before birth devising construct reflective

Skitterwidget Problem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

a problem for Candlekeep. Any pair of skitterwidgets—including any left undestroyed in area U6, which survive even if the Barn Door launches into space—can mate and give birth to kiddywidgets. Those

tiny constructs soon grow to be as big as their parents, and they can make kiddywidgets of their own in turn. If the construct population isn’t culled, Candlekeep might one day be overrun by the

8. Sculptors' Workroom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

assisted by a girallon. The sculptors (use the cultist stat block) traveled here from the Temple of Moloch under the false promise of fabulous payment for helping construct the tomb. They have since

area 10) are devising a means of escape using a set of superior mason’s tools hidden there, and that these tools can also weaken the eidolon in the Temple of Moloch (see area 25 in chapter 4). They also

Born to Serve

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

implacable master. And they call that liberation? — Adaka Fell Hand, githzerai monk From birth, githyanki are conditioned to fight and die for their queen. Children endure a brutal upbringing that

Skitterwidget

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Medium construct Armor Class 18 (natural armor) Hit Points 85 (10d8 + 40) Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 14 (+2) CON 18 (+4) INT 3 (-4

cuter than their parents. A skitterwidget strives to protect nearby kiddywidgets, whether it gave birth to them or not. If it receives a command from its master that would endanger the life of one or

25. Maddgoth's Study

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

with an arcane focus activates it. The mirror’s reflective surface turns to liquid for 1 minute when touched by either a construct or an object serving as an arcane focus. A creature can reach into the

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

M10. Treasury

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

the construct override the brain’s control of the treasury engine. Successfully doing so keeps the engine running, but Gearbox is unable to disconnect as a result. Treasure. All manner of goods and

exploration of the mountains, building an ambulatory craft capable of crawling up and down mountainous slopes to travel farther into the Barrier Peaks, and other tasks of your devising. Completing any such

Fractine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

to be used as scrying sensors, their reflective surfaces substituting for the mirror needed to cast certain divination spells. While being used in this way, the fractine siphons magical energy from the

Construct, Typically Neutral Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 110 (13d10 + 39) Speed 0 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover) STR 1 (−5) DEX 13 (+1) CON 16 (+3

Xaos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

alive—a hovering, sapient Construct that feeds on Xaos’s disorderly residents. Periodically, Automata deploys modrons to recover the lost unit, but they are swallowed just the same, absorbed into the

mysterious geometric pillar, their victims become unwilling incubators for hideous slaad tadpoles that erupt from their hosts at birth. Adventures in Xaos The Xaos Adventures table offers suggestions for

M3. Central Abbey

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

are taken to the cells in area M6, where you can create escape scenarios for them of your own devising. Death of the Grand Master. If the Grand Master is slain, the bone devil is revealed to be an

discovered Kwalish’s war machine designs and managed to construct it using the bone devil’s exoskeleton. The tiny fiend has kept up this pretense for years, piloting this exoskeleton in the guise of the Grand

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising. 05 You emanate a weak magnetic aura

dealt). 76 A tiny construct resembling a gynosphinx follows you around. It can truthfully answer up to ten yes-or-no questions regarding the campaign, at the DM’s discretion. A tiny

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

that cause extra damage. Any creature, other than a construct or an undead, hit by an attack that deals piercing or slashing damage begins to bleed, losing 1d4 hit points at the start of each of its

bleeding also stops if the target receives magical healing. 47–52 Mirrors and other highly reflective surfaces allow magical transport while in the region. Any creature that touches its reflection in an

City Celebrations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

This day commemorates the birth of the city. The Field of Triumph is the site of illusory displays that chronicle the history of Waterdeep, as well as martial exhibitions by the Guard and other worthies

: Stoneshar Stoneshar is an all-faiths day during which folk strive not to be idle. Even children at play are encouraged to dig holes, build sand castles, or construct crude models. Waterdavians

Upper Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

creature is magically transformed into an animated, doll-like effigy of itself made of wood. The creature’s statistics are the same, except that it is a Construct with vulnerability to fire damage, and it

drifts into a lengthy, plodding dissertation about demiplanes and how to construct them) Kingdom of the Ghouls (one adventuring party’s exploration of a subterranean kingdom of ghouls on the world of

Areas of the Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

aura of divination magic around the mirror. Speaking the word “Xoblob” within 10 feet of the mirror causes its reflective surface to become a scrying sensor, showing the Old Xoblob Shop and the street

floor. A mangy straw pallet lies on the floor under the bowl. (The fishkeeper, Ott Steeltoes, uses the pallet as a bed.) Dream Nullifier. Xanathar hired a wizard to construct a device that would prevent

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