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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
target to 0 hit points, the target drops to 1 hit point instead and has the petrified condition, turning into a frozen statue.
If the statue takes bludgeoning damage, it shatters, killing the frozen
creature. If the statue would take fire damage, it instead takes no damage and thaws, ending the petrification.
Icy Axe. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Actions). Velomachus magically summons 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Repeating History"} spirit statue mascot;spirit statue mascots in unoccupied spaces she can see within 60
feet of herself. The spirit statues obey her commands and take their turns immediately after hers. Any creature, other than a spirit statue or Velomachus, is restrained if it starts its turn within 5
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Magic Resistance. The Animated Statue has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spellcasting. The Animated Statue is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability
is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The Animated Statue can cast disguise self and invisibility
Monsters
Sleeping Dragonâs Wake
rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (Lhammaruntosz's choice
of metallic dragons, in a cliff overlooking the sea. The shrineâs face is carved in Lhammaruntoszâs likeness and includes quarters for the rest of the Scaly Eye and a magic statue of
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
book, the spirit tries to leave the book and enter your body. If you fail a DC 20 Charisma saving throw, it succeeds, and you become an NPC under the DMâs control until the intruding spirit is
Vile Darkness allows pages to be torn from it, but any evil lore contained on those pages finds its way back into the book eventually, usually when a new author adds pages to the tome.
If a solar tears
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Stairway
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Star*
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Statue
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Sun*
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Talons*
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Tavern
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Temple
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Throne*
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Tomb
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Tower
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Tree
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Undead
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Void
, while leaving your hands free.
Celestial. You sprout a pair of softly luminescent, feathered wings from your back and gain a flying speed of 30 feet.
Construct. A homunculus appears in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
hungry eyes.The double door at the northern end of the hall stands open, revealing a vast chamber beyond. Swathed in shadows at the back of this large chamber towers a massive statue of a goatish fiend
emerges from the secret door in the back of the statue in area T13 and comes to join the fray, trusting that the adventurers are the heroes heâs been waiting for. Meanwhile, the zombies continue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
has a strong incentive to do otherwise. At the end of the battle, regardless of the outcome, take back all the special NPCs. For each NPC who survives, give the characters that NPCâs corresponding
Special NPCs In this chapter, each player runs not only a player character but also an NPC who has ties to the settlement that the characters are defending. Once youâve determined where the adventure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
mimic. The creature uses its fake gold spear as a lure.)
The mimic is a Large specimen with 75 (10d10 + 20) hit points. It knocked over the original statue and pushed the broken pieces into the back of the alcove, assuming the shape of the statue afterward.
40. Fearful Mimicry Statues. This T-shaped hall has three alcoves, two to the north and one to the south. In each alcove is a beautifully carved granite statue depicting an 8-foot-tall, helmed elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Sacred Statue When an eidolon takes control of a special statue, it becomes a construct that uses its fists to drive back intruders, smashing and crushing anything it can reach. Sacred Statue
Large
Appearance. While the statue remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal statue.
Ghostly Inhabitant. The eidolon that enters the sacred statue remains inside it until the statue drops to 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with butterfly wings sprouting from its back and sharp bone spurs on its forearms and elbows. The statue stands atop a 3-foot-high stone base. The statue clutches a stone wand and points it toward the
6. Statue of Arcturia Here marks the perpendicular intersection of two corridors, one cut short by dead ends. Beyond an archway to the southwest is a stone statue of a 6-foot-tall skeletal figure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
statue of a scowling medusa with a longbow and an empty quiver. The statue gazes north. When a creature sets off the trap in area 2, a poisoned arrow materializes in the medusaâs grasp as the statue
animates. It immediately draws back on the bow and shoots the arrow at the creature that triggered the trap (+6 to hit), dealing 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) poison damage on a hit. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
to you. Every NPC could be a potential ally, enemy, or foil later in the campaign. If the players take a shine to one, bring that character back â or better yet, make the NPC an integral part of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Covering the statue or removing it from this shrine suppresses its magic and ends its sympathy effect on anyone. A pair of amber doors in the east wall open into area X25. A secret door is set in the back of one of the northern alcoves. Pulling it open releases hundreds of skulls (see area X26).
obsidian statue stands in a raised alcove at the western end of the chamber. Slumped before the statue are two desiccated corpses in tattered garments. Two pairs of alcoves line the north and south walls of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Entering Dragonâs Pride Dragonâs Pride occupies the lower floor of the casino and is accessed via an elevator. This elevator is magically concealed within the back of the large dragon statue in the
tattoo and instructs the characters to head through the back of the lobbyâs statue. Now bearing the clubâs mark, the characters can see the entrance to Dragonâs Pride: What was once a solid statue now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Statue of Halaster Set into an alcove at the back of this dusty side chamber is a nonmagical, life-size statue of Halaster Blackcloak carved from granite. The statue is thrusting its stone staff
outward in a threatening manner, its visage sculpted with a look of wild abandon. Its robe is engraved with hundreds of lidless eyes. The statue stands atop a 1-foot-thick granite disk. Mithral Keys A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
kill Klarg in area 8, promising to release Sildar when they bring back the bugbearâs head. Sildar groggily warns the characters that they shouldnât trust the goblin, and heâs right. If the characters
by proactively eliminating threats by any means, while bringing honor and glory to their leaders and homelands. Sildar met Gundren Rockseeker in Neverwinter and agreed to accompany him back to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
around the corner and calls back: âAt my heels you nip in this game we play. But cursed is the maze, and lost am I. So whoâs chasing whom? Oh, whoâs to say? The front is the back. Hello is goodbye
solution is to stop chasing the Lost Knight, turn around, and go back the way they came. Once the group goes back one room, they automatically find the Knightâs second riddle. Second Riddle. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
candlesticks and pulverized the obsidian statue, which depicted the same nameless god that stands in area X5. Amber doors in the west wall open into area X13. A secret door is set into the back of one of the alcoves on the north wall. It can be pulled open to area X14.
statue are scattered in a raised alcove at the eastern end of the chamber. Two pairs of empty alcoves line the north and south walls of the shrine. The amber golem in area X10 knocked over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
after defeating the last statue, six more statues animate. This process repeats until either all of the statues are destroyed or until the characters leave the cave. A statue also animates and
attacks if touched or otherwise disturbed. OgrĂ©mochâs Bane If every statue in this cave is destroyed, OgrĂ©mochâs Bane appears. As the last statue crumbles, a cloud of dust erupts from its shattered remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, rolling the sphere ahead of it. The statue and sphere move slowly enough that creatures can easily get out of the way. When the statue reaches the north end of the hallway, it pushes the sphere back into
the wall (the sphere melds with the stone as it comes into contact with it). The statue then lumbers back toward its alcove, moving 60 feet on each of its turns. While the giant is out of its alcove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
hand and how to pursue it: Adviser NPCs. A helpful NPC in a social interaction can offer advice and suggestions to the characters. Such an NPC might be the patron who initially sent the characters on
the characters encounter a minion or monster connected to the adventureâs main threat. At the end of the encounter, perhaps the characters find information that gets them back on track. Plan one or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lordâs Wrath
opens the doors without first removing or disabling the runes, they take thunder damage as per the spell. A window at the back of the inn on the second floor is open (see âThe Upstairsâ below). A
common area and courtyard, the ritual is underway to fully activate the statue of Talos, which is currently in the basement. THE RITUAL
Backes (Illuskan human gladiator) leads the chanting in the common
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
is holding a shortsword hidden behind his back. The statue wears a mask over its eyes. The statue represents Vhaeraun, drow god of thieves. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Religion
the darkness for 1 minute and reveals a 12-foot-tall statue at the center of it. The statue magically and silently reshapes itself every minute, taking on one hideous form after another. When first seen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to alcoves in the north, west, and south walls. At the back of each alcove is a wooden statue with coins piled around its base.
Altar and Extradimensional Rift A detect magic spell reveals auras of
similar magic. Destroying the altar also releases any trapped creatures, as described above. Statues and Treasure The statues and their treasures are as follows: North Statue. This painted wooden statue, 8
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
every few seconds (see âMorphing Statueâ below).
Cassiok and Pet. Facing the statue with its back to the rest of the room is a black-robed creature (Cassiok Shadowdusk) leaning heavily on a staff
undulate and bulge, as though the stone were amorphous. (The effect is unnerving but harmless.)
Statue. A deep alcove in the north wall contains a life-size statue whose human features seems to change
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Morakâs Quest Characters who survive the perils of the Dripping Caves and return to Nightstone should advance to 4th level. Once he is safely back in the village, Morak Urâgray takes stock of the
damage, makes arrangements to deliver news of the giantsâ attack to Waterdeep, and urges the characters to undertake one of the following three quests. If Morak died in the Dripping Caves, another NPC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
on the terrain. In the heart of the ruin, a yellow musk creeper (see appendix D) clings to a crumbling archway, statue, or polluted well. If this encounter occurs while the party is camped, the zombies
emerge from a nearby ruin to attack the camp and attempt to knock characters unconscious. They then drag those characters back to the yellow musk creeper.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the east balcony stands a rough-hewn, fifteen-foot-tall statue of a hulking fiend with furled wings and clenched fists. Set into the wall on the west balcony is a rusty lever in the up position
extends off the east balcony. At the back of the west balcony, a staircase descends 10 feet to a landing and a secret door. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Iâjin or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
13. Skoraeus Stonebones The stone giants have carved the back wall of the canyon into a 150-foot-tall statue of their god, Skoraeus Stonebones, who looks like a powerfully built stone giant with
spikes protruding from his head and shoulders. The monument is an astonishing bit of stonecraft in terms of its sheer size. Rivulets of water pour down from the mountain onto the statue, which channels
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
an action lowers the weapons back into the cargo hold. Magic Statue. An 8-foot-tall, 4,000-pound stone statue of Drizzt DoâUrden, a famous drow ranger, stands near the front of the main deck, posed
with hands on the pommels of his famous, sheathed scimitars. The statueâs mouth is open in a goofy grin. A detect magic spell reveals that the statue radiates an aura of transmutation magic. Whenever a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Vorn Standing next to some rocks and ferns is an 8-foot-tall statue, humanoid in shape with bronze fists, iron joints, an adamantine breastplate, and an iron helm with slits for eyes. The rest of the
statue is made of sculpted wood reinforced with bands and rivets of adamantine. Scattered around its feet are offerings of food, feathers, colored stones, and skulls.
The statue is actually a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
â). These oozes are hostile toward all intruders. (A battle here also attracts the Huge gray ooze in area 14.) Shrine. Nestled in a 12-foot-high alcove at the back of the cave is a misshapen granite altar
. Staring out from it is a 1-foot-diameter purple disk inscribed with a black, glaring eye. Looming behind the altar is a 9-foot-tall statue carved in the form of an amorphous, forward-lurching pillar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the top of the statue reveals a star-shaped indentation on the back of its head. Those who have seen the gold lever in area 61 recognize the leverâs star-shaped handle as a perfect match. If the lever
mastodon is shielded from the flames. Up to six Medium creatures can perch on the mastodon at once â four on its back and one on each of its curved tusks. Each time the statue turns to face north, one or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
78. Chapel of Hate Any creature that passes through the mist gate in area 77 emerges from a similar arch set into the south wall of this room. The gate also allows travel back to area 77. You step
, Dragonbait, Volothamp Geddarm, or some other NPC the characters never got the chance to meet. It could also be an NPC who became separated from the party in the course of the adventure. If no suitable NPC