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Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. Lhammaruntosz can then fly up to half her flying speed.Lhammaruntosz, a bronze dragon with the ability to heal quickly, spent decades defending Leilon and the
of metallic dragons, in a cliff overlooking the sea. The shrine’s face is carved in Lhammaruntosz’s likeness and includes quarters for the rest of the Scaly Eye and a magic statue of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Location Overview Lhammaruntosz, a bronze dragon with the ability to heal quickly, spent decades defending Leilon and the surrounding area as the captain of the Scaly Eye, a fleet that battled
carved in Lhammaruntosz’s likeness and includes quarters for the rest of the Scaly Eye and a magic statue of Bahamut, which the dragon can use to commune with the deity. In recent decades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
lunarium (area U3). Lunar Crystals Shallow steps ascend to a dais at the center of each lunarium. A specially carved pillar atop the dais bears a lunar crystal. These lunar crystals were specially
created by the lunar dragon Orinix. These crystals are components for Teremini’s ritual, but they have no value or special properties. When the characters arrive, these daises are surrounded by barriers
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
.
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->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
monsters compelled the poorly defended lakeside towns to turn Bryn Shander from a modest hilltop trading post into a walled town capable of defending all Ten-Towners if and when the worst comes. Most
of the towns contain trace evidence of the immigrant cultures that birthed them. This evidence is carved into houses, statues, and other fixtures. For example, the dinosaur carvings on the older
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved with frescoes depicting dwarves defending their mountain homes against ankhegs, purple worms, umber hulks, and other burrowing monsters. (Hidden behind a fresco of a dwarf battling a bulette is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. A staircase carved into the north wall climbs to area 11f. Stationed atop the ledge is a drow mage named Nhilisstra Argonrae, who commands a force of seven drow (two females named Vliss and Yereth
if he thinks he can get away with it. The troglodytes wear breastplates and wield longswords (see “Gorzil’s Gang”). Nhilisstra is charged with defending the ledge against incursions by Muiral, but she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
walls are carved with bas-reliefs of unicorns and bare-branched trees.
A detect magic spell reveals an aura of abjuration magic around the pillars. Touching a pillar while speaking the proper command
anything that tries to damage or topple the caryatids. Walk in a counterclockwise circle around the caryatids when not defending itself or the pillars. The quadrone speaks and understands the Modron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The fog swirls through this cavern, agitated by the dancing of eleven chanting minotaurs.
Offal Pile. Low stone barriers constrain a massive pile of rotting, dismembered body parts.
Altar. Behind
clutches a brass horn (see “Treasure” below). The minotaur shaman treats all intruders as enemies to be carved up and added to his pile of dismembered bodies. His first action in combat is to blow his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
walls have fallen to the floor and succumbed to rust. A large, wooden throne carved to resemble a dragon with unfolding wings faces three tall windows to the west. Slumped in the throne is a gaunt
perished defending this land from evil over four centuries ago, and because of my failure, I am forever doomed. If you destroy this body, my spirit will find a new corpse to inhabit, and I will hunt you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
,” seemingly carved into the granite cliffs that protect Akros and haunted at all times by eerie, whistling winds, provide natural access to Akros. The stratians guard it fiercely and use it as a staging ground
defending the gates of Akros.
Most people today know of the event from an embellished account laid down in an epic poem, The Akroan War. Although its author has been lost to time, the poem is considered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
located a mile away. Defending the drow outpost are a female drow elite warrior (the commander), a male drow mage, and sixteen drow. The outpost is a four-story tower carved out of a 60-foot-tall, 15
golem carved from stone and shaped like a giant spider. The mage rides in a howdah that provides half cover against attacks from the ground. Escorting the mage are 2d4 drow elite warriors mounted on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
he moves the lever to trigger a trap. Trap. When the lever is pulled, iron spikes spring out from the floor and ceiling to form barriers across each doorway. A creature in either opening must succeed
the spikes, but the gaps aren’t big enough for a character to slip through. The barriers of spikes grant three-quarters cover to creatures behind them. Each barrier has AC 15, 18 hit points, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
barriers, which otherwise require siege engines to force open. Gate Guards. Characters who stand outside the main gate and announce their arrival can speak to the guards in the gatehouse. Unless Levistus
roof. West of the double door are two unused merchant stalls with torn canopies. Tucked under some icy stairs in the northwest corner is a slender wooden hut with a crescent moon carved into its flimsy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
existence, dwarves have carved out their strongholds underground for a variety of reasons. Their unmatched prowess in mining and stonework makes them ideal candidates to use the subterranean realm for
clan and stronghold are inextricably tied together — if one comes undone, the other fails as well. As such, defending the stronghold is a concern that the dwarves address even in the earliest stages
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->Tomb of Annihilation
dutiful and dangerous grung warrior, dedicated to his king. Roark thinks all this goddess-summoning nonsense is distracting from the real issue at hand: defending Dungrunglung from the undead. Secretly
, Roark’s loyalty is to the tribe first and Groak second, but Roark is dutifully abiding the king’s obsession for now. He is suspicious of adventurers yet open to help in defending his village from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, since no one in Mirabar wishes to see the surface city wiped out. It would simply be bad for business. Mirabar spares no expense in defending its wealth, and hires as many mages and adventurers as
collections of unusual and rare gems, to use seals made of gems carved into signet rings, and to be investors in ventures (rather than property) up and down the Sword Coast. They are sophisticated and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, defending themselves as necessary. P2: Main Worship Hall The air is cool and still in this vast limestone chamber. Three pillars line each side of the room, and corridors lead to the east and west
. Although the surviving Tears have made good progress reassembling this room’s broken plaster, they haven’t yet translated any of the hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphs on the walls were carved by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
carved in the floating sphere, which serves as her home. On the rare occasions when she wants to meet with city folk (typically to purchase odd substances for magical purposes), she appears unannounced
statue.” It stood at the foot of Mount Waterdeep near the head of Julthoon Street. Then, after its critical role in defending the city against an invasion of sahuagin in 1370 DR, Khelben Blackstaff
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->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of winter scenes. Set into the back wall is a door inscribed with a large snowflake. A single word is carved into the lintel above it.
Characters who succeed on a DC 10 Intelligence (Religion) check
correctly surmise that the snowflake inscribed on the door is the Frostmaiden’s holy symbol. The word carved above the door depends on which area lies on the other side: Door to Area G16. Carved into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, the creature’s heart and viscera are removed from the corpse and placed in canopic jars. These jars are usually carved from limestone or made of pottery, etched or painted with religious hieroglyphs
of the mummy lord, including ones behind barriers and around corners, can’t regain hit points until the end of the mummy lord’s next turn.
Whirlwind of Sand (Costs 2 Actions). The mummy lord
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
below. Three-foot-high barriers line the causeway’s edges, funneling travelers toward the gatehouse of Vrakir’s imposing fortress.
The bridge crosses the lava river at its narrowest point, spanning 300
, with two entrances carved into the cliff face and secured with heavy iron portcullises.
Eighty prisoners (commoners) labor here under the watchful eyes of ten duergar. The duergar pay little mind
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Construction began on enormous new creation foundries, hundreds of feet tall, carved into the sides of mountains or secretly nestled within remote canyons. The project succeeded beyond Cyre’s wildest dreams
twisted will, defending the interior of the colossus and giving voice and form to the docent’s otherwise disembodied intelligence. A Deadly Dungeon. House Cannith’s artisans lined the interior of each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rowboats are tied off to a short dock. North of the camp is a ridge, built into which is an 80-foot-tall stone statue carved to look like a man with a crocodile on his back. Between the statue’s feet is a
died defending it have either been buried by the second wave of templars (now at Camp Vengeance) or dragged away by jungle scavengers. When characters arrive, the camp is being watched by a party of
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->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->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
carved with simple reliefs showing dwarf and gnome miners at work. Nearly two dozen skeletons in rusted scraps of armor are scattered across the cavern floor. Some are dwarf skeletons, while others
with three dusty balance scales made of iron. Cubbyholes carved into the north wall are stuffed with crumbling paper scraps. Several long-dead corpses sprawl across the floor.
The centuries-old paper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
of Force. Transparent, soundproof walls of force separate areas 1, area 2, and area 3. Vocath can pass through these magical barriers, as can creatures that are tattooed with his personal sigil
. The spelljamming helm aboard the Devil’s Deal is a legless chair carved from petrified wood. Black crystals on the underside of its concave seat project a circle of purple light on the floor that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the fiendish magic coursing through the webs here. Krell and the other cultists spent many hours here sanctifying the webs and offering rites to Lolth, and the goddess has rewarded them with these
scuttle for cover. These areas contain nothing of interest. 10. Unholy Shrine The floor of this chamber is covered with runes written in blood. A circle has been carved into the floor’s wooden planks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
carved with images of a full-bodied woman (representations of Chauntea) cradling cornucopias. The gatehouse is a fortress in its own right. Above its tall, thick wooden doors are arrow slits that seem to
on the first day of winter. The current castellan, a boorish twit named Hantanus Tarm (LN male Illuskan human noble), is responsible for defending the gates but has no military experience. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
headbands and silver bracelets are performing a ritual over the eggs.
Two sahuagin priestesses are conducting rites to Sekolah over the unhatched eggs. If the priestesses notice the party, they
gold-colored engravings. Three small ornately carved benches stand near the table, and a seaweed bed fills the southeast corner.
This is the chamber of high priestess Thadrah. She is currently in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
name from a 100-foot-tall stone carved in the likeness of a perching raven, sitting in the center of the highest plateau of the mound and facing west. The Black Ravens leave carcasses by the stone
. Their altar is a rectangular slab of stone with the phases of the moon carved into its sides. In winter, everything is under a foot or more of snow. Map 3.9: Raven Rock View Player Version Ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
entrance and into the unknown. Beside each of these tunnels is a grotesque face carved into the stone. Though each face is slightly different—one has flap-like ears, another protruding tusks, and a third
drooping wattles—all are strange and doleful.
The carved faces are magical. They are immune to all damage and speak a few programmed messages. When a creature approaches one of the tunnels, the face