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Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
with controlling a construct for all time as punishment.
If this adventure is played as a sequel to Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature began as the Brain in a jar;brains in jars encountered in the
Barrier Peaks. After constructing a new collective body from spare parts, the brains escaped (and now seek revenge against the characters if they did not aid the brains sufficiently during that
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack, a catoblepas reveals the extent of its horrific nature. The creature’s serpentine neck has trouble lifting its head, but one glare from its bloodshot eyes can rot flesh. At the end of its
pestilence and rot created catoblepases as embodiments of their influence, while other stories link them to misfortune. Some such tales claim that swamp-dwelling hags tend catoblepases like cattle
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The amulet is a 4-inch-wide disk composed of silver-framed wood, with a rune carved into its face. A detect magic spell reveals a magical aura of enchantment around the amulet.
Every shield
its enemies or to guard the wielder against attack. If an attack threatens to injure the wearer, the construct can magically absorb the blow into its own body, even at a distance.
A humanoid that
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Named for the warlord who infamously employed it, the Mighty Servant of Leuk-o is a fantastically powerful, 10-foot-tall machine that turns into an animate construct when piloted. Crafted of a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
ways. If you want to find the Kwalish construct, you need to first find a temple to Ioun. 51–65 A monastery is hidden somewhere in the Barrier Peaks, though its followers care little for piety. Criminals
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D15. Bullywug Hut The wooden door to this dwelling is closed but not locked. This hut has a steep thatch roof. A small wooden chest rests in the middle of the floor, and scattered around it are six
wooden chest contains cookware, spices, old fishbones, and a mummified toad. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of evocation magic around the toad, and an identify spell or similar magic reveals what
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
protects those who venture too close to Eileanar’s edge. Hidden Quarter. Visually obscured by tunnels and illusions, the Hidden Quarter is the dismal dwelling place and industrial center for Low Netherese
servants. Underpeak. Gravity inversions allow mages to construct upside-down palaces on the surface of the rock below the city. However, the Underpeak’s cave systems are home to monsters as well as escaped magical experimentations.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
construct for all time as punishment. A brain in iron uses the brain in a jar stat block with the following changes: It is lawful neutral. It has the construct type. Its size is Large. It has Armor Class
15 (natural armor). It has a speed of 20 feet. If this adventure is played as a sequel to Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, this creature began as the brains in jars encountered in the Barrier Peaks. After
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
hundred villagers—including his own wife. In response to any question about Galin, the characters are directed to his residence in the upper boughs of the village. Stepping into a modest dwelling
dragon rider and disbelieves those who say they did, dismissing such reports as the result of fear and chaos during the raid. A successful DC 18 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the elf warden is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
hundred villagers — including his own wife. In response to any question about Galin, the characters are directed to his residence in the upper boughs of the village. Stepping into a modest dwelling
dragon rider and disbelieves those who say they did, dismissing such reports as the result of fear and chaos during the raid. A successful DC 18 Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that the elf warden is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
above can fool adventurers into thinking they have escaped Undermountain and found their way back to the surface. Birds, insects, and tree-dwelling mammals live here alongside Wyllowwood’s fiercer
appearances, the walls and ceilings are still very much in place, and a true seeing spell or similar magic reveals them. A magic calendar stone in area 6k allows one to change the time of day, the weather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Metallic Peacekeeper When a metallic dragon grows attached to a settlement of smaller folk—often after dwelling there for a time in Humanoid form—the dragon might decide to create a metallic
peacekeeper to protect the place. The peacekeeper can ward a community for centuries, standing in the place of its dragon creator and maintaining peace and order. Metallic Peacekeeper
Medium Construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
are quick to point out this anomaly, to prove to the characters that the maze is nothing to take lightly. The view from above reveals the maze as it exists in the real world. The view up the path from
ground level looks into the extradimensional space that Xonthal crafted as a barrier around his home. The tower’s entrance exists only within this extradimensional space. Entering the maze any other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
quick to point out this anomaly, to prove to the characters that the maze is nothing to take lightly. The view from above reveals the maze as it exists in the real world. The view up the path from
ground level looks into the extradimensional space that Xonthal crafted as a barrier around his home. The tower’s entrance exists only within this extradimensional space. Entering the maze any other way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to stone and placed here by Halaster to lure other adventurers to their doom (see “Pit Trap” below). Pit Trap A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the pit. Each time
Dexterity saving throw, taking 88 (16d10) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures that are gaseous, amorphous (such as an ooze), or protected by an impenetrable magical barrier (such as that created by an Otiluke’s resilient sphere spell) take no damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
spells that completely change the way adventurers interact with the world. Their big, flashy spells are significant in combat — disintegrate, blade barrier, and heal, for example — but behind-the
construct fortresses on land deeded them by local rulers. They found guilds, temples, or martial orders. They take on apprentices or students of their own. They broker peace between nations or lead them into war. And their formidable reputations attract the attention of very powerful foes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
journal is set with all manner of gears. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check confirms that these are not just decorative, but appear to be set in some sort of working order. The same check reveals
Barrier Peaks to Daoine Gloine. In addition, the journal provides plentiful evidence of Kwalish’s fascination with extradimensional spaces, and talks about his hope of one day establishing a secure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Wilderness Encounters Reaching the foothills of the Barrier Peaks takes the characters through a broad range of wild lands — including woods infused with the power of the Feywild. Wilderness
who get in its way. 6–7 Some strange creature has wandered down from the Monastery of the Distressed Body. Such creatures might include an ancient security construct gone mad (use oaken bolter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, attacking creatures that cross its path while remaining loyal to its caster. Living Bigby’s Hand
Large construct, unaligned
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (5d10 + 25)
Speed 0 ft
will of its own. It looks like a floating, black planar rift in the shape of a sword. Like a demon, it craves destruction. Living Blade of Disaster
Small construct, chaotic evil
Armor Class 14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
, including their creators. Flesh golems appear in varied forms. Roll on or choose a result from the Flesh Golem Characteristics table to inspire a flesh golem’s features. The barrier between the mortal
engines.
Bjorn Hurri
Flesh Golem Medium Construct, Neutral
AC 9 Initiative −1 (9)
HP 127 (15d8 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 19 +4 +4
Dex 9 −1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
artifact also reveals that an adult gold dragon named Aurinax guards the vault. The three keys needed to open the vault are chosen by you or determined randomly by rolling on the Vault Keys table
Animated construct Beardless dwarf 2 Beholder eyestalk Bronze dragon scale Cask of dwarven ale 3 Drunken elf Gems worth at least 1,000 gp Gift from a queen 4 Invisible creature Painting of a dwarf miner
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
usable as an arcane focus. Maddgoth took the spellbooks from scores of dead wizards and used them to construct the desk and chair for himself. Any character who examines the furniture can quickly
roll of 3, a spellbook contains four spells of each level from 1st through 3rd. Pick spells from the wizard spell list. Magic Mirror. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Belchy, sank in Deepwater Harbor almost a century ago. Lantanese gnomes working for Jarlaxle have managed to repair the construct. Two rounds after the characters corner Fel’rekt and Krebbyg, Big Belchy
characters might need to borrow Grinda Garloth’s apparatus of Kwalish to recover it. Next Encounter If a character becomes attuned to the Stone of Golorr, it reveals the location of the Vault of Dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
reveals threads of the Weave woven together through spellcasting, or the “knots” of the Weave in a magic item. A magic item appears enmeshed in the silvery-blue threads of the Weave, and the way the
threads are arranged reveals what type of magic is used (necromancy, abjuration, and so on). Similarly, active spells and areas imbued with magic are limned in a silvery network of threads, which might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Constitution saving throw, taking 33 (6d10) thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Construct has disadvantage on the saving throw.
Spellcasting. The apprentice casts
, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Construct has disadvantage on the saving throw.
Spellcasting. The pledgemage casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
githyanki raise their young in hidden crèches that they construct in far-flung places on the Material Plane. Such measures are necessary because birth and growth are impossible on the Astral Plane
immortal warriors dwelling in the silvery void. The young are told they are on the verge of entering the queen’s realm, each one of them destined to take a special place in the society. Their skills
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
adamantine ring can, with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check, determine that it was once part of some kind of enormous construct. Casting a detect magic spell on the fragment reveals a
Attack on Triboar Thousands of years ago, giants and dragons fought a great battle here, during which the giants unleashed an enormous dragon-slaying construct called the Vonindod. Part of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
juggernaut in area 62. Casting an identify, legend lore, or similar spell on the scepter reveals that its singular purpose is to destroy a construct named after Napaka. If the scepter is removed and not
request, but enough to place her in a special crypt. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals auras of evocation magic around the golden sun and the bejeweled cockroach (see “Treasure” below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
death mixed with swamp gas and skunk musk, gives it away as being much more ghastly than its appearance suggests. When it is on the attack, a catoblepas reveals the extent of its horrific nature. The
them to misfortune. Some such tales claim that swamp-dwelling hags tend catoblepases like cattle, drinking the monsters’ milk and using them as guardians or pets. Other legends say that those of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
dwelling in the fens near White Plume Mountain. In addition to her work for the Cartophile, Mary is eager to accompany the expedition so that she might search the Barrier Peaks for rare ingredients for
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
This windowless, two-story structure has a single door tucked near a corner on the ground floor. Standing in front of the door is an eight-foot-tall, bipedal construct made of chipped stone, rusty metal
, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side.
Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
to attack in melee until it can breathe again. CUSTOMIZATION: ANIMATED TILE CREATURE
An animated tile creature acts like the creature it resembles, except it is a construct that doesn’t breathe
sliding circular plate that reveals the bone boulder trap in that area. The plate is only apparent with a successful DC 24 Wisdom (Perception) check or a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
to attack in melee until it can breathe again. CUSTOMIZATION: ANIMATED TILE CREATURE
An animated tile creature acts like the creature it resembles, except it is a construct that has no need to
actually a sliding circular plate that reveals the bone boulder trap in that area. The plate is only apparent with a successful DC 24 Wisdom (Perception) check or a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
powerful, 10-foot-tall machine that turns into an animate construct when piloted. Crafted of a gleaming black alloy of unknown origin, the servant is often described as a combination of a disproportioned
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
hole pierces the deck and the hull below.
The first time a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead comes within 5 feet of the ship’s wreckage, the creature must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On
the vessel, and beyond that a hole punched through the bottom of the trench leads into area T3 20 feet below. Any other search of the ship reveals nothing except for ancient, rusted chain mail and






