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Locking the Cage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

Locking the Cage Sigil’s portals operate at the Lady of Pain’s will, as do the few permanent teleportation circles hidden among the city’s wards. Her influence stops spells and other features from

allowing creatures to enter or leave the city. She even bars gods from stepping foot in the city—a ban she can extend to anyone at any time. The Lady knows when any creature uses a portal and can block

The Shape of the District

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

plaza contains the wreckage of a bridge that fell from one of the higher wards. More recently, the Bridge has taken on another meaning: it’s the line between Boromar territory and the wilds. Everything

goblins, kobolds, and gnolls have taken up residence in a block of condemned tenements known as the Kennels. Aside from this, Callestan is incredibly diverse, and members of any race can be found

Sir Ursas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

—especially followers of Zariel. See appendix B for Sir Ursas’s stat block. A Paladin in Hell Sir Ursas’s Manor Sir Ursas resides in a veritable stronghold located outside the city limits. Its grounds are

surrounded by a vast and intricate hedge maze under a permanent guards and wards spell. Any creature navigating the maze on their own without guidance must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or

Above the Ashen Spires

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse

strong that even the airship’s wind wards don’t completely block it out. Make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw to avoid inhaling the ash. On a failed save, you have the Poisoned condition until the

swirls in eddies through the clouds; were it not for the Recluse’s wind wards, it’s safe to presume that the air would be nigh unbreathable. “Movement to starboard!” One of the deck hands at the

Lambent Zenith Locations

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

room is plain yet inviting. Five sailors lounge in cramped bunks and colorful hammocks strung from the ceiling. Five lawful good sailors from the Upper Planes (use the veteran stat block, but the

front of the ship. During the Lambent Zenith’s crash, arcane wards should have sealed the safe room’s doors. The safe room is inaccessible while the wards are active. Ward Runes. Two runes hidden on the

Lady's Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

power does—the power to influence, administer, and evade the rule of law. Despite its luxuries and breathtaking vistas, the Lady’s Ward is quieter than other wards, its solemn streets frequented by

smattering of smaller buildings that support their cycle of enforcement, adjudication, and punishment. Residents of other wards rarely visit the Lady’s Ward without official business. Fortunes are won and

Warforged Colossus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

upon a reality the world isn’t ready to face: an operational colossus (see the stat block in chapter 6). Entering a Colossus Map 4.8 shows a fallen colossus. The mostly hollow interior of a colossus

colossus with magic wards and traps in case enemy soldiers breached its defenses. As long as the primary operator remained connected to the master docent and in control, the traps were inactive, but if

Sylvania

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

teakettles whistle jaunty tunes. Natural Remedy. Sylvania wards its guests from the negative effects of overindulgence. Creatures have advantage on saving throws against the poisoned condition. Noteworthy

gobbles up King Ewren III. As the kingdom descends into chaos, a pixie messenger asks the characters to help determine the next monarch. 4 One of the Seven Spiritors (use the ghost stat block) possesses a satyr and involves the characters in a scandal that must be remedied.

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

pack of 2d6 wolves—attack, made vicious by the effect of Baphomet’s temple deep under the hill. 2 2d4 minotaur archaeologists (their stat block appears in this chapter) explore the hill, looking for

red slaad, dropped here by the comet that recently overflew the site, searches the hill for any way to lift the wards around the watchtower. Minotaur Archaeologist Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment

Mortuary Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

Player Version Three zombies process the dead under the supervision of two Duster morticians (each uses the cultist stat block). An animated coffin (see the appendix) loiters nearby. Periodically, the

Version A malicious spirit (chaotic evil ghost) has tampered with one of the crypt’s magical wards, releasing a necrichor (see the appendix) previously trapped inside. The hostile creatures threaten to

Star Forge Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge

toward the characters. Each apparition uses the air elemental stat block with the following changes: The apparition has immunity to acid damage. The apparition’s Slam attack deals acid damage instead of

medallion in area 3 (see “Treasure”). If the runestone is repaired, the light seeping from the pillar dims, and the wards containing the fallen star restabilize. Any acid damage dealt by the acidic lake

Recurring Villains

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

of obstacles in the way of an adventuring party. Mechanical and magical traps, wards against divination, and protective magic items are just a few of the security measures available to a resourceful

stages of advancement. For example, the adventurers might confront a villain who uses the stat block of a mage (9th-level wizard) and then returns later as an archmage (18th-level wizard). You could

Getting About

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

walking statues, no longer mobile, offers another way to orient yourself on a local scale. At nine stories tall, twice the height of any buildings nearby, the Honorable Knight stands guard in a block of

buildings between Snail Street and the Way of the Dragon. Positioned as it is nigh the place where four wards meet, you can use it to judge where you stand. If it is south and west of your position

Tower of the Heavens Locations

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

). The hostel’s proprietor is a human woman named Berta. Four peppy humans in leather aprons help her carry supplies, cook, and clean. Berta and her assistants use the commoner stat block. They’re

beds. Hostel Visitors. The Hostel Visitors table details guests the characters might encounter in the hostel. All adult visitors use the commoner stat block. If the characters failed to earn Hadley’s

Haven Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

of them. Zyrian the Scrivener. The ghostly figure is Zyrian the scrivener, the archmage who created the Haven of the Red Quill to preserve the lore of Phalorm. Zyrian (use the ghost stat block) doesn’t

of which use the mummy stat block but are lawful neutral. The scholar mummies are wrapped in funeral robes set with purple-glowing runes of oath-binding, recognized as such by any character who has

The Walking Statues

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

guard standing at ease. The pose it assumed led to its naming, and it is viewed with respect by the citizens of the southerly wards. The Hawk Man This statue looks like a winged, hawk-headed being

head of the Swordmaiden sits in a stand of tall trees in the center of the block of the North Ward bounded by Hassantyr’s Street, Tarsar’s Street, Whaelgond Way, and Ussilbran Street. The center of

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

-Seeing Orb brings the characters to this location. The portal is not affected by the wards against teleportation magic that fill the tomb. Stepping through the portal brings you into the center of a

everything inside and outside it, causing the area to appear empty from the outside. From the inside, the mirrors block the eyes of Savras, preventing Valin from looking within. The magic mirrors that

Tomb Locations

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

is grateful to the characters and, in return, suppresses the mirage, revealing the room’s exits. Bobbing Spirit Lights. There are 1d8 bobbing spirit lights (each uses the will-o’-wisp stat block and

more characters enter the room, read the following: The center statue’s eyes glow with white light, and the cobra statues begin writhing toward you. The central statue uses the marilith stat block

Supernatural Regions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, gleaming sword (use the flying sword stat block in the Monster Manual) appears within 60 feet of an aberration, a fiend, or an undead, which becomes the sword’s target. The sword deals radiant damage

guards and wards spell (save DC 13) for the next 24 hours. 11–15 A mundane part of one random character’s surroundings—perhaps a tree bole or a stuffed animal head—animates for 1 minute and whispers a

Grimskalle Locations (G15-G23)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

stand, causing it to shatter on the floor. Reducing a tablet to 0 hit points also shatters it. Shattering a tablet releases a hostile spirit of elemental air (use the invisible stalker stat block

on the lectern is The Codicil of White (see appendix D). No wards or creatures are guarding it. If she’s still with the party, Vellynne Harpell is eager to claim the book, if only to add the frost

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