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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower must be empty to shrink in
merges with any natural stone it touches, awkwardly tipping and wedging itself to touch as much natural stone as it can.
The tower is 20 feet on a side and 30 feet high, with arrow slits on all sides and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, facing the double door, is a life-size statue of Halaster, his arms raised before him and his face bearing an awkward smile.
Rat. Gnawing on a piece of celery at the foot of the statue is an ordinary
, harmless rat.
When he is not incapacitated, Halaster can touch the statue to teleport himself and anything he is wearing or carrying to a space within 5 feet of the statue in area 28 or the statue in area 33 (no action required).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
rapidly grows into a stout tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower
mudslick tower merges with any natural stone it touches, awkwardly tipping and wedging itself to touch as much natural stone as it can. The tower is 20 feet on a side and 30 feet high, with arrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
touch an object or effect that blocks vision — such as a stone wall, a thick curtain, or a dense cloud of fog — then there is line of sight. Cover To determine whether a target has cover against an attack
feet), and then another square diagonally (10 feet) for a total movement of 30 feet. Optional Rule: Facing If you want the precision of knowing which way a creature is facing, consider using this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
outward-facing side. A character who examines the rune and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History) check recognizes it as an uven (“enemy” in Giant) rune that confers great power. While holding the
middle of the pentagram unlocks and pops open. When he is not incapacitated, Halaster can touch the statue to teleport himself and anything he is wearing or carrying to a space within 5 feet of the statue in area 22 or the statue in area 37 (no action required).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
barred door facing the alley behind the tavern. Nareen made sure to set up in a room with two ways out, just in case. Acquiring the Orb The orb is hidden in a nearby mausoleum. Nareen can describe the
orb in great detail if questioned, reporting that it’s a thick glass orb, dull red in color and warm to the touch. It is packed in a small wooden cask filled with water and sealed with wax. A mage hired
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
bronze statue. The hunter can’t see any creature behind the front-facing side of the shield. When it hurls a spear at a creature, the hunter makes a ranged spell attack (+10 to hit) and deals 18 (4d8
echoes through your mind: “You will do as I command!”
If the spirit successfully inhabits the character, give the player Papazotl’s card (see appendix F). If the attempt fails, the spirit returns to the amulet and waits for another character to touch it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-tall granite obelisk with a lidless eye carved near its top on the south-facing side. The bottom half of the obelisk is covered with dirty, bloody handprints.
Alcoves. Wide alcoves surround the
magic surrounding the obelisk, and the goblinoids believe (incorrectly) that Xanathar can see through the obelisk’s eye to keep watch on them. The first character to touch the obelisk with a bare hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
mind of any foe that feels its touch. Because flinds are so rare, other gnolls see them as Yeenoghu’s special messengers, gifted with a keen eye for omens and an ear for Yeenoghu’s whispers. Each day
simple declaration of Yeenoghu’s power was devised by a small cult to the demon lord discovered deep in the forest. A group of woodcutters, facing starvation, turned to cannibalism to survive and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
largest of them is an 80-foot-tall robed giant, his arms outstretched and his face hidden beneath a stony cowl, facing a glowing archway in the east wall. Kneeling in rows to each side of this statue
, frost, fire, cloud, or storm variety (or a creature polymorphed into one of these forms) must take a weapon from one of the statues of the six lesser giant gods and touch it to the appropriate rune on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
action, a character who has the glyph key attuned to a black gate’s zone can disrupt the gate. To do so, the character must touch the edge of the gate’s energy field and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence
permanent teleportation circle in the gatehouse. The gatehouse also has a huge physical gate, facing east into Thay just west of Lake Thaylambar. This gate is built into a cliff about 30 miles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Perception) check realizes that the goo didn’t come from the intellect snare but seeped from the wall beyond it. The first person to touch the goo receives a psychic flash of the layout of the occipital
Features” section. The rods are only 3 feet apart, so a single Small or larger creature can touch them both at the same time. Treasure. The chest contains the valuables the githyanki have acquired in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
surrounding buildings. The floors, walls, and ceilings of the temple are old wood, too damp to burn and rotten enough to be almost spongy to the touch. No cultists dwell inside the temple. The
and benches are arranged in a semicircle facing a smaller antechamber to the west. A large, fish-like shape hangs in the air at the far end of the alcove.
When the cultists gather to worship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
doffed its shield, setting it point down on the ground and upright by its side. It then ceased motion in this position, facing southwest toward the harbor, and looking for all the world like a castle
from Caravan Court to the Trollwall in the Southern Ward is haunted by the hooded ghost of the mage Ruid, whose touch causes deathly chills to those he meets on foggy nights. All attempts to banish or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. You can now touch other minds with that power and alter the world around you. Will this power shine from you as a hopeful beacon to others? Or will you be a terror to those who feel the stab of your
magic comes from the gift of a dragon. Perhaps an ancient dragon facing death bequeathed some of its magical power to you or your ancestor. You might have absorbed magic from a site infused with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
name from a 100-foot-tall stone carved in the likeness of a perching raven, sitting in the center of the highest plateau of the mound and facing west. The Black Ravens leave carcasses by the stone
towering shadowtop trees lies in the High Forest. The dark canopies of the trees form a high roof that permits only hints of sunlight to touch the ground beneath. Shadowtop Cathedral is an important meeting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of interest: Eight stained glass windows overlook a ruined auditorium. Benches glistening with frost are arrayed in broken rows, facing a raised lectern. A bejeweled goblet rests on the lectern. Steam
ward (abjuration), mage hand (conjuration), true strike (divination), friends (enchantment), dancing lights (evocation), minor illusion (illusion), chill touch (necromancy), and prestidigitation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. If a fight breaks out, Manshoon grabs his staff of power (which he hides under the bed) and holds his ground. For more information on how to play Manshoon, see “Facing Manshoon” at the beginning of
floating disk, tongues, true seeing, vampiric touch, wall of fire, and wish. Stealing or destroying this spellbook disrupts Manshoon’s operation (see “Disrupting Manshoon’s Operation”), since he must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
clearing. An arcane sigil is inscribed on the inward-facing side of each stone, and the space between the stones is free of vegetation.
A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around
from the pool takes on the consistency of normal water. If one or more characters touch the pool, read: A delicate hand made of water, black as winter’s night, silently breaks the water’s surface
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
mists. Creatures feeling their way along the walls find their sense of touch numbed, so they’re never quite sure if they rounded a corner or continued straight. Because of these effects, don’t show
on a success. The block weighs 2,000 pounds. P21: Pendulum Room A rope hangs from the ceiling of this room; its lower end is tied to the wall facing the doorway. At the other end is a gigantic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
(Performance) check using an instrument within 5 feet of the shrine, performing a song dedicated to Oghma. Touch the shrine and expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. Once one of the two options
takes damage. N11: Door of the Eldritch Eye A double door made of green-tinged stone seals off further progression into the catacombs. Facing the double door is a large carving of a grinning skull; one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, 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
room, an elderly dwarf in gray robes, with spectacles resting on the tip of his bulbous nose, sits perfectly still behind a writing desk facing the door. The dwarf’s quill is dipped halfway into an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
two became separated during a carrion crawler attack in the cavern just beyond this one. Caerhan must have escaped deeper into the tunnels, but Gorkoh wasn’t willing to risk facing the monster to
business of being a dragon, could provide a bit of poignant narrative in your campaign. Much later on, if the characters are ever facing long odds in an important battle, Dabshabah might swoop down from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fight. They attack anyone they don’t recognize, not caring if they injure or kill new recruits. K15. Chapel The keep’s chapel contains plain wooden pews facing a large altar at the west end of the room
and touch them whenever he wants. Grimjaw is a wereboar, and he only sleeps a few hours each morning in this room. If confronted here, Grimjaw fights furiously to defend his hoard, roaring in anger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Eliander uses this cell to conduct meetings that require the utmost secrecy. The jail is used to hold prisoners with sentences of up to a year, but those facing longer terms or sentenced to hard labor are
ship, battering it with monstrous waves and howling winds that give way to peaceful waters and calm weather in the space of a moment.
Procan’s domain is the sea, and whatever the oceans touch, he bears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
workshops are nearby, but he’s reluctant to risk facing the dangerous monsters here. W9: Great Cavern Steep escarpments divide this large cavern into three sections: high ledges at either end and a lower
. Mormesk leads the Undead that haunt Wave Echo Cave. The wraith spends his time here because the treasure he had amassed in life lies in the scorched chest. No longer corporeal, he cannot touch or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
its foot. A lizardfolk warrior in scale armor sits on the bed, facing the door, as he sharpens his sword with a whetstone.
The officer (lizardfolk scaleshield; see appendix C) leaps up, ready to
wooden benches running along each side. At the south end of the tables is a large wooden chair; four slightly smaller chairs flank it, two on each side facing the table. Placed on the tables are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the cult of the medusa. The top level of the city’s tallest standing tower is ringed and covered by a dome of glass statues — all facing inward, and pressed so tightly together as to leave no space
any ooze-folk (see area O3) or the clockwork kraken (see area O2) become active in response to the characters’ intrusion, those defenders do not touch or intentionally damage any of the baubles, instead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) is designed to serve as an escape route. At the far end of the passageway is a lowered portcullis that bars access to the sinkhole. Facing the pool and the doors are three enormous thrones. The
divination magic. The basin has 3 charges. As long as the water in the basin is unpolluted, a creature can touch the basin and expend 1 charge to cast a scrying spell from the basin. The subject of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sandstone. Eventually the walls draw in so closely that you can reach out and touch either side, but then the narrow space opens into a hidden canyon in the heart of the hills. A sprawling monastery
east and west ends, and several narrow windows pierce the south wall. Gargoyle statues guard the door, each facing the court with a ferocious leer.
The two statues nearest the temple door are actually
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
noticeably cooler, and the door itself is cold to the touch. The locked door opens only when someone targets it with a knock spell or an effect that turns undead. If someone does so, the door glows
crudely mortared half-wall, complete with crenellations.
Creatures. Two goblins are stationed behind the rough, 3-foot-high wall. They are hostile to intruders, but unwilling to die facing a superior