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Backgrounds
The Book of Many Things
, and career. Maybe a rampaging dragon or another monster wiped out everything you had in a single calamitous afternoon. Or you might have sought out a Deck of Many Things, hoping to make your
and their monstrous inhabitants for excitement and glory; you do it because every other path is closed to you. But you have risen high on fortune’s wheel once before, and with luck and fortitude
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
enormous creatures that resemble limbless, wingless dragons, though they lack a dragon’s breath weapons and keen intelligence. On the world of Eldraine, many wurms have adapted to life among the world
length of an Everstalk with their eyes closed and their stomach flattened against the stalk, appearing to be just another enormous vine until a tasty intruder attempts to climb them.
When giants’ prized pets escape Stormkeld, villages fall and new Everstalks rise.
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
see.Well over 1,500 years ago, the silver dragon Miirym broke into Candlekeep, intent on adding its riches to her hoard. She devoured scholars and destroyed a score of irreplaceable books before she was
. The spectral dragon—what’s left of her— dwells in the catacombs and caves under the library. Those who have visited the depths describe Miirym as a set of immense spectral jaws whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dinev’s Rest Closed inn At the south end of town is Caer-Dineval’s inn, a drafty old building with boarded-up windows and a crooked weathervane shaped like a rearing dragon. The place has been out of
business for almost a year. Six duergar hide inside the ramshackle inn and remain out of sight until Xardorok’s chardalyn dragon attacks the town (see chapter 4).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Creating a Gold Dragon Use the Gold Dragon Personality Traits and Gold Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive gold dragon characters, and use the Gold Dragon Spellcasting table
to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. Gold Dragon Personality Traits d8 Trait
1 I prefer to parley before combat. If villains can be reformed without violence, all the better
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
created by the lunar dragon Orinix. These crystals are components for Teremini’s ritual, but they have no value or special properties. When the characters arrive, these daises are surrounded by barriers
condition until the start of its next turn. While Teremini concentrates on her ritual, spherical barriers of solid moonlight also surround each lunar crystal dais. Nothing can physically pass through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
forces to fend off the dragon Orinix. If the characters fail to thwart Teremini’s ritual, they should fight her elsewhere in the vault so they can retrieve the rod piece. Ritual Duration
The text
, and barriers around the lunarium daises—instantly dissolve. Any creature standing on one of these surfaces falls to the courtyard 100 feet below. Orinix Arrives A portal to Lunitari opens where the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
secret ingredient produced by a gold dragon Fill is raising behind closed doors. In recent months, Fill has struggled to keep the growing dragon, whose name is Briochebane, hidden from the public
Dragon Dilemma Once Fill believes he can trust the characters—or feels he has no other choice—he reveals the following information: Past Life. Fill used to be a brigand. His last heist nearly cost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Middle Northedge A peaceful residential ward inhabited by hardworking folk, Middle Northedge boasts clean and quiet streets—it hides its crime behind the closed doors of well-to-do homes. The
out on the town; and a cultist of the Dragon Below who worships the daelkyr Belashyrra, serves a hidden beholder, and hides a tattooed eye under a hat.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
lunar dragon named Orinix. Orinix also taught Teremini a ritual to make the wall of transformative moonlight permanent and tasked her with completing this lengthy, taxing ritual. While she focuses on
the ritual, powerful magical barriers surround Teremini and her ritual components, which include the fifth rod piece. Stopping the Ritual. Argentia insists there must be a way to disrupt Teremini’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Cradlefall
This green dragon wyrmling likes to hide in painted wooden boxes, of which there are three: one each in areas area L3, area L6, and area L7. Each box is 3 feet on a side and has a
in a box with the lid closed, Cradlefall can use an action to teleport himself and anything he is holding to another closed box in Loomlurch. When he is not hiding in a box, Cradlefall curls up in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, but these works have been defaced and, in some cases, replaced with stony tentacles that protrude from the walls.
Dwarf-Guarded Doors. A 20-foot-tall double door stands closed at the west end of the
skeletons of four Huge dragons, their bones held together by wire and cement. A few pieces of each dragon have broken off and fallen to the floor. A fifth dragon skeleton in a similar state of disrepair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, though its portcullis remains closed. No guards are in sight, and beside the gate, the guardroom’s door is ajar.
On the other side of the portcullis, several figures wearing Dragon Army uniforms pace
back and forth. As you near the gate, the portcullis begins to rise.
The portcullis rises jerkily. After 3 rounds, it will be high enough to admit a group of six Dragon Army officers (see appendix B
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
dragon goddess, and she sees the summoning of Tiamat to the world as a way to be rid of her. Zariel has directed her mortal agents to assist those who seek to free Tiamat, and her power has made it easier
for the Red Wizards to summon devils and for the Cult of the Dragon to find more adherents. However, just as Zariel wants Tiamat out, other devils would be happy to see the Dragon Queen stay in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
beneath a roiling cloud of flies. Despite her power as ruler of the first layer of the Nine Hells, the archdevil Zariel cannot kill the dragon goddess, and she sees the summoning of Tiamat as a way
to be rid of her. Zariel has directed her mortal agents to assist those who seek to free Tiamat, and her power has made it easier for the Red Wizards to summon devils and for the Cult of the Dragon to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
dragon goddess, and she sees the summoning of Tiamat to the world as a way to be rid of her. Zariel has directed her mortal agents to assist those who seek to free Tiamat, and her power has made it easier
for the Red Wizards to summon devils and for the Cult of the Dragon to find more adherents. However, just as Zariel wants Tiamat out, other devils would be happy to see the Dragon Queen stay in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
another blue dragon related to them.
7 Rock slides have closed a mountain pass, and the only other road through the area wends through the territory of a blue dragon notorious for playing illusory
Blue Dragon Adventures The Blue Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures involving blue dragons. Blue Dragon Adventure Hooks d8 Adventure Hook
1 A blue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, and the other six are closed.
A narrow staircase ascends the circular wall. Near the foot of the stairs is a painted wooden box three feet on a side. A crank protrudes from one side of it, causing it
characters arrive, four soldiers are on patrol in areas L8 and L12, and the remaining six tin soldiers are inside their domiciles, behind closed doors. Each of these six Constructs is a Small (3-foot-tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
copper, come crashing down, sealing off the indicated area. These barriers are a foot thick; each has an AC of 15 and 100 hit points. Lifting a door requires a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check
of the saving throw increases to 15. Once the sand is flowing, it must be scooped away from a closed door for someone to try to lift that door, and the sand flows through open doorways. The dust that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
45. Alchemist’s Laboratory Otto removed anything it considered valuable from this chamber but periodically returns to see if it missed anything. If the faerie dragon hasn’t been encountered and
defeated elsewhere, there is a 25 percent chance that it’s here when the characters arrive, in which case the door to the room is open. If Otto is not present, the door is closed and has a silver coin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
to the Upper City, while the Flaming Fist oversees the rest. Guards assigned to Baldur’s Gate and Black Dragon Gate stay at sharp attention and seldom accept bribes. Those assigned to the smaller and
ensures that the truly destitute remain outside, consigned to the slums of the Outer City. Beggars and refugees crowd at the fringes of these slums, typically around Black Dragon Gate and Basilisk Gate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
device, choose one of the following options: Clockwork Toy. This toy is a clockwork animal, monster, or person, such as a frog, mouse, bird, dragon, or soldier. When placed on the ground, the toy moves 5
to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires your action. Music Box. When opened, this music box plays a single song at a moderate volume. The box stops playing when it reaches the song’s end or when it is closed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to the Upper City, while the Flaming Fist oversees the rest. Guards assigned to Baldur’s Gate and Black Dragon Gate stay at sharp attention and seldom accept bribes. Those assigned to the smaller and
ensures that the truly destitute remain outside, consigned to the slums of the Outer City. Beggars and refugees crowd at the fringes of these slums, typically around Black Dragon Gate and Basilisk Gate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
63. Gas-Filled Room This chamber is closed off and inaccessible most of the time. The characters can reach this area by reorienting the cogs so that a doorway opens up to area 58. Thick green gas
. The corpse wears studded leather armor and carries a sheathed longsword with a dragon-shaped hilt. The sword has a minor magical property: its bearer gains the ability to speak and understand the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, choose one of the following options: Clockwork Toy. This toy is a clockwork animal, monster, or person, such as a frog, mouse, bird, dragon, or soldier. When placed on the ground, the toy moves 5
to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires your action. Music Box. When opened, this music box plays a single song at a moderate volume. The box stops playing when it reaches the song’s end or when it is closed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
amazement on seeing the murals, since the works prove that their legends about a city that was destroyed by a dragon are true. Shamir says that he knows of a cursed place in the desert that looks like
man with a blue stone embedded in his right palm and a blue dragon and its army of monsters and men. The dragon is wounded in one eye. Three wizards wearing peculiar hats accompany the young man. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
L3. Parlor The door to area L4 is closed but not locked. This chamber is nestled between walls of twisted roots, through gaps in which you can see the eerily beautiful woodland surrounding you. A
closed wooden door stands opposite the root bridge that leads into this room, in the center of which are four armchairs encircling a small table laid out for a tea service. A painted wooden box three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
43. Otto’s Den Maddgoth crafted and tested magic items here. The area contains several lingering magical effects that prompted the faerie dragon to turn these chambers into its private den. Whenever
this room. Hanging on the handle of each door to this room is a crude wood-and-rope sign bearing the chalk words “HOMUNCULI UNWELCOME” in Draconic. The western door is closed and has a gold coin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
presence begins to erode the barriers between their location and the Abyss. It can take a few years for weaker demons to warp their environment, while changes begin to occur around the location of a
that infest the area. The effects of the event might persist for a few months or even centuries, but the barriers between the Abyss and the world remain intact. A Growing Menace If the first stage of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
drawings are crude renderings of the green dragon Valdemar, the archdruid Wyllow, and her tree-like tower. One werebat points to specific drawings as it recalls the story of how the goblin tribe
found sanctuary in Undermountain, hid from the green dragon, and made peace with the archdruid Wyllow. Story time ends as soon as intruders are detected. Six of the werebats assume hybrid form before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
this lever nor the pit floor can be raised while the pit walls are closed. 36c. Arch Gate to Level 3 Arch. An arch is embedded in the northwest wall. Its keystone is carved to show a gold dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
—a sinister cabal called the Closed Circle. This order specialized in transmutation and necromancy and dabbled in the forbidden lore of the daelkyr and the Dragon Below. It’s said that the members of
organization. All the guilds associated with the dragonmarked houses are well represented in Sharn; most have guildhalls in the Dragon Towers district of Middle Central. Aside from those groups, the city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
walls of this dusty workshop. A door on the east wall is closed.
Sitting against the south wall is a large cast-iron stove. A metal pipe one foot in diameter rises two feet from the top of the stove
location.) Modron Caretakers. The githyanki abandoned the outpost years ago but left modrons behind to maintain it. Draconic Newcomer. A dragon with brass scales arrived at the outpost almost one year
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
A group of cultists is trying to access a magic portal linking the Material Plane to Tiamat’s domain, hoping to break the seal that has kept the portal closed for centuries.
3 A dragon whose
Dragon Organizations The only thing better than getting a dragon involved …is getting five dragons involved!
-Fizban
Most dragons are solitary, living alone or keeping company with only a single
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
he moves the lever to trigger a trap. Trap. When the lever is pulled, iron spikes spring out from the floor and ceiling to form barriers across each doorway. A creature in either opening must succeed
the spikes, but the gaps aren’t big enough for a character to slip through. The barriers of spikes grant three-quarters cover to creatures behind them. Each barrier has AC 15, 18 hit points, and






