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Mirror of Life Trapping
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. It shatters and is destroyed when reduced to 0 hit points.
If the mirror is hanging on a vertical surface and you are within 5 feet of it, you can use an action to speak its command word and activate
it. It remains activated until you use an action to speak the command word again.
Any creature other than you that sees its reflection in the activated mirror while within 30 feet of it must succeed
Daern's Instant Fortress
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You can use an action to place this 1-inch metal cube on the ground and speak its command word. The cube rapidly grows into a fortress that remains until you use an action to speak the command word
is divided into two floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When activated, the tower has a small door on the side facing you
Instant Fortress
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You can use an action to place this 1-inch metal cube on the ground and speak its command word. The cube rapidly grows into a fortress that remains until you use an action to speak the command word
is divided into two floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When activated, the tower has a small door on the side facing you
Magic Items
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
small door on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can speak as a bonus action. It is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such as that of a chime of opening
You can use an action to place this 1-inch-diameter granite sphere on the ground and speak its command word, which is “petrification” in Terran. The sphere rapidly grows into a stout
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
Elf
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Lizardfolk
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Goblin
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Orc
FEATURE: ADEPT LINGUIST
You can communicate with humanoids who don’t speak any language you know. You must observe the
leadership, and I do my utmost to provide it. (Lawful)
5
Protection. I must do everything possible to save a society facing extinction. (Good)
6
Indifferent. Life is cruel. What
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The Happy Scrimshander Shop This little shop facing the docks sells the tools of the scrimshander’s trade: needles and knives in a wide array of shapes and sizes, inks in a rainbow of colors, and wax
used to seal an engraving when it’s done. The shop’s owner is a doughy spinster of few words named Iriskree Harrowhill (retired neutral human assassin). She doesn’t talk about her shady past except to speak fondly of people she once knew who have since died.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
speak a second command word and free one creature trapped in the mirror. The freed creature appears, along with its possessions, in the unoccupied space nearest to the mirror and facing away from it. Medallion of Thoughts
Mirror of Life Trapping
an action to speak its command word and activate it. It remains activated until you use an action to speak the command word again. Any creature other than you that sees its reflection in the activated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Intelligence (History) check: Yeonido’s people are expected to present a brave face regardless of what hardships they’re facing personally. Talking about another person’s mishaps in public brings great
shame to that person. To be good neighbors, people don’t speak openly about others’ troubles. This reluctance to speak of others’ hardships makes talking about gwishin taboo. Residents of Yeonido
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
speak a second command word and free one creature trapped in the mirror. The freed creature appears, along with its possessions, in the unoccupied space nearest to the mirror and facing away from it.
an action to speak its command word and activate it. It remains activated until you use an action to speak the command word again. Any creature other than you that sees its reflection in the activated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
small door on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can speak as a bonus action. It is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such as that of a chime of opening
Instant Fortress Wondrous item, rare You can use an action to place this 1-inch metal cube on the ground and speak its command word. The cube rapidly grows into a fortress that remains until you use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
contains the following: Desk. A plain desk is situated against the west wall. If Violence is here, she’s seated in the chair, facing the wall, reading a scorched spellbook.
Door Plaque. The northeast door
greater punishment. If the characters approach her in a friendly manner, Violence tells them to leave before the headmaster returns, and recommends that they speak to Turbulence, her sister, who’s in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. When activated, the tower has a small door on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can speak as a bonus action. It is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such
Daern’s Instant Fortress Wondrous item, rare Daern’s Instant Fortress You can use an action to place this 1-inch metal cube on the ground and speak its command word. The cube rapidly grows into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. In the middle of the cave, facing east, is a slime-covered throne.
The Pudding King (see appendix C) holds court here, attended by his royal “children,” Princess Ebonmire and Prince Livid (see the
footstool contains 55 gp, 30 ep, a potion of poison in a gourd, two spell scrolls written on sheets of dried trillimac (conjure minor elementals and speak with plants), and a varnished nothic eye that functions as a crystal ball of true seeing that can be used only once.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
activated, the tower has a small door on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can speak as a bonus action. It is immune to the knock spell and similar magic, such as that of a
Mudslick Tower Wondrous Item, Very Rare You can use an action to place this 1-inch-diameter granite sphere on the ground and speak its command word, which is “petrification” in Terran. The sphere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T6. Guard Tower Rooftop Ten-foot-tall, gold-plated statues stand atop the battlements, facing outward. Each one depicts a female human knight holding a lance. The cold wind stirs the snow, under
damage instead of necrotic damage. The snow maidens don’t speak, nor are they interested in hearing what the characters have to say. If the characters don’t leave at once, the snow maidens attack. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
has a soothing effect on mind flayers but no magical properties to speak of.)
Assistant. Standing in the eastern corner of the room, facing the corner, is a male human wearing nothing but a leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
trapdoor in the ceiling can be pushed open to reveal area O4. Each crate is 3 feet square. The top one is empty, but the middle and lower ones each contain a captive child. The outward-facing side of each
of crumbs, as the hags are fattening them up. If freed, neither child wants to go home, because of what their parents did. They both speak kindly of Ismark and Ireena in Barovia, hoping to be taken to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
bearing one line of the poem. The book is open to pages 4 and 5 when the characters first arrive. Hidden in the leg of the lectern, on the side facing the east wall, is a secret compartment that can be
“Spider Fan Trap” below). Nursery Rhyme Book Any character who understands the Infernal tongue can translate the hags’ nursery rhyme as follows: Page 1: Backward, backward, eight to one.
Page 2: Speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
of fresh water. The statues stand atop stone plinths above the water, facing outward. Starting with the northernmost one and moving clockwise, the statues represent Eilistraee (god of beauty, dance
, with these changes: The Sing-Alongs are lawful good. Each has a Charisma of 14 and the following skill: Performance +4. They have these racial traits: They speak, read, and write Common and Halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
creatures. If a creature’s thoughts suggest goodness, a flumph seeks that creature out. When facing creatures that exude evil, a flumph flees. Psionic Siphons. Flumphs feed by siphoning mental energy
Undercommon but can’t speak, telepathy 60 ft.
Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)
Advanced Telepathy. The flumph can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
daily life in Zilargo, used both for entertainment and for trickery. The Thurimbar rod is a common magic item that amplifies this natural gift for purposes of creating music. The power to speak with small
controlling stake in a distant dragonshard mine, but the mine was abandoned centuries ago due to “problems.” Kobolds? Aberrations? There’s only one way to find out.
9 Your family is facing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
for eight hours, ending just before dawn. When the characters enter the carnival, place a d8 at the start of the track in the upper left corner of the poster map with the “1” facing up. Move the die
important meeting between the characters and the carnival owners. If the mood reaches either of the end spaces on the track, the carnival’s owners invite the characters to speak with them in their wagon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
a crayfish. It is facing you and seems to be aware of your presence.
Slippery Mud. The floor of the chamber is very slippery, counting as difficult terrain. Any sudden actions, including those
is approached, it will advance waving its claws in an aggressive manner and speak. If any member of the party can understand Olman, an ancient language, the crayfish will be heard to say, “Who is this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
mastodon statue is facing the entrance. The statue’s lifelike qualities owe to the fact that this is Ghom, whose body was preserved in magical iron and covered with a thin layer of hammered gold, and
statue returns to its original north-facing position and stops revolving. When this happens, read: The fires go out, though smoke still hangs in the air. A warm wind blows through the hall, carrying the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
elevated, white marble statues arranged in a line depict slender, robed figures facing northward. The engraving on their faces has been worn away by the wind, but pointed ears make the statues
, facing south. Three more statues, unseen from this vantage point, are located under the hill in area E6.) A detect magic spell or similar magic reveals an aura of abjuration magic around each statue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
business records, and mundane tools. If Itzmin reaches the warehouse, he ascends to the catwalk and hides in one of the offices, emerging and trying to escape only after he hears combat. Facing Serapio
, he transforms back into a tlacatecolo and attacks. If Serapio attacks the characters before they can speak with him, a character can use an action to try to calm Serapio by making a DC 14 Charisma
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
them resistance to necrotic damage as well, making them good at facing undead. The tiefling’s Infernal Legacy trait is a good model for a similar trait to reflect a magical, celestial heritage
daylight spell once with this trait as a 3rd-level spell, and you regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Celestial.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Kalaman’s council listens to what the characters say, asking probing questions until the truth of what happened in Vogler comes out. As the characters speak, Lord Bakaris contradicts them, trying to bolster
his own fictitious position as the village leader who deserves accolades for bravely facing the Red Dragon Army. Through roleplaying or by succeeding on a DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation) check, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
neutral alignment. Each child has a Strength score of 14 (+2). They speak Giant, though their vocabulary is limited. They wield wooden toys as clubs, gaining a +4 bonus to hit on their melee weapon
Simulacra” section earlier in this chapter) perch atop these battlements, half of them facing outward and half facing inward. The aarakocra have instructions to attack intruders who disturb the water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
death knight can see and speak through the skeletal figurehead (see “Death Knight’s Soul”). D2. Upper Deck The upper deck contains a set of stairs that descend into the bowels of the ship, two ballista
mounted on rotating platforms, two rear-facing mangonels (see “Siege Equipment” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide), and hatches that open into the ship’s stores and artillery magazine. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
streaks the floorboards.
In the center of the room, four enchanted farmers stand facing each other, their crimson eyes unblinking. Each holds a sharp knife or farming implement. They don’t react
characters and says, “Please go. You shouldn’t be here.” If the characters speak with Kianna, she drifts between fearfully urging them to leave and coaxing them to stay and meet her friend, Culley, her mood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
barriers, which otherwise require siege engines to force open. Gate Guards. Characters who stand outside the main gate and announce their arrival can speak to the guards in the gatehouse. Unless Levistus
a banner depicting the town’s heraldry: a stone watchtower on a dark blue field, with a horizontal red fish facing to the right under the tower.
The servant is a fourteen-year-old tiefling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to communicate using telepathy, Vorryn and Dredavex prefer to speak aloud in Gnomish or Undercommon, with an accent best described as “gooey.” Vorryn is persnickety and exasperated most of the time
more exterior decks and a large, forward-facing mass of rubbery tentacles. The mind flayers use these tentacles to scour the surface of a world for interesting creatures to take back home for study or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
windows, the only light within the house. The cloaks are too decayed to be of any use. H2. Assembly Room Chairs are arranged in staggered rows with their backs to the door, facing a podium in the
Tifra and their two children, Tavin and Nia, evacuated to Maerin. The last few pages speak of the mayor’s nightmares, of her creeping fear and waking in the night, soaked in sweat, with lingering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
snake with its orchid to make it angry, then strokes the snake’s flank with the feather to calm it down, then lies down facing the snake, whereupon the reptile crawls through the mouth of the mask and
, staring directly into your eyes as it moves. Its face is remarkably humanlike, and its tongue flicks before it speaks.
“I am Saja N’baza. What do you seek in this ancient place? Speak truly, for I hear