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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Within their communities, they act as leaders and oracles.
Rockspeakers incorporate crystals and stones into their clothing and embed them in their skin. By invoking the power of their stone runes
, these giants can turn these crystals into scintillating works of art. In combat, rockspeakers can use this same magic to cause their crystals to emit brilliantly colored, intense beams of light than can sear flesh and inhibit enemies.
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Whimsy
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As its name suggests, feather rock is a paradoxical stone with a peculiar nature that seems to contradict the pull of gravity. These spindle
-shaped stones always reach skyward, while remaining anchored to the ground on a tapered point. Even if these stones are tipped over, they return to their “reaching” position. Howlers covet
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Whimsy
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Whoever first learned the art of glumbug tickling has been lost to time, but there are a few old-timers left who are willing to teach a
willing pupil a few tricks. Glumbug ticklers are the only ones who know how to extract the glowing glumbug essence, as it cannot be gathered by squashing or dissecting the shiny bugs. Glumbugs are mostly found under stones and in caves.
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Whimsy
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This translucent glass can be found in many different colors and is often used by swordsmiths as sharpening stones because of its high durability and fine polish that it leaves on the blade. It is often found underwater or in caves.
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Whimsy
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As a potion ingredient, the mountain snail’s value is in its shell, which when pulverized into a powder, is used in magics associated
with protection. However, it’s a perilous pursuit cultivating mountain snails, for they tend to live in the lairs of dangerous predators who live in mountain caves. There, the snails feed off meat scraps left behind. The snails avoid detection by masquerading as stones, though they are drawn to music.
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Whimsy
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Some say that crackling jasper contains restless fire spirits that incessantly battle among one another causing the stones to spit sparks
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
scythe. Only a skilled and determined hero can hope to survive single combat with an orc.
Savage and fearless, orc tribes are ever in search of elves, dwarves, and humans to destroy. Motivated by their
while learning to fight, to survive in the wild, and to fear the gods.
The children that can’t endure the rigors of a life of combat are culled from the main body of the tribe, taken into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
surrounded by a series of mechanical devices that function as Ioun stones, which add to its vast knowledge. The enhanced sphinx is a gynosphinx, with these changes: Its Intelligence score is 24 (+7). It
18th-level spellcaster, by defeating the enhanced sphinx in combat, or through mechanisms found in Kwalish’s lab in Daoine Gloine (see area O7). Dock. Created by Kwalish, this structure is built so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
surrounded by a series of mechanical devices that function as Ioun stones, which add to its vast knowledge. The enhanced sphinx is a gynosphinx, with these changes: Its Intelligence score is 24 (+7). It
18th-level spellcaster, by defeating the enhanced sphinx in combat, or through mechanisms found in Kwalish’s lab in Daoine Gloine (see area O7). Dock. Created by Kwalish, this structure is built so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
U6. Standing Stones A dozen moss-covered menhirs form a near-perfect circle in the spongy earth. These weathered stones range in height from 15 to 18 feet. A couple of them lean inward as if to share
several mountain goats in a pen near the ruins of an old mansion. (Muriel assumes that Baba Lysaga feeds on these animals.) Muriel avoids combat and flees if attacked. She conceals her lycanthropic nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
U6. Standing Stones A dozen moss-covered menhirs form a near-perfect circle in the spongy earth. These weathered stones range in height from 15 to 18 feet. A couple of them lean inward as if to share
several mountain goats in a pen near the ruins of an old mansion. (Muriel assumes that Baba Lysaga feeds on these animals.) Muriel avoids combat and flees if attacked. She conceals her lycanthropic nature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
perimeter tower overhead, allowing only a narrow slice of sky to illuminate the pool’s silvery surface. The pool is surrounded by a circle of huge standing stones, all inscribed with strange writing
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Inscribed Stones. Anyone able to read Druidic can read the writing on the stones, all of which makes reference to divination and magic. The stones of the pool were brought here by visiting druids using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
perimeter tower overhead, allowing only a narrow slice of sky to illuminate the pool’s silvery surface. The pool is surrounded by a circle of huge standing stones, all inscribed with strange writing
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Inscribed Stones. Anyone able to read Druidic can read the writing on the stones, all of which makes reference to divination and magic. The stones of the pool were brought here by visiting druids using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ranged attacks, but giants never perceived a need for mechanical assistance. Even in places where giants have adapted bows or javelins for use in combat, they’ve never neglected the straightforward
giants fight enormous foes (such as dragons) or enormous targets (such as castles), they prefer to hurl stones so large that even a giant must use both arms to lift and throw one. Giants throw just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
of combat in one area don’t alert cultists in other areas. Doors. The interior doors are made of wood and are unlocked. Light. During the day, the interior spaces are illuminated with Bright Light
temple is made of old, durable stones. Windows. The temple’s windows are shaped like arrow slits and shielded with iron bars. Only Tiny creatures can squeeze through them. Each windowsill is 15 feet above the ground outside.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil
of combat in one area don’t alert cultists in other areas. Doors. The interior doors are made of wood and are unlocked. Light. During the day, the interior spaces are illuminated with Bright Light
temple is made of old, durable stones. Windows. The temple’s windows are shaped like arrow slits and shielded with iron bars. Only Tiny creatures can squeeze through them. Each windowsill is 15 feet above the ground outside.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
ranged attacks, but giants never perceived a need for mechanical assistance. Even in places where giants have adapted bows or javelins for use in combat, they’ve never neglected the straightforward
giants fight enormous foes (such as dragons) or enormous targets (such as castles), they prefer to hurl stones so large that even a giant must use both arms to lift and throw one. Giants throw just as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
agents include sophisticated bards, zealous paladins, talented mages, and grizzled warriors. They are chosen primarily for their loyalty and are experts in observation, stealth, innuendo, and combat
cold and rain, waiting for battle while hunger gnaws at their bellies? Many wish to reap the rewards of a good harvest, but few care to remove the stones and till the fields for planting.
“The Lords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
agents include sophisticated bards, zealous paladins, talented mages, and grizzled warriors. They are chosen primarily for their loyalty and are experts in observation, stealth, innuendo, and combat
cold and rain, waiting for battle while hunger gnaws at their bellies? Many wish to reap the rewards of a good harvest, but few care to remove the stones and till the fields for planting.
“The Lords
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
clutches a brass horn (see “Treasure” below). The minotaur shaman treats all intruders as enemies to be carved up and added to his pile of dismembered bodies. His first action in combat is to blow his
in area 8b.) 8b. Behind the Secret Door Fog. A 2-foot-high blanket of fog covers the floor. Hidden under the fog in the northern alcove is a treasure pile (see “Treasure” below).
Standing Stones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
clutches a brass horn (see “Treasure” below). The minotaur shaman treats all intruders as enemies to be carved up and added to his pile of dismembered bodies. His first action in combat is to blow his
in area 8b.) 8b. Behind the Secret Door Fog. A 2-foot-high blanket of fog covers the floor. Hidden under the fog in the northern alcove is a treasure pile (see “Treasure” below).
Standing Stones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
center of this henge, a small, checkered game board with stone playing pieces rests on the ground near the dying embers of a campfire.
Each of the eight standing stones is about 20 feet tall and hewn
stones were transparent instead of opaque. Characters who examine the campfire and succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Survival) check notice two sets of small, sooty hoofprints leading up to the stones where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
center of this henge, a small, checkered game board with stone playing pieces rests on the ground near the dying embers of a campfire.
Each of the eight standing stones is about 20 feet tall and hewn
stones were transparent instead of opaque. Characters who examine the campfire and succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom (Survival) check notice two sets of small, sooty hoofprints leading up to the stones where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
the trap with the tripwire?
This is more of an art than a science. If a player says that their character moves quickly through the area, or if they do so during combat while distracted, you can simply
the trap.
Rubble Trap. A tripwire located in the mushroom patch near the stream is rigged to pull heavy stones down on anyone moving through the area. Search and Study Actions
Two actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
the trap with the tripwire?
This is more of an art than a science. If a player says that their character moves quickly through the area, or if they do so during combat while distracted, you can simply
the trap.
Rubble Trap. A tripwire located in the mushroom patch near the stream is rigged to pull heavy stones down on anyone moving through the area. Search and Study Actions
Two actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
falls, takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from falling timbers and stones, and is caught in the river’s current (see “Fast-Flowing Water” above). 52. Nightscale’s Lair When the characters first approach
seem to indicate a very sizable cave.
Creature. When Nightscale becomes aware of intruders, the young black dragon slips into the water, quietly swimming to a point near the three stepping stones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
falls, takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from falling timbers and stones, and is caught in the river’s current (see “Fast-Flowing Water” above). 52. Nightscale’s Lair When the characters first approach
seem to indicate a very sizable cave.
Creature. When Nightscale becomes aware of intruders, the young black dragon slips into the water, quietly swimming to a point near the three stepping stones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Werebat Caves These dark, rough-hewn caves have rubble-strewn floors and 30-foot-high ceilings. In total, nineteen goblin werebats (see appendix A) dwell here. If combat breaks out anywhere in
brown bear’s pelt, and ten bleached human skulls. The chest at the south end of the cave holds a rusty steel gauntlet with fingers ending in claws, a boar’s tusk set with semiprecious stones (50 gp), a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
someone stronger comes along. If he regains consciousness during combat, Droop hides and avoids the fight. He is such a coward that if he is ordered to fight, he does so with disadvantage (as explained
black leather set with semiprecious stones (50 gp). He also has an iron key that locks and unlocks all the doors in the Redbrand hideout. Awarding Experience Points Divide 600 XP equally among the characters if the party defeats the bugbears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
the clifftop above. The kakkuus rush toward any opportunity for combat, so characters can draw them away with any ruse that promises bloodshed. A badly injured kakkuu flees the area, hoping to hide
. The room’s west end contains a jumble of stones stacked to create a vertical ring about five feet in diameter. A sleek staff—the Rod of Seven Parts—is jammed between two encircling stones like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
someone stronger comes along. If he regains consciousness during combat, Droop hides and avoids the fight. He is such a coward that if he is ordered to fight, he does so with disadvantage (as explained
black leather set with semiprecious stones (50 gp). He also has an iron key that locks and unlocks all the doors in the Redbrand hideout. Awarding Experience Points Divide 600 XP equally among the characters if the party defeats the bugbears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Werebat Caves These dark, rough-hewn caves have rubble-strewn floors and 30-foot-high ceilings. In total, nineteen goblin werebats (see appendix A) dwell here. If combat breaks out anywhere in
brown bear’s pelt, and ten bleached human skulls. The chest at the south end of the cave holds a rusty steel gauntlet with fingers ending in claws, a boar’s tusk set with semiprecious stones (50 gp), a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
with prodigious artistic skill are called rockspeakers. Within their communities, they act as leaders and oracles. Rockspeakers incorporate crystals and stones into their clothing and embed them in
their skin. By invoking the power of their stone runes, these giants can turn these crystals into scintillating works of art. In combat, rockspeakers can use this same magic to cause their crystals to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
with prodigious artistic skill are called rockspeakers. Within their communities, they act as leaders and oracles. Rockspeakers incorporate crystals and stones into their clothing and embed them in
their skin. By invoking the power of their stone runes, these giants can turn these crystals into scintillating works of art. In combat, rockspeakers can use this same magic to cause their crystals to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. The characters can retreat away from the sounds of combat, but doing so means backtracking for six miles to find another route. If they continue ahead, they are confronted with a grisly scene. Though
triumph echoes through the chamber, shaking the stones themselves. Several hyenas nipping at Yeenoghu’s heels leap onto the goristro’s corpse and begin feasting on its flesh. As you watch, these hyenas