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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Sealing the Rift The funnel-shaped hollow to the north of the hull is 3 feet in diameter and descends 2 feet to a 1-inch-wide vent at the bottom. In addition to being the source of the pulsating
light, the vent is the center and source of the area’s dark hallow effect. This narrow opening continues down for hundreds of feet beneath the ocean bottom, never widening. Sealing this vent is the only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the stone gears and the iron chains and pulleys. On the other side of the machinery, to the south, is a rectangular shaft that rises up from the darkness and continues past this room. Attached to the
west wall is a steel plate that has an iron lever protruding downward. See the diagram below. The shaft (area K31a) descends 90 feet from here to area K61, and ascends 40 feet to area K31b. Another 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, read: The sultry day is silent except for the sounds of the sea. A lone bird circles in lazy loops in the sky overhead. Eventually it descends and alights on a nearby rock. It’s a gull, and an old one
returned to its home. It continues to watch the party despite any attempts to shoo it away. Having observed the characters’ actions against the drowned ones, the ex-familiar believes that they might be the sort of heroes who could finish Archais’s work and end the undead menace.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
students rush onto the second floor and seek to escape, attacking anyone who comes close, while yelling things like “Stay back, monster!” and “Help, they’re trying to kill me!” The resulting scene descends
(Persuasion) check. A character who is a Friend or Beloved of the delirious student has advantage on the check. If the check fails, the student continues to panic. If the check succeeds, the student
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
winner, with one snail narrowly claiming victory. If the roll for first place is tied, the race ends in a tie, and each winning jockey receives the first-place prize (see “Prizes” below). Signs posted in
random snail comes loose and falls off. The snail’s jockey must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to remain atop the snail. On a failed save, the jockey falls off, and the snail continues the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
something valuable: the Blackstaff’s patronage. Vajra continues to take an interest in their adventuring careers, helping out when she can. Force Grey (Gray Hands) Missions Party Level Mission Brief
: Each Gray Hand character gains 2 renown. Every character who participated in the raid receives a potion of resistance. In addition, Vajra covers the cost of any raise dead spells needed to bring back dead characters.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
8. Crevasse The characters arrive here by one of three routes: the tunnel from area 1, the storeroom at area 7, or the rough-hewn passage to the south, which continues off the map for about one
bottom of the crevasse, under the north bridge. The chest can’t be seen from the edge of the crevasse, but is obvious to any character who descends into the fissure. The chest contains 160 sp, 120 gp, five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
players roll a d20 for their initiative as a group, or side. You also roll a d20. Neither roll receives any modifiers. Whoever rolls highest wins initiative. In case of a tie, keep rerolling until the
completed their turns. If more than two sides take part in a battle, each side rolls for initiative. Sides act from the highest roll to lowest. Combat continues in the initiative order until the battle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
small landing with a stairway leading up and down. The Infinite Staircase changes appearance as it climbs and descends, going from simple stairs of wood or stone to a chaotic jumble of stairs hanging in
expert guides to this vast cosmic network of branching pathways, constantly studying the ever-changing paths as the tree continues its eternal growth. Axel Defois A portal to the Beastlands opens amid the branches of the World Tree
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
golden goose chips in her bag of holding. The bag is also where she keeps the money she receives in trade. At any given time, the bag holds 1d10 × 100 gp. When the ship returns to port, Pow Ming pays
rules Yartar as its Waterbaron. He also receives occasional telepathic static from the kraken Slarkrethel, which leaves him with crushing headaches that last for hours. Lord Drylund’s cabin is a testament
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
adventurers. You can make Auril even tougher by having her use a lair action to teleport to the rooftop (area G9), where her roc can fight alongside her. A fight against Auril continues until the characters
. Ice Rink The staircase descends into a vaulted chamber. A nine-foot-high railing of sculpted ice hugs the staircase as it descends to the chamber floor, which, like the stairs, is smooth and gleaming. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Haunting trait requires him to make. He continues to attack the characters with his Possession and Withering Touch actions until he’s destroyed or his Bound Haunting trait spirits him back to Dargaard Keep
floor. Beyond the opening, a steep flight of stairs descends below ground. Violet light and the sound of crackling flames emanate from below.
This passage descends into the catacombs beneath Castle Kalaman.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
effect of a spell, the cavern targets the creature that requested its aid. A creature that asks a question here receives a truthful, albeit cryptic, answer in Common with clues to its goals. Those who
reverberate through the chamber, triggering the effects of loud echoes (see the “Loud Echoes” section). Once a creature asks a question here and receives a benefit, no matter how small, the creature can’t do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
worldly townsfolk and visitors than for Celestials. A hush washes over the crowd whenever an angel descends on the stage. Heart’s Faith Once a quaint town at the base of Mount Celestia, Heart’s Faith is now
characters to help cement her authority. 2 The empyrean Tygrant receives a prophecy that he can return to Mount Celestia only if he is humbled through defeat. He challenges all of Excelsior
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, Shir says that the high priest went through the portal to visit Valin eight months ago and has not come back. Messages received from him through Valin’s attendant, Alessia, say that he continues to
Wisdom (Perception) check if not revealed by Shir. Below the trapdoor is a 5-foot-diameter stone-walled well with a sturdy wooden lift. The well descends 20 feet before opening up into a 40-foot-square
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
landing and a narrow ledge with the following features: The landing is 10 feet square and is met by two staircases. One descends 20 feet to area K5, and one ascends 20 feet to area K20. The narrow
comprehension!” The threat is empty, but the statue continues to levitate for 1 minute before sinking back down to the ledge. The magic resets after 1 hour. While it is levitating, the statue can be easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
their hit points move behind the chokepoint (area O5), leaving the ogre zombie to cover their retreat if it comes to that. Well. The well descends 10 feet to an underground cistern. The sides of the
frozen ferry in Easthaven. From this new base, the search for chardalyn continues. Long may our father reign over this dark land!
Durth
Nildar Sunblight The characters can visit the ferry or give
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ladder descends twelve feet to a hall made of mortared stone lit and heated by four sputtering torches. Extending from the east end of the hall is a water-filled cistern. A small rowboat is tied off
burned for heat. C18. West Cistern Stone steps descend into the icy water that partially floods this twenty-foot-wide, arched tunnel, which continues eastward into darkness. The roof arches twelve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Urwin Martikov, who prepares most of the meals, is found here throughout the day. He occasionally receives help from his two boys, but they are easily distracted. A cupboard against the east wall
into four swarms of ravens and attack. If two swarms are killed, the others flee. Otherwise, they cease their attacks if the characters leave the chest alone. If the fighting continues for more than 3
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
smaller. A ledge along the river continues east to a door on the north wall, and the rushing river separates you from a ledge on the southern side.
A large, strange-looking stalagmite stands in the middle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
as much damage only. H5: Overpass The stream continues beyond another set of uneven steps ahead, bending eastward. A waterfall burbles in a larger cavern somewhere ahead of you.
The goblins have
, Yeemik tries to force them to pay a rich ransom for Sildar after they complete their part of the bargain. If the characters refuse to parley, Yeemik shoves Sildar over the edge and continues fighting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. A set of slick stone steps descends into the spray-filled bowl to the north, while a passage to the west holds steps leading upward.
A creature swept over the falls lands in a water-filled basin
tomb is also the center of a hallow spell, which extends to the doors of the room. Any good-aligned humanoid who heeds the tomb’s carving receives the effect of a 5th-level aid spell. A creature can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Hanging above the mantelpiece is a wood-framed portrait of a family: a man and a woman with two smiling children—the same children you saw outside. The marble staircase continues upward.
The red
marble staircase that started on the first floor continues its upward spiral to area D11. A cold draft flows down the steps. D7a–D7b: Servants’ Room and Closet An undecorated bedroom contains a pair of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
to the ledge, where a passage leads north. A tunnel on the lower level leads south.
Earth cultists call this river of elemental mud the Mudflow. The river is 6 feet wide, 3 feet deep, and descends a
-high tunnel hidden behind the mud descends to area G4. A creature must pass through the mud to reach the tunnel, taking 10 (3d6) bludgeoning damage from the falling mud. Ledge. The western portion of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
staircase descends 10 feet to area E2, and another ascends 10 feet to area E6. Urstul Floxin. If he survived earlier encounters with the characters, Urstul Floxin (see appendix B) stands at the table
walls of this room are five wooden beds (three sized for humans, two for halflings). Next to each bed is a wooden chest. An alabaster staircase descends to area E12. Kaevja Cynavern, Vevette Blackwater
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
what lies beyond. The door of the Dran & Courtier is neither locked nor trapped — though the building emanates strange sounds, shakes as though it’s falling apart, and continues to radiate a strange
to the fireplace is an unoccupied raised stage where a bard might strike up a tune. The bar is to your left, where a half-elf in a heavy leather duster receives a drink from a tall female elf wearing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a severed humanoid hand are placed in the brazier and set on fire (see area E4), a silver flame quickly consumes the brazier’s contents and continues to burn for a tenday. This fire generates heat
weather. It follows the commands of its liberators until it is reduced to 0 hit points, whereupon it crumbles to dust. If the mummy receives conflicting orders, it follows whichever command it deems the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
northwest corner curls up 10 feet to area 6e and continues up another 10 feet to area 6h.
6d. Hall of the Forest Kingdom A flight of stairs connects this room to the lower floor. The room is empty except
, coursing through the starry skies.
Staircase. A stone spiral staircase in the northwest corner descends 10 feet to area 6c and climbs 10 feet to area 6h.
The stone door to area 6f has an arcane lock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
middle of this room descends to area M21 in the mines below the monastery. Four large columns of natural rock dominate this shrine. A wide set of steps descends into darkness in the center of the room
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
dangles down into the darkness. The tear in the earth descends at an angle, making it impossible to see how far down it goes or what waits at the bottom.
Descending into the fissure is easily done by
above are spread across the floor. An underground passage is blocked to the south, but it continues into darkness to the north. Two pairs of human-sized boot prints, easily spotted in the dust, head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Perception) check realizes that the goo didn’t come from the intellect snare but seeped from the wall beyond it. The first person to touch the goo receives a psychic flash of the layout of the occipital
well; only creatures who venture deep into the room can see it. The hole is 6 feet across. A rope tied to one of the worktable legs descends into the hole. B17: Dragon’s Den The rope looped around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
. The double door leading to the ballroom (area P22) is sealed with a lion crown lock (see “Crown Locks” earlier in the chapter). P14e. The spiral staircase descends 30 feet to area P14a. A double door
leads to a stone balcony that overlooks the palace garden (area P2). P14f. The spiral staircase descends 30 feet to area P14b. A double door leads to a stone balcony that overlooks the palace garden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
crystal sheds Dim Light in a 15-foot radius. A creature that touches the crystal receives a surge of positive energy and regains 70 Hit Points. The crystal grants this healing three times each day
-like statue. If freed, the statue animates, revealing itself to be a Shield Guardian with a Fireball spell (level 4 version) stored. Unless it receives other commands from someone bearing the magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
that descends a flight of stairs into a small chamber. Light from outside slants into the room through a series of narrow embrasures.
The area is littered with well-gnawed bones, cobwebs, and rat
of the cave. A character who makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers the door. On the other side, a worked passage continues up to what appears to be a blank wall, marked with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Horngaard, the leader of the Order of the Silver Dragon, to help them. The revenant would like nothing more than to kill Strahd, but it will not venture to Castle Ravenloft unless it receives orders
of one skeleton doesn’t prevent future encounters with the other. Strahd Zombies Not even the cloying fog can hide the stench of death that descends upon you. Something evil approaches, its footsteps






