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Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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The body of a clockwork horror is about two feet in diameter, but the legs give it an overall diameter of four feet. Embedded in the front of its head is a crystal that enables the clockwork horror to
tiny rotating saws mounted at the tips of its forelimbs. A horror can also discharge bolts of lightning from a short lightning rod embedded in its body.
When a clockwork horror dies, the magic that
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
feet. If the brigganock dies, its soul light fades away.
Tunneler. Using a pickaxe or similar tool, a brigganock can burrow through solid rock at a speed of 5 feet, leaving a 6-inch-diameter tunnel
size and never turn down a good meal.Move Soul Light. The brigganock moves its soul light up to 30 feet in any direction to an unoccupied space it can see. At the end of the current turn, the light returns to the brigganock.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the effect on itself on a success.Third Form
Auril’s third form, called Winter’s Womb or the Queen of Frozen Tears by her most ardent followers, is a 3-foot-diameter ice diamond containing
invincible while underestimating her mortal enemies, even in her current weakened state.
Auril’s Three Forms
In her current weakened state, Auril can assume three different forms. To destroy her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
19. Observation Room The floor of this room is 10 feet higher than the floor of area 18. A circular pane of crystal ten feet in diameter hangs vertically in this chamber, anchored to the ceiling
, walls, and floor by chains. A scene of roiling fire can be glimpsed within the crystal. In front of the crystal, an ornate rod is set into the floor.
The scrying crystal allowed Xonthal to peer into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
19. Observation Room The floor of this room is 10 feet higher than the floor of area 18. A circular pane of crystal ten feet in diameter hangs vertically in this chamber, anchored to the ceiling
, walls, and floor by chains. A scene of roiling fire can be glimpsed within the crystal. In front of the crystal, an ornate rod is set into the floor.
The scrying crystal allowed Xonthal to peer into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
theater. Each lightning rod is 30 feet tall and topped with a 10-foot-diameter symbol of a sun or moon made of copper. Each hour, the rods discharge the electricity they’ve accumulated, sending arcs of
lightning across the sky to lightning rods atop Motherhorn. Each lightning rod is a Huge object with AC 17, 75 hit points, and immunity to lightning, poison, and psychic damage. A lightning rod has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
magic of the rod piece that was previously embedded in its trunk. The rod piece was recently removed, resulting in the tree’s current state of decay. The tree still bears traces of the rod’s magic
-orange buds still flowering. The doorway through which you’ve just emerged is a deep, dark furrow in the tree’s bark.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points to another tree on a nearby
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Tuning the Rod Regardless of which side, if any, the characters take in this conflict, the characters must pair the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts to the working Docent in Ialos to continue
the adventure. (A character need not be attuned to the Docent to pair the Docent to the rod piece.) When a character touches the rod pieceto the working Docent, the piece emits a loud, metallic ping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
strangely throughout the cave, distorting into fleeting whispers. Lighting. The cave isn’t illuminated. The current occupants rely on darkvision to see. Area descriptions assume the characters have a light
source or other means of seeing in the dark. Tunnels. The tunnels connecting caverns are roughly round and 10 feet in diameter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Chapter 9: The Betrayer Revealed Cynthia Sheppard Once Alustriel and Tasha realize Mordenkainen
is a fraud, an epic battle ensues in Sigil Once the characters have all of the Rod of Seven Parts
. However, this chapter reveals that the characters—as well as Alustriel and Tasha—have been deceived. The fake Mordenkainen reveals himself to be Kas the Betrayer, Vecna’s former ally and current
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Art Objects d8 Object
1 A complex orrery of the planes of existence made of engraved movable plates of precious metals and set with gemstones
2 A two-foot-long rod of pale
crystal that gives off eerie sounds when touched, with the tone varying up and down the length of the rod
3 A life-sized human skull carved from a single piece of crystal, including a hollow interior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
34. Flying Saucer This room contains one of Halaster’s magical creations: a 20-foot-diameter flying saucer made of gleaming metal with its three landing struts extended. Surmounting the saucer is a
controls the flying saucer is a rod of lordly might. The rod’s normal magical properties are suppressed while it is attached to the flying saucer’s console. The rod can be torn from the console by force
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Arcane Portals The crew of the Lambent Zenith used the magic contained within the rod piece to create portals through which the ship could travel across the multiverse with ease. However, when the
, a 5-foot-diameter circular portal appears in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of the casting creature. The portal is a glowing ring filled with opaque mist and remains open for 1 minute. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
vehicles or mounts, which are parked in area M21. Contraption. The Orrery of Tragedies is 20 feet tall and 60 feet in diameter. It uses magic and mathematics to produce its prognostications, and it can
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
are chanting in unison. Each one stands next to a black stone pillar and is focused on a roiling fog cloud, 8 feet in diameter, that floats at the center of the room 10 feet above the floor. Lines of
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->Player's Handbook (2014)
Plane Shift 7th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a forked, metal rod worth at least 250 gp, attuned to a particular plane of existence) Duration
creature must make a Charisma saving throw. If the creature fails this save, it is transported to a random location on the plane of existence you specify. A creature so transported must find its own way back to your current plane of existence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Plane Shift 7th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (a forked, metal rod worth at least 250 gp, attuned to a particular plane of existence) Duration
creature must make a Charisma saving throw. If the creature fails this save, it is transported to a random location on the plane of existence you specify. A creature so transported must find its own way back to your current plane of existence.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Item Categories Category Examples Armor +1 Leather Armor, +1 Shield Potions Potion of Healing Rings Ring of Invisibility Rods Immovable Rod Scrolls Spell Scroll Staffs Staff of Striking Wands Wand
effect. Rings For its magic to function, an item in the Ring category must be worn on a finger or a similar digit unless its description notes otherwise. Rods An item in the Rod category is a scepter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
size and strength, as shown on the Whirlpool Rank table. A whirlpool’s depth equals half its diameter. Whirlpool Rank Rank Diameter Velocity DC 1 22 (4d10) ft. 5 ft. 5 2 55 (10d10) ft. 15 ft. 10 3
“Whirlpool Destinations” below) or plunges a number of feet underwater equal to the whirlpool’s velocity. Vessels in Whirlpools If a vessel starts its turn in a whirlpool with a diameter greater than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
another hole near the northeast corner. The water is about three feet deep. You can see a few blind cave fish being carried along in the brisk current. On either side of the door are a total of six kayaks
, each able to carry two riders, but there are no paddles to be found.
The stream is hemispherical in cross-section where it flows through the room. The entrance and exit holes are 6 feet in diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
takes for a clockwork horror to build another of its kind, assuming it has the requisite materials, is approximately ten days. The body of a clockwork horror is about two feet in diameter, but the legs
give it an overall diameter of four feet. Embedded in the front of its head is a crystal that enables the clockwork horror to see. Clockwork horrors communicate with each other by means of clicks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. To earn the characters’ trust, Urlon answers any questions they have about the current state of the Crystal Labyrinth and the asteroid. If the characters attack him, Urlon retreats to Stardock by
way of the gate in area 11 while the crystal golem covers his escape. Treasure Urlon carries a Stardock rod (see “Stardock Rods”), a set of mason’s tools, and a green crystal wand (his arcane focus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
divided hoard, helping to maintain the dragon’s claim of ownership over the parts of the hoard far from the dragon’s current location and unifying scattered caches into what is effectively a single
stored in a decorative box whose empty spaces indicate the number of pieces missing. Hoard Linking Items d10 Linking Items
1 The broken pieces of an artifact (such as the Rod of Seven Parts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. 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
, using the Rod of Seven Parts like a wedge to lever the circle large enough to climb free.
A raklupis spyder-fiend named Uvonxu is here along with a phisarazu spyder-fiend bodyguard (for both stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Brelish soldiers from area L3 or alert one of Glaive’s scouts to the characters’ location. The 20-foot-diameter cylinder of light extending up at the back of this foot is an antigravity well (see the
: Leg Shafts Each of Landro’s 130-foot-tall legs contains two 20-foot-diameter, cylindrical antigravity wells, one in its calf and one in its thigh, connected at the knee by a 20-foot-diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
5-foot-diameter, crimson, semitranslucent crystal sphere in a low stand. A door in the side of each sphere opens when a creature that has telepathy approaches within 5 feet of it; half the door swings
system to remain operational for an additional 24 hours. N6. Propulsion Room This room contains a five-foot-diameter sphere of shiny black metal with small, transparent, hexagonal windows. Sharp metal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Inscribed on the floor in the middle of the room is a 40-foot-diameter circle of glowing runes. Halaster uses it to summon an empyrean who owes him a favor. (The circle serves no other purpose
and congratulates them. His next actions depend on his current goal (see “Halaster’s Goals”): If the characters took any actions to further Halaster’s current goal, he greets them warmly, thanks them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, a githyanki knight with 140 hit points, stands at a 5-foot-diameter round table in the center of the room, poring over reports written in Gith that document recent clashes with the mind flayers on
open. A knock spell or similar magic also opens it. The chest is a Small object with AC 19, 22 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It contains 900 gp, a manual of gainful exercise, a tome of clear thought, and a Stardock rod (see “Stardock Rods”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
survivors. Ironslag Reinforcements d100 Creature(s) 01–60 None 61–85 1 fire giant carrying a rod of the Vonindod and a Small fragment of the Vonindod that weighs 150 pounds 86–00 1 fire giant
carrying a rod of the Vonindod and accompanied by 1 hobgoblin captain and 3d6 hobgoblins dragging a Huge fragment of the Vonindod that weighs 2,500 pounds Map 8.1: Ironslag View Player Version IRONSLAG
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, two copper poles ten feet apart descend from the eight-foot ceiling. Each pole has a one-foot-diameter copper sphere at the end of it, three feet off the floor. Between the poles, a struggling goblin
, 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
float about the room, as though weightless.
Fireplace. An immense stone fireplace protrudes from the west wall.
Well. An alcove in the north wall contains a 12-foot-diameter open well. (The well
gemstones (create undead); a sliver of wychwood (dancing lights); a pouch of lime, a flask of water, and a pouch of earth (flesh to stone); a patch of wolf fur and a glass rod (lightning bolt); a
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
offer, it returns to its home plane.
Giant. You immediately grow 2d10 inches in height, and your hit point maximum and current hit points both increase by 20.
Humanoid. You can immediately choose to
wearing armor.
Ship. You gain proficiency in three skills chosen by the DM.
Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item.
Stairway. You can choose to
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->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Upper Works: General Features Map 6.1 shows the layout of the huge timber stronghold of the local clan of hill giants. All outer walls are of logs at least 3 feet in diameter. Inner walls dividing
characters’ current location. Entryway and Long Corridor. If the characters are in area 1 or in the corridor that leads to area 11, choose from the following possibilities: Two hot-headed hill giants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. Using a pickaxe or similar tool, a brigganock can burrow through solid rock at a speed of 5 feet, leaving a 6-inch-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Actions
Pickaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit
, move a pile of stones, or tie a dozen knots in a length of rope.
Bonus Actions
Move Soul Light. The brigganock moves its soul light up to 30 feet in any direction to an unoccupied space it can see. At the end of the current turn, the light returns to the brigganock.






