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the ground and is a massive thing made of polished obsidian with oversized feet — the impaled skulls of four ancient blue dragons. Runes glisten in the carved obsidian, winking to life with blue
breaking at least five Ruling Scepters of Shanatar simultaneously on it. This fact has never been recorded or sung of among the dwarves or any bards or storytellers, and it can’t be discovered
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
carved into the stone. These records contain only what the librarians were able to write down. Even with their network of messengers and informants, and the visions they receive using the powers of
they must find an appropriate archive to query events in the past, present, or future. Archives of the Past Every room devoted to the records of the past has the same inscription carved above the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
contains a four-poster bed, its headboard carved in the likeness of a giant raven. A soft black rug covers the floor between the bed and the door. In the corners of the south wall stand two slender
wardrobes with a tapestry of a church hanging on the wall between them. Beneath the tapestry sits a handsomely carved rocking cradle. To the north, under a window, is a plain desk and chair. Other furnishings
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the bards, each of which is named after one of the colleges. See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the game statistics of these magic instruments. Long ago, bards who sought the rank of
tradition fell when the colleges went into decline, but some bards dream of restoring it. College of Fochlucan The original College of Fochlucan once stood on the northeastern edge of Silverymoon. Many years
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
shout an alarm, calling the characters “trespassers” as they move to attack. This alerts the two cogwork archivists in the nearby Records Room (area L4), which remain in that area, and causes the
invisible stalker that guards the wing to arrive in 1d4 rounds. L4. Records Room Bound volumes of Lorehold records cram this room’s tall bookshelves and round tables. A double door and numerous plain
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
18. Office This office is decorated with sturdy shelves and a desk carved with reclining satyrs. The desk’s high-backed chair is turned away, obscuring any occupant.
Loren Halvhrest managed his
Mara Silvra, Dalk Dranzorg, Lord Cordon Silvra; dates unknown.” Treasure. In addition to dull business records, the desk holds a key to the lockbox in area 22, a 4-foot-long silver chain necklace
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
attract. She is the patron of rangers in the same way that Milil is the patron of bards, but even rangers rarely pray to her directly. They instead pray to Gwaeron Windstrom, who they believe will
wilds. She has many shrines, particularly in the Savage Frontier. Most consist of a dead tree trunk into which has been carved a likeness of her holy symbol, a unicorn’s head. Alternatively, the likeness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
lunarium (area U3). Lunar Crystals Shallow steps ascend to a dais at the center of each lunarium. A specially carved pillar atop the dais bears a lunar crystal. These lunar crystals were specially
minutes. Solid moonlight also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel through it. The ritual is powered by the rod piece and is therefore unaffected by the Antimagic Field spell.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
15. Wind Tunnel Carved birds soar across the walls of this corridor. Blocking the passage near its northern end is a large adamantine propeller with five sharp blades.
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serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
rarely keep records or write down their thoughts. When orcs need to communicate in writing, they use crude symbols to convey basic information, such as “food stored here,” “danger close
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
flickering light across hieroglyphs carved into the tiled floor. At the center of the room, a gold-inlaid funeral barge stands atop a three-foot-tall stone dais. Resting on the deck of the barge is a small
the east, and a dwarf wearing a turban and chain mail creeps into the tomb. He brandishes a shield in front of him as he treads cautiously across the floor.
The magic here records the last moments of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
security for lodgers and their possessions than you’d find at an inn. An adventurer’s guild is an excellent source of information. By studying records and working with other guild members, you can
city of Sharn, which is both the cultural heart of Breland and a nexus for intrigue and diplomacy. Bards have much to gain from the company of other bards, as they exchange news, stories, and songs
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
bookish frost giant, trips before the characters as she hurries to the Hall of Records, sending a stack of titanic papers into the air. 8 An obnoxious equinal guardinal (see Morte’s Planar Parade) brays
to serve their insatiable greed. Takers record financial agreements in the Hall of Records and revel in seizing properties at bargain-basement prices when owners default on payments. The Fated
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
hag) are found in great profusion. Beasts that have an Intelligence score of 2 or lower are charmed by the hag and directed to be aggressive toward intruders in the area. Strange carved figurines
-looking path, road, or trails occasionally become sharp for 100-foot intervals. Walking on these areas is like walking on caltrops. Small avalanches of rock intermittently fall, blocking a path or burying
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, including their possible connections to modern bloodlines, from an exhaustive study of the records carved in the crypt’s stones. Unlike the rest of the Iron Tabernacle, the tombs are unmarred
the absent dwarves. They defaced statues, tore down altars, and carved obscenities into the sacred tablets. Anything of value, such as silver or mithral trim, gold icons, and hallowed weapons, has
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sets down his lantern and hides. The following descriptive text assumes this is the case: An enormous chamber with a twenty-foot ceiling has been carved out of the rock here. A lighted lantern rests
jumble does collapse. Then, a 10-foot section of the tunnel is buried in the heap, blocking passage. Removing the debris takes a few hours of work. Moving Stones. This area was a large storage cellar and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
, one of the kraken priests triggers the ballistae trap, firing both siege weapons simultaneously, while the other casts Evard’s black tentacles, effectively blocking off the entrance to area 10. On the
, 1,000 gp, 1,200 sp, and 1,800 cp. There are also ten large pearls (worth 50 gp each), and a pair of platinum chalices with intricately carved images of small fish swimming through a seaweed forest (worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
the cracks, and you hear the sounds of shouting and hammering coming from somewhere beyond the wall.
The stones blocking the end of the tunnel can be easily moved to create a 3-foot-square opening
see a wooden marionette carved and painted to look like a human skeleton. It appears to be tangled in its own strings. “I seem to have gotten myself in a wee fix.”
The wooden marionette is Break-a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Monastery and, to a lesser extent, Miraj Vizann, the “mud sorcerer” in the Temple of the Black Earth. Journals, letters, and transaction records in Wiggan’s study link him to the earth cult, revealing
sword is worth 100 gp. In addition, Javor has four animal figurines the size of a human fist — a bear carved of lapis lazuli, a tiger carved of red obsidian, and an elk carved of banded agate (each worth
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
60. Cog of Blood Five teak wardrobes stand against the ironclad walls of this chamber, each with a door bearing a carved image or scene. Puddles of gray slime cover parts of the floor. The room has
two exits, including an adamantine portcullis blocking a passage to the north. Set into a metal plate above the portcullis is a row of five red crystals shaped like drops of blood.
The adamantine
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Rumors and Legends Countless legends have arisen regarding the mysterious Barrier Peaks, and those tales circulate constantly among adventurers, explorers, and bards. Rumors specific to Kwalish and
, they are, using the peaks as a secure hideout. It’s said that markings carved into the mountains have been left by these criminals to help point the way to their lair. 66–70 The Barrier Peaks are
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, weighs close to 300 pounds, and is fashioned of dark, stained wood carved with images of harts and roses. Its taut strings are made of gut. A character who plays the harp and succeeds on a DC 15
doesn’t appear again. If the characters attack the ghost, it attacks them in turn. Treasure The lute, though old and covered in dust, has survived the passage of time. It is a magic instrument of the bards called a Doss lute.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
lanterns cast a gentle glow upon a tall, black object in the center of this room. Although one could easily mistake it for a statue, this object is actually the figurehead of a ship and is carved in
demonic figurehead is a haunting figure, but not all is what it seems T7. Chair Storage Stacked neatly against the walls of this room are dozens of wooden chairs used for town meetings. T8. Records Room
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
wooden covers and yellow pages held together with copper wire. The image of an hourglass is burned into the front cover of each book, and carved into the wood above it is a smaller symbol that resembles a
herself as rhymes in the Elvish script. Throughout these records, Endelyn acknowledges that not every future she glimpses comes to pass, for any possible future can be negated by another. The black books
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
along the Sword Coast, then fell quickly and mysteriously some fifteen hundred years later. Some records suggest that many of the citizens, driven mad by the sea, sailed westward and never returned. Mark
humanoids and giants. Mark: a wheel over a plow.
Delzoun. The great Northkingdom of the dwarves, Delzoun was carved out of the rock beneath the area known until recently as the Silver Marches
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
brought to him in the dead of night, most often delivered by Sidra Romeir (see chapter 8, area K2) in a covered cart pulled by a draft horse. Butchery A red wooden sign carved to look like a butcher’s
? Thrakkus hid the Stone of Golorr in a recent meat delivery to an alley in the Trades Ward. Thrakkus doesn’t keep records of his illegal transactions, so the characters must interrogate him or one of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
(named after the family that originally distilled it). Taproom. The taproom contains seating areas, including a row of stools next to a low bar made of carved basalt. Hanging above the bar are two soot
, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side.
Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
during the gala, they can find a copy of the guards’ after-hours patrol routes on the desk under some other loose paperwork (see the “Curator Alda Arkin” section). V6: Records Room Filing cabinets stand
in this records room.
Alarm. An alarm spell has been cast on the door that connects this room to area V1. Records. This room contains records about past and current exhibits as well as the museum’s
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
pulling the lever a second time. This trap is designed to isolate a single enemy in the western part of the room, blocking it from its allies with the spikes. Creatures can see through the gaps between
immunity to poison and psychic damage. O6. Commander’s Quarters A stone-carved bed and desk occupy this drab room. Atop the desk are several shards of dark crystal, as well as a crumpled-up piece of paper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
throughout the region. From the surface, Citadel Adbar looks less like a castle or a human city than a mountain carved to suit the purposes of the dwarves who live there. The two great towers that stand
known written copies have ever been reported. Only a privileged few non-dwarves have ever heard the Dirge in its entirety, and dwarf bards who want to perform this epic must demonstrate great skill in
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X4. No ability check is needed to find either secret door from inside the tunnel. DUERGAR NAMES
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of Ten-Towns and its environs. Mounted to the top of a thin iron stand on the table is a 6-inch-tall dragon figurine carved out of chardalyn—a miniature version of Xardorok’s chardalyn dragon, its
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
present, Mytchyl Dwyer lies on his bed with his wheelchair close by. Mounted on the wall above the headboard are three songbirds carved from driftwood. C7d: Spare Room. No one uses this room currently
perimeter. Eight rectangular, stained-glass skylights give the chamber a cathedral-like aspect. The room’s three double doors have built-in, hand-carved panels depicting scenes of dancing and merrymaking
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
later claimed the plateau’s harbor as their own, but it was one known as Nimoar who is best remembered. A History of Waterdeep: Age One, The Rise of the Warlord records how Nimoar raised a wooden
Waterdeep: Age Two, The Lords’ Rule Begins records that in the year 1032 DR, Ahghairon (then in his 112th winter) argued with Raurlor, who was then Warlord of Waterdeep. Raurlor wanted to use
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Lake. The other crates in this room contain additional goods stolen from Therno Lake: casks of ale, dishware, fur coats, spears, and carved wooden trinkets. Jane Katsubo The Prophesied Fallen Star D7
of bones, and other macabre paraphernalia lie scattered around the room. An eerie, persistent scratching sound comes from behind the fallen masonry blocking the far end of the room.
This was the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
dimensions is carved into the ceiling directly above the slab. Scattered about it are skeletal remains intermingled with shards of glass.
Close inspection of the floor reveals the shards of glass are
chamber, and atop it lies a Humanoid skeleton. A shallow inset of similar dimensions is carved into the ceiling directly above the slab. Shards of broken glass litter the slab and floor.
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