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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
A mythallar looks like an enormous crystal ball held in an ornate cradle. The globe sheds bright light in a 300-foot radius and dim light for an additional 300 feet. The globe draws magic from the
;s Guide. If a ninth creature tries to attune to the mythallar, nothing happens.
All creatures attuned to the Ythryn mythallar can sense when the device is being used. A creature attuned to the device
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
considered a simple melee weapon with the finesse and light properties, and it deals 1d4 slashing damage on a hit. While attuned to the glove, you gain a burrowing speed equal to your walking speed and
Rod of Alertness
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is friendly to you gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws and can sense the location of any invisible hostile creature that is also in the bright light.
The rod's head stops glowing and the effect
the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod's head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet. While in that bright light, you and any creature that
Backgrounds
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
your time in the carnival. You know the other hands well, but the carnival’s owners—Mister Witch and Mister Light—remain mysterious to you even after all these years.
Maybe you
a sense of wonder. Perhaps greater adventures await you beyond the carnival’s gates.
Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Sleight of Hand
Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit or one type of musical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
in darkness as if it were dim light. The monster can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Many creatures that live underground have this special sense. Tremorsense A monster with
blindsight can perceive its surroundings without relying on sight, within a specific radius. Creatures without eyes, such as grimlocks and gray oozes, typically have this special sense, as do creatures with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
dim light within the radius as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. The creature can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray. Tremorsense. A creature with
. Tremorsense can’t be used to detect flying or incorporeal creatures. Many burrowing creatures, such as ankhegs, have this special sense.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. While in that bright light, you and any creature that is friendly to you gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws and can sense the location of any invisible hostile creature that is also in the bright
invisibility. Protective Aura. As an action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod’s head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. While in that bright light, you and any creature that is friendly to you gain a +1 bonus to AC and saving throws and can sense the location of any invisible hostile creature that is also in the bright
invisibility. Protective Aura. As an action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod’s head sheds bright light in a 60-foot radius and dim light for an additional 60 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a +1 bonus to Armor Class and saving throws and can sense the location of any Invisible creature that is also in the Bright Light. The rod’s head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes or
plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod’s head sheds Bright Light in a 60-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 60 feet. While in that Bright Light, you and your allies gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
a +1 bonus to Armor Class and saving throws and can sense the location of any Invisible creature that is also in the Bright Light. The rod’s head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes or
plant the haft end of the rod in the ground, whereupon the rod’s head sheds Bright Light in a 60-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 60 feet. While in that Bright Light, you and your allies gain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Vision and Light The most fundamental tasks of adventuring--noticing danger, finding hidden objects, hitting an enemy in combat, and targeting a spell, to name just a few--rely heavily on a
character's ability to see. Darkness and other effects that obscure vision can prove a significant hindrance. A given area might be lightly or heavily obscured. In a lightly obscured area, such as dim light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
cranium rat can shed dim light from its brain in a 5-foot radius or extinguish the light.
Telepathic Shroud. The cranium rat is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as
.
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Illumination. As a bonus action, the swarm can shed dim light from its brains in a 5-foot radius, increase the illumination to bright light in a 5- to 20-foot radius (and
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->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
intruders who get too close to them. The magic of this dust allows the lair’s draconic owner to sense intruders’ location as they move about the lair. Hoard Scarab
Tiny Monstrosity, Unaligned
Armor
13 Dexterity saving throw or be outlined in blue light for 10 minutes. While outlined in this way, a creature sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius and can’t benefit from being invisible. In addition
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
deep notches cut into it, which pulse with a shifting rainbow of light.
Behind most of the double doors are blank stone walls. Only the southern set of doors holds a path forward: pulling open these
doors reveals area 22 beyond. Creatures that pass through the doorway get no sense that they’re leaving Undermountain and entering Halaster’s extradimensional tower. Whenever a double door in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
glyph keys pulse with blue light and subtle vibrations. The black gates begin to pulse in time with the keys.
A character can make a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) check to assess the failing magic and
can hear a distant wail and sense Gul’s passing. At this juncture, the characters’ glyph keys allow them to use any black gates to escape this quickly collapsing extradimensional space, but the only place they can go is the gatehouse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Olidammara, god of revelry CN Trickery Laughing mask Pelor, god of the sun and healing NG Life, Light Sun Pholtus, god of light and law LG Light Silver sun or full moon partially eclipsed by a smaller
crescent moon Ralishaz, god of ill luck and delusion CN Trickery Three bone fate-casting sticks Rao, god of peace and reason LG Knowledge White heart St. Cuthbert, god of common sense and zeal LN
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
their goals, the characters might need to work with Fiends. Environment. Avernus is a hellscape in the most literal sense: a ravaged battlefield littered with decaying carcasses and wrecked war machines
. A foul haze perpetually shrouds the skies. Ambient light swells above the horizon in a grim mockery of a sunset, but the sky is bereft of celestial bodies. Searing gusts of wind blast across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
the mines. Glittering minerals in the ceiling of this large cavern catch the light and send it back to create the impression of a starry night sky. Dozens of skeletons—many crushed under fallen debris
pretty, but they are neither magical nor valuable. Any character proficient in Arcana can sense a subtle aura of magic in this cavern. (A detect magic spell reveals the same.) The aura becomes stronger as one approaches the northern building (area 15).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Flail Snail A flail snail is a creature of elemental earth that is prized for its multihued shell. Hunters might be lulled into a false sense of confidence upon sighting this ponderous, seemingly
nonhostile creature. If any other creature large enough to be a threat approaches too close, though, the snail unleashes a flash of scintillating light and then attacks with its mace-like tentacles. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
, every Undead and every creature native to the Shadowfell within 300 feet of the cursed creature can sense it, which prevents that creature from hiding from them.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the meazel takes the Hide action.
. Any creatures meazels draw through the shadows are cursed by the meazels’ baleful magic. The curse acts as a beacon; sorrowsworn (which appear in this book), Undead, and other terrors sense where they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
can use these tables instead of the ones that appear in the Player’s Handbook, or they can mix and match them. If a rolled result doesn’t make sense for a character, the player can roll again or choose
. 3 Good music makes me weep like a baby. 4 Wherever I go, I try to bring a little of the warmth and tranquility of home with me. 5 I have never lost my childlike sense of wonder. 6 When I have a new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. Light from the domed skylight and continual flame spells cast on hanging lanterns provide bright illumination throughout the hall. Magic Steps. All steps, including the hall’s grand staircase, shift
higher or lower in the hall (depending on the direction spoken), along with anything the creature is wearing or carrying. If the destination glyph is occupied or the command doesn’t make sense (such as saying “down” while on the hall’s lowest floor), the transport glyph doesn’t function.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
benefit from its AC only if you take the full time to don it. Doff. This is the time it takes to take off the item. If you have help removing armor, reduce this time by half. Category Don Doff Light
you find on your adventures, within the bounds of common sense. For example, a burly half-orc won’t fit in a halfling’s leather armor, and a gnome would be swallowed up in a cloud giant’s elegant robe
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Bound to Spirits Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but the spiritual connection affects them in a variety of
their quori spirits. A kalashtar might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants kalashtar minor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Bound to Spirits Kalashtar
Every kalashtar has a connection to a spirit of light, a bond shared by other members of their bloodline. Kalashtar appear human, but their spiritual connection
communicate with their quori spirits. Rather, they might experience this relationship as a sense of instinct and inspiration, drawing on the memories of the spirit when they dream. This connection grants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
table entries make more sense for certain items than for others. Some magic items are made only by certain kinds of creatures, for instance; a cloak of elvenkind is made by elves, rather than dwarves. If
you roll something that doesn’t make sense, roll again, choose a more appropriate entry, or use the rolled detail as inspiration to make up your own. Who Created It or Was Intended to Use It? d20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
told in life, Morte masks his pain with a morbid sense of humor and an insufferable dose of sarcasm. Talking with Morte Morte is friendly toward the characters and does his best to answer their
skull of the archlich Vecna. Where Are We? The characters are in the Mortuary in Sigil, an interplanar hub at the center of the Outer Planes. If they ever see the light of day again, they’re in for a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
clear. Incapacitated Characters The infected elder brain at Illithinoch’s center (area X15) remains aware of the characters moving throughout the stronghold due to its Creature Sense ability. If a
writhe, brains pulse, and jaws gnash. This movement ceases if the infected elder brain is destroyed. Illumination Illithinoch was originally lightless, but pinpricks of eerie green light from the Far
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
is an efreeti named Taraz the Fair. The name has nothing to do with his sense of justice or fair play, however, but refers to the light hues of his fiery hair. Xonthal trapped Taraz and was trying to
22. Taraz the Fair Where the hallway bends to the northeast, it once again takes on the appearance of a stone corridor. Light shines out ahead as the corridor opens into a room set with comfortable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
is an efreeti named Taraz the Fair. The name has nothing to do with his sense of justice or fair play, however, but refers to the light hues of his fiery hair. Xonthal trapped Taraz and was trying to
22. Taraz the Fair Where the hallway bends to the northeast, it once again takes on the appearance of a stone corridor. Light shines out ahead as the corridor opens into a room set with comfortable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Skulk Skulks are the soulless shells of travelers who became lost in the Shadowfell, wandering its gray wastes until they lost all sense of self. They are so devoid of identity that they have become
Candles. The skulk appears as a dim, translucent form in the light of a candle made of fat rendered from a corpse whose identity is unknown.
Children. Humanoid children, aged 10 and under, can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Skulk Skulks are the soulless shells of travelers who became lost in the Shadowfell, wandering its gray wastes until they lost all sense of self. They are so devoid of identity that they have become
mirror or on another surface. The skulk appears as a dim, translucent form in the light of a candle made of fat rendered from a corpse whose identity is unknown. Humanoid children, aged 10 and under, can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
when it is provided with a lock of hair, a personal belonging, or another object connected to the target. Possession of such an item allows it to sense the creature’s location from as far as a mile away
unoccupied space of dim light or darkness that it can see.
Swallow. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or smaller creature grappled by the banderhobb. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5) piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
NPCs who didn’t commit the crime, but who had the motive, the means, or the opportunity to do so. Suspects might be obvious or could come to light during the investigation. One technique often used in
, typically by shedding light on the suspect’s motive, means, or opportunity. Some clues connect the wrong suspect to the crime, leading the adventurers in the wrong direction. Eventually, they must find






