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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zariel fails a saving throw
of all kinds crawl over the structure, ensuring that no intruders breach their defenses.
Lair Actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Zariel can take a lair action to cause one of
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
primal evil power before other yugoloths or that they come from an epoch before the current manifestation of the planes. Baernaloths refuse to say, but most obsess over secrets and obscene lore regarding
wounded foes alive, sometimes indefinitely, to prolong their suffering. Even striking against a baernaloth brings misery—they can cause an attacker’s old wounds to painfully reopen. All the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
soul of the mighty warlord Leuk-o was drawn into the artifact and has become its animating force. The servant has been known to attack or move of its own accord, particularly if doing so will cause
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
defense against the axe, which passes through that spell’s barrier of magical force.
When you hit a fiend or an undead with the axe, cold blue flames erupt from its blade and deal an extra 2d6
regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
Illumination. While holding the axe, you can use an action to cause the axe to glow blue or to quench the glow. This glow sheds bright light in a 30-foot
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level)
1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater RestorationThe medusa can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one
with advantage.Sometimes deeply devout people, usually either Humanoids or medusas, dedicate themselves to a cause and are transformed by a deity or magic into hierophant medusas—beings with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Rumors and Legends Countless legends have arisen regarding the mysterious Barrier Peaks, and those tales circulate constantly among adventurers, explorers, and bards. Rumors specific to Kwalish and
percentile dice and consult the table below to determine what the character learns. False rumors are in italics. Also see appendix F for even more potential rumors of the Barrier Peaks. Barrier Peaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Enhanced Medusa Like the enhanced sphinx from Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature has been augmented with various technologies from the Barrier Peaks. Specifically, its eyes have been replaced
seek revenge for what befell its ancestor Gloine Nathair-Nathair, or could be appeased with information regarding that medusa’s whereabouts. WHO’S WHO
While little is known of Daoud, his lanthorn was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors Expect to be questioned at the gate, or when you register with a magister, regarding your ability to cast arcane magic. Wizards, sorcerers, and other
helps investigators determine whether magic was used to commit a crime in the city. Members can also expect to be tapped for assistance during and after fires, natural events that cause multiple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Barrier Peaks. His studies of an ancient, crashed planar craft set him on a path that might have seen him rival Ioun and Heward — until his experiments overtook him, and he became lost to the ages
. All that’s left of his legacy is a single example of his earliest work — the apparatus of Kwalish that is the only way most folk now know his name. It was Kwalish’s foray into the Barrier Peaks that set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. The others rest in a state of contemplation, waiting for the time when their services are needed to stave off some cosmic threat to the cause of good. Solar
Large celestial, lawful good
Armor
, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, resurrection
1/day each: commune, control weather
Magic Resistance. The solar has advantage on saving throws against spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
made with this magic weapon. The shield spell provides no defense against the axe, which passes through that spell’s barrier of magical force. When you hit a fiend or an undead with the axe, cold blue
your feet in your space (as you choose). The axe regains all expended charges daily at dawn. Illumination. While holding the axe, you can use an action to cause the axe to glow blue or to quench the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. See appendix C for Garret’s stat block. Value to the Party. Garret can draw the maps requested by the Cartophile. He also knows several rumors (both true and false) regarding the Barrier Peaks, and
can earn his release from the coffin along the way — by any means possible. Value to the Party. Originally native to an area near the Barrier Peaks, Ctenmiir has much experience with the initial route
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
known today. However, its true origins derive from a planar craft that crashed in the Barrier Peaks, for the Infernal Machine once functioned as this craft’s central command console.
Explorers who
preventing it from restoring itself if it is attacked. Alternatively, other combinations of controls might cause the Infernal Machine to teleport its most critical components to some hiding place deep in space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
no farther falls to the floor inside the curtain. Spell effects that would not reasonably pass through the watery curtain are stopped by the barrier as though it were a solid wall. For example, a magic
missile spell could pass through the curtain to hit creatures on the far side of it, but the explosion from a fireball spell would not get through the barrier. A creature that passes through a watery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Forms Phlegethos is the center of the Nine Hells’ judicial system, which is overseen by Belial. Any disputes regarding contracts, accusations of cowardice in battle or dereliction of duty, and other
loopholes and exceptions that can cause any legal dealings to drag out for years before a resolution is reached. Belial and his underlings also administer the procedure that determines the fate of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
, but most obsess over secrets and obscene lore regarding the far-flung past and inscrutable future of the multiverse. Many of these rare scholars of the profane seek to manipulate reality on a grand
use their wicked power to keep mortally wounded foes alive, sometimes indefinitely, to prolong their suffering. Even striking against a baernaloth brings misery—they can cause an attacker’s old wounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
of unstoppable destruction. Tales of the servant’s origins involve more conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related
if doing so will cause destruction. Once every 24 hours, the servant, at the DM’s discretion, takes one action while uncrewed. If the servant loses half of its hit points or more, each creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
determination, then leave the temple for the nearby woods where they once dwelled. If this area is searched, a successful DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check uncovers research notes regarding Thessalar’s
has no effect on Thessalar or his homunculus, but one of the experiments in the lab randomly advances as you determine. For example, using 1 charge might cause the pseudodragon to age into an undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Hierophant Medusa Sometimes deeply devout people, usually either Humanoids or medusas, dedicate themselves to a cause and are transformed by a deity or magic into hierophant medusas—beings with
, Thaumaturgy
2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level)
1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater Restoration
Bonus Actions
Petrifying Gaze (Recharge 4–6). The medusa unleashes petrifying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
openings overlook the snow-covered grounds outside the stronghold.
Unless she has cause to leave the overlook and raise the drawbridge in area O2, a duergar named Urthhild stands guard here, stamping
on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 7 (2d6) piercing damage from the spikes and be restrained until the spikes are retracted or the barrier is destroyed. The spikes can be retracted only by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
further test, she allowed Severin a scrap of knowledge regarding the existence of the five dragon masks. Severin took that bit of information and did what few others could have accomplished
colors to recruit more dragons to the cause, and plan cult missions that advance Severin’s plots. In addition to Severin, the Red Wyrmspeaker, the members of the inner circle are: Galvan (male human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
further test, she allowed Severin a scrap of knowledge regarding the existence of the five dragon masks. Severin took that bit of information and did what few others could have accomplished, searching
more dragons to the cause, and plan cult missions that advance Severin’s plots. In addition to Severin, the Red Wyrmspeaker, the members of the inner circle are: Galvan (male human), the Blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, the information in this section regarding the NPC’s behavior takes precedence over whatever is said elsewhere in these pages; that NPC is extraordinary. Artifact (Joker 1) Look for an entertaining
, he leaves the scroll in one of their rooms. B. Horseman (Joker 2) A man of death named Arrigal will forsake his dark lord to serve your cause. Beware! He has a rotten soul.
This card refers to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
overhears regarding the organization. If the characters talk openly about Dran Enterprises while Rakeem is anywhere in the tavern, he overhears them and alerts company operatives as to the characters
wound, allowing the characters to see his predicament and win Fryer over to their cause with some beneficial healing. Alternatively, an NPC the characters have previously confided in might appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
further test, she allowed Severin a scrap of knowledge regarding the existence of the five dragon masks. Severin took that bit of information and did what few others could have accomplished
colors to recruit more dragons to the cause, and plan cult missions that advance Severin’s plots. In addition to Severin, the Red Wyrmspeaker, the members of the inner circle are: Galvan (male human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
creatures do not know why Lottie did this. “It is best not to cross Lottie. She destroys all who dare rise against her.” If the creatures believe the characters’ cause is just (or at least coincidentally
Office for help can provide details regarding someone named Lottie with a penchant for creating clockwork creatures. Though the characters are unable to claim the final orrery component at this time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
step. The maelephants (see Morte’s Planar Parade) of the Wall Watch patrol Curst’s perimeter: a high, corroded barrier lined with saw-toothed barbs and search towers. The elephantine warders turn their
. Beneath their placid veneer, however, some prisoners seek to cause ruin and strife, such as the conniving burgomaster, who shelters secrets of his own. Others just want to be left alone. CoupleOfKooks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; she can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Zariel casts major image four times at its lowest level, targeting different areas with
self (can become Medium when changing her appearance), detect evil and good, fireball, invisibility (self only), wall of fire
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, finger of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
approach too close, however, lest you stumble into the invisible barrier — a “force cage,” I am told — that surrounds the tower. Within that barrier lie additional protective wards, as demonstrated by the
own. The gods were once more cast into the mortal realm, this time embodied in mortal beings known as Chosen. The old troublemaker Ao seems to be the cause of it all, though why he chose to cast down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Daveras tried to talk to him, but Figaro used a magical device to erect an impenetrable barrier around the room.
Personal History. Daveras wasn’t part of the Lambent Zenith’s crew. When his
barrier if he feels he can trust the characters. The barrier allows sound to pass through, meaning that the characters can talk with Figaro. A character talking with Figaro can make a DC 25 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Daoine Gloine The city of Daoine Gloine has long been thought of as mere legend — just another strange tale from the already-strange Barrier Peaks. Occasionally, travelers would return from the
, resembling an almost-transparent barrier some thirty feet above the ground, visible only where it catches the light.
Below that strange barrier, the buildings of the city are unnaturally clean
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Candlekeep (see “Knights of the Shield”). V30. Barrier of Iron Bars This sewer tunnel slopes down gradually toward the south, channeling water and sewage into the city’s sewer system. The tunnel is blocked by
a 10-foot-square barrier composed of vertical iron bars with 6-inch gaps between them — enough room for a rat to saunter through, but too narrow for normal-sized characters to squeeze through. The
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
.
Scroll of the Comet Scroll, legendary
By using an action to read the scroll, you cause a comet to fall from the sky and crash to the ground at a point you can see up to 1 mile away from you. You
. The Ythryn mythallar’s properties are as follows:
While you’re on the same plane of existence as the Ythryn mythallar, you can use an action to cause it to fly in any direction you choose at a speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, and through many other means. So if an oracle stands on a beach imploring Thassa for an augury regarding a course of action you believe to be disastrous, you might describe the waves washing over the
identity of a villain. Nylea might cause a flock of birds to suddenly rush eastward, inviting her champion to follow in that direction, or an animal might snarl whenever the villain’s name is spoken
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
leading down to area Y19j. This barrier was created by a wall of force spell and is maintained by the glowing green crystal set above the doorway (see “Green Crystal” below). As long as this crystal
. Whenever a loud noise is made inside the chamber, the loose crystal flickers. Tremendously loud noises, such as those made by a thunderwave spell or a horn of blasting, cause the crystal to go out for 1d6






