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                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Crystal dragons’ connection to the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or hatchlings of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     energy and brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     them in peace.
Crystal dragons’ connection to the radiant forces of the Positive Plane fosters a nurturing, optimistic attitude in most of these dragons. They sometimes adopt the abandoned eggs or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     thieves’ tools. Also, the doors and windows have an AC of 12 and break with 25 points of damage. Magical runes, as per the glyph of warding spell, protect the cloak room and barn doors. If the party
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     opens the doors without first removing or disabling the runes, they take thunder damage as per the spell. A window at the back of the inn on the second floor is open (see “The Upstairs” below). A
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Elements and Environments If your spells or class features draw on elemental forces or the magic of the land, you might use a connection to giants to tap into that power. A druid belonging to the Circle
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of the Land might feel a connection to the giants who inhabit that land. A monk who follows the Way of the Four Elements might seek to emulate Annam, the All-Father, to shape and channel the forces of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes. This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of Esclarotta
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     glowing white runes wink into existence, drifting about the room like snowflakes.
 This is the castle’s steering chamber. When no one is present, the castle is under the control of the spirit of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Esclarotta, who is bound to the fortress by powerful magic that cannot be dispelled. Touching one of the glowing runes issues a specific command to Esclarotta’s spirit. A character who understands Dwarvish or
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     choice. Waves of invaders appear throughout the night, unless the characters can activate the proper sequences of runes and star carvings to sever the invaders’ connection to the circle. Missing
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     throughout this book typically refer to “the Giant language” or “Giant runes,” so there should be no confusion between the language and the creature type.
 Other Giants The other creatures of the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     them a distant and distorted connection to Annam. Oni are often said to be distantly related to ogres, but at this point they are more fiendish than Giant. Cyclopes. Contradictory legends explain the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     gave the adventurers a tuning fork, tuned to the plane of Pandemonium to lead them directly to the portal. The Gith Capacitor appears to be a diamond the size of a gith head, with runes engraved into
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     and transferred that connection to a reliquary containing a shard of bone from Zerthimon, the original githzerai anarch. As the Gith Capacitor grows in power, the light from the reliquary grows as well
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     had an imaginary friend that looked like a flumph or a strange platypus-like creature. One day, it gifted you with psionic powers, which have ended up being not so imaginary. 6 Your nightmares whisper
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tentacles, summon aberration (a spell in chapter 3) 9th Rary’s telepathic bond, telekinesis   Tiefling Aberrant Mind Telepathic Speech 1st-level Aberrant Mind feature You can form a telepathic connection
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     section presents the Circle of the Land subclass. Circle of the Land Celebrate Connection to the Natural World The Circle of the Land comprises mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . These Druids meet within sacred circles of trees or standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of their communities. Level 3: Circle
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     cleft surrounded by foul, bleeding runes. Inside is the Book of Vile Darkness. Secrets of Eternity If a character agrees to let the Scholar share a forbidden secret, the baernaloth requests that the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     character come close and let it whisper in their ear. The baernaloth then speaks in a language the character doesn’t know but somehow understands. If the character lets the Scholar speak for a full
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to two levels worth of spell slots. You can recover either a 2nd-level slot or two 1st-level slots. Circle Spells Your mystical connection to the land infuses you with the ability to cast certain
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the platform stands a stone archway sculpted with sharp runes and the heads of five dragons. Within the arch swirls dense gray mist.
 The darkness beyond this room’s broken walls is only an illusion
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     heads as those of green dragons, while the runes relate to the natural magic of the Feywild. They also notice the runes can rotate, likely as a means of controlling the portal, but their function is
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to two levels worth of spell slots. You can recover either a 2nd-level slot or two 1st-level slots. Circle Spells Your mystical connection to the land infuses you with the ability to cast certain
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Stone shelves bearing books and ornamental ceramic jars line the walls alongside dust-covered banners embroidered with Dwarven runes. In one corner stands an elegant mahogany desk, on top of which is a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the jar and can still speak, though his voice comes out no louder than a whisper. Upon seeing the characters enter the room, he attempts to grab their attention (he has been attempting to get
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     pod with slime in it that helped connect the mind flayers to the elder brain. The connection hasn’t done anything in decades except impart the infected elder brain’s obsession and madness into those
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     malignant faith, resulting in his physical transformation. He can’t speak above a hoarse whisper, and black eyes continually sprout and close across his face. Larnon has been slower to accept the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     hall are scorched. Cracks in the panels reveal bare stone. Three mystic circles have been scribed in the floor, each edged with rough runes.
 Locked Doors. These steel double doors are locked. Tarul
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     orb is part of the mystic circle trap. Mystic Circle Trap. The circles are magical but misleadingly so. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check reveals that hidden among gibberish runes are
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ) check to jump safely over it. Moving past the rune otherwise deals 5 (1d10) necrotic damage to a creature and teleports it back to the cavern entrance. The runes remain active until disabled. Planar
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     that they don’t make the connection between Splugoth’s control of the orrery components and the goblins’ appearance, have any character trained in Arcana or Religion intuit that controlling the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     depicts a city map, and the south wall displays a map of the Sword Coast. Both maps are dotted with Draconic runes.
 Claugiyliamatar’s magical connection to her lair allows her to control the moss in this
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     depicted rune is different from the others and represents a different agent working for the dragon. There are no runes near Leilon. In addition to Waterdeep, Claugiyliamatar has agents in the cities of
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     section presents the Circle of the Land, Circle of the Moon, Circle of the Sea, and Circle of the Stars subclasses. Circle of the Land Celebrate Connection to the Natural World The Circle of the Land
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     comprises mystics and sages who safeguard ancient knowledge and rites. These Druids meet within sacred circles of trees or standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     blood, and the scent of iron hangs thick in the air.
 Twenty stirges hang from the ceiling of this cave. Bright light or any noise louder than a whisper disturbs the stirges, causing them to attack. L3
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , the bats flood out of the caverns to hunt in the mountains, returning to this area at dawn. While the bats are roosting, bright light or any noise louder than a whisper agitates them and sends them
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     be confirmed by a detect evil and good spell or similar magic. Dark swirls of noxious steam fill this circular chamber, whose floor is taken up mostly by a large reflecting pool. Runes carved into the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check, recognizes that the runes along the edge of the pool once channeled divination magic, but have been corrupted. Though the 10-foot-deep pool once held holy water
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     hemispheres. Etched into the floor between the consoles is an elaborate symbol radiating orange light.
 This room monitors the tower’s magic and its connection to the city beyond. Consoles. A
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     constructs. To the southeast, an array of runes pulses on a console. In the middle of the south wall stands a small door and, to the west of it, a larger double door.
 In this room, workers would charge
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                      Three interlocking circles 
   Alathrien Druanna  N  Runes, writing, spellcasting  Arcana,** Knowledge  A quill or glyph 
   Alobal Lorfiril  CG  Revelry, mirth  Life, Trickery  Wine glass
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     magic, and some enjoy a lingering telepathic connection with others who have been initiated into the Mysteries. Cryptic shrines to the Mysteries of Arvandor appear throughout the planes, mostly sites
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     noise louder than a whisper agitates the bats and sends them into a panic, causing a number of swarms of bats equal to the number of characters in this area descend from the ceiling and attack the source
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     stone cage etched with glowing runes confines the genie to the pool. Characters who look into the pool and succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notice the cage’s faint, glimmering light in the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     activated, creating a connection with area P1 (see the “Guards” section earlier in this chapter). On entering this area, read the following description: Colorful silks and mosaic patterns cover the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . CoupleOfKooks  “As followers of the Soothing Spirit, never speak above a whisper, never wear orange, and never, ever mention the House of Liars.”
 –Precepts of the demon lord Alrunes, former ruler of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     room. A five-foot-tall, triangular stone covered in runes stands in this bare room’s center. At the top of the stone, a plum-sized diamond pulses with red light.
 The triangular stone is immovable and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     powers the juggernauts in area T14. A character who examines the triangular stone and succeeds on a DC 17 Intelligence (Arcana) check can decipher its runes and discern its purpose. Destroying the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     characters might manifest connections to the daelkyr in many ways. The Great Old One warlock patron is an excellent match to Belashyrra or Dyrrn, but other classes can just as easily reflect a connection to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the Glorious Eye. Stories told of Belashyrra in the Shadow Marches whisper that the Lord of Eyes can see every evil deed a person commits, and that those touched by this daelkyr suffer terrible
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     double doors set into the other three walls. Every surface of the walls, floor, and ceiling is exquisitely carved with runes and bas reliefs depicting dwarves at war. Grand pillars shaped like stone
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     — and if they’re up for even more of a roleplaying and improvisational challenge — Gwendolyn and Tannus look to one another and whisper, “Whippoorwill.” They laughingly explain that a whippoorwill flew
                                                
                                            
                                        





