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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, and a Charisma of 16, as well as hearing and darkvision out to a range of 30 feet.
The orb can speak, read, and understand Common, and it can communicate telepathically with any creature touching it
or slap it awake.
Visions of Terror. The cursed creature sees terrifying visions, causing it to view all creatures that aren’t also cursed as dangerous monsters for 10 minutes. The cursed
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
.
Shroud Tattoo. Prisoner 13 can’t be targeted by divination spells or any feature that would read her thoughts, and she can’t be perceived through magical scrying sensors. She can&rsquo
knocked prone.
River Tattoo. Prisoner 13 magically ends any effects causing the grappled or restrained conditions on herself. If she is bound with nonmagical restraints, she slips out of them.Readiness
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material
to a range of 120 feet.
The wand communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Abyssal and Common.
Personality. The wand’s purpose is to help satisfy Orcus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
driver can activate this magical device as a bonus action, causing the vehicle to expel a 30-foot cube of opaque smoke directly in front of it or behind it. The cloud is stationary and lasts for 1
. This device needs 24 hours to recharge before it can be used again. Teleporter The vehicle’s driver can activate this magical device as a bonus action, causing the vehicle to teleport to an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters could experience a vision of a journey to the Labyrinth in the library, or read an account of the device in its archives.
The Maze Engine Deep within the Labyrinth lies the Maze Engine — a mechanical, magically powered device capable of altering reality. Modrons refer to the device as an Orderer because it was designed
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
transformation. Your alignment becomes lawful good, and you gain the following traits:
Angelic Language. You can speak, read, and write Celestial.
Celestial Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic and
have disadvantage on attack rolls made within the weapon’s radius of bright light.
As a bonus action, you can intensify the sword’s light, causing it to shed bright light in a 15-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Getting Started This cave is connected to cave H via the secret door in area I3 (see map I). If the characters approach from outside the cave, read the following boxed text aloud to begin: The
entrance to this cave is a gaping maw of crumbling gray bricks. A low bellow rumbles within, causing dirt to trickle from the roof of the cave mouth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Arrival in the Outlands When the characters emerge from the portal, read the following: You find yourself standing amid ruins of weathered black marble. The last recognizable remnant of these ruins
, but rather by a large magical device or machine. A character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes the stone spire in the distance as the Spire that marks the center of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Xeleth’s Big Entrance When the last arena match ends, but before the characters have time to rest or take any further actions, read: A portion of the dome above the arena shatters, startling the
spectators and causing shards of crystal to fall like rain. A serpentine dragon with scintillating scales and nebulous wings sweeps down through the hole. Mounted on its back is an armored figure whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Falling Star After the characters have a moment to process the memories they’ve received, they witness the foretold falling star. Read or paraphrase the following text: Your surroundings momentarily
brighten as a brilliant light streaks across the heavens and plummets to the earth. As the falling star lands in the mountains ahead, a distant rumble accompanies the impact, causing flocks of birds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
glass pane through which a slight breeze passes, causing the curtain to move. When the characters look behind the curtain, read: A black cloth covers something atop a white marble pedestal. Beneath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Arrival in Oztocan As the characters approach the town, read the following: Built on a large flat between two rocky mountains, the town of Oztocan is cradled by the crescent-shaped ruins of a massive
otherwise causing no damage. The locals appear accustomed to the quake and continue their activities unfazed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
writing.
If Maccath is with the characters, she can direct them to the items stolen from the Hosttower of the Arcane. She cautions the characters not to read or even peruse the material for their own
safety. The writings are laced with diabolical lore that is anathema to the mortal mind. Characters unable to read magic can’t make any headway in the books. A character who can read magic who examines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
first time a creature picks up the Summer Star, its core glows with a golden radiance as bright as a candle flame. Unless the creature drops the device immediately, the light suddenly blossoms, becoming
a 10-foot-radius sphere of incinerating golden radiance centered on the device. Each creature in the sphere must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 90 (10d10 + 35) radiant damage on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
vane. Read or paraphrase the following once the device is restored: The villagers gather around the Storm’s Eye Weather Vane with their gazes cast toward the shore. Peals of thunder shake the ground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
under stony cowls and their arms raised toward the iron disk.
This room is one large timekeeping device. Every day at dawn and at dusk, the wizard statues exert invisible magical force upon the
suspended iron disk, causing it to flip over within its circular frame like a coin. During the day, the sun symbol is visible on the disk’s underside; at night, the disk displays the moon symbol on its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
writing.
If Maccath is with the characters, she can direct them to the items stolen from the Hosttower of the Arcane. She cautions the characters not to read or even peruse the material for their own
safety. The writings are laced with diabolical lore that is anathema to the mortal mind. Characters unable to read magic can’t make any headway in the books. A character who can read magic who examines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Thornwall Keep Veins of bronze-colored ivy cling to Thornwall Keep’s ancient three-story stone tower, the tallest structure in Vogler. From its crenelated roof rises an elaborate device resembling a
talk about the keep, the excavations she’s conducting on the grounds, and the device on the roof—all detailed in the “Vogler Gazetteer” section. The Green Shield After their breakfast, Becklin steps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Welcoming Announcement Once all the characters have arrived and had a chance to mingle, Dean Tullus welcomes the attendees to the annual Magister’s Masquerade. Read the following text to begin this
air, shedding a gentle starry light. Misfire. If a character failed to notice the faulty device in the “Firebreak” event earlier in the chapter, or noticed it but did nothing about it, the device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Mysterious Magic Many of the strange events that occur in this chapter are a result of Murgaxor Grenshel manipulating Dean Tullus using a mysterious orb. This device, Murgaxor’s orb (see below
of 30 feet.
The orb can speak, read, and understand Common, and it can communicate telepathically with any creature touching it.
At any time during your turn, the orb can cast the suggestion spell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Silmerhelve—a Waterdhavian noble. Read or paraphrase the following when the characters speak to Dala. “The disturbance that’s been sensed across the Sword Coast is the Draakhorn—an ancient device whose
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Silmerhelve — a Waterdhavian noble. Read or paraphrase the following when the characters speak to Dala. “The disturbance that’s been sensed across the Sword Coast is the Draakhorn — an ancient device
Draakhorn is being used by the cult to summon chromatic dragons to their cause. As the characters are arriving in Waterdeep, read or paraphrase the following. A sudden shift in the wind brings with it a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
to their hidden memories, doled out as you deem appropriate. This might take the form of allowing the character to navigate an alien installation, operate an inscrutable device, or read an otherworldly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
radius. The characters can use this device to counteract Auril’s spell and free Icewind Dale from her Everlasting Rime. Chardalyn
More than a hundred years prior to this adventure, a wizard named Akar
that has become suffused with demonic magic can warp a creature’s mind, causing madness that usually fades away once the contact is broken.
Chardalyn is cold to the touch and readily accepts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
another hour of travel. After they’ve traveled about a mile from Uncle Polder’s home, read or paraphrase the following description: The open fields have all but vanished behind sparse woods at the far
, causing the road ahead to ripple, but just as quickly as it started, the shaking fades away.
A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Nature) check realizes the tremor likely wasn’t an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
them, read: A ten-foot-deep, empty pit completely fills the passageway and extends so far as to make jumping across it impossible for most creatures.
Spike Trap. The characters might deduce that
plate, causing a volley of spikes to discharge upward. If the plate is triggered, each person in the pit or leaning over its edge is likely to be struck by the spikes, which have a +11 bonus to hit and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
of Lurue is an enchanted storybook—one that, if read, could bestow upon its reader gifts and blessings. The moment the characters open the book, they are transported to a demiplane in the heart of a
forest. From there, they are set on a course that leads them to investigate a blight that has arisen in the woods. It’s up to them to find the source of this corruption and expunge it from the world. What is causing this disruption, and what is its purpose?
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
-svirfneblin depart for the Underdark via the tunnel in area F10. The workshop machines soon begin to shake violently, causing the whole lair to tremble. One minute later, the steam cylinder in the
workshop explodes, causing area F8 to cave in and dealing 70 (20d6) bludgeoning damage to any creatures still in that room. Death from Above Olivier Bernard The pitiless red dragon Grisdelfawr delights in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Rookledust’s Workshop As the characters come within sight of Rookledust’s home, read the following text: On a hill stands an unusual structure that resembles both a cottage and a metal fortress. The
character. Clockwork Chaos d6 Device Effect 1–2 No devices threaten the character. 3 A contraption that looks like a big set of teeth tries to bite the character (+3 to hit, 1d6 bludgeoning damage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
train to arrive. As the train approaches the characters’ location, read the following text: You pass the time on a grassy plain, waiting for the train to arrive. A few miles away, a colossal spire of
permitted to explore the rest of the train. If one or more characters refuse to get their tickets punched, the duodrone whistles (no action required), causing four tridrones to emerge from hidden compartments
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Confrontation If the characters confront the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant, read: The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Four human ruffians linger on the covered porch
,” he snarls. “Here’s a whole pack of little puppies. What do you want, puppies? Come here to bark at us?”
If the Redbrands confront the characters in the street, read: As you head back into the street
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Redbrand Ruffians Zoltan Boros A group of criminals who wear scarlet cloaks has
been causing trouble in Phandalin for a while now Within a day or so of the adventurers’ arrival in Phandalin, a
locations in the town. If the characters confront the Redbrands at the Sleeping Giant, read: The Sleeping Giant is a ramshackle taproom at the east end of town. Several disheveled, surly humans linger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Demon Zapper The purest of souls lures fiends into a hellish trap. Zap! Zap! — The Cartographer When the characters approach this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players
it, which has AC 14, 250 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The structure crumbles when it drops to 0 hit points, causing the sphere of force to slowly sink to the ground and fade away. If the characters free the unicorn, it accompanies them if they are of mostly good alignment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Purple Worm Attack As the altercation between the Ashen Heirs and the Brightguard comes to a head, read or paraphrase the following: Stone cracks and people scream as a massive, spiked worm erupts
anarchist to drop their device. The purple worm ignores creatures that don’t have a boomhailer and that don’t threaten it. If all five boomhailers are destroyed, the purple worm retreats down the hole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Dragonnel Reinforcements When you’re ready for the characters to turn their focus to the flying citadel, read the following text: A scout rushes to you with a message. Only minutes ago, a small group
defenders undertake an attack to distract the Dragon Army, giving the characters an opportunity to reach the dragonnels and fly to the flying citadel. Read the introduction to scenario 11 in Dragonlance