Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 24 results for 'tools scrying'.
Other Suggestions:
tools slaying
tools staying
tools serving
tools spring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
opened with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or forced open with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Illumination. Magical moonstones in the ceilings shed bright
light in all rooms. The Dispel Magic spell can turn off a moonstone’s glow. Protection from Scrying. Wanewort’s hag rituals prevent locations or creatures in the guildhall from being targeted by the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
11. Slave Pen This cave is built to hold captives until they are sent to Menzoberranzan to be sold as slaves. The gate to the slave pen is kept locked. A character using thieves’ tools can pick the
lock with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A character using makeshift tools can attempt the same check but has disadvantage. A lock-picking attempt might draw the attention of the guards, requiring
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
a successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. It contains mementos from towns Augustus lived in before founding the Moonstalkers: worn carpenter’s tools, a quilt, a tavern mug, and a
Moonbow (see chapter 5) sits atop a high shelf in this room. 12: Scrying Pool A large scrying pool takes up much of this room. Wanewort uses it for her Scrying spells. Anyone who looks at the pool while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
, Cartographers can highlight threats, safeguard allies, and carve portals to distant locations.
Level 3: Tools of the Trade You gain the following benefits.
Tool Proficiency. You gain proficiency with
Calligrapher’s Supplies and Cartographer’s Tools. If you already have one of these proficiencies, you gain proficiency with one other type of Artisan’s Tools of your choice (or with two other types if you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
war machine. The Confiscator has the key skills for such jobs. A good Dexterity score proves helpful in undertaking such tasks, especially if it’s enhanced with proficiency with thieves’ tools and the
can be a crucial skill, which many characters in this role combine with magical means of scrying to learn about their enemies and objectives. Bards and wizards make natural Investigators, especially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
eyestalk (scrying sensor) protruding from the ceiling directly in front of the double door to the south. A secret door is hidden in the west wall. Blinking Eyes. The blinking eye carvings are slightly
unnerving but harmless. Scrying Sensor. The ghostly eyestalk is a magical sensor that allows one of the apprentice wizards in area X16 to monitor this hall. The eyestalk functions as an extra eye with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
reduced to 0 hit points, the cauldron cracks and is destroyed. The sea hags use the cauldron as a focus for their scrying spell. The first time a creature other than a sea hag disturbs the water or
chains bolted to the walls end in five sets of rusty shackles, the keys to which are hidden inside the cauldron in area 10e. A character with thieves’ tools can pick each lock with a successful DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
24. Githzerai Retreat Four githzerai have taken refuge in this corner of the Obstacle Course (see “Githzerai Zerths”). Using psionics, they hide themselves from the scrying eyes of Halaster. They
six-fingered gauntlet is required to activate the gate but don’t know where to find such an item. (The characters can locate one in area 14b. A character proficient with smith’s tools can also fashion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
detection and location that conceals him from divination magic and scrying sensors. Ezzat’s pseudodragon is selfish and doesn’t like sharing its master with strangers. The lich lets the pseudodragon
appear intent on destroying Ezzat, the lich accuses them of being the unwitting tools of the Mad Mage. He uses all the magic at his disposal to get rid of them. See areas 16 and 17 for more information
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
elaborately carved and decorated staffs. Some are at work sweeping or scrubbing the temple’s floors, while others gaze into scrying bowls or scrutinize tea leaves.
The priest who sits at the largest table has
using thieves’ tools, or forced open with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. The shed holds unused gardening equipment and has a hidden trapdoor that can be found with a successful DC 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
of that wraith can hear the horn, prompting the wraith’s allies in area V8 to join the fight. A horn blown in the dungeon level can’t be heard from the keep above and vice versa. V5: Scrying Chamber A
and sleek.
Scrying Sphere. The silver sphere is a scrying device that allows Teremini to remotely communicate with Lord Soth, who has a similar sphere in his home, Dargaard Keep. A creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
dao wears a golden, gem-encrusted necklace worth 2,500 gp. T5. Scrying Pool This chamber was once used to conduct scrying training and rituals, but it has been desecrated by Valin’s corruption, as can
, it causes that spell to hit another creature within 120 feet of it that it can see.
Toxic Steam. The room is heavily obscured by the dark steam coming off the scrying pool. At the end of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
for the scrying spell. Inside one of the desk drawers is a set of tinker’s tools and a partially dismantled (and nonfunctional) music box similar in design to the ones used by the Golden Vault. Inside
’ tools, but a knock spell or similar magic can be used to open it. When the rings are properly aligned or the safe is opened by other means, the circular area inside the innermost ring disappears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
once a lounge in an Istarian home. Characters with the Stonecunning trait or proficiency with mason’s tools can tell that after the bas-relief was carved, a less skilled hand excavated it from its
using the scrying spell to monitor the characters and has judged they might be useful in ridding the ruins of the Dragon Army invaders. The gem Demelin breaks is an elemental gem. An instant later, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
(see area 28) senses when the secret door to area 47A is opened and uses the scrying pool in area 25 to observe the adventurers as they contend with the cells. An antimagic field fills each cell
character can try to unlock the button using thieves’ tools, doing so with a successful DC 17 Dexterity check. Pressing the unlocked pendant causes the secret door’s lock to release with a dull clunk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a desk drawer. Tholtz has the key in his possession, but the lock on the drawer is easily broken and can be just as easily picked using thieves’ tools (no ability check required). The spellbook
level: counterspell, fly, lightning bolt, sending, water breathing
4th level: arcane eye, banishment, fire shield, ice storm, stoneskin
5th level: cone of cold, scrying, seeming, teleportation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and psychic damage. The chains are rusty but solidly locked. A character can pick the lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A character can break the chains with a
of St. Cuthbert’s knowledge (see area M8) in the indentation, that creature can touch the mirrored lid and cast a scrying spell (DC 17) with the altar. The altar can be used to cast this spell only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
tunnel leads to area P13. This tunnel is blocked by a sturdy and locked iron gate. Four short iron chains ending in manacles are anchored to the iron bars of the gate. Using thieves’ tools, a
per day, when a creature touches the narwhal horn to the pool, a scrying spell is instantaneously cast. The spell is limited to creatures and locations within the Plunging Torrents, allows no saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
tools and ancient bones. The hard dirt floor is gouged in several places.
Upon seeing the wreckage, Zhong Yin says this area must have been the former main entryway to the Yun Dynasty palace. The
who searches the debris and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a rotting courier’s pack containing a spell scroll of scrying and three packets of dust of disappearance. Y3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
’ tools, but it triggers accidentally if the check fails by 5 or more. The alarm brings the following defenders, who attack all intruders in the room: Kaevja Cynavern (see area E3) The Manshoon’s
makes a successful DC 25 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or with a knock spell or similar magic. The drawer can also be forced open with a successful DC 21 Strength (Athletics) check. Inside is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Azrok’s Hold d10 Encounter 1 Halaster’s scrying eye (see “Halaster’s Lair”), which observes the characters silently for a minute before disappearing 2 A goblin child (noncombatant) eating a dead rat 3 A
looking to procure an item on the Adventuring Gear table or the Tools table in chapter 5 of the Player’s Handbook, there’s a 25 percent chance that Kinrob has the item in question and will trade it for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
too big to be picked using thieves’ tools. A Small character can squeeze inside the locking mechanism and pick the lock with a successful DC 16 Dexterity check. Lifting the heavy lid requires a
with small black pearls (worth 7,500 gp) and a coral-and-pearl necklace (worth 2,500 gp). 23. Scrying Pool The central feature of this air-filled chamber is a semicircular basin 20 feet in diameter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Ironbeard or Rizwin, or by anyone who accesses the control panel in its belly and succeeds on a DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. If the check fails by 5 or more, the construct animates and attacks
iron bands, lined with lead to prevent scrying, is air- and watertight, and features layers of locks that make opening a vault without its keys nearly impossible. Two keys are required to open a vault
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Klauth spends many waking hours scrying Faerûn with his spells, and he probably knows more about the deeds and whereabouts of surface-world creatures in the North and along the Sword Coast than any
rocks, tombstones, clay roof tiles, and other bits of stonework from blackened timbers, smashed furnishings, wood-and-iron tools, and other detritus. They toss the stone and clay into the river while