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Spells
Player’s Handbook
triggers include opening that object or seeing the glyph.
You can refine the trigger so that only creatures of certain types activate it (for example, the glyph could be set to affect Aberrations). You can
also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password.
Once triggered, the glyph glows, filling a 60-foot-radius Sphere with Dim Light for 10
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
ability (spell save DC 19):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Light, Lightning Bolt (level 4 version), Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
2/Day Each: Scrying, Sending
formative influence.
Manshoon made many enemies and sought to preserve his power by crafting several clones. A magical accident decades ago caused all his clones to activate at once and fight against
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
activated. To activate a Mechanical Wonder, you must wind the wonder with a handheld key unique to that wonder. It takes 1 minute to wind a Mechanical Wonder. While you wind it, you must take the
A Mechanical Wonder is a semi-autonomous object imbued with magical power. Mechanical Wonders vary greatly in size and form depending on their function.
A Mechanical Wonder is a dormant object until
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
activated. To activate a Mechanical Wonder, you must wind the wonder with a handheld key unique to that wonder. It takes 1 minute to wind a Mechanical Wonder. While you wind it, you must take the
A Mechanical Wonder is a semi-autonomous object imbued with magical power. Mechanical Wonders vary greatly in size and form depending on their function.
A Mechanical Wonder is a dormant object until
Magic Items
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
instantly complete this transformation.
Cone of Undeath. You can take a Magic action to unleash a wave of unholy light in a 60-foot Cone. Each creature in the Cone makes a DC 18 Constitution saving throw
effect is immune to it for 1 minute, after which it can be affected again.
The aura is inactive while you have the Incapacitated condition. You can activate or deactivate the aura as a Bonus Action
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
, and the defender can’t make Electrified Bite attacks while grappling.A clockwork defender is a mechanical quadruped that vaguely resembles a hound. Its eyes glow and can project intense but
harmless beams of light. It tirelessly protects whatever its creator wants, and it can be programmed by its creator not to attack certain kinds of creatures.PoisonLight Beam. The defender emits bright light from its eyes in a 60-foot cone, or it shuts off this light.
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
This +3 dagger belongs to Artus Cimber. While you have the dagger drawn, you can use a bonus action to activate one of the following properties:
Cause a blue gem set into the dagger
’s pommel to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet, or make the gem go dark.
Turn the dagger into a compass that, while resting on your palm, points north
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
see.
Clockwork horrors communicate with each other by means of clicks, whirs, and similar mechanical sounds that imitate the Thri-kreen language perfectly, leading some to speculate the first
clockwork horror was the brainchild of a thri-kreen artificer. A horror can also emit light from its crystal eye, issuing dot-and-dash messages to other creatures that can see the light. Creatures besides
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
ceases to age and is immune to cold damage and the effects of extreme cold.
Artus wields Bookmark, a +3 dagger with additional magical properties. As a bonus action, Artus can activate any one of the
following properties while attuned to the dagger, provided he has the weapon drawn:
Cause a blue gem set into the dagger’s pommel to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
Amphibious. Serissa can breathe air and water.
Equipment. As long as she has the Korolnor Scepter in her possession, she can activate the powers of the Wyrmskull Throne.Multiattack. Serissa makes
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic, levitate, light
1/day each: control weather (cast as 1 action), water breathingWhen King Hekaton disappears, Princess Serissa finds herself
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
(Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Incinerating Beam"}. The colossus fires a beam of light in a 150-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a
unleashed its mightiest creations: the warforged colossi. These enormous mechanical warriors thundered across Cyre, crushing everything in their paths and leaving ruin behind them. Meant to end the war
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
steps into the room. Magic lamps then activate and provide bright light. Sound. Sound carries well through these rooms and corridors. The sound of fighting or other loud noises in one area can be heard through a closed door in an adjacent area.
General Features Ceilings. Chambers in the dungeon have 10-foot-high ceilings unless otherwise noted. Light. Unless otherwise noted in the area description, areas 14 to 23 are unlit until a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
creature steps into the room. Magic lamps then activate and provide bright light. Sound. Sound carries well through these rooms and corridors. The sound of fighting or other loud noises in one area can be heard through a closed door in an adjacent area.
General Features Ceilings. Chambers in the dungeon have 10-foot-high ceilings unless otherwise noted. Light. Unless otherwise noted in the area description, areas 14 to area 23 are unlit until a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
B6 1 half-ogre that became poisoned after drinking six casks of cheap wine B7 3 duergar and 1 gazer (see appendix B) standing guard while Thorvin Twinbeard (see appendix B) works on a mechanical
beholder (see “Mechanical Beholder” below) B8 Korgstrod Uxgulm, the duergar leader (40 hit points), seated in a stone chair and attended by 3 kobolds (see “Stone of Deception” below) B10 7 troglodytes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Adventure Background The clockwork automatons that protect Little Lockford are the creations of a gnome tinkerer named Tixie Tockworth, who recently decided to become a mechanical being herself. She
Tockworth’s possession. When used to activate a fail-safe device in Tockworth’s workshop, the key permanently shuts down the automatons, rendering them harmless. How the characters deal with Tockworth is left up to them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Maze Engine Deep within the Labyrinth lies the Maze Engine — a mechanical, magically powered device capable of altering reality. Modrons refer to the device as an Orderer because it was designed
is to bring order to chaos. If the characters activate the Maze Engine, it has the potential to aid their fight against the demon lords. The engine looks like a working model of the Great Wheel (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
around the hilt and minuscule runes emblazoned on the flat of the blade. When light hits the dagger, the blade appears to pulse with an inner radiance. The dagger resembles the one that scarred Quill as
a child. To activate the spells imbued within the dagger, the weapon must pierce the flesh of the intended target. After the purifying magic is released, the dagger loses its magical properties.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Bookmark Weapon (dagger), legendary (requires attunement) This +3 dagger belongs to Artus Cimber (see appendix D). While you have the dagger drawn, you can use a bonus action to activate one of the
following properties: Cause a blue gem set into the dagger’s pommel to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet, or make the gem go dark. Turn the dagger into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Clockwork Defender A clockwork defender is a mechanical quadruped that vaguely resembles a hound. Its eyes glow and can project intense but harmless beams of light. It tirelessly protects whatever
attacks while grappling.
Bonus Actions
Light Beam. The defender emits bright light from its eyes in a 60-foot cone, or it shuts off this light.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
visitors to reach connecting tunnels high above the floor.
Light. The caverns of Inner Blingdenstone are brightly lit with a mix of bioluminescent fungi, caged giant fire beetles, and magic. The
light from these chambers spills into short connecting tunnels lacking their own illumination, creating areas of dim light. Longer tunnels have their own light, usually magically produced.
Connecting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
with mechanical frames into which it slots different lenses. This is the same magical technology that was used to create another artifact, Daoud’s Wondrous Lanthorn. The medusa is nicknamed “Daoud’s
Living Lanthorn” as a result. The enhanced medusa uses the medusa stat block with the following changes: It has truesight out to a range of 60 feet. It can cast the light cantrip at will. Its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
initiate or escape a grapple. Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of yourself as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You discern colors in that darkness only as
. As part of the same bonus action, you can use this pseudopod to manipulate an object, open or close a door or container, or pick up or set down a Tiny object. The pseudopod contains no sensory organs and can’t attack, activate magic items, or lift more than 10 pounds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
between brass posts spaced 5 feet apart. Earthquakes caused the balcony to collapse in two places—see areas S16 and S17 for details. S14: Abandoned Garden Magical light fills this rectangular room. The
light emanates from three glass domes attached to the ceiling above a five-foot-wide, twenty-foot-long plant bed overflowing with rotting vegetation.
Closer inspection of the plant bed reveals two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Starting at 8th level, you add your Wisdom modifier to the damage you deal with any cleric cantrip. Corona of Light Starting at 17th level, you can use your action to activate an aura of sunlight that
Light Domain Gods of light — including Helm, Lathander, Pholtus, Branchala, the Silver Flame, Belenus, Apollo, and Re-Horakhty — promote the ideals of rebirth and renewal, truth, vigilance, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
area of smoky haze for 1 hour thereafter. Heat. Duergar have darkvision and don’t need light to see; even so, most rooms are heated by stone braziers filled with glowing-hot coals, and such areas are
. The three levels of the fortress are connected by two mechanical elevators that are continually moving up and down their shafts, except for a 1-minute stop each time it arrives at a floor. One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
Obscured, and the fog can’t be blown away. The fog doesn’t dissipate until the characters defeat the horde’s warlord. Light. This adventure begins on a sunny afternoon, but a thin, magical fog covers
the sky. Although there isn’t any direct sunlight, Bright Light prevails in all areas except in the fog, which is an area of Darkness. Siege Equipment. The fortress has five siege weapons provided by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
warm, dry, and brightly lit. The source of the light and the heat is a raging fire contained within a bowl-shaped basin in the center of the chamber. Natural gas escaping through holes in the basin
giant. An absentminded giant removed it from the temple (area 6) and left it here. Like the other weapons in area 6, it can be used to activate the portal leading to the divine oracle (area 11).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, faced down mechanical beholders, and robbed a bank operated by devils. The team has also rubbed shoulders with some of the most notorious figures in the Forgotten Realms, including bumping into Drizzt
the curse. Dabbling in some light cloning and contracting the help of a trash witch, the team managed to restore Jim to peak productivity. Never one to waste company resources, Omin also traded Jim’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Will-o’-Wisp Will-o’-wisps are malevolent, wispy balls of light that haunt lonely places and battlefields, bound by dark fate or dark magic to feed on fear and despair. Hope and Doom. Will-o’-wisps
look like bobbing lantern lights in the distance, although they can choose to alter their colors, or wink out completely. When they activate their lights, will-o’-wisps offer hope, hinting of safety
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
mechanical lift inside a two-story housing with sealed, sliding glassteel doors (see “Glassteel Doors” above). Once inside the elevator, a creature can command it to ascend or descend as a Magic action by
crystal sconces affixed to the walls light all locations in the complex with Bright Light. A creature can turn a sconce on or off by tapping it. Walls, Floors, and Ceilings The walls, floors, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
floor-to-ceiling glass tanks, four of which are filled with a light-blue fluid in which the body of an elderly male human is suspended. Three of the bodies appear lifeless and inert. The fourth looks
picked with a successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or it can be forced with a successful DC 18 Strength check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sample Traps The magical and mechanical traps presented here vary in deadliness and are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to collapse the
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
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
, whirs, and similar mechanical sounds that imitate the Thri-kreen language perfectly, leading some to speculate the first clockwork horror was the brainchild of a thri-kreen artificer. A horror can also
emit light from its crystal eye, issuing dot-and-dash messages to other creatures that can see the light. Creatures besides clockwork horrors can learn this blinking light code, which is called
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
3. Entrance to the Tomb This broad tunnel is currently being shaped into the tomb’s elaborate entryway. This is an active site, featuring a number of artisans working by lantern light to plaster the
, spiders, and all manner of things are shown on the walls.
Looking South The muralists’ lantern light illuminates the north half of this area. The details of area 6 are visible only when characters