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Returning 35 results for 'ground rod'.
Magic Items
Dungeon Masterâs Guide
following spells from it:
Detect Evil and Good
Detect Magic
Detect Poison and Disease
See Invisibility
Protective Aura. As a Magic action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground
action to pull the rod from the ground. Once used, this property canât be used again until the next dawn.
Magic Items
Dungeon Masterâs Guide
magnetic north. (Nothing happens if this function of the rod is used in a location that has no magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or your
This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. The rod has properties associated with six different buttons that
Rod of Alertness
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod's head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet. While in that bright light, you and any creature that
ends after 10 minutes, or when a creature uses an action to pull the rod from the ground. This property can't be used again until the next dawn.
Rod of Lordly Might
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
indicates magnetic north. (Nothing happens if this function of the rod is used in a location that has no magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or
This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The rod has properties associated with six different buttons that are set
Aarakocra
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Species
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
.
Beak and Feather
From below, aarakocra look much like large birds. Only when they descend to roost on a branch or walk across the ground does their humanoid appearance reveal itself. Standing
people forced to live and toil on the ground.
Avian Mannerisms
The resemblance of aarakocra to birds isnât limited to physical features. Aarakocra display many of the same mannerisms as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
invisibility. Protective Aura. As an action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rodâs head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet
light. The rodâs head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes, or when a creature uses an action to pull the rod from the ground. This property canât be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
invisibility. Protective Aura. As an action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rodâs head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet
light. The rodâs head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes, or when a creature uses an action to pull the rod from the ground. This property canât be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rodâs head sheds Bright Light in a 60-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 60 feet. While in that Bright Light, you and your allies gain
when a creature takes a Magic action to pull the rod from the ground. Once used, this property canât be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rodâs head sheds Bright Light in a 60-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 60 feet. While in that Bright Light, you and your allies gain
when a creature takes a Magic action to pull the rod from the ground. Once used, this property canât be used again until the next dawn.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of your approximate depth beneath the ground or your height above it. Drain Life. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using the rod, you can force the target to make a DC 17 Constitution
Rod of Lordly Might Rod, legendary (requires attunement) This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The rod has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or your height above it. Drain Life. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using the rod, you can
Rod of Lordly Might Rod, Legendary (Requires Attunement) Conceptopolis Rod of Rulership, Rod of Lordly Might,
Rod of Resurrection, Rope of Entanglement This rod has a flanged head, and it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
location that has no magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or your height above it. Drain Life. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using the
Rod of Lordly Might Rod, legendary (requires attunement) This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The rod has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
indicates magnetic north. (Nothing happens if this function of the rod is used in a location that has no magnetic north.) The rod also gives you knowledge of your approximate depth beneath the ground or
Rod of Lordly Might Rod, Legendary (Requires Attunement) This rod has a flanged head, and it functions as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. The rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
ability to hover for 1 minute. If the creature is airborne when this effect ends, it falls safely to the ground, taking no damage and landing on its feet.
A small packet holds enough pixie dust for
one use.
Pole of Collapsing Wondrous Item, Common
While holding this 10-foot pole, you can use an action to speak a command word and cause it to collapse into a 1-foot-long rod for ease of storage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
chained up just inside the opening. Each wolfâs chain leads to an iron rod driven into the base of a stalagmite.
Three wolves are confined here. They canât reach targets standing on the steps, but all
shaft, as desired. On a check result of 6â9, the character neither gains nor loses ground; on a result of 5 or less, the character falls and takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10 feet fallen, landing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
. Earthquake. As a Magic action, you can strike the weapon against the ground to create an intense seismic disturbance in a 50-foot-radius circle centered on the point of impact. Structures in contact
with the ground in that area take 50 Bludgeoning damage, and each creature on the ground in that area must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or have the Prone condition. If that creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
â).
Chest. A wooden chest stands against the east wall.
The nagas donât fear death, but they do fear the loss or theft of their rod of rulership and will do everything they can to safeguard it. A
battle here attracts the thralls from areas 11b and 15f, assuming theyâre still around. While Agorra is under the effect of the rod of rulership, she believes the nagas to be her allies and defends them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
form can enter the tower through these slits. Treasure The ground floor of the Daernâs instant fortress contains 50,000 cp, 10,000 sp, 10,000 gp, 1,000 pp, 15 assorted gems (100 gp each), and a +2
bearer isnât incapacitated. The upper floor of the tower contains 10 pieces of jewelry (250 gp each) in a red velvet sack, an alchemy jug, a helm of brilliance, a rod of the pact keeper, +1, and an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
riding horse with saddle bags (see the Monster Manual for statistics)
52â59 Pit (a cube 10 feet on a side), which you can place on the ground within 10 feet of you
60â68 4 Potions of healing
, up to 2 feet deep), which you can place on a vertical surface you can reach
97â00 Portable ram
Top to Bottom: Rod of Absorption, Robe of
the Archmagi, and Robe of Useful Items
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
construct broke off and was embedded in the ground. Over time, this fragment became buried deep in the earth. Today, it lies under a campground in the heart of town (area T2). Fire giants loyal to Duke
Zalto have been using rods of the Vonindod (see appendix B) to locate fragments of the construct. One such rod has led a mated pair of fire giants named Okssort and Ildmane to Triboar. Their entourage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
has been ground to splinters by the behir that has claimed this tower as its nest. The behir isnât here when the characters enter the keep; it prowls the keep, looking for a fresh meal. Stairs ascend
Gremorly. Ritual Rod. Set into a metal tripod in the center of the room is a 3-foot-long metal rod decorated with runes and glowing with necromantic magic. The entire assembly weighs 8 pounds. This is one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
fissure at the base of the tree forms a rough, arched entrance into the trunk.
A character who examines the ground around the tree can make a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) or Wisdom (Survival) check. On a
against the hollowâs northern wall.
The fourth piece of the Rod of Seven Parts points its wielder to the boulder along the treeâs interior northwest curve. If the characters enter this area from area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
wagons, each pulled by two oxen and equipped with an axe, a shovel, two buckets, and a three-pointed-iron-rod fire spit that can readily be used as three improvised spears. Each wagon carries two Black
wherever reasonably level ground and a water source can be found together. Haeler doesnât post sentinels outside the camp. Instead, he rings the wagons and has the thugs watch from within them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
aboard the Lambent Zenith. Though they can recount the shipâs mission and subsequent crash, these sailors know nothing about the rod piece. Z3: Galley and Pantry The sound of sizzling and the smell of
Kycera. Kycera gladly discusses the general history of the Lambent Zenith. However, if asked about the rod piece or the security system, Kycera clams up, suspicious of the charactersâ motives. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
choosing.
21â40 Characters wander the Mists for another 1d6 hours, then roll on this table again.
41â65 Characters emerge from the Mists on stable ground 1d100 feet away from where they entered
.
66â75 Characters emerge on stable ground a mile from where they entered the Mists at midnight of the night after they entered the Mists.
76â85 Characters emerge from the Mists inside a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
next deck amid crates, barrels, and broken bits of equipment.
Moving among the detritus are four creatures. Three of them are small, repulsive, purple things that float above the ground and pull
Rod. This 6-inch-long black metal rod has a button at the top. Using an action to press the button causes the rod to emit a chirp. Any creature within 30 feet of the rod that isnât deafened and has an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
around the colossus, the ground quakes, breaking the magesâ focus. The colossus is buried in crumbling stone, surrounded by shifting mountains and sickly gray clouds. Years pass in rapid succession while
liquid that pools around the dais.
Floating above the brain and scattering light across the room is a small, slender object: a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.
Years after its abandonment, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
of the Black Earth, and dream of the day when earthquakes reduce the world of mortals to rubble. They seek to recruit evil or destructive monsters that burrow or dwell in the ground, and in fact
. That devotion has granted them an uncanny ability to hold their ground against the buffeting assaults. It has also earned them the right to wear special plate armor of elemental stone, which breaks down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, a crystal, a rod, a specially constructed staff, a wand-like length of wood, or some similar item--designed to channel the power of arcane spells. A sorcerer, warlock, or wizard can use such an item
incorporating feathers, fur, bones, and teeth from sacred animals. A druid can use such an object as a spellcasting focus. Fishing Tackle. This kit includes a wooden rod, silken line, corkwood bobbers, steel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
). E5e. Office An old desk and chair stand against the south wall, a wooden holy symbol mounted above themâa sunburst. A ten-foot-long iron rod attached to the north wall stands bare, suggesting a
Indirovichâs deliverance from Barovia. Once Kolyan is put in the ground, Donavich suggests that Ireena be taken as far from Castle Ravenloft as possible. He proposes that the characters take her to the Abbey
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
lb.
Crossbow bolts (20)
1 gp
1 œ lb.
Sling bullets (20)
4 cp
1 œ lb.
Spellcasting Focus Item
Cost
Weight
Arcane Focus
Crystal
10 gp
1 lb.
Orb
20 gp
3 lb.
Rod
liquid gains advantage on saving throws against poison for 1 hour. It confers no benefit to undead or constructs. Arcane Focus. An arcane focus is a special item â an orb, a crystal, a rod, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
the tower leads from the ground to the rooftop.1
Each floor of the tower is a single area. A magical floating platform just like the one in area H4 connects the three levels. Rummox. Anthraduskâs
Rummox to surrender and cooperate with them. See âTraitorous Adviserâ if she surrenders. H9a: Library. The towerâs ground floor is stocked with precious texts. The entire collection, which includes over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
ounces of oil of slipperiness, three ounces of sovereign glue, three potions of water breathing, an immovable rod, a folding boat, a bag of holding containing several fishing nets and 500 feet of
the roof of the hermitage. In many spots, the mortar holding the tiles in place has crumbled, and the slates have slid off to shatter on the ground below. The roof is patched with thatching in those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, roughly a dozen feet above ground. The name of the road you travel on will be on the wall nearest, while the name of the crossing road will be around the corner. Simply ingenious! Landmarks Proud
ahead. The hire-coachâs driver sits high and to the rear of the carriage, manipulating the horses by means of long reins and a short whip on a rod. The fare must be agreed upon and paid before the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
natural cleft in the rock. Descending into this cleft, you come to an icy courtyard strewn with rubble. Hardy blue shrubs rise from the frozen ground. Lodged at the far end of the cleft is a keep sized
twenty-five-foot-tall double door made of bleached wood with bronze fittings provides the only entrance at ground level.
In the courtyard, there are pieces of rubble large enough that characters can