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19: Elevator Room

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

19: Elevator Room The northern door to this chamber is yellow. The round platform in the center of this room is a mechanical elevator, which connects to area 27 above and area 32 below. A character

unless a yellow key card is inserted into the card slot or the three dials are set to the correct sequence of glyphs. The sequence can be found in the tome Elevator Manual in area 3. Once the elevator is

Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

one damage roll of a spell, not multiple rolls. So with Scorching Ray, I don’t add my Charisma modifier to each ray that hits? That’s correct. Elemental Affinity benefits one damage roll per casting

one. Does Quickened Spell allow a Sorcerer to cast two spells a round of level 1+? No, the Sorcerer must follow the rule for casting one spell with a spell slot per turn. See chapter 7 in the Player’s

Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

Charisma modifier to each ray that hits? That’s correct. Elemental Affinity benefits one damage roll per casting of a spell, even if the spell allows more than one roll. So, for example, the feature

of the damage dice for each ray, or two of the damage dice for one ray and one of the damage dice for another one. Does Quickened Spell allow a sorcerer to cast two spells a round of 1st level or

Rearguard

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

characters is if the outpost checks in at the correct time with an “all clear.” Frulam Mondath The rearguard consists of one veteran, six cultists, and two acolytes. The guard and cultists have spears for

(half as much damage on a successful save). The boulder attack constitutes the cultists’ surprise round. After that, they use ranged attacks until they are out of ammunition or the heroes force them

Rearguard

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

result for the characters is if the outpost checks in at the correct time with an “all clear.” The rearguard consists of one veteran, six cultists, and two acolytes. The guard and cultists have spears for

rocks (half as much damage on a successful save). The boulder attack constitutes the cultists’ surprise round. After that, they use ranged attacks until they are out of ammunition or the heroes force

Initiative Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

speed your game up considerably—at the cost of an initiative order that is often predictable. Side Initiative Recording initiative for each PC and monster, arranging everyone in the correct order, and

tie is broken. When it’s a side’s turn, the members of that side can act in any order they choose. Once everyone on the side has taken a turn, the other side goes. A round ends when both sides have

6. Main Gate

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

gateway without speaking the correct pass-phrase (“Tiamat, Our Mother and Strength” or “Hail Blagothkus”) activates one of the golems. If another creature attempts to pass through without speaking the

fire their javelins from a large ballista on the roof each tower. Tower Rooftops It takes one action to load and fire a ballista, and a ballista can be fired only once in a given round. An ogre

6. Main Gate

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

without speaking the correct pass-phrase (“Tiamat, Our Mother and Strength” or “Hail Blagothkus”) activates one of the golems. If another creature attempts to pass through without speaking the pass

also fire their javelins from a large ballista on the roof each tower. Tower Rooftops It takes one action to load and fire a ballista, and a ballista can be fired only once in a given round. An ogre

Respect for the DM

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

Ready action facilitates heroic action; it doesn’t define the physical limitations of what can happen in a 6-second combat round. The Game Is Not an Economy. The rules of the game aren’t intended to

feels fair to everyone, and that’s more important than a “correct” answer. You don’t need to know every spell in the Player’s Handbook or the features of every class. Set the expectation that players are responsible for telling you what their abilities and spells do.

Respect for the DM

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

6-second combat round. The Game Is Not an Economy. The rules of the game aren’t intended to model a realistic economy, and players who look for loopholes that let them generate infinite wealth using

, but it’s usually possible to reach an answer that feels fair to everyone, and that’s more important than a “correct” answer. You don’t need to know every spell or the features of every class. Set the expectation that players are responsible for telling you what their abilities and spells do.

Manor Locations (C1-C10)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

the Strixhaven campus guide stat block (see chapter 7). Without anyone to correct it, the butler believes the characters are burglars. It shouts a warning in Common—“The Earl commands you to leave

the manor. The pots of greenery on either side of this deck are filled with magic vegetation that was recently transplanted and is only loosely rooted. The round after the characters first enter this

7. The Sepulcher of Tloques-Popolocas

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

rounds, while his flesh knits and swells out with the apparent vigor of the living. He gains 27 hit points in the first round and 28 hit points in the second round, and he has his normal AC of 17 but

wall and then uses it for each of his two attacks per round. He is a blood-drinker and attempts to subdue opponents, if not vastly outnumbered, so as to assure himself a constant supply of blood. To

Dungrunglung

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

speaks the correct passphrase in Grung (“Roook, roooook, erp”). If a fight breaks out, reinforcements in the form of twelve grungs arrive in 2 rounds. The grungs in area 3 begin shooting arrows at the

swamp moss and reeds plastered together with mud. The huts range from about 15 to 25 feet in diameter, and each has a single, low entrance. Some have small, round windowlike openings, and a few have

Barn Door Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

to Success: Test rockets! Separate Barn Door from foundation! Set correct coordinates! Set countdown timer for 60 minutes! Evacuate underlevel! Tie self to command chair! Blast off

chair is bolted to the dais under the telescope, with an iron lever jutting up from the floor next to it, topped by a perfectly round ruby. A small wooden steering wheel attached to the chair is

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

of strange black metal, that he is doing some repair work on. If he is attacked and the fight goes against him, there is a 33 percent chance per round that he uses his action to toss the mace into

graven signs and sigils. A casting of detect magic reveals that the glyphs radiate an aura of conjuration magic. If the correct pair of glyphs are touched, the creature touching them will be

Briny Maze Locations

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

the dragon.” His bizarre certainty is, against all appearances, entirely correct. The amethyst dragon Lowarnizel currently lairs in the chamber below (area B17). By itself, Shalfi’s digging would be

characters are interested in helping Jomlus with his task, the spectator believes it is close to properly pronouncing an entire page. Jomlus needs active listeners to correct its speech. The words are

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

condition. Do the temporary hit points from heroism accumulate each round? Temporary hit points aren’t cumulative. The spell would tell you if you were meant to add together the temporary hit points

. So can it still use a move or a bonus action or a reaction? Correct. The gas doesn’t immobilize a creature or prevent it from acting altogether, but the effect of the spell does limit what it can

Camp Righteous

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

successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check; the rider can aid this check. If the check fails by 5 or more, both of them sprawl to the lower floor and, for 1 round at least, they’re just two

much damage on a successful one. If the correct tile is stepped on or depressed, no flames are triggered and a square in the second row on the door lights up — again very faintly. As characters

Ziggurat Locations, Tiers 1–3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

swings clockwise to match the lever. This process takes 1 round. Only one lever can be engaged at once, and pulling a lever disengages any previously engaged lever. Adjoining Corridors. Each of the

impish, winged child with two snakes twined around his body. The smiling, round-faced boy holds a wand in one hand and a handful of coins in the other. The statue is firmly connected to the wall. The

Areas of the Water Temple

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

round of combat. C8. Ancient Silos There are two of these rooms, both identical. This large room is strewn with crumbling masonry. A dry pit lies in the middle of the floor, ringed by a five-foot-wide

, and each door features a loophole covered by a small iron plate at chest level on a human. A round table and four rickety wooden chairs stand in the middle of the room. There are ten bunks here

Observatory Locations

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

and attacks. Despite his youth, Sparkrender is a fearsome foe and a loathsome villain. He uses Breath Weapon on his first turn and every round it is available thereafter. (Clever characters can try to

when it is pointing toward the southeast quadrant of the room and requires extra effort to nudge out of that position. Once each statue is in its correct position, a semicircular section at the center

Paliset Hall Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

and her simulacrum know the correct combination of letters (although “OAK” is a direct reference to the magic painting in area P10). The safe has no mechanisms that a thief can exploit using thieves

is convinced that the characters were conjured by this entity to harm her, so she attacks them. She casts cone of cold or lightning bolt every round on her turn for as long as she is able to do so. If

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Each time the trap triggers, have the characters roll initiative. The ceiling drops to its lowest point on initiative count 20 of each round, losing initiative ties, until the trap resets. Any creature

count 20 of the next round (losing initiative ties). The ceiling is too heavy to be stopped by any braces, but an Immovable Rod or similar item can prevent it from dropping so far as to crush anyone. T11

Daoine Gloine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

gelatinous cube with these changes: It is immune to all damage and conditions. Its reach is 10 feet. Each round, the ooze can make one attack against each creature within its reach: a pseudopod attack against

one by way of the apparatus of Kwalish from area O5, opens a magical connection to an extradimensional space within the bauble. Entering the correct bauble brings the characters into Kwalish’s

Eternal Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

challenge a willing character to a quick round. To win the game, a character must succeed on a DC 17 Charisma (Deception) check to out-bluff the dryads or a DC 17 Wisdom (Insight) check to catch them in a lie

have succumbed to the entrancement of the Fountain All Heal (area G9) instinctively know the correct path through the maze, automatically succeeding on checks to navigate it. Hedges. The hedge wall is

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