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Candlekeep Mysteries
golem’s chest, hidden behind an 9-inch-diameter stone disk. The outer surface of the disk is inscribed with a blue circle that has eight golden beams radiating from it like the rays of the sun
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The disk can be removed to reveal the glowing sapphire only when the golem receives a command to use its power from someone whose commands it obeys. Otherwise, the sapphire remains hidden. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K38. False Treasury Resting on the floor of this smoke-filled room is a closed chest surrounded by piles of gold, silver, and copper coins. The fittings and clawed feet on the chest are evidence of
the wall. The skeleton’s right hand is on its throat, and its left hand holds the matching torch from the empty sconce.
The coins scattered around the trapped chest total 50 gp, 100 sp, and 2,000 cp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
chest that protrudes from the wall.
Poison Needle Trap. If the chest is examined closely, the viewer will note that it is hinged on the bottom so as to allow the lid to swing down if a catch on the top
someone. Someone who takes this poison damage must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 hour. Deep Covered Pit. If the chest is opened, it appears to be empty, but a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
things—though she occasionally interjects at particularly angering news. The captive mercenary is brought in with their chest and arms bound by a fishing net. At first, the mercenary only mocks the
characters and refuses to reveal anything but their name. By coercing the captive through roleplaying or by succeeding on a DC 12 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check, the characters learn the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to discover a trap without making an ability check if an action would clearly reveal the trap's presence. For example, if a character lifts a rug that conceals a pressure plate, the character has
found the trigger and no check is required. Foiling traps can be a little more complicated. Consider a trapped treasure chest. If the chest is opened without first pulling on the two handles set in its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character to discover a trap without making an ability check if an action would clearly reveal the trap’s presence. For example, if a character lifts a rug that conceals a pressure plate, the character has
found the trigger and no check is required. Foiling traps can be a little more complicated. Consider a trapped treasure chest. If the chest is opened without first pulling on the two handles set in its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
secret door lies area D9. D9: Secret Room This secret room contains bookshelves packed with tomes describing Fiend-summoning rituals. Trapped Chest. An unlocked treasure chest stands against the
room’s south wall. When a creature opens this chest’s lid, poison-tipped darts shoot from a spring-loaded mechanism attached to the lid’s underside. Each creature within 10 feet of the chest that isn’t
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
use for healing magic, and a sorcerer can meet most of the tribe’s other magic-related needs. Kobold shamans are very rare; priests of Kurtulmak, when they reveal themselves, are easily recognized
lack of emotional bonding means they have no concept of marriage or permanent family relationships. Their eggs are placed in a common tribal hatchery with no effort to keep track of who each one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
of office.
4 Obey whoever places a missing crest in its chest, then deactivate for a year.
5 Reveal a hidden passage to those who recite a leader’s final words.
6 Watch for and do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
stone survived the fire and can be easily retrieved, as can the chest of rations. Depleted Supplies The following equipment was consumed by the fire or expended putting out the flames: Portable cooking
can reveal his guilt. A character can try to force a confession from Miken, doing so with a successful DC 13 Charisma (Intimidation) check. If the truth comes out, Miken explains that he was recruited
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Slanted Room A secret door opens to reveal an empty 10-foot-square cubicle with a 5-foot-wide tunnel of rough-hewn stone leading away from it. The tunnel descends slightly until it reaches a room
reaching the east wall but deepening by 1 foot for every 10 feet of travel westward.
Statue. A wide alcove in the north wall contains a life-size statue of a sahuagin, submerged up to its chest in sewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
forces it to reveal the gate’s command word, which Halaster changes every few days. The skulls are otherwise hostile and refuse to answer questions put to them. 11f. Arcane Locked Doors Muiral has cast
90 feet, it opens into a damp, soot-stained natural cave roughly 30 feet wide by 60 feet long. Buried under the soot in a corner of the cave is a swollen wooden chest. Treasure. The chest is unlocked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
illusion. J5: Hidden Crypt The devil’s face ripples to reveal a dusty crypt. Ancient bones and rubble litter the tiled floor. An austere sarcophagus stands in each corner, and an ornate chest rests in the
sarcophagus. If the characters touch any of the sarcophagi or the chest, the Hostile zombies push the lids off their containers and start combat, seeking to rend intruders limb from limb. Helge C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
otherwise help them. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is hidden at the inn, the Keepers of the Feather don’t reveal where the treasure is until they know the characters
can be pushed open to reveal a wooden staircase that leads up to area N2i. N2f. Stable The sliding wooden doors on the west wall of this room are held shut by an iron lock and chain. Urwin carries the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
open can break it down with a successful DC 10 Strength check. The door crashes open to reveal two drowned sailors in a cabin that must once have been luxurious. A bookcase, half collapsed, holds
formed when the rotting floorboards collapsed under the weight of the captain’s sea chest. It broke through the floor of the lower deck (area C8) as well, coming to rest in the hold (area C9). Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
plain chairs. Near the foot of the bed rests an ornately carved sea chest sealed with a padlock.
Laraelra hides the key to the chest in the adjacent bedpost, whose top unscrews to reveal the hidden
” below, the chest contains four flying daggers that attack anyone other than Laraelra who opens the chest. Use the flying sword stat block to represent the daggers, but make these changes: Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
on the degree of failure. For example, a character who fails to disarm a trapped chest might accidentally spring the trap if the check fails by 5 or more, whereas a lesser failure means the trap wasn’t
. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might jam the lock, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue. For attack rolls, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, the chest opens to reveal three more rugs of smothering that unfurl themselves and join the fight. Apart from these rugs, the chest is empty. P18: Well of Questions A sphinx lounges on a wide
detect the stench of rotten flesh from the north. If the top chest is opened, it sprays poisoned darts in all directions. Each creature within 10 feet of the chest must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
damage from falling debris. The collapse not only destroys the tower but also most of its contents, including the animated armor in area V7. The wooden chest in area V7 (as well as the severed head
proper sequence, the trap is disabled and the door swings open on rusty hinges for 10 minutes. The lines of the symbol on the door reveal the proper sequence. The dance can be performed in one of two ways
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
consequences depending on the degree of failure. For example, a character who fails to disarm a trapped chest might accidentally spring the trap if the check fails by 5 or more, whereas a lesser failure
increase the impact of the success or failure. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might break the thieves’ tools being used, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
speak. It can open the sealed vault where the prince rests (see area V3). The golem remains a noncombatant unless it is directly attacked. The Sapphire The sapphire is inside the golem’s chest, hidden
reveal the glowing sapphire only when the golem receives a command to use its power from someone whose commands it obeys (see “Getting the Golem’s Attention” below). Otherwise, the sapphire remains hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
running perpendicular to this one. Where the two halls meet, words have been scrawled on the ceiling in dried blood.
A secret door in the west wall slides open to reveal a dark tunnel leading to areas 26
Crawlway. Hidden behind a bas-relief depicting a crocodile-headed humanoid holding up a trapezoidal chest, a crawlway leads to area 62D. Close inspection of the relief reveals that the chest’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tells them, are Nadia the Unbent and Shunn Shurreth. Rizzeryl doesn’t reveal the nature of the reward, other than to say it will make the party’s exploration of Undermountain easier. If the characters
with friendly adventurers who have helped him. He refrains from divulging his allegiance to House Auvryndar. He will, however, reveal his allegiance to the Zhentarim if one or more characters identify
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a small brass key (which unlocks the invisible chest in area P15) and a sealed scroll tube made of chardalyn (see the chardalyn sidebar). It contains a spell scroll of invisibility stamped into a
seamlessly with the “ceiling” to which it’s attached. A detect magic spell or similar magic does not reveal the magical aura around the altar, which is protected by a permanent version of the Nystul’s magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tapping sound.
After its bar is removed, each iron door pulls open to reveal a cramped cell with no furnishings. The tapping comes from the cell of a doppelganger that was caught trying to
across it. At the foot of each bed is a stone chest next to a stack of five sealed copper kegs. The room is heated and illuminated by glowing coals in stone braziers.
This bedchamber is set aside for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
first holds a cyclops; the second holds a dead elf; the third holds a bugbear slumped against a bench; and the fourth holds a hunched, gray-skinned figure in robes. A worn chest sits along the room’s
northwest wall. Leaning next to it is a giant-size club.
The chest contains confiscated weapons and equipment from prisoners kept in the nearby cells. It’s locked and requires a DC 20 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the church for reasons that will quickly become obvious. The following areas correspond to labels on the map of the church below. Map 3.2: ChurchView Player Version E5a. Hall The doors open to reveal
downfall (see area E5f). Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is in the undercroft, it’s contained in a moldy, old chest in the southwest corner of the room. The chest is unlocked and not trapped.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The door can be pulled open to reveal a stone staircase (area N4g) that leads to the cellar. N4g. Secret Staircase Iron torch sconces cling to the wall of a stone staircase that cuts its way through
made bed, a table with an oil lamp on it, a handsome wooden chest, a slender wardrobe, and a window box with drapes. These two rooms belong to Lady Wachter’s sons, Nikolai and Karl. There’s a 25 percent
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
work shows a pair of eyes with handprints for pupils. All these images look similar in style to the picture Aunt Dellie found in Promise. Chest. A small chest against the wall is unlocked and holds work
clothes sized for a woman. A character who searches the chest and succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a pair of overalls with a pocket containing thirteen rings—plain rings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
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This is a clue for opening the door in area T4. T3: Tomb Entrance This hallway has been partially excavated. Lifted stone lids reveal a ten-foot-deep pit filled with spikes in the center of the
: Strange Altar A dark, triangular altar stands in the center of this chamber. Carved into each side of the altar is a niche containing a chest. One chest is plated with gold, one is plated with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
reveal that each of these burial vaults contains only the remains of a king or a queen, moldering garments, a few corroded weapons, and similar worthless items (wererat grave robbers stole anything of
Dungeon Master’s Guide). The poison on these needles is oil of taggit (see “Sample Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The third chest the characters investigate is additionally trapped so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
walls of this room are five wooden beds (three sized for humans, two for halflings). Next to each bed is a wooden chest. An alabaster staircase descends to area E12. Kaevja Cynavern, Vevette Blackwater
, Agorn Fuoco, Havia Quickknife, and Mookie Plush all sleep here. Treasure. In addition to folded clothes and worthless personal effects, each of the chests holds treasure. Kaevja’s chest contains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, read the following boxed text aloud to describe this event: The golem’s chest opens to reveal its sapphire heart. Blue light bursts from the gem and hits the double door. The symbols on the doors glow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
.
Whether you’re running a published adventure or one of your own creation, your initial description of a room or situation should focus on what the characters can perceive. You don’t have to reveal every
might give you a group answer: “We go through the door.” Other times, individual players might want to do specific things—one might search a chest while another examines a bookshelf. Outside combat, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
initial description of a room or situation should focus on what the characters can perceive. You don’t have to reveal every detail at once. Most players begin to lose focus after about three
need it. Sometimes the players might give you a group answer: “We go through the door.” Other times, individual players might want to do specific things—one might search a chest while another examines a