blazing both down continues realizes

Imix

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

drastically, quadrupling in size (for example, a fire blazing in a 5-foot by 5-foot area expands to a 10-foot by 10-foot area). Pools or streams of lava or other molten material are also affected. Creatures

":"Wildfire","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. A wildfire continues to threaten the characters for 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Wildfire Rounds"} rounds or until they

9. Fountain of Evil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

surface, while the eastern path runs level with the water and continues into a tunnel opening. The water turns darker toward the center of the pool, where it transforms from a gentle swirl into a churning

Wisdom (Perception) score. If more than half the characters fail the check, the water weird notices them and attacks. If the characters are attacked by the water weird while following Droki, the wily derro realizes he’s being shadowed and makes a run for it.

Purple Worm Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Square, targeting the Ashen Heirs’ boomhailers. When the Ashen Heirs see the worm racing toward them, they attempt to flee. The purple worm is irritated by the sound from the boomhailers and continues

through the square. A character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check realizes the Ashen Heirs’ devices are irritating the creature. Unaware of this, the Ashen Heirs

Kobold Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

crawl to make progress. In places where a tunnel opens into a chasm and continues on the other side, the kobolds might connect the two passages with a rope bridge or some other rickety structure

neighboring tribes that want exclusive claim to a flock of mountain goats might skirmish with each other every few days. Eventually the leader of one warring tribe realizes it is losing due to attrition and

Mistshore: Spring

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

the stone for herself. She now realizes that decision was a mistake. Grinda tells the characters that she gave the stone to her rat familiar and told the creature to stash it in her family’s mausoleum

15 or higher can spot the gazer shortly after the party enters the City of the Dead. The gazer defends itself if attacked. Next Encounter Armed with directions to the Garloth mausoleum, the characters can head for the City of the Dead. The spring chain continues with encounter 4, “Mausoleum.”

Trench of Love Lost Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

a failed save, the creature takes 21 (6d6) psychic damage and telepathically hears dozens of drowning cries. Characters who inspect the hole in the ship determine it continues through the bottom of

and to the sides of the platform are four deep, rounded alcoves. A spectral, armored figure with blazing emerald eyes appears from behind the throne and advances. “More fools of Djaynai? I’m the

Bad Data

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

risk! Advisement: full planar realignment! Highest alert!” The modron continues issuing such dire reports. As it does, wisps of green vapor leak from its mouth, eyes, and seams. Gradually this vapor

congeals into a nightmarish depiction of the Spire and the surrounding Outlands. The character with the highest Intelligence who witnesses this realizes the congealing vapor is X01’s interpretation of

Elemental Engines

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

the distinctive ring attached to every airship. The appearance of a ring depends on the type of elemental spirit bound to the core; for example, a fire elemental spirit generates a blazing ring of

bound to it. The shard has AC 17; HP 10; and Immunity to Piercing, Poison, Psychic, and Slashing damage. If an airship’s elemental core is broken, the ship ceases to move (though it continues to hover if

Peylon Tree Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

and his alignment is neutral good). When Riffel realizes he has company, he jumps to his feet and draws his spear, but he doesn’t fight unless attacked. He is initially wary of the characters but is

trapped Riffel’s allies. Riffel continues his explanation: “Borthaks love peylon fruit. When we were attacked, I ran here to find a peylon fruit so I could return and distract the borthak so the others can

N3. Burgomaster's Mansion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

carrying bundles of twigs, which are piled about the mansion’s grand foyer (area N3a) until the construction of the wicker sun for the Festival of the Blazing Sun gets under way. If the characters knock

of the sun (for the Festival of the Blazing Sun). The stairs climb to the upstairs gallery (area N3i). The portraits depict the baron, his family, and their ancestors. Close inspection reveals that

Ilvaash's Anima

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

reads these tablets and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana or Investigation) check realizes the reassembly creates a notable weakness: damage to the obelisk creates backlash into the fanatics

functional. At least one of the mind flayer fanatics—and perhaps all three—are here to engineer Phandalin’s forced transformation as the ritual continues. Fanatics confronted here fight to the death

Bastion of Takhisis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

are doomed to failure, as the flying citadel helm in area S25 can be used only by a spellcaster. (Later, when Caradoc realizes he can’t attune to it, he goes into a rage and attacks the characters

platform surrounding the lip of the brazier. Four supports crowned by blazing violet flames levitate around the scaffold, holding it aloft. A figure in blackened armor stands atop the scaffold

Dimensional Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

while the characters traverse the tunnel. The tunnel continues for what feels like forever before the ceiling suddenly begins to rise. The walls frame an impossibly tall canyon that slowly widens, the

ancient deep crow suddenly rises up. Its great wings unfurl, its multiple eyes blazing red as it lets loose a caw that shakes the cavern walls. Any character who succeeds on a DC 14 Wisdom (Insight

Imix

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

: Any fires in the lair flare up drastically, quadrupling in size (for example, a fire blazing in a 5-foot by 5-foot area expands to a 10-foot by 10-foot area). Pools or streams of lava or other molten

) fire damage. A wildfire continues to threaten the characters for 1d10 rounds or until they get out of its path. Wooden structures caught in the wildfire are destroyed. Lava fountains erupt from the

Court of Orestes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

examines the rock formation quickly realizes it’s a door. Opening or otherwise investigating the door knocks free the dirt encrusting it, revealing an ancient etching of a phoenix wearing a mask rising from

. Any character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check recognizes the spirit as Varyas’s eidolon, and realizes it might be Phenax’s Silence. If the characters protect the eidolon or

Yun Dynasty Ruins Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

fears the books are the Mountain Cloud Empress’s diaries but then realizes their true nature. Nevertheless, Zhong Yin encourages the party to prioritize preserving any other historical artifacts the

is pretending—poorly—to be a ghost. If given food or garbage, the otyugh continues to pretend to be three rag-ghosts, but it can telepathically warn the characters about the ropers in area Y1 and

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

successful DC 10 Intelligence (Survival) check, a character examining the racks realizes that the village must produce far more food than the number of villagers alone would require. Villagers If the

armor with no obvious effects, the villagers are unlikely to notice. The fight continues until one contestant is unconscious and dying. (Allow Orcaheart to make death saving throws if he drops to 0 hit

Cave of Echoes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

the ceiling thirty feet above. The main tunnel continues to the east, and smaller side chambers extend to the north and the south. Three poltergeists (variant specters) haunt the main chamber of

tunnel. The echoes of the stream’s soft babbling are unusually loud. Partway along the stream’s path, the waterway widens to a ten-foot-wide pool before it narrows again and continues. The stream

The Village

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

successful DC 10 Intelligence (Survival) check, a character examining the racks realizes that the village must produce far more food than the number of villagers alone would require. Villagers If the

magic armor with no obvious effects, the villagers are unlikely to notice. The fight continues until one contestant is unconscious and dying. (Allow Orcaheart to make death saving throws if he drops to 0

Wyrmheart Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

. The cart continues down the track unhindered. 3–5. The cart derails into area 11. Each creature in the cart is thrown out, lands prone, and must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 5

north wall and continues northward (more or less) for 40 miles to the firenewt-infested smelter and forge of Hrakhamar. It’s passable and the tracks are intact for the full length, but encounters with

Death House Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. Hanging above the mantelpiece is a wood-framed portrait of a family: a man and a woman with two smiling children—the same children you saw outside. The marble staircase continues upward. The red

marble staircase that started on the first floor continues its upward spiral to area D11. A cold draft flows down the steps. D7a–D7b: Servants’ Room and Closet An undecorated bedroom contains a pair of

Briny Maze Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

made of a silvery metal with sharp serrations and elaborate designs. Anyone examining the greatsword who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check realizes that it’s one of the

(Perception) check realizes that the goo didn’t come from the intellect snare but seeped from the wall beyond it. The first person to touch the goo receives a psychic flash of the layout of the occipital

Masters' Domain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

check, the character realizes that the emotion is artificial and illusory. Creatures. When the characters first enter this area, the eight four-armed gargoyles are true statues. After a door other than

. Another four-armed gargoyle animates whenever another such door is opened. This process continues for as long as any gargoyles remain in the alcoves. The gargoyles don’t leave the room. Pillars of

Landro Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

been here for years. Anyone who examined the thin, gray liquid in the cave entrance realizes that the white powder is residue from this liquid. The corpses are Cyran soldiers who were instantly killed

that stretches from floor to ceiling. The cylinder of light continues upward into Landro’s leg. Within the mushroom patch are two shriekers. The shriekers’ high-pitched screams might attract the

Zorzula's Rest Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom (Medicine) check realizes that the crushed skulls are indicative of mind flayers’ brain extractions. Mine Carts. The mine carts are in disrepair and roll squeakily along the

roaring alight with blazing red fire, charges toward you with a piercing screech. The iron drill is a fiendish auger (see appendix A), a remnant of the ancient duergar mining operation. It attacks

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

character who walks across the floorboards realizes that the only way past this room is through the thin gaps between the floorboards. If the characters still struggle, allow them to make a DC 12

a careful search of the area. Observing the Night Sky. A character observing the mirage of the night sky can make a DC 14 Intelligence (Nature) check. On a success, a character realizes that, while

Monastery Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

attack her at once, she realizes at once that this is no longer a practice session and tries her best to kill or incapacitate as many of her foes as possible. Her battered Sacred Stone monks join in as

localized cave-in partially obstructs this disused mine tunnel. A heap of rubble stands six feet high and blocks a ten-foot long section of the passage, but the tunnel definitely continues past the

Areas of the Water Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

successful DC 15 Dexterity check and a set of thieves’ tools, or the gate can be wrenched open with a successful DC 25 Strength check. West Tunnel. This passage continues west to area A14 in the Temple

, mimicking a starry night. The canal that runs through this lake continues north and south. To the east, a wide quay at the end of the lake leads to a large hall with red pillars. The ceiling is 50 feet

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

Perception of 15+ realizes the perilous nature of the ice. Each 10-foot square of ice is a Large object with AC 13; HP 10; and Immunity to Cold, Poison, and Psychic damage. Placing more than 100

amulet it’s bonded to (see area D7), the guardian fights the closest creature as it continues trying to protect its former controller, the halfling Deena Finkleton. Southwest Alcove. This alcove

Chromatic Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

she shares control of the faith of dragonkind. She also holds a special enmity for Asmodeus, who long ago stripped her of the rule of Avernus and who continues to curb the Dragon Queen’s power. Black

territory than it is about gaining power and wealth with as little effort as possible. A green dragon is recognized by its curved jawline and the crest that begins near its eyes and continues down its

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