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head on the ceiling—good food and good stories in front of a nice, warm fire. If halflings had a shred of ambition, they might really amount to something.”
Lasting Institutions
Where a
single elf or dwarf might take on the responsibility of guarding a special location or a powerful secret, humans found sacred orders and institutions for such purposes. While dwarf clans and halfling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
when the orcs stormed the mines. The dead still lie where they fell. Many tunnels intersect at this natural, thirty-foot-high cavern. The walls are carved with simple reliefs showing dwarf and gnome
miners hard at work. Below them, nearly two dozen skeletons in rusted scraps of armor are scattered across the cavern floor. Some are dwarf skeletons, while others are orc remains. Half a dozen large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Dwarves’ Den Tankard. A large iron tankard sculpture has torn loose from the 30-foot-high ceiling and fallen onto a stone table in the middle of the room, cracking it in half. Toppled stools
floor nearby.
This cast-iron tankard once hung from the ceiling by iron chains and is big enough for four dwarves to crawl inside. It weighs 1,500 pounds and makes a satisfying, bell-like clanging
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
E5. Temple This area contains five secret doors, including one that opens up into one of the stone pillars holding up the ceiling. A bloodstained limestone altar stands at the far end of the room
. Dazlyn and Norbus got this far into the temple before an ochre jelly scared them off. It clings to the ceiling above the altar. If the party includes two or more characters (not counting sidekicks), a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
18. Hemisphere of Horrors This hemispherical chamber has a 30-foot-high domed ceiling and contains the following: Guardians. Two helmed horrors of dwarven stature wield battleaxes instead of
. They stand aside when approached by any dwarf, allowing those creatures to enter area 19 freely. Other creatures that approach the helmed horrors are attacked. The helmed horrors understand Dwarvish but can’t speak.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
artisans toil over items for years, getting their etchings and fine details just right before being satisfied with their efforts. That deliberate, perfectionist approach is a reflection of gold dwarf
, gold dwarves tend to be more optimistic than their shield dwarf cousins, but they’re still standoffish and prideful as only a dwarf can be. They believe their race’s stable history is the result of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
44. Acolytes’ Quarters This circular room has a domed ceiling 30 feet high and contains the following features: Furnishings. Six stone beds rest with their headboards against the walls. A shallow
niche stands empty above each bed. At the foot of each bed is a stone chest that has been smashed open.
Smashed Statuary. Alabaster statuettes of dwarf kings lie smashed on the floor. (The statuettes once stood in the wall niches. The duergar destroyed them, then broke into the chests and looted them.)
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
13. Grand Vestibule Blood. Blood leaks down the walls and across the decor of this once grand hall.
Pillars. Four stone pillars buttress the 30-foot-high vaulted ceiling. The middle third of each
pillar is carved to look like a scowling dwarf with bulging muscles that supports the column’s upper third on its broad shoulders. Blue sapphires glitter in the dwarves’ eyes.
Double Door. The doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Vecna’s Grasp Features Areas in Vecna’s Grasp have the following features. Ceilings The ceiling is 40 feet high in area E1 and 10 feet high in the tunnels leading away from that cavern. Lighting
one of Vecna’s demiplanar unrealities or the Cave of Shattered Reflection. Walls and Floors Vecna’s Grasp is composed of magically reinforced obsidian. Each 5-foot-square section of obsidian has AC 20, a damage threshold of 30, 60 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
the mines. Glittering minerals in the ceiling of this large cavern catch the light and send it back to create the impression of a starry night sky. Dozens of skeletons—many crushed under fallen debris
—are scattered across the floor.
The cave is large enough that it contains two freestanding structures. Each of these stone buildings is proportioned for human use, as opposed to the dwarf-sized
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
original contents. 23a. Defaced Dwarves Light. The walls climb 15 feet, then angle inward to create a peaked, 30-foot-high ceiling. The sloped upper walls have red glowing crystals set into them. These
, but these works have been defaced and, in some cases, replaced with stony tentacles that protrude from the walls.
Dwarf-Guarded Doors. A 20-foot-tall double door stands closed at the west end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
golden sarcophagus decorated with horned rabbits. A dark shaft opens in the ceiling directly above the barge.
This view is a magical window into the past. Whoever looks through the jackal’s jaws sees
the east, and a dwarf wearing a turban and chain mail creeps into the tomb. He brandishes a shield in front of him as he treads cautiously across the floor.
The magic here records the last moments of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
holes line the ceiling, enabling fortress defenders to shoot ballistas at invaders or pour boiling oil on top of them. With the dwarves gone, the only remaining defenses are the portcullis and the double
reduce the time proportionately. The noise created by smashing down the doors is loud enough to alert all the dwarf ghouls in the fortress, which gather in area A4 and attack once the doors fall. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
walls have rusted iron shower heads protruding from the ceiling. A rusty pull chain hangs near each shower head, and each alcove has drain holes in the floor. The showers draw cold water from an
cylindrical copper tank in the middle of the room. A copper pipe extends upward from the tank and disappears into the ceiling. A fire elemental rages inside the tank.
Iron Wheel. A small iron wheel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
32. VIP Suite The Melairkyn dwarves built these rooms for honored guests in the Underhalls. The door to this suite is carved with the image of a stern, heavily armored dwarf warrior locked in a
defensive stance behind a shield. 32a. Empty Bedchamber Every wall of this empty room is carved with a floor-to-ceiling fresco of a cavern wall, giving the room a cave-like quality. 32b. Bathroom The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stone arches beneath a 30-foot-high domed ceiling.
Frescoes. Stone panels set into the walls bear frescoes and Dwarvish runes.
The frescoes chronicle the birth of Melair, a common shield dwarf
from orcs, and fighting a wyvern. In each scene, he is joined by a small company of dwarf prospectors. 11c. Coronation Frescoes. Stone panels set into the west and south walls bear frescoes and
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.
Hanging Rods. Iron rods designed to hold tapestries are bolted to the walls near the ceiling. The tapestries have long since turned to dust, leaving the rods bare.
19a. Servants’ Feast Hall This room
dwarf adventurer wearing tattered leather armor and a matching leather skullcap. In one skeletal hand, she clutches a dagger; in the other, an empty tin flagon. On a bench in the room is her burglar’s pack, complete except for the lantern and the flasks of oil.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the ceiling of this hall and cracked in two on the floor. The block was released when someone stepped on a hidden pressure plate in the floor. (The trap failed to hit its intended target and no
longer poses a danger to anyone.) Innermost Door. This thick stone door is flanked by bas-relief carvings of dwarves, their faces and beards chipped away. A dwarf can open the door, but no other creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
T7. Dwarf Statue This fifty-foot-square chamber is hewn out of rock. The floor is rough but flat, the walls show the chisel-marks of the original builders, and the ceiling is about ten feet high
. Identical stone doors with iron pull-ring handles stand in the middle of the east, north, and west walls.
In the center of the room stands a life-sized and lifelike statue of a dwarf warrior wearing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K75. South Dungeon The rusty iron door connecting this hall to area K73 is submerged in 5 feet of water and requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to open. A mold-covered ceiling
every minute. K75c. Empty Cell This cell contains nothing of interest. K75d. Dead Dwarf This cell is linked to a teleport trap in area K73. The skeletal remains of a dwarf fighter lie at the bottom of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
who search the rubble at the end of the tunnel find a mostly buried dwarf skeleton with shiny gauntlets and a rusty warhammer. Treasure. The dwarf was an adventurer who was killed when the ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
time (see “Vlonwelv’s Pulpit”). Chandelier. The room has a 30-foot-high flat ceiling, hanging from which is a wrought iron chandelier shaped vaguely like a giant spider and anchored to the ceiling by a
mirror is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”).
Etched into the bottom of the mirror’s stone frame are the letters T-U-O-Y-A-W (a reflection of W-A-Y-O-U-T). This gate’s rules are as follows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
60 feet overhead, with the ceiling rising another 20 feet beyond that. Set into alcoves are twelve sets of double doors made of iron. Each door is 10 feet wide, 10 feet high, and embossed with images
of dwarf warriors in plate armor. Crumbling Bridges. The bridges connect area V4 to adamantine doors that seal off areas V6, V7, and V8. The eastern half of the northern bridge and the western half of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
Events d6 Event
1 A sudden gust of wind extinguishes any open flames.
2 A character sees their own reflection age in a puddle or pane of glass.
3 Books hurl themselves from a
that has fallen into ruin.
Ceilings. Ceilings inside the tower are 20 feet high and vaulted. The fourth floor is open to the sky, and a large portion of the third-floor ceiling has caved in where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling dotted with stalactites 10 to 15 feet long. A 60-foot-long stalactite hangs directly above the stalagmite tower, its tip 10 feet above the brightly glowing Runestone.
Stalagmites. The
, fireball, and meteor swarm, as the opportunity presents itself. See area 14 for information on the Runestone. 13b. Glaring Gargoyles This side cavern has an uneven floor and ceiling 50 feet high and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
other mechanisms within the dungeon. At any given time, 1d4 + 1 tomb dwarves in leather harnesses dangle from the ceiling while performing routine maintenance on the gears and giant cogs. Each tomb dwarf
65. Underground Lake A dark underground lake opens up before you, its ceiling festooned with chains and gears — some of which appear to have dwarves dangling from them. A gigantic motionless stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
submerging it in a sacred spring hidden in the forests of the Borderlands. C4: Hallway Brian Valeza A massive, tentacled grub with dozens of legs creeps along the ceiling of this long hallway.
A
Carrion Crawler clings to the hall’s ceiling. It is Hostile toward all other creatures and fights them on sight. C5: Wizard’s Laboratory Luca Bancone Esoteric apparatuses and strange reagents line
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
15. Temple of Dumathoin This huge chamber has been sculpted to resemble a cavern with a 30-foot-high vaulted ceiling. 15a. Nave Monsters. Eight duergar plus their leader, a half-shield dwarf, half
the nave support the roof.
Dais. At the south end of the temple, stone steps climb 10 feet to a golden marble dais (area 15b).
Although her mother was a shield dwarf, Skella has the statistics of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
lamp oil, pickaxes, shovels, and other gear. Amid the supplies, you see the body of a dwarf, dead for at least a week.
The northeastern section of the cavern has collapsed, forming a ten-foot-wide
, twenty-foot-deep pit. A sturdy hemp rope is tied around one of three stalagmites in the cavern and dangles into the pit.
This was the Rockseekers’ campsite. The dead dwarf is Tharden, Gundren’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
One for All: The Stronghold I live here among my folk, and I swear that if need be I will die here atop a mountain of my enemies’ corpses.
— King Ulaar Strongheart
Every dwarf clan maintains a
a thief’s wildest dreams. In one chamber, gold foil lines the ceiling of an immense hall, carefully worked with diamonds that mimic the stars at night. In another, jewels are used to form wondrous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, vaulted ceiling.
Sarcophagus. A black marble sarcophagus flecked with gold stands close to the south wall, its lid carved in the likeness of a dwarf king.
Crystal Panels. Ten glittering panels are
29. King Melair’s Lost Tomb The dwarves have left many surprises here to prevent tomb robbers from reaching their king’s resting place. 29a. Second False Tomb Ceiling. This tomb has a 10-foot-high
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Across from the tunnel is a wooden door that’s flush with the ceiling, which used to be the floor. The door is ajar, and flanking it are two identical stone statues that hang down like stalactites
. Across from the statues are sconces with upside-down flames burning in them.
The statues, which merge seamlessly with the ceiling, depict a long-faced human dressed in wizard’s robes and clutching a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Gravy Four iron gibbets hang from chains hooked to the 10-foot-high ceiling. The gibbets are empty except for one that holds a wailing goblin named Glom. Glom was caught stealing food intended for the
and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. It can also be broken off with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check or a solid weapon blow. 1d. Market Hall Ceiling. This room has a soaring, 60-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
40–41 2d4 grimlocks 42–43 1d4 + 3 swarms of bats 44 1 dwarf prospector (scout) looking for gold 45 1 carrion crawler or 1 gelatinous cube 46 1d8 darkmantles or 2d4 piercers 47 1 hell hound 48 1d3
shadows 73 1d3 grells 74 1d4 wights 75 1d8 + 1 quaggoth spore servants 76 1d2 gargoyles 77 1d4 ogres or 1d3 ettins 78 1d4 dwarf explorers (veterans) 79–80 An abandoned miners’ camp spattered with