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Out of the Abyss
starts its turn within 10 feet of such a wall must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled. Escaping requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
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the beholder sleeps, minor warps in reality occur within 1 mile of its lair and then vanish 24 hours later. Marks on cave walls might change subtly, an eerie trinket might appear where none existed
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after next. Each creature of the beholder’s choice that starts its turn within 10 feet of such a wall must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled. Escaping requires a successful
then vanish 24 hours later. Marks on cave walls might change subtly, an eerie trinket might appear where none existed before, harmless slime might coat a statue, and so on. These effects apply only to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
the characters bring with them.
Walls. Climbing the rough stone walls of the cave without equipment requires a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check.
Arrival at Salt Cave If the characters talk to Marciano Belta at the head house, they learn that the sahuagin utilize several entrances to Salt Cave to attack the town. The characters can find the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
this place.
Gnomengarde has five cave entrances perched atop ledges with sheer, rocky slopes. Climbing to a cave requires a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. A narrow footpath ascends the northeast slope, making it an easy climb to that cave entrance without a check.
islands covered with two-foot-tall red, green, and purple mushrooms. Several cave openings overlook the pool from rocky ledges twenty to thirty feet above. The mountain blocks any sunlight from reaching
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
through it. The cave appears to be a dead end, and the hook horrors fight to the death against any creatures that enter. Characters who take the time to search the cave spot a hole in the 10-foot-high
ceiling (marked C on the map), which requires a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to climb up into. It leads to area 4.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
cave entrance that leads to area C4 is 20 feet high. Climbing the walls of the cliff to reach either entrance requires a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check. Each pike bears the head of a
Arrival As the characters approach Claugiyliamatar’s lair, read the following boxed text aloud to set the scene: A few scattered pine trees stand before a vine-covered cliff. Two large cave openings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
boulder out of the way requires a successful DC 11 Strength (Athletics) check. The sound of the rolling boulder is loud enough to be heard by the creatures in area 9. The cave has an 8-foot-high
8. Hark’s Hoard A large round rock fills the low, 4-foot-diameter tunnel leading to this cave. The boulder fits snugly in the tunnel and must be pushed into the cave to clear the passage. Moving the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
1. Cave Entrance Whether the characters follow Gundren’s map or receive directions to Wave Echo Cave from another source, their initial approach leads them to a narrow tunnel whose entrance is hidden
within the Sword Mountain foothills. The entrance tunnel leads into a large cavern supported by a natural pillar of rock and containing three stalagmites. In the western part of the cave, behind the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
, the flameskull does not know the greater purpose of its mission, only that it has orders from Viantha Cruelhex to attack the lair. LAIR FEATURES
Claugiyliamatar’s Lair is a natural cave system
enhanced by the dragon’s magical connection to nature. The cave has an earthy smell and is warm and humid. The following features are common throughout.
Ceilings. The ceilings throughout the cave are 40
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
buried within the ice in a way that requires the characters to access them in the past—and allowing the creatures trapped in the ice to be brought back to life. In the visitors’ cave of area 26, components
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
crate contains hundreds of harmless, chirping cave crickets, feeding from a 1-foot-deep bed of bat guano mixed with maggot-ridden offal. The cave crickets are used by the drow to feed the bats in area
11. The secret door in the floor is an 8-foot-square, 1-foot-thick slab of stone that pivots on a central axis. Opening it requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Applying 150 pounds
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Luthic. He predicts that the war will end with Luthic the only deity standing, as the cave mother ascends to rule her warrior children.
Life in the Tribe
Orcs survive through savagery and force of
serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within.
A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Dead End? This 15-foot-high cave extends beneath area 15. It contains the following features: Web Cables. Web cables crisscross the tunnel that leads into this area.
Rock Formation. A 10-foot
-high, 10-foot-wide rock formation shaped like a huge clawed hand thrusts up from the floor in the west end of the cave. (A secret door is built into the ceiling directly above the claw.)
The claw is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
New Downtime Activity: Establish an Outpost Establishing an Underdark outpost is a new downtime activity available to characters in this adventure. An outpost requires a total of 150 hours of work to
. It can take one of the following forms: A small cave, roughly 20 feet square, with one or more gated or barricaded exits A walled compound, up to 20 feet square, within a much larger cavern A island with boats or rafts A hard-to-reach ledge, pinnacle, or promontory accessed by ladders and/or ropes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
might be unaware they’ve left one plane of existence and entered another. For example, if one stumbles upon a fey crossing in a cave, a similar cave might lie on the other side of that fey crossing, as
if the caves were near-perfect reflections of each other. Fey Crossings d8 Fey Crossing 1 Altar. This stone altar might be found atop a lonely plateau, behind a waterfall, inside a cave, or in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
1. Main Cavern Characters who follow the villagers’ tracks arrive at a yawning cave mouth, 12 feet wide and 20 feet high. Beyond the cave mouth is a vast cavern with a forest of stalagmites in its
this central cavern to other parts of the cave complex. The floor is littered with broken spears, broken shields, and drops of bat guano. Characters who peer into the cave can see a male ogre bathing in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
23. Ezzat’s Phylactery Lich Cave. This room is carved to look like a natural cave with a 20-foot-high, domed roof. Hundreds of pebble-sized crystals (fragments of the Runestone) line the walls
).
Ezzat recently summoned the marilith to guard his phylactery. A geas spell cast on it by the lich requires the demon to protect the phylactery against theft or destruction. The marilith takes out its
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
7. Geysers and Chains The door opens onto a stone platform in a large natural cave. Opposite the entrance in the distance is another stone platform. Between them, a series of wooden disks is
suspended from the ceiling by massive steel chains. The cave floor seems to be covered by a pool of boiling mud.
The ceiling is 50 feet above the level of the platforms. The cave floor is 50 feet below
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Areas of the Cauldron Caves Map 1.10: Cauldron CavesView Player Version The following locations are keyed to map 1.10. U1. Cave Mouths The characters must climb icy cliffs to reach the three
into the lake. That water is now frozen solid, creating a floor of ice several feet thick. The fishers entered the cave complex by this route, as evidenced by tracks in the snow that clings to the ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the caves but avoid them because they’re hard to reach. The characters must climb or fly 200 feet to reach either cave, which is situated in the middle of a hillside escarpment. Any such climb requires
) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Each cave is empty except for a ventilation shaft in its back wall. Both shafts are 20 feet wide, 20 feet tall, and made of smooth limestone. The east ventilation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
now and functions as terrain. It fully rouses only every few decades. This nodule is tube-shaped with a massive cave at one end. Several heaps of rust-colored moss speckle its slimy surface.
The
Nematode’s exterior is uninteresting except for the cave in its side. This location is presented on map 8.5. Mike Schley Map 8.5: The Nematode View Player Version N1: The Mouth A cave at one end of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
troglodytes on a rudimentary level. Getting a message across in this way requires a successful DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check. 7a. Battle-Ready Troglodytes Ceiling. Stalactites dot the ceiling, which
. (Add to this number any troglodytes that fled from area 5 or escaped from area 2.)
Ledge. A stone slope along the east side of the cave rises up to a long ledge toward the south. The ledge is 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Cave Locations The cave’s chambers and tunnels were hewn from solid rock by dwarves long ago. The berserkers carry torches to see where they’re going. Characters without darkvision must rely on their
own light sources as well. The following locations are keyed to map 2.5. Q1. Icy Path An elevated causeway covered with snow winds toward the mouth of the berserkers’ cave. Tracks in the snow clearly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
11. North Barracks The eastern door is barricaded from inside the room and requires a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open. A character who listens at either door and succeeds on a DC 10
this chamber. They are loyal minions of Nezznar. This room marks the front line in the Black Spider’s assault on Wave Echo Cave, and the bugbears are here to prevent ghouls, zombies, or other undead from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
11. Slave Pen This cave is built to hold captives until they are sent to Menzoberranzan to be sold as slaves. The gate to the slave pen is kept locked. A character using thieves’ tools can pick the
gate hanging from a belt ring. Breaking the gate’s lock and forcing it open requires a successful DC 20 Strength check. Magical Wards The drow have placed powerful wards on the slave pen to inhibit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
somewhat snugly in the basket, which is swung out over the edge of the platform and lowered to the cavern floor below by turning the spool using attached handles. This requires a successful DC 18
Strength check, normally provided by two quaggoth servants (one of which makes the check while the other assists with the Help action). Once on the cave floor, the basket can be loaded with other
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
mirrorlike surface requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. The ghasts ambush any creatures that enter the lake. Rebuking Island. Iggwilv recorded a series of messages in this cave to taunt
) bludgeoning damage as the mouth clamps shut. The mouth similarly damages tools or weapons inserted into it without its permission. L2: Streaked Cave The walls and floor of this cavern are smeared with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
21. Esclarotta’s Tomb This icy cyst has no obvious means of entry or egress. However, a creature can teleport to this buried chamber via area 17. You appear in an oval cave carved from solid glacial
the name ESCLAROTTA. The lid of the sarcophagus requires a DC 30 Strength check to push aside, and the bones of Blagothkus’s deceased cloud giant wife are contained within. There is no treasure buried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
21. Esclarotta’s Tomb This icy cyst has no obvious means of entry or egress. However, a creature can teleport to this buried chamber via area 17. You appear in an oval cave carved from solid glacial
name ESCLAROTTA. The lid of the sarcophagus requires a DC 30 Strength check to push aside, and the bones of Blagothkus’s deceased cloud giant wife are contained within. There is no treasure buried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
keep the ogre from tripping over them and to discourage the cave bear from rooting through them. Lowering a basket by using its mechanism requires an action. The baskets contain sheep shears, milk
around its base. Set into the hill are three caves.
The frozen creek emerges from the west cave, which has a low-hanging mouth.
The center cave—an eight-foot-high passage hewn from the rock—is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
clamps shut. The mouth similarly damages tools or weapons inserted into it without its permission. L2: Slate Chamber Alternating blue and gray bands of slate and shale compose the walls of this cave
blade in Gnomish. Once the golem is destroyed, the sword can easily be freed from its chest. L3: Guano-Covered Cave The floor of this vaulted cave is covered in pungent piles of bat guano. Large leather
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
becomes too rocky to follow footprints anymore. Area 3: Trapped Hall. The cave is empty, but the hall to area 4 is trapped, which requires a successful DC 10 ability check to detect, using Intelligence
same time as a returning hunting party of 8 troglodytes. They must defeat the hunting party before they can enter the caves. Area 1: Cave Entrance. A successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
east. Until the human man moves or speaks, noticing him requires taking a Search action and making a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. If Eko and Mok lead the characters here (see area M25
gallons of wine. M30: Dungeon Cell The door to this room is locked. Opening the door requires the proper key (typically in Hierarch Anish’s possession), Thieves’ Tools, or a Knock spell. The lock is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Metal Pools This cave has a 30-foot-high ceiling and contains two 10-foot-deep pools of shiny liquid metal drawn from the Elemental Plane of Earth. The western pool holds liquid iron, the eastern
pool and forms a hard coating around anything dipped in it. Prying off the hardened metal coating requires a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check. Those who know how can draw metal from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Tiny clockwork device that was left behind by a svirfneblin miner. The device produces a miniature flame that can be used to light a candle, torch, or campfire. Using the device requires an action. 6
The characters enter a small cave containing a stone throne fit for a gnome. The throne, which looks like it was carved from a stalagmite, is a mimic that attacks anyone who sits on it. 7–12 A deep