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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Mechanus, the ingenious modron was lauded for its invention—until it turned these creations against its superiors. Steel predators wreaked havoc against the modron hierarchy until the rogue
must be fed something that identifies the predator’s target, such as a lock of hair, a well-worn glove, or a much-used weapon. The moment the newly manufactured steel predator emerges, it
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, shield, silent image
2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, cloud of daggers, darkvision, knock
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, dispel magic, fireball
4th level (3 slots): confusion, hallucinatory
helm floating as though worn by an invisible figure, and illusory footprints appearing on a dusty floor.
Silent apparitions of dead adventurers drift through halls and rooms as though they are lost
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
friends, message
1st
command, ensnaring strike
2nd
arcane lock, calm emotions, hold person
3rd
clairvoyance, counterspell
4th
compulsion, divination
5th
dominate person
Your magic often takes the form of blue or golden runes floating and glowing in the air in circular patterns or of shimmering azure barriers of magical energy. If you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
69. Mechanus Chain Hot wind tinged with the smell of burning oil blows down a forty-foot-diameter vertical shaft. Stone balconies protrude from the walls on opposite sides of this expanse, with the
purple lightning; the other wrapping around an enormous metal gear floating one hundred feet below. Another hundred feet below the gear, a second vortex rages.
To drive his infernal machinery
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
individual voice. Working together, the brains maintain the monastery’s technical operations. Each brain is also responsible for two of the floating disks that lead out to the treasury (see area M9
, “Floating Bridge”), each of which is kept active by default. Each brain speaks Common and another language of your choice, and is able to communicate from within its canister. Some identify themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
character can pick a cell’s lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. The metal of the cells is especially susceptible to the planar craft’s technology, allowing a lock to be
automatically sliced open with an attack from an elder monk’s force pike. Characters who fall to the valley floor (area C4) from area C1 or area M9 are picked up by a floating teleportation-field device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
piece can be sold for 1 gp. 5b. Kitchen Floating Items. Three battered wooden worktables, several rusty utensils, the splintered fragments of several wooden cabinets, and a particularly sturdy broom
successful dispel magic (DC 17) cast on a floating object ends the magic on it, causing it to fall. The fireplace’s 5-foot-wide chimney climbs vertically for 30 feet, then ends abruptly. The rest of it caved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Planar Effects The Concordant Express moves across the known planes of existence by passing through invisible portals only the train’s sapient Engine Car can find. The train’s next stop is Mechanus
normally patrol the outside of the train lock themselves in compartments for safety until the train leaves the plane. 5 Pandemonium. Howling darkness surrounds the train. Creatures outside the train are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, noble, spy, thug Signature Spells: Mending (cantrip), Tenser’s floating disk (1st level), arcane lock (2nd level), glyph of warding (3rd level) Mammon’s greed overwhelms everything else. He deals with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
by an arcane lock spell. Stone shelves protrude from the walls at heights of 20, 40, and 60 feet, and these shelves bear the weight of Zephyros’s vast collection of journals (see “Treasure”). Floating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Old Dwarven Halls The doors in this area are made of stone and sealed with Qualith door locks (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless they are held open, the doors automatically close and lock. Rooms
Force Generator Pedestal. In the middle of the room, two mind flayers grip the top of a 4-foot-tall, three-sided crystal pedestal with a fist-sized diamond floating 1 foot above it.
Anvils. Piled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
here, the aarakocra simulacra in area 26 arrive to assist. 30. Navigation Dome Sansuri has cast an arcane lock spell on the door to this stone building, which has no other entrances or windows
. Floating 10 feet above the floor in the middle of this circular room is the castle’s navigation orb (see appendix B), which Sansuri uses to control the movement of Lyn Armaal. The inside wall of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
heights vary, ranging from as low as ten feet to as high as one hundred feet in the tallest towers. The Avowed use floating disks, each one large enough to hold three Medium creatures, to reach the
Mechanus. The Avowed struck a deal with the creatures, and they’ve been part of the library staff ever since. Working alongside the Avowed, the modrons catalog and shelve books, though each of them can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
particular hexton modron, using a machine located in the city of Sigil. It wasn’t always headquartered in the City of Doors, however. On its original home, the plane of Mechanus, the ingenious hexton was
identifies the predator’s target, such as a lock of hair, a well-worn glove, or a much-used weapon. The moment the newly manufactured steel predator emerges, it bounds away in search of its prey. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
machine located in the city of Sigil. It wasn’t always headquartered in the City of Doors, however. On its original home, the plane of Mechanus, the ingenious modron was lauded for its invention—until
steep price, anyone can commission the manufacture of a steel predator. To create a steel predator, the modron’s machine must be fed something that identifies the predator’s target, such as a lock of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Armillary Sphere Conjunction table to determine what happens. Once a conjunction effect occurs, the armillary sphere breaks down, causing the levers to lock in place and the hatch to lock shut. The
sphere and any creatures inside it disappear. The DM ultimately decides where they end up, if anywhere. Possibilities include Mechanus, the Vast Swamp on Oerth, Mount Nevermind on Krynn, a desert on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the chaotic plane of Limbo 34–36 Ticking portal formed from hundreds of gears Dusty archives in Mechanus, a plane of absolute law and order 37–39 Stained-glass door on a landing of pure light Gleaming
in Candlekeep, a fortress of tomes on Toril 75–77 Gilded door marked with a family crest Floating spire in Sharn, City of Towers, on the world of Eberron 78–80 Portcullis gate covered with thorny black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
around you sounds out with the roar of battle. Beyond the doors, armies fight under a blood-red sky that has an iron cube floating in it like a huge, distant moon. Clouds of ash suddenly fly out of
and attack. When a mezzoloth dies, its body transforms into wisps of oily smoke, though its trident remains. Mechanus Wardrobe This door is carved to depict the face of an ornate clock. When the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dresser, and a claw-footed iron chest with an arcane lock spell cast on it (keyed to the student assigned to the room). A creature can force open the magically locked chest with a successful DC 25
spells Spite has prepared, plus the following spells: arcane lock, Bigby’s hand, disintegrate, forcecage, gaseous form, glyph of warding, Leomund’s secret chest, maze, Melf’s acid arrow, Mordenkainen’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
god of misfortune floating at a far-flung edge of the Astral Plane. From here, portals connect to locations across the multiverse. Colcook. Colcook (lawful evil, tiefling assassin) is friendly and eager
as an image in a floating crystal depicts a knight being ravaged by a violet-striped saber-toothed tiger. Several similar drifting crystals display other armed individuals exploring ruins and engaging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
worktables and shelves in this laboratory. A cyclopic creature paces about the room before a chalkboard. A floating sword guards the creature.
A Nothic broods over the invader in the hallway (see area C4
(rerolling duplicates) to determine the item. C7: Storage Room The door to this room is locked. The key can be found in the laboratory (area C5). As a Utilize action, a character can pick the lock with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Enchantment C Tasha’s Hideous Laughter Enchantment C Tenser’s Floating Disk Conjuration R Thunderwave Evocation — Unseen Servant Conjuration R Witch Bolt Evocation C Level 2 Wizard Spells Spell
School Special Alter Self Transmutation C Arcane Lock Abjuration M Arcane Vigor Abjuration — Augury Divination R, M Blindness/Deafness Transmutation — Blur Illusion C Cloud of Daggers Conjuration C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Captain Sartell’s possessions is a locked treasure chest, which she keeps in her cabin. Captain Sartell carries the only key to the chest. As an action, a character can pick the lock by making a
like a floating, ornate silver chair with a purple seat cushion and no legs. Glowing blue crystals underneath the seat project a magic circle onto the floor, stabilizing the chair. Flapjack the flumph
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
runs dry (100 gp) and a spellbook containing the following spells: 1st level: alarm, comprehend languages, detect magic, expeditious retreat, identify, illusory script, sleep, Tenser’s floating disk
2nd level: arcane lock, cloud of daggers, flaming sphere, knock
3rd level: dispel magic, fireball
Devlin’s staff is a staff of striking, but any character who attunes to it transforms into a goat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
. A tower’s interior chamber is empty except for a wooden ladder that climbs to an iron hatch held shut by an arcane lock spell (see the “Prison Features” section for more details). This hatch leads to
wooden racks and chests filled with weaponry. Floating in the middle of the room is a spherical creature with a large central eye and four writhing eyestalks.
The inventory is nonmagical and includes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. A tower’s interior chamber is empty except for a wooden ladder that climbs to an iron hatch held shut by an arcane lock spell (see the “Prison Features” section for more details). This hatch leads to
wooden racks and chests filled with weaponry. Floating in the middle of the room is a spherical creature with a large central eye and four writhing eyestalks.
The inventory is nonmagical and includes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Tenser’s floating disk spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a short or long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can
cast the arcane lock spell once with this trait, requiring no material component, and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
artificer’s inventions might include items such as a lock box that opens with a verbal command or a series of gestures, a clockwork critter designed to respond to simple commands, or a common magic item (such
inventions include the following:
A chain-driven tomato smasher that is also able to fly A lightning-powered portable rat-zapper — good for keeping out the vermin A floating metal facsimile of a beholder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
lion head is disabled, it loses its bite attack. Prisoner. Screve held a pentadrone from Mechanus as his prisoner in this area, using the modron as a model for the constructs he was creating. The
of the Monster Manual.) It wants to go back to Mechanus and reestablish its link with the rest of its kind. Stevie is willing and able to help the characters, but it must be freed from the padlocked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
arises from Mechanus or a realm like it—a plane of existence shaped entirely by clockwork efficiency. You or someone from your lineage might have become entangled in the machinations of modrons, the
orderly beings who inhabit Mechanus. Perhaps your ancestor even took part in the Great Modron March. Whatever its origin within you, the power of order can seem strange to others, but for you, it’s part of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
small gold locket on a fine chain (50 gp); if the locket is opened, it is seen to contain a miniature portrait of a human girl and a lock of blonde hair, which floats away into the surrounding water A
area.
Dozens of sahuagin here are gathered in small groups or floating in the seaweed beds.
Although the sahuagin are not anticipating invaders, if the characters enter the room without taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
submerging themselves within. At the far end of the chamber stands a double door with a large, ornately carved lock.
The pools represent the trials the characters must undertake to pass the test of
transmutation to a detect magic spell or similar effect. Double Doors. The lock on the double doors opens with a key granted by passing the trials of the pools (see below). If the characters have that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
covered with fungal growths try to capture the floating spores in jugs.
Xardorok’s garrison includes several quaggoth thralls. A little over a tenday ago, a quaggoth thonot named Krob helped the
. The duergar forewoman (see area X25) carries the iron key to the padlock. A character with thieves’ tools can use an action to try to pick the lock, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
from the pool’s center is the head of a stone well that gives off an unpleasant, pungent odor. In one corner of the pool stands a tall, dirty, freestanding mirror in an oval frame, and floating on the
, filling the pool to a depth of 3 feet in 1 minute. Treasure. The lily pad floating on the water is a magic item called a bobbing lily pad (see appendix A). Bavlorna is attuned to it currently. B2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
on the icy shore, its lock broken off. See “Treasure” below for information on the chest’s contents. Treasure. The piping-hot stew created by the cauldron of plenty is too bland for Maud’s tastes, so
she has added skinned meat and fresh human organs to the latest batch. Characters who examine the stew see lumps of flesh and organs floating in the spicy broth. Characters will need to dump the stew