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Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
reduced to 0 hit points, its body turns to stone and releases a petrifying gas. Each creature within 5 feet of the draconian must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be restrained as it begins
corrupted by a combination of warped alchemy and the Dragon Queen’s foul magic. The Dragon Armies closely guard the secret of the draconians’ creation, allowing Krynn’s metallic dragons
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons.
To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its life force to a corpse in a profane
the false lich is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and disintegrates, leaving behind the gems. Crushing a gem releases any souls trapped within, at which point the soul’s body re-forms in an unoccupied space nearest to the gem and in the same state as it was when its soul was trapped.
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
this item extends its curse to you. You remain cursed until you are targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic, or until the shard is reattached to Xeluan’s petrified heart.
The shard
or be knocked prone.
4
The shard releases three glowing darts of magical force that target one random creature within 30 feet of you. If no such target exists, you become the target. Each dart
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
", "rollAction":"Elemental Breath (Lightning)", "rollDamageType":"lightning"}. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.
At the same time as the colossus releases this exhalation
these ancient flesh colossi guard abandoned ruins, sites sacred to giants, and lost treasures—and possibly the procedure to create new examples of their kind.Lightning, Poison, Psychic
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
condemns anyone who tries to remove it from its gold-leaf frame.
Wealth of Information. The painting’s primary purpose is to observe and recall conversations. Over the past few decades
Portrait. While you are attuned to the painting, you can command it to guard its location against one or more creatures you identify as the painting’s enemies. The painting performs this function
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
, remove curse, or similar spell ends the curse on the target.
The Forgotten One. The bodiless life force of a dead archmage empowers the staff and is imprisoned within it. The rune carved into the
.
Destroying the Staff. A creature in possession of the staff can use an action to break it over one knee or a solid surface. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
other worlds, the scions guard their birthplaces (which are rich in elemental magic) or hold the substance of the world together. (See “Giants of Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration
. The cloud rains acid. Each creature in the cylinder must succeed on a DC 25 Constitution saving throw or be covered in acid for 1 minute or until a creature uses its action to remove the acid from
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
the reach of melee combatants and spellcasters, or he flies away (using summoned wolf;wolves or swarm of bats;swarms of bats or swarm of rats;rats to guard his retreat).
Strahd observes the characters
to see who among them are most easily swayed, then tries to charm characters who have low Wisdom scores and use them as thralls. At the very least, he can order a charmed character to guard him
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
voracious ooze to guard it. You can add monsters, such as allied Goblin Warriors, to the cave to make this scenario longer and more difficult, or you can remove some monsters to make it easier and shorter. One or two Hobgoblin Warriors might be out on a patrol elsewhere.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
aura (abjuration). After the magic of the door is identified, a dispel magic or remove curse spell is needed to remove the guard that prevents the door from being opened. Once this is accomplished, the secret door can be opened easily from either side.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
carefully plucks at the invisible strands of raw magic suffusing the world, pins them in place in a particular pattern, sets them vibrating in a specific way, and then releases them to unleash the desired
effect — in most cases, all in the span of seconds. Spells can be versatile tools, weapons, or protective wards. They can deal damage or undo it, impose or remove conditions, drain life energy away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
carefully plucks at the invisible strands of raw magic suffusing the world, pins them in place in a particular pattern, sets them vibrating in a specific way, and then releases them to unleash the desired
effect--in most cases, all in the span of seconds. Spells can be versatile tools, weapons, or protective wards. They can deal damage or undo it, impose or remove conditions, drain life energy away, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of Warding
Haste
Hypnotic Pattern
Lightning Bolt
Magic Circle
Major Image
Nondetection
Phantom Steed
Protection from Energy
Remove Curse
Sending
Sleet Storm
Slow
Stinking
Telekinesis
Teleportation Circle
Wall of Force
Wall of Stone
6th Level
Chain Lightning
Circle of Death
Contingency
Create Undead
Disintegrate
Eyebite
Flesh to Stone
Globe of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
feet away from the walking castle. “I am Corporal Piang Shu, representative of the Crown Generals of Rigus,” he shouts in a commanding voice. “Declare yourselves, and remove your war machine beyond
Shu they don’t intend to attack Rigus. Shu’s demand to remove the walking castle is nonnegotiable, though, and the distance he insists on is a day’s travel away. The Castellan can drop the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
triggers a pressure plate (see “The Ruins: General Features” at the beginning of the adventure) that releases a set of horizontal bars—closing off the archway and trapping the interloper. The character can
instead take 10 minutes to remove the plate from the floor, requiring the same sort of check as for an attempt to block the plate from moving. A failed check in this case means another 10 minutes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and stacks of parchment on them. Mounted between the shelves are copper signs embossed with the following words in Common: “Do not remove supplies without Headmaster Blackcloak’s written consent
.”
Secret Door. A secret door opens into a dusty hall that leads to area 23c.
The spectators guard the supplies on the shelves and use telepathy to warn intruders not to touch anything without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
stopping the ritual will restore the city and its people. This quest, should you choose to undertake it, requires you to retrieve the king’s still-beating heart and remove it from the city to stop the
ritual. Start by meeting with the elf Naevys, guard captain for King Jhaeros. Good luck, operatives.”
Closing the music box causes the golden key to vanish.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
20. Spirit Guard of Ayocuan (A-YO-kwan) A massive bronze door opens into this grand chamber. The place is filled with rubble and life-sized statuary, much of it broken. Standing in ranks is an army
the north end of the chamber are a group of statues that must have been an honor guard. These warriors wear feathered robes and headdresses and are armed with pitted bronze spears. Each of these figures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
this item extends its curse to you. You remain cursed until you are targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic, or until the shard is reattached to Xeluan’s petrified heart. The shard’s curse
each creature within 10 feet of you must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone. 4 The shard releases three glowing darts of magical force that target one random creature within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, hoping that the goddess might hold enough sway over Strahd to persuade him to free her beloved. Zuleika Toranescu Kiril has ordered Zuleika to guard the prisoners. If the characters rescue Emil and return
him safely to Zuleika, she gladly releases the children. If the characters confirm that Emil is truly dead, either by their hand or Strahd’s, she still might let the prisoners go if the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
portcullis. “There’s nothing to see!” shouts a guard, “Please move along.”
Solamnic knights mysteriously
arrive in Kalaman The characters learn the following from a gate guard or anyone in the crowd: An
. These Undead knights block the entrance to the castle. They attack anyone who tries to slip past or to remove part of a wight’s disguise. After a wight takes 10 points of damage, its disguise is undermined, revealing the skeletal form below.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
5. Fenthaza’s Quarters Two type 2 yuan-ti malisons stand guard in the corridor outside this room. Combat in the hallway alerts the yuan-ti broodguards in area 6, which arrive in 1 round. The room can
nightmare speaker (see appendix D), lairs here. If an alarm is raised, Fenthaza relies on her guards to protect her while she releases the creature trapped in the stone urn (see below). Fenthaza tries
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Plant Creatures Zuggtmoy has several fungal bridesmaids and a chamberlain to help her prepare for her wedding to Araumycos. Meanwhile, her myconid servants use awakened zurkhwoods to guard their
success.
Infestation Spores (1/Day). The bridesmaid releases spores that burst out in a cloud that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on it, and the cloud lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
griffons fly outside and circle the castle, attacking intruders they see on the rooftops or parapets. 8 Countess Sansuri, Felgolos (adult bronze dragon) If an alarm sounds, Sansuri releases the
here unless Sansuri or Thullen commands them to move elsewhere. 28 Count Thullen, 7 awakened shrubs If an alarm sounds, Thullen heads to area 23 to protect the children. The shrubs guard the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
provide comfort for off-duty guards.
The room includes a table and chairs for eating, a couch and several chairs for lounging, and a privy. A trunk on the east wall contains a dozen spare guard
approach (as detailed in the “Evading Guards” section), the DC of those checks decreases by 2 against the off-duty guards. Locked Door. The door to area T3 is locked. Each guard in the vault has a key
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
creature can reach a hut by scaling the icy cliff, but doing this requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. K9. Main Keep Foyer Four goblins in cold weather clothing guard this drafty hall
. If an alarm sounds, the guards drop a heavy wooden crossbar across the double door to the south until Chief Yarb-Gnock gives the order to remove it. A ram or a similar siege weapon is needed to break
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
flying, a creature drops out of the chase if its exhaustion reaches level 5, since its speed becomes 0. A creature can remove the levels of exhaustion it gained during the chase by finishing a short or
same conveyance must also make this saving throw. 3 An overturned crate releases chickens and a cloud of feathers into the air. Make a DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check to try to stay on course through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the gala. If one or more characters are spotted in a restricted area or cause a public incident, a guard approaches them. Roll on the Museum Guards table to determine which guard arrives. Characters in
formal dress are escorted to the Gemstone Wing, while characters who are improperly dressed for the occasion are told to leave the museum at once. If the characters protest, the guard becomes hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
require universal solvent to remove without destroying them. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of illusion magic around each painting, of which there are hundreds. Half of them are portraits of Halaster
creature in its reflective outer surface. The shield can trap only one creature at a time. Whenever it traps a new creature, the shield releases its current prisoner, which appears in an unoccupied space as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Flasks Uncorking or breaking a green flask releases a cloud of invisible poison gas called essence of ether. The gas fills a 10-foot-radius sphere and dissipates within seconds. Any creature in the cloud
casting a spell that requires concentration, trusting that its images will protect it while it maintains concentration on the spell. If Otto succeeds in incapacitating a guest, it tries to remove the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, chased horses, and spooked farmers. No people have been killed as yet, so the City Guard is dragging its heels. Something must be done!” Not one but three scarecrows are terrorizing Undercliff. One wears a
Everdawn, a grizzled old champion of Kelemvor, has offered to help the City Guard catch a necromancer who’s stealing bones from the City of the Dead and animating them as skeletons. Sir Ambrose could use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
these ancient flesh colossi guard abandoned ruins, sites sacred to giants, and lost treasures—and possibly the procedure to create new examples of their kind. Flesh Colossus Gargantuan Construct
colossus releases this exhalation, creatures inside the colossus’s chest cavity take 40 (9d8) force damage from churning elemental energy.
Bonus Actions
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
or carrying. Constructs automatically succeed on the saving throw. The mirror currently has three vacant cells. If the mirror traps a creature when its twelve cells are already occupied, it releases
) Mirror guardian Attacks all other creatures, then stands guard next to the mirror 10 — — — 11 Lukanu (N female Chultan champion; see appendix D) Bodyguard to Queen Napaka of Omu, trapped during the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Steed Illusion R Protection from Energy Abjuration C Remove Curse Abjuration — Sending Divination — Sleet Storm Conjuration C Slow Transmutation C Speak with Dead Necromancy — Stinking Cloud
of Force Evocation C Wall of Stone Evocation C Level 6 Wizard Spells Spell School Special Chain Lightning Evocation — Circle of Death Necromancy M Contingency Abjuration M Create Undead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Steed Illusion R Protection from Energy Abjuration C Remove Curse Abjuration — Sending Divination — Sleet Storm Conjuration C Slow Transmutation C Speak with Dead Necromancy — Stinking Cloud Conjuration C
Conjuration C Chain Lightning Evocation — Circle of Death Necromancy M Contingency Abjuration M Create Undead Necromancy M Disintegrate Transmutation — Drawmij’s Instant Summons Conjuration R, M