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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
False Appearance. While the ice piercer remains motionless on the ceiling, it is indistinguishable from a normal stalactite.
Spider Climb. The ice piercer can climb difficult surfaces, including
resemble piercer;piercers.
Clinging to the ceilings of caverns and large subterranean passages, piercers blend in perfectly with natural rock, dropping in silence to impale unsuspecting foes on the
spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
You choose an area of stone or mud that you can see that fits within a 40-foot cube and is within range, and choose one of the following effects.
Transmute Rock to Mud. Nonmagical rock of any
restrained condition on itself by pulling itself free of the mud.
If you cast the spell on a ceiling, the mud falls. Any creature under the mud when it falls must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
flowing down toward the lowlands. The lair has the following features:
Entrances. Two cave entrances provide access to the lair, one in the rock face just above one tarn and one below the surface of
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, one in the rock face just above one tarn and one below the surface of the other tarn. The dragon uses the underwater passage as a secret entrance and emergency exit.
Main Caves. The lair is a complex
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
T6. Hovering Stone The tunnel opens into a square room. In the center of it, a black rock about a foot across hovers three feet from the floor.
A normal rock floats here because of ancient magic
that maintains an invisible floor-to-ceiling cylinder that is 10 feet wide. Visible to detect magic (transmutation school), the column enables objects placed and left in it to float where released. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-high, 10-foot-wide rock formation shaped like a huge clawed hand thrusts up from the floor in the west end of the cave. (A secret door is built into the ceiling directly above the claw.)
The claw is
like a tiny bulbous nose. This key unlocks the iron doors of Zox Clammersham’s palace (see area 7 on level 13). The secret door in the ceiling can be reached by anyone who stands atop the rock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
height from 20 to 30 feet and is covered with stalactites.
Minotaurs. Stalagmites and floor-to-ceiling columns of rock are scattered across the area, the fog flowing slowly around them. Seven
7. Minotaur Caves These caves form the main living area for the minotaurs of the Maze Level. A 2-foot-thick layer of fog covers the floor throughout. 7a. Southern Cave Ceiling. The ceiling ranges in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Rotten Hall Features Ceiling Cracks Thin shafts of daylight and moonlight spill through tiny rock fissures, forming pools of natural light as shown on map 5.1. A Tiny creature can use these narrow
water is 3 feet deep, with the tunnel ceiling above it varying from 6 inches to 3 feet over the surface. The water is unfit for drinking.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
2. Dripping Death Whether finished stone or rough rock, the walls of these 10-foot-high areas glisten with dark, dripping water. Each of these keyed areas holds a gray ooze that pours through cracks in the ceiling to attack any creatures that enter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
4. Loathsome Limbs Rock Formations. Stalactites and stalagmites fill this area.
Warty Limbs. Six severed troll limbs (five arms and one leg) and a decapitated troll head lie in pools of dark
, sticky blood across the floor.
Bloody Trail. A trail of large, bloody claw marks meanders around the stalactites on the ceiling, then exits to the southwest.
When the characters pass through this area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Alarm System Sloped Roof. The ceiling is 30 feet high at the northwest end of the cave and gradually slopes down to 20 feet high as the cavern narrows into a passage that leads to area 10
.
Tripwires. The uneven rock floor is dotted with small stalagmites, between which run nearly invisible trip wires made of webbing. These web strands set off hidden rockfall traps.
The driders in area 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Z1. Cave Mouth The open jaws of the wolf’s head form a fifteen-foot-high canopy of rock over the cave mouth, held up by natural pillars of rock. The ceiling rises to a height of twenty feet inside
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
15. Boiling Lake This boiling lake is several hundred feet deep, extending down to the red-hot rock below, and reaching nearly to the ceiling of the cavern it occupies, 50 feet above the level of the
, above the ledge, near the ceiling of the cavern. Any creature that enters the boiling lake takes 44 (8d10) fire damage immediately and again at the start of each of its turns for as long as it remains in the lake. Map 4.4: Boiling Lake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Auvryndar Watch Post Ceiling. The ceiling and floor in this area are uneven, the distance between them ranging from 20 to 40 feet. Three natural columns of rock support the roof.
Scouts. Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Piercer Clinging to the ceilings of caverns and large subterranean passages, piercers blend in perfectly with natural rock, dropping in silence to impale unsuspecting foes on the ground below. A
piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer’s body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That shell protects a soft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Natural columns of rock support the cave ceiling, the walls of which depict unfinished carvings of lanky stone giants hurling rocks. The cave is otherwise empty. 15b. Gym This cave’s walls are bereft of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Transmute Rock 5th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (clay and water) Duration: Until dispelled You choose an area of stone or mud that you can see that
fits within a 40-foot cube and is within range, and choose one of the following effects. Transmute Rock to Mud. Nonmagical rock of any sort in the area becomes an equal volume of thick, flowing mud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Transmute Rock 5th-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S, M (clay and water) Duration: Until dispelled You choose an area of stone or mud that you can see that
fits within a 40-foot cube and is within range, and choose one of the following effects. Transmute Rock to Mud. Nonmagical rock of any sort in the area becomes an equal volume of thick, flowing mud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Reflections This swampy cavern has a 50-foot-high ceiling of jagged rock. Rising from the mire is an island of dry rock, upon which are the following features: Ruins and Statue. Amid the ruins of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Demon’s Triangle Floor. The earthen floor of this cavern is covered by a 2-foot-thick layer of fog.
Pillars. Three natural pillars of rock support the 25-foot-high ceiling. The fog takes on a
) check recognizes that the paintings on the rock pillars represent Baphomet the Horned King. Madness of Baphomet Any humanoid that enters the area between the pillars or starts its turn there must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
1. Boxed In As the characters make their way through a 10-foot-high tubular passage, a tremor shakes the area and drops part of the ceiling on them. Each party member must succeed on a DC 13
Dexterity saving throw or take 5 (1d10) bludgeoning damage from falling debris. Once the dust clears, the characters realize that fallen rock has buried both ends of the passageway. However, a new passage has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
L5. Workshop The passage opens into an enormous cavern illuminated by several guttering torches set in sconces on the walls. The floor is uneven, and the ceiling is forty feet up. Three flat boulders
hair juts from the hood, and the figure holds a bone needle threaded with dark cord in its hand.
Farther to the west, a stone stair climbs the north wall, ending near the ceiling. A stone slab like a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
overhead. Patches of glowing fungi cling to the walls and fill the chamber with dim light. Columns of stone support the ceiling, the rock marbled with veins of glittering crystal. Across the chamber, a
Baphomet and Yeenoghu is a maze of passages that grant access to the deeper passages of the Labyrinth. The tunnel you have been following gradually widens until it opens into a cave with a high ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pervasive subterranean darkness. A crude, narrow stairway hugs the rock alongside the chasm, twisting madly in hairpin turns around sharp outcroppings. Jagged and uneven, the stair threatens to spill
built a palace in a vast cavern upon the edge of a great chasm. Where the cavern’s glittering, mineral-encrusted ceiling rose high, the dwarves constructed spacious plazas in which they carved towering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling of which is uneven and ranges in height from 15 to 30 feet. The cave’s other features are as follows: Moss. Thick moss grows on the walls and the ceiling.
Fungi. The earthen floor gives rise to a
fungus folk are blissfully unaware of the conflict happening outside their caverns, but they’re afraid of the “rock giants” (Halaster’s stone golems) and “rock demons” (gargoyles) that dwell in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
columns of rock support the 30-foot-high ceiling.
Statue. In the middle of the cave stands a half-crumbled statue of a princely human clad in plate armor, his sword drawn and at the ready.
A medusa
Monster Manual.
Statues. The main cave has a 40-foot-high ceiling filled with the petrified victims of a medusa that once lived here. The drider has wrapped these statues in thick webs, creating an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
chance that the island has one or more types of fungi growing atop it (see “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2). Otherwise, the island is barren rock. Low Ceiling The clearance of the cave or
Darklake Terrain Encounters Special terrain rules are explained after the table. d10 Terrain 1 Collision 2 Falls or locks 3 Island 4 Low ceiling 5 Rockfall 6 Rough current 7 Run aground 8 Stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
feet in diameter. A character who examines the ceiling closely can spot the circular seam in the rock with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. The stone plug, which weighs 1,000 pounds, has
leather-bound tome (Ezzat’s spellbook) is clutched to the statue’s chest.
Secret Door. Hidden in the ceiling is a secret door leading to area 23 (see “Stone Plug” below).
The statue projects an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
sculpted rock. Anyone who has seen the castle recognizes this replica for what it is. The ceiling here is 15 feet high. A secret door in the south wall can be pulled open to a staircase landing (area X21
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
22. Hook Horror Homestead Cave Features. This cavern has an uneven floor and ceiling, the distance between them varying from 30 to 50 feet. The damp walls are lined with natural shelves and beautiful
rock draperies formed by water seepage.
Fungi. Growing out of mounds of bat guano are several towering zurkhwoods, as well as patches of barrelstalk, bluecap, and trillimac.
Noise. Eerie clicking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
layout. MINE FEATURES
All tunnels and caverns in the mine are hewn from rock that has thin veins of gold ore running through it. Other common features are described below.
Ceilings. Ceilings
are locked. The keys needed to unlock and lock them are gone — stolen by a previous overseer who fled the mine.
Light. Oil lanterns hang from ceiling hooks in every room and tunnel.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters to this location. In a ravine, an exposed rock face is split by a vertical crevice about three feet wide and fifteen feet high. Water trickles from the opening and spills into a nearby bog. In the
hillside before opening up into a cavern. Many trickles of water combine into a pleasant sound, and the walls glisten with moisture. Stalagmites dot the floor, and stalactites hang from the ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
end up in area 22. DUNGEON FEATURES
The dungeon level underneath Death House is carved out of earth, clay, and rock. The tunnels are 4 feet wide by 7 feet high with timber braces at 5-foot intervals
. Rooms are 8 feet tall and supported by thick wooden posts with crossbeams. The only exception is area 38, which has a 16-foot-high ceiling supported by stone pillars. Characters without darkvision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
8. Hark’s Hoard A large round rock fills the low, 4-foot-diameter tunnel leading to this cave. The boulder fits snugly in the tunnel and must be pushed into the cave to clear the passage. Moving the
ceiling and contains a grass pallet (Hark’s bed), next to which rests a battered wooden chest with a rusty lock. The lock is purely for show and falls apart if handled roughly. Treasure The chest contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
present. The building also has the features detailed in the “Lighting and Plumbing” sidebar. 19a. Ransacked Quarters The walls of this room are carved to look like natural rock, giving the chamber a
bleached human skulls, wooden bowls, and wooden tankards also lie on the floor.
Canoe. An intact canoe hangs by hooks from the ceiling. It can hold up to six characters and their gear. Packed inside the






