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Dungeon Master’s Guide
you and didn’t create an area of effect, you can take a Reaction to deflect the spell back at the spell’s caster; the caster must make a saving throw against the spell using their own spell save DC.
Spells
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
of level 7 or lower that targeted only you and didn't create an area of effect, you can take a Reaction to deflect that spell back at the spell's caster; the caster makes a saving throw against that spell using that caster's own spell save DC.
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand.
Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right
tattoo across her back, filling a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on her. Each other creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 13 (3d8
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
spells from damaging it.A braxat is a towering, warm-blooded carnivore with a thick, articulated shell covering its back, a squarish head topped with horny protrusions, and thick arms ending in large hands
natural armor, and it can amplify this magical energy to create shields of rippling force that deflect incoming attacks and absorb magic missile spells.Acid, Psychic
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This ivory longbow is inscribed with a prayer to the god Hiatea, the runes of which are entwined with gilded engravings of wheat stalks and deer antlers.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage
rolls made with this weapon. If you load no ammunition in the weapon, it produces its own, automatically creating one magic arrow when you pull back the string. The arrow created by the bow vanishes the
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
damage she takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 9;{"diceNotation":"1d10+9","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Deflect Missile"}. If the damage is reduced to 0, Jade Tigress catches the missile if it
for dead.”
Flaw. “My pride won’t let me back down from a challenge or forgive any insult.”PoisonNimble Escape. Jade Tigress takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
weapon is searching for a new owner.
Azuredge has a solid steel handle etched with tiny runes, wrapped in blue dragon hide with a star sapphire set into the pommel. The axe head is forged from silver
feet and a long range of 180 feet. Whether it hits or misses, the axe flies back to you at the end of the current turn, landing in your open hand or at your feet in your space (as you choose). The axe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, the spell has no effect on you. If that spell targeted only you and didn’t create an area of effect, you can take a Reaction to deflect the spell back at the spell’s caster; the caster must make a saving throw against the spell using their own spell save DC.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, the spell has no effect on you. If that spell targeted only you and didn’t create an area of effect, you can take a Reaction to deflect the spell back at the spell’s caster; the caster must make a saving throw against the spell using their own spell save DC.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Where’s Halaster? This room is empty except for an enormous red velvet curtain that covers the northwest wall. A pull-rope on one side of the curtain allows it to be drawn back. Hanging on the
in the middle row. Removing that painting from the wall triggers an elder rune hidden behind it (see “Elder Runes”). Determine the rune with a random draw from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, his head thrown back in laughter as he rides a great blue dragon. With a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check, a character can fit all the puzzle pieces together with 1 hour’s work. If
creature in the cave (see “Elder Runes”). Draw a card from the Elder Runes Deck (appendix B) to determine which rune appears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
of the gulch, a large glowing purple moonstone, carved into the form of a dwarf, stands on a rocky ledge. Glowing purple runes, etched into the ground and walls of the gulch, encircle the moonstone
. Another gnomish figure rests, unmoving, with his back against the moonstone. Bones, bits of armor, and weapons are scattered around him.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
second drow managed to deflect the next battlerager’s charge, turning the helmet spike aside with both his swords. But a mailed fist, the knuckles devilishly spiked with barbed points, caught the drow
under the chin and tore a gaping hole in his throat. Fighting for breath, the drow managed to score two nasty hits on his opponent’s back, but those two strikes did little in the face of the flurry
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
archway is 40 feet wide and 40 feet tall. Six different runes are carved into it, each one inlaid with mithral, and a glowing mist fills the arch. Niches in the walls on either side of it contain empty
weight of each weapon and the archway rune associated with each weapon (see “Archway and Runes”). Each statue has AC 20, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The statue of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
correct things in order to appease the god. Likewise, the heroes might invoke the other gods’ support to deflect Klothys’s wrath. Boldest of all, the characters might determine what device allowed the god
to enter the mortal realm; its destruction could hurl Klothys back into the Underworld for untold ages to come.
Klothys’s Divine Schemes Klothys has many designs for Theros and for the futures she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Braxat A braxat is a towering, warm-blooded carnivore with a thick, articulated shell covering its back, a squarish head topped with horny protrusions, and thick arms ending in large hands with
, and it can amplify this magical energy to create shields of rippling force that deflect incoming attacks and absorb magic missile spells. Braxat
Huge Giant, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
warrior armed with a spear and shield. The shield, which rests on the floor, resembles a sundial, complete with a marker standing out from the wall. Etched on the shield’s surface are runes in Olman
script.
The message on the shield reads, “Turn back!” Instead of being part of a solid carving, the shield has a seam that a character can discover with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Arch Gate to Level 6 A three-forked passageway rises out of the swamp. The center passage has an arch embedded in its back wall. This arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). The space
successful one. Characters must be 9th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the princes to face five giant scorpions. Uzoma stands back and watches as the encounter unfolds. The princes are friendly toward the characters and are quick to ally with them. Both use the veteran
, characters who investigate the alley the scorpions originated from can make a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check. If they succeed, they find a partial series of smeared magical runes drawn on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
interior of the kennels, they find a disturbing altar. At the back of the kennels, three boar spears have been lashed together in a rough and strong tripod. An animal carcass hangs from the tripod by a
rope: probably a young boar, though the flies make it hard to tell. Beneath it is a bowl circled by runes written in blood. The runes are written in Giant. Trepsin is a follower of the demon lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
passage!” A stone arm with a flat, outstretched hand then rises from the floor before the arch. If a magic item of at least uncommon rarity is placed into the hand, it sinks back into the floor with the
this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 1 on level 23, in the closest unoccupied space next to the similar gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
time, which could complicate things, but also provide some memorable moments. Sword Wraith Platoon. When an adventurer enters the circle of moon runes, the bits of bone, armor, and weapons fly together
incapacitated the undead here, but the life force of the adventurers brings them back. They immediately return to their mission: kill everything in the area and recover the Gnomengarde grenade for their master
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.
Secret Door. Behind a 6-foot-tall wood-framed painting of Halaster hanging on a wall is a secret door that pulls open to reveal a small chamber with a stone arch embedded in its back wall.
Arch
(see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 22 on level 7, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. Pneumatic Tubes The tubes connect to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Battle Smith Battle Smith with Steel Defender Armies require protection, and someone has to put things back together if defenses fail. A combination of protector and medic, a Battle Smith is an
5 feet of it.
Reaction
Deflect Attack. The defender imposes disadvantage on the attack roll of one creature it can see that is within 5 feet of it, provided the attack roll is against a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
west and east walls hold battleaxes and war picks.
Arch. Set into the back of a deep alcove to the south is a stone arch engraved with images of dancing dwarves.
Arch Gate to Level 5 The arch in
gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 9 on level 5, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. Armor and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
them.
Tasha
Armies require protection, and someone has to put things back together if defenses fail. A combination of protector and medic, a Battle Smith is an expert at defending others and
feet of it.
Reaction
Deflect Attack. The defender imposes disadvantage on the attack roll of one creature it can see that is within 5 feet of it, provided the attack roll is against a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
one closer to the southern exit is a stone golem. The other statue is inanimate and harmless.
Dais. An arched double door carved with screaming devil faces stands closed at the back of a dais
opens the book triggers an elder rune that targets that individual (see “Elder Runes”). Draw a card from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B) to determine which rune appears. Treasure. Most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. If the characters investigate the interior of the kennels, they find a disturbing altar. At the back of the kennels, three boar spears have been lashed together in a rough and strong tripod. An animal
carcass hangs from the tripod by a rope: probably a young boar, though the flies make it hard to tell. Beneath it is a bowl circled by runes written in blood.
The runes are written in Giant. Trepsin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
leads back to Atagua.
A character who investigates the walls and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation or Nature) check realizes they’re inside some gigantic creature, though it doesn’t seem
the pile of eggs, cracks one open, and feeds on the energy within. It ignores the characters unless attacked. Portal. A creature that enters the portal emerges back at the Silver Tapir Monastery through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand. Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right hand, and down the length of each
) force damage.
Firestorm Tattoo (Recharge 5–6). Prisoner 13 magically unleashes flame from the tattoo across her back, filling a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on her. Each other creature in that area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand. Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right hand, and down the length of each
) force damage.
Firestorm Tattoo (Recharge 5–6). Prisoner 13 magically unleashes flame from the tattoo across her back, filling a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on her. Each other creature in that area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
steps before tumbling on toward the Dessarin River. The trail continues upriver to other parts of the vale, so unless the characters know about the runes, it’s easy to miss the beginning of the steps
triggers the trap. To disarm it, the wire must be disconnected, kept tight, and traced back to the wood panel it holds, shoring up the loose boulder and rocks. Then the boulder must be further supported
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 14d on level 10, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical
: Shapechanger. The roper can use its action to polymorph into a stone object or back to its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
opens the doors without first removing or disabling the runes, they take thunder damage as per the spell. A window at the back of the inn on the second floor is open (see “The Upstairs” below). A
thieves’ tools. Also, the doors and windows have an AC of 12 and break with 25 points of damage. Magical runes, as per the glyph of warding spell, protect the cloak room and barn doors. If the party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
10-foot-square front room that serves as a kitchen and dining area, and a 10-foot-by-15-foot back room where the residents sleep. 4a. Delfryndel Residence This cottage belongs to the Delfryndels, a
giant rock destroyed the back room of the Osstra residence, and two more rocks are embedded in the garden where the family grew wheat. Goblins searched the home for treasure and dumped everything they