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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
it is wound again.This bipedal wonder is designed to assist with household duties. It vaguely resembles whatever species its creator used as inspiration. The wonder is an ally to you and your allies
. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
in any emporium shop.
This bipedal wonder is designed to assist with household duties. It vaguely resembles whatever species its creator used as inspiration. An activated domestic wonder uses the
Domestic Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
designed to assist with household duties. It vaguely resembles whatever species its creator used as inspiration. An activated domestic wonderuses the Domestic Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you
and your allies. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
designed to assist with household duties. It vaguely resembles whatever species its creator used as inspiration. An activated domestic wonderuses the Domestic Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you
and your allies. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
autognome obeys its creator’s commands when it is functioning properly, but a design flaw can cause an autognome to go rogue, forget its orders, and wander Wildspace doing anything except what it
was designed for.
No two autognomes are necessarily made of the same materials; magic is what gives them their intelligence. Most autognomes are programmed to obey the following three directives
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits
stand and do nothing. A golem that has been given conflicting orders sometimes alternates between them.
A golem can't think or act for itself. Though it understands its commands perfectly, it has no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
launch an expedition into the mountains to determine the source of the violence. “Expedition to the Barrier Peaks” is designed for four to six 11th-level characters. Michele Giorgi Aphelion 3000, an evil supercomputer, commands a
fleet of cold-hearted robots on a crashed spaceship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
brilliant artificer might have designed arcane weapons that violated the rules of engagement. A Karrnathi bone knight (see chapter 6) could have overseen a camp where prisoners of war were used as
villain is a former military commander who commands soldiers who served under them in the war. 5 The villain is an ex-soldier with a grudge against citizens of a former enemy nation. 6 The villain wants the power to restart, and “properly” finish, the war.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
collected sentient creatures and magic at the aboleths’ command. Chuuls were designed to endure the ages of the world, growing in size and strength as the eons passed. When the aboleths’ empire
consolidating power. Tireless Guardians. Chuul still guard the ruins of the ancient aboleth empire. They linger in silent observance of eons-old commands. Rumors and ancient maps sometimes lure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
outer casing painted with gnomish features. It walks with a stiff gait, clanking, wheezing, whirring, and buzzing wherever it goes. An autognome obeys its creator’s commands when it is functioning
properly, but a design flaw can cause an autognome to go rogue, forget its orders, and wander Wildspace doing anything except what it was designed for. No two autognomes are necessarily made of the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, and they are designed to be wiped clean at a moment’s notice if discovered by local authorities. The Sharn office of the King’s Citadel is in Andith Tower in the Ambassador Towers district. Though a
knight marshal commands the office, most of the King’s Citadel members in Sharn are Dark Lanterns, and thus under the authority of a scheming and ruthless gnome named Talleon Haliar Tonan. Agents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
entrance extend into the cave.
A character who examines the symbols and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes them as arcane runes designed to ward the cave against magical
). Protecting the nothic is an Animated Flying Sword that obeys the nothic’s commands. Both are initially Indifferent toward the characters. Chalkboard. Scrawled on the chalkboard are a map of this cave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Halaster’s new apprentices, conducts her research here. 7a. Trenzia’s Workroom This well-maintained workroom reeks of rotting flesh and ozone. Odd metal instruments designed for measuring electricity
instructions to kill all intruders and never leave the room. It obeys these and the skull’s other commands until it goes berserk. If the golem attacks Trenzia’s skull in its berserk frenzy, the skull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
labor, the neogi designed and built sleek vessels, some capable of traversing the planes, to carry them to their new frontiers. Some neogi groups still create and use such vehicles, which have a distinct
more than 1 mile from the target. The charmed target obeys the neogi’s commands and can’t take reactions, and the neogi and the target can communicate telepathically with each other at a distance of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
dwarf “coat racks” are moving slightly. Both are designed to serve as attendants and use the duodrone stat block. Without professors to control them, the coat racks attack the characters either when
the Strixhaven campus guide stat block (see chapter 7). Without anyone to correct it, the butler believes the characters are burglars. It shouts a warning in Common—“The Earl commands you to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
artificer’s inventions might include items such as a lock box that opens with a verbal command or a series of gestures, a clockwork critter designed to respond to simple commands, or a common magic item (such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
aarakocra are alert but remain perfectly still; they do nothing other than defend themselves and obey Sansuri’s commands. Any creature that jumps or falls into the hole plummets to the ground far below unless
, and commands the griffons to take flight and circle the castle, attacking intruders on sight and returning here when she calls them off. A simple clasp mechanism, 10 feet above the floor, secures each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Mortuary Locations The following sections detail locations in the Mortuary. Each section includes a map of the location and an encounter designed to showcase the location’s unique elements. You can
toward its liberator and obeys their commands. In the absence of any commands, or if given a command that’s likely to result in its destruction, the specter defends itself but otherwise takes no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
perform rites designed to sink ships, cause terrible floods, or summon destructive rainstorms, seeking to make all who live nearby bow to the power of elemental water. Cult lairs usually feature great pools
, the knight gains the beast’s senses and ability to breathe underwater. The bonded mount obeys the knight’s commands. If its mount dies, the knight can train a new beast to serve as its bonded mount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
with him, mostly to gauge whether they pose a threat. If the characters are polite, the captain invites them to join him for a meal. If the characters grow tiresome or threatening, he commands them to
, the mechanical gold dragon is designed to breathe fire when a lever is pulled. Pulling the lever cracks the canister and sets the dragon on fire. If the fire breaks out here and isn’t extinguished
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Serissa is convinced that they are assassins who have been sent to finish off the royal family. She commands Uthor to marshal all of Maelstrom’s defenses and destroy the adventurers. Serissa also
) is designed to serve as an escape route. At the far end of the passageway is a lowered portcullis that bars access to the sinkhole. Facing the pool and the doors are three enormous thrones. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
shelter elsewhere. If they challenge his authority, he promises them quiet accommodations in the local graveyard unless they do as he commands. Oboth likes to intimidate others, but doesn’t like to be
on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can tell that the engraved lines adorning its outer surface are carefully designed to channel magical energy. Casting an identify spell on the boulder allows one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
dwarven enclave except patrols and honored guests. Cleverly hidden traps await those who storm the halls uninvited, and beneath the citadel is an expansive network of tunnels and caverns designed to confuse
against poison, and resistance to poison damage. The king, curiously, seems reluctant to enter the fray. “Harnoth” calls for the treacherous knights to stand down, but they ignore his commands. As