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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Rogue People forget that the entire point of venturing down into a dusty tomb is to bring back the prizes hidden away there. Fighting is for fools. Dead men can’t spend their fortunes.
— Barnabas
Bladecutter
When brute force won’t get the job done, or when magic isn’t available or appropriate, the rogue rises to the fore. With skills tied to stealth, subterfuge, and trickery, rogues can get
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
Bowl Bandits The passage continues onwards, taking the characters north for a while, and then switching back to the south. The caves here are empty, save for some old cobwebs on the ceiling
around this area are damp with moisture from the nearby stream. Read or paraphrase the following text as the characters near the curving passage, but before they reach the steps leading into the cavern
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
7. Gorgon Maze As they follow the path, the characters are drawn into a maze within the larger maze of the magical garden. The curving path you follow suddenly twists to reveal a proper maze cut out
up, it dissipates to mist. When a character picks up the diamond, a pathway opens up in the middle of each of the four sides of this area, any of which lead the characters back to the sundial. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
7. Gorgon Maze As they follow the path, the characters are drawn into a maze within the larger maze of the magical garden. The curving path you follow suddenly twists to reveal a proper maze cut out
up, it dissipates to mist. When a character picks up the diamond, a pathway opens up in the middle of each of the four sides of this area, any of which lead the characters back to the sundial. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
32. Far and Gone The curving west wall of this room is a seething mass of color and sickly light — a partially breached portal to the Far Realm. Creatures can’t physically pass through the portal
creature that comes into contact with the back wall must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by the wall for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the creature is stunned and stares at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
are the closest to those enemies when a fight breaks out. A character might occupy the front rank, one or more middle ranks, or the back rank. Characters in the front and back ranks need enough room
party arranges its marching order with only two ranks, they are a front rank and a back rank. If there’s only one rank, it’s considered a front rank. Stealth While traveling at a slow pace, the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, passages lead to the left and right, sloping upward and curving back toward each other. Where they meet, a tough membrane holds back the Nematode’s rudimentary liquid brain matter. Read or paraphrase
floating nodule resembles an open maw. A structure akin to a small tent but made of bone or pale stone stands in the back of the cave.
The tent is an aperture made of bone as dense as solid rock. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
other areas of the maze (your choice). There is no turning back from a wrong path. Once the last character has gone out of sight of the sundial (15 feet along the curving path), reversing direction
or leave items in this area, the marks and items are gone the next time they arrive here. The adventurers shouldn’t know whether they’re coming back to the same spot each time or whether more than one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the other areas of the maze (your choice). There is no turning back from a wrong path. Once the last character has gone out of sight of the sundial (15 feet along the curving path), reversing direction
ground or leave items in this area, the marks and items are gone the next time they arrive here. The adventurers shouldn’t know whether they’re coming back to the same spot each time or whether more than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
-goat creature in robes sprawls ten feet to the north. It grips a staff tipped with a bronze goat’s head.
The curving corridor forms a perfect circle, imbued with magical gravity that keeps creatures
parallel reality. Characters who walk the length of the circular corridor notice that Devlin’s body is no longer present — nor are any companions who waited behind for them. If they step back through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, and a pat on the back for a job well done (with or without a dagger in it). In an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise, a rogue’s talents are even more in demand. Not only is the rogue the first one
the boardrooms, the taprooms, and the back alleys where business gets done. Personally, I feel that “rogue” is a little misleading as a term. It implies that those of us who follow a more … eclectic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the Margaster family, whom they see as foes who will one day attack their home to regain it or destroy it if they can’t take it back. To most humans, Thornhold is merely the fortress above the surface
, a castle of gray stone with a thick, curving wall and a two-towered central keep. They don’t know of the caverns below that lead to the Stoneshaft clanhold. The cliff facing the sea is so sheer that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
out one skill or tool proficiency for another doesn’t make a character any stronger or weaker, but doing so can change the flavor of a class in subtle ways. For example, a prominent guild of rogues in
as a proficiency. You could even mandate that skill as one of the choices for rogues who belong to this guild. You can also change armor and weapon proficiencies to reflect certain aspects of your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
the cradles of civilization. Urban settings afford adventurers the chance to rub shoulders with the rich and powerful, butt heads with the dregs of society, and peel back the veneer of civility to see
the monstrous evil lurking beneath. Within a medieval town or city are places as deadly as any dungeon: A clock tower that serves as a base for a guild of kenku rogues and assassins A thieves’ guild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
to make room for mismatched and gouged dining tables. On the north side of the room, a curving stairwell rises between the back door and a hallway. On the south side, one door leads to the south and
guard outside the mansion: one at the carriage house’s east door, two at the front door, and one at the back patio door. If attacked, the draconians shout to alert the other draconians outside the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
are apparent, and the smell of death is fainter than one would expect. At the back of the cave, within ten feet of the drow, a breeze whistles through three tiny fissures in the rock.
The fissures
magically pull the air from the cave and the lungs of any creature that comes within 30 feet of the back of the cave. Such a creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be unable to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Though the trap’s trigger is magical, the floor must be lifted and set into place again for the trap to be reset. Before the trap is reset, a character can climb back up into this area from area B11
that opens up through the crumbling wall of the antechamber is illuminated by a single brazier. At the end of the passage, a set of curving stone stairs descends farther down into darkness.
If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, curving along the tower’s north wall.
If a character examines the coins or statue, have them make a DC 14 Intelligence (History) check. Silvanesti elves have advantage on this check. On a
in the Shadowfell, and they can see the door behind them shining like a beacon of light. Characters can freely pass back and forth through the portal between area E4 and E5, and they can speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
doors and windows, and servants bustle back and forth in cold-weather gear.
Kept magically cold, the Mythomian Warehouse in the Hidden Quarter is Eileanar’s main clearing house for incoming goods and
sides of this grand avenue, each storefront a glimmering treasure box of sensory delight.
Curving along the Outer Platform, the Way of Astonishments is closed to traffic, allowing patrons to freely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
mosaics of tentacles flank a set of black marble doors in the south wall. Reliefs of long, curving fangs line the arc of the door frame.
The double doors push open to reveal an underwater passage to
tentacles, which convene at the top around a circular fanged mouth.
At the southwestern end of the plaza, a set of curving stairs climbs above the water. Four kuo-toa worship at the altar, while a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
see far into the room. Rogues leer from the room’s card faces. The door to the east is the Star card, while the door to the south shows the back of a card. The door to the west displays the Puzzle card
shift. A door displaying the Fool card stands on the east wall, and another—showing only the back of a card from the Deck of Many Things—is to the north.
This room is brightly lit by the gem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
opaque rectangular shape darkens the center of the ceiling.
The fountain’s central water jet climbs high above its pool. A metal staircase curves around the atrium’s back wall to a landing forty feet
(greater); and a bag with 10 pp, 20 gp, 15 sp, and a flawed emerald worth 500 gp. P8: Gallery Curving metal stairs ascend to an art gallery that constitutes the palace’s second floor. A low stone rail
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
along the wall’s length. The fresco on the east wall shows an armored knight on the back of a red dragon flying across the landscape. This pair appears in multiple scenes along the wall, with the dragon’s
DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices that the curving wall just west of the southern entrance is less smooth than the other walls, holding stair-like footholds. They go about four feet up the side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
creature that touches a globe but isn’t its controller must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be drawn into the globe and unable to pass back through its boundary. As an action, a trapped
the water of a vast pool situated between curving northern and southern staircases that lead up to double doors. Two enormous globes of blue liquid are suspended in the air to the east.
Creatures. One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Without the steps, climbing the inward-curving wall requires a climbing kit and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. The message, scrawled in Old Omuan, states, “True love, faithful general
commissioned out of appreciation and affection, but defaced it when she believed the general betrayed her. The face is completely destroyed. Gouged across its back in Old Omuan are the words “Forgive me
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon’s choice).
In a
challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the dragon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Cinderhild and then ransoming her back to her parents. If ordered to surrender, she tells the characters that she’s willing to pretend to be their prisoner until her father gives them what they want
has wrapped her luxurious orange hair around a black dragon’s horn, giving her a coiffure that looks like a curving pillar of flame. She is a fire giant, with the following changes: Brimskarda’s dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to the ceiling down to the floor. Tracks have worn smooth paths from ledge to ledge across the curving floor.
The thunderous griding of stone echoes throughout the cave, as three boulders roll along
. Shaydun, the centaurs’ leader, approaches the characters. She doesn’t know how the characters arrived in the canyon, but she’s willing to help them find a way back to the Lost Caverns if they help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
away and never grown back. He brutally attacks other dragons, seeking to slay any wyrm that might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances
struck by these fish, which deal no damage. Whenever a fish hits a traveler and flops onto the bridge, it’s a local custom (and considered good luck) to toss the fish back into the river. Once a home
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. Its curving, segmented horns are bone-colored near the base and darken to dead black at the tips. As a black dragon ages, the flesh around its horns and cheekbones deteriorates as though eaten by
extend back from its nostrils to line its brow, and cluster on its jutting lower jaw. A blue dragon’s scales vary in color from an iridescent azure to a deep indigo, polished to a glossy finish by the