mechanical some with over advances from for land

Clockwork Oaken Bolter

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

traps or melee-oriented clockworks—and at shorter ranges, burst with explosive force. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs

but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations. Individual Designs Gnome artisans

Clockwork Stone Defender

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attacker.The thick plates of stone riveted onto a stone defender give it substantial protection. Its chief role is as a bodyguard. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has

produced many failed Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations

Clockwork Bronze Scout

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. If detected, it sends electrical shocks through the ground toward pursuers while it retreats. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed

Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations. Individual Designs Gnome

Clockwork Iron Cobra

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

clockwork with alchemical concoctions that can paralyze creatures and cloud the mind. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs but

also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks have been shared between gnome communities over many generations. Individual Designs Gnome artisans

Clockworks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Clockworks The gnomes’ efforts to invent and tinker with magic and mechanical devices produce many failed constructs, but also result in genuine advances, such as clockworks. Since their discovery

22. Alchemical Lab

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

mummy rot antidote, and one vial of thessaltoxin antidote. See appendix C for all these items. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area advances the experiments underway

Chapter 7: Elemental Airships

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

and in its wake, artificers across Khorvaire made many magical and mechanical advances—but none quite as impressive as the elemental airship. With its intricately carved soarwood hull and distinctive

Old Owl Well

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

a land called Thay, far to the east. His is a red-robed figure with a shaved scalp and a tattoo on his forehead. A character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes Hamun’s

tattoo as a necromantic symbol. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (History) check verifies the wizard’s garb as belonging to Thay, a land of necromancers where wizards pattern their flesh with tattoos. The

15. Thessalar's Laboratory

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

, the characters’ mechanical guide can use its teleportation ability to take them to the tomb. If the characters have already caused trouble in the temple, or if Thessalar suspects they will, he might

(see appendix C), a box of ten paper birds (appendix C), and a strongbox containing three exceptional rubies worth 500 gp each. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area

Lyrandar Airship

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Lyrandar Airship The airship is the most advanced elemental-powered vehicle on Eberron, the pride of House Lyrandar and the forerunner of the magical advances that many hope will become commonplace

fly equally well on their sides or even upside down (notwithstanding the risks that such maneuvers present to passengers and crew). Airships cannot actually land, because the struts that hold the

Leaving Elturel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

onto the chain, provided the falling creature is light enough for the character to carry. Creatures that fall from Elturel or one of the chains take damage from the fall and land in the Styx (see

"River Styx" for the river’s effects). Those that fall off one of the anchoring posts take damage from the fall and land amid clashing devils and demons, where they are brutally killed if they survived

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

other land dwellers. Like sharks, sahuagin are at their most aggressive when their prey spills blood in the water. Their Blood Frenzy trait represents this increased ferocity. Though it can prove a

advances to attack in melee. On a successful save, the sahuagin retreats or escapes if possible, temporarily fighting off the influence of the trait. If the sahuagin’s move takes it farther than 30 feet from

Old Owl Well

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Thay, a land far to the east where wizards pattern their flesh with tattoos. The tattoo on the head represents a wizard’s school of magic. Kost’s school is necromancy. If any character attempts to talk

that advances his interests at the same time it helps the characters. Kost stays tight-lipped about the reason for his presence in the region. He is, however, willing to provide information the party

Inside the Temple

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

hands formed from solid gold. A wooden flying machine has wings that flap when it becomes airborne. A miniature model of a mechanical dragon turtle has a brass plate affixed to its pedestal that reads

temple, Valetta identifies it as Nim, a nimblewright that was gifted to the temple by a Lantanese wizard. If they describe the incident involving the mechanical bird, Valetta sighs and leads them up a

Southern Isles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Tethyr, is a land of raiding pirates. Farther south, some three hundred miles from the Moonshaes, is the fabled island of Lantan, birthplace of many odd inventions. Well south of there, beyond the

fascinated — some say obsessed — with building mechanical wonders. Though they employed magic from time to time, the whole island smelled like sawdust, grease, and freshly scraped metal, as shop after shop

Elemental Magic Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

, rising 10 feet above its banks and inundating the surrounding area. The flood advances at a rate of 100 feet per round, moving away from the body of water where it began until it reaches the edge of

. A suit of wingwear has 3 charges. While you wear the suit, you can use a bonus action and expend 1 charge to gain a flying speed of 30 feet until you land. At the end of each of your turns, your

Clockworks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs but also has resulted in genuine advances, such as clockworks. The methods used to craft clockworks

Pulp Adventure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

the surprised thugs to land in the perfect position for a sneak attack. The shifter barbarian strikes a mighty blow that knocks her enemy into the blazing hearth; the bandit shrieks as the flames

spread to his clothes. Combat can feel very mechanical. I move 10 feet. I make an attack roll. I use a reaction. One way for the DM to encourage more cinematic action is to present a list of

Battle Balloon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

land on the ground. Options and Armaments. Each franchise or organization customizes the offensive capability of its airships, but most battle balloons feature multiple harpoon guns, perfect for

power and detonate with formidable explosive force wherever they hit. VEHICLE RULES Battle balloons and mechanical beholders are vehicles, and as such, they have special rules associated with them

Headquarters Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

effort, both in game and around the table. What should a headquarters look like initially? Do the characters prefer to travel by land or by sea, or to operate from a fixed location? Is a ruined keep

mobile, will it fly or sail? Will it gain the power to teleport across the land? Will it sprout legs and walk? Everything depends on the type of headquarters. The top of a wizard’s tower might detach and

Communication

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

meat. Omens of Nylea d8 d100 Omen of Nylea 1 65 Butterflies land on a character or fly together in a particular direction. 2 66 Fallen leaves blow perpendicular to the wind

uncomfortably hot. 4 88 An animal moves in a mechanical manner. 5 89 Huge plumes of smoke rise from the horizon. 6 90 The earth shakes in a deliberate rhythm. 7 91

Goldenfields Quests

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

to explore other locations throughout the North. Whether the characters travel over land or by sea, use the “Random Wilderness Encounters” section in chapter 3 to stage encounters along the way

time now.” Greenwhistle is disappointed because a dryad spurned his advances, so he sits by a pool playing sad songs on his panpipes day and night. Between songs, Greenwhistle repeatedly assures the

Daoine Gloine

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

number of the glass statues have been imbued with mechanical-magical power — armatures of the inventor’s own design that animate into ooze-folk. Once the characters enter the ooze to explore the streets

set, and is framed by a complex mechanical filigree. This device is a two-way monitor that can be activated by a successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Doing so shows a silent view through the

Goldenfields Locations

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

court Naxene, but she ignores his halting advances. Among the other guests of Northfurrow’s End are numerous actors, musicians, acrobats, and other performers from Waterdeep and Daggerford. These spirited

Goldenfields. On warm days, workers in sandals wade through standing water and muck, tending the rice crop. G12. Vegetable Gardens Dirt paths crisscross large tracts of land where carrots, onions

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

— teaching many of them to read in the process — and then selling the notes directly. Today, Needle prints his broadsheets by the cartload, aided by mechanical scribes purchased from the Hall of Wonders and

across the harbor mouth and keeping anything larger than a rowboat from entering or leaving. As for land-based attacks, the 400-foot-long causeway connecting the Seatower’s islet to the shore needs no

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

— teaching many of them to read in the process — and then selling the notes directly. Today, Needle prints his broadsheets by the cartload, aided by mechanical scribes purchased from the Hall of Wonders and

rowboat from entering or leaving. As for land-based attacks, the 400-foot-long causeway connecting the Seatower’s islet to the shore needs no gates or drawbridges, as any attackers foolish enough to

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