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Spells
Player’s Handbook
As you cast the spell, you draw a 5-foot-radius circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know and
circles. Each circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of runes arranged in a particular pattern.
When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two
Backgrounds
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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5
You carve runes on a set of animal bones you can throw in different formations.
6
You draw runes into candles, melting the wax to smooth over the engravings.
Feature: Rune Shaper
You gain the Rune Shaper feat.
within runes.
The art of runecraft was initially created by giants, but over time, the practice has been adopted by many peoples. As such, though Giant runes are the most commonly used, many rune carvers
Teleportation Circle
Legacy
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence--a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Ruby of the War Mage
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Magic Items
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Etched with eldritch runes, this 1-inch-diameter ruby allows you to use a simple or martial weapon as a spellcasting focus for your spells. For this property to work, you must attach the ruby to the
weapon by pressing the ruby against it for at least 10 minutes. Thereafter, the ruby can’t be removed unless you detach it as an action or the weapon is destroyed. Not even an antimagic field causes it to fall off. The ruby does fall off the weapon if your attunement to the ruby ends.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, insatiable thirst for blood remains.
Indistinguishable from fog aside from the charnel reek it exudes, a vampiric mist descends on a creature and causes the blood in the creature’s body to ooze
through its pores or spill out from its eyes, nose, and mouth. This blood wafts out from the victim like crimson smoke, which the mist then consumes. The feeding causes no pain or discomfort to the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as
feet of him, turning the open space to solid, worked stone or vice versa.
Halaster causes one door or archway within 30 feet of him to disappear and be replaced by a blank wall, or he restores a door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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
threads can be cut only by a magic sword. Cutting a thread causes it to disappear but also causes an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”) to momentarily appear between the statue’s hands. This elder rune
specifically targets the creature that cut the thread. To determine which rune appears, draw a card from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B). The shadow curtain disappears when both silver threads are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
placed an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”) on the double door leading to area 16, set to trigger when the doors are opened. Draw from the Elder Runes Deck to determine which rune appears. The elder rune targets a random creature in this hall and within 60 feet of the doors.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of animal bones you can throw in different formations. 6 You draw runes into candles, melting the wax to smooth over the engravings. Feature: Rune Shaper You gain the Rune Shaper feat (described
mystic shapes of our runes.
—Diancastra
You’ve dedicated your life to studying runecraft. Whether you were taught by a master rune carver or learned by poring over ancient engravings, you can tap into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
around each stalagmite. The runes’ magic poses no danger to adventurers, but it causes weird, permanent transformations in any troll that lingers in this area. (For example, a troll might sprout an extra
“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 18b on level 8, in the closest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Ruby of the War Mage Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a spellcaster) Etched with eldritch runes, this 1-inch-diameter ruby allows you to use a simple or martial weapon as a spellcasting
detach it as an action or the weapon is destroyed. Not even an antimagic field causes it to fall off. The ruby does fall off the weapon if your attunement to the ruby ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
door to area 36c. Dwarvish runes are inscribed above each lever.
The pit is a trash compactor designed to flatten garbage into sheets that can be easily carted away and disposed of. The first lever
is currently in the up position and has the word “Crush” inscribed above it. Moving this lever to the down position causes the pit’s east and west walls to close together, crushing anything between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tunnel leading east.
The arch is one of Halaster’s gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Holding an open book while standing within 5 feet of the arch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. The
gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 25 on level 14, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
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
can’t be damaged. Because it’s without substance, other creatures can occupy its space. A successful dispel magic spell (DC 19) cast on the skull causes it to vanish for 1 minute. The skull also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
flank a stone double door engraved with a giant letter H.
If their handles are tugged, the double doors fly open, revealing a stone wall with a giant elder rune carved into it (see “Elder Runes”). Draw
a card from the Elder Runes Deck (see appendix B) to determine which rune waits beyond the doors. This rune targets all creatures in the room with the same effect (bane or boon, determined randomly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
keystone causes the coin to disappear and the gate to open for 1 minute. Other coins placed in the slot disappear but don’t open the gate. Characters must be 8th 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 creature that passes through the gate appears in area 11c on level 4, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
: Touching the arch with a dead twig or branch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. Characters must be 8th 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 creature that passes through the gate appears in area 3b on level 5, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants Adamantine trident 800 lb. Uvar Archway and Runes Figure 4.1: Archway Runes Six mithral-inlaid runes empower the archway. Prying out the mithral or defacing the runes causes the archway’s mist
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling by iron chains is a 20-foot-long iron horn with etched Dwarvish runes coiling around it.
The giant horn weighs 2 tons. It dangles 20 feet above the floor on three thick, 5-foot-long iron chains
the horn. A character who understands Dwarvish can translate the horn’s runes, not all of which are visible from the floor. The runes visible from the floor read, “If you blind us.” A character must fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
round As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
round
As you cast the spell, you draw a 5-foot-radius circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
teleportation circles. Each circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
round As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
round
As you cast the spell, you draw a 5-foot-radius circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
teleportation circles. Each circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast this spell, you learn the sigil sequences for two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Elder Runes on Gates When a gate opens, a random elder rune appears within its vertical plane. Draw a card from the Elder Runes Deck to determine which rune appears. Halaster usually has the rune
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
one of the corpses. (The gnome is really a troll named Xlorp, transformed by the runes in area 11b.)
In its current form, the troll has the statistics of an unarmored (AC 12), chaotic evil deep gnome
(svirfneblin) that speaks only Giant. Casting a successful dispel magic spell (DC 19) on the troll causes it to revert to its normal form. Xlorp also reverts to its normal form when its gnome form is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Level 9 The arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Holding an open book while standing within 5 feet of the arch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. The book
triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 49 on level 9, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
causes the reels to spin, stop, and display a row of five runes. The player wins by matching three or more runes. To determine the result of a pull, have the player roll 5d6 (the dice represent the
and five identical spinning cylinders called reels. Six golden, Infernal runes are painted on each reel. A player inserts between 1 and 9 copper coins into the machine’s slot and pulls the lever, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Heroes of the Giants Barbarians who harness the might of giants are not the only adventurers who draw power from giants. A character of any class can explore ties to giants in the following ways
. Elements and Environments If your spells or class features draw on elemental forces or the magic of the land, you might use a connection to giants to tap into that power. A druid belonging to the Circle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
bottle causes an elder rune to appear in the air above it (see “Elder Runes”). The rune targets the creature that opened the bottle. If the bottle was opened with a mage hand spell or similar magic, the
magic on the cauldron causes it to fall; casting the spell on the fire extinguishes it. Elixir of Timelessness. The cauldron contains twenty doses of a hot, oily black elixir that has grains of sand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Chapter 16: Ruin Traditionally, the Ruin card causes individuals who draw the card to lose their wealth. This chapter, intended for the DM, reinterprets this card as physical ruins to be explored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
additional weight before falling. Casting dispel magic on a chandelier causes it to go dark and fall to the floor with a loud crash. The paintings are stuck to the walls with sovereign glue and
if needed. Hanging on a stone peg that juts from the wall, the gold-plated shield is etched with arcane runes. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of necromancy magic radiating from the shield. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the south alcove is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Standing within 5 feet of the arch and imitating the moves of the dancing dwarves carved into it causes the
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->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
bones of ancient, mysterious creatures festoon the ship. Potent runes crawl across these remains, emitting a sickly green radiance. When a humanoid dies aboard the ship, that creature must make a DC
from a ship’s mast. Its powerful magic causes it to appear as a flag or banner displaying the symbol of a group, captain, or realm friendly to the viewer. Multiple viewers might see different flags or






