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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
song of a bird, a warm breeze, the smell of a tasty pie, relaxing by a river in the sunshine. Life freely offers these gifts, and for a satyr, they are more valuable than gold or glory. To revel means
amazing things ever. I want to pick them, wear them, and discover their silent secrets.
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There isn’t a tree or statue that isn’t fun to climb.
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Nothing wards off bad luck like a
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the port, and even the Outer City’s rhythms are dominated by the ebb and flow of river trade. Because sailors are as fundamental and ubiquitous to Baldur’s Gate as the cobbles on its streets
. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you’ve garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.
Variant Feature: Bad Reputation
If your character has a sailor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
2. Diseased Pool This pool is fed by a river that flows from the Darklake. The river carries many things from the subterranean lake, including the carcasses of countless creatures, fouling the pool
can try to get around the pool without swimming it, by using magic or climbing along the walls. Climbing the slippery walls of the cavern requires a successful DC 13 Athletics check. On a failed check, a character falls into the water.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
river valleys that feed into the Celestial River. The western Bytopian River valley is a steeper climb, while the eastern Ysgardian River valley is a longer route. Characters can choose their own route
pace for this 8-mile stage. Stage 2. The group travels from Godshead Crossing area (V2) to Mount Glathek area (V7). The western route, along the Bytopian River valley, takes the characters 14 miles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Chapter 9: Tsolenka Pass Tsolenka Pass is a gravel road that hugs Mount Ghakis, climbing to great heights. The road starts at the Raven River crossroads (chapter 2, area R) and travels seven miles
to a gatehouse (areas T1–T3) and a guard tower (areas T4–T6), as well as a stone bridge (areas T7–T9) that spans the Luna River. Wind and snow make the journey treacherous. Without some way to keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Chapter 2: Elturel Has Fallen Once a holy city whose folk venerated Lathander, Torm, Helm, and Tyr, Elturel is now a site of doom and despair tethered some five hundred feet above the River Styx
. Eight great chains bind the city to jagged posts of infernal iron, which stick up out of the ground like gargantuan spikes. (See “Climbing Down” at the end of this chapter for a full description of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites Hundreds of rivers flow through Shankhabhumi, creating natural paths to its three great cities. Map 9.2: shankhabhumiView Player Version Ashwadhatu The Mehul River flows from the
Sagorpur is the mightiest city of Shankhabhumi, having inherited that mantle when Manivarsha was ruined five centuries ago. The city lies where the Iravati River flows into Dishahara Bay, and its mainstay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
whip stands watch by the river while the others rest on pallets. All the kuo-toa are poisoned from eating bad fish.
Caltrops. Caltrops made of sharpened bones lie scattered along the river’s edge
. (The caltrops are meant to discourage the aboleth from beaching itself in the cave. Characters can easily spot and avoid them.)
The presence of the aboleth has tainted the underground river and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the River Styx. The iron spikes that anchor the city have dragged it nearly to the river’s banks. Within a few hours, Elturel will sink into the Styx.
Hordes of distant demons fly around the city like
River Styx, with Zariel visible a mile away. Allow the characters a few moments to plan their next move. When they decide to act, two horned devils break toward them after a fleeing glabrezu, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Headwater Pool From where Dukha moors his boat, the characters can follow an indirect but mostly dry path to the cliffs the parallel waterfalls cascade down. Climbing the slippery, 20-foot-tall rock
the end of this adventure) is speaking in Aquan and trying to calm a pair of water elementals corrupted by the strange magic afflicting his river. Characters who succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
miles, you hear the ringing of a bell. The sound grows louder as Nightstone comes into view. A river flows around the settlement, forming a moat. The village itself is contained within a wooden palisade
ends before a lowered drawbridge that spans the moat. Beyond the drawbridge, two stone watchtowers flank an open gap in the palisade.
South of the village and surrounded by the river moat is a cone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
7. Fallen Tree A fallen tree bridges the river ahead. Its trunk is wider than a man and stretches more than 100 feet. On both banks lie ruined buildings.
An elderly tabaxi hunter named Bag of Nails
ambushes the characters if they try to ford the river here. The fallen trunk is wide enough for two Medium creatures to pass each other safely. Under the tree, the water churns toward the falls 200
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
aboleth and knows nothing about its conflict with the kuo-toa.) The water in the river has started to taste bad. (The ettin has not yet been poisoned by the water, which the aboleth has tainted with its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Sinkhole The stream that flows through the Glitterhame descends through the chasm in area 25 to an even lower level of caverns—the Sinkhole. Here it joins a subterranean river that traverses dark
its submerged areas, using the river as a back door to its lair. A narrow staircase winds down along the chasm walls until reaching bottom, where it offers access to area 28. Map 2.4: The Sinkhole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
anyone who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check and can be reached by climbing with a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. These caves serve as the lairs of the harpies that use the pool
sisters can interpret their visions. One of the harpies, Jhamp, is a particularly bad liar, snickering and casting obvious glances while her sisters attempt to dupe strangers. If someone drinks from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
was fun for a while, but the zombie started to smell real bad, so we doused it in oil and set it on fire. Beek would’ve found that hilarious.”
— Fonkin Hoddypeak, on friendship
Hideous Forms
into a fast-flowing river to reach foes on a far shore, clawing at the surface as it is battered against rocks and destroyed. To reach a foe below it, a zombie might step out of an open window. Zombies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
pressure plate used to open it. Extreme Heat Creatures that spend 1 hour or more anywhere in the hold, or sail on the river of lava, are subject to the effects of extreme heat as described in the Dungeon
. Scaling a wall without magic or climbing gear requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Towers Tower walls are 15 feet thick, made of carved basalt, and studded with arrow slits. The towers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Adventurers can find the canyon by traveling upstream along an arm of the Loagrann River. This great flow once carved the canyon out of the rock that now surrounds it. Time has reduced it to a
stream that tumbles along the canyon floor before widening and continuing its long journey southwest, where it merges with the Delimbiyr River on its way to the sea. DEADSTONE CLEFT: GENERAL FEATURES
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
pitons, rope, and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check for every 100 feet climbed. On a failed check, a character falls 50 feet before they’re caught by their climbing rope, taking 17 (5d6
town. Near Ironbed Grotto’s easily found entrance, an underground river winds through the caverns, eventually feeding the fountain in area X6. The cave network is devoid of town guards, but monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Leaving Elturel Inventive characters have a number of different options to reach the surface of Avernus from Elturel, but none of those options is without risk. Climbing Down The jagged posts and
along. The posts of infernal iron that anchor Elturel to the ground likewise offer numerous handholds for climbing. If the characters navigate the chains and the posts carefully, no ability checks are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
kingfisher fisherfolk is the fisher king!” the mayor says as she casts her line into the Vingaard River. The competitors receive her pun with good-spirited groans and laughter, then cast their lines as well
— No fish 4–7 8 Tiny river eel (1 ft. long) 8–11 10 Tiny cuirassed carp (1 ft. long) 12–15 11 Mature river eel (1½ ft. long) 16–18 12 Mature cuirassed carp (3 ft. long) 19 15 Greater cuirassed carp (5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of bad storytellers and inept musicians. One wall of the circular common room features a faded mural of two enormous crabs locked in combat, inlaid with brass details. The mural’s origins are lost to
time, but if asked, Yalme says she named the crabs Fancy and Gorgeous George. Four short halls branch off the common room, each lined with rooms for rent. The Fishbowl After a long day on the river
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
ladder is fixed in the chute for climbing up and down, but nothing marks the position of the open, 3-foot-wide hole when it is covered by rugs. The slight depression it causes in the rug can be
Naerytar. Rezmir allowed us to keep some pearls, a ring, and a handful of small stones.” Other papers are of less interest; most of them have bad poetry about dragons. The smaller chamber off the main one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-figure drawings carved into its northern wall.
A character who makes a successful DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can correctly interpret the carvings, which show frost giants wading up a river to
stone bridge spans the frozen river 20 feet below. The top of the bridge is covered with a slippery, icy glaze. Crossing the bridge safely requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
fixed in the chute for climbing up and down, but nothing marks the position of the open, 3-foot-wide hole when it is covered by rugs. The slight depression it causes in the rug can be noticed with a
. Rezmir allowed us to keep some pearls, a ring, and a handful of small stones.” Other papers are of less interest; most of them have bad poetry about dragons.
The smaller chamber off the main one contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
umber hulk under the effect of a polymorph spell made permanent with a wish spell. The umber hulk reverts to its true form and attacks when its scorpion form is reduced to 0 hit points. 23b. Bad
meat hits the floor with a wet smack and is promptly eaten by the monstrous rodent. A Tiny or gaseous creature can access this small, hidden chamber by climbing up the chute. There are no exits from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
weakness before the folk of Luskan. Luskan, the City of Sails, spans the icy River Mirar, which tumbles from the Spine of the World, races past Mirabar, and then plunges toward the sea. The swift river
Sword Coast, bridging the coast with the utter north, and offers the only convenient crossing of the River Mirar for many miles, Luskan makes considerable coin as a crossroads. Merchants wishing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
bring bad luck on the caravan, but no more than two or three people are persuaded. In minutes, the hunt is on, and the deer herd scatters into the nearby forest and through farmers’ fields. The
river of gold until they reach the castle in the sky. Sadly, their path will be filled with hardship and blood. To aid them, it offers the character a +1 longbow. The bow appears on the ground before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
bring bad luck on the caravan, but no more than two or three people are persuaded. In minutes, the hunt is on, and the deer herd scatters into the nearby forest and through farmers’ fields. The
river of gold until they reach the castle in the sky. Sadly, their path will be filled with hardship and blood. To aid them, it offers the character a +1 longbow. The bow appears on the ground before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, blood and offal from butchers, lye and fur from tanners, and indescribable chemical mixtures from alchemists. In the eastern portion of the Styes, the pollution is so bad that the river’s flow has been
from some form of debilitating condition brought on by the poisonous waste flowing and billowing out of the Alchemists’ Quarter, or from the polluted water of the river and harbor. The adventurers are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Barthen’s clerks. The goblins fled with the shard, jumping into the well and caving in a tunnel so they couldn’t be followed to Zorzula’s Rest. This escape, however, not only dammed the underground river
he’s drawn water from the well, he’s also had vivid nightmares. Ander believes the well is cursed with bad luck and is happy it’s out of service. Unbeknownst to Ander, the water’s ill effects were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Firefinger has been taken over by a flock of pterafolk that preys on hunters and explorers along the River Tiryki. The tower is a perfect lair for the pterafolk; in clear weather, from its 300-foot-high
vantage point, they can spot anything moving on the river less than 10 miles away, and its sheer walls and crumbling ladders make it potentially lethal for anything without wings to attempt the ascent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
trophies. It crept into the lair via the underground river, but the dragon caught and vanquished it in the foggy cave (area D6). Challidax relished posing the corpse in the lair entry to scare intruders
Giant. They relate the same information as Heldalf, but add that they wish Ralvald would give up his impossible quest to defeat Challidax. D5: Ralvald’s Retreat A wide river crosses this cavern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Pirates versus zombies
6 River barge crossing
7–8 The Maverick
Just Cut to the End If the players are particularly clever, they might come up with novel ways to shortcut the search for
efforts to undercut Acquisitions Incorporated’s reputation and success. Dagdra has made a lot of bad choices in her life, from leaving her church to joining Dran Enterprises and getting stuck with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
gatehouse faces the river, on the shore of which are four rowboats tied to a wooden post.
Scattered around the fort are piles of charred human corpses and flayed animal carcasses swarming with flies
rest to rot. A handful of warriors of the Order of the Gauntlet escaped the undead onslaught against Camp Righteous by retreating up the River Soshenstar toward the Aldani Basin. Three days later, they






