bards been devices constructs refine

Keg Robot

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

a body. These constructs are another achievement of the Heuristic Arcane Research and Development (HARD) department of Acquisitions Incorporated. These devices have a number of practical purposes

mostly safe flavor. These constructs have a rudimentary intellect that allows them to operate independently and discern friend from foe — and which sometimes causes them to operate with a crass sense of

Clockwork Bronze Scout

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. If detected, it sends electrical shocks through the ground toward pursuers while it retreats. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed

Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations. Individual Designs Gnome

Clockwork Iron Cobra

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

clockwork with alchemical concoctions that can paralyze creatures and cloud the mind. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs but

Clockwork Oaken Bolter

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

traps or melee-oriented clockworks—and at shorter ranges, burst with explosive force. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs

Clockwork Stone Defender

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attacker.The thick plates of stone riveted onto a stone defender give it substantial protection. Its chief role is as a bodyguard. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has

produced many failed Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations

Clockworks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Clockworks The gnomes’ efforts to invent and tinker with magic and mechanical devices produce many failed constructs, but also result in genuine advances, such as clockworks. Since their discovery

Skitterwidget Problem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Skitterwidget Problem If any of Stonky’s skitterwidgets or their kiddywidget offspring were left to their own devices after the characters’ excursion into the Barn Door, those constructs might become

tiny constructs soon grow to be as big as their parents, and they can make kiddywidgets of their own in turn. If the construct population isn’t culled, Candlekeep might one day be overrun by the

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

give them a broad range of knowledge to support their schemes. Bards, rogues, and wizards are often drawn to this role. Safecracker. The “breaking” part of “breaking and entering” is the Safecracker’s

devices, including guild artisans and even sailors, also fall naturally into this role. Artificer or rogue makes a natural class choice for the Safecracker. Talker. From con artists to fences, anyone who

Rock Gnomes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

lean toward the creation of mechanical devices. Every warren has members of each persuasion, and they are all bound by mutual respect for what they do despite their different perspectives. Practical

Makes Perfect Rock gnomes who take a more scientific approach to inventing are the ones responsible for creating technological devices that make life easier. Even an invention as simple as a new kind

What Next?

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

arcane devices called rockets. With the help of several constructs, Stonky has spent months secretly repairing the Barn Door with the goal of launching it into space. The gnome plans to take a choice

Mind Flayer Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

staffed by heavily armed thralls, constructs, and other watchers. The inhabitants of these rooms attack strangers on sight and sound an alarm. Any entrance to a lair is always hidden by a secret door, an

study the organs to refine their experiments. Failed experiments from the transformation chamber eventually are brought here to be dissected so that their organs can be added to the library’s

Headquarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

believed that Hilarion is the only being who knows how to access the vault, but knights of the Solar Bastion suspect traps, other angels, or perhaps heavenly Constructs protect the vault as well

. Towers of Day Seven tall watchtowers ring the edge of the Solar Bastion. In addition to offering a clear view of the entire fortress, the towers are equipped with magical devices that give their sentries

Awarding Magic Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

20. The table shows how many items of each rarity are meant to be handed out during each of the four tiers of play. Artifacts are omitted from the table because they are most often used as plot devices

the Armaments tables for Barbarians, Fighters, Paladins, and Rangers. Use the Implements tables for Bards, Monks, and Rogues. Use the Relics tables for Clerics and Druids. Feel free to vary the tables

Spaceship Locations, Level 2

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

of handles. Eight binocular-like viewing devices are bolted along the walkway, allowing creatures to observe the garden (areas S56–S60) below. Objects viewed through these devices are magnified to

, glowing silver screen that buzzes with static. Below the screen is a makeshift workstation formed from cargo containers and strewn with technological devices. Two bipedal creatures in rubbery

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

inventions of the Gondar are revealed on this day and paraded through the city. These devices range from something as humble as new cabinet hinges to massive mechanical constructs that walk or roll about

. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at

Gnome Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

gods are thought to be all male or all female; in some they are animals, or constructs made by Garl Glittergold. Some gnomes say Garl has five allies, while others tally eleven. A consensus of sorts

, but also of fire and glass-work and alchemy. Rock gnomes attribute their knack for crafting devices and alchemical objects to Flandal’s superlative skills in those areas. Gaerdal Ironhand The Shield

Lyn Armaal, Level 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled

progress, all of the pieces are in their starting locations. The constructs don’t attack unless one of them is attacked first, or unless they are commanded to do so by Sansuri or Thullen. A chess piece

Clockworks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

clockwork kraken at the apparatus garage (area O5). The construct’s tentacles are outfitted with local teleportation-field devices (see the earlier sidebar), allowing them to move throughout the city

does not control it. If still active, the kraken’s tentacles work to defend its engine. Kwalish developed a process of using living and undead creatures as a control module for powerful constructs

Barn Door Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

preparations before launch. A secret door hidden in a library bookcase (see area B1) conceals the only route to the tower’s underlevel. The Barn Door will be launched into space by arcane devices

hefty tome, written by the wizard Trobriand of Undermountain, describes the processes by which he creates animated metal constructs. The book is filled with the wizard’s ravings and drawings of his

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

archmage Hoobur Gran’Shoop. The constructs remain motionless until the adventurers move close or attack. These scarecrows can cut the rope holding them with their claws, but they prefer to remain hanging

) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Climbing the rough walls requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Development. If the characters defeat the scarecrows and search the constructs, large

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

temple. One can follow this path to a series of saferooms secured by mechanical devices. Some saferooms hold treasures of the faith, while others are rented to wealthy individuals who wish to keep their

patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

temple. One can follow this path to a series of safe rooms secured by mechanical devices. Some safe rooms hold treasures of the faith, while others are rented to wealthy individuals who wish to keep their

patriars, traveling nobles, famed bards, and socially ambitious Lower City residents hoping to rub shoulders with the elite. The inn is unfussy, but conducts its service with flawless technique and the

Lady's Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

, supposedly impartial magistrate appointed by the Guvners. Punishments are tailored to fit the crime, and advocates are strongly encouraged. Lawyers and orators, these civil servants include bards

Concordance. Elsewhere within the High Courts lies the Hall of Concordance, an embassy of law where contracts are forged under the unblinking eyes of the inevitables, constructs created by the modron deity

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

jewelry, made from gems and ore that they mine and then refine. A unique form of art that some fire giants produce involves manipulating magma as it cools, forming it into fantastical, one-of-a-kind

giants. Slaves: Labor-saving Devices It takes a lot of work to build and maintain a fire giant stronghold. Most of that effort comes not from the giants themselves, but from the slaves that they keep

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

second in command of the Cult of the Black Earth. The statues were once animated constructs, though the magic that powered them faded long ago. Miraj managed to reactivate two of the stone warriors. One

create elemental devices. The master of the forge is a dao named Xharva Deem. Two duergar assist her. Roleplaying the Dao. Xharva Deem has no interest in fighting, because her bargain with Marlos

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