creating was runes

Hammer of Runic Focus

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

This magic hammer has 3 charges. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge and slam this hammer on the ground, creating a 15-foot-radius circle of glowing runes centered on the point of impact

. While you’re inside that area, your hammer glows with matching runes, and you gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this hammer. The rune circle disappears after 1 minute, when you

Longbow of the Healing Hearth

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This ivory longbow is inscribed with a prayer to the god Hiatea, the runes of which are entwined with gilded engravings of wheat stalks and deer antlers. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage

rolls made with this weapon. If you load no ammunition in the weapon, it produces its own, automatically creating one magic arrow when you pull back the string. The arrow created by the bow vanishes the

Category 1 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

creatures that can’t reproduce. A few multiply and become part of the guild’s standard menagerie. Creating a Krasis To create a krasis, choose the appropriate stat block: category 1

thick scales, increasing its Armor Class by 4. 3 Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving

Category 2 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

reproduce. A few multiply and become part of the guild’s standard menagerie. Creating a Krasis To create a krasis, choose the appropriate stat block: category 1 (Medium), category 2 (Large), or

its Armor Class by 4. 3 Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving throws against spells and other

Category 3 Krasis

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

creatures that can’t reproduce. A few multiply and become part of the guild’s standard menagerie. Creating a Krasis To create a krasis, choose the appropriate stat block: category 1

or thick scales, increasing its Armor Class by 4. 3 Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

exceed those of most mortal wizards. His expertise with magic gates allows him to travel far and wide to engage in magical research. He spends much of his time creating gates, moving them around, and

casting elder runes on them. Halaster’s gates connect the different levels of Undermountain, thus enabling him to bring new monsters into the dungeon to replenish those that die or escape. Even as

Glyph of Warding Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

runes or a spell glyph. Explosive Runes. When triggered, the glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the glyph. The sphere spreads around corners. Each

much damage on a successful one. Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of 3rd level or lower in the glyph by casting it as part of creating the glyph. The spell must target a single

Star Forge Adventures

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

Star Forge Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to the Star Forge or to give them missions to pursue there. A Star Is Reborn Thieves damaged the Giant runes stabilizing the

Elemental Fire Encounters tables (see chapter 3) into the surrounding area. Unless the runes are repaired, the star threatens to consume the region—or perhaps the whole world. Forging a Throne A dwarf smith

Glyph of Warding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

aberrations or drow), or alignment. You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. When you inscribe the glyph, choose explosive runes or

a spell glyph. Explosive Runes. When triggered, the glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the glyph. The sphere spreads around corners. Each creature in the area

Glyph of Warding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

aberrations or drow), or alignment. You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. When you inscribe the glyph, choose explosive runes or

a spell glyph. Explosive Runes. When triggered, the glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the glyph. The sphere spreads around corners. Each creature in the area

Runic Circle Adventures

Compendium - 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

the records in the circle with her apprentices and minions from the Fire Giant Encounters table (see chapter 3), puzzling out the secret of creating the flying ships used by the civilization that

Section 1. Call to Action

Compendium - 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

CHASE! The initial purpose here is to set the scene and put the adventurers directly into the action. There is no point to creating an extra decision point at the beginning of the adventure when we know they’re going.

Silent Sound Lighthouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

ship’s business relationship with the franchise, creating potential trouble for the characters. Map 3.1: Silent Sound Lighthouse View Player Version Beachside Tents On the beach behind the

, and both wear ornate collars of silvery metal. Each stands within a square scribed onto the floor, ten feet on a side and edged with runes. The rune-marked boundaries appear to push the creatures back

40. Arcturia's Chambers

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

a 6-inch-thick wall of stone that bisects the room from east to west, creating separate chambers to the north and south. The wall is permanent. Each 10-foot-square section of it has AC 15, 180 hit

arcane runes and phrases. The book is titled Arcturia’s Arcane Esoterica: Vol. IX, and it contains the following spells: antimagic field, astral projection, dominate monster, feeblemind, gate, incendiary

The Remains of Tammeraut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

to be inscribed with ancient runes. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check deduces that the slab is the product of magic. A subsequent successful DC 16 Intelligence

(Arcana) check confirms it was made using a stone shape spell. The runes are in Elvish. They communicate a warning to stay away from the sealed rift and the horror that lies below. Inside the Ship

Lower Level (M17-M19)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

(Arcana) check can tell that these are figures used for creating homunculi. Treasure. Several of the reagents here are quite valuable. By searching the room, the characters can gather 50 gp of

, stone-walled room contains only a few objects. A five-foot-diameter circle of intricate runes covers the floor. There’s an empty wooden bookstand opposite the door and bronze braziers at the other

Lost Spire Locations (P9-P16)

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

of a previous expedition, after they discovered a secret door that they couldn’t get open. The secret door was reduced to rubble, creating a gap in the wall leading to area P13. Dzaan’s simulacrum (see

, Krintaas, are here. Omit the second paragraph from the following boxed text if these NPCs are not present: Some effort has been taken to arrange the contents of this upside-down room, creating a

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

without being caught by guards. In battle she poses a potent threat, creating blasts of flame and striking with magical force in both melee and ranged combat. She spends her time contemplating the web

down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand. Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right hand, and down the length of each

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

without being caught by guards. In battle she poses a potent threat, creating blasts of flame and striking with magical force in both melee and ranged combat. She spends her time contemplating the web

down her left arm, ending in runes on the fingers of her left hand. Knotwork. Purple and blue knotwork and runes run down her right arm, across the back of her right hand, and down the length of each

One for All: The Stronghold

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

composed recounting of deeds, events, and important persons. Dwarves combine their runes into patterns, present pictorial histories in seemingly unconnected murals and images, and otherwise leave their

other races that guard their territory by creating features that actively deter invaders, dwarves rarely use arrow traps, pit traps, and other such measures that could cause harm to clan members. They

Halaster Blackcloak

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

wizards. His expertise with magic gates allows him to travel far and wide to engage in magical research. He spends much of his time creating gates, moving them around, and casting elder runes on them

Dungeon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

ingredients and spices. V26. Temple of Zariel The iron double door leading to this room has Infernal runes carved into its arched door frame. A character who understands Infernal can translate these

runes as follows: “That which falls can rise again.” DISGUISED CHARACTERS Characters can disguise themselves using masks and robes taken from defeated cultists. While disguised in this fashion

Magic Item Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

, creating a 15-foot-radius circle of glowing runes centered on the point of impact. While you’re inside that area, your hammer glows with matching runes, and you gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage

reality, creating a temporary rift between planes. You can use your action to choose a different plane of existence from the one you’re on and slice through an unoccupied space within 5 feet of yourself

Connected Creatures

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

: 1d12) searching for an advantage against a rival kraken 10 2 water elementals (attitude: 1d10) diligently making furrows in the sand using their bodies, creating a sprawling pattern 11 2

or by accident), where magic runes have gone horribly awry and unleashed fiendish corruption into the world, or where fiends seek powerful allies to aid their schemes among mortals. Listen. I have

Creating a Krasis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

Creating a Krasis To create a krasis, choose the appropriate stat block: category 1 (Medium), category 2 (Large), or category 3 (Huge). Then roll once on the Major Adaptations table and once on the

, increasing its Armor Class by 4. 3 Bioluminescent Markings. The krasis has glowing patterns on its skin that take the shape of defensive runes, granting it advantage on saving throws against spells

The Glitterhame

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

and about 10 feet deep in the middle. Along the eastern edge of the pool, a short passage leading to area 23 has been blocked up with loose rubble and mud, creating a rough stone wall 10 feet across

Dwarvish runes. The upper portion of the great cavern was intended to be the final resting place of Durgeddin’s clan. Durgeddin and his followers feared that their war against the orcs would

Far Realm Cysts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

on the floor of this cavern, the twisted runes around its edge pulsing with sickly purple light. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check allows a character to recognize the runes as symbols

can be disabled by defacing particular runes. The character is also aware that the process could unleash weird forces. Defacing the runes requires the use of a weapon or tools, such as thieves’ tools

Mbala

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

arthritis, blinded by cataracts. Her dark face and bald pate are outlined with streaks of yellow clay suggesting the shape of a skull — or perhaps it’s her shriveled flesh creating that illusion

, and ten adamantine ingots (10 gp each) stamped with dwarven runes. These are identical to the ingots found in Hrakhamar (see “Hrakhamar”). If characters miss the hole in the wall as they’re

Locations on the Grove Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

widens, creating a cavern-like chamber. Small, two-foot-diameter holes riddle the node. A dim fiery glow shines out of one such hole. Creature. In the glowing hall rests a fire snake. Belak used magic to

shadow behind the statue’s wide wings. A five-foot-diameter, circular tile of dark stone is set in the floor in front of the dragon statue. Runes are carved around the circular tile’s inner edge

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

cover this area and hang as freestanding walls inside it show a super-realistic reflection of everything in the room, including the other mirrors—quickly creating a confusing cascade of images. Any

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

Paliset Hall Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

flat and set in a shallow groove, such that it can be rotated. Once the water in the pool is drained, tiny Elvish runes representing the letters A through Z magically appear on the surface of each ring

, with the letters spaced around the ring at equal intervals. Opening the safe requires that the three rings be turned in their grooves until their runes line up to form the word “OAK.” Only Zorhanna

Chamber Purpose

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

traps 41–42 Dining room (large) for the temple’s servants and lesser priests 43 Dining room (small) for the temple’s high priests 44–46 Divination room, inscribed with runes and stocked with

case of attack or siege 95–00 Workshop for repairing or creating weapons, religious items, and tools Dungeon: Tomb d20 Purpose 1 Antechamber for those that have come to pay respect to the dead or

Skytower Shelter Locations

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

dictates that he cannot draw first blood. Thus, he tries to goad characters into wounding him first. S5. Shrine of Mind and Spirit An eight-foot-tall stone inscribed with runes stands in the middle of

griffon is fully grown and tame enough to be ridden as a mount. S7. Shrine of Strength and Honor In the center of this twelve-foot-high cave stands an eight-foot-tall stone inscribed with runes

21. Azrok's Hold

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

hostilities with the drow have prompted Azrok to call on her for help. Preeta understands the threat posed by the drow and is using animate dead spells to raise drow corpses, creating forces that Azrok can

this man to prevent Arcturia from creating new abominations. Preeta knows that Alussiarr is a prisoner in Arcturiadoom, the fourteenth level of Undermountain, but she doesn’t know that Alussiarr is a

Lesser Cavern Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

taken from the chamber turn out to be flat stones and obvious counterfeits. L18: Black-Water Lake The river flows into a flooded cavern, creating a small lake. The surface of the water is glossy and

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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