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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
As long as this weapon is within your reach and you are attuned to it, you and allies within 30 feet of you gain the following benefits.
Alarm. The weapon magically awakens each subject who is
Spells
Player’s Handbook
would sense the Alarm or Glyph of Warding spell or a mechanical pit trap, but it wouldn’t reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole.
This spell reveals
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
;ve outlived their usefulness. Manshoon doesn’t care who suffers so long he’s able to crush his many enemies and force his subjects into paranoid and eager obedience.
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knowledge of an even older version of himself. One of Manshoon’s enemies, Halaster Blackcloak, removed Manshoon’s left arm at the elbow. Manshoon now uses a mechanical prosthetic arm
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
) check or an ability check using Thieves' Tools, you can roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check.
Wards and Seals. You always have the Alarm and Mage Armor spells prepared. You can cast
each spell once without a spell slot, and you regain the ability to cast it in that way when you finish a Long Rest.
You can also cast these spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
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
. 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
Find Traps
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
harmful or undesirable, which was specifically intended as such by its creator. Thus, the spell would sense an area affected by the alarm spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it
Stone Shape
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
large rock into a weapon, idol, or coffer, or make a small passage through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 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
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and built-in tractor beams allow worker robots to effortlessly lift cargo and other heavy objects with their mechanical tentacles
specialized for its role. Robots are programmed with intelligence, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas
Monsters
Infernal Machine Rebuild
artificer spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): light, mending, message, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): alarm, cure wounds, identify, ray of sickness
2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, Melf's
the polymorph spell, transforming into a random beast or a creature it has seen within the last 24 hours (as chosen by the DM). This effect lasts until the target finishes a long rest.Thessalar was a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"damage", "rollAction":"Stomping Foot", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} to a prone target.
Flame Jet. The duergar spews flames in a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must
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
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Bound. The drone is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the drone and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the drone’s wearer can telepathically call the drone to travel to it
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
target’s arms and legs switch places, preventing the target from moving unless it crawls.
51–55
The target’s arms become tentacles with fingers on the ends, increasing its reach by
5 feet.
56–60
The target’s legs grow incredibly long and springy, increasing its walking speed by 10 feet.
61–65
The target grows a long, thin tail, which it can use as a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
much damage on a successful one.No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward
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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Lightning Flare (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Each creature in contact with the ground within 15 feet of the
. 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
Bugbear
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion
, often a natural cave or an old bear den, and it might have supplementary dens elsewhere in its territory that it uses temporarily when it goes on long forays for food.
In good times, a bugbear gang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
spell would sense an area affected by the alarm spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it would not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
sight. A trap, for the purpose of this spell, includes any object or mechanism that was created to cause damage or other danger. Thus, the spell would sense the Alarm or Glyph of Warding spell or a
mechanical pit trap, but it wouldn’t reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole. This spell reveals that a trap is present but not its location. You do learn the general nature of the danger posed by a trap you sense.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spell would sense an area affected by the alarm spell, a glyph of warding, or a mechanical pit trap, but it would not reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole
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
are keenly perceptive crystal eyes that enable the observer to see in multiple directions at once. When it perceives something troubling, the observer sounds the alarm by emitting a shriek that can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
sight. A trap, for the purpose of this spell, includes any object or mechanism that was created to cause damage or other danger. Thus, the spell would sense the Alarm or Glyph of Warding spell or a
mechanical pit trap, but it wouldn’t reveal a natural weakness in the floor, an unstable ceiling, or a hidden sinkhole. This spell reveals that a trap is present but not its location. You do learn the general nature of the danger posed by a trap you sense.
Kenku
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes.
Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any
degradation or shifts in meaning. Human messengers might switch words or phrases and garble a message inadvertently, but the kenku produce perfect copies of whatever they hear.
Kenku Adventurers
Kenku
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
-foot-wide, 30-foot line of lightning (but can’t do this again until she finishes a short or long rest); each creature in the line must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 lightning damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
use to raise an alarm. Raven doesn’t know how many Dragon Army soldiers occupy the fort. After Raven and her troops leave Kalaman, it will take them eight hours to get in position in a secluded grove
a mile from the fort. Raven suggests the characters slip into the fort and open a gate without raising the alarm. However, she’s amenable to any plan that doesn’t risk the lives of her troops or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
door is a long, dark hallway with three small examination rooms on one side of it and three small storage rooms on the opposite side (see “Treasure” below). At the far end of the hall, behind another
map are several switches: one for every bridge and district, one for the Slagline (see “General Features”), and one for the power station. All are described below: Bridge Switches. There’s one switch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
most common are modrons, mechanical denizens of Mechanus that seek to enforce order on the plane. Outlands Constructs d4 Encounter 1 A tyrannical homunculus rules over the small domain of its long
has been transformed into the walking hive that’s home to numerous swarms of insects (wasps). Quintin Gleim Mechanical dinosaurs roam an orderly realm influenced by the lawful energies of Mechanus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
2. Clacking Floor The stones that comprise the floor of this 10-foot-high chamber make clacking noises when stepped on — a crude but effective alarm system installed by dwarves long ago. A character
who searches the floor for traps before stepping on it discovers the hidden alarm system with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. A secret door in the west wall opens into area 3, and north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Weapon of Warning Weapon (Any Simple or Martial), Uncommon (Requires Attunement) As long as this weapon is within your reach and you are attuned to it, you and allies within 30 feet of you gain the
following benefits. Alarm. The weapon magically awakens each subject who is sleeping naturally when combat begins. This benefit doesn’t wake a subject from magically induced sleep. Supernatural Readiness. Each subject has Advantage on its Initiative rolls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
4. Fishing Space and Storage Fishing gear and other supplies are stored here in crates and barrels. Extending out from the walls are several long, wooden rods that tortles use to catch fish in the
shallows. A polished metal star attached to a wooden post is used to catch and reflect sunlight and moonlight. Tortles use this star as an alarm to warn fishing boats in the western waters of an attack on the fort.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
5. Cultist Common Room This area is brightly lit by torches set into roughly carved wall sconces. Long tables made of split logs are where the cultists sit to eat or entertain themselves. A cooking
fire burns in the center of the room, its smoke rising out to the central cavern and then out of the caves. If the alarm hasn’t been raised, 5 dragonclaws and 1 dragonfang (see appendix D for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
5. Cultist Common Room This area is brightly lit by torches set into roughly carved wall sconces. Long tables made of split logs are where the cultists sit to eat or entertain themselves. A cooking
fire burns in the center of the room, its smoke rising out to the central cavern and then out of the caves. If the alarm hasn’t been raised, 5 dragonclaws and 1 dragonfang cultists (see appendix D) are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
alarm and mage armor spells with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast the arcane lock spell with it. Once you cast any of these spells with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it
again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells, and you don’t need material components for them when you cast them with this trait. Spells of the Mark. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the alarm and mage armor spells with this trait. Starting at 3rd level, you can also cast the arcane lock spell with it. Once you cast any of these spells with this trait, you can’t cast that spell
with it again until you finish a long rest. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for these spells, and you don’t need material components for them when you cast them with this trait. Spells of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-relief sculpture of a humanoid skull with a black sapphire embedded in each eye socket.
Words of Unwelcome. Carved into the frame above the door are the words “GO AWAY!” written in Common.
Alarm
. An alarm spell silently warns Ezzat if any other creature opens the door.
A detect magic spell reveals a powerful aura of abjuration magic around each sapphire. Close examination reveals the image
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
nature’s call away from the mushrooms, and I lingered long enough in a side tunnel to force my watcher to come and find me. I took the first lash he offered me with his whip, then grabbed the weapon and
pulled the skinny fool toward me before he could sound an alarm or get his blade out. It took me but a second to get both hands around his throat. When he lay dead at my feet, I took his sword and ran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Mechanical Guides Each mechanical guide is programmed to teleport through space and time to the adventure’s set locations, effectively dropping the characters at the start of chapter 3 or chapter 4
a guide can be restored during a long rest with a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools or tinker’s tools. A damaged guide can also be restored to full hit points by the use of a






