The stone automatically knows the deepest desires of whoever wields it, and it wishes to gather as much information as it can.Īs a result, it tends to try to change hands often.
However, this information trade is a two-way street. Like many artifacts, the stone comes with one randomly determined minor beneficial property and one randomly determined minor detrimental property.īeyond that, it allows its user to cast the fifth-level spell Legend Lore to communicate with the aboleth and possibly learn important information.
The stone is actually an evil ancient aberration known as an aboleth named Golorr that was turned into a stone by powerful magic. That being said, there are many evil artifacts that are better left untouched, and this stone is probably one of them. The Stone of Golorr is among the most highly sought-after items in all of D&D due to its artifact status. It might act as your ally at first, but you could ultimately end up with an even larger problem on your hands. There are a number of creatures above ten Challenge Rating that could inhabit the flask, so take caution regarding when to unleash the beast.
There is no way to determine the exact creature that's trapped inside, but an identify spell will reveal if something's in there. However, the danger this item poses lies in whether the flask you find already has a creature trapped inside of it. Altogether, the Iron Flask is a great magic item and especially handy to have at your side against all kinds of foes. RELATED: Dungeons & Dragons: DM Tips For Designing A Thieves GuildĪfter the hour has passed, the creature returns to its normal behavior. A creature released in this way must obey the commands of its captors for one hour. As an action, you can open the flask while a creature is trapped inside of it and release the creature. On a failure, the target is sucked into the flask and trapped there. As an action, you can open the flask and cause a target that's from another plane of existence to make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw. The Iron Flask is a powerful legendary item and one of the few legendary items that doesn't require attunement. After all, adventurers are very greedy folk. That being said, especially discerning adventurers with an eye for what kinds of items could pose a problem might just be able to save their friends' lives before their greed destroys them, but we're not making any promises. Despite the existence of divination magic like Identify, curses on magic items cannot be detected until it's often too late. Some of these highly sought-after objects are not as helpful as they might first appear, though. Books like Dragonlance: Shadow Of The Dragon Queen, Keys From The Golden Vault, and others continue to bring new and varied magic items to the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. Updated by Chris Stomberg: Additional magic items are always being added to D&D with every new release. With that being said, let's dive into some magic items that are better left buried in whatever dreary refuge you might have found them. As they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. RELATED: Dungeons & Dragons: Enemies That Are Nightmare FuelĪ good rule of thumb is that if the item was easy to come across, it's likely not as beneficial as it appeared at first glance.
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