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bottom, as in the Web spell. These strands regrow in 10 minutes if they are destroyed while Guards and Wards lasts.
Other Spell Effect. Place one of the following magical effects within the warded
return within 10 minutes if dispersed while Guards and Wards lasts)
Gust of Wind in one corridor or room (the wind blows continuously while the spell lasts)
Suggestion in one 5-foot square; any creature that enters that square receives the suggestion mentally
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
people called the vaati, who once ruled many worlds. Seven Wind Dukes wove their power into an artifact called the Rod of Law. The dukes used the rod to imprison Miska on the plane of Pandemonium. As a
result, the rod shattered into seven parts that were scattered throughout the multiverse. The rod thus became known as the Rod of Seven Parts.
Possessing the Broken Rod. The rod can’t be attuned
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
device that controls the elemental cannon. This device, shown in the accompanying illustration, looks like a metal rod with a tip shaped like a bird’s head.Elemental Cannon. On initiative count 20
fire. If the crystal is destroyed, both Zikran’s handheld device and the cannon become powerless. The crystal is a Large object with AC 13, 40 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage.Acid, Damage from Spells; Nonmagical Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing (from Stoneskin)
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Guards and Wards Level 6 Abjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a silver rod worth 10+ GP)
Duration: 24 hours
You create a ward that protects up to
in 10 minutes if they are destroyed while Guards and Wards lasts. Other Spell Effect. Place one of the following magical effects within the warded area: Dancing Lights in four corridors, with a simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
) on a rune destroys it. A rune can also be deactivated if a creature within 5 feet of it says, “The moon sings a song for the lost.” Both runes must be either rendered inactive or destroyed for the safe room’s door to open. This allows access to the heart of Havock, where the rod piece is located.
Accessing the Rod Piece The rod piece was stored in a safe room in the Lambent Zenith’s prow (area Z19). When the ship crashed, the safe room’s security wards activated, and the room’s doors sealed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 4: The Ruined Colossus One Pixel Brush The next piece of the Rod of Seven Parts is inside an enormous war machine Searching for the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts takes the characters
to the continent of Khorvaire on Eberron. The scars of the Last War are still fresh on Khorvaire. Nowhere is this truer than in the Mournland, a once-glorious nation destroyed during the apocalyptic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Guards and Wards Level 6 Abjuration (Bard, Wizard) Casting Time: 1 hour
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a silver rod worth 10+ GP)
Duration: 24 hours
You create a ward that protects up to
in 10 minutes if they are destroyed while Guards and Wards lasts. Other Spell Effect. Place one of the following magical effects within the warded area: Dancing Lights in four corridors, with a simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Tower Falls If all six web anchors are cut or destroyed, Hurricane Tower crashes 400 feet down the cliffside, leaving only its foundation behind. Once it starts falling, the characters have 1
minute to escape the tower. Characters who fail to do so take 70 (20d6) bludgeoning damage. The tower’s fall has a number of additional effects: Destroyed Citadel Areas. If the characters cut or destroy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the rod may be temporarily destroyed in this way, but each piece re-forms one year after it has succumbed. A re-formed piece teleports to a random place in the multiverse. The Rod’s Pieces During this
characters are the perfect patsies. Kas planned to retrieve the pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts himself, but now he sends the characters to do so. Kas plans to use the rod to free the demon lord Miska
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, along with their thralls and the remnants of the third spirit naga, Hexacali, who was destroyed and transformed into a bone naga by the yuan-ti. The spirit nagas maintain a stable of thralls and use a rod
of rulership to insure their obedience. Every day at dawn, the nagas gather their thralls in area 15a and target them again with the recharged rod, and each naga has the special ability to increase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Mourning swept over Cyre and destroyed the nation. Instead of teleporting to the front lines, this colossus, called Landro, appeared miles away, half-buried in the face of a soaring mountain
, fueled by a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts—continues to function, creating a magical force field around the colossus and altering the gravity within it. In addition to the aberrant monsters and restless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
rod the most obvious target. If three or more of these rods fall or are destroyed, the assembly is no longer tall enough to conduct lightning; the contraption shuts down after 1 minute and remains
meet a tragic end. It serves no other purpose. The device is powered by electricity transmitted through its central element: an 80-foot-tall lightning rod that forms its vertical axis. A creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Doorway to Eberron Before seeking the third rod piece, the characters can rest and prepare in the sanctum in Sigil. By doing some research in Sigil or conversing with the Wizards Three, the
century—the Mournland was the nation of Cyre. An apocalyptic event called the Day of Mourning destroyed Cyre and transformed the region. Remnants of the Last War’s battlefields, such as the fire-spewing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
eyes are fanged, drooling mouths that begin a cacophony of babbling. The creature attacks until destroyed but doesn’t leave the room. Treasure. The flask contains a dried potion of hill giant strength
. The stone cylinder is a +1 rod of the pact keeper. The urn holds the dried heart of a mighty yuan-ti that radiates transmutation magic if detect magic is used on it. Any character who eats the entire thing gains the permanent ability to understand the speech of snakes and yuan-ti.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, destroying the line of energy emanating from it and weakening the ritual. When all six lines of energy are destroyed, the fog cloud vanishes. As long as at least one column is active, characters see
that “birthed” it. The shadow assassins guard the room thereafter. Treasure Each cult fanatic carries an obsidian holy symbol of Shar (25 gp each). The leader, Abberoch, also has a silver rod with one end formed in the shape of a key (70 gp). The rod unlocks the double door in area 18.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
three rods Gremorly set up to turn Harrowhall into a ghost trap. If the rod is removed from its tripod or destroyed, the necromantic energy fades and the rod becomes nonmagical. The rod and tripod
glyph has gone off, or if it is dispelled, the ritual rod can be safely moved, destroyed, or disassembled. The glyph doesn’t activate if the rod is moved without anyone touching it or approaching it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
crystal around them is destroyed, they can’t be targeted by attacks or subjected to magical effects. Moreover, they are restrained and can’t use their War Magic feature or make longsword attacks. They
reduced to 0 hit points shatters, freeing the githyanki within. A githyanki whose stalactite is destroyed is no longer restrained by it and falls into the pit of silvery mist below it, whereupon it returns
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Ruby Dragon. While creating the First World, Bahamut and Tiamat also created Sardior, a dragon with ruby scales. Sardior was destroyed in the sundering of the First World. The Simulacrum Project
. Windfall acquired the seventh piece of the Rod of Seven Parts some time ago. She used it to create an image of Sardior, who she believes resembled a red dragon. Windfall hopes to find a way to use the rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
her most powerful servants. The attacking drow force consists of the following: Ilvara, drow priestess of Lolth, armed with a tentacle rod in addition to the usual equipment Asha, junior drow
from a distance with her tentacle rod, or cast spells such as poison spray and ray of sickness. If Ilvara loses more than half her hit points, she attempts to summon a yochlol demon. Evening the Odds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Ruinous Citadel Locations The following locations are keyed to map 10.3. If the characters felled the Hurricane Tower, areas Y1 and area Y3–area Y6 are destroyed, as well as any creatures and objects
. The room’s west end contains a jumble of stones stacked to create a vertical ring about five feet in diameter. A sleek staff—the Rod of Seven Parts—is jammed between two encircling stones like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
rendered its magic unstable. The oval serves as a portal to Sigil while the characters carry the second piece of the rod. If a creature tries to teleport to the Mournland using a Teleport spell, a Plane
what they were looking for. Landro This unusually large colossus contains the third piece of the Rod of Seven Parts. Landro is described later in this chapter. Veterans’ Camp A crumbling stone bridge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
manifested secret. Meanwhile, the same or a different character must do one of the following: Expend 1 charge of the Rod of Seven Parts Expend a spell slot of 7th level or higher As soon as the charge
dismantled, everything inside it is destroyed except for the characters, who are teleported to the mouth of the unreality’s corresponding tunnel in Vecna’s Grasp. Thereafter, that unreality’s tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
powerful artifact buried in this hill—the rod piece—infused the peylon tree with its magic and enticed Gazaia to become the tree’s guardian. When Lord Soth’s soldiers recently stole the artifact, Gazaia
promptly leave, or if Gazaia catches a character attempting to take the peylon fruit by stealth or force, she attacks the party viciously and fights until destroyed. Gazaia’s Secret. The deadbark dryad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
overwhelmingly foul stench fills this destroyed and empty room. Where the prow should be is a gaping hole leading into the putrid core of Havock’s heart.
The rod piece was consumed by the hertilod lurking
aboard the Lambent Zenith. Though they can recount the ship’s mission and subsequent crash, these sailors know nothing about the rod piece. Z3: Galley and Pantry The sound of sizzling and the smell of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A mask that is reduced to 0 hit points is destroyed and can’t be transformed back into the creature it once was. Each copper rod is a Medium object with AC
either rod renders the device inoperable until it is repaired. The creature holding the lever is a darkling elder (see appendix C) who takes sadistic pleasure in turning other creatures into masks. A
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
in your space and engulfs you. The gelatinous cube is hostile and remains until it is destroyed. If there isn’t enough space for the gelatinous cube to appear, this card has no effect.
Path
and wrap around you. You have the restrained condition until the chains are destroyed or you are freed. While you have this condition, you can’t cast spells, and any magic items you’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a platinum rod. The disks are of use to the characters as they explore the super-secret basement, and the rods can be claimed as treasure, as noted
until destroyed. Buzz Saw of Doom. The cylindrical object in the room’s center looks like two barrels placed atop one another, with sharp, circular blades jutting out in various directions. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Rod. This 6-inch-long black metal rod has a button at the top. Using an action to press the button causes the rod to emit a chirp. Any creature within 30 feet of the rod that isn’t deafened and has an
Intelligence of 3 or lower must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be incapacitated for 1 minute. After each activation, there’s a 25 percent chance that the rod breaks and becomes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
defeat it. For its Bloodheart Stake trait, the impaler is bound to the stake in Brigetta’s corpse. Retrieving the Rod Piece. If the relentless impaler is destroyed, the cultists cower in fear and allow
. The cult ritually sacrificed Brigetta using a ceremonial stake tipped with the fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts, which is still embedded in Brigetta’s chest. A relentless impaler (see appendix
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
item is dipped into it. The pool regains all expended charges daily at dawn. Dragonshard Pool Effects d6 Effect 1–2 The item is destroyed. 3–4 The item gains a cosmetic defect such as
appendix A). It attacks any creature it sees and fights until destroyed. L15: Overhang Two tunnels branch off opposite sides of this thirty-foot-high cavern. The tunnels reconvene at an overhang fifteen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
graymatter engine’s consciousness is transferred to the crystal, which becomes an Elemental Gem (emerald). As soon as the graymatter engine’s consciousness is transferred to the id crystal, the rod
Dexterity saving throw, taking 99 (18d10) fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Unattended, nonmagical objects inside Landro are destroyed by the explosion.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5
Actions
Multiattack. The fomorian makes three Rod attacks.
Rod. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6) bludgeoning
fomorian dies. If the rune is destroyed, the fomorian can inscribe a blood rune on an object in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest.
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn't impede
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
patch that covers a 10-foot square. A patch of brown mold exposed to an effect that deals any amount of Cold damage is destroyed instantly. Fireball Fungus Deadly Hazard (Levels 5–10) A fireball
takes 5 (1d10) Acid damage. The creature takes the damage again at the start of each of its turns until the slime is scraped off (requiring an action) or destroyed. Against wood or metal, green slime
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
destroyed. Each door has AC 19, 40 hit points, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Zox has cast a glyph of warding spell on every door. Each glyph is inscribed on the inside
guardian to attack. Zox’s music box has no magical properties beyond its ability to play a tune. The music plays continuously but stops if the box is dropped, shaken, or otherwise handled roughly. The box
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
count 20 of the next round (losing initiative ties). The ceiling is too heavy to be stopped by any braces, but an Immovable Rod or similar item can prevent it from dropping so far as to crush anyone. T11
strike pillars. The juggernauts fight until they are destroyed or until a creature destroys the triangular stone in the control room (area T15). T15: Juggernaut Control Room A hidden door conceals this