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14. Obelisk
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Obelisk An unknown man with unknown purpose. Assist him at your peril, lest he drag you into madness. — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Obelisk Fragments In each of this chapter’s three dungeons, the characters can find an obelisk fragment. Each of these fragments is larger than the shards in Phandalin, weighing 50 pounds and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
14. Obelisk The Gray Ghosts believe that the mysterious obelisk in this cavern is an important source of magical power, and they are intent on rebuilding it. The obelisk was broken long ago. However
, shards of the obelisk that appear throughout the Underdark are magically absorbed into it as soon as they touch its metal surface. The leaders of the Gray Ghosts are obsessed with finding missing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The Obelisk If your players wish to continue the story past chapter 4, they’ll find a tale of ancient magic, a malevolent godlet, and fanatics obsessed with transforming innocents into mind flayers
the goblins are searching for pieces of the titular shattered obelisk. Chasing down the goblins reveals their connection to a sobering plot against Phandalin. The characters learn that mind flayers who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Cult of the Obelisk The most recent faction to enter Talhundereth is a gang that calls itself the Cult of the Obelisk. These cultists were drawn to the broken obelisk, responding to a psychic call to
obelisk provides them a conduit to an entity from the Far Realm. A malevolent Aberration called an encephalon cluster (see appendix A) never leaves the obelisk’s side. The encephalon cluster occasionally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Chapter 6: The Shattered Obelisk The characters have defeated Ruxithid, the Sawplee goblin leader who collected fragments of a Netherese obelisk. However, an unsettling truth has emerged: Ruxithid
acted at the behest of much more powerful overlords who want the obelisk pieces to impose some terrible fate upon the town. The characters discovered Ruxithid’s map, which shows the locations of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
transforming beings into mind flayers from afar requires a powerful source of magic. After much communing and research, the mind flayer fanatics determined that the Netherese obelisk can power their ritual
. Long ago, this obelisk was broken into fragments that are now scattered around the region. The mind flayer fanatics need to collect these fragments and rebuild the obelisk as completely as possible so the ancient object can power their ritual.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
The Map Hex Sharpe The Sawplee Goblins’ Map The characters learned in chapter 5 about four obelisk shards around Phandalin that the Sawplee goblins gathered. The mind flayer fanatics possess these
shards now, but the fanatics need as many obelisk fragments as possible to ensure their ritual will succeed. The Sawplees’ map reveals the locations of three other fragments: an abandoned dwarven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
characters gain a level after facing the fragment guardian in either Talhundereth or Gibbet Crossing. The characters gain a level once they overcome the guardians of all three obelisk fragments in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
through the area, as cave-ins and flooding have made it inconvenient as a thoroughfare. A group of thieves who recently obtained an obelisk fragment came to plunder an abandoned vault in Gibbet Crossing
flayer warlock named Qunbraxel, to secure the obelisk fragments. Qunbraxel knows that one of the fragments is hidden somewhere in Gibbet Crossing, and the mind flayer has grimlock minions searching for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
enemies deeper in the Underdark and hid it in this enclave until they could decide what to do with it. They never figured out how to activate it. The erratic magic of the nearby Netherese obelisk
secret about the odd tower: it’s a rare magic item from the Plane of Earth that seems to have been accidentally activated (Zoklork doesn’t know about the obelisk fragment). The mudslick tower’s command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
remained. Since that attack, various bandits and monsters have squatted in the abandoned temple. Sometime after the mind flayers’ reign, aspiring lore-seekers brought one piece of the shattered obelisk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
wandered from an underground traveling caravan. When it stumbled into Talhundereth, a member of the Cult of the Obelisk sacrificed it in unfettered devotion to the obelisk. If the characters make a lot of
Obelisk. Falfark prefers surprise or treachery when he’s outnumbered, but he’s too erratic to be duplicitous. He frequently preaches about the stone that “speaks the truth of the Far Realm” and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
pool, read: The black marble sinks into the ooze, which rises up suddenly to form a four-foot-tall black obelisk — a miniature version of the obelisk that stood outside the tomb entrance.
Any creature
that touches the ooze obelisk is teleported, along with all objects it is wearing and carrying, to an unoccupied space within 10 feet of the obelisk outside the tomb entrance (area 1). This effect is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and area P7, but not further. Each sarcophagus contains the brittle bones of a dwarf. As the mind flayers never bypassed the clay golem guardian and these sarcophagi are farthest from the obelisk
Michele Giorgi Finding the obelisk shard hidden in the Crypt of the Talhund requires
opening a tricky device to access a hidden room This round room has three alcoves with exits, each supported by stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall opens into a tunnel leading north. The watch post defenders are unaware of it. 28b. Obelisk of the Eye Obelisk. In the north end of this room stands a 14-foot
-tall granite obelisk with a lidless eye carved near its top on the south-facing side. The bottom half of the obelisk is covered with dirty, bloody handprints.
Alcoves. Wide alcoves surround the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
blindsight out to a range of 60 feet. Voalsh is immune to the prone condition and has a flying speed of 30 feet. Each fanatic’s position depends on how many fragments of the Netherese obelisk they’ve
recovered to power their ritual. If they recovered all seven fragments, the fanatics are joined by two disciples (see area A3). Fanatics’ Locations Obelisk Fragments Acquired Chishinix’s Location
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
1. Acererak’s Warning Near the base of the cliffs, a fifteen-foot-tall obelisk of cracked stone is draped with vines and black moss. Behind it, you see a dark passageway obscured by withered creepers
overlooking the obelisk, at the points marked G on map 5.1. The ledges are 30 feet above the ground, 5 feet wide, 2 feet deep, and spaced 25 feet apart. The gargoyles swoop down and attack anyone who tries to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
them. 34b. Black Obelisk This 20-foot-high room contains a single object: a 15-foot-tall, tapered obelisk of black stone situated in the middle of the room. The Shadowdusks found the obelisk on another
paladin using Divine Sense can detect a celestial presence trapped within it. Characters who have a combined Strength of 60 or higher can topple the obelisk, which is a Huge object with AC 17, 90 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Creation Forge A creation forge is a spherical chamber that contains a floating obelisk. This obelisk creates warforged souls and places them in newly constructed warforged bodies. Only dragonmarked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
to store obelisk fragments as well. Reward. If the characters bring Pip home, the Stonehills offer the characters free rooms and board at their inn for as long as they’re in the area. The characters
psionic goblins stopped to rest with a piece of the obelisk. The clover infected Daisy with a disturbing malady. While the characters are in Phandalin, several townspeople describe a strange, greenish glow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Ilvaash, see chapter 8.) The mind flayer fanatics have discovered pieces of a shattered obelisk of great magical power, left over from the mysterious Netherese empire that once occupied part of this
region. After retrieving the remaining fragments, the fanatics plan to infuse the reconstructed obelisk with Ilvaash’s unholy energy and turn Phandalin’s population into mind flayers loyal to their evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
14. Tomb of the Nine Gods A vine-draped obelisk marks the entrance to the Tomb of the Nine Gods. For full details, refer to chapter 5.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Chapter 7: Rifts in Reality While hunting obelisk fragments in the previous chapter, the characters learned of the fanatics’ headquarters: a mind flayer enclave called Illithinoch deep in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Stolen Shards The goblins have committed the following crimes to retrieve the obelisk shards. All these events happened in the last few days. You can tailor the specific timeline to your campaign’s needs, but each of these crimes should have happened recently while the characters were away from town.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
About This Book Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure optimized for four to six characters. The player characters are the heroes of the story. This book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
capital for their new mind flayer empire. Once they settled upon Phandalin as their target—and the shattered Netherese obelisk as the conduit for their scheme—the group enchanted a crystal to serve as a
goblin leader heard the mind flayer fanatics’ psychic voices in his mind and believed he was communing with gods. They instructed Ruxithid to find the lost pieces of the shattered Netherese obelisk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
around the obelisk shards absorbed some latent Netherese magic and are suffering strange maladies. Three of these people—Sister Garaele, Ander, and Halia Thornton—have become angry, violent, and very much not themselves. A fourth, the tiefling Wheel-of-Fortune, is on the verge of a similar transformation.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. The heroes begin chapter 1 at 1st level and end chapter 4 at 5th level. The Obelisk. Chapters 5–8 chronicle the mind flayer fanatics’ plot against the townspeople of Phandalin. The heroes begin chapter 5 at 5th level and end chapter 8 at 12th level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
mind flayers demand that Ruxithid’s goblins find peculiar, black stone shards that came from an ancient obelisk once erected in the wilds outside of Phandalin. The obelisk originated in the ancient
obelisk’s shards to Phandalin, covet the shards for some greater purpose, and demand the Sawplees’ help. While communing with their Far Realm patron, the mind flayers learned that four obelisk shards have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Netherese Obelisks John Stanko The Weavers The shattered obelisk is only one of several similar obelisks around the world. All are powerful artifacts with dangerous magical effects, although no two
throughout the world. The most notable obelisk builders were wizards from the now-fallen empire of Netheril. Netherese obelisks vary in appearance. Although always tall obelisks that narrow to a pyramidal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
crystal loses its light and becomes mundane. The message that plays for the characters upon Ruxithid’s demise is the mind flayers’ last command to him: find and deliver the three other obelisk shards
war room. War Room. The east wing of the sanctum serves as Ruxithid’s war room, where he arranges the various expeditions to retrieve the obelisk shards. A character who investigates this room finds a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters gain a level if they accomplish something extraordinary, such as destroying Iriolarthas the demilich, all three of Auril’s forms, or the obelisk in area Y21. If you follow the suggestions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
archdevil makes it possible for the barlgura to escape. If the characters return to the obelisk with the news, Ubbalux begrudgingly accepts these terms and reveals the location of the Crypt of the
to open to the catacombs, where many of Zariel’s fallen comrades are interned. As the characters leave the obelisk, they witness Ubbalux swear fealty to Mephistopheles, whereupon black ice forms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
served as an important city hub for years. The fall of Cynidicea began when workers digging under the ziggurat discovered a gnarled, jet-black horn jutting from a mysterious obelisk. Unknown to the
workers, the horn belonged to Zargon, a timeless evil entombed in the obelisk eons ago. The moment the Cynidiceans pried the horn from the monolith, their city was doomed. Materializing from its severed