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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon’s might. They serve as enforcers of their masters’ will; they often accompany dragon speakers—and are quick to defend them if they sense any ill intent. Dragon chosen are
devotion to a dragon approaches fanatical reverence and who receive magical power from the dragon in return.
Dragon followers might serve and revere any kind of dragon, and their behavior and beliefs
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
rivers. These spirits of nature take shape to defend their waters and interact with those who travel along their currents. From the waist up, riverines have skin the color of the waters they protect but
, and worshipers act as agents between the river spirits and the people who revere them. These temples often become the home of the riverine itself, serving as its lair, though other nexuses of power
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
conflict is part of the very nature of sapphire dragons. Militant and territorial, they defend their lairs fiercely, ambushing intruders and plotting assaults against their rivals. The sonic pulse of their
, the largest cavern serves as the dragon’s sleeping chamber. A raised section studded with sapphire crystals offers a vantage from which the dragon can keep an eye on the chamber’s access
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sapphire dragons. Militant and territorial, they defend their lairs fiercely, ambushing intruders and plotting assaults against their rivals. The sonic pulse of their breath weapon sows weakness, leaving
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An adult sapphire dragon employs a dao to help shape and defend the dragon’s lair, and the dao maintains a portal to the Elemental Plane of Earth there.
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An adult sapphire dragon
Kobold
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sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
nondetection spells cast on them lurk behind rock formations in the middle of the cavern.
The githyanki report to the knights in area 7c. Three fight to the death to defend the cavern, while the fourth
, the door automatically closes and locks.
Heads on Pikes. Seven decapitated mind flayer heads with limp tentacles are mounted on pikes in the middle of the cavern, facing the double door. (They were
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
helpless to intervene further in the conflict going on within the entity’s mind. You can have a group of oozes or spore servants from the Araumycos Encounters table appear in the cavern where the
adventurers entered into rapport with Araumycos, so that characters shunted out of that rapport can defend their compatriots’ helpless bodies while the fight continues. If all the characters are defeated on
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
A Flight of Demons During a guard change, the prisoners hear a horrible droning buzz echoing through the cavern, followed by inhuman shrieking. Alarm horns sound out as four chasme demons pursue a
pair of vrock demons into the cavern from the northern passage. The demons swoop and buzz around, initially ignoring other creatures as both groups savagely assault each other. The demons’ arrival
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
2. Vast Cavern This 120-foot-high cavern is abuzz with activity. 2a. Simulacrux Simulacrux. A 20-foot-deep trench surrounds a 100-foot-tall, half-completed metal archway that rises from a bed of
scrap metal.
Builders. Four scaladar (see appendix A) are hauling new pieces of metal to the arch and attaching them to it. The cavern is dark aside from the intermittent light of welding sparks coming
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
also helps defend the main cavern if it comes under attack. If that happens, she sends the troglodytes into melee combat while she and the drow attack at range.
30. Natural Cavern House Auvryndar keeps a large force stationed here in case the forces of House Freth launch an attack from level 11. This cavern provides most of the food that sustains House
Orc
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infirm. Orcs don’t revere their gods as much as they fear them; every tribe has superstitions about how to avert their wrath or bring their favor. This deep-seated uncertainty and fear comes forth
warriors go on their raids are weaker than their tribe mates or otherwise not suited for a life of battle. Worshipers of Luthic fall into this category, as do some of those that revere Yurtrus or Shargaas
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
wizards fought alongside their dwarf and gnome allies to defend the Forge of Spells, and the ensuing spell battle destroyed much of the cavern. Few survived the cave-ins and tremors, and the location of
Background More than five hundred years ago, clans of dwarves and gnomes made an agreement known as the Phandelver’s Pact, by which they would share a rich mine in a wondrous cavern known as Wave
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6. Barracks This chamber is above the main level of Blingdenstone, and houses off-duty svirfneblin currently assigned to defend the entrance. INNER BLINGDENSTONE: GENERAL FEATURES
Inner
Blingdenstone covers the areas the svirfneblin have recovered from supernatural squatters and other dangers, now secured by mundane and magical means.
Chambers. Blingdenstone is not a single cavern, but a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
their dwarf and gnome allies to defend the Forge of Spells, and the ensuing spell battle destroyed much of the cavern. Few survived the cave-ins and tremors, and knowledge of the location of Wave Echo
Chapter 1: A Dangerous Journey More than five hundred years ago, clans of dwarves and gnomes made an agreement known as the Phandelver Pact, by which they would share a rich mine in a wondrous cavern
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Annam’s Cradle Adventures Here are sample adventure hooks to bring characters to Annam’s Cradle or to give them missions to pursue within the cavern. Dreams in Stone A great pillar of rock reaching
to the cavern’s ceiling is the petrified body of a primordial giant. The figure’s arm stretches up, breaching the cavern ceiling, and its fingers emerge on the surface above as Dreamer’s Reach (in this
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Spindle Cavern If the characters follow the tracks into the cave, read: The fifteen-foot-wide passage opens into a large, rough chamber with a sunken floor. A misshapen, vaguely oblong lump of metal
five-foot-high shelf overlooking the chamber is a massive, yellow-skinned ogre with one cyclopean eye. The ogre yawns and blinks slowly, appearing rather tired.
The cavern is depicted in the Spindle
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
6. Caretaker’s Quarters Phosphorescent lichen clings to the walls of this 30-foot-high cavern. Stronk, a brutish fomorian, lairs here. Somehow the giant formed a bond with the purple worms, becoming
him requires a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Stealth) check. If awakened, the fomorian shouts out about “killing egg thieves” and “protecting my precious ones,” then fights to defend the nesting area and
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cog rises from the water, with two matching cogs connected to it. Rusty metal conduits stretch from the cavern walls to the cogs. The water of the lake is slimy, with pinpricks of phosphorescent light
twinkling in the murk.
The cavern ceiling is 20 feet above the foul surface of the lake, which is 20 feet deep. Any creature that drinks the water is poisoned until it regurgitates the liquid, which
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following features throughout Neverlight Grove.
Underground Marsh. Water trickles into the large cavern from many places, forming terraces, pools, and streams. This creates an underground marsh ideal for
. Myconids don’t speak. They communicate telepathically by emitting their rapport spores. As a result, they live quiet lives. Strange music and singing echoes from the large cavern behind the grove, just loud
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4. Flumph Cloister Flumphs. Stalactites cling to the roof of this 20-foot-high cavern. Lurking among them are nine flumphs. The flumphs are passive creatures that fight only in self-defense.
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to become an elder brain. Githyanki want to destroy the illithid colony and any flumphs they encounter. The mind flayers have spawned a neothelid — a worm-like behemoth — to defend their colony and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
pursue prey beyond the confines of this cavern. 11b. Jarûk’s Cavern Music. Rock music fills this 30-foot-high cavern, which resembles the inside of a geode. The walls and ceiling are encrusted with
-form 24 hours later. (The characters don’t receive XP for killing Jarûk more than once.) The medusas defend the dao to the best of their ability. Jarûk is immune to their Petrifying Gaze. Treasure
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at the back of the stirge cave lies the desiccated corpse of a dwarf explorer who died here many years ago—part of the failed expedition. A leather pouch on its belt contains 35 gp. 16. High Cavern The
first chamber of the Glitterhame proper is bisected by the stream and has a number of routes leading away from it. The descending fissure opens up abruptly into a very high cavern, its ceiling easily
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. 25. Slimy Cavern This uneven, naturally formed cavern is about twenty feet in diameter.
Two patches of green slime (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) hang at a point
on the ceiling roughly halfway between the two passage mouths. They drop on characters (or smugglers) who pass below, landing with a distinctively soggy slap. 26. Natural Cavern This roughly circular
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. They are private creatures, hiding their lives and art away from the world. Inhabitants of a Stone World. Secluded caves are the homes of the stone giants. Cavern networks are their towns, rocky
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In their dark, quiet caves, stone giants wordlessly chip away at elaborate carvings, measuring time in the echoing drip of water into cavern pools. In the deepest chambers of a stone giant settlement
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Scholar is attacked, it fights to defend itself. The cave isn’t considered the baernaloth’s lair, so it can’t take lair actions here. If the Scholar is defeated, characters who search the cavern find a
below.
“Looking for friends, hmm?” comes a cloyingly shrill voice. The words emanate from a crack in the cavern wall fifteen feet above the ledge. A rotten stench emanates from within.
It’s easy
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spotted. The horrors hesitate to attack those dressed like Thayans but do so if no food is quickly offered. The horrors fight mostly to defend a mound in the northwest section of the cavern, which contains
Forests of Slaughter These caverns house a Thayan menagerie. Locations in the Forests of Slaughter are identified on map 5.7. Map 5.7: Forests of Slaughter Light. The cavern ceilings glow with
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Path of the Ancestral Guardian Some barbarians hail from cultures that revere their ancestors. These tribes teach that the warriors of the past linger in the world as mighty spirits, who can guide
attack. The effect on the target ends early if your rage ends. Spirit Shield Beginning at 6th level, the guardian spirits that aid you can provide supernatural protection to those you defend. If you are
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
adapt and thrive in almost any environment. Every encampment is divided along lines of worship. Those who revere Gruumsh, Ilneval, Bahgtru, and Luthic are given the best parts of the lair, while the
worship Gruumsh and Ilneval occupy the main area of the complex, a large cavern that has the war hearth at its center and a shrine to Ilneval along the perimeter. The focal point of the shrine is a blood
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
17. Dangerous Paths These caverns stand between the drow and goblinoid settlements on this level. 17a. Contested Cavern Guards. Eleven hobgoblins and a hobgoblin captain are stationed in this 20-foot
Azrok hold it currently, and the hobgoblins’ orders are to defend it against drow incursions. The captain, Kliyuse the Skull Cleaver, has further instructions to direct adventurers northward to the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Cave Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. Mike Schley Map 4.1: Wave Echo Cave View Player Version W1: Cave Entrance The entrance tunnel leads into a large natural cavern supported
lamp oil, pickaxes, shovels, and other gear. Amid the supplies, you see the body of a dwarf, dead for at least a week.
The northeastern section of the cavern has collapsed, forming a ten-foot-wide
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dragon Cozmioko. She was slain recently trying to defend this land from Anthradusk, a blue dragon who seeks to resurrect his ancestors: generations of blue dragons, each an architect of untold calamities
surface. In response, the water rises, taking the shape of city ruins nestled inside a mountain. “Haskasori began as a cavern where desert travelers could take shelter, grew into a trade hub, and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
cavern is strewn with small animal bones and the shriveled-up carcasses of cave-dwelling bats and rodents. A dim orange glow emanates from the north.
Three Stirges hang asleep from the ceiling
search the dirt floor for grubs.
Two Giant Fire Beetles scrape up the dirt in search of tasty morsels. The beetles keep a safe distance from the minotaur and defend themselves if necessary. They are
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people. A spirit mound is where members of the tribe gather to revere Uthgar, honor their ancestors, make sacrifices to their totem animal spirit, and choose a new great chief when the old one dies
sway of a brutal chieftain known as Wormblod. The tribe’s spirit mound is located inside Great Worm Cavern, in the Spine of the World. Wormblod and his tribe strike out from this cavern only
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
minutes; on a check that fails by 5 or more, the brewer also ages 4d10 years. L3. Cavern of Souls Stalks of slimy, violet mushrooms as tall as a person dot this cavern. Mycelial tendrils drift from the
domed roof of the cavern, softly pulsing with a mauve glow. Two humanoid figures lie suspended in the strands ten feet above the cavern floor, their flesh intertwined with the oozing tendrils.
This
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
chamber contains a Potion of Healing (greater) and a Sword of Vengeance (longsword). G2: Cavern of Corpses This gruesome cave is either a burial crypt or a trophy room. The walls of the vaulted cavern are
enter the cavern, the spirit and specters attack, eager to feed off the characters’ life force. Treasure. Scattered on the floor at the far end of the chamber are 480 gp, 800 sp, twenty assorted gems






