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Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
Speaking Stones come in pairs, with each stone carved to match the other.
While you touch one stone, you can take a Magic action to send a short message of 25 words or fewer to the bearer of the
other stone. That creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The stones enable creatures to understand the meaning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
13. Speaking Stones A circle of stone menhirs predating Blingdenstone stands at the center of this small cavern. The gnomes believe this henge is a cluster of truly ancient galeb duhr, venerated as
interest in the Speaking Stones (use the priest statistics in the Monster Manual, but also give Gurnik the Stone Camouflage, Gnome Cunning, and Innate Spellcasting features of a deep gnome). He asks them
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This necklace has 1d4 + 2 magic beads made from aquamarine, black pearl, or topaz. It also has many nonmagical beads made from stones such as amber, bloodstone, citrine, coral, jade, pearl, or quartz
Blessing
Bless
7–12
Bead of Curing
Cure Wounds (level 2 version)
13–16
Bead of Favor
Greater Restoration
17–18
Bead of Smiting
Shining Smite
19
Bead of Summons
Guardian of Faith
20
Bead of Wind Walking
Wind Walk
Xorn
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in rocky terrain.
Treasure Sense. The xorn can pinpoint, by scent, the location of precious metals and stones, such as coins and gems, within 60 feet of
","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (3d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"3d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Piercing and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Adamantine
Equipment
Combat
Utility
Whimsy
13
17
15
As its name suggests, feather rock is a paradoxical stone with a peculiar nature that seems to contradict the pull of gravity. These spindle
-shaped stones always reach skyward, while remaining anchored to the ground on a tapered point. Even if these stones are tipped over, they return to their “reaching” position. Howlers covet
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Sivis facilitate communication. This is seen most literally in speaking stones, magic items allowing a Sivis heir to send a short message to another speaking stone. House Sivis’s message stations
Necklace of Prayer Beads
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
This necklace has 1d4 + 2 magic beads made from aquamarine, black pearl, or topaz. It also has many nonmagical beads made from stones such as amber, bloodstone, citrine, coral, jade, pearl, or quartz
) or lesser restoration
13-16
Favor
Greater restoration
17-18
Smiting
Branding smite
19
Summons
Planar ally
20
Wind walking
Wind walk
Flesh Golem
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Monsters
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. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points.
The golem's creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking
ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.A flesh golem is a grisly assortment of humanoid
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
speaking firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases being berserk. If
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"lightning
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
"}. Thundering golden energy erupts around a creature the pledgemage can see within 90 feet of it. The creature must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 44 (8d10);{"diceNotation":"8d10", "rollType
.
Spellcasting. The pledgemage casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: guidance, light
2/day
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points.
The golem's creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking
firmly and persuasively. The golem must be able to hear its creator, who must take an action to make a DC 13 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check succeeds, the golem ceases being berserk. If it
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
stone. Each creature of the dabus’s choice in that area must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Grasping Ground
", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and have the grappled condition (escape DC 13). While grappled in this way, the creature has the restrained condition. The appendages vanish after 1
Vampiric Mist
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
touches one creature in its space. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw (undead and constructs automatically succeed), or it takes 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3","rollType
damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.In a loose manner of speaking, the vampiric mist is the embodiment of
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
speaking, singing, and playing by itself.
Whenever you attempt to attune to the harp, you must first make either a DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check or a DC 20 Charisma (Persuasion) check to convince the
used five times, and it regains all uses at dawn.
Sentience. The harp is a sentient, chaotic good object with an Intelligence of 13, a Wisdom of 15, and a Charisma of 20. It has hearing and darkvision
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
. Once the golem goes berserk, it continues to do so until it is destroyed or regains all its hit points.
The golem's creator, if within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by speaking
Gauntlets"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spiked Gauntlets","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
"} bludgeoning damage plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Prism Staff", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.
Exploding Geode. The giant throws a geode at a point
takes 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Exploding Geode", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Winged Boots, which grant her a flying speed (included in her statistics). She also carries one half of a pair of Sending Stones; the other half of the pair is held by Euryale.Multiattack. Asteria
., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Radiant Blade", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At will: fire bolt, invisibility (after casting, roll a d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8
carries his magic pocket watch.
Alignment. Chaotic good.
Personality Trait. “I carefully consider my words before speaking them aloud.”
Ideal. “Caution. Thoughtless decisions lead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
boxed text to the players: A thirty-foot-tall obelisk ringed by seven smaller standing stones rises from the crest of this hill. A tall man wearing tattered robes strides between the standing stones
, gesticulating wildly and screaming curses into the wind.
The pit fiend Bel imprisoned the barlgura demon Ubbalux inside this circle of standing stones. To torment his adversary, Bel revealed that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
, you’ll turn to the message stations of House Sivis. The basic tool is the speaking stone, which allows a dragonmarked operator to send a short message to any other speaking stone. Sending a message through
the stones costs 1 gp for every five words in the message and takes one minute for every ten miles between the station and the destination. The gnomes at the receiving station will transcribe the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
House Sivis The gnomes of House Sivis facilitate communication. This is seen most literally in speaking stones, magic items allowing a Sivis heir to send a short message to another speaking stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
most literally in speaking stones, magic items allowing a Sivis heir to send a short message to another speaking stone. House Sivis’s message stations employs these items as the backbone of their long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
illusory script spell, and House Kundarak can secure packages with the glyph of warding spell. The gnomes of House Sivis also maintain a network of speaking stones (described in chapter 5) to facilitate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Mhandyvver’s granddaughter Pell (area 13) saw a ghost by an old tomb not far from town. The Tarnlar children (area 7) are telling wild tales about plague out by Lance Rock. Kaylessa Irkell, the owner of
found drinking in the Helm at Highsun (area 3) most evenings. Speaking with the NPCs involved in these rumors provides the characters with several leads to adventure opportunities in Red Larch. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 6: Blingdenstone Blingdenstone, once called the City of Speaking Stones, is a deep gnome settlement founded more than two millennia ago. The deep gnomes, insular and secretive by nature, care
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
woven strands of mud. Five bright stones buzz around this hunched figure like flies, and a runic circle crackles with eldritch power on the floor below the figure.
The bipedal figure is Murgaxor, who
stones he needs to complete his life-draining ritual (see “Murgaxor and the Ritual Stones” below). While performing the ritual, Murgaxor can’t move or take actions, bonus actions, or reactions. However
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragonnels are distantly related to chromatic, gem, and metallic dragons and resemble them in basic form. Intelligent enough to understand speech but incapable of speaking themselves, they are
, swooping in to make attacks with its beak and claws before flying out of reach. Dragonnel
Large Dragon, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 58 (9d10 + 9)
Speed 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
and colored glowing stone is set.
The characters can examine the dead guard or investigate the doors and stones. However, the amount of time they have to do so depends on whether they had other
half as much damage on a successful one. Each trap can be disarmed with a successful DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check or a Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. Each of the seven doors has a glowing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dragonnels Dragonnels are distantly related to chromatic and metallic dragons and resemble them in basic form. Intelligent enough to understand speech but incapable of speaking themselves, they are
+ 9)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
8 (−1)
WIS
13 (+1)
CHA
10 (+0)
Skills Perception +3
Damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
or cliff 5–6 Intact obelisk etched with a warning, historical lore, dedication, or religious iconography 7–8 Ruined or toppled obelisk 9–10 Intact statue of a person or deity 11–13 Ruined or toppled
standing stones 19 Ruined or toppled circle of standing stones 20 Totem pole Ruins Crumbling towers, ancient temples, and razed cities are perfect sites for adventures. Additionally, noting the existence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M12. Parts Storage The secret tunnel from Brigganock Mine leads here. If the characters enter Motherhorn this way, read: The tunnel ends at a wall of loose-fitting stones. Red light shines through
the cracks, and you hear the sounds of shouting and hammering coming from somewhere beyond the wall.
The stones blocking the end of the tunnel can be easily moved to create a 3-foot-square opening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Shrine of Luck Built from material scavenged from the surrounding wilds, the Shrine of Luck consists of a strange assemblage of rocks and stones. Unbeknownst to the townspeople, one such stone in the
shrine after it fell. Tamara swears she also heard a gaggle of shrill voices just before it fell, though she didn’t understand the language the voices were speaking. Stolen Centerpiece. Based on how the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
flame never goes out, but metal shutters allow a lantern to be dimmed or shut down.
Speaking stones allow communication between distant communities. A short message can be sent from one stone to
path of conductor stones. The rail links most major cities and is a simple way to travel long distances.
An elemental airship uses a fire or air elemental, bound into a ring that holds the ship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Wisdom (Perception) check hears gruff voices speaking Goblin and talking about how hungry they are. Old stone bunks line the walls of this barracks, which is lit and heated by a glowing iron brazier in
troubling their master in his lair (area 19). Like area 6, this was formerly a barracks for miners. Nezznar’s bugbears removed the corpses they found here and built the barricade. Treasure The largest bugbear carries a pouch containing 15 cp, 13 ep, and a potion of vitality.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
nonmagical beads made from stones such as amber, bloodstone, citrine, coral, jade, pearl, or quartz. If a magic bead is removed from the necklace, that bead loses its magic. Six types of magic beads
Bead of… Spell 1–6 Blessing Bless 7–12 Curing Cure wounds (2nd level) or lesser restoration 13–16 Favor Greater restoration 17–18 Smiting Branding smite 19 Summons Planar ally 20 Wind walking Wind walk