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Storm King's Thunder
Built by dwarven gods and entrusted to the rulers of Shanatar, an ancient dwarven empire, the Wyrmskull Throne was a symbol of dwarven power and pride for ages untold. The throne hovers a foot off
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Lords' Alliance The Lords’ Alliance is an association of rulers from cities and towns across Faerûn (primarily in the North), who believe that solidarity is needed to keep evil at bay. The rulers of
agents include sophisticated bards, zealous paladins, talented mages, and grizzled warriors. They are chosen primarily for their loyalty and are experts in observation, stealth, innuendo, and combat
Compendium
- 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
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
created by the lunar dragon Orinix. These crystals are components for Teremini’s ritual, but they have no value or special properties. When the characters arrive, these daises are surrounded by barriers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
treasure that coordinates visually with the other items in the hoard, while another might focus on artwork from a particular period or seek out jewelry made for rulers in a certain region. Blue dragons
carved seal from a civilization that worshiped the dragon’s ancestors as gods
2 An extensive collection of elaborate jewelry, including a tiara, tail rings, and claw covers, which the dragon
Compendium
- 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->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
element and give details on how to flesh out your world with gods, factions, and so forth. The assumptions sketched out above aren’t carved in stone. They inspire exciting D&D worlds full of adventure
by monstrous rulers. The populace lives in perpetual terror of these darklords and their evil minions, but other monsters rarely trouble people’s daily lives. Magic Is Everywhere. What if every town is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
latticework, and beautifully carved rosewood chairs surround a matching table. One wall bears a sumptuous silk hanging that depicts a gold dragon soaring through the clouds.
Grand Secretary
Wei Feng Ying
from all as Grand Secretary, the leader of the government of Yongjing. Since the nation’s rulers’ source of extreme longevity has vanished, Secretary Wei is determined to hold the country together (as
Compendium
- 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
Compendium
- 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.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The fog swirls through this cavern, agitated by the dancing of eleven chanting minotaurs.
Offal Pile. Low stone barriers constrain a massive pile of rotting, dismembered body parts.
Altar. Behind
clutches a brass horn (see “Treasure” below). The minotaur shaman treats all intruders as enemies to be carved up and added to his pile of dismembered bodies. His first action in combat is to blow his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
polis. Skophos stands as a literal maze, its twisting streets carved from the red sandstone of the badlands. The walls of the maze rise as narrow buildings that serve as homes, shops, and defensible
city, with individuals serving as tyrants over city districts. The city’s rulers rarely meet in council, and when they do, the quarrelsome tyrants rarely find common cause or any basis for agreement
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
tables covered in maps and other papers, talking in hushed, serious tones. The back of the room is dominated by a dais carved from the rock of the cavern, atop which rest two stone desks facing each
other. Two svirfneblin — one male, one female — sit behind the desks, conferring with advisers and each other. They turn their attention to you as you enter.
The de facto rulers of Blingdenstone are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
he moves the lever to trigger a trap. Trap. When the lever is pulled, iron spikes spring out from the floor and ceiling to form barriers across each doorway. A creature in either opening must succeed
the spikes, but the gaps aren’t big enough for a character to slip through. The barriers of spikes grant three-quarters cover to creatures behind them. Each barrier has AC 15, 18 hit points, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
structure. The merlons of its battlements are carved to resemble unicorn heads. The soldiers of the High Guard, clad in shining silver plate, protect the residence and seat of power, and keep those out
the mythal. Should a foe try to traverse the Moonbridge, the span can be willed (by the city’s rulers, and certain others specially attuned to the mythal) out of existence, dropping attackers into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Ecstasy Gate Destination: Blessed Fields of Elysium Primary Citizens: Guardinals and Humanoids Rulers: The Lightcaller and the Nightwhisperer The rolling hills of Ecstasy, the City of Plinths, rise
materials, dot the idyllic landscape. Their origins unknown, the plinths are works of art: marble columns adorned with breathtaking sculptures, intricately carved wooden poles, natural standing stones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
barriers, which otherwise require siege engines to force open. Gate Guards. Characters who stand outside the main gate and announce their arrival can speak to the guards in the gatehouse. Unless Levistus
roof. West of the double door are two unused merchant stalls with torn canopies. Tucked under some icy stairs in the northwest corner is a slender wooden hut with a crescent moon carved into its flimsy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Layers The Nine Hells has nine layers. The first eight are ruled by archdevils who answer to Asmodeus, the archduke of Nessus, the ninth layer. Collectively, the rulers of the Hells are called the
scum cover its putrid surface, and yawning pits lie in wait beneath the murk to engulf careless wanderers. Cyclopean cities of ornately carved stone rise up from the bog, including the great city of
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
intentions of rulers. Maps are usually consulted, and it’s widely considered lucky to possess and examine a map on Wintershield. Map sales are brisk in the tenday preceding this holiday. Alturiak 14: The
. Although some of the dancing is wanton and performed for show, large-scale ring dances in the street for all ages are also popular. All the dancing ends at dusk, after which bards and minstrels perform at
Compendium
- 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
as their strong right hands. Stone giants and fire giants settled on the mountaintops and in the sprawling caverns beneath them, where they carved and forged the greatest works of giant art and craft
rulers of the world. Giants, therefore, don’t pray to Annam, who refuses to hear them. Instead, they revere his divine children, as well as a host of other hero-deities and godly villains that are minor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
animate statues return to their alcoves and deactivate. Ancient jade statues animate to defend the secret ruins beneath Yongjing S2: Hallway Alcoves A long hallway is roughly carved out of the
character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (History) check knows that the nation’s rulers use magic to give themselves long life and ensure the stability of the land. If the imperial line has lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
features: Entrance Chamber. An open central cavern is the lair’s primary entrance. The glass walls rise 30 feet to the surface and are fused with carved stone pillars and partial walls from the
the affections of the rulers’ heirs, becoming a mentor to them—and turning them against their parents. She demands great accomplishments from her own offspring, but she is more than willing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
below. Three-foot-high barriers line the causeway’s edges, funneling travelers toward the gatehouse of Vrakir’s imposing fortress.
The bridge crosses the lava river at its narrowest point, spanning 300
, with two entrances carved into the cliff face and secured with heavy iron portcullises.
Eighty prisoners (commoners) labor here under the watchful eyes of ten duergar. The duergar pay little mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, the creature’s heart and viscera are removed from the corpse and placed in canopic jars. These jars are usually carved from limestone or made of pottery, etched or painted with religious hieroglyphs
of the mummy lord, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can’t regain hit points until the end of the mummy lord’s next turn.
Whirlwind of Sand (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
the dragon—“an enormous, ancient wyrm”—and sustained severe injuries before the other adventurers managed to deliver the sleeping concoction. He uses an exquisitely carved wooden wheelchair whenever
around the dragon’s rampages, which began when the region’s people rose up in revolt against diabolical tyrants. These rulers are remembered today as magically powerful and casually cruel. They wielded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Two magic items are displayed here as well. Anstruth Harp. An exquisitely crafted harp sized for a human rests on a shelf. This instrument of the bards was acquired from a human bard who counseled
, with metal covers that are 5 feet tall, 4 feet wide, and 1 inch thick. Each book weighs 150 pounds. A large wooden table, its legs carved to look like rearing pegasi, dominates the room. An ornate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
layers of scum cover its putrid surface, and yawning pits lie in wait beneath the murk to engulf careless wanderers. Cyclopean cities of ornately carved stone rise up from the bog, including the great
. Malbolge, the sixth layer, has outlasted many rulers, among them Malagard the Hag Countess and the archdevil Moloch. Malagard fell out of favor and was struck down by Asmodeus in a fit of pique, while her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
name from a 100-foot-tall stone carved in the likeness of a perching raven, sitting in the center of the highest plateau of the mound and facing west. The Black Ravens leave carcasses by the stone
. Their altar is a rectangular slab of stone with the phases of the moon carved into its sides. In winter, everything is under a foot or more of snow. Map 3.9: Raven Rock View Player Version Ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, slightly run-down inn is situated in the heart of the city. A sign carved to resemble the grinning visage of a black dragon hangs over the front door. A stable is located behind the inn.
The Black
and a mustache. Sental is usually incorruptible, but he is under great stress. The rulers of Stoink, a fortified town in the Bandit Kingdoms, have captured Sental’s brother Sarek and are forcing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
save shattered thrones, with no rulers but the dead. Dragons shall rule the world entire …” Guided by this new vision, Severin has worked tirelessly to bring about the ascendance to power of living
the “shattered thrones” part of the ancient prophecy and attempts to assassinate rulers and destroy their seats of power.
An adventurer closes a portal, preventing an agent of Tiamat from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
of Force. Transparent, soundproof walls of force separate areas 1, area 2, and area 3. Vocath can pass through these magical barriers, as can creatures that are tattooed with his personal sigil
. The spelljamming helm aboard the Devil’s Deal is a legless chair carved from petrified wood. Black crystals on the underside of its concave seat project a circle of purple light on the floor that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, mirrorlike ceiling high above. The columns are carved in the likeness of two alluring yet imposing devils whose eyes seem to follow you. Ruddy light filters into the room from somewhere beyond the
heat (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide). When the characters arrive, each of them is trapped in one of the pentacles (detailed below). Devil Columns. The figures carved into the columns represent Belial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Nest of the Eldritch Eye
tomb. The sides of the sarcophagus bear a relief depicting two women gazing lovingly over a field and a city, and the lid has a faintly distinguishable family crest carved into it. Old weapons and
holy symbol of Oghma, god of knowledge and patron to bards and wizards. If the check succeeds by 3 or more, the character intuits that rededicating the shrine to Oghma could help against the zombies