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Player’s Handbook
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. Choose the command from these options
:
Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you.
Drop. The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This small sphere of thick glass weighs 1 pound. If you are within 60 feet of it, you can command it to emanate light equivalent to that of the Light or Daylight spell (your choice). Once used, the
Daylight effect can’t be used again until the next dawn.
You can issue another command as a Magic action to make the illuminated globe rise into the air and float no more than 5 feet off the
Command
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
. If you do so, the DM determines how the target behaves. If the target can't follow your command, the spell ends.
Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is
Driftglobe
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
This small sphere of thick glass weighs 1 pound. If you are within 60 feet of it, you can speak its command word and cause it to emanate the light or daylight spell. Once used, the daylight effect
can't be used again until the next dawn.
You can speak another command word as an action to make the illuminated globe rise into the air and float no more than 5 feet off the ground. The globe hovers
Orb of Dragonkind
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
speak its command word. You must then make a DC 15 Charisma check. On a successful check, you control the orb for as long as you remain attuned to it. On a failed check, you become charmed by the orb
directions for 40 miles. Evil dragons in range feel compelled to come to the orb as soon as possible by the most direct route. Dragon deities such as Tiamat are unaffected by this call. Dragons drawn to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Command Level 1 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Paladin) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within
range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. Choose the command from these options: Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Command Level 1 Enchantment (Bard, Cleric, Paladin) Casting Time: Action
Range: 60 feet
Components: V
Duration: Instantaneous
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within
range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. Choose the command from these options: Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Command 1st-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: 1 round You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is undead, if it doesn’t understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it. Some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Command 1st-level enchantment Casting Time: 1 action Range: 60 feet Components: V Duration: 1 round You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a
Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. The spell has no effect if the target is undead, if it doesn’t understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it. Some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Driftglobe Wondrous Item, Uncommon This small sphere of thick glass weighs 1 pound. If you are within 60 feet of it, you can command it to emanate light equivalent to that of the Light or Daylight
spell (your choice). Once used, the Daylight effect can’t be used again until the next dawn. You can issue another command as a Magic action to make the illuminated globe rise into the air and float no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Driftglobe Wondrous item, uncommon This small sphere of thick glass weighs 1 pound. If you are within 60 feet of it, you can speak its command word and cause it to emanate the light or daylight spell
. Once used, the daylight effect can’t be used again until the next dawn. You can speak another command word as an action to make the illuminated globe rise into the air and float no more than 5 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, the secret door opens on his command. The adventurers can travel to Araj with the full complement of their expeditionary force. Vizeran allows only the player characters within the tower, though the
cavern around it offers space to camp and no risk of encounters. However, if the characters are riding giant lizards or other mounts, those mounts are unable to navigate the narrow route to the tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
state. A large force can serve as a distraction, while the characters sneak in from an alternate route. Dorbo Diggermattock wants the main force to attack from the temple of the Steadfast Stone
clear the debris blocking the way into the domains of the Pudding King. The Goldwhisker Clan Chipgrin doesn’t know about the Pudding King’s deal with Juiblex, but he knows the Pudding King can command the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in diameter, and mist swirls inside it. While attuned to an orb, you can use an action to peer into the orb’s depths and speak its command word. You must then make a DC 15 Charisma check. On a
the orb as soon as possible by the most direct route. Dragon deities such as Tiamat are unaffected by this call. Dragons drawn to the orb might be hostile toward you for compelling them against their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dictate a lightning rail route) requires constant attention, so at least two pilots typically travel on every journey. Only a dragonmark heir with the Mark of Storm can use the wheel and command the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
.
7 Hill giant raiders promise to stop their pillaging in exchange for a clutch of green dragon wyrmlings to raise.
8 A green dragon stalks a well-known trade route, interrogating all passersby
to gain an alliance with a young green dragon, turning a village into a staging ground for their games of deceit.
5 A young green dragon directs a conclave of yuan-ti under the command of a yuan
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
companions were the ones who found Zikran’s Zephyrean Tome and used it to gain entry into Candlekeep.) A stray map describes a route to a mountain range farther south, labeled the Cloud Peaks. A
such a cannon if they find one. A character who gets a 20 or higher on this check knows that the device can be operated manually or by a command word, but there’s no command word written on the diagrams.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the svirfneblin provided better product. The door at the rear of the mine was installed later as an escape route that let many duergar flee the mind flayers during the attack. G10: Collapsed Tunnel
the command word, the only way to shrink it again is to sprinkle a handful of gravel from a petrified creature upon it. Wade Acuff Mudslick Tower Talking with Zoklork. Zoklork has spent a lot of time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Jungle in the far south, emerge from below from time to time. Despite all these actual and potential dangers, several realms rely on the sea for waterborne trade. By tracing a route in and through the
, Salted Glade 20 Pirate ship, Dreadnaught Gnasher Thereax Guldeer (LE half-red dragon veteran) took command of the warship, Gnasher, several years ago when her father was slain in a duel with an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
escaped only after a wall collapsed and provided him with an escape route. Ozymandias is now the highest-ranking cleric and the leader of the survivors. He is a capable administrator, but he does not
inspire loyalty or trust in those under him. Underlings obey him because of the hierarchical structure of the abbey’s chain of command, not because he shows any strong leadership. If attacked, he defends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. The zombie has been enslaved and browbeaten by the duergar and does as they command. Inside its cage, it can do no harm to anyone. If they haven’t already done so, the duergar from the bunker (area O1
the walls of this room. In the southern end of the chamber, an open hatch reveals a route leading underground.
The armory holds equipment used by the duergar, including two suits of scale mail sized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
area E7 is stationed here two hours later. These cultists know the command phrase to activate the obsidian columns. E3. Niche Hall Niches line both sides of this dark hall. A shadowy form stands
7), second in command of the fire cult. He is responsible for guarding the northern half of the complex. Roleplaying Bastian. Bastian is suspicious of anyone he doesn’t already know and assumes any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Y19m. The door is a two-way portal that snaps shut after 1 minute, though it can be reopened from this side by speaking the proper command word (“Saldrinar”). Anyone who arrives by this route appears
instructions for activating the obelisk, which requires a staff of power as a power source. The command word to reopen the magic door to area Y19m is “Saldrinar,” which also happens to be the name of a long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, though slippery, provide a much safer route down to area P1. F9. Fungal Swamp A forest of weird fungal growth infests this large cavern. Giant toadstools and puffballs stand in and among shallow
uttering the proper command word loudly enough for it to echo. The command words are “ash” to make the platform sink and “ember” to make it rise. It takes 1 minute for it to move from one place to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
preparations before launch. A secret door hidden in a library bookcase (see area B1) conceals the only route to the tower’s underlevel. The Barn Door will be launched into space by arcane devices
to Success:
Test rockets!
Separate Barn Door from foundation!
Set correct coordinates!
Set countdown timer for 60 minutes!
Evacuate underlevel!
Tie self to command chair!
Blast off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
humans the Northlanders pushed toward the pole long ago. An armada of frost giant greatships under the command of Jarl Storvald hunts whales, walruses, and seals in these waters. The Sea of Moving Ice is
back over years, unless it is uprooted. Stone Trail This dirt road runs north of the Sumber Hills and connects Westbridge to Beliard. A major landmark, the Stone Bridge, lies along this route. Sumber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Command Level The command level contains living quarters for Xardorok and his two sons, as well as halls for training and dining. X1. Entrance Moving east from the top of the stairs leads you to the
can view the dragon’s route in Xardorok’s war room (area X4). Xardorok is capturing Underdark monsters, which he plans to unleash upon Icewind Dale. He has also captured a myconid sovereign and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Trade Route Maps. When the characters reach the crow’s nest, even if they raised the alarm, they have time to look around. On the main deck below the crow’s nest, a female elf dressed in green leather
and the valuable trade route maps within. Doing so requires a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to reach a favorable position in the rigging, followed by a successful DC 12 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
, obviously constructed. This outlet slants upward, providing access to the stream that flows through area 23. Anyone who travels downstream, along a route that is underwater the whole time, comes out about
third chest opened contains the giants’ accumulated pay, amounting to 4,800 gp. 29. False Treasure If the characters descend the stairs in area 10A and follow the obvious route, they come to a large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
which screens the entrance to the queen’s private chamber. Inside this entryway are torches on the walls, and six chairs and three small tables along the hallway. At the end of the route westward is
as a fire giant’s greatsword, except that it deals bludgeoning damage). Out of sight under the bed are Frupy’s two pets, a pair of giant weasels that obey her every command. If intruders enter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Wisdom (Perception) check spots a small, spider-shaped carving in the rock—a hint of this shrine’s purpose. Makubli and Torkner. Both Makubli and Torkner operate along the well-traveled route between
can use to command the giant lizards in area W9. W11: Passageway At the east end of this hallway is an enormous pile of bones.
The bones are remnants of meals eaten by Ker-arach, the spiderdragon in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
representative from another city, and a spell scroll of raise dead. Evermoor Way The Evermoor Way has long been a vital trade route, connecting the settlements of the Dessarin Valley with those of the Silver
statues, beyond which is a 5-foot-wide, 7-foot-high, mile-long tunnel that the drow intend to use as their escape route. The secret door is between the two groups — 20 feet from the drow party and 40 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) is designed to serve as an escape route. At the far end of the passageway is a lowered portcullis that bars access to the sinkhole. Facing the pool and the doors are three enormous thrones. The
a storm giant, with the following changes: He has 272 hit points. He wields a giant-sized trident of fish command instead of a greatsword. Uthor has a +14 bonus to hit with the weapon, which has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Waterdeep elected by the people of Triboar to command the town militia, settle disputes, and keep the peace. Her association with the Harpers is not widely known, but she is widely regarded as a fair
along this route, plus 30 gp for each wagon beyond the tenth. The company hires mercenaries and adventurers to serve as guards, paying each person 4 gp per day plus food and drink. Each guard also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
) check. The disturbed druid was more than a little dependent on his assassin-berry wine (see area 10), and hid two flasks of the stuff inside the pole. The cache also contains a charm of plant command
an escape route for the Firewatch Island garrison. A large mass of corpses is barely visible below the water’s surface near the boat. A character must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check or