of this dark gift also gains the following flaw: "I believe that all life is pointless and look forward to death when it finally comes."
Dark Gift of Zantras, the Kingmaker
Zantras's gift is power that comes from great presence and force of personality. This dark gift increases the beneficiary's Charisma by 4, up to a maximum of 22.
The beneficiary of this dark gift gains the following flaw: "I won't take no for an answer."
Dark Gift of Zrin-Hala, the Howling Storm
Zrin-Hala's gift is the power to create lightning. This dark gift allows its beneficiary to cast the Lightning Bolt spell as an action. After it has been used three times, the dark gift vanishes.
As soon as this dark gift is received, one side of the beneficiary's face sags and loses all feeling.
Dimir Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Blink or Sleep (3rd-level version) spell. Alternatively, when you take damage, you can use your reaction to turn invisible and teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. You remain invisible until the start of your next turn or until you attack or cast a spell. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Golgari Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Dispel Magic, False Life (3rd-level version), or Stinking Cloud spell. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Gruul Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Heroism or Thunderwave spell (3rd-level versions). Alternatively, as a reaction when you miss with a weapon attack, you can make another attack against the target you missed. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Izzet Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Dispel Magic or Lightning Bolt spell. Alternatively, as an action, you can regain one expended spell slot of 3rd level or lower. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Orzhov Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Bestow Curse or Fear spell. Alternatively, when a creature you can see within 30 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to have it drop to 1 hit point instead. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Rakdos Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Crown of Madness, Hellish Rebuke, or Shatter spell. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Selesnya Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Aura of Vitality or Conjure Animals spell. Alternatively, as an action, you can give up to three creatures of your choice within 30 feet of you resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage until the end of your next turn. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Simic Charm
When you activate this charm, you can cast the Enhance Ability (3rd-level version), Enlarge/Reduce, or Gaseous Form spell. The charm vanishes after you activate it.
Vlagomir's Spark
You gain 1 foot of height every hour and become proportionately heavier until you stand 21 feet tall and weigh 7,700 pounds. When you are 9 feet tall, your Strength becomes 19 unless it is already higher. For every 3 additional feet of height you gain, your Strength increases by 1, to a maximum of 23. Armor and clothing you are wearing and weapons you are carrying magically increase in size to match your growth. If you are the recipient of a Greater Restoration spell or similar magic, this charm vanishes from you, and you immediately shrink back to normal size, along with any armor, clothing, and weapons in your possession.
