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Shard of Xeluan

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

bonus to your spell attack rolls. Enhanced Strength. Your Strength score increases by 4 while the shard is on your person. The shard can’t raise your Strength score above 22. Curse. Attuning to

This 1-foot-long shard of obsidian has veins of silver and gold beneath its cold surface. Empowered Magic. While holding the shard, you can use it as a spellcasting focus, and it gives you a +1

Shard Solitaire

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

one a different type of gemstone, as shown in the Shard Solitaire Types table. Rift Step. As a bonus action, while wearing or holding the shard solitaire, you can teleport yourself, along with

This gemstone contains an unstable extradimensional rift. Its facets are ribboned with iridescent veins that seem to move of their own accord. Five types of shard solitaire are known to exist, each

Star Spawn Larva Mage Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: eldritch blast (3 beams, +3 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion 3/day: dominate monster 1/day

: circle of death Return to Worms. When the larva mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the larva mage reforms from it

Nurvureem

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

, the dragon has resistance to damage that isn’t force, psychic, or radiant. Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the dragon can take the Hide action as a bonus action. Sunlight

within 20 feet of such a pool must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 20 feet into the water and knocked prone. A cloud of swarming insects fills a 20-foot-radius sphere

Helm of Perfect Potential

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This copper-hued helm contains a shard of the Elemental Chaos embedded in its forehead, surrounded by a motif of a rising sun. Legend says Annam fashioned this helm for his daughter Diancastra to

Wisdom (Insight) checks. Arrow of Elemental Havoc. As a bonus action while wearing the helm, you can launch a bolt of searing elemental energy toward a creature you can see within 90 feet of yourself

Star Spawn Larva Mage

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the mage reforms from it

", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Tharizdun's Spark"}. As a bonus action, the cultist touches a simple or martial weapon or a natural weapon, if it has one. The next creature hit by the touched weapon

Shard Description

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

a +1 bonus to your spell attack rolls. Enhanced Strength. Your Strength score increases by 4 while the shard is on your person. The shard can’t raise your Strength score above 22. Curse. Attuning to

Shard Description The shard of Xeluan is described below. Characters don’t become aware of the shard’s curse until it comes into play. Shard of Xeluan Shard of Xeluan Wondrous Item, Rare (Requires

Draconic Shard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Draconic Shard Gem dragons wield psionic power, and when a powerful gem dragon perishes, the force of the dragon’s will and mind sometimes refuses to pass on. This essence lingers in the form of a

psychic remnant called a draconic shard. A draconic shard in its true form resembles a shimmering, spectral image of the dragon. More often, though, a shard inhabits an object the gem dragon poured

Staff of Power

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Staff of Power Staff, Very Rare (Requires Attunement by a Sorcerer, Warlock, or Wizard) This staff has 20 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and

damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls. Spells. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the

Armor of Agathys

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Armor of Agathys Level 1 Abjuration (Warlock) Casting Time: Bonus Action Range: Self Components: V, S, M (a shard of blue glass) Duration: 1 hour Protective magical frost surrounds you. You

Sanctuary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Sanctuary Level 1 Abjuration (Cleric) Casting Time: Bonus Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a shard of glass from a mirror) Duration: 1 minute You ward a creature within range. Until

Feral Ashenwight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Actions Multiattack. The

ashenwight makes two Necrotic Shard attacks. Necrotic Shard. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.

Sanctuary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Sanctuary Level 1 Abjuration (Cleric) Casting Time: Bonus Action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S, M (a shard of glass from a mirror) Duration: 1 minute You ward a creature within range. Until

Giant Dragonfly

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Giant Dragonfly A giant dragonfly has a 20-foot wingspan. It drones loudly as it hovers and darts through the air, searching for smaller insects to consume. Giant Dragonfly Large Beast, Unaligned

(–4) Senses passive Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Drone. When it beats its wings, the dragonfly emits a loud droning sound that can be heard out to a

4. Fungi Thicket

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Underdark” in chapter 2). The first time a Small or larger character reaches the tunnel intersection, two swarms of insects (centipedes) emerge from nests under the thicket and attack. Two more swarms

of insects (spiders) arrive on the second round of combat, plus another swarm of insects (centipedes) on the third round. Treasure The abundance of fungi in the thicket makes it easy to forage here

Psionic Ashenwight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Perception 12 Languages understands the languages it knew in life but can’t speak, telepathy 120 ft. Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Actions Multiattack. The ashenwight makes two Necrotic

Shard attacks. It also uses Psionic Crown if available. Necrotic Shard. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 9

Grim Champion of Pestilence

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Harrow’s three leaders, the Grim Champion of Pestilence is nonetheless a fearsome entity of sickness and blight. A swarm of insects surrounds him in a mockery of a halo, and debilitating plagues flow from

, frightened, poisoned, stunned, unconscious Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 17 Languages Common, Infernal Challenge 15 (13,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Halo of Pestilence. The

Staff of Power

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Staff of Power Staff, very rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard) Staffs Left to Right: Insects, Healing, Power, Magi, and Frost This staff can be wielded as a magic

quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you gain a +2 bonus to Armor Class, saving throws, and spell attack rolls. The staff has 20 charges for the

Bheur Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Perception 14 Languages Auran, Common, Giant Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Control Weather (1/Day). The hag can cast the control weather spell, requiring no material components and

, and difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn’t cost the hag extra moment. Actions Multiattack. The hag makes two Slam or Frost Shard attacks. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5

Xvarts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Spindle, a crystalline shard that could transform even a creature as lowly as Raxivort into a demigod. After his apotheosis, Raxivort forged the Black Sewers, a realm within Pandemonium that he filled

Abyssal Challenge 1/8 (25 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Raxivort’s Tongue. The xvart can communicate with ordinary bats and rats, as well as giant bats and giant rats. Actions Shortsword. Melee

Swarmkeeper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Swarmkeeper I love insects—organized, relentless, specialized little champions. And aligning their single-minded will with your own: beautiful. Just keep them out of my lab. Tasha Feeling a deep

insects 2 Miniature twig blights 3 Fluttering birds 4 Playful pixies Once on each of your turns, you can cause the swarm to assist you in one of the following ways, immediately after you hit a

Unicorn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

spins its cocoon, each leaf and branch upon which a bright butterfly rests its tired wings. In a unicorn’s forest, a sense of calm pervades. From wolves and foxes to birds, squirrels, and tiny insects

denizens. A creature might catch a passing glimpse of the unicorn then suddenly see nothing but the wild woods. Sacred Horns. A unicorn’s horn is the focus of its power, a shard of divine magic

Nupperibo

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

fiendish power commands it. Individually, nupperibos are weak, but they’re rarely alone and can be dangerous when gathered into packs. Clouds of stinging insects, stirges (see the Monster Manual), and

Languages understands Infernal but can’t speak Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Cloud of Vermin. Any creature, other than a devil, that starts its turn within 20 feet of one or more

Miner Difficulties

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

of Insects (spiders) 3 One Darkmantle and three Piercers 4 A patch of yellow mold (see “Hazards” in chapter 3) on a miner’s remains 5 One Gelatinous Cube 6 Sounds of Terror (see below) Sounds of

hurries here to rejoin its kin. As long as the characters stay out of its way, it ignores them as it scrambles back through the hole, never to plague the mine again. Each character then earns a bonus 200 XP.

Basilisk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

umber hulk or a troglodyte. 7 Someone caught in a comic pose or making a regrettable face. 8 A victim now being used as a nest for insects or other vermin. Basilisk Medium Monstrosity, Unaligned AC

. Bonus Actions Petrifying Gaze (Recharge 4–6). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. If the basilisk sees its reflection in the Cone, the basilisk must make this save. First

Swarms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Swarms Base creatures are among the first to respond to sinister forces at work in a land. As nefarious powers grip an area, populations of maggots, scarabs, and similar scavenging insects explode

, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 8 Languages — Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and

Kobold Inventor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

(+2) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 8 (−1) Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Draconic Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Pack Tactics. The kobold

-foot-square space within 20 feet of it. A swarm of insects (centipedes; see the Monster Manual) with 11 hit points emerges from the basket and rolls initiative. At the end of each of the swarm’s turns

Creating Magic Items

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Religion, while a druid or ranger relies on Nature. You must have a minimum skill bonus—your proficiency bonus plus your ability score bonus—in order to develop a schema. You must maintain the minimum

skill bonus for the duration of your work, so an effect that increases an ability score for a few minutes won’t help you. Schema Creation Requirements Item Rarity Work weeks Minimum Skill

Allip

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

this burden by sharing its secret. The creature can impart only a shard of the knowledge that doomed it, but that piece is enough to wrack the recipient with temporary mental anguish and violent

, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages the languages it knew in life Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Proficiency Bonus +3 Incorporeal

Nintra Siotta, Princess of the Shadow Glass

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

, Sylvan Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Nintra fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed inst. Actions Multiattack. Nintra makes two attacks

. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d4 + 7) piercing damage. Shard of Shadow. Ranged Spell Attack: +12 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d6 + 7

Chitine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

insects such as ants. They are divided into worker and warrior castes; choldriths, when present, occupy the top levels of a colony’s hierarchy. Each chitine has a social position that comes with

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages Undercommon Challenge 1/2 (100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Fey Ancestry. The chitine has advantage on saving throws against being charmed

Star Spawn Larva Mage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: eldritch blast (3 beams, +3 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion 3/day: dominate monster 1/day: circle of

death Return to Worms. When the larva mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the larva mage reforms from it 24 hours

Death Giants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

denying that death giants can make excellent use of it. —Bigby Death Giant Reaper Death giant reapers wield massive scythes and wear armor that resembles the carapaces of giant insects. They wield the

Perception 17 Languages Giant Challenge 12 (8,400 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two Scythe or Soul Bolt attacks. Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

bring the shard of Xeluan into this room or onto the mezzanine (area X18), the ground shakes and rubble falls from the ceiling. Each creature in these areas must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving

grants a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls. However, if its wielder rolls a 1 on a spell attack roll while using it as a focus, the chunk shatters and the creature takes 10 (3d6) thunder damage. Giant’s

9. Ice Spider Tunnels

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

bonus to attack rolls made with it and adds her Strength bonus (+3) to the weapon’s damage on a hit. If Noori is revived, she is startled and confused by her surroundings. Like most Uthgardt, she is

swarm of insects (spiders) that acts on the queen’s initiative count. The swarm has resistance to cold damage. If there are no foes for the swarm to attack, it begins devouring the corpse of its mother

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