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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Voice from the Past (1/Day). The professor can cast the contact other plane spell to contact a long-dead spirit, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two
Repelling Burst attacks. It can also use Force Barrier, if available.
Repelling Burst. Melee Spell Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Repelling Burst"} to hit
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Aura of Invulnerability. An invisible aura forms a 10-foot-radius sphere around the hollyphant for as long as it lives. Any spell of 5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can't affect
creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using a higher level spell slot. Such a spell can target creatures and objects within the barrier, but the spell has no effect on them. Similarly
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(spell save DC 20). The planetar can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect evil and good, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil
and good, flame strike, raise dead
1/day each: commune, control weather, insect plague
Magic Resistance. The planetar has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
2/day: Mass Cure Wounds (cast at 8th level)
1/day each: Blade Barrier, Divination, Greater RestorationThe medusa can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. It can take only one
martyrs’ remains until the martyrs are called back to life to oppose a world-changing foe.
2
Gather the lost shards of a dead god’s petrified body, and reunite them on the altar in the
Planetar
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
(spell save DC 20). The planetar can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect evil and good, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel
evil and good, flame strike, raise dead
1/day each: commune, control weather, insect plague
Magic Resistance. The planetar has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Adventure Primer The legendary inventor Kwalish disappeared eons ago… as it turns out, finding a crashed planar ship and studying its technology to fuel his own experiments. Only now, Kwalish’s lost
research is desperately needed! Will you dare an alternate expedition into the Barrier Peaks to find him? As a special offering in support of Extra Life 2018, we’re pleased to present the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Barrier Peaks. A wealthy inventor hires the characters to pinpoint the origin of these devices, recover samples for study, and learn all they can about the devices’ creators.
four outposts at the foot of the Barrier Peaks were destroyed by unusual attacks. The grand duke of the Duchy of Geoff, which encompasses these and other settlements, issues an urgent plea for aid. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
inventor Kwalish might have the solution — if only he hadn’t gone missing years before. Alternatively, you might consider any of the following hooks. Several involve a pending crisis, such that the players
are seeking Kwalish not just on their own behalf, but to prevent hardship to friends, family, or the common folk. Just make sure that the peril doesn’t come on too quickly, though, as an expedition into the Barrier Peaks will take some time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Part 3: The Ooze-Flooded City When Kwalish found it, the legendary lost city of Daoine Gloine was already an isolated mountain settlement. After he took over, the inventor set about closing off any
few encounters within the mountain passes of the Barrier Peaks as a prelude to arriving at Daoine Gloine. See appendix A for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
an accomplished gnome map merchant named Anaxi Zephries, known as “the Cartophile.” Information collected by Anaxi over the years has traced Kwalish’s route into the Barrier Peaks — at least up to the
point where his expedition was lost, despite its members’ formidable knowledge and skill. Working their own way into the Barrier Peaks, the characters eventually arrive at Kwalish’s first laboratory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Rumors and Legends Countless legends have arisen regarding the mysterious Barrier Peaks, and those tales circulate constantly among adventurers, explorers, and bards. Rumors specific to Kwalish and
percentile dice and consult the table below to determine what the character learns. False rumors are in italics. Also see appendix F for even more potential rumors of the Barrier Peaks. Barrier Peaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Cavern Encounters The caverns and tunnels of the Barrier Peaks are a treacherous maze that has claimed more than one adventurer. This challenging route might involve cavern encounters that can help
, which use it to attack any potential threats. Use the statistics for the oaken bolter (from Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes) and the kobold inventor (from Volo’s Guide to Monsters). 3 The characters’ tunnel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of the World of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk the path of the artificer, and in Mystara, various nations employ artificers to keep airships
and other wondrous devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in particular — the gnome inventor Vi — has run a multiverse-spanning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
laboratory, thought to be within the Barrier Peaks. As a continuation of Lost Laboratory of Kwalish, you can use the legendary inventor as a replacement for this adventure’s agents, Lynx Creatlach and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Contact The easiest approach is to have Kwalish in area O7 when the characters arrive — an elderly gnome arcane inventor (use the evoker stat block from Volo’s Guide to Monsters) working on his latest
by a remove curse spell cast by an 18th-level spellcaster, by defeating Kwalish and reversing the process using his machines, or by completing a separate task for the inventor. Just a Bit of Trouble
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Some of these items might be experiments that Kwalish is working on, which can be made available to the characters if they return to the Barrier Peaks. Alternatively, if you’d like to make full use of
Guide offers useful general guidelines for dealing with strange devices of the sort found in this adventure. If Kwalish’s notes can’t be deciphered (or if the inventor doesn’t show up when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Chapter 7: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks Hidden within the rugged crags of the Barrier Peaks lies the last remnant of a futuristic society from a far-flung world: a crashed spaceship that once
soared between the stars. Lost for centuries and its crew long dead, the technological marvel has fallen into disrepair. Dust and debris carpet its lusterless floors, malfunctioning robots roam its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the room. Refrum is a slight, bent figure. He wears simple gray clothing, speaks in short, excited gasps, and waves his arms when carried away with enthusiasm. The inventor is one of the last
philanthropists in the Styes, and he strives constantly to focus his research on caring for the local poor. Refrum uses the statistics of a male human priest, with these changes: Refrum is lawful good. His AC is 10, and he is unarmed. He has the speak with dead spell prepared instead of spirit guardians.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Flame Strike
Geas
Greater Restoration
Hallow
Insect Plague
Legend Lore
Mass Cure Wounds
Planar Binding
Raise Dead
Scrying
6th Level
Blade Barrier
Create Undead
Find the
Protection from Poison
Silence
Spiritual Weapon
Warding Bond
Zone of Truth
3rd Level
Animate Dead
Beacon of Hope
Bestow Curse
Clairvoyance
Create Food and Water
Daylight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Dead
Scrying
6th Level Blade Barrier
Create Undead
Find the Path
Forbiddance
Harm
Heal
Heroes’ Feast
Planar Ally
True Seeing
Word of Recall
7th Level Conjure
Object
Prayer of Healing
Protection from Poison
Silence
Spiritual Weapon
Warding Bond
Zone of Truth
3rd Level Animate Dead
Beacon of Hope
Bestow Curse
Clairvoyance
Create
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Barrier Peaks. His studies of an ancient, crashed planar craft set him on a path that might have seen him rival Ioun and Heward — until his experiments overtook him, and he became lost to the ages
. All that’s left of his legacy is a single example of his earliest work — the apparatus of Kwalish that is the only way most folk now know his name. It was Kwalish’s foray into the Barrier Peaks that set
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. The strange technologies in the Barrier Peaks of the World of Greyhawk have inspired some folk to walk the path of the artificer, and in Mystara, various nations employ artificers to keep airships
and other wondrous devices operational. In the City of Sigil, artificers share discoveries from throughout the cosmos, and one in particular—the gnome inventor Vi—has run a multiverse-spanning business
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
been up to in the intervening decades, or whether he’s even still alive. Some think he must have become a lich, while others believe he’s just dead. All that’s certain is that the hedge maze remains a frustrating barrier, and the spells and wards protecting the tower against entry remain as powerful as ever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
been up to in the intervening decades, or whether he’s even still alive. Some think he must have become a lich, while others believe he’s just dead. All that’s certain is that the hedge maze remains a frustrating barrier, and the spells and wards protecting the tower against entry remain as powerful as ever.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can’t affect creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using a higher level spell slot. Such a spell can target creatures and objects
within the barrier, but the spell has no effect on them. Similarly, the area within the barrier is excluded from the areas affected by such spells. The hollyphant can use an action to suppress this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
for 6th-level characters. Pharaoh Pharaoh is the first adventure in the three-part Desert of Desolation series and was published in 1982. In this adventure, the ghost of a long-dead pharaoh beseeches
the archmage Iggwilv, was published in 1982. The updated adventure is designed for 9th-level characters. Expedition to the Barrier Peaks Expedition to the Barrier Peaks threw fantasy gamers for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Evocation — Mending Transmutation — Resistance Abjuration C Sacred Flame Evocation — Spare the Dying Necromancy — Thaumaturgy Transmutation — Toll the Dead Necromancy — Word of Radiance Evocation
Truth Enchantment — Level 3 Cleric Spells Spell School Special Animate Dead Necromancy — Aura of Vitality Abjuration C Beacon of Hope Abjuration C Bestow Curse Necromancy C Clairvoyance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
School Special Animate Dead Necromancy — Beacon of Hope Abjuration C Bestow Curse Necromancy C Clairvoyance Divination C, M Create Food and Water Conjuration — Daylight Evocation — Dispel Magic
Necromancy M Sending Divination — Speak with Dead Necromancy — Spirit Guardians Conjuration C Tongues Divination — Water Walk Transmutation R Level 4 Cleric Spells Spell School Special Aura of Life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
sputtering engine, and is largely filled with a heaping, tangled mass of wreckage. This consists of old machine parts from other areas of the monastery, broken relics of Kwalish’s earliest experiments, dead
Barrier Peaks to Daoine Gloine. In addition, the journal provides plentiful evidence of Kwalish’s fascination with extradimensional spaces, and talks about his hope of one day establishing a secure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
material components:
At will: detect evil and good, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, flame strike, raise dead
1/day each: commune, control weather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
piles of dusty scrolls, Lorehold students—first as apprentices and then as pledgemages—study the magic of the past, searching for arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover
using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: guidance, light
2/day each: comprehend languages, locate object
1/day each: mage armor, speak with dead, stone shape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the rear of the contraption is a closed, three-foot-square steel hatch. Two dead gnomes in armor lie on the floor next to the vehicle and a puddle of oil.
The dead gnomes are two mimics that attack
the contraption to move backward at its walking speed. Moving the same lever to the down position stops its backward movement. Ignus Flint. An inventor named Ignus Flint (lawful neutral, deep gnome
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Flesh Golem Dead Flesh Given New Life Habitat: Any; Treasure: Arcana Flesh golems are roughly human-shaped collections of body parts bound together by misused magic or strange science. They serve
, including their creators. Flesh golems appear in varied forms. Roll on or choose a result from the Flesh Golem Characteristics table to inspire a flesh golem’s features. The barrier between the mortal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Solar A solar is godlike in its glory and power. On the battlefield, the solar’s sword flies into the fray on its own, and a single arrow from a solar’s bow can strike a target dead on contact. So
, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good, resurrection
1/day each: commune, control weather
Magic Resistance. The solar has advantage on saving throws against spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. When the first character enters the room, Muiral becomes visible as he casts a wall of force spell, using the barrier to cut off that character from the rest of the party. He then engages the
dead adventurers. Characters who inspect the corpses find the following: The northern corpse (that of Kravos, a tiefling rogue) wears leather armor and clutches a shortsword. Necrotic energy causes his