before being don contingency releases

Baaz Draconian

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

reduced to 0 hit points, its body turns to stone and releases a petrifying gas. Each creature within 5 feet of the draconian must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be restrained as it begins

to continue to think their eggs are being held hostage so they don’t oppose the Dragon Queen’s conquests.

Gulthias Staff

Magic Items Curse of Strahd

feet of it. The staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 of its expended charges daily at dusk. If the staff is broken or burned to ashes, its wood releases a terrible, inhuman scream that can be

to the staff, blights and other evil plant creatures don’t regard you as hostile unless you harm them.

Kobold Inventor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Skunk in a Cage. The kobold releases a skunk into an unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. The skunk has a walking speed of 20 feet, AC 10

they might be surprisingly effective in the meantime. The weapons don’t have to be lethal—often one serves its purpose if it distracts, scares, or confuses a creature long enough for the inventor to kill that foe.

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These undead magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands

disappear or until Orcus releases their grasp (no action required). Regional Effects The region containing Orcus’s lair is warped by the Orcus’s magic, creating one or more of the following

Orcus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These creatures magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands

or until Orcus releases them (no action required). Undead Servants. Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to rise as skeleton;skeletons, zombie;zombies, or ghoul;ghouls (all appear in the

1. Acererak's Warning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

of the living. Those who dare enter take heed: The enemies oppose. One stands between them. In darkness, it hides. Don the mask or be seen. Speak no truth to the doomed child. The keys turn

combined Strength of 60 or more can topple the obelisk, breaking it off at the base. Breaking or destroying the obelisk releases a cloud of black smoke that coalesces into a nalfeshnee demon. The demon

Attack on Goldenfields

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

humanoid that is magically transformed to Large size can don or doff a goblin hucker in 10 minutes. The sling of the trebuchet is big enough to hurl a rock, a flaming cask of pitch, or a similarly sized

cord that releases the sling and hurls the projectile through the air. Goblin Projectile. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 150/600 ft. (can’t hit targets within 30 feet of the hucker), one target

Wyrmheart Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

later, the second mechanism releases a 5-foot-diameter stone sphere that drops into the cave (marked T on the map) and rolls into the wooden claw across the tunnel mouth, which is demolished by the

overlooking the dragon’s lair. The kobolds don the ceremonial wooden masks and capes before addressing their overlord. If characters put on the masks and capes before peering into area 14, and they make

K84. Catacombs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

the treasure automatically. Crypt 6 Saint Markovia: Dead for all time The 10-foot-square section of floor in front of this crypt is a pressure plate that releases four poison darts hidden in tiny holes

dragon-wing glider. (It takes 1 minute to don or doff the glider.) It can’t support more than 80 pounds, although the amount of weight it can carry is not evident. A character who inspects the glider in an

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