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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
4. Cloak Room and Guard Post Just inside the front door is a chamber with pegs and benches for cloaks and boots. A set of rusty spears rests in one corner, held in the claw of a small drake statue
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The guard post to the right of this entryway is unoccupied except when large groups of rival cultists gather. Two small arrow slits make it easy to fire into the entry hall with three-quarters cover.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
4. Cloak Room and Guard Post The entryway is empty most of the time. Just inside the front door is a chamber with pegs and benches for cloaks and boots. A set of rusty spears rests in one corner
, held in the claw of a small drake statue. The guard post to the right of this entryway is unoccupied except when large groups of rival cultists gather. Two small arrow slits make it easy to fire into the entry hall with three-quarters cover.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Area of Effect The descriptions of many spells and other features specify that they have an area of effect, which typically has one of six shapes. These shapes are defined elsewhere in this glossary
obstruction must provide Total Cover. See also “Cover.” If the creator of an area of effect places it at an unseen point and an obstruction—such as a wall—is between the creator and that point, the point of origin comes into being on the near side of the obstruction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Area of Effect The descriptions of many spells and other features specify that they have an area of effect, which typically has one of six shapes. These shapes are defined elsewhere in this glossary
obstruction must provide Total Cover. See also “Cover.” If the creator of an area of effect places it at an unseen point and an obstruction—such as a wall—is between the creator and that point, the point of origin comes into being on the near side of the obstruction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Common Areas Most of the ceilings in this area are 10 feet high. Blood-smeared tiles cover the floors and walls throughout. 10a. Dining Hall This room has a vaulted ceiling, rising 15 feet high
. The guards in area 10b notice any light or noise here and quickly investigate. The room has the following features: Table and Benches. A 25-foot-long stone dining table is in the middle of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
benches rests in the middle. Shelves and open cupboards are chiseled out of the walls, all of it smooth and perfectly formed. Cushions cover the benches, and mattresses rest on the beds. A variety of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
26. Workshop The temple’s sculptors labor in this workshop, which is filled with tables and benches covered in tools and raw materials for the crafting and repair of statuary. Creatures The five
human sculptors here (use the cultist stat block) work feverishly to cover for the absence of the colleagues who left for the Tomb of Horrors. If the characters talk to them, the sculptors assume they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Speed A creature has a Speed, which is the distance in feet the creature can cover when it moves on its turn. See also “Climbing,” “Crawling,” “Flying,” “Jumping,” “Swimming” and chapter 1 (“Combat
”). Special Speeds. Some creatures have special speeds, such as a Burrow Speed, Climb Speed, Fly Speed, or Swim Speed, each of which is defined in this glossary. If you have more than one speed, choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Speed A creature has a Speed, which is the distance in feet the creature can cover when it moves on its turn. See also “Climbing,” “Crawling,” “Flying,” “Jumping,” “Swimming” and “Playing the Game
” (“Combat”). Special Speeds. Some creatures have special speeds, such as a Burrow Speed, Climb Speed, Fly Speed, or Swim Speed, each of which is defined in this glossary. If you have more than one speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
lower deck. Railing. A 3-foot-high rail is built around the deck’s perimeter, providing half cover for Medium creatures and three-quarters cover for Small creatures behind it. Rowboats. Eight rowboats
, barrels, and ammunition secured with rope. Oars. Thirty-two benches are built into the deck, each with a 20-foot-long oar. When the ship is rowed, crew members sit on these benches to work the oars. Ten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Areas of Effect Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once. A spell's description specifies its area of effect, which typically
imaginary lines, an obstruction must provide total cover. Cone A cone extends in a direction you choose from its point of origin. A cone's width at a given point along its length is equal to that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
air. Rows of benches face an altar at the end of a spacious worship hall. Above the altar is an enormous stained-glass window of a sunrise.
Until recently, the temple’s head priest was a human woman
hard on new recruits.” (True)
DM Secret! Ivlis secretly leads the Cult of Chaos, an evil cult that feeds on destruction and disarray. Her supposed religious journey is a cover for her occult
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
the “Here there be dragons” notations? What if great empires cover huge stretches of countryside, with clearly defined borders between them? The Five Nations of the Eberron setting were once part of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Areas of Effect Left to Right: Line, Cone, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder
*Point of Origin Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once
, that location isn’t included in the spell’s area. To block one of these imaginary lines, an obstruction must provide total cover, as explained in chapter 9. Cone A cone extends in a direction you choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
alarm, putting the entire den on alert (see “Denizens”). If the characters use the airship’s weaponry to attack Grudd Haug, the den’s defenders are smart enough to take cover behind walls. Defenders armed
Objects. Most of the furnishings and other items in Grudd Haug are sized for hill giants. Exceptions are noted in the text. Tables, benches, and other room fixtures are typically twice as high, long
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Refectory Umber Hulks. Two umber hulks stomp about the room. They attack other creatures on sight.
Wreckage. Smashed dining tables and benches create a makeshift obstacle course and provide cover
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
commoner) runs the Smiling Satyr and does his best to cover for Revil. Mirabar Circle The Mirabarran authorities would be angry to learn that the Harpers have compromised the city’s security by constructing
not only the teleportation circle inscribed in the middle of the patio but also the broken benches, weed-infested flowerbeds, and shattered statuary that surround the circle. While the hallucinatory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. An ancient wooden table surrounded by matching benches stands at the room’s center, near an ornate spiral staircase that climbs through the ceiling above. To the north are statues of githzerai
, leaving out the last sentence if the nycaloth is invisible: A sizable desk stands opposite the door in this stuffy study. Cabinets, crowded bookshelves, and maps of the Outer Planes cover the room’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
. Shattered clay roof tiles, splinters of wood, dry leaves, and bird droppings cover the floor, which has begun to rot in a number of places. The rafters are home to several birds’ nests formed out of
filled with old chairs, tables, benches, hunting trophies, rolled-up rugs, a standing mirror, and similar unwanted decor. Leaning against the east wall are six flat, rectangular objects wrapped in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
26. Terraced Aquarium You are looking out and down into an enormous chamber defined by terraced steps that ring the entire area and descend toward a central enclosure.
A few feet south of the door
tiers and cover the floor of the middle tier to a depth of about 2 feet. The water will slowly drain out of four small drains in the corners of the bottom tier, but it will take a good three hours to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
. The vast room at the end of the corridor contains trestle tables, benches, stools, and the like. Here and there stand barrels and kegs of ale, beer, and mead. All of the tables are crowded with various
. Various skins and hides cover the floors. Several others hang on the walls alongside giant garments on pegs. All are worthless, as are the contents of all the chests and the bags tucked under four of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
power and influence for me. Slay, and let the rot cover all. Fear me, and obey.” Tyranthraxus, also called the Possessing Spirit and the Flamed One, seeks to rule the world through the bodies of others
. Similar to the Earthmother, it uses magical pools as windows into the world to spread its influence. Zargon, the Returner, also called the Invincible Tyrant, is said to be an undying and unkillable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
limit to how many times it can be used is how many eyeballs the party has remaining. Y12. Wellspring of Answers A deep well plunges through the city floor into darkness. Five crystal benches encircle it
climbing speed of 30 feet. The monster shudders awake if a light source penetrates more than 80 feet into the well, or if a creature sitting on one of the benches awakens it (see below). Meditation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
ceiling, two each to your left and your right.
This area is empty, quiet, and peaceful. 21. Blademaster’s Quarters Dark green tiles cover the walls and floor of this room, and the ceiling is tiled
walls, rising about seven feet off the floor and perhaps ten feet wide. A number of coffers, their lids closed, lie around the room.
Three long tables, benches to either side, are set in the central
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the first and second floors provide three-quarters cover to those standing behind them. The rooftop battlements provide variable cover, depending on the angle of attack. Iron ladders and trapdoors
are variously spending their idle hours sharpening and poisoning their weapons, eating, or meditating on curved stone benches spaced along the walls. 18f. North Barracks This building and its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
This cabin belongs to Fheralai Stormsworn. Bearskin throws cover the floor and the walls are decorated with the mounted, charred heads of her enemies. If Fheralai survived the “Leilon Besieged” quest
four javelins of lightning. D7. Oar Deck This gloomy oar deck looks like the belly of a whale, with gargantuan ribs sweeping from the walls to form rowing benches for the undead crew. The deck
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
cover the walls and floor of this room. In the center of the room sits a table with a small bench beside it. A coffer is propped in the northeast corner, its open lid leaning against the wall.
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cover the walls and floor of this room. Many lidless coffers rest against the walls, though there are none near the northern wall west of the archway. One of the coffers glows, its blue light filling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Pools and to the Blood Pools. 62. Ooze Temple This chamber has stone benches, columns, and a raised altar, all suggesting it might have once been a temple or forum. Skeletons are arrayed across the
benches.
Creatures. Two deathlock wights (see appendix B) with buckets and stone boots move among dozens of skeletons. They pour steaming ooze over the bones. Two sentient ochre jellies and two sentient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
noise, does not attract the attention of the guards in area 2. 2. Guard Room If the party has not alerted the guards here, lizardfolk are lounging on benches and talking among themselves. Modify the
description below as needed. This room is bare except for two wooden benches, set opposite each other against the longer walls. A handful of lizardfolk stand at attention, ready to move into action
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the warehouse (area 4) have crenelated parapets for defense. These provide half cover. Aside from the pirate crews, Jahaka Anchorage is home to a handful of pirates who answer to the tavernkeeper
watchtower stands 30 feet above “dry” land. It’s surrounded by a crenelated parapet that provides half cover to defenders. A ballista is also mounted on the tower. It can be used against vessels intruding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
fiend, balor, yugoloth, or night hag that is especially mighty. That patron’s aims are evil—the corruption or destruction of all things, ultimately including you—and your path is defined by the extent to
, the Returner; Hadar, the Dark Hunger; or Great Cthulhu. Or you might invoke several entities without yoking yourself to one. The motives of these beings are incomprehensible, and the Great Old One
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
to its patron might be a clearly defined exchange, or it could be uncertain or forceful. Whatever the nature of the being, as long as your group fulfills its role, the being offers rewards. Roll or
Contact 1 Employer. An established member of local society acts as the interface between you and the patron and provides the cover of legitimate employment. They could be a bartender, shopkeeper
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
behind total cover takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 22 (4d10) poison damage and have the poisoned condition for 1 hour. A character who
pushes open to reveal a cobweb-filled wooden staircase leading to the attic. D12a–D12c: Master Suite Burgundy drapes cover the windows of this large bedroom. The furnishings include a four-poster bed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. The parapet shown on map 5.5 in area Z2 connects the two arrow slits, which grant all of the creatures on the ledge three-quarters cover against attacks made from outside the outpost. The goblins are
rectangular stone tables stretch the length of the room along with several sets of stone benches. A handful of goblins sit at these tables, shoveling gritty white porridge into their mouths.
On one side of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
benches sit in the center of the room. The table has several platters and flagons on it, along with a small cask of wine and a wheel of cheese covered with mold. Two wooden lockers are tucked under the
throne room. The doors open into an outer hall where six hell hounds roam. The walls in the outer hall are set with torches in cressets and draped with crude tapestries. Six chairs and two benches lie