destroyed insults are buttons

Ambush

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Forgotten Realms: The Tenebrous Stone

ground. Sarbrindar singles out one character for mockery and insults, gleefully fighting until destroyed. Brother Trasig’s broken body is partially buried behind nearby crates, clutching a Periapt of

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Lum the Mad (so named after its last owner). Yet with the defeat of Baron Lum, his Infernal Machine was said to have been destroyed as well. Currently, the archdevils Zariel and Bel both have designs

, both devils require a number of missing components — former control buttons vital to the machine’s operation. Zariel and Bel have both planted agents in the world, tasking those agents with finding

16. Main Laboratory (South)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

covered with dials, switches, and buttons—including a light-purple button recognizable as one of the missing components of the Infernal Machine. Removing this component deactivates the controls and

) force damage. The controls and the wires are self-repairing, and cannot be severed or destroyed. Treasure Any search of the room recovers two vials of thessaltoxin poison (see appendix C) and a vial

15. Thessalar's Laboratory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

complicated weave of magic in the Temple of Moloch. If the homunculus is destroyed, the eidolon in the main temple (area 25) must immediately use its Incorporeal Movement trait to enter the nearest

available sacred statue, where it remains trapped. If no sacred statues are available, the eidolon is destroyed. Thessalar’s homunculus uses the normal stat block with the following change: The homunculus

Area Information

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

. This allows the ceiling to slowly descend, clicking loudly. If the sacred statue is destroyed the two black crystals explode, releasing two allips, as the eidolon is itself released from the

the statue, the eidolon begins a tirade of insults and threats. If the characters engage the creature in conversation while fighting the allips they can learn of the deal the creature made with the

14. Main Laboratory (North)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

adventure, as long as they can access fresh water every 4 hours. Control Panel The control panel is covered with dials, switches, and buttons—including a cloudy orange button recognizable as one of the

the controls or the wires must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 11 (2d10) force damage. The controls and the wires are self-repairing, and cannot be severed or destroyed. Treasure

Dolindar Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Puzzle Buttons. Newmy doesn’t know anything about a rift or a Crevice of Dusk, but she remembers some “puzzle buttons” deeper in the tomb that she doesn’t know how to work. Maybe they lead somewhere

until destroyed. Treasure. The rubble includes the nameplates that once adorned the coffins. One reads, “Nolan Dolindar, Beloved Brother” and the other reads, “Evisha Dolindar, Beloved Sister.” Each

13. Transmutorium

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

it once was. The tapestry has AC 5, 33 hit points, immunity to poison damage, and vulnerability to fire damage. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, the tapestry is destroyed. The characters gain no XP

. Embedded in the wall next to the door is a brass panel with four brass buttons arranged in a diamond formation. (A similar panel appears inside the chamber.) Light. A crystal dome in the ceiling sheds

16. Wongo's Tomb

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

buttons on the sarcophagus lid have been pressed, read: The stone sarcophagus turns to transparent crystal, revealing a mummified monkey-like creature within. Clutched in its desiccated claws is a

characters. Thereafter, it makes melee attacks using the mace or its rotting fists. Treasure Wongo’s mummy clutches a mace of terror. The mace turns to dust and is destroyed if it leaves the Tomb of

9. Torture Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

of Horrors. (His previous assignment for Moghadam was to spy on its workers while in rat form.) Control Panel The control panel is covered with dials, switches, and buttons—including a speckled gold

cannot be severed or destroyed. Concealed Door Located at the back of an empty iron maiden, this locked door leads to area 23, and is used by Andras to check on the clones there. It can be detected

Triton

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

dare insult tritons in their home environment, but those who do and survive often learn that the tritons’ wrath doesn’t end at the shore. Triton Shorestalker Some insults don’t wash away with the

spaces in water within 60 feet of the triton. The water weirds act immediately after the triton on the same initiative count and fight until they’re destroyed. They disappear if the triton dies

Villains

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

or insults 7 Dueling 8 Execution (d8) 1 Beheading 2 Burning at the stake 3 Burying alive 4 Crucifixion 5 Drawing and quartering 6 Hanging 7 Impalement 8 Sacrifice (living) 9 Impersonation or disguise

extra damage when used against the villain. 5 The villain is destroyed if it speaks its true name. 6 An ancient prophecy or riddle reveals how the villain can be overthrown. 7 The villain falls when an

Areas of the Scarlet Marpenoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

check reactivates the disabled engine. Whether it succeeds or fails, each check represents 10 minutes of work. The engine can also be destroyed. It has AC 16, 50 hit points, and immunity to poison and

Medium creature. The chair is situated before a panel of dials, levers, and buttons. Tervaround and Anverth stand by the back wall, monitoring gauges and performing system checks. A copper speaking tube

Museum Locations

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

either of them. The statues use the animated armor stat block and fight until destroyed. Alarms. An alarm spell has been cast on the bottom of the grand staircase. Another such spell has been cast on the

block and fights until destroyed. At your discretion, a noisy fight might attract the attention of the guards patrolling area V1. Guards’ Patrol Routes. If the characters didn’t snatch Alda’s clutch

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

Machine of Lum the Mad. Yet with Lum’s eventual defeat, his great machine was destroyed. The Infernal Machine is a delicate, intricate, bulky, and heavy device, weighing some 5,500 pounds. It can

, and you are its familiar. If destroyed, it reappears in 1d4 hours. 18 While you are afflicted by a disease or suffering the poisoned or frightened condition, whenever you hit a humanoid with a

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

along the way. If the combat robot was destroyed, Aphelion sends a friendly worker robot to accomplish the same task. If the characters refuse, Aphelion’s visage appears on a nearby screen, and the

square chute opens into a small bin. Beside it is a panel fitted with a thin, card-shaped slot and six glass buttons numbered from one to six. Malfunctioning worker bots stripped these kitchens of

Maglubiyet's Will Be Done

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

chance. Whether a deity is good, evil, or neutral is immaterial. All gods other than Maglubiyet and his servants are false and must be destroyed. Call to War: Formation of the Host When the three

other legions when a host forms. The warlords of rival legions don’t seek to depose the leader of the host unless the fortunes of war create the opportunity. Each legion records all the insults directed

Clerks' Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

debates are largely performative affairs—hour-long bouts where faction representatives embarrass each other and themselves with thinly veiled insults, boasting, and magniloquent rhetoric. The factions of

business that went up in its place, Fretter’s Fetters and Fritters, was destroyed when the tower suddenly reappeared. Until recently, most folk believed the Lady of Pain consigned the tower and its

Locations in Triboar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Tezrin (see appendix D), as well as a hidden vault containing their wealth. Alaestra and Narth run a successful business even in the face of local insults and mild harassment. They have an agreement with

animates for 1d4 rounds, after which it clatters to the floor. The effect repeats if the bones are touched again, unless the skeleton is reduced to 0 hit points or the bones are destroyed, in which case

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

creature’s next turn. 86–90 In this region, circular things (such as buttons, crystal balls, the sun, and so on) seem appallingly wrong. One random creature that starts its turn in this region must

the weapon, the weapon shatters and is destroyed after that attack. 71–76 For the next 24 hours, when anyone in the region hits a creature with an attack roll and deals damage to it, the attacker must

Cottage Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

“spittlespew” written on it in Common. (This is the password to open the cauldron in area D18.) Bavlorna keeps various mementos and trinkets in the cupboard, including: Loose buttons of various shapes, colors

extradimensional space. The bronze frog statue weighs 750 pounds and is a Medium object with AC 19, 32 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If the statue is destroyed, the extradimensional

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

pit, it attacks at once. The medusa fights until destroyed unless distracted by any information regarding the high priest (see area O5) or any offer to help leave the temple. If the characters confirm

Panels. These control panels are covered with buttons, dials, and gauges, as well as delicate machinery containing tiny clockwork devices reminiscent of ants performing intricate functions. A

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