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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You touch a stone object of Medium size or smaller or a section of stone no more than 5 feet in any dimension and form it into any shape you like. For example, you could shape a large rock into a
weapon, statue, or coffer, or you could make a small passage through a wall that is 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
. It looks like a mechanical, grapefruit-sized orb suspended under softly humming propeller blades. Embedded in the orb are keenly perceptive crystal eyes that enable the observer to see in multiple
mechanical shriek until the start of its next turn or until it drops to 0 hit points. This shriek can be heard within a range of 300 feet.A clockwork observer serves as an aerial spy for its creator
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
the creature inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Poison, Psychic
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
mechanical animal or plant.
This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardian;shield guardians.Poison
creates a detention orb when it already has one active, the first orb disappears, freeing the creature inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
already has one active, the first orb disappears, freeing the creature inside.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Force, Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Adamantine
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
"} piercing damage.Prized among Meletis's thaumaturges, anvilwrought raptors are often crafted in the form of a hawk or an owl. Most serve as messengers and spies, flying over the busy streets or high over
messengers, and a few were created to emulate beauty found among the animals of the mortal world. Each exhibits abilities suited to its role, with some behaving like companionable creatures or stoic
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
. If the seeker lacks the room to become Large, it attains the maximum size possible in the space available.
Change Shape (1/Day). The seeker magically transforms to look and feel like a Medium
reduced to 0 hit points or if the seeker uses an action to end the transformation.Irda seekers are skilled spies who use their magic to disguise themselves and gather intelligence for their allies. In
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Gralhund. Urstul is a glorified thug with all the charm and breeding of a snake, but the Gralhunds tolerate him because he feeds them useful information culled from his spies throughout the city. Urstul
large, heavyset man in his forties. He storms about House Gralhund like he owns the place. He has a collection of black flying snake;flying snakes that he uses as couriers to deliver messages to underlings throughout the city.Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
will: mage hand, minor illusion
1/day: stinking cloudDuergar despots replace parts of their bodies with mechanical devices that they control through their psionic abilities.
Duergar
Duergar are
were infused with powerful psionic abilities but also a profound gloom. In some, this strain of sorrow inspires works of grand but melancholic beauty, while in others, it manifests as rage.
Like
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
):
Chattergrab. Parts of this gadget look like gnashing metal teeth. This gadget hurtles toward a creature the mastermind can see within 60 feet of itself. The creature must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving
appendages, or both.
Nevermind Gnomes
Mount Nevermind is a hollow, dormant volcano on the island of Sancrist in Krynn. Within the mountain, a vibrant community of rock gnome tinkerers and other inventors relentlessly study various scientific pursuits to create mechanical marvels.
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
a +2 bonus to the wearer’s AC if the drone is within 5 feet of the wearer.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
these magical-mechanical hybrids gets loose, driven berserk by its need to destroy.
Hellfire engines take many forms, but all of them have one purpose: to mow down foes in waves. They are incapable of
intervene on their behalf. The archdukes of the Nine Hells would like nothing better than to modify this magic so it works against demons, too, but that discovery has eluded them so far.Fire, PoisonCold, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
effect.Wearing fearsome masks, duergar mind masters usually operate as spies, both inside and beyond a duergar stronghold. Their psionically augmented abilities enable them to see through illusions with ease
works of grand but melancholic beauty, while in others, it manifests as rage.
Like many who dwell in the Underdark, duergar must constantly be on guard against the raids and plots of their neighbors. To
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
paraphrase the following text when Arasta uses her Armor of Spiders trait:
The nightmarish arachnid unleashes a shriek that sounds like a thousand spider carapaces scarring slate. In response, the
those who enter her domain unbidden almost never go unnoticed, for Arasta can sense the slightest vibration along her web hair, and her children act as spies on her behalf.
Lair Actions
On initiative
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
what others have said back to them to make sure I have remembered it correctly.
2
I might not like you, but I will endeavor to treat you with respect, if not kindness.
3
I like to impress
visitors by reciting epic poetry.
4
The only people I’m interested in are those who know history and those who make history.
5
I like to adopt the personas of characters from legend
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
assassins within House Phiarlan. Only special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies.
Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the
and established House Phiarlan in Khorvaire. These elves are expert entertainers, giving them access to all manner of places and secrets. Known to few, there has always been an elite force of spies and
Changeling
Legacy
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
changelings use this gift as a form of artistic and emotional expression. It’s also an invaluable tool for grifters, spies, and others who wish to deceive. This leads many people to treat
knowing another like themselves. Others are part of nomadic changeling clans spread across the Five Nations, families who keep their true nature hidden from the single-skins. Some clans maintain safe
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its own.
An
you like to identify what event set you on the path to adventure. If nothing on the table appeals to you, work with your DM to create an origin story for your character.
Like gnomes, autognomes can
Kenku
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
a talent for learning and memorizing details. Thus, ambitious kenku can excel as superb spies and scouts. A kenku who learns of clever schemes and plans devised by other creatures can put them to use
kenku make an easy living serving as messengers, spies, and lookouts for thieves’ guilds, bandits, and other criminal cartels. A network of kenku can relay a bird call or similar noise across the
Hobgoblin
Legacy
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Hobgoblins are relentless soldiers that cleave to rigid tactics and orders. I fear their less-predictable scouts and spies more.
— Volo
War is the lifeblood of hobgoblins. Its glories are
would prefer the position were filled by someone more like himself, but Bargrivyek was all he was left with after Maglubiyet’s conquest. Although both deities are ultimately beholden to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
an elite force of spies and assassins within the house. Common folk know nothing of this. Only special clients — powerful nobles, merchant lords, and the like — have access to these shadow-marked
spies. Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the major families of the house. Known as the Shadow Schism, it resulted in a split withinin Phiarlan — and the foundation of House
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
space you occupied when you disappeared. You draw no more cards.
Euryale. The card’s medusa-like visage curses you. You take a −1 penalty on saving throws for the duration of the
Kwalish’s lab in Daoine Gloine (area O7), whichever comes later in the adventure.
Skull. You summon an avatar of death — a mechanical skeleton (use bone naga statistics) clad in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
decrease by 1. This toll is magically extracted immediately, and manifests as another of the sphinx’s mechanical Ioun stone-like devices. This curse can be removed only by a remove curse spell cast by an
, but negotiates for passage if the characters speak to it. The gynosphinx appears to have suffered ancient injuries to its head, which have healed and been replaced by mechanical components. Both the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Races This chapter describes six options available to players with the DM’s consent: Astral elf, an elf denizen of the Astral Plane who is possibly hundreds of years old Autognome, a mechanical gnome
who has free will Giff, a hippo-headed being of impressive size Hadozee, a simian being who adapts well to the hazards of Wildspace Plasmoid, an amoeba-like person Thri-kreen, a telepathic, insectile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
special clients—nobles, merchant lords, and the like—have access to these spies. Toward the end of the Last War, a bitter feud broke out between the major families of the house. Known as the Shadow
Khorvaire. These elves are expert entertainers, giving them access to all manner of places and secrets. Known to few, there has always been an elite force of spies and assassins within House Phiarlan. Only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Clockwork Observer A clockwork observer serves as an aerial spy for its creator. It looks like a mechanical, grapefruit-sized orb suspended under softly humming propeller blades. Embedded in the orb
.
Unusual Nature. The observer doesn’t need air, food, drink, or sleep.
Actions
Shriek. The observer emits a mechanical shriek until the start of its next turn or until it drops to 0 hit points. This shriek can be heard within a range of 300 feet.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Gnomes And then the whole thing exploded into a million jillion pieces! [gasp] I never saw anything like it in my life!
— Griballix, gnome of Sigil
Love of discovery is the force that drives the
interest in mechanical devices, the natural world, and magical pursuits; a gnome might seek to invent a new garden tool, collect and categorize every type of butterfly, or develop a new method for cutting gemstones.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the gloom like elves slipping through a forest. Where they came from and where they’re going, you don’t know. The shadowy figures are the three drow gunslingers Fel’rekt Lafeen, Krebbyg Masq’il’yr, and
Eyecatcher’s rowboats. The boat is tied off at the end of the pier between the Heartbreaker and the Hellraiser. These Bregan D’aerthe spies are on their way to a secret meeting with Laeral Silverhand (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
smaller or a section of stone no more than 5 feet in any dimension and form it into any shape you like. For example, you could shape a large rock into a weapon, statue, or coffer, or you could make a
small passage through a wall that is 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
smaller or a section of stone no more than 5 feet in any dimension and form it into any shape you like. For example, you could shape a large rock into a weapon, statue, or coffer, or you could make a
small passage through a wall that is 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Autognome Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its
you like to identify what event set you on the path to adventure. If nothing on the table appeals to you, work with your DM to create an origin story for your character. Like gnomes, autognomes can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the following: The House of Inspired Hands looks like a cross between a temple and a workshop. The symbol of Gond, a toothed cog with four spokes, is displayed prominently. You see the silhouette of a
nimblewright that detonated the fireball in Trollskull Alley. Another less-dangerous invention, a mechanical sparrow, is on an accidental collision course with the party. Have the characters roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
imperfections in his disguise. When he was offered a bone to gnaw on, his mechanical goblin mouth malfunctioned and wouldn’t stop grinding its teeth. Thus, Spellix Romwod came to be known as Yarb-Gnock
, which means “Ever-Gnawing” in Goblin. Spellix was repulsed by the goblins’ squalor and took pity on them. Abandoning all concern for his former mates, whom he didn’t particularly like anyway, Spellix
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
town; an insane necromancer who styles himself a “lord” has taken up residence there. Finally, “The Tomb of Moving Stones” presents an old dungeon-like mine chamber underlying part of Red Larch. This
Spies The spies for the elemental cults in Red Larch (Justran Daehl, Ghileeda, and Iraun Thelder) aren’t formidable combatants and are unwilling to fight adventurers. They pass information by slipping






