before being down chains recover

Chapter 3: Avernus

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

Chapter 3: Avernus Guided by Lulu the hollyphant and discoveries made in Elturel, the characters trek across Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, to recover the Sword of Zariel and free

Elturel from its chains. Navigating the wastelands of Avernus might seem like a difficult proposition, but thankfully the characters have the map given to them by Sylvira Savikas in chapter 1. For more

Encounter Chains

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

Encounter Chains Eight encounters comprise the characters’ hunt for the Stone of Golorr and the Vault of Dragons. They form a chain, and their order is determined by your choice of villain and season

recover the gold, which takes another 2d6 days. Once the gold is recovered, the villain moves forward with a master plan as detailed in the introduction. If the characters are still alive, they could oppose the villain by stealing the gold from the villain’s lair.

Wreck of the Marshal

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

statue of St. Cuthbert is laid horizontally and attached to the floor with rusty chains. Rusty Chains. The chains that bind the statue of St. Cuthbert have AC 14, 18 hit points, and immunity to poison

and psychic damage. The chains are rusty but solidly locked. A character can pick the lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A character can break the chains with a

Dealing with the Companion

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

planetar’s name is Nascius, and its power can help save Elturel, but only if the infernal chains that bind the city have been severed. If asked to save the city, the planetar takes a brief moment to recover

allying with a supernatural power, see “Breaking the Chains” earlier in this chapter. The Planetar’s Power If the Companion is shattered or unlocked, the planetar inside it is released. The

Beyond Death

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

god’s favored worshiper from a cruel punishment in the Underworld—even though they’ve been dead for hundreds of years. 10 Sever one of the massive chains of Tizerus, releasing the ancient being it

of Dishonor. 18 Prevent one of your ancestors from transforming into an eater of hope (see chapter 6). 19 Travel to Erebos’s palace and recover a secret from one who failed to bargain for

Super-Secret Basement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

.” Wrapped in padlocked chains in that corner is a creature consisting of five mechanical arms, like those of a starfish, and which stands on five spindly mechanical legs. Creature. The mechachimera

chains that restrain it. One locked chain secures each of the modron’s five arms. A successful DC 13 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools opens one lock and removes the attached chain. The chains can

Hrakhamar

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

chains stretch across the cavern, apparently to shuttle multi-ton buckets of ore across the lava. The heat takes your breath away, brings water to your eyes, and bakes your skin. From where you stand

gantries and the rail cart trestles. Great chains span the rift in two places, allowing ore to be hoisted across in buckets. There’s no danger of falling if characters cross the magma on one of the

Gibbet Crossing Locations

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

investigate any sounds of intruders. G6: Prison Two spiked cages are jammed with old bones and bits of decaying flesh. A woman with red skin wrapped in loose chains sits on the floor. Duergar

and gore, each can be folded flat with 2 minutes of work and weighs 500 pounds. Neither cage has a lock because Vakketar would wrap her animated chains around the cage doors to keep them closed. Each

Golem Laboratories

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

the room’s double doors prevents them from fully closing. Within, rusted black iron cages hang by heavy chains from the ceiling of this dark-walled chamber. In the northeast corner is a black gate

. Creatures. A wight commands eight zombies who guard this chamber while some members of their squad recover in the cages. One deathlock wight (see appendix B) and two wights rest in the cages. Cages

The Mountain Door

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

, the characters can recover any of her three flasks of alchemist’s fire that weren’t used. Secret Exit. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check is required to find the secret door on the west wall

booms. “Vak! Thrag! At them!” It drops the chains and, as the wolves spring forward, it charges at you with a roar of rage. Creatures. Great Ulfe is a fierce ogre who leads the orcs of the Mountain

Lower City Gazetteer

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

track down and recover the missing kegs of smokepowder before it’s too late. If smokepowder is set on fire, dropped, or otherwise handled roughly, it explodes and deals fire damage to each creature or

squad smashed its way into the building. Only two of its members emerged, babbling about shifting rooms and blood-soaked abattoirs filled with writhing hooks and chains. With no laborers willing to

Lower City Gazetteer

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

the thieves use the powder, he’ll obviously be implicated. The only solution is to hire someone discreet and trustworthy to track down and recover the missing kegs of smokepowder before it’s too late

filled with writhing hooks and chains. With no laborers willing to tear the place down, the Council of Four boarded up the doors but left the mansion standing. For decades now, no one has been observed

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