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Returning 35 results for 'stones of insight bards'.
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Roughly marble sized, Ioun Stones are named after Ioun, a god of knowledge and prophecy revered on some worlds. Many types of Ioun Stones exist, each type a distinct combination of shape and color
Stones orbiting your head at the same time.
Each Ioun Stone orbiting your head is considered to be an object you are wearing. The orbiting stone avoids contact with other creatures and objects, adjusting
classes
Students of both history and war, Dirge Singer Bards use tales of past glory to inspire their allies and provide keen strategic insight, directing their comrades to strike when enemies are
weak. This college was born in the Empire of Dhakaan, but over the course of the Last War, Cyre developed its own version of these techniques, and now Bards that follow this path keep the memory of their fallen nation alive through song.
classes
Students of both history and war, Dirge Singer Bards use tales of past glory to inspire their allies and provide keen strategic insight, directing their comrades to strike when enemies are
weak. This college was born in the Empire of Dhakaan, but over the course of the Last War, Cyre developed its own version of these techniques, and now Bards that follow this path keep the memory of their fallen nation alive through song.
classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as
the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there
classes
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as
the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance, music, and poetry, and their teachers share this lesson: “Before the sun and the moon, there
Ioun Stone
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
to toss one of these stones into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet and confers a benefit to you. Thereafter, another creature must use an action to grasp or net the stone
targeted by a spell whose level is higher than the number of spell levels the stone has left, the stone can't cancel it.
Ioun Stone of Insight;Insight (Very Rare). Your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
in the art of stone singing can alter the pitch of the vibrations emitted by the individual stones, creating an effect similar to an assemblage of harp-playing bards. When the characters initially
15. Singing Stones This elevated cavern near one of Blingdenstone’s main residential areas holds a variety of rocks and crystals in the middle of its bowl-shaped floor. Svirfneblin minstrels skilled
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
in your faction (though you can choose to do so), and it might enhance your status in the faction.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight and one Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma skill of your
knowledge, rather than brute force. Harper agents are often proficient in Investigation, enabling them to be adept at snooping and spying. They often seek aid from other Harpers, sympathetic bards and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Airship (area G12), 50 feet above the cavern floor. Treasure. Xabazhut sleeps on his hoard, which includes the following treasures: 300 PP, 4,500 GP, 15,000 SP, and 4,500 CP Three coral stones (worth
100 GP each) Two jet stones (worth 100 GP each) Two carnelians (worth 50 GP each) Three onyx stones (worth 50 GP each) Seven hematite stones (worth 10 GP each) Three obsidian stones (worth 10 GP each
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->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
College of Whispers Most folk are happy to welcome a bard into their midst. Bards of the College of Whispers use this to their advantage. They appear to be like other bards, sharing news, singing
songs, and telling tales to the audiences they gather. In truth, the College of Whispers teaches its students that they are wolves among sheep. These bards use their knowledge and magic to uncover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
comes in. A high Intelligence benefits this character, as does proficiency in skills such as Insight and Investigation. Masterminds often come from backgrounds such as acolyte, noble, or sage, that
give them a broad range of knowledge to support their schemes. Bards, rogues, and wizards are often drawn to this role. Safecracker. The “breaking” part of “breaking and entering” is the Safecracker’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Ioun Stone Wondrous Item, Rarity Varies (Requires Attunement) Roughly marble sized, Ioun Stones are named after Ioun, a god of knowledge and prophecy revered on some worlds. Many types of Ioun Stones
benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun Stones orbiting your head at the same time. Each Ioun Stone orbiting your head is considered to be an object you are wearing. The orbiting stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the door is a raven. It hops about and squawks at you, seemingly agitated. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Insight) check senses that the raven is trying to warn the party. After delivering
squat megaliths at the forest’s edge. Ravens can be seen circling in the air above the stones, which are described at the end of the chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
item No Frost brand Weapon Yes Helm of brilliance Wondrous item Yes Horn of Valhalla (bronze) Wondrous item No Instrument of the bards (Anstruth harp) Wondrous item Yes (bard) Ioun stone (absorption
) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (agility) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (fortitude) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (insight) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone (intellect) Wondrous item Yes Ioun stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Ioun Stone Wondrous Item, Rarity Varies (Requires Attunement) Roughly marble sized, Ioun Stones are named after Ioun, a god of knowledge and prophecy revered on some worlds. Many types of Ioun Stones
benefit to you while doing so. You can have up to three Ioun Stones orbiting your head at the same time. Each Ioun Stone orbiting your head is considered to be an object you are wearing. The orbiting stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
College of Creation One bard’s song of creation is the score to another person’s nightmares.
Tasha
Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That
creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as the Song of Creation. The bards of the College of Creation draw on that primeval song through dance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
constantly, and locations within drift like flotsam on a dark sea. The River Avalon and the King’s Highway—an overgrown route of misaligned stones—enter the forest, but within the woods they circle
smiling and report those suspected of secretly being bards. Those who transgress are sent to the Faith Hold. Ruins of Eckham The peasants of Eckham rebelled against their harsh treatment. Elena claimed
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
succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes that the pair may seem sincere now, but they are less than trustworthy. Treasure. If the characters fight and defeat the two bandits, they find 60 GP
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->Tomb of Annihilation
a toppled monolith form stepping stones to the middle of the pool, where a statue of a stone frog rises above the water.
The shrine to the trickster god Kubazan (represented as a froghemoth
to pursue prey. The shattered monolith is slippery with moss, and the rotted rope bridges sink as soon as anyone steps on them. Any character who jumps across the stepping stones must succeed on a DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with werebat lycanthropy in the Underdark and the tribe’s subsequent ordeals. Any character who studies the chalk drawings and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Insight) check can ascertain as much. Among the
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->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
alchemist’s supplies grants additional insight into any chemicals or other substances that might have been used in the area. Alchemical Crafting. You can use this tool proficiency to create alchemical
. Components. Brewer’s supplies include a large glass jug, a quantity of hops, a siphon, and several feet of tubing. History. Proficiency with brewer’s supplies gives you additional insight on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
distinct combination of shape and color. When you use an action to toss one of these stones into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet and confers a benefit to you. Thereafter
, the stone can’t cancel it. Insight (Very Rare). Your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this incandescent blue sphere orbits your head. Intellect (Very Rare). Your Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
connection to the divine. This character might be the driving force behind the group’s quests, steering them according to divine will. Proficiency in skills such as Insight and Religion can help reflect
Persuasion (or sometimes Intimidation) and Religion can be useful for this character. Many clerics fill this role, but devout bards can also be effective Teachers. Some Teachers bring skills from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
)
CHA
16 (+3)
Skills Athletics +4, Insight +3, Survival +3
Senses passive Perception 11
Languages Common, Orc
Actions
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
14 (+2)
CHA
16 (+3)
Skills Deception +5, Insight +4, Persuasion +5
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Dwarvish, Giant, Orc
Actions
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
distinct combination of shape and color. When you use an action to toss one of these stones into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet and confers a benefit to you. Thereafter
, the stone can’t cancel it. Insight (Very Rare). Your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this incandescent blue sphere orbits your head. Intellect (Very Rare). Your Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
15 (+2)
Saving Throws Dex +9, Con +10, Int +7, Wis +11
Skills Animal Handling +11, Insight +17, Medicine +11, Nature +13, Perception +11
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing
Sending Stones; the other half of the pair is held by Asteria.
Actions
Multiattack. Euryale makes three attacks. If she is in serpent form, only one of these attacks can be Constrict.
Constrict
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
recent accidents at the site. If asked, Jung-Soon doesn’t know anything about the fog, strange events, or attacks on the camp. However, characters who succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check sense
worn, muddy stones, and it leads 400 feet into the forest. It ends at a rocky pedestal bearing a slab of marble covered in moss and a simple stone lantern. A faint blue flame glows within the lantern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
15 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes Fel is bluffing—the tiefling secretly reckons she would be lucky to clear 1,000 gp—but she has always suspected Krux of having deep pockets and has no qualms about
’ problems to be fleeting affairs and takes a much longer view of life. Within Starbough’s reach are ten mangonel stones, which the treant can throw like rocks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
on a DC 13 Wisdom (Insight) check understands that the deva is crazed from captivity. The characters can try to influence her to direct her attacks against the gargoyles, but doing so takes a
full of rock debris, so it is difficult terrain. 94. Golem Assembly If the Thayans are here, the sounds of their labor are audible from any open hallway leading into the room. White stones frame the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
be with. Stories of Hanali’s romantic adventures among elves and other mortals are perennial favorites when sung by elf bards and poets. In Arvandor, Hanali maintains a hidden pool called Evergold
least a century. More than a few elves claim to have experienced this benefit, and the truth of it is attested by many bards — sometimes in all earnestness, sometimes with a knowing wink. Priests of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
preserved holy water. Each font holds the equivalent of four flasks of holy water. T3: Tower Monitoring Two long consoles jut from the walls of this room, covered in levers, colored stones, and dull glass
’ agenda, he tries to convince them he’s been forced to serve the Dragon Armies. A character can determine he’s lying with a DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check. If the characters see through his lie, he tries
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
scattered broken stones, making it Difficult Terrain. A carpet of mushrooms clings to every surface in this alcove. A Myconid Sovereign has made itself comfortable here and attacks to protect its
Study action and succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom (Insight) check determines the glyph is sentient and reacts to direct attention. If a character crosses carelessly or gazes too long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
disaster. A trail of debris, some of the stones larger than a castle, extends from the corpse’s lower end. The city of Tu’narath is built on and in the corpse’s upper body, with a central district in the
goods. Outsiders can pass through the district if appropriately disguised; the githyanki bring captured artisans here to provide insight and tutelage, but rarely keep a close watch on them. After all