before bare divinity continue reside

2E. Rotted Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

a beam without slipping and falling into the awfulness of area 1E. The stone steps that wind around the outer wall come to a small (approximately 3 feet by 3 feet) stone landing, then continue upward

(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades

2E. Rotted Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

a beam without slipping and falling into the awfulness of area 1E. The stone steps that wind around the outer wall come to a small (approximately 3 feet by 3 feet) stone landing, then continue upward

(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades

Quest for the Giant Relics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

depicting the giant lord associated with that relic (see the Lost Giant Relics table) protrudes from one of the chamber’s five bare walls. For example, if the characters offer up the cracked horn found

under the altar at Beorunna’s Well and the mithral spear tip found under the altar at Flint Rock, bas-reliefs of Thane Kayalithica and Countess Sansuri appear, leaving three walls bare. The giant bas

Terminology

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

Terminology The Astral Plane is, quite literally, the plane of stars. More precisely, it is where the stars and portals to the heavens reside—an infinitely vast celestial void that surrounds all the

. Creatures and objects in Wildspace age normally and are effectively on both of those planes at once. If you were to leave your home world and continue outward until you neared the edge of your

Shadow Crossing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

, with a matching burial site situated in the middle of a large necropolis full of open graves, tilted headstones worn bare of inscriptions, and plundered mausoleums. The necropolis, which is roughly

a curse prevents them from leaving the place. Characters who defeat these creatures are free to continue their exploration of the Shadowfell, having survived their first brush with death in this ghastly realm.

Putting the Planes Together

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Midgard. Similarly, one vision of the planes where the deities of the Forgotten Realms reside situates a number of celestial planes in the branches of a World Tree, while the fiendish planes are linked by

, like a hole torn in the fabric of the cosmos. Other Visions As you build your own cosmology, consider the following alternatives. The Omniverse. This simple cosmology covers the bare minimum: a Material

Ground Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

corridor leads into the west wing of the house. The walls are bare and bits of smashed furniture lie upon the floor. Ahead of you, another corridor leads toward the rear of the house. A staircase on

patio, the paving cracked and overrun with weeds. Other than a pile of refuse in the southeast corner, the room is bare. A secret trapdoor in the northern half of the room leads to the cellar (area 21

Yeenoghu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

continue to pursue his horrid, apocalyptic vision of a world transformed into a barren, empty ruin, with only the decaying corpses of the last few surviving gnolls left to mark its passing. As creatures

, and I knew it could never be sated. Yet I felt driven to feed my lord. I killed and devoured a goat while linked to the gnoll’s mind. I had set aside a knife for the deed but killed it with my bare

Wailing Battlefield

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

be heard everywhere on the battlefield, but they have no source. Crumbling buildings, bare trees, blast craters, and jumbles of bones around spears and swords indicate an immense battle. None of the

Briny Maze. Resignation Tendered. Unwilling to continue these dangerous forays, Nellik and her mezzoloths fled while Ashripask slept. They fled in a direction Ashripask wouldn’t expect: into the Briny

Ataaz Muhahah

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

successful DC 5 Intelligence check. If it’s not cleaned first, the DC increases to 10. If it’s cleaned by scraping with bare hands, the golem interprets that as tracing the maze incorrectly and

that it has advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks to resist being pushed. It doesn’t pursue enemies off the bridge unless they continue using ranged attacks or spells against it after retreating. The

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

description below as needed. This room is bare except for two wooden benches, set opposite each other against the longer walls. A handful of lizardfolk stand at attention, ready to move into action

following description serves for any one of them. This bare, cell-like room contains a plain wooden table and chair, a straw mattress, and a small wooden chest. The furniture varies slightly from room to

Mountain Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

mountains and succeed on a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check, the soldiers invite the characters to camp with them for the night. On a failed check, the soldiers dismiss the characters and continue their

lands on a rocky outcropping and engages them in conversation. If the characters offend the dragon, she falls on them with bare fangs and sharp claws. What Berythrach Knows. Berythrach knows the

Orolunga

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

feet as difficult terrain. After 10 feet, they begin getting scratched by thorns. If they continue, they take 1 slashing damage per foot climbed. After 20 feet, that increases to 2 slashing damage per

same room, but as it was centuries ago. They can enter the naga’s presence once. Someone who leaves and comes back in sees only the bare room. Read the following to players whose characters find

Fortress Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

forced open by a character who makes a successful DC 18 Strength (Athletics) check. Once the characters are inside, read the following: You see a bare, spartan room. Ahead, a short corridor off the

. 2. Guard Post This bare, spartan room has a stone bench along the south wall that continues around the angle to the west wall. A chain-and-pulley mechanism is mounted on the north wall, next to the

Other Religious Systems

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

struggle, and therefore all things can fall on one side or the other of the conflict. Agriculture, mercy, the sky, medicine, and poetry reside in the portfolio of the good deity, and famine, hatred

can attain divinity. In fact, ascending to godhood is the ultimate goal of some philosophies. The power of a philosophy stems from the belief that mortals invest in it. A philosophy that only one person believes in isn’t strong enough to bestow magical power on that person.

Middle Level (M1-M9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

Candlekeep for study. Matreous explains that he would dearly like to continue to explore the mansion’s mysteries himself, but he could be much more useful back in Candlekeep. Thanks to the research he

studies. In exchange for Fistandia’s pious service and achievements in expanding the arts of magic, Mystra granted Fistandia a permanent extradimensional mansion for her to reside in when studying in

Halfling Gods and Myths

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

halfling gods are viewed as folk heroes — mortal beings who ascended to divinity, rather than divine entities who descend from their realms to influence the world. Because of this outlook, halflings

their caps doffed, humbly asking permission from Sheela to continue. Charmalaine Charmalaine is an energetic and spontaneous deity, unafraid of danger, for she expects to be able to detect it as it

Spaceship Locations, Level 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

: Dangerous Animals Exhibit (Violet) Bare fence posts line this spacious menagerie, as if to support a wide enclosure. Five small, many-legged badgers with golden fur romp amid the foliage. This former

return the lift to the level above. S55: Deadly Reptiles Exhibit (Violet) This menagerie is overgrown with vegetation. Bare fence posts spark intermittently with electrical arcs, marking the outlines of

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

clouds anymore, but most do reside atop high mountains, inside or even above a near-perpetual cloud layer. A select few — those at the apex of the clan’s ordning — claim the last of the ancient cloud

accounting, brewing, and medicine, are allowed to continue plying their trades. Skilled slaves receive better treatment, at least in the sense that an owner uses less force with a delicate tool, but as

Lower Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Mortuary, which used to reside in the ward, have been bitten off by the neighboring Lady’s and Hive Wards, respectively. Still, the Lower Ward remains a necessary industrial powerhouse in the City of

tracts undermining the gods’ divinity litter the broken streets near the Shattered Temple. Defiers sometimes seed these tracts with details of scandals to discredit clerics and other worshipers. The

Illithinoch Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

while engaging in telepathic conversation, but they aren’t expecting an attack. The fanatics have told the mind flayers to expect surface cultists, such as the aberrant zealots who reside elsewhere in

elsewhere, pieces of the God-Brain sloughed away and awoke to sentience. This is Ilvaash, the Dissonant Psyche, which Gulguush considers to be true heir to the Far Realm and Ilsensine’s divinity. Godlet’s

World-Shaking Events

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

event on a grand scale, since it will take time to come true (or be averted). Imagine that a world-shaking prophecy comes to light. If events continue on their present course, the prophecy will come

the final clash between good and evil. A rebellion dethrones a god or gods, or raises a new force (such as a demon lord) to divinity. A new organization is a world-spanning empire or a pantheon of new

Locations on the Lower Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

touched, the dragon skull screams “Alarm! Robbers!” in Giant until the skull is smashed to pieces, which continue to quietly whimper for some time thereafter. 21. Jarl Grugnur’s Private Cavern The chief

of the frost giants and his lady reside in a secluded chamber on the southeast edge of the stronghold’s lower level. Living Area. The western part of this chamber contains a huge table, four chairs

The Mountain Door

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

dwarven path ascends to a cleft in the hillside and ends at the front door of Khundrukar. The path climbs up one last steep switchback toward a bare shoulder of rock. The hillside rises steeply on your

. The orcs in area 4 continue to fire at characters in areas 1 and 2. One orc from area 4 moves through the secret door leading to area 3, intending to close and bar the double doors leading to area 2

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

of the early knights achieved renown for their heroics. Today, the Knights of the Unicorn continue to call the Helm and Cloak their informal headquarters. The establishment is even run by two retired

. Longtime regulars and merchants who reside in the Upper City get most of the prime placements, while those who are less established — or stingy with Hiller’s expected bribes — get undesirable places

Spaceship Locations, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. Bare counters line the walls, and a few metallic trays are scattered about. Along one wall are several metal boxes, each of which has a tinted-glass door and a dial. Toward the back of the room, a

pocket inside each room. The rooms otherwise contain nothing of value. S16b: Elders’ Quarters. A vegepygmy moldmaker and five vegepygmy scavengers reside in this spacious former lounge. These

Upper City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

of the early knights achieved renown for their heroics. Today, the Knights of the Unicorn continue to call the Helm and Cloak their informal headquarters. The establishment is even run by two retired

morning. Longtime regulars and merchants who reside in the Upper City get most of the prime placements, while those who are less established — or stingy with Hiller’s expected bribes — get undesirable

Cave Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

from the remains of a wooden table. Six bugbears reside in this chamber. They are loyal minions of Nezznar. This room marks the front line in the Spider’s assault on Wave Echo Cave, and the bugbears

. The stream flowing from area W10 to area W18 used to continue through this low passage, eventually emptying into area W16. The dwarves diverted the stream into the channel leading to area W12 to

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

hall are scorched. Cracks in the panels reveal bare stone. Three mystic circles have been scribed in the floor, each edged with rough runes. Locked Doors. These steel double doors are locked. Tarul

1d4 rounds. A dispel magic spell cast on the orb suppresses the magic for 1 hour. In both cases, the character doesn’t know how long the suppression might last. The circles continue to glow at random

Delphi Mansion Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

save for two small, bare tables standing against the west wall and an ornate rug in front of the window. Resting next to the rug is a wooden candlestick holding the melted stump of a red candle. A long

headless body. The Celestial Codex On each of his turns in combat, Markos defends himself while taking a bonus action to continue the ritual. If he’s able to take this bonus action three more times

Keep Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

the castle gatehouse consists of a small courtyard of bare dirt and tufts of wiry grass. A stable stands to the east, the gatehouse to the west, and the main yard of the castle lies to the north. The

ghoul succeeds on a DC 20 Strength check, the boat capsizes. Some might continue to try to tip the boat later in the battle.

Monastery Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

a small trunk at the foot of the bed. A small table and several wooden chairs stand in the middle of the room near an iron stove. Five of the bunks are bare, but three are comfortably made up with

stairs descend ten feet to a landing, turn, and continue to descend beyond your sight. Several large buckets are stacked unevenly on the landing. To the north, a staircase descends ten feet to a door

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

wall, and several pallets lie nearby. The kobolds used the natural passage to first enter the Sunless Citadel, and they continue to travel through it for hunting and gathering forays into the

Channel Divinity: Turn Undead feature, which he can use once after each short or long rest. If he is released, he helpfully answers questions. He knows the following information: Why are you here

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