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Adult Blue Dragon
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Basic Rules (2014)
barren places, using their lightning breath and their burrowing ability to carve out crystallized caverns and tunnels beneath the sands.
Thunderstorms rage around a legendary blue dragon’s lair
sinkhole can be spotted from a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity
Ancient Blue Dragon
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in barren places, using their lightning breath and their burrowing ability to carve out crystallized caverns and tunnels beneath the sands.
Thunderstorms rage around a legendary blue dragon’s
sinkhole can be spotted from a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15
Symbol
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stepping on the glyph, removing another object covering it, approaching within a certain distance of it, or manipulating the object that holds it. For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most
Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target is driven insane for 1 minute. An insane creature can't take actions, can't understand what other creatures say, can't read, and speaks only in
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Yan-C-Bin drops the temperature of the air, covering all surfaces with ice. This effect is identical to the
beneath the open sky have a five percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Thunderstorm Chance"} chance of being struck by lightning. A creature struck by lightning must make a
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
their lightning breath and their burrowing ability to carve out crystallized caverns and tunnels beneath the sands.
Thunderstorms rage around a legendary blue dragon’s lair, and narrow tubes lined
a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, transforming it into a star spawn seer. Whoever the mortal once was largely vanishes beneath the mass of tumorous skin than builds up in strange whorls all over the seer’s body. The mortal’s
often in the wake of a comet—or perhaps this phenomenon merely signals that star spawn are in the vicinity and available for communication. When the signs are right, cultists gather together, read
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the signs written in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace
make their way through it.
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Remorhaz;Remorhazes infest the glacier beneath an adult crystal dragon;adult crystal dragon's lair, posing an imminent threat to the dragon’s home and hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
sixty-six bent spoons. The art on the walls is worthless. Dinner Guest. A conspicuous, child-sized form is seated under a sheet covering one of the chairs. Beneath sits a ragged doll in a frilly red dress. A white patch covers a missing button eye.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
W15. Brown Mold If the characters open the secret door, read: It takes some effort to push open the secret door, and you are greeted by a blast of cold air. A dark tunnel stretches for fifteen feet
, ending at an archway beyond which lies a shallow cave. Characters who have a light source can see brown mold covering the walls, floor, and ceiling around the archway and the cave beyond. Growing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
all magic in this room,
Lest reckless steps ensure your doom.
The tiles covering the floor of this room each bear a single letter written in the Common alphabet, making the room a giant word
search. Traps beneath many of the tiles threaten those who move through the room heedless of the hidden words.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sky and tracking the signs written in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to
snow structures reminiscent of castles but open to the sky. Glittering crystals scattered about their lairs glow with gathered starlight, and caves or tunnels beneath the ice and snow provide protected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X1. Temple Facade A snow-swept gravel road climbs the mountainside as it travels north from Tsolenka Pass toward the temple. When the characters reach the end of this road, read: The road fades away
under a covering of snow, but it takes you far enough to see the facade of some kind of temple carved into the sheer mountainside ahead. The front of the structure is fifty feet high and has six
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Approaching the Winery If the characters continue toward the winery, read: Situated in the midst of the vineyard, the winery is an old, two-story stone building with multiple entrances, thick ivy
covering every wall, and iron fencing along its roofline. The trail ends at an open loading dock on the ground floor.
A wooden stable of more recent construction is attached to the east side of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the characters pass through, read or paraphrase the following text: A majestic vista spreads beneath the dome: the undersea city of Janya. The city’s dark towers are carved with circular windows and
characters take in the beauty of the city, a figure approaches them. The shadows of aquatic residents flit beneath the iridescent magic that protects the undersea city of Janya
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, read: The stench of sweat fills the humid air. You are chained to the wall of a dank, partially flooded pit. Other prisoners whimper nearby, lit by faint torchlight from the hole above.
If characters
peer into this room through the portcullis, use this description instead: Muffled sobs and moans rise from four pits with circular iron grates covering them. A chain hooked to each grate stretches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X22. Northwest Annex When one of the doors to this room is opened, read: Torches in sconces illuminate a dining table in the center of the room. Covering the table is a magnificent feast that fills
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
high overhead Red, held waist high4
Turquoise, held at shoulder Buff, at feet
Scarlet, held waist high (None)
Pale green, at feet Indigo, held high overhead
1 An illusion covering
a crawlway to area 11 2 This door can be opened by a knock spell or destroyed with disintegrate 3 An illusion covering a crawlway to area 14 4 An illusion covering a crawlway to area 13 The false
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Surprise Audience When the characters emerge from the hatch, read or paraphrase the following: The space beyond is a windowless room with a wooden ceiling only four feet off the floor and a trapdoor
at its center. A smiling mask with peeling paint lies on the floor. From above comes the sound of someone singing an operatic aria.
The characters are in the crawlspace beneath the stage of the Pear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
thri-kreen. Read the following as the characters approach: Numerous thri-kreen dash through the tall grass, attempting to avoid the steps of a massive figure. A gigantic, ancient woman dressed in thick
dreams. If asked for the Hammock of Worlds, she rummages amid the vines covering her and produces it. If the characters explain why they need it, she’s eager to help them and not only gives them the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Event 1: River’s Edge Lulu guides the characters toward Zariel, finding her on the ground of Avernus beneath Elturel. Read or paraphrase the following to set the scene: Elturel hangs above you and
gnats, and a battle rages fiercely beneath it. Thousands of fiends clash in Elturel’s shadow. And at their center stands a being wreathed in flame, striking down demons with tireless fury.
Lulu
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
make camp. When all of them have risen and finished preparing for the day’s travel, read: As you head toward the pyramid temple, you tread across cracked and overgrown flagstones, stepping over
people moving through the woods toward the clearing around the pyramid.
Then, suddenly, the earth shudders and gapes open beneath your feet and you are falling amid the roar of collapsing masonry. Dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
Mind Flayers? When the characters are hours away from arriving at the Rock of Bral, read: The ship slows unexpectedly. Around you, on all sides, colossal chunks of rock float in the void. Some of
places for pirates to hide.”
As if on cue, a vessel lurking behind a nearby asteroid comes into view. Its enormous spiral shell merges with an open bow, beneath which long tentacles wave as if caught
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the villagers. After learning the scout’s news, Mayor Raven orders the evacuation to begin. Read the following description: The villagers remain eerily quiet as they begin lowering themselves into the
boats. Panic washes over the crowd as cloaked figures emerge at the edge of the cliff above Vogler. The figures linger for a moment, then step off the edge. Wings sweep from beneath their cloaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
glass pane through which a slight breeze passes, causing the curtain to move. When the characters look behind the curtain, read: A black cloth covers something atop a white marble pedestal. Beneath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
animate and attack them. If this happens, read: The giant roots beneath the hut come to life and pull themselves up out of the mire. The hut and the roots lurch and groan, becoming a lumbering mass that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Threshold Evacuation After Belephaion is defeated, read the following: The shaking underfoot continues. Outside the windows, boulder-sized chunks of the city tear free, rising into the air. Beneath
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Skalanthas Strikes! The voyage to Najkir is uneventful until the ship comes within a mile of the island. When that happens, read or paraphrase the following aloud: The sea is calm; the sky is clear
is Skalanthas. He was scouring old shipwrecks when he saw the Wavemount from beneath the sea. Skalanthas no longer permits strange ships to venture this close to his island, and he is Hostile, uncommunicative, and unwilling to accept bribes.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Preface
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scenario.
However you come by this document — nailed to your door in the night, stomped into the mud beneath a horse’s hooves, or at one of our inviting recruitment drives – I’m glad. In fact, we’re
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Arrival When the characters can see the outside of the shrine, read the following boxed text aloud: The sea splashes on the bottom of a rocky cliff carved to look like a 60-foot-tall dragon with a
entering her lair through the windows, she assumes they are thieves and attacks. The final entrance to the shrine is hidden beneath the waves. A character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 18
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
behind this strange sensation. Then you feel the ground beneath you shift as something moves — a number of a thick, spiky tendrils bursting from the ground.
Two fungal creatures resembling otyughs
, whereupon each bursts into a cloud of sweet-smelling spores as its body dissolves back into the larger mass of fungi filling the cavern. Read the following to the players when the final creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
passengers are safely aboard the Moondancer, read: The crystalline vine coils upward, scraping the sky. From the harbor, you can see similar vines miles from the settlement, having burst out of the world and
the water and into the air! The world falls away beneath you as the Moondancer flies through the clouds and into the starry abyss of night.
Here ends chapter 1. Emergency Airlift If the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
, read this text: Waves lap against a derelict ship lodged against a ridge of rocks and enormous dragon bones. A faint odor of rot wafts on the sea air, along with the sound of screeching seagulls and
hole in the hull beneath the water line.
If the characters pull the rowboat up to the south (starboard) side of the ship, they can easily tie up the little boat to the derelict’s rigging and climb onto
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
5. Ravenous Rabble When the characters can see this area, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: The coral here glows with a light of its own. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and
massive ship that split in two when it was pulled beneath the waves.
The chamber is twice as long in the opposite direction, and the walls of both sides are split by holes that lead into adjoining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
the Nether Scroll. When the adventurers arrive at the outer edge of the sandstorm, read: You see a dome-shaped sandstorm, four hundred feet wide, before you. Flashes of purple lightning course through
the roiling storm, and the sound of the sand is nearly deafening. Scoured bones litter the ground beneath it, and the stone of the nearby ruins has been gouged by its ceaseless winds.
The dome of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
to escape, they are working on a secret plan. Eight neutral tiefling muralists are plastering and painting, as well as covering the floor with inlaid tiles. They use the same statistics and respond to
examined, read the following (from the original Tomb of Horrors): The walls are being painted with figures of animals, strange signs and glyphs, and humanoids posing with spheres of different colors