Gnarlrock

The Gnarlrock is a large rock with transmutative properties, found in the Feywild.

Appearance
The shard of Gnarlrock that Bells Hells found is dull purple and was embedded in a hollow metal pillar in the Underrush Mines. It feels tingly to the touch.

Properties
The Gnarlrock in the Feywild mutates the area around it into a "nightmarish" landscape. Its origins are unknown, although there are many theories about how it may have come to be.

Campaign 3: Bells Hells
Imogen removed a purple gem from the pillar in the mines using physical force as well as her telekinetic powers. She later made an arcana check and felt that the rock wanted to change and improve her in some way, that it was unnatural, and that it did not want to let her go, but was unable to determine its exact nature. She opened her mind to it and felt that it was in some way connected to the Feywild and the Nightmare King, and fell asleep cradling it. That night, she had her recurring nightmare about a red storm, but in the dream, she was also clutching the stone. Within the dream, she found it comforting, as if it were offering "a different means of escape". She woke to find herself in a different position, still cradling the stone. She expressed her concerns to Laudna, who bundled the stone in a cloak and tied it to her belt. Later that morning, Fresh Cut Grass cast Identify on the stone and told the party that it was a shard of the Gnarlrock.

During Bells Hells' journey from Heartmoor Hamlet to Jrusar, Fresh Cut Grass observed that while Imogen slept, she kept her hand near the pouch containing the shard.

One night as Bells Hells traveled on the Silver Sun towards Bassuras, Laudna asked Imogen how she was feeling, and Imogen brought up that she felt comforted by the gnarlrock. Laudna asked if she could take a look at it, promising she wouldn't do anything to it, and Imogen reluctantly handed it over. Laudna was then overpowered by the spirit of Delilah Briarwood, who destroyed the gnarlrock, telling Laudna it was far too powerful for her and that she'd "taken care of it."

When the party went to Birdie and Ollie Calloway's hideout outside of Bassuras, they found that Ira Wendagoth had set up a number of gnarlrocks in the living space to help plants grow in the absence of light. Birdie told Bells Hells that Ira had warned them not to touch them.