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Monster Manual
until the end of the target’s next turn.Counterattack. Trigger: The warrior is hit by an attack roll. Response: The warrior adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss. On a
miss, the warrior can make one Greatsword or Longbow attack against the attacker.Tactical Charge. The warrior moves up to half its Speed straight toward an enemy it can see without provoking opportunity attack;Opportunity Attacks.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Charge. If the moose moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with an antlers attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType
":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Sure-Footed. The moose
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
);{"diceNotation":"1d10+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fang Fling", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Gorging Charge (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge
", "rollAction":"Gorging Charge"}. The maw moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks and can move through the spaces of Large or smaller creatures. Each time the maw enters
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
":"Staff of Striking","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage when used with two hands, and Bak Mei can expend up to 3 of the staff’s charges. For each expended charge, the target takes
;{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"heal","rollAction":"Heal Self"} hit points, and all levels of exhaustion end on him.Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, Bak Mei deflects
Wand of Orcus
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The ghastly Wand of Orcus rarely leaves Orcus’s side. The device, as evil as its creator, shares the demon lord’s aims to snuff out the lives of all living things and bind the Material
or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: animate dead (1 charge), blight (2 charges), circle of death (3 charges), finger of death (3 charges), power word kill
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a soul coin and use it to do one of the following:
Drain Life. You siphon away some of the soul’s essence and gain 1d10
temporary hit points.
Query. You telepathically ask the soul a question and receive a brief telepathic response, which you can understand. The soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
specific creature from the plane the gate leads to, hoping to interact with it. Or you might have a creature Kwalish previously met through the gate arrive in response to it being opened. That
characters attempting to activate or reverse the abyssal gate, you can also require that the character wearing the crown and holding the scepter must be in physical contact with the standing arch — making it impossible to activate the gate from inside the apparatus of Kwalish or any similar protective device.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
stop the Gith Capacitor from achieving a full charge. At the same time, to show off as many new creatures from Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes, this adventure is extremely combat heavy as well. To keep the
action going while remaining fair, this reliquary becomes the essential time keeping device for the adventurers. Whoever is attuned to the reliquary can instinctively tell how charged up the Gith
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Silver Sliver on multiple occasions that I’m available for consulting on things like this. No response, though. The organization is said to be headed up by someone named Glimmr Violente: a woman
devoted to not just the cause of justice in the abstract, but the literal application of justice via a scimitar. Her band of true believers do the whole shiny mask thing and don’t charge for their services … which is another thing I wouldn’t do.
— Omin Dran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
and false memories. Such revelations can play out in your adventures narratively at any pace you desire. Gradual Recovery. Lost memories might gradually reveal themselves in response to events in
to their hidden memories, doled out as you deem appropriate. This might take the form of allowing the character to navigate an alien installation, operate an inscrutable device, or read an otherworldly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
these items during the adventure but don’t want to make them part of your long-term campaign, some of them might function only in the monastery or Daoine Gloine, while others might be charge-dependent
trinket, two successes to operate a force pike or a teleportation-field device, and four successes to operate Kwalish’s powered armor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) Piercing damage, and the target’s Speed decreases by 10 feet until the end of the target’s next turn.
Bonus Actions
Tactical Charge. The warrior moves up to half its Speed
straight toward an enemy it can see without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
Reactions
Counterattack. Trigger: The warrior is hit by an attack roll. Response: The warrior adds 4 to its AC against that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Soul Coin. A soul coin has 3 charges. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a soul coin and use it to do one of the following: Drain Life. You siphon away some of the
soul’s essence and gain 1d10 temporary hit points. Query. You telepathically ask the soul a question and receive a brief telepathic response, which you can understand. The soul knows only what it knew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
contains a small, unpainted miniature figure representing each character. Each figure is a tiny clockwork device. If painted and kept on hand, the figures secretly animate to help the characters with
Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the girallon to leave. Roll a d4. On a 1–2, the girallon checks in with Moghadam in area 1. On a 3–4, it goes to see Phenex in area 14.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
that falls to the floor. “Binky!” shrieks the caged goblin.
Endelyn uses the lightning-powered arcane device in this room to punish those who irritate her. The device has 3 charges and regains all
expended charges after 8 hours. Pulling the lever expends 1 charge and causes a line of golden lightning, 10 feet long and 5 feet wide, to flash between the two copper spheres. Any creature in this line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
D&D world, as well as the one who reads (and sometimes also writes) the adventure and describes what happens in response to the characters’ actions. The DM plays monsters. The DM plays the monsters
about being a good DM is that the rules are a tool to help you have a good time. The rules aren’t in charge. You’re the DM — you’re in charge of the game. Guide the play experience and the use of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Coin. A Soul Coin has 3 charges. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a Soul Coin and do one of the following: Drain Life. You siphon away some of the soul’s
essence and gain 1d10 temporary hit points. Query. You telepathically ask the soul a question and receive a brief telepathic response, which you can always understand. The soul knows only what it knew in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
courtyard. In response to your approach, the nearest jackals turn toward you and snarl.
Creatures. A jackalwere called Hamebi leads a pack of ten jackals searching the ruins for survivors and treasure
impossible to understand her. Oddly, that something is a complex clockwork device, which Gildha stuck in her mouth to keep out of enemy hands during the attack. If the device is removed, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Shield Guardian Device-Controlled Magical Bodyguard Habitat: Urban; Treasure: None An intimidating magical automaton, a shield guardian obeys its master’s commands and protects its master from
. Trigger: An attack roll hits the wearer of the guardian’s amulet while the wearer is within 5 feet of the guardian. Response: The wearer gains a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack and possibly causing it to miss, until the start of the guardian’s next turn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
magical bridge into another realm of existence. The mythal thrummed in response, the intangible pulse of the old device taking on a new and different note. Sarya ignored the mythal stone’s change and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
black sphere holds the demon in place, and appears to be slowly draining away its essence.
The balor Tarnhem is bound here by the magic of Acererak, who has fashioned a device from a sphere of
the mouth of the great green devil face in this area when the Tomb of Horrors is complete. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area reverts Tarnhem to an earlier period before so much of his life force was drained, awakening him if he is unconscious.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
target. Hit: 19 (2d12 + 6) piercing damage.
Fang Fling. Ranged Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, range 30/90 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d10 + 6) piercing damage.
Gorging Charge (Recharge 5–6). The maw moves
prone condition. Until this grapple ends, the target has the restrained condition. The maw can have only one creature grappled in this way at a time.
Reactions
Fanged Rebuke. In response to taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
characters either to Moghadam or onward to Phenex in response to any other questions. Murals If the murals are examined, read the following (from the original Tomb of Horrors): The scenes painted show
charge in this area causes one of the muralists to descend the southernmost pit to collect more blood from Nolzur (held in area 7). If Nolzur has been rescued, the muralists report this to Moghadam, who rallies available workers to hunt for the missing thief.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
players’ interface to the D&D world, as well as the one who reads (and sometimes also writes) the adventure and describes what happens in response to the characters’ actions. The DM is a roleplayer. The DM
helpful ones. The most important thing to remember about being a good DM is that the rules are a tool to help you and the players have fun. The rules aren’t in charge. You’re the DM — you’re in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the name of an imaginary friend Tockworth invented in her childhood. This long-lost imaginary friend has resurfaced recently in response to Tockworth’s mounting loneliness.) L9: Tockworth’s Workshop
turn there, that creature becomes the target of a crown of madness spell (save DC 15) that has a duration of 1 minute. Fail-Safe Device. If Tockworth’s security key is inserted into the metal box
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
or fog. A force pike uses an energy cell (see area M10), expending one charge for each successful attack. If claimed as treasure, a pike’s cell holds 2d10 remaining charges. If you prefer not to have
appears to emerge from the other ring, no matter how far apart the devices are. The second device has a flying speed of 40 feet, and can be flown remotely under the creature’s control as part of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Accidents d10 Event 1–4 No Event 5 Archivist Attack 6 Firebreak 7 Get Me Down 8 Look Out 9–10 Sick Leave Archivist Attack In response to a dropped table or minor damage to the library shelves, two
character doesn’t spot anything amiss. If the character fails to notice the damaged device, or notices the problem but elects to do nothing about it, a misfire occurs in the “Welcoming Announcement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, whether the watchers on the ship are alerted to possible danger (a previous incorrect response to the signal), and whether the characters have taken all precautions to conceal their approach. Between the
very slippery. Climbing the hull without a rope or other device requires a successful DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. On a failed check, the climber falls into the water.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
common magic item to which anyone can attune. While holding the staff, a creature can use an action to expend 1 charge from the staff and cause a flower to sprout from a patch of earth or soil within
charges daily at dawn. If its last charge is expended, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff turns into black rose petals and is lost forever. 6g. Secret Room This room is hidden behind a locked secret door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
the controls to this strange torture device, he causes Francache’s lycanthropy to transform the rat into a duplicate of Big Gadai, to the pain and horror of everyone involved. When the rat is in human
successful DC 18 Strength check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area causes Andras to return to his quarters (area 8) to rest. If Andras and Stolos are both at this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
necromantic device called the Soulmonger, then hid it in the heart of the tomb. ACERERAK’S TRAITS
Ideal. “Why be a god when I can be a creator of gods?”
Bond. “I build dungeons to trap and slay
) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage when used with two hands.
Invoke Curse. While holding the Staff of the Forgotten One, Acererak expends 1 charge from it and targets one creature he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
cylindrical device is the Soulmonger. The malformed creature floating next to it is an atropal (see appendix D), which feeds on the captured souls of the dead. The atropal attacks any creature that
adventure) but also frees all the souls trapped within the device. Freed souls travel to the afterlife, and any creature whose soul is set free can be brought back from the dead by magical means. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
hands, and Bak Mei can expend up to 3 of the staff’s charges. For each expended charge, the target takes an extra 1d6 force damage.
Heal Self (Recharges after a Long Rest). Bak Mei regains 2d8 + 4
hit points, and all levels of exhaustion end on him.
Bonus Actions
Nimble Escape. Bak Mei takes the Disengage or Hide action.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
nearby forest for signs of trouble. Shortly after the characters arrive, Overseer Hwang Jung-Soon, the official in charge of the site, approaches them. What the Overseer Knows Hwang Jung-Soon (lawful good
that she’s holding back something in her response. Those who push her by succeeding on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check get Jung-Soon to share some of the strangeness she’s experienced, like finding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
in the air between them. A circular clockwork device floats within the light, recognizable even at a distance as one of the components of the Orrery of the Wanderer.”
Clockwork Dragons Each of the
clockwork creatures show no reaction to any response.) “Why have you come to Lottie’s vault?” (This can lead the characters to ask about Lottie, who the clockwork creatures know as the wizard who