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Dungeon Master’s Guide
This amulet is fashioned from a shard of resilient material originating from an otherworldly realm. While you are wearing it, you gain the following benefits.
Spellcasting Focus. You can use the
a casting time of an action, and you make a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you cast the spell. On a failed check, the spell fails, and the action used to cast it is wasted. In either case, you can’t use this property again until you finish a Long Rest.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and
black crystal called chardalyn, fragments of the shattered Crystal Shard.
Zlan has leveraged its connection with the shattered Artifact to psychically infest chardalyn, using the crystalline material to
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
shard unleashes a pulse of psychic power. Each creature of the shard’s choice in a 60-foot-radius sphere centered on it must make a DC 20 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the
Deflection. The shard’s AC includes its Intelligence modifier.
Incorporeal Movement. The shard can move through creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. If it ends its turn
Ice Mephit
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burst","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
False Appearance. While the mephit remains motionless, it
is indistinguishable from an ordinary shard of ice.
Innate Spellcasting (1/Day). The mephit can innately cast fog cloud, requiring no material components. Its innate spellcasting ability is
Ice Mephit (Summoner Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
":"damage","rollAction":"Death Burst","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
False Appearance. While the mephit remains motionless, it
is indistinguishable from an ordinary shard of ice.
Innate Spellcasting.(1/Day). The mephit can innately cast fog cloud, requiring no material components. Its innate spellcasting ability is
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
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Shard of Shadow. Ranged Spell Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Shard of Shadow"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d6 + 7);{"diceNotation":"1d6+7
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shard of Shadow","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
This copper-hued helm contains a shard of the Elemental Chaos embedded in its forehead, surrounded by a motif of a rising sun. Legend says Annam fashioned this helm for his daughter Diancastra to
. The target must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 4d6 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage (your choice). On a successful save, the creature takes
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
allip that can hear it must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 12 (2d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Howling Babble
torments what remains of its mind. In the presence of other creatures, an allip seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Dark Shard Amulet Wondrous Item, Common (Requires Attunement by a Warlock) This amulet is fashioned from a shard of resilient material originating from an otherworldly realm. While you are wearing it
don’t know. The cantrip must be on the Warlock spell list and have a casting time of an action, and you make a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you cast the spell. On a failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Draconic Shard Gem dragons wield psionic power, and when a powerful gem dragon perishes, the force of the dragon’s will and mind sometimes refuses to pass on. This essence lingers in the form of a
psychic remnant called a draconic shard. A draconic shard in its true form resembles a shimmering, spectral image of the dragon. More often, though, a shard inhabits an object the gem dragon poured
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
)
Death Burst. When the mephit dies, it explodes in a burst of jagged ice. Each creature within 5 feet of it must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4 (1d8) slashing damage on a failed save
, or half as much damage on a successful one.
False Appearance. While the mephit remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary shard of ice.
Innate Spellcasting (1/Day). The mephit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Barthen’s Well The well the goblins vandalized is located behind Barthen’s Provisions. Years ago, the well was built using material scavenged from the nearby area—including an obelisk shard, which
was used as the drum for the well’s winch. Recently, goblins came during the night to retrieve the obelisk shard, destroying the well in the process. But their raid was interrupted by Ander, one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
shrine originated from the obelisk. This small, obsidian shard was a centerpiece in the shrine’s archway for years until a band of goblins came in the wee hours of the morning and plucked it from its
damaged the Shrine of Luck
when they removed the obelisk shard
from the pinnacle of the arch Sister Garaele. Sister Garaele returned to Phandalin from a Harper mission a few hours after the shrine was
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
anyone into the palace.
A gnome adventurer acquires
the shard solitaire necklace and a key
belonging to Paliset Hall’s head of staff The four winter wolves are soon joined by the two winter
talk to someone. Any character who asks Oak a question about Zorhanna, Eliphas, or the shard solitaire necklace can make a DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check. If the check is successful, Oak provides
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
failed check, the creature lands 5 feet away from its intended spot and is suspended in the area’s strange gravity. Suspended creatures are restrained until they use an action to pull themselves onto a
dead mass of the alien husk. Between their tips hovers a starlike crystal.
Approximately 40 feet from the Drought Elder’s maw hangs the Sleeping Stone shard, twinkling between the being’s two gigantic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
need. (More specifically, they provide loans, mercenaries, and other services.) Another Black Network gang has recently infiltrated the city and tried to take over the Xanathar Guild. They failed
. Even magical scrying has failed to reveal his location. The botched kidnapping of Renaer Neverember won’t sit well with Urstul. He might try again. (Tashlyn doesn’t actually believe this, but she knows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
seeks to relieve this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary madness. The
failed save, a target takes 12 (2d8 + 3) psychic damage, and it is stunned until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and isn’t stunned. Constructs and undead are immune to this effect.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary mental anguish and violent
creature within 30 feet of the allip that can hear it must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a target takes 12 (2d8 + 3) psychic damage, and it is stunned until the end of its next turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
whole by a giant snake. When the vision ends, the creature must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 5 (1d10) psychic damage. Prisoners of the Yuan-ti
Prisoners the
dagger. Pottery Shard, a tabaxi minstrel (see appendix D), was kidnapped while traveling from Port Nyanzaru to Fort Beluarian. Gorvax, a firenewt warrior (see appendix D) is eager to escape and return to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
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Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d4 + 7) piercing damage.
Shard of Shadow. Ranged Spell Attack: +12 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d6 + 7
throw, taking 28 (8d6) slashing damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If Nintra is in the sphere, the shards deal no damage to her.
Legendary Actions
Nintra can take 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
) check to command the engine’s elemental spirit. On a successful check, the action happens. On a failed check, nothing happens, and the creature’s action is wasted.
Magic can make an airship’s
bound to it. The shard has AC 17; HP 10; and Immunity to Piercing, Poison, Psychic, and Slashing damage. If an airship’s elemental core is broken, the ship ceases to move (though it continues to hover if
Equipment
Size
Market Value
Weight
AC
HP
Extraction Time
Shard
500 gold
1 lbs
19
15
5 minutes
Delerium Properties
All delerium samples have the following traits regardless of size
root in the triggering creature. All other creatures within 30 feet of the triggering creature must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, they are pulled up to 20 feet towards the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
using darkvision or a light source brighter than a candle can see, if they look up, the underside of the walkway in area M5 (on level 1). If the characters failed to notice the two kobolds clinging to
skull from the stone causes it to shatter and fall away, revealing a crystal shard where the illithid’s brain would have been. Treasure. The crystal shard lodged inside the fossilized mind flayer skull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
disrepair. A character who inspects the lift and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check uncovers the lift’s broken mechanisms as well as its former power source: a dull and cracked shard
creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes damage that varies depending on the last rune the creature tapped: Death. 13 (3d8) necrotic damage Light. 13 (3d8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
failed check, the spell slot is expended but the creature remains soul bound. Kelson Darktreader Urns. The urns are magic and worthless but clever fakes that appear valuable, requiring a successful DC 20
a glyph key attuned to this zone. 34. Shard Cavern This cavern has no light. The walls and ceiling of this rough cavern are a mass of rock spines, the floor covered with rock dust and shards. A path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
perilous, and each creature doing so must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature either tumbles down the stairs before being able to stop itself or pitches over the edge and
mason’s tools. On a failed check, a character triggers a short rockfall and takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage. After three successful checks, the archway is cleared. H3. Central Chamber Though a layer of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the crowned helmet in the Temple of Black Earth but failed to realize its significance. Reulek later stole it and was sneaking toward area G5 when he fell prey to the specters in this cave. Reulek
single source must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw. If the save fails by 5 or more, the creature is knocked off the bridge and falls. On any other failed result, the creature is knocked prone but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
adjusted only in area E4. The process takes five minutes and requires a character to make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw as Shadowfell energies tug at their life essence. On a failed check, the
Blue Phoenix Shrine is a holy place of the god Habbakuk and that the Sunward Fortress holds the slaadi Spawning Shard, Dalamar needs 24 hours to evaluate that information and complete his research
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Siamorphe. Wulfgar and the Crystal Shard, an epic opera detailing the adventures of a barbarian, a dwarf, and a drow in Icewind Dale. “Your Beardy Face,” a traditional dwarven love song popular in the
character is proficient with gaming sets. On a successful check, the character wins 10 gp. On a failed check, the character loses the stake. Treasure. The gold table settings and candlesticks are worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Hand) or Wisdom (Survival) check to preserve it in top condition for Kiorna’s purposes. On a failed check, the hide does not meet Kiorna’s standards but can still be sold for a lesser price. 12
her. d8 Object 1 The branch of a tree used to hang a murderer 2 Splinters from a tree struck by lightning 3 A shard of a treant’s bark, given freely 4 A wooden stake used to impale a vampire 5






