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Scrawled in devil’s ichor, this tome describes the rites necessary to achieve immortality in undeath. The book includes instructions for crafting a soulstone and imbuing it with power
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
18. Devil Pit The walls and floor of this fifteen-foot-square room are cracked and carved with images of terrified humanoids falling. Set into the middle of the floor is a stone bas-relief of a
bearded devil face, painted green. Forlorn cries echo from the black void of its gaping maw.
The devil face forms the mouth of a 5-foot-wide cylindrical shaft that descends 10 feet before opening up in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
46. Lizard Den A six-foot-tall green devil face is carved into the far end of this hallway, its mouth agape. Painted murals on the walls show faceless humanoid figures doubled over in pain, clutching
at their heads and ears.
Despite the ominous murals and the devil face carving, this hall is devoid of traps. Any character who searches the devil face finds a lizard hiding in the carving’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
carved into the poor wretch’s skin. To enter the contract, the devil and the character who made the deal carves their names into the wretch, who is then promptly banished. Use the commoner stat block to
Infernal Contracts Once the devil and the character agree to the terms of a deal, the agreement must be sealed with a contract, which the devil can produce as an action. The contract often appears in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
overrun with orcs in league with half-orc spellcasters. Deep in the forest, atop a cave-riddled hill, is a circle of standing stones where the evil half-orcs perform their dark rites.” Xanth avoids
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Sarcophagi. The sarcophagi found throughout the catacombs are carved from solid blocks of granite and sealed with heavy granite lids. The seals are airtight. Lifting a lid requires a successful DC 20 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
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
layer break off from time to time, creating deadly, booming avalanches. The inhabitants of Malbolge live in crumbling fortresses and great caves carved into the mountainside. Malbolge’s current ruler is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
stone gargoyles watch you from narrow ledges carved into the cliff side. Each has the face of a bearded devil, its mouth agape in a silent scream.
The three gargoyles are perched on the ledges
using Divine Sense can detect a fiendish presence within the obelisk. Clearing the vines and moss from the south face of the obelisk exposes a message carved into it in Common. (Give the players a copy of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Religion) check recognizes the figure as Asmodeus. Cult Gathering. During cult gatherings, a bearded devil guards each of the doors leading to area A7. A4. Family Crypt
Twelve stone sarcophagi are packed into deep recesses in the walls. The plaster lid of each sarcophagus is carved in the likeness of a noble clutching a chalice that bears a symbol of the sun. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a thin, golden mask shaped like a devil’s face (and worth 25 gp to an interested buyer). The censers contain burning incense. A devil mask covers its wearer’s whole face except for the eyes, nostrils
upon them eventually and warns the barbed devil in area V26. Assuming it hasn’t been defeated already, the devil scours the dungeon for trespassers once notified of their presence. V23. Cold Storage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
one closer to the southern exit is a stone golem. The other statue is inanimate and harmless.
Dais. An arched double door carved with screaming devil faces stands closed at the back of a dais
. Floating in front of the double door is a giant, ghostly human skull with a long beard.
The devil-faced doors have nine hidden locks, each of which requires a separate knock spell to open. Both doors also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
speaks of strange, leering devil faces carved in dungeon walls that can devour an explorer in an instant, leaving behind not a single trace of the poor soul’s passing. A bald, stern wizard clad in blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
yuan-ti, choked by overgrown jungle plants, might feature ramps instead of stairs. Caverns carved by a beholder’s disintegration eye ray have walls that are unnaturally smooth, and the beholder’s lair
. Details bring a dungeon setting’s personality to life. Great bearded faces might be carved on the doors of a dwarven stronghold and might be defaced by the gnolls who live there now. Spiderweb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
devil,” this is the devil they were talking about. The Lords of the Nine Hells are the original CEOs of some of the multiverse’s most profitable megacorporations, and Asmodeus is their master. If you
works alongside Kelemvor, the god of the dead. But whereas Kelemvor sees to the more metaphysical side of death, Jergal sees to the details. Where did sweet Nana want to be buried? What rites did your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
as they claw at each other. Floating near them is the half-eaten corpse of a bearded devil clutching a glaive. The pool is 20 feet wide and 40 feet long, with a horseshoe-shaped ledge around it.
Two
devil clutches a +1 glaive. S6. Torture Chamber When the characters enter this large, 30-foot-wide chamber, read the following boxed text to the players: Two iron chains attached to the ceiling end in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
toilets, each with a command word carved above it. The sink basins and toilet bowls magically fill and flush with water on command, and drain holes on their inside rims keep them from overflowing. Two
top of the stairs leading down to level 10. For safe passage through Dweomercore, it requires one of the following:
A payment of one magic item per party member Slaying the bone devil in area 47 If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the journal from Kwalish’s original expedition — and a final brain in a jar. Creature. The brain in a jar in this area belongs to the bone devil that founded the monastery. It is in charge of the
treasury engine, with its canister housed atop the actual engine mounting, rendering it immobile. While investigating the laboratory workings in this area, the devil inadvertently found its brain magically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ground known as Yester Hill (see chapter 14). Muriel grew up hearing stories about the druids of Yester Hill, specifically how they turned away from their ancient beliefs to worship the devil Strahd
ancient folk who carved the megaliths near Old Bonegrinder (see chapter 6). Characters who have seen those megaliths can, with a successful DC 10 Intelligence check, discern rudimentary similarities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
knight locked in combat with a devil. Both wield burning swords.
The doors do not have visible handles, locks, or bolts, and they are magically locked, hardened, and enchanted to resist magic. Any
carved relief shows a column of mounted knights charging through a portal into a fiery hellscape.
Zariel’s warlocks helped build the Crypt of the Hellriders to gain infernal power in their mortal world
Compendium
- 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
and attack. When a mezzoloth dies, its body transforms into wisps of oily smoke, though its trident remains. Mechanus Wardrobe This door is carved to depict the face of an ornate clock. When the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
A2 and area A4), where tiefling cashiers (commoners) in smiling devil masks make change or trade out cash for chips. The casino’s chips are thin, painted wooden disks. Stamped on both sides of every
A16 to investigate and report what they learn to Quentin. Walls and Floors The casino’s perimeter walls are made of rough, naturally carved stone. Interior walls are made of 2-foot-thick stone; these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
medallion around its neck. All around the figure are carvings of locusts.
Close inspection reveals that one of the carved locusts is a button that can be pushed. When this happens, the stone block
sinks into the floor, creating an open passage to the tomb (area 35B). The “medallion” worn by the jackal-headed painting is actually a 6-inch-diameter gold disk engraved with the face of a horned devil
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
Belial and Archduchess Fierna, Belial’s daughter. Belial is a handsome, powerfully built devil who exudes civility, even as his words carry an undercurrent of threat. His daughter is a statuesque
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
). These locations are keyed to map 2.2, map 2.3, and map 2.4, respectively. Most of these descriptions highlight what the areas contain if a devil attack has not taken place there. Based on the encounters
provided in the “Cathedral Assault” section above, you can adjust the text to describe what is happening in an area and what it looks like during or after a devil attack. HIGH HALL CATHEDRAL FEATURES
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
fighting if a character separates them. The statue is a little over 5 feet tall and carved from a single piece of wood. It depicts Saint Markovia. Close inspection reveals that it is covered with bite
singing a rhyme. One of them holds up a glittering gold statuette as it leads this mad parade. The eight mongrelfolk sing the following rhyme: The devil dwells in his dark house, Upon the misty pillar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
black basalt. Seven three-dragon ante tables take up the floorspace. A three-foot-high shelf carved into the far wall bears a glass case, displayed in which is a gold statuette of a winged devil
patrons. Just south of the track are a pair of lounge chairs and two cashier booths staffed by tieflings wearing devil masks.
Security Mirrors. A security mirror overlooks the cashier booths in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
mazelike troughs carved into the box’s surface. She then tips the box so that the liquid flows in certain directions through the mazelike patterns — until the box’s horn inlays pop loose and it breaks
to try to take it.” Gargauth and the Shield Sylvira has this to say about the Shield of the Hidden Lord and the devil imprisoned within it: “This shield is a symbol of good’s triumph over evil. Gazing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
with the water of Athis (see the “Pyramid Features” section). P30: North Entry A compass rose is carved into the floor of this arched corridor. The compass rose is accurate and can help reorient
room rise high to a domed ceiling that glows with warm light. A waterfall tumbles into the room from the mouth of a stone-carved lion’s head, emptying into a stream that flows through the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
of mismatched wooden furniture, including a bed with posts carved to resemble mermaids, a nightstand, a wardrobe, a writing desk with a fur-draped chair, and a small dining table surrounded by four
plain chairs. Near the foot of the bed rests an ornately carved sea chest sealed with a padlock.
Laraelra hides the key to the chest in the adjacent bedpost, whose top unscrews to reveal the hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
all that remain in this large room. Words are carved into a double door that leads south. Doors also exit to the east and west; the one to the west bears a large “X” in dark red.
The tunnel from the
show a duergar unfolding a spiked cage step by step.
The duergar would show off collapsible cages to prospective purchasers in this room. The chain devil in the adjacent prison (area G6) comes here to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
.
The kingpriest insisted the Threshold was a holy place, but little besides the holy water fonts here remains of its religious trappings. Guardians. A bone devil named Guelfost and his handler, a
, Belephaion, who holds some secret power. If asked about dangers above, the devil notes the next floor has a chamber filled with dangerous energy. The characters can pass safely by speaking the Istarian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
their rebellion against Ozzadraz. Touching either sarcophagus casts the Speak with Dead spell, targeting the corpse within. The carved face on the sarcophagus animates as if it were the speaking
mind. G6: Garden of the Guardian An enormous serpentine horror slithers between the north and south walls of this room, which are lined with massive trees carved from green marble. In the alcoves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
are reduced to 0 hit points. When the dream ends, the battlefield fades to black as the dream sequence proceeds with the next dream. Dream 3: Devil Deal Characters who are conscious when the second
ornately carved tripod.
Lulu awakens and looks peacefully around her. Seeing the spyglass, she approaches it, pressing one eye against the eyepiece. Lulu then steps back suddenly, eyes wide, mouth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
ward, moving constantly to evade Sigil’s enforcers. Heralds of Dust. The Heralds of Dust are Sigil’s undertakers. They conduct funerary rites for creatures from all places, ensuring their souls pass to
the battlefields of Acheron, marinating in a bath of rage and zeal. Meanwhile spicy dishes rise to infernal heats in devil-owned rotisseries, where sadistic pitmasters boast literal kicks that sear
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
ramp leads to a pair of massive doors flanked by stone-carved dragons. Inside, it’s cool and musty.
Weapons and armor aren’t permitted in the Great Library. If anyone wearing armor or carrying a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
room holds the following noteworthy features: A dozen chairs surround a beautifully carved dining table in the middle of the room. The table is set with golden plates, utensils, goblets, and
-poster bed draped in deep red curtains and tipped with gold spires stands before an ornate door carved from dark hardwood with a gold latch. (This door is locked and leads to area C22.) A search of the