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Player’s Handbook
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
minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn or ends
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
bite attack when it activates this trait and also as a bonus action on each of its turns while in its bestial form.Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit
noses, pointed ears, and light fur over much of their bodies. When a shifter fully embraces the beast within by “shifting,” these features become even more pronounced.
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
60-foot-radius sphere with dim light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
when they’re inactive (including to detect magic spells), but they can be detected by the true seeing or warp sense spell (see chapter 1 of this book for a description of the latter). When a portal activates, it typically becomes outlined in light with its destination visible beyond.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Shifter Shifters are tied to primal spirits, which most of them refer to as the beast within. They are lithe of form and have bestial features: large eyes, flat noses, pointed ears, and light fur
action, the shifter takes on a more bestial form for 1 minute or until it dies. The shifter gains 5 temporary hit points. It can make a bite attack when it activates this trait and also as a bonus action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
defenders. As a bonus action, Y’demi or the spectator can make the kites attack intruders. Damaging an inert kite also activates it, as does attacking the line of entrails that attaches the kite to
its watchtower. When a kite activates, its entrails detach from the watchtower and slither up into the creature’s body. The kite then attacks until destroyed or called off by Y’demi. Each kites uses the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
, parallel hallways separated by brick walls that don’t quite reach the ceiling. The ceiling emits a scorching, fiery light.
At the far end of the rightmost hall, a large golden key is mounted on a
time spent under the ceiling’s heat. Each hallway is 15 feet wide and 100 feet long. The ceiling is 50 feet high, and the brick walls are 40 feet tall. Sun Damage The blazing light that fills this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
magic spell. Touching a sconce with an open flame causes a spectral fire to appear above the sconce. This flame sheds light and heat like a normal torch, and it burns until smothered. If a sconce is
steel greataxe, and only by touching it to the ise (frost) rune. As soon as the archway activates, the weapon vanishes and reappears in the hands of the statue it came from, unless that statue has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
air, shedding a gentle starry light. Misfire. If a character failed to notice the faulty device in the “Firebreak” event earlier in the chapter, or noticed it but did nothing about it, the device
minutes most attendees calm down. Dance among the Stars. As the dean finishes her speech, the magic placed on the Kollema Hall demonstration stage activates. Anyone who enters a space on or above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
half its hit points When a creature casts a spell of 1st level or higher When a creature activates a magic item When a creature makes an exceptionally loud noise or otherwise attracts attention When the
region, sharing that character’s space for 1 hour. The fireflies generate bright light out to a range of 10 feet and dim light for an additional 10 feet. While surrounded by the fireflies, the character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
of a trap is visible to careful inspection. Characters might notice an uneven flagstone that conceals a pressure plate, spot the gleam of light off a trip wire, notice small holes in the walls from
like a combat encounter. When a complex trap activates, it rolls initiative. The trap's description includes an initiative bonus. On its turn, the trap activates again, often taking an action. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
of a trap is visible to careful inspection. Characters might notice an uneven flagstone that conceals a pressure plate, spot the gleam of light off a trip wire, notice small holes in the walls from
more like a combat encounter. When a complex trap activates, it rolls initiative. The trap’s description includes an initiative bonus. On its turn, the trap activates again, often taking an action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
pale violet light brightens before you, revealing an opening in the vaulted ceiling and a spiral stone staircase with no railing, climbing up into darkness.
Around the stairs, the light reveals a
of the entrance.
The ball of violet light floats to a stop beneath the center of the open shaft, beyond the foot of the stairs. It then hovers there as if waiting for you.
The orb of magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
produces a 15-foot cone of bright light for up to 1 hour every 24 hours 17–18 Colorful toy ray gun with lights and sounds 19–20 Bottle of fizzy, sweet-tasting liquid 21–22 Map of an unexplored star
for removing bolts and screws 61–62 Cautionary pamphlet about the dangers of space 63–64 Miniature flying saucer 65–66 Tiny, animatronic bunny that hops after the creature that activates it 67–68
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the Sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its effect, as is a creature that enters the Sphere for the first time on a turn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
triggered, the glyph glows, filling a 60-foot-radius sphere with dim light for 10 minutes, after which time the spell ends. Each creature in the sphere when the glyph activates is targeted by its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of Fortune, hidden in the foothills of the Greypeak Mountains near the desert of Anauroch. Though dusk is upon you, even in the fading light, you can see that the town was never very big to begin with
disable it causes an audible click and the sound of whirring gears. The rectangular object ahead reveals itself to be a large metal sign that is suddenly outlined in bright pink light, and which bears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
seeing into areas 38B and 38C, it won’t pull the lever. Iron Lever. The lever protrudes from a vertical slot cut into the northwest wall. It rests in the up position. Pulling the lever down activates
three-foot-wide, four-foot-long rectangular hole with bright light spilling out of it.
Any character standing next to the hole can peer down into a cylindrical room (area 38C), the curved floor of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
perks up considerably if the characters mention Hamukai’s name. Its stone face grinds and changes into a pleased expression as its eyes light up. It then bonds with and follows the party member who
mentioned the name and obeys that person’s commands. Attempting to pry out the sapphire in its chest activates the golem, and it does not take kindly to thieves. If provoked further, it fights to the death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
on the floor and walls. A spell or other effect that can sense the presence of magic, such as detect magic, reveals an aura of evocation magic around the statue. The trap activates when more than 20
with cloth or wax prevents the darts contained within from launching. The trap activates when more than 20 pounds of weight is placed on the pressure plate, releasing four darts. Each dart makes a ranged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. If the Kas in this unreality is destroyed, the fountain activates, causing another imagined Kas to emerge from the burbling liquid mere moments later. Kas is then supernaturally teleported into area
eye is closed as he murmurs silent incantations. In his outstretched hand, Vecna holds a volatile, light-consuming orb of magical energy that resembles a black hole. The reflection in the fountain is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
least 1 pound or a firm stamp of the foot, activates the levitation effect, which lasts for 1 minute. When the floor is active, the stones hover less than an inch off the floor, and they move with a
light touch. Thus, minor earth tremors can cause the stones to move. Intruders, even beasts, can move stones about accidentally. The Believers have never figured out the magic, and none have seen the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. A character who peers through an arrow slit after clearing out the cobwebs can see into the room beyond (area 6D), provided the character has a light source or can see in the dark. Pits. Three
is fake and vanishes in a puff of green smoke when taken from the shrine. Bringing it into area 6C activates the statues there. 6E. Eastern Secret Room A large statue of a coiled serpent dominates this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
twelve feet overhead. Four huge stone gargoyle heads, their mouths agape, protrude from the walls.
Illusion magic generates the sunlight that shines on the coffin. This light is treated as real
crawlway. The valves remain closed until the room’s trap activates, though a knock spell or a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check can force open a valve. Casting dispel magic on the illusory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
faerzress and bioluminescent fungi compete with shafts of white light that fall upon naturally formed shelves along the walls as well as a rocky mesa at the center of the cavern. Crudely formed ramps
something down in a small notebook.
The chamber is brightly lit, as if by sunlight. The sunlight is just a natural trick caused by crystal growths reflecting and amplifying the light of the bioluminescent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
light of this revelation, Valetta angrily orders acolytes to remove Nim’s tools and unfinished inventions from the attic, while she forces Nim to look on. Nimblewright Detector. Characters who search
action to wind the crank activates the box for 8 hours. While activated, the box barks whenever it detects vibrations within 15 feet of it, as long as the box and the source of the vibrations are in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
wall depicts a handsome, long-haired man in flowing robes, radiating golden light. Fountains burble to the north and south. The east wall holds a single door to the north and a double door to the south
hemispheres. Etched into the floor between the consoles is an elaborate symbol radiating orange light.
This room monitors the tower’s magic and its connection to the city beyond. Consoles. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
circumstances: Soon after the party first enters the region When a creature loses more than half its hit points When a creature casts a spell of 1st level or higher When a creature activates a magic item
in the service of righteousness or in defiance of wickedness A Blessed Ki-rin Shrine Blessed Radiance Effects d100 Effect 01–06 Golden light fills a 20-foot-radius, 40-foot-high cylinder
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the embers light the way,” the guard unbars the door and admits them. Even if the characters never learned the passphrase, a character who succeeds on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check
windcatcher’s interior. The first Small or larger creature that descends 10 feet down the shaft activates explosive runes. Any creature within 20 feet of the runes must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
filled with clay. Near the northern and southern corners are circles of sigils that glow with red light.
In the eastern corner is a small array of urns and boxes. Above them on the wall is a contact
leading west contains a white gate, which leads to the Flesh Golem Mortuaries. 90. Golem Pen Pillars of white marble glow with an intense white light that brightly illuminates the area. The light is so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
room. The polished walls gleam in the light of hanging lamps shaped like celestial bodies, and the ceiling is painted with constellations. On the east wall is a long stage with red velvet curtains
notes or any of the books out of the room, the stone golem activates, stepping in front of the door. It doesn’t fight the characters unless they try to push past it and leave with the notes or books
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the heap of debris that marks the rough division between the colossus’s interior and the adjacent cave. At the chamber’s far end, motes of dust and debris float in a cylinder of glowing, green light
that stretches from floor to ceiling. The cylinder of light continues upward into Landro’s leg.
Within the mushroom patch are two shriekers. The shriekers’ high-pitched screams might attract the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
attacks. This soldier is identical, except that the designs on its armor are slightly different. Each time one of the stone soldiers is destroyed, another activates in its alcove and attacks at the start
surrounding rock. Lanterns embedded in the walls cast light into a number of irregularly shaped alcoves.
Secretary Wei uses this area as a storage place for valuables that might be useful in the future. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
trap activates, spraying colorless poisonous gas in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or take 18 (4d8) poison damage. This trap can’t be
first reduced to 0 hit points, multicolored light surrounds her as five hissing voices echo throughout the chamber: “Upstart insects! Who dares make a racket outside my lair? Who dares interrupt the