bonded broken diffusing cutting resisted

11. Bridge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

11. Bridge A 70-foot-long, 10-foot-wide sloped bridge used to connect the village bailey to the motte. However, a falling rock struck the bridge and destroyed a 15-foot-long section of it, cutting

off Nandar Keep from the village. A creature with a Strength score of 15 or higher can leap across the broken section of the bridge if it moves at least 10 feet before the jump. The jump is made more

13. Runestone Caverns

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

afoul of the golem in area 2 and was mortally wounded. It retreated to this cavern and died here. Treasure. Cutting open the xorn’s carcass reveals an undigested ring of x-ray vision and a lumpy, half

nonmagical nature. The chasm has abundant handholds and is easily climbed. Characters who descend to the floor find it jagged, uneven, and littered with the broken pieces of stone golems (tossed into the

Tower Locations

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

to protect its disguise. Cutting the Webs. Four web anchors support the walls: two in the southwest and two in the southeast. The webs are tough but, except where they meet the walls, aren’t sticky

interior is hollow, with broken beams showing where upper floors existed long ago. Webs cover the tower’s walls, with two anchor points to the northwest and northeast. A monstrous demon is moving

13. Mutated Apprentices

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

can pass through narrow openings in the wall. Climbing over the wall requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. The wall can be easily broken apart or pushed down, but doing so creates a

’ bickering, Rex struck off on his own. He was searching this room for loot when the mezzoloth and the nothics came in behind him, cutting off his escape. If the characters come to his rescue, Rex expresses

Ogre Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Restrained by the trap can free itself by cutting the rope or by slipping out with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. If the trap is triggered, the noise alerts the ogre in area E2, who

on his threat. E3: Dragon’s Den This spacious cavern contains battered armor, broken weapons, casks of ale and mead, and other supplies. A red-scaled dragon glowers down at the chamber from a rocky

Initiative Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

has an initiative score, which is a passive Dexterity check: 10 + Dexterity modifier. By cutting down on die rolls, math done on the fly, and the process of asking for and recording totals, you can

tie is broken. When it’s a side’s turn, the members of that side can act in any order they choose. Once everyone on the side has taken a turn, the other side goes. A round ends when both sides have

Upper Northedge

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

Enigma of the Diamond voice I challenge anyone to leave a performance of The Broken Sword with dry eyes. I believe that even a warforged would be moved to tears by this unflinching look at the

bawdy entertainment and base comedy, not cutting-edge political commentary. Thus, we critics assumed that this dramatic work was a singular event, until a new play titled Fallen Angels exceeded our

Island Approach and First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

garden. Barricaded Doors. Any close inspection of the double doors leading into the hermitage reveals that they were recently broken open and have been jammed shut again. The doors were smashed by the

drowned ones, but the survivors of the attack have repaired and barred them with broken planking from the dining hall. The doors can be forced open with a successful DC 16 Strength (Athletics) check

Areas of the Earth Temple

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

look for opportunities to push characters off the bridge. If two gargoyles are defeated, the third retreats, flying to area B2 to hide. Chasm Floor. Several skeletons lie broken or half-buried on the

following text: The floor of this large cavern is a broken jumble of stone, with steep walls slanting up to a ceiling of hanging stalactites perhaps a hundred feet above. Fifty feet up the jagged

The Walking Statues

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

northeast due to a missing right foot — long ago broken up for building rubble, along with its right arm. Its left arm is extended out toward the north, palm forward as if in a gesture to say, “Stop.” The

vanishing again. This magical effect, the result of a spell cast by a long-dead wizard, has resisted all attempts to dispel it. Some locals boast of how many times they’ve crossed the alley and lived

Cobblehook Cove Locations

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

to Sablewing by name. When the black dragon seized control of the crew, Pierre and a few others refused to swear loyalty to him. Sablewing killed the other Corsairs who resisted but spared Pierre and

chambers or this area’s central corridor. B13: Captain Sablewing’s Lair Flickering torchlight dances across these walls, where bloodstained figureheads and broken ship masts are mounted like trophies. An

Getting Around

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

is, of course, the fastest way to get around in Sharn, cutting travel time down to one-sixth of the walking pace (5 minutes per ward). It’s also more expensive, at 2 sp per ward. The most common form

cuisine. Upper Dura The Bazaar The largest commercial district in Sharn, an excellent place to buy or sell used—and possibly stolen—goods. Middle Dura Broken Arch Once a proud residential district

Lair Locations

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

this room like glittering curtains. A path of broken icicles on the ground winds from one exit to the other. A life-size statue of a frost giant woman bearing a look of surprise stands near the

can be broken by Dispel Magic cast as a level 6+ spell on the box or by a Wish or similar magic. The box weighs too much for Gelida to move by herself. Treasure. There are 310 SP in the bottom of

Talhundereth Locations

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

anyone using the greataxe as a weapon. T7: Armory Other than a few broken shields and warped crossbow bolts on battered shelves and hooks, nothing remains in this room. Six dust mephits lair here with

first meal. T11: Common Room The long stone table here is broken in two pieces. Several metal chests are stacked against a wall. The largest opening leading from this room is choked with rubble and

Lair Locations

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

rings (worth 25 GP each) Fifty sheets of music (worth 1 GP each) Dump Pile Five Books of poetry (worth 25 GP each) Drum that’s battered and worn (worth 1 GP) Lute with two broken strings (worth 15

Rattle and thought it best to adopt them before they harmed themselves or someone else. The orphans are Neutral; they have bonded with their adoptive mother and don’t know what happened to their

Encounter Locations

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

. This can be accomplished by cutting both creatures free of the mycelium or by destroying the mycelium that holds them. Either accomplishment spells their doom. A character with a knife or other small

drape portions of the walls and floor. A large straw pallet in disrepair sits in the far corner with a broken oak table next to it. This room was Xanthoria’s sleeping chamber, though once she

Tour of the Planes

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

different vision of desolation. The fiends of Mabar scheme to steal fragments of other planes and draw them down into their eternal darkness, creating a jumble of broken worlds in varying states of

the landscape, capable of cutting the unprepared to ribbons. For all its danger, Shavarath holds weapons of legend and a wealth of knowledge on the art of war. Shavarath Manifest Zone Features d4

Necropolis Locations (Y20-Y29)

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

urge is easily resisted. Prolonged custody of the wand might have a more detrimental effect, at your discretion. Y29. Museum A palatial hexagonal building rises before you, crowned with a glittering

domed roof. A double door on one side stands slightly ajar. Characters who venture inside the museum find that statues and other objects of art have fallen from their plinths and lie in broken

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

. The gate’s lock can be opened with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or the gate can be broken (AC 15, 18 hit points, damage threshold 10). Guards from area 27 rush forward to

piercing and 4 (1d4 + 2) poison damage. Treasure. The chest and sacks contain the lair’s wealth. The chest holds 1,700 ep, a gold-bonded ivory scepter (100 gp), and a gold crown in the shape of a coiled

Howling Caves Locations

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

, rasp, and moan as a breeze turns them around and around. Debris, including tattered clothing and broken weapons, is scattered against the walls. This gruesome display is the work of a nycaloth that

narrow crack in the wall behind them, cutting off their escape. It fights until slain. N17. Sacrifices Characters hear the wind and spot the green light here before arriving. At an intersection of four

Torrents Locations

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

similar door. A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check is sufficient to find either door, but they open only from the other side. P12. Feeding Cave A long pool fills the cavern, broken only by an

serve as bonded mounts for two Dark Tide knights (see chapter 7) who live in the hut on the island. One knight is standing guard on the island when the characters first arrive; the other one is resting

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

have ferried them around the outside of the walls. The stables are also unusual in their willingness to rent mounts to city residents in need of transportation, cutting down on the need of city dwellers

sometimes go terribly awry, with monsters breaking loose or a broken piece of equipment sending a performer plummeting into the crowd, only adds to the excitement, and patriars and common folk alike

Outer City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

of transportation, cutting down on the need of city dwellers to own their own horses. Yet the true gem setting Garynmor Stables apart is its menagerie. A former world traveler, Ubis Garynmor (chaotic

. The fact that these performances sometimes go terribly awry, with monsters breaking loose or a broken piece of equipment sending a performer plummeting into the crowd, only adds to the excitement

Locations E - H

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Charisma check. A character with proficiency in the Animal Handling skill has advantage on the check. The bonded tressym obeys that character’s commands and no one else’s. Near the top of Moongleam Tower is

(Athletics) check. The altar can be broken in half to get at the ground underneath; it has AC 17, 100 hit points, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Uthgar’s early followers

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