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Rod of Lordly Might

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form: Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head

. The flames shed Bright Light in a 40-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 40 feet, and the blade functions as a magic Longsword or Shortsword (your choice) that deals an extra 2d6 Fire damage

Goblin Psi Commander

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

make it have the charmed or frightened conditions.Multiattack. The goblin makes three Psychic Blade attacks. Psychic Blade. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to

hit", "rollAction":"Psychic Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Blade", "rollDamageType

Rod of Lordly Might Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form. If you press button 1, the rod becomes a flame tongue, as a fiery blade sprouts from the end

battering ram and grants its user a +10 bonus to Strength checks made to break through doors, barricades, and other barriers. If you press button 6, the rod assumes or remains in its normal form and

Animated Objects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

, and can act independently to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects (including many of those created in the Feywild) might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple

. Imagine my surprise when the blade flew from his bony grasp! Still got the scar.” — Levity Quickstitch, halfling rogue

Goblin Psi Commander

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

psi commanders wield blades of pure psychic energy. They can throw barriers of mental force while toppling foes with a single, mind-splitting burst. Goblin Psi Commander Small Aberration (Goblinoid

goblin makes three Psychic Blade attacks. Psychic Blade. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) psychic damage, and the target must

Wizardry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, ready to be unleashed. Even after these concepts are mastered, new knowledge of magic remains elusive, and a wizard must progress steadily through deeper levels of understanding, breaking through

mental barriers in order to achieve ever greater mastery. Of all peoples, elves are perhaps best suited to wizardry. They have centuries of life to devote to their studies, and their trance effectively

Rod of Lordly Might

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Bonus Action; a button’s effect lasts until you push a different button or until you push the same button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form: Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts

from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head. The flames shed Bright Light in a 40-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 40 feet, and the blade functions as a magic Longsword or Shortsword (your

Rod of Lordly Might

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

button again, which causes the rod to revert to its normal form: Button 1. A fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head. The flames shed Bright Light in a 40-foot radius and Dim

Light for an additional 40 feet, and the blade functions as a magic Longsword or Shortsword (your choice) that deals an extra 2d6 Fire damage on a hit. Button 2. The rod’s flanged head folds down and

Interacting with Myconids

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

to warn them of intruders. If the characters attack, the myconids defend themselves. To convince a hostile myconid to converse or to allow the characters to do anything other than leave the caves, a

effectively speaking thoughts at each other. This effect doesn’t allow any creature to probe invasively into another creature’s mind. But it transcends language barriers, and you can play around with the kind

Rod of Lordly Might

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

, Lordly Might, and Resurrection If you press button 1, the rod becomes a flame tongue, as a fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head (you choose the type of sword). If you press

doors, barricades, and other barriers. If you press button 6, the rod assumes or remains in its normal form and indicates magnetic north. (Nothing happens if this function of the rod is used in a

Scholar of Impossibilities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

Scholar of Impossibilities Run this encounter when you’re ready to bring the hunt for R04M to an end. The tunnel ends in a ledge overlooking a vast, empty crevasse. No path clearly proceeds above or

evil being that calls itself the Scholar. It is curious about the characters and seeks to expose them to its corruptive ideas. Should a character converse with it, the Scholar speaks cryptically while

Meeting in the Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Meeting in the Mists Once the players are ready to begin, explain that they’ve each chosen to follow the message’s directions. Then read the following boxed text: Following the directions in the

way they came. As characters converse, encourage them to gradually realize they’re unfamiliar with the landmarks the others refer to, despite supposedly all living nearby. What Remains. Anyone who

Rod of Lordly Might

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

becomes a flame tongue, as a fiery blade sprouts from the end opposite the rod’s flanged head (you choose the type of sword). If you press button 2, the rod’s flanged head folds down and two crescent-shaped

press button 5, the rod transforms into a handheld battering ram and grants its user a +10 bonus to Strength checks made to break through doors, barricades, and other barriers. If you press button 6, the

Rogue Subclasses

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

barriers both physical and psychic. These Rogues discover psionic power within themselves and channel it to do their roguish work. As a Soulknife, your psionic abilities might have haunted you since

energy. Whenever you take the Attack action or make an Opportunity Attack, you can manifest a Psychic Blade in your free hand and make the attack with that blade. The magic blade has the following

Narration in Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

damage is a bad wound for the enemy, say: “You swing wildly, and the knight brings his shield up just a second too late. Your blade catches him along the jaw, drawing a deep gash. He recoils, bleeding

fictional reality of the game and in terms of the rules of the game. This means that when an enemy with a Crossbow takes the Ready action to cover the area in front of a door, the players should have a

Iroas's Influence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

values training, discipline, strength, and esprit de corps. In Iroas’s eyes, nothing is more valuable or honorable than a honed blade wielded by a trained warrior loyal to a just cause. This message is

axe. Iroas pushes his followers to be ready at all times to meet conflict head-on. Divine Relationships Iroas is defined by his opposition to his twin brother, Mogis. Although both love battle, Iroas

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

disappear within an antimagic field . Can you ready dispel magic to stop another spell from taking effect? The easiest way to stop a spell is to cast counterspell on its caster while it’s being cast. If

successful, counterspell interrupts the other spell’s casting, and that spell fails to take effect. Counterspell works against any spell, regardless of a spell’s casting time or duration. With the Ready

Goblinoid War Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

Goblinoid War Camp A goblinoid army doesn’t stay on the move forever, but when they make camp, it isn’t for rest and recreation. A goblinoid war camp is a place that is constantly ready for war, and

. If an enemy force does approach, though, these barriers do a good job of delaying any incursion until the goblinoids can rally their defenses. Inside the surrounding bulwark, the goblinoids all have

13. Umberlee's Chosen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

of any creatures they might have killed or destroyed, he is ready for their arrival. After everyone has entered the chamber, Gar surreptitiously (but rapidly) grows the coral over the entrance

, blocking them in. If anyone is hesitant to enter, he’ll beckon for them to come forward, asking them to converse with him. In this regard, his demeanor is regal, but gracious and non-hostile. “Please. Come

Future Quests

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

dungeon that are undergoing construction or reconstruction until such time as they’re ready for exploration. The DMs’ Guild (dmsguild.com) is an excellent resource you can use to find and share expansions

characters negotiate for more than Jalester’s goodwill, they’re also promised a luck blade with no wishes remaining. Jalester neglects to mention, however, that this weapon belongs to Mirt the Moneylender

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

, imposing disadvantage on the blades’ attacks against the creature while it isn’t incapacitated. Attack. A creature in the area can ready an attack to strike at one of the blades as it goes by. The blade

gains advantage on its attack against the creature. The creature then attacks. Each blade has AC 15 and 15 hit points. Destroying a blade reduces the Whirling Blades attack bonus by 2. Dexterity check

Climbing the Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

encounters as the characters climb. When you’re ready to conclude this section, run the “Scholar of Impossibilities” encounter. Memory from Elsewhere As the characters ascend the Spire, they witness

. A character who manages to catch the body finds that it’s an ages-old, rag-clad elf skeleton. 3 A misshapen arch is covered in drooping, metallic, blade-like decorations. The arch was once a portal to

7. Troglodyte Lair

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

troglodytes on a rudimentary level. Getting a message across in this way requires a successful DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check. 7a. Battle-Ready Troglodytes Ceiling. Stalactites dot the ceiling, which

the formation, including a half dozen balls of bat guano, a garland of drow intestines, and a muddy dagger with a curved blade. Treasure. The muddy dagger is a dagger of venom. The troglodytes are

Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

to wait to act in response to something, take the Ready action, which lets you take part of your turn later. For a variety of reasons, we didn’t include the option to delay your turn: Your turn

combatants should be the focus, with turns that happen as quickly as possible. I have a readied action. Can I stop readying to take an opportunity attack? Or is ready a full turn commitment? If you

Hobgoblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

magic is a sign of weakness and inefficiency. A warrior doesn’t need to know about metallurgy to wield a blade, so why should a wizard care about where magic comes from? Devastators love to prove their

ready to wield a deadly combination of unarmed fighting techniques and shadow magic to deceive and defeat her foes. She continues to spy on other hobgoblins, but is now also empowered to conduct

Maze of Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

axe juts from his chest. The axe is a Berserker Axe. The weapon’s name (“Enduval”) is inscribed into the blade. The axe stops shimmering once it’s removed from the corpse. P14i. Characters who have a

knocked on the door before entering, the bandits have their weapons at the ready. Otherwise, they are arguing loudly. Parleying with the Bandits. If the characters don’t attack, the bandits are relieved to

Landro Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

yet, Glaive and one of her blade scout companions attack the characters from both ends of this narrow tunnel. After all combatants have taken a turn, the attackers flee into Landro and hide for another

feet above the eastern passage. Assuming they haven’t both been defeated, one of Glaive’s blade scouts (see appendix A) hides on the overhang here while the other scout hides down the eastern tunnel

7. The Sepulcher of Tloques-Popolocas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

locate any treasure stolen from this place. In the intervening time, he might regain some of his former power. Battleaxe. The battleaxe has a blade of bronze, and the haft is wound with snakeskin

wind. When the attuned wielder uses an action to say the correct words of power, which are engraved in Olman on the axe blade, one of these spells can be cast. The axe has 12 charges and regains 1d6

Lodge Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, crudely butchered. Beside it is a blade in the shape of a paring knife the size of a longsword. Garagai used this room to carve up whales and harvest their oil. Treasure. An alcove west of the

the ends of her long braids. She is ready to do whatever it takes to get back to her mother in Dougan’s Hole. Of the two siblings, she is the more proactive. Finn has a piebald face flanked by small

Raided Catacombs Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

with Knight Sarlamir. If the characters converse with her, she introduces herself as Knight Jandin, a knight of the Order of the Sword who died during the Cataclysm. She shares the information from

Sarlamir as a skeletal knight (see appendix B). The Undead knight wears ancient Solamnic armor and wields a blade blazing with violet flame. He attacks the characters as soon as he emerges and fights until

Lesser Cavern Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

blade in Gnomish. Once the golem is destroyed, the sword can easily be freed from its chest. L3: Guano-Covered Cave The floor of this vaulted cave is covered in pungent piles of bat guano. Large leather

enters his lair—especially hardened adventurers. When he notices the characters, Lludd greets them in Common. Parleying with Lludd. If the characters converse with Lludd, he offers to point them toward a

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

companion into battle and fights at its side. Heldalf and his mammoth flee if either of them is reduced to 30 Hit Points or fewer. Talking with Heldalf. If the characters want to converse and know Giant

northeast passage to meet with him. If the characters don’t fight Heldalf but can’t converse with him, the giant motions for them to move on, pointing toward the narrow passage to the northeast

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

that Voaraghamanthar would reward the tribe’s labors for the cult, the lizardfolk were ready to listen. Where the bullywugs fill the role of a static defense force, the lizardfolk perform five functions

the bullywugs, the lizardfolk intend for every bullywug throat and belly to be slit open with a new, razor-sharp steel blade. Like the bullywugs, the lizardfolk’s first assumption on seeing strangers

Factions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

exploitation. When Rezmir promised that Voaraghamanthar would reward the tribe’s labors for the cult, the lizardfolk were ready to listen. Where the bullywugs fill the role of a static defense force, the

comes to move against the bullywugs, the lizardfolk intend for every bullywug throat and belly to be slit open with a new, razor-sharp steel blade. Like the bullywugs, the lizardfolk’s first

Fortress Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

). It will not be ready for occupation until this level has been flooded. The miner’s pick is one of the construction workers’ tools. The open coffer is empty. 4. Champion’s Quarters Dark green tiles

opened by a character who makes a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. It is also trapped with a thrusting blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 14 Intelligence

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