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sever, you lop off a portion of its body instead.
In addition, you can speak the sword's command word to cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light.
When you attack an object with this magic sword and hit, maximize your weapon damage dice against the target.
When you attack a creature with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, that
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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light.
Evil creatures can’t
The longsword, Tearulai, is a sentient, neutral good longsword of sharpness;sword of sharpness with an emerald-colored blade and precious gemstones embedded in its hilt and pommel. The sword’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light.
Sword of Sharpness Weapon (any sword that deals slashing damage), very rare (requires attunement) When you attack an object with this magic sword and hit, maximize your weapon damage dice against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light.
Sword of Sharpness Weapon (any sword that deals slashing damage), very rare (requires attunement) When you attack an object with this magic sword and hit, maximize your weapon damage dice against the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
sword, or start a fire without magic. Some couldn’t write or read altogether, relying on enchanted quills and speaking parchment instead. Society High Netherese society was full of beautiful people
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
makes four sword attacks.
Sword. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d8 + 6) slashing damage.
Anyone speaking the statue’s name (Szashune) aloud isn’t attacked by it
chair covered with lizard hide sits behind the desk, while a smaller and simpler zurkhwood chair sits facing it on the opposite side. A seven-foot-tall obsidian statue of a four-armed, sword-wielding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Portal dims to a deep crimson, adventurers from across the Sword Coast—and even some visiting from other D&D worlds—spin tales and rumors of lost treasures. A wanderer from the distant Shou Empire
robes and speaking with a strange accent tells of a wizard who claimed three powerful weapons from a city on the shores of a lake of unknown depths, who spirited them away to a slumbering volcano and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Saprophytic Plague Xanthoria’s research into lichdom and her creation of a living phylactery led to the emergence of the plague spreading across the Sword Coast. Any beast or humanoid that comes
sprout from its head, body, and limbs. It feels an overriding urge to be around groups of uninfected creatures so that it can spread the contagion. This is the time when infected humanoids begin speaking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, swoops down from the direction of the tower. His skin is cadaver-blue, and his face is frozen in a scream. Rigorath holds a kettle of steaming water in one hand. Before speaking, he pours the boiling
procrastination, and spits shards of ice when annoyed. The imp can guide the characters to the chasm of the Pit of Shummrath. Development If Mephistopheles learns of the Sword of Zariel, the archdevil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
worked. Then the room grows cooler, the lights dim, and the planchette moves to the word “Greetings.” One of the investigators asks the first question: “Who are we speaking to?” The spirit replies by
Dranzorg: “HELP U … UNDER PORCH”. The planchette then moves to the sword symbol. Dranzorg is trying to win trust by leading the party to his lost weapon buried in area 1. Mara Silvra: “EVICT THE CHIMNEY
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the Swinging Sword Inn (area 2), thinks the town’s troubles might have a common source. Quarry workers at Mellikho Stoneworks (area 18) say that mysterious figures wearing stone masks watch them when
found drinking in the Helm at Highsun (area 3) most evenings. Speaking with the NPCs involved in these rumors provides the characters with several leads to adventure opportunities in Red Larch. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
using telepathy. If detected, it prefers to negotiate and isn’t above betraying the Redbrands for the right incentive, such as the promise of food. When roleplaying the nothic, consider speaking in
malachite gems (15 gp each), two potions of healing, and a spell scroll of augury. The chest also holds a +1 longsword in a silver-chased scabbard. The sword is inscribed with the name “Talon,” and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
adorning the chamber’s crumbling walls. Slung on his back is a magnificent sword, the hilt of which is emblazoned with a glowing symbol of Vecna.
This is Vecna’s imagined version of Kas the Betrayer
is open to speaking with them, though he is bored by any topic of conversation that doesn’t involve his own predicament. As long as he is shackled, Kas’s speed is 5 feet, and he is unable to leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the characters find the Sword of Zariel, but it knows where Bel’s nine adamantine rods are located. The sibriex uses its telepathy to contact the first party member who comes within 120 feet of it
, offering information in exchange for its freedom. The character with whom the sibriex is speaking telepathically can detect the insincerity of the sibriex’s offer with a successful DC 17 Wisdom (Insight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
named Breena Bafflestone monitors the machinery at all times. Nearby is a copper speaking tube, which enables her to communicate with the control room command center (area U7b). Drawers in the walls
encountered and defeated elsewhere, a drow gunslinger named Krebbyg Masq’il’yr (see appendix B) is here, sharpening his sword. His stateroom contains a net hammock and nothing else. U7. Control Room The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
exploded outward, and its stony fragments are hanging in the air as though time around them has stopped. Among the debris, suspended above the stormy vortex, is an armored knight with a sword in one
, which is kept in the aviary (area P20). To free a creature frozen in time, one must touch it with a unicorn horn while speaking the creature’s true name. (Thinnings knows that “Zybilna” is not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
doors simply don’t work for them. However, they enjoy the free food, and as long as they aren’t speaking to each other, they get along well. When someone talks to them, their contrasting personalities
for those people. They suggest speaking to Propha, the barkeep and owner, who always appears to be trying to remember something. The following official Acquisitions Incorporated beers are now available
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Caradoc was the name of an obscure knight of the Order of the Rose who died during the Cataclysm. Blood Trail. While speaking with Caradoc or after defeating him, the character with the highest passive
. Fighting Caradoc. When the characters attack Caradoc or try to leave the room, Caradoc pulls his sword from Governor Miat’s corpse and attacks. He’s reckless in battle and mocks the characters as they fight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
before entering it. A bronze torch glowing with a magical light lies next to the corpse of a bare-chested man with a shield in the shape of a crab shell and a broken shark-toothed sword. Several
shield and broken sword), two lizardfolk, an ogre, and a male halfling in the robes of a cleric of Sune, and a female half-elf fighter in battered plate armor. Treasure The harpies have collected loot
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
imaginary foliage and speaking in hushed tones.
Descriptive Roleplaying. In descriptive roleplaying, you draw on your mental image of the character, saying what the character does and how they do
have!”
Pral draws a sword. “Your money and your equipment, please. This is a robbery.”
Hazem Ameen
Pral leads a local gang of bandits. Three Bandits hide in the nearby bushes. Pral and
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
or combat, then drag them into Shargaas’s dark caverns to be ritually murdered and devoured. This culling of the weak and the unworthy is accepted as necessary by the tribe, but speaking about it is
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determination, giving you hints of potential future events. For example, your sword might become suddenly bloodstained to warn of an upcoming combat encounter, your clothes might become damp to warn of
and understand all the languages commonly spoken within 1 mile of you, as determined by the DM.
While speaking, you occasionally use nonsense words, imposing disadvantage on Charisma checks.
70
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
gemstone in its mouth. Speaking to the Faces. The faces repeat their warning if a spoken to, except in the following two circumstances: “Say ‘Aah!’” If a character asks one of the faces to open its mouth
go or uses the word “truth” while speaking in this area, the faces respond in unison. Five of the faces lie, saying, “My way is the right way.” The face marking the southeast tunnel leading to area L10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
. Speaking to the Faces. The faces repeat their warning if spoken to, except in the following two circumstances: “Say ‘Aah!’” If a character asks one of the faces to open its mouth, stick out its tongue, or
” while speaking near a face, the faces respond in unison. Five of the faces lie, saying, “My way is the right way.” The face marking the southeast tunnel leading to area L9, however, responds, “I
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
protect their investment?
Authorities across the Sword Coast might also want to arrest the crew for Captain Athgar’s misdeeds. If any crew members are caught, the authorities might learn about the
skull pierced by a sword thrust upward through it. The maps and parchments tacked up along the walls include the following: A number of maps show trade routes in the area around the lighthouse, running
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
center of the room, loosely gripping a sword that points at one of the doorways.
The skeleton belonged to a Humanoid explorer; its sword points toward the west exit. Characters teleported to this
litter the floor of this room, along with the tattered remnants of adventurers’ clothing. Five elves dressed in similar attire kneel over the bones, speaking solemn prayers in mourning.
The “elves
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
their rebellion against Ozzadraz. Touching either sarcophagus casts the Speak with Dead spell, targeting the corpse within. The carved face on the sarcophagus animates as if it were the speaking
gemstones embedded in the decoration (worth 750 GP) Urn carved from gleaming red jade (worth 750 GP) and containing the ashes of a red dragon (worth an additional 250 GP to the right buyer) Sword of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
wound up, the knight cleaves with its sword while the devil flaps its wings) Deflated black, blue, green, red, and white dragon balloons (they float magically when filled with air, and their size is
proficiency in Animal Handling) walk from stall to stall, carrying buckets of food and speaking softly to the creatures. Each pen is effectively a cell equipped with a sliding door that can be double-latched
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
Neverwinter. He is a lawful neutral, human noncombatant who has a precise, lawyerly way of speaking. He never misses a council meeting or parole hearing. He votes with his head, not his heart, and he
Marthannis is secretly a member of the Harpers, a faction that works behind the scenes to keep power out of the hands of evildoers. In her current position, she works to keep some of the Sword Coast’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Neverwinter. He is a lawful neutral, human noncombatant who has a precise, lawyerly way of speaking. He never misses a council meeting or parole hearing. He votes with his head, not his heart, and he
Marthannis is secretly a member of the Harpers, a faction that works behind the scenes to keep power out of the hands of evildoers. In her current position, she works to keep some of the Sword Coast’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
there. The base of each statue contains a ladder down to the storeroom (area B2) and up into the statue above, which is also hollow. Each statue contains a speaking tube, as well as a series of rusty
pervades this ceremonial chamber. Clean white fabric adorns its walls. Near the northeast corner, two candles illuminate a cloth-draped altar. On the altar stands a statuette of a woman holding a sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
chamber contains a Potion of Healing (greater) and a Sword of Vengeance (longsword). G2: Cavern of Corpses This gruesome cave is either a burial crypt or a trophy room. The walls of the vaulted cavern are
blinded condition. 3 The target’s feet become heavy, fluid-filled sacs, reducing its walking speed by 10 feet. 4 The target’s mouth vanishes, preventing it from speaking or casting spells with verbal
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
location. Not long after the characters arrive, the mercenaries alert Oboth, who insists on speaking with the newcomers. If Oboth thinks the characters are troublemakers, he insists that they look for
their acolytes and squires. For a map of Neverwinter and more information about it, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Neverwinter Wood The forest east of Neverwinter seems to have a magical
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
into the sea if the stalker is slain. Development. If the hags are captured, they provide detailed accounts of the assault on the island, and cackle in delight when speaking of the drowned ones. The
a paean to Procan, also known as the Storm Lord, and a warning to the god’s foes. Beware the sea and its scarlet harbinger.
Beware the sword and death that await.
For guidance, we beseech almighty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
uses this passage as an escape route.) If Xanathar (see appendix B) is here, it’s invisible and speaking affectionately to the fish while the dwarf, Ott Steeltoes, feeds it. Dwarf Fishkeeper. Ott
aura of divination magic around the mirror. Speaking the word “Xoblob” within 10 feet of the mirror causes its reflective surface to become a scrying sensor, showing the Old Xoblob Shop and the street