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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
-Spider is a legendary demon lord and master of battlefield strategy. He has the lower body of a massive armored spider, four arms, and two enormous wolf heads that drip poison. Yet Miska’s greatest
couldn’t be stopped.
In desperation, Miska’s opponents crafted an artifact to bind him in an extraplanar prison. This rod broke apart after sealing him in Pandemonium, scattering across
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back with fear or suspicion, and rippling
the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
Connected Creatures
Crystal dragons are among the most social and hospitable of dragons
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brightly colored, with feathers of red, orange, or yellow. Females have more subdued colors, usually brown or gray. Their heads complete the avian appearance, being something like a parrot or eagle with
have historical ties to the Wind Dukes of Aaqa. Exceptional individuals honor that connection and might seek out the missing pieces of the Rod of Seven Parts, the remains of an artifact fashioned by
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back with fear or
ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
Connected Creatures
Crystal dragons are among the most social and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
creature you can see within range. The globe is filled with fresh air that lasts until the spell ends. If the creature has more than one head, the globe of air appears around only one of its heads
(which is all the creature needs to avoid suffocation, assuming that all its heads share the same respiratory system). At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
smooth dais.
The moonlight barrier around this lunarium’s dais is trapped. When the barrier is touched, it emits a blinding flash of white light in a 30-foot radius centered on the dais. Any creature in
the moondisk. U5: Moondisk A robed, hooded woman stands at the center of a circular platform, her arms stretched wide and her eyes closed. A rod piece floats between her outstretched hands.
Teremini
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
2 through 8. Stopping the Ritual of Remaking. In chapter 9, “Mordenkainen” reveals himself as Kas in disguise. Kas steals the reassembled rod and heads to the plane of Pandemonium to co-opt Vecna’s
secrets. When the characters clash with the cult, they become linked to the lich, which sets them on the path to discover Vecna’s plot to remake the multiverse. Seeking the Rod. In chapter 2, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
they were forgotten by their worshipers or slain at the hands of more powerful entities. If the characters ask about the location the rod piece points to, Alustriel determines that the dying god
Havock is near the piece. Havock. Havock’s petrified form is hundreds of miles long and weighs thousands of tons. It once had eight legs and two heads that each held a single, unblinking eye, but as
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
; scales. It glows like starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back
crystal dragon has ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
Connected Creatures
Crystal dragons are among the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragons’ scales. It glows like starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with
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A crystal dragon has ripped open holes to the Elemental Planes of Air and Water, creating flash glaciation that encroaches upon inhabited lands.
Connected Creatures
Crystal dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
in them. Dyson Logos Map 10.3: Ruinous Citadel View Player Version Y1: Drill Field Several bloated spiders with wolf heads move back and forth on the black sand near the citadel’s entrance.
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in this long room. More recently, wolf heads have been painted on each figure. Webs stretch from wall to wall and are particularly thick to the southeast, around an open stone door. Two enormous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
dimly lit lounge. At the center of the room is a circular bar. Liquor bottles on shelves flash colors in time with faintly playing jazz, while a frost-blue devil pours drinks behind the bar.
The
. Windfall acquired the seventh piece of the Rod of Seven Parts some time ago. She used it to create an image of Sardior, who she believes resembled a red dragon. Windfall hopes to find a way to use the rod
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
caravan travels from Womford to Red Larch along the Cairn Road, then heads north along the Long Road through Westbridge to its final destination of Triboar. The Caravan The caravan consists of six
wagons, each pulled by two oxen and equipped with an axe, a shovel, two buckets, and a three-pointed-iron-rod fire spit that can readily be used as three improvised spears. Each wagon carries two Black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
expended charges after 8 hours. Pulling the lever expends 1 charge and causes a line of golden lightning, 10 feet long and 5 feet wide, to flash between the two copper spheres. Any creature in this line
, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A mask that is reduced to 0 hit points is destroyed and can’t be transformed back into the creature it once was. Each copper rod is a Medium object with AC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
feet gouging the dirt. They wave torches and fierce blades above their reptilian heads.
Five baaz draconians (see appendix B) charge toward the wharf, intent on setting buildings ablaze and murdering
the invasion: A distant flash of light catches your attention. Atop the cliffs north of town, three figures on motionless horses sit in the shadows of the trees. You make out the glint of light on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
small, shiny, black metal chest next to it (see “Treasure” below). Mounted on other walls are thirteen stuffed mind flayer heads.
Secret Trapdoor. A secret trapdoor in the floor under the table opens
open. A knock spell or similar magic also opens it. The chest is a Small object with AC 19, 22 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It contains 900 gp, a manual of gainful exercise, a tome of clear thought, and a Stardock rod (see “Stardock Rods”).
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
, disappearing in a flash of rainbow-colored light. You draw no more cards.
The fey crossing appears as a shimmering fractal of light above the deck, and it remains open for 1 minute after the card is
wearing armor.
Ship. You gain proficiency in three skills chosen by the DM.
Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item.
Stairway. You can choose to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
rotting heads of his enemies, while his dark armor is set with spikes and skull-like serrations. He carries a huge glaive named Heartcleaver, but often hurls it into the fray so as to face his enemies with
Demons has two baleful baboon heads, both of them mad. It is only the conflict between the two halves of his dual nature that keeps the demon lord’s ambitions in check. Graz’zt The demon lord Graz’zt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Rising from the floor 10 feet in front of the arch is a 3-foot-high pedestal made of red crystal with a small hole in the top.
Inserting a Stardock rod (see the “Stardock Rods,” sidebar) into the hole in
Shrine Tapestries. Two beautiful tapestries hang on the walls.
Carving. Carved into the floor is a stylized, 15-foot-diameter disk-shaped engraving of Tiamat, her five chromatic dragon heads spewing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a platinum rod. The disks are of use to the characters as they explore the super-secret basement, and the rods can be claimed as treasure, as noted
platinum rod as part of its components. Each rod is worth 20 gp. Door. The door exiting this area is made of steel, and is closed and locked. Its only features are three 6-inch-wide slots set in a row at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
robed figures, as small as ants, stand around the circle and murmur arcane words, their heads bowed in concentration. Impossibly, the stone colossus begins to levitate.
As silvery light swirls
liquid that pools around the dais.
Floating above the brain and scattering light across the room is a small, slender object: a piece of the Rod of Seven Parts.
Years after its abandonment, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) hangs from a varnished wooden rod bolted to the door. The rod is mounted 20 feet above the floor, and the banner is 9 feet long. 20. Thullen’s Bedroom Sansuri’s younger brother, Count Thullen, sleeps in
, and the knights have helms resembling griffon heads. The pawns, rooks, bishops, knights, and kings are suits of animated armor, thirty in all. The queens are helmed horrors. Since no game is in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
devises the strategies that allow the forces of Gruumsh to dominate the battle and fill their war wagons with plunder and severed heads. Ilneval stands with his bloody sword, calling to those who
Mighty. In the myths, it is said that Bahgtru was out hunting when he was surprised by the mightiest of the behirs, one with hundreds of legs. In a flash, Bahgtru was wrapped in the creature’s coils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
could sprout braying donkey heads at the most inopportune time. Cooperation Is Key. The legends about Garl Glittergold inspire gnomes to work together. Garl knows that many heads and many hands make
lizardfolk god splashed in his favorite pool? Who else would use Thor’s hammer to pound a nail and thus be inspired to invent the lightning rod? Garl never needs to persuade Nebelun to join an excursion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
lined with limed-over corpses. A circle of barely distinguishable bodies composes the lower tier, while a fresher ring of calcified corpses stands on the heads and shoulders of those beneath
: Abyssal Labyrinth A flash of sickly green light fades to reveal rough-hewn tunnels bored into black stone. The air reeks of animal stench. Chuffing growls echo from the darkness.
Two muscular
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
you’re immediately pulled through it, disappearing in a flash of rainbow-colored light. You draw no more cards. The fey crossing appears as a shimmering fractal of light above the deck, and it remains
three skills chosen by the DM. Staff. A rare or rarer magic rod, staff, or wand appears in your hands. The DM chooses the item. Stairway. You can choose to either decrease your number of declared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
rusty protrusions among the vines; these are the heads of water sprinklers that now merely drip rusty water. If any character comes within 5 feet of the plant bed, read: The rotting vegetation gathers
location to avoid the enraged brass dragon. The duodrone then activated a silent alarm and caused the light bulb on the console to flash red. Justine Jones Qaara’s Arrival. The silent alarm triggers a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
enemies are memorialized in trophies, too, but only rarely do giants put the heads or bodies on display. A human hero’s greatsword or a wizard’s staff is a more appropriate trophy in such cases. A frost
plundered, in the same way that a farmer might look at a rainstorm as a blessing from the harvest god. Frost giants recognize two kinds of loot: rod and kvit. Rod (“red”) plunder consists of living
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
wings outstretched. The figurine’s stand is attached by an iron rod to a groove carved into the table, allowing the figurine to move across the map from one settlement to another. If a lever on the west
dark room contains a plain stone bed, a stone trunk, and four unlit braziers. Mounted on the walls are the heads of various creatures that might be found in the mountains or the subterranean depths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
against this chamber’s wide, rounded wall. They merge seamlessly with the wrinkled, gray walls and floor as though melted into them. Only their upper torsos and heads remain free, and each lifeless face
(Perception) check realizes that the goo didn’t come from the intellect snare but seeped from the wall beyond it. The first person to touch the goo receives a psychic flash of the layout of the occipital
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
his forge, in various stages of completion, are three giant-sized swords, some pieces of armor, and several axe and spear heads. Treasure. The weaponsmith has in his possession a special +2 mace, made
assist their priestess, Eclavdra. Each has a tentacle rod in addition to its usual gear and weaponry. A smoldering copper brazier near the door gives off an incense-like smoke that is sweet, cloying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
approaching from the opposite direction. The fire giant, Stolvor, isn’t carrying any rocks or valuables, but he clutches an enormous greatsword and has a rod of the Vonindod (see appendix B) tucked in his
Way begins at Waterdeep and heads southward, though only the stretch between Waterdeep and Daggerford is well traveled. Merchants who can’t afford to transport their goods by ship use the Trade Way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
characters whose combined Strength is 30 or higher. Inside, a dragonpriest lies imprisoned, kept alive by virtue of a sequester spell that is dispelled with a flash of green light when the sarcophagus
is shrunken and elongated, and its flesh is a rubbery, putrid green. Its black hair is long, thick, and ropy. Its beady black eyes flash open, and it snarls.
This dragonpriest delved into magic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
heads pointed north. The floor is covered with human bones and rusty swords. If a character teleports into a coffin from one of the teleport traps that protect Strahd’s tomb (area K86), read the
following to that character’s player: A flash of light explodes around you, and then you are plunged into absolute darkness, suddenly lying in a confined space choked with dust. This vault contains fifteen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
before highsun on the third day. The fire giant, Zaastrid, carries a rod of the Vonindod (see appendix B). Zaastrid is hungry and upset that her enslaved troll has found nothing to eat. The
head (including the heads of horses, ponies, and mules) are sent on their way. Those who can’t pay the toll or refuse to do so are turned back. Characters who can prove that they are members of the