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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a storm rune on another crystal ball in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest.Multiattack. The giant makes three Lightning Blade or
saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Scrying (Requires Storm Rune). The giant can use its crystal ball to cast the scrying spell (save DC 17).
Storm Rune. The giant has a storm rune
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
the death rune on a prized skull from this grisly collection. Abandoning armor in favor of gloomy robes, the shrouded one uses rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to
Death Rune. The giant has a death rune inscribed on a giant’s skull in its possession. While holding or wearing the skull bearing the rune, the giant can use its Reaping Scythe action and
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
new rune appears on the blade. You remain attuned to the weapon until you die or the weapon is destroyed.
A moonblade has one rune on its blade for each master it has served (typically 1d6 + 1). The
Of all the magic items created by the elves, one of the most prized and jealously guarded is a moonblade. In ancient times, nearly all elven noble houses claimed one such blade. Over the centuries
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
dare to challenge them. Wielding the power of rune magic in addition to the innate magic that courses through them, these storm giants are highly respected. If any giant can draw Annam’s attention to
the world, it would likely be a tempest caller. Tempest callers implant crystal balls inscribed with the storm rune into their foreheads or eye sockets, allowing them to see through magical deception
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
saving throws with disadvantage for 24 hours. If the blade accepts you, you become attuned to it and a new rune appears on the blade. You remain attuned to the weapon until you die or the weapon is
destroyed. A moonblade has one rune on its blade for each master it has served (typically 1d6 + 1). The first rune always grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Each
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
spells the warlock knows. Does the Eyes of the Rune Keeper invocation work on magical runes? Eyes of the Rune Keeper lets you read any form of writing, including the linguistic meaning of a rune, if any
. If a warlock uses Pact of the Blade to bond with a magic weapon, does that weapon have to be a melee weapon, and can the warlock change the weapon’s form? The warlock’s Pact of the Blade feature lets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
never in sunshine?” The answer is “The letter O.” The rules of this gate are as follows: If the riddle is answered aloud and correctly by someone within 30 feet of the arch, the gate opens for 1
minute. Characters must be 10th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hour, twice in a blue moon, and never in sunshine?” The answer is “The letter O.” The rules of this gate are as follows: If the riddle is answered aloud and correctly by someone within 30 feet of the
arch, the gate opens for 1 minute. Characters must be 9th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
rune magic to create a shadowy scythe blade at the end of a staff and to conjure an aura of tormented souls for protection. Death Giant Shrouded One Huge Giant (Wizard), Any Alignment
Armor Class 12
and the Material Plane for souls that might please their divine queen. Most giants know better than to make regular use of the death rune.
—Diancastra
“Know better”? Perhaps, but there’s no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
rising back up to the ceiling in the next 50 feet, and a rune of fear in its final 30 feet. Whirling Blades (Initiative 20). The blades attack each creature in the first 80 feet of the hallway, with a
prone. Rune of Fear (Initiative 10). Each creature in the 30-foot-long area beyond the Crushing Pillars must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed saving throw, the creature becomes frightened by
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Blade Bazaar This marketplace is named after the most abundant goods the duergar offer, but the shops here sell almost everything available in the city, along with stalls set up by visiting merchants
unload some of the treasures they might be carrying. Nonmagical weapons, armor, and shields can be purchased in the Blade Bazaar. Merchant Madness Characters who look around the bazaar notice a number of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Broken blade, medal 28–30 Clock tower face High Courts Mechanus Metal cog, perfectly balanced scales 31–33 Razorvine trellis Great Foundry Arcadia Rune-inscribed ingot, sprig of grapes 34–36 Temple
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
this time, but they won’t hold a grudge if the characters attempt to eliminate her. Treasure Embedded in the statue’s right eye is an orb of the stein rune (see appendix B). Any character within
reach of the orb can pry it free with a blade or similar tool. Stone giants who witness the theft do their utmost to kill the thief and recover the orb.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 10 on level 6, in the closest unoccupied
personality. From that point on, the dragon considers Wyllow its mortal enemy. Tearulai The longsword, Tearulai, is a sentient, neutral good sword of sharpness with an emerald-colored blade and precious
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
blast cantrip When you cast eldritch blast, its range is 300 feet. Eyes of the Rune Keeper You can read all writing. Fiendish Vigor You can cast false life on yourself at will as a 1st-level spell
, Pact of the Blade feature When you hit a creature with your pact weapon, the creature takes extra necrotic damage equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1). Mask of Many Faces You can cast disguise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
can be found in area 14b). Characters must be 14th level or higher to pass through this gate (see “Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder
Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 7a on level 17, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. The githzerai have correctly deduced that a
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- 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
characters don’t answer correctly, she will eat them. The characters need to accept or decline the offer before knowing the riddle. Sphinx’s Riddle. Senenura’s riddle is as follows: “Too much, and you wither
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
will help to ensure Waterdeep’s security (a true statement). He describes the Runestone as a large, glowing, disk-shaped gem with Halaster’s rune floating in it. He does not mention a monetary reward
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
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
single block of ice, is a giant-sized throne atop a circular dais. Chiseled into the throne’s backrest is a large rune.
If the awakened mammoth is aware of the characters’ presence, add: The
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
against a Fire Elemental (a creature that has Immunity to Fire damage), let the players know the spell doesn’t seem to bother the creature at all. Players might correctly guess that a creature made of fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the dwarven rune for “beginnings.” The rune can be interpreted correctly by a character who reads Dwarvish. The lower lock was originally embedded in a golden frame in the shape of a stylized dwarven
rune for “endings,” but the firenewts scraped away the gold and used it to decorate their shrine to Imix (area 7). Scarring on the door hints at what used to be there; it can be interpreted correctly
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cover is a gold rune that resembles a stylized eye with a pupil shaped like a candle flame—the sigil of Iriolarthas, a Netherese lich.
The book contains sixty pages of brittle yellow vellum. Written on
word stun
9th level: blade of disaster,* power word kill
*Described in this chapter.
Wizard Spells Characters who obtain The Codicil of White from Auril’s abode or The Incantations of Iriolarthas
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Religion) check enables a creature to destroy the trap by defacing a key rune on the perimeter of the mosaic that is within reach; failing this check causes the trap
successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools disables the needle, and a check with a total of 10 or lower triggers the trap. Scything Blade Simple trap (level 5–10, dangerous threat) This trap uses
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
in the muck. When a bubble touches something edged, such as a twig or a blade of grass, it pops, releasing its gas with a sound of stifled laughter. The gas smells like old cheese. As the characters
to drag them down into it unless they can guess the mephits’ favorite food. The answer, of course, is mud pie. Each character gets one guess. If a character guesses correctly, the mephits cackle
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. To correctly gauge an encounter’s difficulty, multiply the total XP of all the monsters in the encounter by the value given in the Encounter Multipliers table.
For example, if an encounter
their enemies to move around, such as chandeliers, kegs of gunpowder or oil, and whirling blade traps
Enemies in hard-to-reach locations or defensive positions, so that characters who normally attack at range are forced to move around the battlefield
Different types of monsters working together
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
secrets N Death, Knowledge Mountain silhouette with a central gemstone Gorm Gulthyn, god of vigilance LG War Bronze half-mask Haela Brightaxe, goddess of war-luck CG War Upright sword whose blade is
storms and war CE Tempest, War Unblinking eye Ilneval, god of strategy and hordes LE War Upright blood-spattered sword Luthic, mother-goddess of fertility and healing LE Life, Nature Orcish rune meaning
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
rune-carved iron ingot embedded in its forehead (see “Treasure”). Although golems normally have elemental spirits of earth trapped within them, this golem holds an elemental spirit of fire. The golem
in the iron golem’s forehead is an ingot of the skold rune (see appendix B). It can be removed only while the golem is deactivated or when it is destroyed. 28. Assembly Hall, Lower Level Pools of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Strength check. A living blade of disaster is a powerful, annihilating spell given a will of its own. Y19k. Dome The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive by moving up the shaft from
-radius dome of translucent ice encloses the area around the shaft from which you emerge. At the far end of the hall, two blade-shaped patches of pitch darkness hover in the air to either side of a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
web of misfortune. To avoid the curse of Beshaba (see below), the characters must not harm Carkuss, they must not be overly kind to him, and they must correctly answer a riddle he asks. If successful
of a unique necromantic ritual that can turn any creature into an undead creature when it dies. (The characters will see this rune and this magic again later. See the sidebar “The Magic of Convenience
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the check with disadvantage. 6B. Blade Trap The ceiling here is 23 feet high and draped with cobwebs. Each individual that passes through this section of the corridor has a 50 percent chance of
are pressed correctly, the door swings open into area 6E. If wrong squares are pressed, the squares are pressed in the wrong order, or they’re pressed by the wrong people, a glyph of warding on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 12 Dexterity check is required to disarm the trap. Opening the chest without disarming the
trap, or failing to disarm it, triggers the trap. When the trap is triggered, a scything blade swings up, striking at any creature within 5 feet of the front of the chest. Affected creatures must make a