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Ghosts of Saltmarsh
This flat, gray-and-black river stone is inscribed with an unknown arcane symbol and feels cool to the touch. While carrying the stone, you can gain advantage on one ability check of your choice. The
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
knocked prone.
River Tattoo. Prisoner 13 magically ends any effects causing the grappled or restrained conditions on herself. If she is bound with nonmagical restraints, she slips out of them.Readiness
. When a creature Prisoner 13 can see within 60 feet of herself ends its turn, Prisoner 13 makes one Tattooed Strike attack or uses River Tattoo. She can then move up to her speed without provoking
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind.
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underground river. Whatever the setup, a deep dragon festoons the narrow, twisting passages between the lair’s fungal walls with magical and mundane traps. A typical lair has the following
Adult Deep Dragon
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nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind.
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network growing near an underground river. Whatever the setup, a deep dragon festoons the narrow, twisting passages between the lair’s fungal walls with magical and mundane traps. A typical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival The following description assumes that the characters approach the lodge from the west side of the river: A thin fog surrounds a fortified compound standing in a clearing on the east side of
a narrow river. A ten-foot-high log palisade surrounds the compound, whose main building is a two-story stone-and-wood affair with a high-pitched roof, gables, window shutters, and a stone chimney
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
13. Riverside Caves These rooms contain conveyances the characters can use to travel up and down the River Sargauth. 13a. Drow Rafts The drow use rafts to ply the River Sargauth. Leaning against the
walls are two 10-foot-square rafts made of zurkhwood logs lashed together with thick spiderwebs. Resting nearby are six 10-foot poles that the drow use to guide the rafts up and down the river. 13b
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
direction, don’t read the first sentence. The trail hugs the river for several miles. The dirt and grass soon turn to marsh as the trail dissolves into spongy earth pockmarked with stands of tall reeds and
pools of stagnant water. A thick shroud of fog covers all. Scattered throughout the marsh are old peasant cottages, their walls covered with black mildew, their roofs mostly caved in. These decrepit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
, frigid oceans, and black ice. All form a miserable home for the traitors and backstabbers trapped on this prison plane. Layers of Carceri Layer Description Orthrys The River Styx meanders through a
Payratheon. Colothys Deep chasms cut between cruel mountains make foot travel nearly impossible. Porphatys Cold, acidic oceans are fed by constant black snow. Agathys Black ice streaked with red covers this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Black Lake The darkest and most remote corner of the Glitterhame’s cavern system, the Black Lake is a large, winding cavern filled with water that drains from the Dark Mere through a submerged
siphon. From the lake, the subterranean river flows west through the Sinkhole, across the bottom of the chasm in area 3 of the Mountain Door, and onward for about 5 miles until it emerges at the surface
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
before some incident led you to become an adventurer. Black Pit A massive chasm in the Blackcap Mountains, the Black Pit is over a mile across and descends beyond the limits of sight. It’s said to be an
entrance to the abyss of Khyber, and foul creatures live among the caves that honeycomb its walls. A nearby village—also called Black Pit—provides a haven for deserters and other criminals as well as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
T8. Stone Bridge The low walls that enclose the stone bridge have fallen away in a couple of places, but the bridge appears intact. A black-cloaked rider on a charcoal-colored horse guards the middle
disperse like ash in the wind. Five hundred feet below the bridge is the Luna River, barely visible through the fog. Though slippery in a few places, the 10-foot-wide, 90-foot-long bridge is safe to cross.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Neighborhoods The following neighborhoods make up the Outer City. Blackgate. The Outer City settlement beyond the Black Dragon Gate, Blackgate serves those traveling to and from Waterdeep on the
anglers and river-powered mills is the first neighborhood encountered by travelers approaching from the south. Dominated by a local gang called the Rivington Rats, it’s also a haven for smuggling thanks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
Neighborhoods The following neighborhoods make up the Outer City. Blackgate. The Outer City settlement beyond the Black Dragon Gate, Blackgate serves those traveling to and from Waterdeep on the
anglers and river-powered mills is the first neighborhood encountered by travelers approaching from the south. Dominated by a local gang called the Rivington Rats, it’s also a haven for smuggling thanks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
2. Diseased Pool This pool is fed by a river that flows from the Darklake. The river carries many things from the subterranean lake, including the carcasses of countless creatures, fouling the pool
can be seen beneath the surface of the black water.
The water is heated by a thermal spring and pleasantly warm. However, the pool is disease-ridden. Any creature that starts its turn in the water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
hours the characters spend traveling on the Tinjhorna River, or whenever you please, roll on the River Journey Encounters table in “The Swamp Forest” section. When the characters reach the Forest of
Hands, read the following description: The scent of the swamp takes on the sweet stink of rotting flesh. Trees with drooping limbs stand amid the river, their branches like hundreds of gray hands and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
H. Tser Falls If the characters reach area H by following the footpath from the Vistani encampment (area G), read: You follow the river to the base of a canyon, at the far end of which a great
the dirt road as it clings to the side of a mountain and ends before an arching bridge of mold-encrusted stone that spans a natural chasm. Gargoyles cloaked in black moss perch on the corners of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
an underground river, which runs through a corner of the caverns forgotten by the denizens above. The Foundry. Beyond the Glitterhame lies a complex of chambers and passageways carved by Durgeddin’s
folk. A small band of duergar (gray dwarves) currently hold Durgeddin’s hall, working to uncover the secrets of the smith’s ancient forge. A great crevasse drops to the Black Lake. The Black Lake. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Cursed Luckstone Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement) This flat, gray-and-black river stone is inscribed with an unknown arcane symbol and feels cool to the touch. While carrying the stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, except for a few isolated outposts where Chultans and their allies take refuge behind walls. Map 2.1 shows where the undead are thickest. Characters passing through territories marked with black skull-and
well. Where undead are concerned, traveling by river is safer than traveling by land, both because undead are poor swimmers at best and because it’s easier to pour on speed in canoes and escape across the water than to flee through tangled jungle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
casualty in this scheme. Regardless of why the “troubles” are occurring, the Zhentarim wants the situation fixed fast. The Black Network intends to mount two expeditions to Triboar, one by river on a
Zhentarim believes intrigue in Yartar is to blame: someone wants to harm the Black Network’s profits. Zhentarim agents first suspected the Harpers, but trusted spies recently reported back that an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Voice of War However the characters choose to respond to the army near Vogler, their plans are derailed by unexpected visitors. As the characters prepare, a messenger in black-and-red armor arrives
at the River Gate. Villagers are the first to spot the messenger, and they alert the mayor and the characters. When Mayor Raven and the characters arrive at the River Gate, read the following text
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
caverns and forgotten storerooms before connecting with the Black Lake. None of the monsters that inhabit the complex regularly visit this place. The black dragon Nightscale sometimes swims through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Elturel Elturel, a large, orderly city overlooking the River Chionthar, is filled with merchants, river traders, and farmers’ markets. Its most distinguishing feature is a brilliant magical light
” of Frume’s faction, the Order of the Gauntlet, at a tavern called A Pair of Black Antlers. If the characters arrive within a tenday of Erlanthar’s departure from Greenest, then the monk is still
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Elturel Elturel, a large, orderly city overlooking the River Chionthar, is filled with merchants, river traders, and farmers’ markets. Its most distinguishing feature is a brilliant magical light
the “headquarters” of Frume’s faction, the Order of the Gauntlet, at a tavern called A Pair of Black Antlers. If the characters arrive within a tenday of Erlanthar’s departure from Greenest, then the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of mist and branches suddenly gives way to black clouds boiling far above. There is a clearing here, next to a river that widens to form a small lake several hundred feet across. Five colorful round
unbridled horses drink from the river.
The mournful strains of an accordion clash with the singing of several brightly clad figures around bonfire. A footpath continues beyond this encampment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
strands forms a kind of fence around a sprawling compound of structures laid out on the plateau at the top of Menzoberranzan’s great cavern. Dozens of massive stalagmites and stalactites have been carved
and shaped into towers, girded with balconies and walkways, and connected with delicate-looking ramps and bridges. All the compound is lit with blazing light in pale shades of violet, green, and blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
7 An aquatic howdah made of sharkskin and bearing an emblem of a lonely black tower perched high atop a sea stack
8 A statue of a dishonored elf general, which is surrounded by historical
compound eyes
10 An elaborate clockwork zoetrope that, when activated, displays a moving picture of a bronze dragon fighting a red dragon over a burning city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Chapter 2: Elturel Has Fallen Once a holy city whose folk venerated Lathander, Torm, Helm, and Tyr, Elturel is now a site of doom and despair tethered some five hundred feet above the River Styx
protection to the city for years, now glares down on Elturel like a baleful eye — a black void crackling with lightning. One circumstance has saved the city from being overrun by devils: a massive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Damming the Styx If the characters are traveling with the ice imp (see “Mirror of Mephistar”), it leads them to the narrowest point of the Styx’s tributary river and sets about hammering its five
River Styx cut off from the chasm, Shummrath slowly starts to regenerate its mind and reform its body. After 48 hours, Shummrath reforms as a pit fiend and flies off to wage war on his rival, Bel. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
of the Sacred Stone,” which sages across Faerûn have never heard of because it’s merely a cover for the Cult of the Black Earth. The monastery is the surface stronghold of the earth cult, and it
functions as the guarded entrance to the Temple of the Black Earth beneath it. All of the monks are earth cultists who are well aware of the true nature of the monastery. Scarlet Moon Hall Deep in the wild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
point during travel on or very near the Dessarin River, use the “River Travels” table. Roll 1d12 + 1d8 to determine what the adventurers run into. Asterisks. Encounters marked with an asterisk have
raiders* 16 13 1d4 + 1 gnolls 17 — Shepherds* 18 14 1d6 + 2 wolves 19 15 1d3 ogres — 16 1d2 gargoyles — 17 1d3 + 1 ghouls 20 18 1d2 perytons — 19 1d3 wights — 20 The Watchful Knight* River Travels Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
name a few. Where the road spans the Black Raven River, south of Raven Rock, stands a stone bridge with broken statues of rearing horses at each end. Bryn Shander Bryn Shander is the largest of ten
one corner of the town square stands the Great Shalarn, a black stone statue of a famous war stallion bred in Amphail long ago. Gelded by a prankster, the rearing stone horse is often painted in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
17. Waterfall A river courses through a rocky ravine before plunging 50 feet into a 30-foot-deep pool. A creature that goes over the waterfall must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw, taking 12 (5d4
, yet all is not well. Black smoke coils from fires across the city, corpses litter the streets, and wraiths circle the rooftops like vultures. A sphere of utter darkness grows out from the heart of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Uthgardt The Uthgardt are a black-haired and blue—eyed people—large, hale, territorial folk who don’t trust outsiders. Few Uthgardt are willing to trade with non-Uthgardt settlements. Many are
godhood. Black Lion Tribe The Black Lion tribe prowls the northern Silver Marches and the Druarwood, protecting its spirit mound at Beorunna’s Well (which it shares with the Red Tiger tribe). The Black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
About Sythian Skalderang “Sythian is a tiefling with blue skin and black horns. He’s not the most likable person. He rains on everyone’s parade. His folks must’ve never taught him how to be nice, so
toad as a young boy. He’d kill us for telling you that.”
Mackerel and Trout know that frogs commonly huddle near the river. A character who spends at least 15 minutes walking along the shoreline






