before being direct ceiling release

Tentacle Rod

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This rod ends in three rubbery tentacles. While holding the rod, you can take a Magic action to direct the tentacles to stretch outward, each one attacking a creature you can see within 15 feet of

15 Dexterity saving throw or have the Restrained condition until you have the Incapacitated condition, until you take a Bonus Action to release the target, or until the target is no longer within 15

Zlan

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

direct action when an oblique or hidden action will suffice. Its plans always contain fallbacks and contingencies. One of these contingencies—one the other liches who constitute its new form failed

prove useful. Zlan’s current plan is to heat Icewind Dale from below, warming the Underdark to melt its ice and release aberrant terrors from frozen stasis. This melting also exposes ancient sites containing power Zlan needs to enforce its wicked will on the region.Cold, PoisonLightning, Necrotic

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragons, but we are superior beings and should not lower ourselves to direct conflict. 4 I have no interest in going to the surface world. It’s where one sends one’s servants. 5

that allow them to escape or ambush visitors if the need arises. A well-cultivated lair abounds with Underdark fungi and plants, with the floor, walls, and ceiling covered in carpets of mold and moss

Adult Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

foundations of creation. 5 To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge. 6 I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than

the air is cool and slightly damp. Glowing Crystals. Large clusters of glowing amethyst crystals grow out from the walls and ceiling, casting dim light in a 30-foot radius. Chimneys. Two chimneys

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragons, but we are superior beings and should not lower ourselves to direct conflict. 4 I have no interest in going to the surface world. It’s where one sends one’s servants. 5

or ambush visitors if the need arises. A well-cultivated lair abounds with Underdark fungi and plants, with the floor, walls, and ceiling covered in carpets of mold and moss, or featuring larger

Ancient Amethyst Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge. 6 I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do … or than any of

ceiling, casting dim light in a 30-foot radius. Chimneys. Two chimneys connect the main caves to the three chambers above. Each chimney appears to continue up through the ceiling of the upper level and

Tentacle Rod

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

Tentacle Rod Rod, Rare (Requires Attunement) This rod ends in three rubbery tentacles. While holding the rod, you can take a Magic action to direct the tentacles to stretch outward, each one

three tentacles, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or have the Restrained condition until you have the Incapacitated condition, until you take a Bonus Action to release the target

21. Night and Day

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

21. Night and Day Timekeeper. Four pillars support the 20-foot-high ceiling. An iron ring 20 feet in diameter is suspended from iron brackets affixed to the tops of the pillars so that it hangs

. Directly above the ring and the disk is a 10-foot-deep, dome-shaped concavity in the ceiling. Statues. Nestled in alcoves are two life-size statues of robed human wizards, their faces obscured

22. Stables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

22. Stables The Blacktongue bullywugs raise “livestock” in this 20-foot-high, torch-lit cavern. If the bullywug handlers here are attacked, they release their carrion crawlers and shout for aid from

throughout the level have been used to fence off this dry area from floor to ceiling. The gaps between the slats are just wide enough for a melee weapon or a carrion crawler’s tentacle attack. A simple loop of rope keeps the gate closed.

11. Crickets and Bats

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

directions, but most lead west toward the drow fortress.) Bat Alarm. Hundreds of bats cling to the 30-foot-high domed ceiling. The drow use the bats as an alarm of sorts, knowing that the creatures become

agitated and expect to be fed whenever humanoids enter the cave. Web Cables. The tunnels leading to areas 12a and 12b rise up out of the fog and are strung with web cables. The drow release crickets

Watchtower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

than the rest of the abbey. It was protected from time’s ravages during the centuries it was trapped in a pocket dimension. The spire still has wooden floors and a ceiling. The circular stairs within are

—volcanic activity, for example, spreading from Mekkalath’s lair—could also break the wards and release the creatures trapped within. The death tyrant is desperate to escape the watchtower and promises

17. Stone Temple Pileup

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

basilisk is disturbed, the centipedes emerge and attack the nearest creature. Treasure. The basilisk clutches a driftglobe. The creature’s claw must be pried open to release the globe. 17b. Desecrated

Temple Ceiling. The ceiling is 60 feet high. Petrified Creatures. Eleven lifelike statues in a variety of poses are clustered together in the south end of the room. (These statues are petrified

T3. Cage Trap

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

T3. Cage Trap If the party continues east along the tunnel past area T2, they walk into a trap. Read the following text only if a character examines the ceiling: The ceiling consists of square stone

continues down the passage. Ten iron cages are suspended from chains over the hallway, and the “panels” are the cage bottoms. The true ceiling is 25 feet high, and each cage hangs from 5 feet of heavy

4. Steep Passage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

. Add: In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, you can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the passage ahead of you. Another passage intersects this one

the east to inform its companions in area 7 to release a flood (see the “Flood!” section of area 5). The goblin moves undetected if its Dexterity (Stealth) check exceeds the passive Wisdom

12. Trapped Chest

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

treasure chest dangles from rusty chains embedded in the ceiling. The chest is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, 3 feet high, and suspended 1 foot above the surface of the 5-foot-deep pool. A keyhole shaped

, the magical trap teleports the character making the check inside the locked chest, whereupon the character is restrained. The chains holding the chest then release it into the water, where it sinks to

35. Xipe's Audience Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

skins. A cat-o’-nine-tails hangs beside them. To the west the room widens to accommodate a statue that towers almost to the ceiling. The statue is an ogre-like figure, outfitted in flayed skins and

twenty-five-foot-high ceiling, a five-foot-wide opening can be discerned in the red light of the room. The statue represents Xipe, “Our Lord of the Flayed Skins.” The chamber serves as the foyer to

Delerium Fragment Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

12. The Tomb of Hurakan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

trickles away from the door. There is condensation on the walls, door, and ceiling, some of which drips down on you. A quiet sound of dripping and splashing echoes in the corridor. This door is tightly

hear anything at all. Opening the door will release a wave of water. Those hit by the water take 2 (1d4) bludgeoning damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked down and

Sample Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

of the area is filled with rubble and becomes difficult terrain. Falling Net Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to release a net suspended from the ceiling. The trip wire is 3 inches off the

supports keeping an unstable section of a ceiling in place. The trip wire is 3 inches off the ground and stretches between two support beams. The DC to spot the trip wire is 10. A successful DC 15

3U. Observatory

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

without being accompanied by one of the two cult officers, the gargoyles tear open the observatory’s four ceiling hatches and attack. This is the only intrusion they respond to. The gargoyles don’t

interfere elsewhere without direct orders from Rezmir, and she won’t give such an order unless it is the direst of emergencies. A character who inspects the contents of the observatory recognizes the

Delerium Crystal Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Shard Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Chip Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Geode Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Massive Cluster Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Areas of the Converted Windmill

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

for themselves out of old furnishings and things salvaged from garbage piles. The squatters aren’t looking for trouble. For some food or coin, a squatter can direct or lead characters to the locked

Beyond the door is nothing more than a hole in the floor from which rises a terrible stench. W4. Weak Ceiling/Floor Area W4a is directly underneath area W4b. The floor of the upper chamber collapses under

3U. Observatory

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

without being accompanied by one of the two cult officers, the gargoyles tear open the observatory’s four ceiling hatches and attack. This is the only intrusion they respond to. The gargoyles don’t

interfere elsewhere without direct orders from Rezmir, and she won’t give such an order unless it is the direst of emergencies. A character who inspects the contents of the observatory recognizes the

Interacting with Myconids

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

of communication that the spores allow. Myconids’ facial expressions might be difficult to read, but their telepathic communication might carry a direct expression of the myconids’ emotional state

Spores When myconids take damage, they release spores that alert all other myconids within 240 feet of them. All myconids in the cave are in range of each other’s Distress Spores. Myconids in areas B2 and area B3 move to area B4 if they detect Distress Spores.

Devilish Work Crew

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

character can convince them to parley with a successful DC 12 Charisma (Persuasion) check. The devils won’t forgive their comrade for his compassion, but the characters could persuade them to release

devils direct the group to a mysterious outlander (see “Development” below). If the characters are unable to pay, they must return later with the coin and track down the fiends on the lake shore

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

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Brass Dragon Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

of the canyon, a wide archway admits visitors to the grand hall that serves as the main lair. Regal statues stand bathed in sunlight admitted by huge shafts in the ceiling—wide enough for the dragon to

partially collapsed chamber most easily accessed by way of a shaft in the ceiling. (A narrow gap in the fallen stones filling an old passageway might allow a Small or nimble character to squeeze in or out

6. Temple of Dumathoin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the room. (Unless they’re destroyed, most of them will mature into full-size giant spiders in a matter of weeks.) Web Cocoons. Stone pillars hold up the 30-foot-high arched ceiling, which is concealed

baby spiders burst from his chest 2 rounds after his release, killing him. T’rissa carries a ring of iron keys that unlock the cells in area 5d, as well as a separate iron key to area 20d. Dead

13. Giants' Living Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

tasked with carving abstract designs into the roof of this empty cave. To reach the ceiling, Obsidia rides on her brother’s broad shoulders. She is using a chisel to smooth out some of the rough spots

simple matter, and she isn’t receptive to bribes. If one or more of her children are imperiled, Speleosa becomes calm and begins negotiating for their safe release. While the characters are dealing with

T4. Antechamber

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

bolted into the wall about three feet above the floor. Ten oiled chains are secured to the bars, leading up to a hole bored in the ceiling. Another solid stone door is in the middle of the east wall

the characters release Braelen, he tries to go back to the surface through the tunnel in area T1. Chains. Fastened to iron bars here are chains to the cages in area T3. Characters can raise a fallen

2. Natural Caves

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

of fungus sprout from mounds of offal on the uneven floor. The fungi release clouds of dimly luminescent spores that fill the cave like a fine, hanging mist. Carrion Crawlers. Four carrion crawlers

dwell here. Two cling to the 10-foot-high ceiling, and two feed on the rotting corpse of a fifth carrion crawler lying amid the fungus. The crawlers are natural enemies of the creature in area 2a

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