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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage.
d20
Golem
Time
Cost
1-5
Manual of Clay Golems
30 days
65,000 GP
6-17
Manual of
table, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay the specified cost to purchase supplies.
Once you finish creating the golem
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
majority of the library, though it might also have repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit anyone immediate access.
You have a working knowledge of your cloister’s
Personality Trait
1
I use polysyllabic words that convey the impression of great erudition.
2
I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
) into a thought strand that others can potentially read, share, or steal. These thought strands are treated as valuable currency among the Dimir.
Suggested Characteristics
Skilled at infiltration
something horrible that I can’t remember because of the guild’s mind magic.
6
I put too much trust in the people who give me orders.
Contacts
As an agent of House Dimir working
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
The Cauldron Was Destroyed If Iggwilv’s Cauldron was destroyed but all its pieces are recovered, Zybilna uses a wish spell to repair the artifact. If this turn of events occurs, read: Zybilna beholds
what was once a fearsome sight to behold now looks wondrous beyond compare.
The archfey commands her pixie courtiers to bring enough water and wine to put the gold cauldron to use; Zybilna uses that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Mastermind Your focus is on people and on the influence and secrets they have. Many spies, courtiers, and schemers follow this archetype, leading lives of intrigue. Words are your weapons as often as
level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy or other means, unless you allow it. You can present false thoughts by succeeding on a Charisma (Deception) check contested by the mind reader’s Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Mastermind Your focus is on people and on the influence and secrets they have. Many spies, courtiers, and schemers follow this archetype, leading lives of intrigue. Words are your weapons as often as
, you can use your reaction to have the attack target that creature instead of you. Soul of Deceit Starting at 17th level, your thoughts can’t be read by telepathy or other means, unless you allow it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
they might be working for Shemeshka through intermediaries seeking to track R04M. When the characters come within sight of the walking castle, read the following description: Amid a grove of strange
castle. They’ve captured Zaythir and are now working to discover how to operate the castle. The Fiends’ goals are up to you; they could be seeking to claim the castle and sell it as a war machine, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
frightened and poisoned conditions. Y19g. Den This chamber is affected by the same illusion that conceals the true nature of the ballroom (area Y19b). If that illusion hasn’t been dispelled, read: Courtiers
brightly lit by continual flame spells cast in wall sconces. Y19a. Main Entrance If the characters reach this area by ascending the strut at area Y6, read: Near the apex of the strut, the ceiling of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
these colleges is right for your character? Consider these approaches: Read the college descriptions in chapter 1, and choose the college that appeals to you. Read the descriptions of backgrounds and
time. The events of the adventure might throw you together more or less at random. You could all be taking the same class, you might be working the same campus job, or you could be introduced by mutual friends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Frody Dartwild Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to begin the adventure: Froderic Dartwild, a famous bard born and raised in Toadhop, is all anyone in the hamlet can talk about. You’ve
already met Toadhop’s honorary mayor: a friendly sow named Jenna Bean. You’ve also seen the frightened, troubled looks on the faces of the simple, hard-working folk who inhabit this rustic thorp.
You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
characters might be locals. Or they might be dragon hunters who’ve heard of a black dragon in the area, a threat they’re determined to end. To begin the adventure, read or paraphrase the following text
older human is Vatri Whistlebaum (Medium, Neutral Good Commoner), the owner of the burning Morkoth Tavern. The characters might respond by entering the tavern to free the trapped villagers or by working to extinguish the fire.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
and use the manual, you must be a spellcaster with at least two 5th-level spell slots. A creature that can’t use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage. d20 Golem Time
Cost 1–5 Clay 30 days 65,000 gp 6–17 Flesh 60 days 50,000 gp 18 Iron 120 days 100,000 gp 19–20 Stone 90 days 80,000 gp To create a golem, you must spend the time shown on the table, working without
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
and use the manual, you must be a spellcaster with at least two 5th-level spell slots. A creature that can’t use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage. Manual of Clay
, you must spend the time shown on the table, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay the specified cost to purchase supplies. Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Goldwarren, read or paraphrase the following description: Golden statues of royals smile down on visitors from atop the impressive, multistory entrance to the Goldwarren. While rubble spills from the open
that the missing miners should have been working in the tunnels south of a prominent junction. She provides the characters general directions to reach the section of the mines worth investigating.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
is to bring order to chaos. If the characters activate the Maze Engine, it has the potential to aid their fight against the demon lords. The engine looks like a working model of the Great Wheel (see
characters could experience a vision of a journey to the Labyrinth in the library, or read an account of the device in its archives.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Kollema Hall and step inside, read or paraphrase the following text: Kollema Hall has been transformed. Music, color, and laughter fill the airy space as masked and impeccably dressed students and faculty
without adequate attire, a helpful student working the desk takes them to a room upstairs with a wardrobe full of musty costumes from past Prismari theatrical events. The character can use these costumes to assemble an outfit, albeit an atrocious one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
the accompanying table. To decipher and use the manual, you must be a spellcaster with at least two level 5 spell slots. A creature that can’t use a Manual of Golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6
Psychic damage. To create a golem, you must spend the time shown on the table, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the accompanying table. To decipher and use the manual, you must be a spellcaster with at least two level 5 spell slots. A creature that can’t use a Manual of Golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6
Psychic damage. To create a golem, you must spend the time shown on the table, working without interruption with the manual at hand and resting no more than 8 hours per day. You must also pay the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
4: Smithy The smithy is where the keep’s residents purchase metal goods and have them repaired.
When the characters arrive at the smithy, read the following boxed text aloud:
The stench of hot
strike of her hammer.
The hard-working smith is Kalista.
Jane Katsubo Kalista
Dwarf Blacksmith
Stat Block: Commoner
The keep’s taciturn, hardworking smith prefers to let her hammer do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Tuning the Rod Regardless of which side, if any, the characters take in this conflict, the characters must pair the second piece of the Rod of Seven Parts to the working Docent in Ialos to continue
the adventure. (A character need not be attuned to the Docent to pair the Docent to the rod piece.) When a character touches the rod pieceto the working Docent, the piece emits a loud, metallic ping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
get underway, show the poster map of Phandalin to the players and read the following boxed text aloud: Nestled in the rocky foothills of the snow-capped Sword Mountains is the mining town of Phandalin
residents are quiet, hard-working folk who came from distant cities to eke out a life amid the harsh wilderness. They are farmers, stonecutters, blacksmiths, traders, prospectors, and children. The town
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Rival Princes When the characters arrive at the square, read or paraphrase the following: Locals crowd a shaded square, listening to a fervent argument between two well-dressed human men wearing dark
come directly from King Diara. Personality Trait. “I’m happiest when I’m working with my hands.” Ideal. “Though I might have more responsibility, I’m no better than anyone else who works in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
perch. This caused the entire arch to collapse atop the shrine, damaging it. Crime Scene When the characters investigate this crime scene, read the following: Once a striking cairn of colorful rocks
.
The young girl working alongside Sister Garaele is Tamara Stonehill, the daughter of innkeeper Toblen Stonehill. Early one morning, Tamara visited the Shrine of Luck to pray with her mother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
3. Entrance to the Tomb This broad tunnel is currently being shaped into the tomb’s elaborate entryway. This is an active site, featuring a number of artisans working by lantern light to plaster the
identifies the ingredients as including impossibly bright-red blood. If questioned, the muralists talk of working in the tomb in the service of its art, which transcends all other concerns. They direct the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
more information on the castle’s layout). When the characters arrive at Vendri’s office, an aide has them wait a few moments, then escorts them inside. Read the following description: Marshal Vendri’s
. Vendri is still working out the details of the characters’ first assignment. In the meantime, they should familiarize themselves with the castle and their lodgings on the fourth floor. She doesn’t bring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
can direct the characters to the nearby wildernesses where these groups dwell. Heart Delta Heart Delta lies a few miles away from Camp Greenbriar. When the characters visit there, read or paraphrase
thanks the characters for informing her. She suspects the Vile Hunt is working for Ebonclaw, the leader of the predators at Razortooth Rock. She recently defeated Ebonclaw in battle when he and some of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
to escape, they are working on a secret plan. Eight neutral tiefling muralists are plastering and painting, as well as covering the floor with inlaid tiles. They use the same statistics and respond to
examined, read the following (from the original Tomb of Horrors): The walls are being painted with figures of animals, strange signs and glyphs, and humanoids posing with spheres of different colors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
tome is large—twelve inches wide and sixteen inches tall—and contains hundreds of pages. If the characters intend to read it, all they need to do is find a place in Candlekeep where they can all gather
assessment and offered Lurue for the role. Lurue took on the mantle of Mistress of Moonlight with pride, diligently working for the coexistence of humans, elves, and other talking beasts within the forest’s expanse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Chaos in the Kitchen Even as the game of Wizard Gizzard ends and a winner is declared, Bow’s End Tavern erupts into pandemonium. Read or paraphrase the following: Panicked shouting erupts from the
, describe their friends and fellow students working in the background alongside them to help clear the bugs out of the kitchen. As soon as the mephits are dispatched, the magic flaring up in the kitchen fades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
catapult. Crumbling ruins of walls and other fallen structures surround the keep, and amid them lie several shallow square pits and covered excavation sites.
Though it’s no longer a working fortress
away to her quarters for a moment. When she returns, read the following: Becklin reenters the room carrying a shallow wooden box, approximately three feet to a side. She sets it down gently on a table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
most daunting foe. Assassin Working as an assassin within an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise can be rewarding. Because even as good as the rest of your franchise mates are at killing things, you take
ability to read your foes and rivals clearly makes you the best choice for franchise leader. Unfortunately, your equally practiced ability to read your allies means you’ll know which of them see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, you might undertake a deep study of conflicts and rival organizations, working carefully to stay three steps ahead of the opposition. In all cases, though, you help advance your franchise by
an enemy’s tactics, discern a hidden threat, or intimidate a foe whose weaknesses you have previously assessed (see “Read the Opposition” below). The Obviator Franchise Rank Features
1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Walls alone holds more Cyran refugees than Karrnath has allowed across its borders. If you read the Sharn Inquisitive or the Korranberg Chronicle, you’ve heard the endless litany of how difficult life
could it have been a premature activation of an arcane weapon—and if so, could Cyran artificers already be working on an improved version in the heart of our greatest city?
Remain alert, people of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
The Final Steps of Courage As the characters pass the final bend of Flames Everlasting, read the following description of the skybridge’s end: The skybridge descends onto a sizable island overgrown
tents for a few dozen soldiers and scholars, as well as a mess hall and trading post. The camp’s amenities are for those working there, but if the characters distinguish themselves as the soldiers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
acting strangely. Read or paraphrase the following: As part of the crowd begins another verse of the Awakening Song, four people wearing the garb of farm folk wander into their midst. Rather than singing
sadness and guilt she carries to this day. Kianna is currently working a farm in the Rattle—a half-day’s travel from Promise. She was due to return to town for the Awakening Festival, but Aunt Dellie