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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower must be empty to shrink in
a battlement atop it. Its interior is divided into two floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When activated, the tower has a
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
restriction.
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An amethyst dragon recruits a group of adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
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connections with other creatures. When they do connect with others, it is most often for intellectual and philosophical pursuits or to fulfill some arcane purpose involving the dragons’ echoes across
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
swapping back.
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A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm seeks an alien monolith that can summon its master, but the site is guarded by an amethyst dragon.
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An amethyst dragon
rarely cultivating connections with other creatures. When they do connect with others, it is most often for intellectual and philosophical pursuits or to fulfill some arcane purpose involving the dragons
Tabaxi
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
We had a tabaxi come through once, a few winters back. She kept the taproom packed each night with her stories and spent most days napping in a chair in front of the fireplace. We thought she was
not intrinsically interesting. In the tabaxi’s eyes, gathering wealth is like packing rations for a long trip. It’s important to survive in the world, but not worth fussing over.
Instead
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
before swapping back.
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A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm seeks an alien monolith that can summon its master, but the site is guarded by an amethyst dragon.
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An amethyst
and rarely cultivating connections with other creatures. When they do connect with others, it is most often for intellectual and philosophical pursuits or to fulfill some arcane purpose involving the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
adventurers to psychically trade bodies with adventurers from another world, so that each can carry out certain tasks before swapping back.
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A cult devoted to a Great Old One of the Far Realm
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Connected Creatures
Amethyst dragons are generally aloof creatures, dwelling in isolation for long periods of time and rarely cultivating connections with other creatures. When they do connect
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;s petrified flesh came back to life as morkoths: tentacled monstrosities brimming with malice and greed.
Morkoths are driven by greed and selfishness mixed with a yearning for conflict. They hoard
A morkoth claims dominion over an entire island, and it also maintains a central sanctum on that isle. This lair is most often a twisted network of narrow tunnels that connect several underground
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Cache The party finds a cache of supplies left behind by other explorers. There’s no way to tell from the cache whether those who left it are still alive and coming back for it, or dead. Roll a d20
and consult the Caches table to determine what the characters find. Caches d20 Cache 1 Rain catcher (see chapter 1) and mess kit 2 10-day supply of preserved rations 3 20-day supply of preserved
Magic Items
Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
metal bosses adorn the armor in seemingly random fashion. On the back of the armor’s left gauntlet is a rectangular metal box, from which projects a short rod tipped with a cone-shaped red
power from additional sources, or that energy cells can be recharged with the aid of a tinker, inventor, or artificer. It might also be possible for allies to connect to the armor through the use of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Tunnels and Trenches Trobriand’s bore worm created the tunnels that connect this level to levels 12 and 14. The worm also dug 20-foot-deep trenches through areas 2 and 11 on this level. These
bridges of stone span the trenches at three points. A character can try to leap off a bridge onto the bore worm’s back as it passes underneath. Any character trying to do so must make a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K2. Center Court Gate Two gates, one north of the keep and one to the south, prevent easy access to what lies beyond them. A massive wall juts out to connect the outer walls of the castle with the
DC 15 Strength check. It can also be opened with a command word that only Strahd and Cyrus Belview (area K62) know. Unless the portcullis is wedged or propped open, it falls back into place once it is let go.
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure
some other convenient way (or, in a cannibalistic tribe, eaten). Kobolds believe that if they die in service to their tribe, Kurtulmak immediately sends each of them back to life as the next egg laid in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to the guildhall. The entrance to the guildhall is located beneath a Moonstalker-owned tavern in a large city. Moonstalkers enter a storage room through the building’s back door, from which they can
descend a stone staircase to the guildhall’s crescent antechamber. Wanewort has also created four magical doors that connect to other cities during different phases of the moon. Each leads to a Moonstalker-owned building in that city.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
high in this area. Hewn from the canyon’s back wall, a thirty-foot-high temple facade features steps rising to a stone platform. Cut into this facade is a ten-foot-high open doorway flanked by
crumbling, life-sized granite statues of cloaked dwarves. Evil grins can be seen on their weatherworn faces.
If they haven’t been encountered yet, Dazlyn and Norbus are eating rations behind the easternmost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Conclusion When the characters return to Atagua, Melecio greets them and can use the Hammock of Worlds to speed them back to the Ghost Orchid Tepui. There, they find Yarana attending the weakening
always reliably connect to the Ghost Orchid Tepui. With the tepui’s magic and guardian restored, the nightmares and Far Realm incursions plaguing Atagua cease. If the characters return to Atagua
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
fortifications. During the First Siege of Lekar, General Drakov sacrificed the entirety of the northern River Ward, leaving hundreds of souls to be slaughtered but allowing the remaining defenders to turn back
better than civilians, being assured of daily rations and housing in the Bastion Ward—the Talons-only district around city hall where General Drakov established her command center. From here, Drakov
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
the characters encounter a minion or monster connected to the adventure’s main threat. At the end of the encounter, perhaps the characters find information that gets them back on track. Plan one or
have already learned or call for Intelligence (Investigation) or similar checks to see if their characters can remember and connect things that the players might be missing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
southwest walls. The books are organized by topic.
Pneumatic Tubes. A row of ten pneumatic tubes is fastened to the back wall. Beneath the tubes is a shelf of empty copper canisters.
Spite is holding a
, and essays written by previous students on a wide range of arcane topics. Any book in this collection that is removed from Dweomercore magically disappears and reappears back on its proper shelf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Invisibility when the characters happen upon them. The hateful, xenophobic duergar enlarge themselves and attack. They are too stubborn and determined to back down or surrender. Each duergar carries a small
gray sack holding 5 days of rations, and a large, empty gray sack to carry loot from the shrine. A character who interrogates a duergar captive and succeeds on a DC 20 Charisma (Intimidation) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a central column of rock before traveling back up. This column supports the cavern’s 30-foot-high roof. The cavern also has these features: Double Door. A double door is framed with carvings of worm
the deepest arm of this otherwise empty cave. A search reveals three backpacks made of woven spiderwebs. Each pack contains a mess kit, 10 days of rations (dried mushrooms, moss, and boiled cockatrice eggs), 50 feet of spider silk rope, and a full water skin made from a lizard’s bladder.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
are stored in the westernmost alcove. They contain sheets of parchment, small jars of ink, quills, 10 days of edible rations, and five 2-gallon casks of clean water.
If the glyph in area 7 triggers
covered in quills, ink jars, and books. A folding cot rests near the back wall. Treasure. Amid the clutter on the desk, characters can find Karstis’s spellbook. The book is bound in human flesh and contains all the spells Karstis has prepared, plus animate dead and glyph of warding.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
curse that prevents its wielder from dropping it. If the blade is pried from its wielder’s grasp, it instantly teleports back into the wielder’s hand. The curse can be ended by casting a remove curse
the ceiling connect to shop cellars in the city above. These passages carry voices from Waterdeep, but the sound is distorted so badly that words at one end can’t be discerned by creatures at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.
Secret Door. Behind a 6-foot-tall wood-framed painting of Halaster hanging on a wall is a secret door that pulls open to reveal a small chamber with a stone arch embedded in its back wall.
Arch
(see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 22 on level 7, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. Pneumatic Tubes The tubes connect to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
shelf.
4 Any pets or animals with the group hiss, bark, or back away from an empty corner of the room.
5 Any rations that the group carries with them suddenly spoil and rot.
6 A voice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Underdark with active trade routes. For the characters, this means a potential chance to find a way back to the surface world — and just as importantly, to shake off the drow that pursue them. However, the
an open shore along the Darklake, while several caverns and passages connect Gracklstugh to other parts of the Underdark to facilitate travel and trade. The characters have a chance to witness and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Z1. Main Room The Black Network’s main business is recruiting, training, and equipping sellswords. Crates packed with weapons, rations, boots, black uniforms, and other gear fill the warehouse. When
interrogation, they repeat the following phrases: In a deep voice with an orcish accent: “Xanathar sends its regards.” In a thin, nasally voice: “Tie up the pretty boy in the back room!” and “Follow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
of the panel, as well as the silver wires that connect it to the rest of the tower structure. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check notices two gemstone-like
the transmutation school of magic—and specifically, with the transmutation of time. If the components are placed back in the panel, a successful DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check allows them to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
aloud: This simple, spotless cabin has a bare desk and chair built into the floor at the center of the room. A twin bed at the back of the room is covered in plain white sheets.
A character who
lever, causing the floor beneath the antimagic crystal to rise on a pillar and the trap door in area T3 to open, placing the crystal in area T3. Pulling the lever again causes the crystal to drop back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
caverns come back empty-handed or are never heard from again. Travel Arrangements. If requested, Bannik can supply each character with a sure-footed riding horse and ten days of rations. Treasure. The
,
Because they didn’t
Turn back then?
The map is an accurate—albeit basic—representation of the mountains and the main roads that run through them. It doesn’t depict smaller trails, including the path
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
rapidly grows into a stout tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower
slits on all sides and a battlement atop it. Its interior is divided into two floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
kind, connected by silver wires to other tables holding stoic-looking lizardfolk. More silver wires connect the tables to a complex control panel standing between them.
The experiment underway in
guide spend 1 charge in this area causes the lizardfolk renders on the tables to devolve back into standard lizardfolk.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
oppressive gloom of the Underdark is replaced by light and a sense of openness that brings back memories of the surface world. The corridor beyond the gates is wide enough for ten people to walk side by side
formations combining to create a warm and inviting illumination. Looking down is a dizzying experience. Staircases connect to different levels below, and you soon lose count of how far down they go
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
wires connect the tables to a complex control panel standing between them.
Andras The result of one of Thessalar’s grand experiments, Andras has the body of a male human and the head of a massive snowy
“Poisons” in appendix C). The silver wires connect Francache to a lawful neutral female human bandit captain named Big Gadai (sister to the dead thief in area 6) and a normal rat. As Andras operates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, which occurs whenever you deem appropriate. Ventilation Shafts Ventilation shafts connect Xeluan’s tomb to two caves: one to the east, the other to the west. Oztocan’s residents are familiar with
) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Each cave is empty except for a ventilation shaft in its back wall. Both shafts are 20 feet wide, 20 feet tall, and made of smooth limestone. The east ventilation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
experimentation. Blue Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back to center if released. The blue dial determines which wall crystal is lit. Currently, the crystal under
action and a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. The iron wall remains locked in place for 1 hour, after which it rises back into the ceiling on its own. It can't be lifted or pried open