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The Book of Many Things
fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The medusa makes one Constrict attack, one Final Blade attack, and one Snake Hair attack. Alternatively, it makes two Wrathful
this grapple ends, the target has the restrained condition, and the medusa can’t constrict another creature.
Final Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12", "rollType":"to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
to keep the living out of the realm of the dead and the dead from returning to the land of the living. Underworld Crossing Adventures Adventures in Underworld crossings usually involve the characters
returning to their mortal home to pass into the Underworld.
11 Seek an audience with Athreos.
12 Capture an Underworld cerberus (see chapter 6).
Underworld Crossing Map The Underworld
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
): acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder.
Expert. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, to a maximum of 22.
Fey. A fey crossing opens into the Feywild, and you’re immediately pulled through it
, disappearing in a flash of rainbow-colored light. You draw no more cards.
The fey crossing appears as a shimmering fractal of light above the deck, and it remains open for 1 minute after the card is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gith or Zerthimon. 8 Tasked with returning the blade of a fallen githyanki knight to the knight’s people.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Blade barrier blocks passage 4–8 Cave-in 9–12 Chasm 1d4 × 10 ft. wide and 2d6 × 10 ft. deep, possibly connected to other levels of the dungeon 13–14 Flooding leaves 2d10 ft. of water in the area; create
nearby upward-sloping passages, raised floors, or rising stairs to contain the water 15 Lava flows through the area (50 percent chance of a stone bridge crossing it) 16 Overgrown mushrooms block
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
neither a Fey nor of fey ancestry, the fey crossing activates only if exactly eight creatures are inside the ring. The fey crossing works both ways, allowing travel to and from Thither. Returning to
ring can bestow this charm once only. Check the Story Tracker: any character who received singing lessons from Palasha the mermaid in chapter 1 has advantage on this check. Activating the Fey Crossing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
knowledge from outlaws crossing into the monastery, asking about good-aligned topics might negate its advantage on the Intelligence check it makes to answer. Alternatively, you might decide that the dock
party to gain favor by returning the sphinx’s toll to some of those who have paid it. If Mary is with the party, she might seek to keep all the mechanical Ioun stones for herself — and might stop at nothing to get them back if the other characters seize them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Returning to the Garden When the characters leave the Palace of Spires and return to the garden, the Gardener is waiting for them in the center of the maze. How they greet the party depends on how
, depositing the characters unceremoniously outside the Cave of Echoes. The fey crossing to the Eternal Garden never functions for them again. Should the characters return to the garden by other means, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
lost shards of a dead god’s petrified body, and reunite them on the altar in the medusa’s lair. 3 Maintain a planar crossing from which great power flows while also curtailing the effects of that power
). If the medusa fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Actions
Multiattack. The medusa makes one Constrict attack, one Final Blade attack, and one Snake Hair attack. Alternatively
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
than describe everything down to the last blade of grass. Call attention to unusual terrain features: a waterfall, a rocky outcropping that offers a breathtaking view over the tops of the surrounding
different random encounter tables. Finally, a wilderness trek can be enhanced by calling attention to the weather. “You spend the next three days crossing the swamp” sounds less harrowing than, “You
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
’ Alliance gain 3 renown (see “Renown” in chapter 1 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) for returning the Eye of the Spider to Joroth. Both the gemstone and Falkir’s Fist can be found on level 10. Retrieve
characters negotiate for more than Jalester’s goodwill, they’re also promised a luck blade with no wishes remaining. Jalester neglects to mention, however, that this weapon belongs to Mirt the Moneylender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. A character who manages to catch the body finds that it’s an ages-old, rag-clad elf skeleton. 3 A misshapen arch is covered in drooping, metallic, blade-like decorations. The arch was once a portal to
into the hollow plummets until rescued. Piercer Demigod. This crossing is home to the demigod Kirgaz Vizt the Unerring Avalanche, one of the few deities of ropers and piercers. Kirgaz uses the piercer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
hands, crave novelty. They expect every returning raid to provide new forms of entertainment. This preoccupation with newness stands at the hollow center of githyanki culture. They dabble in creating
, and every such endeavor they undertake ends in this manner. A Blade Kept Sharp Despite the decadent lifestyle the githyanki indulge in, they remain in fighting shape. All are required to attend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. Vogler’s Crossing South of Vogler, an incomplete stone bridge begins to stretch across the Vingaard River. Half-constructed before the Cataclysm using techniques lost in the ages since, the bridge
skiffs allow travelers and even small wagons to cross the river. The process is safe but slow, taking approximately 10 minutes for a raft to cross the broad river. Travelers can make use of the crossing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
(choose immediately upon drawing this card): acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. Expert. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, to a maximum of 22. Fey. A fey crossing opens into the Feywild, and
you’re immediately pulled through it, disappearing in a flash of rainbow-colored light. You draw no more cards. The fey crossing appears as a shimmering fractal of light above the deck, and it remains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Loch Wynnis via the fey crossing: You stand in a fountain of illusory water on a cobblestone patio. Colorful globes of light bob in the air, dancing in time with the stars that blink on the twilit
. Fey Crossing. The fountain contains the fey crossing connected to Loch Wynnis. In addition to the few times when the fey crossing opens on its own, anyone can open the fey crossing from this side by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
shadow crossing in the graveyard. The wereravens assure them that there’s no treasure to be found in the chalet. If the characters act in a threatening or violent manner, the wereravens assume hybrid
form or raven form and flee the chalet by the most expedient route, returning nevermore. (Other members of the kindness are warned to stay away from the chalet as well.) Joining the Scarlet Sash One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, upturned blade. A silence spell blankets the interior of the Eye and Dagger, shielding its patrons from the gate-town’s belligerent gales. Weary guests occasionally weep on entering the establishment
, awash in the catharsis of its muted comforts. But this silence is a double-edged sword. Thieves, cutthroats, and other malevolent opportunists skulk the hotel’s hushed halls. Returning guests have learned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. The temple is attended and maintained by visiting priests and acolytes from Neverwinter and Waterdeep, who usually stay for no more than two years before returning whence they came. At present, the
town’s veteran sellswords disdain Garn’s smithcraft, and jokes told about hapless newcomers to Icewind Dale often end with the line “... an’ ’e was carryin’ a Blackiron blade, to boot!” B11. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
back on him, he can resist returning to death with a successful DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. When he is whole again, he attacks. Tloques, having gained his power from his allegiance to Zotzilaha, isn’t
locate any treasure stolen from this place. In the intervening time, he might regain some of his former power. Battleaxe. The battleaxe has a blade of bronze, and the haft is wound with snakeskin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
immediately awaken two sahuagin hatchling swarms (see appendix C) from the eggs around them. The swarms attack the characters, while the priestesses try to flee, returning promptly with any surviving sahuagin
trapped with a thrusting blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 15 Dexterity check is required to disarm the trap. Opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
slime pool between this area and area C9. Crossing the slippery log requires a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. A creature that fails this check slips and falls in the slime below. C8
cave floor. On a failure, the creature falls 20 feet into the slime pool. As an action, the lever can be pulled again, returning the bridge to its original state. C11. Statue Overlook Creatures that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
robes and masks in these wardrobes before leaving the dungeon and returning to the city above. The wardrobes along the west wall stand empty. Characters who search the wardrobe on the south wall find
— and, by extension, behind the archdevil Zariel. Only then can Baldur’s Gate suffer the same fate as Elturel. However, Gargauth is happy to take advantage of a more expedient means of returning to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
. They snarl a challenge, revealing yellowed tusks, and prepare to hurl javelins at you!
Rope Bridge. The bridge is safe structurally, despite its appearance. Crossing under fire is difficult enough to
roping themselves to a stable attachment point before crossing. Secret Doors. Two secret doors on the north and south walls lead to areas 4 and 4a. The doors are well made, each requiring a successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
area B10, and announce their presence to the salamanders in area B22 before returning to their posts. When the hold is on high alert, a third erinyes from area B15 takes up position in the gatehouse’s
fissure in the volcano’s slope leads into a small cave not visible from the stronghold below. Kalimrax lairs here, returning for a few hours every evening to rest and check on her hoard, which consists
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
bronze horn to warn the hall (see area 2). The giant has four rocks for throwing. If the characters are returning after severely defeating the giants, a ballista (from the arsenal at 10A) will be set up
running along its blade when it is swung. The king wears a necklace of coral skulls and has a broad girdle set with small gems. Around his shoulders is a cape made of white dragon hide. When he sits on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
companion nearby to hold culpable for your crimes. Gossip can be as deadly as the venom on an assassin’s blade. Use the poison of words to destroy your rivals, that you may claim for yourself all they
Kiaransalee was driven mad by returning from death as a god so many times, but her followers aren’t discouraged by this assessment. Despite her madness, her actions are guided by a deep and devious
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
blade can use an action to try to cut a subject free of the mycelium, doing so with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. On a failed check, the character takes 20 (4d8) necrotic damage and
ranging from three to eight feet tall. The air smells heavily of mildew.
The mushroom ring in the center of the room is a fey crossing. It was through this gateway that Thunderwing and Bunny Blossom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to find out if surfacers were here, and they walked into a cult ambush. He wants nothing to do with the cults, the surface world, or anything other than returning to the nearest drow community. He
” below). Treasure Godwyd’s shortsword is a dragon slayer. Removing the blade causes a low moan to rise from the casket, but nothing else happens. N12. Glowing Mere Surrounded by tall stalagmites and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.
Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) bludgeoning.
Chasme This loathsome demon resembles an unspeakable crossing of
that have deserted their lords. Capturing and returning such traitors allows a chasme to torment the victim without fear of reprisal. Chasme
Large fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 15 (natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
once provided an exit from the garden, the fey crossing is now one-way, allowing exit only with a special key (see the “Returning to the Garden” section of this adventure’s conclusion for more on exiting
delighted anticipation.
When the characters pass through the fey crossing in the Cave of Echoes (see area C7), they vanish and reappear in the center of this fairy ring. The characters all appear at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
somber hall (see “Crypt Hauntings” in the “Crypt Features” section). Returning the hall to silence by defeating or driving off the creatures in the watery room at the end of the hall (area P5) puts the
fanatics in chapter 8. Development. Once the characters have explored Talhundereth and the Crypt of the Talhund, they should head to Gibbet Crossing if they haven’t done so already.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
slender-bladed Giant Slayer (shortsword). The sword’s name (“Longtooth”) is engraved into the blade in Gnomish. Once the golem is destroyed, the sword can easily be freed from its chest. L4: Guano
, the bats flood out of the caverns to hunt in the mountains, returning to this area at dawn. While the bats are roosting, bright light or any noise louder than a whisper agitates them and sends them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Pressure. If the characters maximize the water pressure both here and in area C12, the basins in areas C14 and area C15 start to overflow (see area C8 for more information). C13: Wall Crossing This small
cult pay once she escapes. Indrina dreams of returning to her estate, cleaning up, and dousing herself in perfumes. She doesn’t know anything about Vecna or what the cult has in store for her; she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
blade trap. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 12 Dexterity check is required to disarm the trap. Opening the chest without disarming the
trap, or failing to disarm it, triggers the trap. When the trap is triggered, a scything blade swings up, striking at any creature within 5 feet of the front of the chest. Affected creatures must make a