broken before device charge reduces

Mechanical Wonder

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

Mechanical Determination. If damage reduces the wonder to 0 Hit Points, it makes a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 plus the damage taken unless the damage is Lightning or from a Critical Hit. On

resembles a metal turtle shell with straps. It is designed to be worn on your back or flank, depending on your anatomy. Once wound, the mobility wonder transforms into a personal transport device and

Awakened White Moose

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

Gnome Ceremorph

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

ceremorph. Hit: 55 (10d10);{"diceNotation":"10d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Extract Brain","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the

ceremorph often carries a home-built device that functions as a laser pistol (see “Firearms” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). This weapon is powered by an energy cell, which enables

Centaur Mummy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Charge. If the centaur mummy moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a pike attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType

":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Multiattack. The centaur mummy makes two melee attacks, one with its pike and one with its hooves, or it attacks with its

Huge Gray Ooze

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell).Multiattack. The Huge Gray Ooze can make two attacks with its pseudopods. Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to

":"acid"} acid damage while the ooze is enlarged. If the target is wearing nonmagical metal armor, its armor is partly corroded and takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10.Acid, Cold, Fire

Faerie Borrower

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

: silent imageTricksy Parry. Immediately after taking damage, the faerie reduces the damage taken by 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Tricksy Parry"}.Faerie borrowers

shards of broken glass. Faerie borrowers often adorn themselves with purloined trophies: stolen keys and needles filed into swords, and buttons and scraps of paper fashioned into clothing. Though

Duergar Mind Master Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Invisibility"}. The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it casts a spell, it uses its Reduce, or its concentration is broken

with anything it is wearing or carrying. While reduced, the duergar is Tiny, reduces its weapon damage to 1, and makes attacks, checks, and saving throws with disadvantage if they use Strength. It gains

Gulthias Staff

Magic Items Curse of Strahd

feet of it. The staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 of its expended charges daily at dusk. If the staff is broken or burned to ashes, its wood releases a terrible, inhuman scream that can be

normal quarterstaff, and you can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt by the weapon. Each time a charge is spent, red blood oozes from the staff’s pores, and you

Rod of Seven Parts

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

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

to while it is broken. While holding one piece of the broken rod, you know the general location of the next consecutive piece, as the rod yearns to be a complete artifact. Multiple rod pieces can be

Daemogoth Titan

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the titan dies, or the pact is broken by a wish spell. The titan chooses one spell from the

creature dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The blessing can be removed only by a wish spell.Psychic

Nightmare Beast

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

":"Disintegration Gaze","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this magical effect reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is disintegrated

. Charge (Costs 2 Actions). The beast moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attack;opportunity attacks, then makes two Tusk attacks. Frightful Howl (Costs 2 Actions). The beast howls as it

Yeenoghu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn. Charge. Yeenoghu moves up to his speed. Swat Away. Yeenoghu makes one Flail attack. If the attack hits, the target must succeed on a DC 24

this creature’s proficiency bonus plus its Strength modifier, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d4 + this creature’s Strength modifier piercing damage. Rampage. When this creature reduces a

Wand of Orcus Legacy

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

Duergar Mind Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it. Mind Mastery

carrying. While reduced, the duergar is Tiny, reduces its weapon damage to 1, and makes attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws with disadvantage if they use Strength. It gains a +5 bonus to all

Gorka Tharn

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum

, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the mummy lord wears or carries is invisible with it.The mummy lord can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the

Yeenoghu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

. When Yeenoghu reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on his turn, Yeenoghu can take a bonus action to move up to half his speed and make a bite attack.Multiattack. Yeenoghu makes three

option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Yeenoghu regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn. Charge. Yeenoghu moves up to his speed. Swat

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Cats of Uldun-dar (ivory cat molar) 9 cat;cats The tooth has 8 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to cast the revivify spell from the tooth. If you are dead at the start of your turn, the

tooth expends 1 charge and casts revivify on you. 2 Duggle’s Surprising Day (human molar) 1 commoner When you finish a long rest, the tooth casts sanctuary (DC 18) on you, and the spell

Blackstaff

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

deactivate one or more of the walking statue of Waterdeep;walking statues of Waterdeep. You must be in the city to use this property, and you can animate or deactivate one statue for each charge expended

deactivated or if the staff is broken. Dispel Magic. You can expend 1 of the staff’s charges as a bonus action to cast dispel magic on a creature, an object, or a magical effect that you touch

2. Trench

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

middle of the trench — an old magic device once used to lift caravans up into the main cavern of the outpost and back down into the trench. It now lies broken, its magic spent. The duergar and drow

Thundering Observatory Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

property gains 6 levels of exhaustion. Immunity to lightning or thunder damage reduces the number of levels gained by 1 for each such immunity. Remote Viewing. As an action, a creature operating the

controls can make a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, the creature can cast the scrying spell (spell save DC 17) from the device. A magical image of the target appears before the controls.

Black Cabin Locations

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

-controlling magic device. One of these designs resembles a gyroscope and closely resembles the object found in area B4. B7. Abandoned Bedroom A stiff wind blows through the broken window in the east wall

corners by stiff winds blowing through broken windows. The walls and furniture are scorched black, including a table with the charred remains of a book on it. Next to the table, on the floor amid

Baba Yaga's Mortar and Pestle

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

pestle, you can expend up to 3 of its charges to deal an extra 1d8 force damage for each charge expended. The pestle regains all expended charges daily at dawn. Perfect Tools. While holding the mortar and

fine powder that's equally useful for cooking or alchemy. At the start of each of your turns, whatever is in the mortar takes 4d10 force damage. If this reduces the target's hit points to 0, the target

Gulthias Staff

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

makes beasts visibly uncomfortable while within 30 feet of it. The staff has 10 charges and regains 1d6 + 4 of its expended charges daily at dusk. If the staff is broken or burned to ashes, its wood

quarterstaff. On a hit, it deals damage as a normal quarterstaff, and you can expend 1 charge to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt by the weapon. Each time a charge is spent, red

Clock Tower Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

of the chasm, the base of the fallen tower can be seen, reduced to a broken section of its former ground floor. Ruins This city once housed the Infernal Machine before Lum the Mad conquered those

follows the lines discovers that they converge at a huge central representation of a massive magical-mechanical device—the Infernal Machine.

Appendix 3. Dungeon Master Tips

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

8. Kraken Kibble

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

8. Kraken Kibble This half of the broken vessel is more accessible, so the characters can easily peer into this section as they approach. As the characters get close enough to see into this area

, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: This half of the broken ship is wide open. Lines with large hooks hang from the top of the inside, stretched from floor to ceiling and secured at either end

Appendix D: Magic Items

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.

17. Hall of the Great Spirits

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

easily, or the beak (AC 16, 25 hit points) can be broken off by dealing bludgeoning damage to it that reduces it to 0 hit points. If a character’s arm is caught in the beak when the beak is struck, that

Mind Flayers

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

-built device that functions as a laser pistol (see “Firearms” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). This weapon is powered by an energy cell, which enables the weapon to fire 50 shots. After its last shot is

expended, the device becomes inoperable. The energy cell can’t be removed without destroying the weapon. Gnome Ceremorph Small aberration, any alignment Armor Class 16 (breastplate) Hit Points 58

16. Old Dwarven Halls

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

approaching, the duergar turn invisible and enlarge themselves, then ambush anyone that enters the chamber. These duergar have had their minds broken by the mind flayers and fight to the death. 16c. Psionic

psionic force generator, a magic device that allows the mind flayers to create and sustain the walls of force that enclose area 8. The mind flayers provide the mental energy that powers the generator. If

Centaur Mummy

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

) Charge. If the centaur mummy moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a pike attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 10 (3d6) piercing damage. Actions

hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or similar magic

8. Sculptors' Workroom

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.

Netherese Necropolis

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

radius. The characters can use this device to counteract Auril’s spell and free Icewind Dale from her Everlasting Rime. Chardalyn More than a hundred years prior to this adventure, a wizard named Akar

that has become suffused with demonic magic can warp a creature’s mind, causing madness that usually fades away once the contact is broken. Chardalyn is cold to the touch and readily accepts

M8. Endelyn's Mask Collection

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

Mage of High Sorcery

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

Trinkets d6 Trinket 1 An unopened letter from your first teacher 2 A broken wand made of black, red, or white wood 3 A scroll bearing an incomprehensible formula 4 A purposeless device covered in

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