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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
damage. Crafting an amulet requires 1 week and costs 1,000 gp in components.
A shield guardian’s solitary focus is to protect the amulet’s wearer. The amulet’s wearer can command the
guardian to attack 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.
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
A Mechanical Wonder is a semi-autonomous object imbued with magical power. Mechanical Wonders vary greatly in size and form depending on their function.
A Mechanical Wonder is a dormant object until
any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. The domestic wonderis destroyed if it drops to 0 Hit Points.
Domestic Wonder
Medium Construct, Unaligned
AC 9 Initiative -1
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
A Mechanical Wonder is a semi-autonomous object imbued with magical power. Mechanical Wonders vary greatly in size and form depending on their function.
A Mechanical Wonder is a dormant object until
gyrocopter can be used as a vehicle; it requires one pilot.
The gyrocopter wonder is a Huge object that weighs 500 pounds and has the following statistics: AC 14, HP 50, Speed 5 ft., and Fly Speed 20
Nabassu
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
creature it has killed within the last hour, provided that creature is neither a construct nor an undead. The devouring requires the nabassu to be within 5 feet of the corpse for at least 10 minutes, after
the nabassu and isn’t a construct or an undead, it must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma saving throw or reduce its hit point maximum by 13 (2d12);{"diceNotation":"2d12","rollType":"roll","rollAction
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
some shamans of the Griffon tribe can transform themselves into griffons by performing a ritual that requires them to drink copious amounts of horse blood.
UTHGARDT SHAMAN TRIBAL SPELLS
Depending
target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Spellcasting (Requires a Sacred Bundle). The shaman casts one
Vampiric Mist
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is construct or undead.
Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence
without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity.
Sunlight
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creature it has killed within the last hour, provided that creature is neither a Construct nor an Undead. The devouring requires the nabassu to be within 5 feet of the corpse for at least 10 minutes, after
":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Soul-Stealing Gaze.The nabassu targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. If the target isn’t a Construct or an
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is Construct or Undead.
Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence
without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity.
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Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
amulet requires 1 week and costs 1,000 gp in components.
A shield guardian’s solitary focus is to protect the amulet’s wearer. The amulet’s wearer can command the guardian to attack
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
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Knightly Virtue. The knight has one of the following traits, depending on the court it serves:
Courage (Embereth). The knight has advantage on Wisdom checks and Wisdom saving throws.
Knowledge
its former glory, or seeking to help travelers and remote communities beset by troubles.
Achieving knighthood in one of the courts requires a quest that proves one’s excellence in that court
True Polymorph
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
other action that requires hands or speech, unless its new form is capable of such actions.
The target’s gear melds into the new form. The creature can’t activate, use, wield, or otherwise
’s statistics and resolves all of its actions and movement.
If the spell becomes permanent, you no longer control the creature. It might remain friendly to you, depending on how you have
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
attuned to the artifact.
Attuning to the artifact requires two hours, which can be undertaken as part of a long rest, during which time you must be inside the servant, interacting with its controls
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. It is found with one energy cell attached, containing 2d10 charges.
POWERED ARMOR OPTIONS
Depending on where and how it appears in the adventure, you might wish to modify the features of Kwalish
), but doesn’t gain access to the user’s knowledge, features, or proficiencies.
Freeing a creature trapped inside the armor first requires defeating the armor’s automatic defenses
Magic Items
Princes of the Apocalypse
example, an air node creates a devastation orb of air. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires 2,000 gp worth of special components, which are consumed.
A devastation orb measures 12 inches in
the flood’s path is swept away. The flooding destroys crops and might trigger mudslides, depending on the terrain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sword of Life Stealing Weapon (any sword), rare (requires attunement) When you attack a creature with this magic weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, that target takes an extra 10 necrotic damage if it isn't a construct or an undead. You also gain 10 temporary hit points.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Sword of Life Stealing Weapon (any sword), rare (requires attunement) When you attack a creature with this magic weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, that target takes an extra 10 necrotic damage
if it isn’t a construct or an undead. You also gain 10 temporary hit points. Sword of Life Stealing and Sword of Sharpness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Sword of Life Stealing Weapon (Glaive, Greatsword, Longsword, Rapier, Scimitar, or Shortsword), Rare (Requires Attunement) When you attack a creature with this magic weapon and roll a 20 on the d20
for the attack roll, that target takes an extra 15 Necrotic damage if it isn’t a Construct or an Undead, and you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the amount of Necrotic damage taken.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Sword of Life Stealing Weapon (Glaive, Greatsword, Longsword, Rapier, Scimitar, or Shortsword), Rare (Requires Attunement) When you attack a creature with this magic weapon and roll a 20 on the d20
for the attack roll, that target takes an extra 15 Necrotic damage if it isn’t a Construct or an Undead, and you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the amount of Necrotic damage taken.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Scribe’s Pen Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a creature with the Mark of Scribing) You can use this pen to write on any surface. You decide whether the writing is visible or invisible
, but the writing is always visible to a person with the Mark of Scribing. Any creature with the Mark of Scribing can use an action to touch the invisible writing, making it visible to all. If you use the pen to write on a creature that isn’t a construct, the writing fades after 7 days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Nine Lives Stealer Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement) You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The sword has 1d8 + 1 charges. If you score a
critical hit against a creature that has fewer than 100 hit points, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be slain instantly as the sword tears its life force from its body (a construct or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Scribe’s Pen Wondrous item, common (requires attunement by a creature with the Mark of Scribing) You can use this pen to write on any surface. You decide whether the writing is visible or invisible
, but the writing is always visible to a person with the Mark of Scribing. Any creature with the Mark of Scribing can use an action to touch the invisible writing, making it visible to all. If you use the pen to write on a creature that isn’t a construct, the writing fades after 7 days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Lyre of Building Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a bard) While holding this lyre, you can cast mending as an action. You can also play the lyre as a reaction when an object or a structure
as an action to cast fabricate, move earth, passwall, or summon construct (appears in this book), and that spell can’t be cast from it again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Nine Lives Stealer Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement) You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The sword has 1d8 + 1 charges. If you score a
critical hit against a creature that has fewer than 100 hit points, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be slain instantly as the sword tears its life force from its body (a construct or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
7 bludgeoning damage, or 14 bludgeoning damage if it’s a construct. If a construct has 25 hit points or fewer after taking this damage, it is destroyed.
Mace of Terror Weapon (mace), rare (requires
Magic Items (M) Mace of Disruption Weapon (mace), rare (requires attunement)
When you hit a fiend or an undead with this magic weapon, that creature takes an extra 2d6 radiant damage. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
with the spirits of the house. Depending on the spirit summoned during the séance, the characters learn about one of the tragedies that transpired in the house. Additional séances and discoveries
ultimately wake the collective spirits and sinister forces lurking in the manor, trapping the characters inside the house. Escape requires the party to defeat an ageless evil. If they don’t, they’ll become another group of lost spirits imprisoned within the House of Lament.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
once if a fight breaks out. Hrossk’s job is to recast hot iron into body parts for the giant construct in area 15. Without Hrossk, Emberosa lacks the metalsmithing skills needed to finish work on Mecha
-Halaster. Hrossk is currently crafting a piece of what will become one of the construct’s eyes. The fire beetles can’t harm anyone while confined to their cage. Unlatching the cage door requires an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Barrier Tattoo Wondrous item (tattoo), rarity varies (requires attunement) Produced by a special needle, this magic tattoo depicts protective imagery and uses ink that resembles liquid metal. Tattoo
you aren’t wearing armor, the tattoo grants you an Armor Class depending on the tattoo’s rarity, as shown below. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit. Rarity AC Uncommon 12 + your Dexterity modifier Rare 15 + your Dexterity modifier (maximum of +2) Very Rare 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, including Dean Tullus, know the password to bypass these spells. Opening a lock requires thieves’ tools and a successful DC 25 Dexterity check (DC 35 while the arcane lock spell is active). Illumination
up or down like escalators, or flatten out completely before raising or lowering like lifts to accommodate larger creatures and mobility devices, depending on users’ needs. Transport Glyphs. Runic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Rod of the Vonindod Rod, rare (requires attunement) The fire giant duke Zalto hired a wizard to craft several of these adamantine rods. Each measures 4 feet long, weighs 100 pounds, and is sized to
. As an action, you can grasp it by the handle and expend 1 charge to cast the locate object spell from it. When the rod is used to detect objects made of adamantine, such as fragments of the Vonindod construct, its range increases to 10 miles.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
corpse to rot. The iron lever operates the mechanism that raises and lowers the portcullises by sliding it along the comb-shaped hole in the floor plate. Depending on how the lever is positioned, it
. Closed portcullises are locked in place; forcing one upward requires a successful DC 26 Strength (Athletics) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Time In situations where keeping track of the passage of time is important, the DM determines the time a task requires. The DM might use a different time scale depending on the context of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
information on the tools, see the Player’s Handbook. Magic Item Tools Item Category Required Tool Armor Leatherworker’s Tools, Smith’s Tools, or Weaver’s Tools depending on the kind of armor as noted
Weapon Leatherworker’s Tools, Smith’s Tools, or Woodcarver’s Tools depending on the kind of weapon as noted in the tools’ descriptions Wondrous Item Tinker’s Tools or the tool required to make the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Time In situations where keeping track of the passage of time is important, the DM determines the time a task requires. The DM might use a different time scale depending on the context of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Helmed Horror This construct possesses intelligence, the ability to reason and adjust its tactics, and an unswerving devotion to its maker that persists even after its maker’s demise. Resembling an
armor, the helmed horror requires less direction and maintenance as it carries out its appointed tasks. A helmed horror follows its orders with complete loyalty, and is intelligent enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Icon of Ravenloft Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a creature of good alignment) The Icon of Ravenloft is a 12-inch-tall statuette made of the purest silver, weighing 10 pounds. It
30 feet of you. The target regains 3d8 + 3 hit points, unless it is an undead, a construct, or a fiend. Once used, this property can’t be used again until the next dawn.






