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Instrument of Illusions
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
While you are playing this musical instrument, you can create harmless, illusory visual effects within a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on the instrument. If you are a bard, the radius increases to 15
feet. Sample visual effects include luminous musical notes, a spectral dancer, butterflies, and gently falling snow. The magical effects have neither substance nor sound, and they are obviously illusory. The effects end when you stop playing.
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
sphere. Each creature within that area must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be covered in the sludge for 1 minute. While covered in the sludge, a creature’s speed is halved. A
only minimally help to slow a falling traag’s descent. Its metallic scales are coated in a sickly patina. In battle, the draconian can charge its body with vicious fire, burning all in its wake. When a traag draconian dies, its body explodes in a thick, disgusting sludge.
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
"} lightning damage.
Stardust. Nafas creates a 20-foot-radius sphere of multiversal dust centered on a point anywhere in his lair. The sphere spreads around corners, and its area is heavily obscured. The
, ushering them safely to the nearest staircase. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and take no damage from falling. Aberrations, Fiends, Undead, and creatures that fall due to Nafas&rsquo
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
stand up. A creature can take an action to make a DC 10 Strength check, ending the buried state on a success.
A cloud of sand swirls about in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on a point the dragon can
1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Falling Distance"} × 10 feet into the sinkhole.
If the dragon dies, the dust devils disappear immediately, and the thunderstorms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Instrument of Illusions Wondrous item, common (requires attunement) While you are playing this musical instrument, you can create harmless, illusory visual effects within a 5-foot-radius sphere
centered on the instrument. If you are a bard, the radius increases to 15 feet. Sample visual effects include luminous musical notes, a spectral dancer, butterflies, and gently falling snow. The magical
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
amethyst that that explodes at a point it can see within 60 feet of it. Each creature within a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 (3d8
object dropped down one of the chimneys continues falling endlessly unless it or some outside force has the means to slow or stop it. This property of the lair vanishes after 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of the area is filled with rubble and becomes difficult terrain. Falling Net Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to release a net suspended from the ceiling. The trip wire is 3 inches off the
sharpened wooden or iron spikes at the bottom. A creature falling into the pit takes 11 (2d10) piercing damage from the spikes, in addition to any falling damage. Even nastier versions have poison smeared
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
point it can see within 60 feet of it. Each creature within a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw or take 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType
the lower level brings a creature to the upper level. A creature or object dropped down one of the chimneys continues falling endlessly unless it or some outside force has the means to slow or stop it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
falling to the floor. A successful dispel magic (DC 16) cast on the sphere dispels the Nystul’s magic aura spell, permanently deactivates the magnetic field, and causes the sphere to crash to the floor
fifty feet high. The polished marble floor is so perfectly reflective that it creates the illusion of standing at the entrance to a sphere. Nine alcoves filled with glittering treasure open up along
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, dreamlike scene.
Bookshelves surround you, and a large, shimmering sphere levitates on the other side of the room. In front of the sphere stands a bearded human sage, his arms covered with tattoos
.
“The book speaks of a star falling to earth—a black rock, seemingly worthless but seared by the heavens,” he explains. “Only it can help us. We must find it, and soon, or evil will seize the power of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
south slopes gently upward to area 26d and contains a rolling sphere trap.
The 10-foot-square section of floor marked X on map 2 is a pressure plate. When 20 or more pounds of pressure depress this
plate, a 10-foot-diameter stone sphere painted to look like a bloodshot eyeball careens from an alcove at the top of the sloped hallway and down the passage toward area 26c. With a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
13. Chamber of Three Chests When the party enters the illusory crawlway hidden by the red sphere, they will come to an apparent dead end, but a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals the
presence of a secret door. The character who opens the door will fall to the floor 10 feet below due to a tilting stone at the mouth of the crawlway, taking falling damage (a mere annoyance, but it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
invisible 40-foot-radius sphere of transmutation magic that shrinks all creatures and objects in its area to one-twelfth their normal size. A 6-foot-tall person becomes a 6-inch-tall person, for example
. Characters who enter the sphere can tell something has happened when Maddgoth’s castle suddenly looms twelve times larger in their vision. A shrunken creature or object reverts to its normal size
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
(Survival) check notice the haze growing thicker and more pungent. If the characters notice, they can avoid the miasma by rushing out of the area. If they don’t, a toxic, 20-foot-radius sphere surrounds a
random character. Creatures in this sphere must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) poison damage on a failure, or half as much on a success. The miasma is stationary and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Seven clusters hold six eggs each, as noted on the map. Each egg is a silvery sphere 3 feet in diameter. Its shell is tough (AC 20), but an egg is destroyed if it takes any amount of damage. Three of
Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to avoid falling off. An adventurer who reaches an egg cluster and has a suitable cutting tool (such as a dagger, sword, or axe) can carefully hack an egg out in 2d4 minutes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
stop falling in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on you. You can end this effect as a bonus action. If it is windy, you can use a bonus action each round to choose the direction that the wind blows in a
100-foot-radius sphere centered on you. The wind blows in that direction until the end of your next turn. This feature doesn’t alter the speed of the wind. Storm’s Fury Starting at 14th level, when
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
it is raining, you can use an action to cause the rain to stop falling in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on you. You can end this effect as a bonus action. If it is windy, you can use a bonus action
each round to choose the direction that the wind blows in a 100-foot-radius sphere centered on you. The wind blows in that direction until the end of your next turn. This feature doesn’t alter the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
creature’s next turn after the noise, that creature is subjected to an attack from falling rocks and earth (+5 to hit, dealing 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage on a hit). Creatures. Hidden in a pile of
territory in which these ruins are located. Finally, a crystal sphere, cracked in the catastrophe, has rolled into the shadow of some nearby rubble. It is made of polished quartz, 3 inches in diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
10 feet of that point must succeed on a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw or take 16 (3d10) lightning damage. Stardust. Nafas creates a 20-foot-radius sphere of multiversal dust centered on a point
anywhere in his lair. The sphere spreads around corners, and its area is heavily obscured. The dust lasts until Nafas disperses it (no action required) or uses this lair action again, and it can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
support its hulking body in true flight, and they only minimally help to slow a falling traag’s descent. Its metallic scales are coated in a sickly patina. In battle, the draconian can charge its
feet from the fall when calculating the fall’s damage.
Death Throes. If the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its body erupts into sludge that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere. Each creature within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fifteen-foot-diameter sphere made of shimmering silver floats above a hexagonal dais on the west side of this thirty-foot-high chamber. The sphere is as reflective as a mirror, and it appears smooth
and sleek.
Scrying Sphere. The silver sphere is a scrying device that allows Teremini to remotely communicate with Lord Soth, who has a similar sphere in his home, Dargaard Keep. A creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
of Heroism 52–53 Potion of Invisibility 54–55 Potion of Invulnerability 56–57 Potion of Mind Reading 58–59 Quaal’s Feather Token (bird, swan boat, or whip) 60–61 Ring of Feather Falling 62 Ring of
Invisibility 54–57 Ring of Spell Turning 58 Ring of Three Wishes 59 Robe of the Archmagi 60–61 Scroll of Titan Summoning 62–65 Sovereign Glue 66–83 Spell Scroll (level 9 spell) 84 Sphere of Annihilation 85
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
feet across and appears to consist of warty flesh slowly falling into its center. Any object or creature entering the vortex is lost within the Far Realm for 2d6 hours before reappearing in the
whirlpool in area S2. A creature or object subjected to this fate doesn’t experience the passage of time until it reappears. S4: Rune Alcove This alcove is completely free of warts. A palm-sized fuzzy sphere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
collapsing roof, the falling net, and the rolling sphere, a beholder can use its disintegration ray to blast a hole in the ceiling above its enemies, opening up a previously prepared chamber filled with mud
falling block traps or weak ceilings supported by a single pillar, which the beholder can disintegrate after it passes that point to deter pursuit. Eyes in the Sky Because a beholder’s paranoia knows no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a 10-foot-radius sphere of incinerating golden radiance centered on the device. Each creature in the sphere must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, taking 90 (10d10 + 35) radiant damage on a
Copper, but the two had a falling out. One morning, after a bitter argument the night before, Copper decided to return to Ten-Towns. He snuck out while Macreadus was still asleep, leaving behind a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
effect of the levitate spell for 10 minutes, targeting yourself and requiring no concentration. Alternatively, you can use a reaction to deploy the balloon when you’re falling and gain the effect of
of orb, its effect is contained within a sphere with a 1 mile radius. The orb is the sphere’s point of origin. The orb is destroyed after one use. Air Orb. When this orb detonates, it creates a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
robes stands atop a dais, her arms outstretched in a welcoming gesture. A tiny, incandescent blue sphere is suspended in the air next to the statue’s head. Dozens of other statues made of sparkling
they collide with creatures they can’t reach (creatures flying above them, for example). This statue on the dais doesn’t move, and the tiny sphere floating next to its head is frozen in time and magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
trigger when the step is walked on. Creatures emulating Man and Crocodile don’t trigger the glyphs. Each triggered glyph releases a 20-foot-radius sphere of lightning centered on the step. Every
team can pick up the jug safely and carry it out of the room. If the jug is picked up by anyone else, loose bricks begin to fall from the ceiling. Every creature in area 6E is struck by falling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. A draconian in the aura that can see or hear the aurak can’t be charmed and has advantage on saving throws made to avoid or end the frightened condition on
, and their slight wings are incapable of flight, though they do afford the draconians some control when falling. These wings are small enough to be hidden beneath a cloak or robe, and baaz draconians
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
weak to pose an actual hazard. Climbing the rough pit walls requires successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks. F3. Wind Prison A stone pedestal in the middle of this cavern holds a glassy sphere
about eight inches in diameter. The sphere seems to contain swirling smoke. Battered armor, damaged weapons, and tattered clothing are strewn around the chamber, but the floor within ten feet of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Moving on the rock requires a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check, and failing this check results in the creature falling into the water. Treasure. Each nest holds 1d4 - 1 blood hawk eggs
sphere that rises 10 feet toward the water’s surface every round on initiative count 20. Creatures that touch the cloud must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-foot-diameter crystal sphere rests on an ornate stand.
See appendix D for a description of the Ythryn mythallar and its magical properties. The first time a creature tries to attune to the mythallar
check succeeds, listeners experience a falling sensation in the pits of their stomachs, mirroring Ythryn’s downward plunge, as the music reaches a crescendo. If the third and final check succeeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
duke, her three dead husbands, her three sons, and the family’s winged cat, Slobberchops. Treasure. A tapestry hanging on the north wall depicts burning angels falling from the sky into a pit of fire
false bottom rises and pulls the cork out of a thin glass vial hidden underneath it. The uncorked vial releases a cloud of poisonous gas that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the chest. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
throw or take 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage from falling debris. Workers. Roll 1d6 + 3 to determine how many workers (commoners) are here when the characters arrive. One of the workers acts as an overseer
poisonous gas that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the door. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 2d4 hours. A poisoned creature falls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
pit (see the “Hazards in the Marsh” sidebar), taking normal falling damage. Inside the pit are five giant poisonous snakes, which attack anything that falls in. As soon as a character occupies the
and straps, personal possessions, and the following items distributed randomly: Four purses containing 6 sp each Three flasks of oil (3 sp each) A bag of seashells (no value) A solid quartz sphere