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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
is to bring order to chaos. If the characters activate the Maze Engine, it has the potential to aid their fight against the demon lords. The engine looks like a working model of the Great Wheel (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
is to bring order to chaos. If the characters activate the Maze Engine, it has the potential to aid their fight against the demon lords. The engine looks like a working model of the Great Wheel (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
12 Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, it dies as normal. If it fails, it immediately rises as a zombie obedient to the ship’s captain. The zombie gains a working knowledge of the ship
days. Taskmaster’s Drums This 4-foot-tall bronze drum comes with a pair of iron mallets. A creature can activate the drums as an action, causing the hammers to float above the drum and strike it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
12 Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, it dies as normal. If it fails, it immediately rises as a zombie obedient to the ship’s captain. The zombie gains a working knowledge of the ship
days. Taskmaster’s Drums This 4-foot-tall bronze drum comes with a pair of iron mallets. A creature can activate the drums as an action, causing the hammers to float above the drum and strike it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Vizeran’s Plan At the first sign that the adventurers are open to working with him, the drow archmage explains his plan. “Demons are creatures ruled by madness and hatred, even the greatest and most
empower and activate it. Then blood and battle such as this world has never seen. Any survivors among the demon lords will be sorely weakened, and should be far easier to destroy.
“All I need are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Vizeran’s Plan At the first sign that the adventurers are open to working with him, the drow archmage explains his plan. “Demons are creatures ruled by madness and hatred, even the greatest and most
empower and activate it. Then blood and battle such as this world has never seen. Any survivors among the demon lords will be sorely weakened, and should be far easier to destroy.
“All I need are the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
fly. A character can use an action to try to activate the machine, doing so with a successful DC 10 Intelligence check. The activated beholder shoots dazzling lights from its eyestalks for 1 minute
and then stops working. If combat breaks out in the cellar complex, Thorvin Twinbeard flees up the stairs in area B8 and uses a key to unlock the door leading outside. He has no loyalty to the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
fly. A character can use an action to try to activate the machine, doing so with a successful DC 10 Intelligence check. The activated beholder shoots dazzling lights from its eyestalks for 1 minute
and then stops working. If combat breaks out in the cellar complex, Thorvin Twinbeard flees up the stairs in area B8 and uses a key to unlock the door leading outside. He has no loyalty to the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with a torch. Multiple characters working together to remove the ice shorten the time proportionately. Characters who search the temple for secret doors and succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception
mist. The archway is a portal that connects the temple to the divine oracle (area 11), allowing instantaneous two-way travel once it is activated. To activate the portal, a giant of the hill, stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
with a torch. Multiple characters working together to remove the ice shorten the time proportionately. Characters who search the temple for secret doors and succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception
mist. The archway is a portal that connects the temple to the divine oracle (area 11), allowing instantaneous two-way travel once it is activated. To activate the portal, a giant of the hill, stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
individual voice. Working together, the brains maintain the monastery’s technical operations. Each brain is also responsible for two of the floating disks that lead out to the treasury (see area M9
antimagic field Control room; can activate a force field to seal off that area from the rest of the monastery Charisma (Deception); the brain is openly antagonistic but easy to fool 4 (Dunstan) 8 and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
individual voice. Working together, the brains maintain the monastery’s technical operations. Each brain is also responsible for two of the floating disks that lead out to the treasury (see area M9
antimagic field Control room; can activate a force field to seal off that area from the rest of the monastery Charisma (Deception); the brain is openly antagonistic but easy to fool 4 (Dunstan) 8 and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters try to finish his work, Macreadus helps as much as his bodiless form allows. To lay his spirit to rest, the characters must fix his creation’s design flaw and then activate it, all within the
confines of the Black Cabin, where Macreadus can observe the results. Once he sees the device working as intended, his spirit departs to the afterlife. Dying in the Black Cabin If a creature with an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters try to finish his work, Macreadus helps as much as his bodiless form allows. To lay his spirit to rest, the characters must fix his creation’s design flaw and then activate it, all within the
confines of the Black Cabin, where Macreadus can observe the results. Once he sees the device working as intended, his spirit departs to the afterlife. Dying in the Black Cabin If a creature with an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the seal outside the room. If the characters do so, the rakshasa turns invisible and makes its way out of Undermountain with the goal of working all manner of evil in Waterdeep — but not before
mithral key shaped like a Y, and tells them it’s one of six keys required to activate the weapon of mass disintegration in area 37. Alussiarr doesn’t know where the other five keys are kept. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the seal outside the room. If the characters do so, the rakshasa turns invisible and makes its way out of Undermountain with the goal of working all manner of evil in Waterdeep — but not before
mithral key shaped like a Y, and tells them it’s one of six keys required to activate the weapon of mass disintegration in area 37. Alussiarr doesn’t know where the other five keys are kept. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
mountains, in the Mournland, filled with secrets and waiting to be explored. History of the Colossi House Cannith spent much of the war working on various kinds of constructs that could serve as soldiers
amounts of gold flowed from Cyre’s coffers into the vaults of House Cannith as research and development continued, working toward a new kind of warforged that would bring an end to the war once and for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
“The Orrery of the Wanderer” makes use of an adventure trope as old as D&D itself — working up a totally high-powered artifact, then dropping it into the hands of low-level characters just to see
tells the characters that she worked for the Acquisitions Incorporated franchise in Phandalin, and that while working on their ongoing renovation of Tresendar Manor, the franchisees were attacked at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
mountains, in the Mournland, filled with secrets and waiting to be explored. History of the Colossi House Cannith spent much of the war working on various kinds of constructs that could serve as soldiers
amounts of gold flowed from Cyre’s coffers into the vaults of House Cannith as research and development continued, working toward a new kind of warforged that would bring an end to the war once and for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
“The Orrery of the Wanderer” makes use of an adventure trope as old as D&D itself — working up a totally high-powered artifact, then dropping it into the hands of low-level characters just to see
tells the characters that she worked for the Acquisitions Incorporated franchise in Phandalin, and that while working on their ongoing renovation of Tresendar Manor, the franchisees were attacked at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Among the displays are several that stand out: A 4-foot-tall working model of a clock tower rings at the top of every hour. It is made of wood, iron, bronze, and glass, with brass bells and delicate
. Once Nim explains how the nimblewright detector works, Valetta allows the characters to take it. To activate the nimblewright detector, a character must hold down its trigger. When the activated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
who searches the secondary storage area spots a ring of mind shielding seemingly lost by someone while working in the room. The inscription “V. Lang” inside the band hints that the ring belongs to
spoken phrases and trigger conditions, which the characters might activate. See the following section for details. Treasure. Sitting underneath Sassy Sally Jane is a doll wearing a suit and adorned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
who searches the secondary storage area spots a ring of mind shielding seemingly lost by someone while working in the room. The inscription “V. Lang” inside the band hints that the ring belongs to
spoken phrases and trigger conditions, which the characters might activate. See the following section for details. Treasure. Sitting underneath Sassy Sally Jane is a doll wearing a suit and adorned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Among the displays are several that stand out: A 4-foot-tall working model of a clock tower rings at the top of every hour. It is made of wood, iron, bronze, and glass, with brass bells and delicate
. Once Nim explains how the nimblewright detector works, Valetta allows the characters to take it. To activate the nimblewright detector, a character must hold down its trigger. When the activated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
of Daoine Gloine, the ooze-folk are on guard. For every 10 minutes the characters spend exploring, or if any significant violence disturbs the gelatinous ooze, 1d4 armatures activate within 30 feet of
more ooze-folk in turn. A total of twenty-five ooze-folk can activate in this way before their numbers are depleted. O4. Tomb of the Medusa The tallest tower in the city, this former temple once housed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
different kinds working together, perhaps united as members of a religious order or some other kind of organization that crosses the divide of giant kinds (see “Gods and Religion” and “Organizations
the sigil sequence for a teleportation circle. 4 An enormous stone archway is carved with symbols that, when touched in the correct sequence, activate a portal. 5 A strange map shows a road where no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
different kinds working together, perhaps united as members of a religious order or some other kind of organization that crosses the divide of giant kinds (see “Gods and Religion” and “Organizations
the sigil sequence for a teleportation circle. 4 An enormous stone archway is carved with symbols that, when touched in the correct sequence, activate a portal. 5 A strange map shows a road where no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
of Daoine Gloine, the ooze-folk are on guard. For every 10 minutes the characters spend exploring, or if any significant violence disturbs the gelatinous ooze, 1d4 armatures activate within 30 feet of
more ooze-folk in turn. A total of twenty-five ooze-folk can activate in this way before their numbers are depleted. O4. Tomb of the Medusa The tallest tower in the city, this former temple once housed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
is set in the midpoint of the southern wall.
Creatures. A Red Wizard necromancer (see appendix B) and two Thayan apprentices (see appendix B) are in this area, moving among the tables working or
golem (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above). The wizard or the cleric can activate the golem by using an action and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence check. Clay Pits. These 3-foot-deep pits channel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
is set in the midpoint of the southern wall.
Creatures. A Red Wizard necromancer (see appendix B) and two Thayan apprentices (see appendix B) are in this area, moving among the tables working or
golem (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above). The wizard or the cleric can activate the golem by using an action and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence check. Clay Pits. These 3-foot-deep pits channel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
enemies deeper in the Underdark and hid it in this enclave until they could decide what to do with it. They never figured out how to activate it. The erratic magic of the nearby Netherese obelisk
trust each other but realized the benefits of working together to obtain greater profits from their wares. This is the room where duergar prepared for negotiations with drow. The metal pieces on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
enemies deeper in the Underdark and hid it in this enclave until they could decide what to do with it. They never figured out how to activate it. The erratic magic of the nearby Netherese obelisk
trust each other but realized the benefits of working together to obtain greater profits from their wares. This is the room where duergar prepared for negotiations with drow. The metal pieces on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, driven by visions from the daelkyr, can be found working with the Cults of the Dragon Below or fighting alongside aberrations in Khyber. Others operate alone. Lycanthropes Many people believe that
dolgrims. A few can be found on the surface, working with the Cults of the Dragon Below or pursuing their own enigmatic goals. The mind flayers often seem to pursue reopening the gates to Xoriat with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, driven by visions from the daelkyr, can be found working with the Cults of the Dragon Below or fighting alongside aberrations in Khyber. Others operate alone. Lycanthropes Many people believe that
dolgrims. A few can be found on the surface, working with the Cults of the Dragon Below or pursuing their own enigmatic goals. The mind flayers often seem to pursue reopening the gates to Xoriat with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
toward entrants unless disturbed, at which point they activate and attack. Aphelion’s Aid. If the characters have completed at least one task for Aphelion and face combat in a cargo hold on this level
music halts with an abrupt record-scratching sound, and the androids attack. Digital DJ. If the characters are working for Aphelion, the computer offers to change the music to a genre that better