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Returning 35 results for 'Descending'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Descending into Avernus When the characters step through the portal in Sigil, they emerge along a shelf in a mountainside cliff. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: Shrieking gusts of
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
; as Klauth is also known, likes to lie on a ledge high on one of the valley walls and survey his domain, descending occasionally to snatch up an animal or intruder. The walls around the valley
Equipment
The Nakudama bubble rod is most recognizable by the curious sounds it produces when used. The wet descending whistle of multiple water filled glass marbles shot from the end of the oblong tube, quickly followed by the unmistakable pop of the ammunition as they hit their target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
descending 20 feet to a landing. Set into the back wall of the landing is a Netherese calendar stone. Beyond this landing, the staircase resumes its descent, stopping at three more landings of bare stone and descending a total of 100 feet before arriving at area 2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K87. Guardians The following text assumes that the characters are approaching from area K84. If they approach this area from area K88, references to descending stairs should be changed to ascending
curtain of light flows between the two alcoves. Dimly visible on the other side of the curtain are more descending stairs. The curtain has no effect on creatures that move east to west (from area K88 to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Expenses When not descending into the depths of the earth, exploring ruins for lost treasures, or waging war against the encroaching darkness, adventurers face more mundane realities. Even in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
200 feet and takes 33 (6d10) bludgeoning damage. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and can grab a stable handhold within reach to avoid descending. After descending 1,000 feet from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
intruders, two of them travel through the secret tunnel to alert the guards in area 4 and join their hunt. The other two remain here to watch for additional foes descending the stairs, but head out in
pursuit of the characters if their allies don’t return within a few minutes. Arrow Slit An arrow slit opens up in a gap in the stairwell stones, and provides a view of any creatures descending the stairs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X14. North Staircase When the characters open the secret door at the top of the stairs, read: A dusty corridor heads north, then bends to the east, descending a dark staircase. The air is thin, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
The Ancient Stair The Temple of Black Earth lies at the bottom of the Ancient Stair, a series of descending passageways beneath the Sacred Stone Monastery. The stair ends at the passageway to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
over. The opening beneath the rock reveals a 2-foot-wide spiral staircase with flagstone steps, descending 30 feet to area D2.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
costs imposed by their mage overlords. Lest the workers organize rebellion, High Netherese mages occasionally conducted raids, descending from the sky unexpectedly to make an example of dissidents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
island is the Najkir Monastery, which is tucked inside a sea cave on the south side of the island. A worn path hugs the cliffside, descending from the top of the cliff to a few feet above sea level before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to meetings of the Council of Speakers. Militia. Lonelywood can muster up to 50 soldiers (use the tribal warrior stat block) and 4 veterans. Heraldry. Two narrow white triangles, one descending from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Exploring This Level All location descriptions for this level are keyed to map 10. Adventurers most likely enter Muiral’s Gauntlet by using the stairs from level 9 (near area 1) or by descending a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Door. This room has two secret doors. The east secret door pushes open to reveal area H9. The west secret door pulls open to reveal a 3-foot-wide staircase descending 10 feet to area H21. Cryovain is too big to enter this staircase.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
The party hears chattering voices and the music of panpipes coming from a secluded area. 5 In the distance, the party sees a descending dragon pulling a caravan of wagons. 6 A dragon’s gentle voice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
A19. Ghoul Den Characters can reach this area by following the naturally formed tunnel from area A17 or by descending the stone staircase from area A24. The door to the north has been smashed open
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Sunken Paradise This cavern has a peaked roof 30 feet high and features a broad crevasse 300 feet deep. A rocky ledge surrounds the crevasse. After descending 200 feet, the crevasse breaks through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
leave them alone. If the elevator is nonfunctional and they can’t get it working, the drow resort to descending through the mines (see area 10). Exactly when they arrive is up to you, but here are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
20. Huge Pit Filled with Spikes If the characters proceed through the laboratory, they come upon a descending staircase that ends at a corridor heading east. Assuming they can see what lies ahead of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
through the woods, descending gradually until the trees part, revealing a mist-shrouded meadow. The trail splits. One branch heads west into the valley, and the other leads south into dark woods. A wooden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
N Knowledge Stalactite Stronmaus NG Life, Tempest Forked lightning bolt descending from a cloud partly obscuring the sun Surtur LE Forge,** Knowledge, War Flaming sword Thrym CE War White double
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
V4. Hall of Records The walls along this hallway of descending staircases contain a record of the deeds the prince accomplished in his life. The plaster and the paintings are perfectly intact. Scenes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
out. Legends say that the violence persisted for a century, until the Dragon of Heavenly Blessings who had founded Great Xing returned. Descending from the clouds, the great dragon bowed before a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
into the walls and roof, but the crude artwork is incomplete.
Descending Tunnel. The tunnel to the southeast descends hundreds of feet to level 8.
Hundreds of years ago, before the arrival of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K83a. Spiral Stair Landing An extension of area K83, this landing is shown on map 11. This forty-foot-long corridor connects two spiral stairways, one leading up and the other descending into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teleportation into the bunker fails. The door has AC 22, 75 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The bunker contains a narrow set of stairs descending 200 feet into Kas’s chamber (area
Chamber This wide chamber has ascending stairs at one end and descending stairs at the other. The shrunken, bloodless corpses of four people and two driders surround a stone throne in the room’s center
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
2. Entrance from the Village Hall Hidden beneath the planks in the back corner of the village hall, this entrance to the ice caves consists of a chute carved with icy stairs descending 100 feet in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
cavern is strung with web cables, with the tunnels beyond descending to area 7b. The vrock is too large to move through the cables. 17e. Southeast Perch The vrock stationed here keeps a close eye out for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Vegetation grows in neat rows on the ziggurat’s three tiers. Canals flow around each tier and cascade down to the lower tiers in waterfalls that create clouds of spray.
Descending to the edge of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
also notices a 1-inch-diameter hole bored through it at a height of 5 feet. On the north side of the secret door, a human bandit quietly listens at the hole for sounds of newcomers descending the shaft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
descending from the city above us.
—A street urchin describing Sharn
Sharn is the most cosmopolitan city on the continent. Describing all the activities and offerings in the city could fill an entire book. Here’s a summary of what you need to know to appreciate the city to the fullest.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. After descending to ground level, they witness a balloon crash and encounter a band of singing brigands. Characters who search for the crashed balloon find it hanging from the top of a leaning tower
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
2. Entrance from the Village Hall Hidden beneath the planks in the back corner of the village hall, this entrance to the ice caves consists of a chute carved with icy stairs descending 100 feet in a






