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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Wave of Cinders"}. The cinder hulk emits a wave of smoldering ash from its face, hands, or chest in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make
locations on the Material Plane, in the Elemental Planes of Air and Fire, and especially in the Great Conflagration, the border region between those two planes. They retain none of the skills and motivation
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Conversing with others is often difficult because I’m so easily distr… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver?
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I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather
dragon.
Moonstone Dragon Lairs
Often, a moonstone dragon’s lair is not a single location, but rather a collection of personally significant places spread out across multiple planes of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
often difficult because I’m so easily distr… oh my goodness, is that circlet made of silver?
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I find the waking world tedious and mundane and would much rather spend my time asleep
is not a single location, but rather a collection of personally significant places spread out across multiple planes of existence and connected through portals under the dragon’s control. A lair
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Etherealness. The ghost enters the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, or vice versa. It is visible on the Material Plane while it is in the Border
overheard her master talking to another wizard about a covert expedition to Icewind Dale being undertaken to seek out long-lost magic from a bygone empire. Rather than carry out her original plan, Nass
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
of the world beyond their home.
Barterers of Lore
Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but it’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Moonstone Dragon Lairs Often, a moonstone dragon’s lair is not a single location, but rather a collection of personally significant places spread out across multiple planes of existence and connected
, though, a whimsical moonstone dragon delights in shaking things up, insisting that visitors come to the Border Ethereal for a meeting or sleeping in the middle of a heavily trafficked forest on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Sigil is built to the edges of the ring, forming a wall of structures along its border. Anyone who climbs atop this outer wall of buildings can look out over the edge into an empty sky. Few who cross the
edge are ever heard from again. Those who pass over the edge don’t end up in the Outlands; rather, they are flung to random corners of the planes.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
with iron-fisted resolve. As a rule, he does not treat with adventurers; he’d rather rob them and feed on their blood. If combat breaks out here, the werebats throughout area 16 investigate, converging
on this location. Treasure Mobar’s cave is unfurnished except for a moldy old wooden chest sitting on a natural shelf 10 feet off the floor in the room’s southwest corner. The chest is unlocked and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Barterers of Lore Tabaxi treasure knowledge rather than material things. A chest filled with gold coins might be useful to buy food or a coil of rope, but it’s not intrinsically interesting. In the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Customizing the Puzzle The focal parts of this puzzle are the locks and keys, not the chest. You could easily convert this puzzle to feature any types of locks, be they on doors, cells, books, or
teeth on each key must match the number of letters in your substitutions, and those substitutions should be things the characters can identify. Raising the Difficulty Rather than associating each lock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
every action the tribe takes, the druids weigh not only the group’s needs, but the effect each action will have on the forest and the rest of the natural world. Firbolg tribes would rather go hungry
friendly with elves.
Firbolg rogues are typically scouts tasked with spying on neighboring folk to determine their intentions. They are most common among firbolgs whose homes border human settlements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Conflagration, the border region between those two planes. They retain none of the skills and motivation of their giant ancestors; they simply want to burn as much as they can until their own flames are
5–6). The cinder hulk emits a wave of smoldering ash from its face, hands, or chest in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
quaggoth is also present, carrying out chores such as cleaning up or delivering water. Either reacts hostilely to intruders, but they might choose to flee and warn the outpost rather than attack, depending
with a small grappling hook at the end. Each of the chests in the four chambers contains a flask of drow poison used to treat crossbow bolts. One flask has enough poison to treat 20 bolts. Each chest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Conflagration, the border region between those two planes. They retain none of the skills and motivation of their giant ancestors; they simply want to burn as much as they can until their own flames are
5–6). The cinder hulk emits a wave of smoldering ash from its face, hands, or chest in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Barbarians Closest to the dark elves, Pwent lowered his head, with its long helmet spike, and impaled one elf through the chest, blasting through the fine mesh of drow armor easily and brutally. The
from warmer southern lands, rather than the Savage North, although southern foundlings are sometimes adopted in the North and raised by tribes there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
sides, a mechanism inside fires a hail of poison needles toward anyone in front of it. After inspecting the chest and making a few checks, the characters are still unsure if it's trapped. Rather than
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)
sides, a mechanism inside fires a hail of poison needles toward anyone in front of it. After inspecting the chest and making a few checks, the characters are still unsure if it’s trapped. Rather than
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->Lost Mine of Phandelver
whispers and throwing in some mad cackles and bits of gibberish. Also be sure to mention that the creature isn’t actually talking but rather filling the characters’ heads with its foul murmurings and
Phandalin who was murdered by the Redbrands. The outlaws left his corpse here for the nothic to feed on. Treasure The nothic keeps its hoard in a battered wooden chest hidden in a cubbyhole at the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
closed wooden chest. In the center of the room is a long wooden table with two wooden benches beside it.
Four lizardfolk appear to be gathering their weapons and readying to leave this area.
There
a crude pewter mug with Semuanya’s symbol (a reptilian egg) scratched into the side. The officer carries the key to the chest in area 4 in a belt pouch. 4. Officer’s Quarters A wooden table with two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
inhabitants regard simple magic as remarkable, those inhabitants’ lack of engagement with the supernatural doesn’t mean you should limit magic for adventurers. Rather, use this as an opportunity to feature
another plane. These restrictions apply to all other effects, including magic items and artifacts that transport or banish creatures to other planes. Magic that allows transit to the Border Ethereal, such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
charge of the camp. Zirrok rarely leaves it. The hut is guarded by two sivak draconians (see appendix B). Inside is a cot, a desk, and an ornate chest. Desk. The desk is covered in Dragon Army reports. A
character who searches the desk finds letters from a commander named Belephaion talking about excavating the Sunward Fortress. Ornate Chest. Opening this chest requires either the key held by Fewmaster
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
jaws. Rather than chasing prey, they use their supernatural gaze to turn creatures to stone and then consume these victims at their leisure. While basilisks are most comfortable in subterranean lairs
Animals like bats, bears, deer, or goats. 3 A climber clinging to a stalactite. 4 Itself using a large mirror or shiny surface. 5 A mimic disguised as a chest full of treasure. 6 A monster such as an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
nothing of the glamor, honor, or mystery mortals often ascribe such to him. Rather, he does what must be done, and should some cosmological condition fall out of sorts, the River Guide and his servants
work with silent efficiency to restore balance. Divine Relationships Athreos cares little for the dealings of the other gods. As long as other deities don’t impinge on the border between life and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
terms of “left” or “right” rather than cardinal directions. The contents of the areas between the mists are detailed below. P14a. A leather sack containing 102 gp lies against one wall of this
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->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
forming a sort of elastic skin. The shape of the corridor is not square in cross-section, but rather semicircular, as if a series of hoops were supporting the ceiling. The protective skin is soft
people are likely to get the whole party boiled. Treasure. At the north end of the domed area is a heavy chest firmly attached to the floor. In it is Wave, a sentient trident (see “Sample Sentient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Ward stays in the field and documents the strange blight rather than joining the characters inside. F2: Porch A large wooden porch wraps around the front and one side of the farmhouse. Its planks creak
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
reflected in it. (Frupy uses it if she suspects invisible creatures are about.) Also here are an ebony and mother-of-pearl wardrobe (filled with her clothing), an iron strongbox, a chest of twelve
Frupy, a glyph of warding inside is triggered, producing a fireball spell centered on the chest (save DC 15). The strongbox itself holds nothing of value, but it has a trick panel in the side, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
6. 15. Ned’s Bedroom The door to this room is locked. The key to the room has been left rather obviously in the hallway outside the room and can be spotted by someone who makes a successful DC 10
stuffing protrudes. Under the window sits a large wooden chest, the timbers split and its lid closed.
The chest is not locked and opens easily. Inside is a pile of moldy, ragged clothing in styles that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
hazy border. Next Event. After the characters deal with the guards, proceed with event 4. Event 4. Unsettling Calm This event begins with Yael telepathically contacting the characters: A woman’s voice
in the distance beyond the hazy border. Next Event. As this event approaches its end, the characters hear cackling laughter far off in the distance. This laughter gets closer and louder, heralding the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
significant edge in a fight, it also saddles them with a critical tactical challenge. Sahuagin affected by Blood Frenzy are at best reluctant to disengage from combat. Rather than withdraw in the
side of the door, about 4 feet above the floor. All doors open into the areas they border on metal casters that move along grooves cut into the stone floor. Gates and Pillars All gates consist of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
the lava and destroy it, rather than let it fall into the hands of his enemies. 7. Torture Chamber At the midpoint of the east–west corridor, steps lead down to the south, ending at a cluttered room
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->Divine Contention
death but is terrified of failing Talos: if the characters enter her cabin, she chooses to drunkenly unload the details of her plight rather than fight them. Did she not honor her god with chaos and
compartment. The ship’s bones spill from the knight’s chest and are entwined with his body, fusing him to the vessel. This is the death knight Emberlost, and his corpse houses the cursed soul of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Launcher. A gemlike node appears on one of your armored fists or on the chest (your choice). It counts as a simple ranged weapon, with a normal range of 90 feet and a long range of 300 feet, and it deals 1d6
Attack 5th-level Armorer feature You can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Armor Modifications 9th-level Armorer feature You learn how to use your artificer
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
behind five treasure chests and five intact crates (numbered below for ease of bookkeeping). The chests are unlocked, their locks broken off. Chest 1 contains 400 sp, 180 gp, and three gold bracelets (25
gp each). Half buried by coins is a 5-inch-diameter miniature beholder made of enameled gold with a black pearl central eye and multicolored spinels at the ends of its eyestalks (2,500 gp). Chest 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, and helmets, all with icicles hanging from them. The room also contains a padlocked wooden chest in one corner and an enormous, wheel-shaped whetstone in another corner, frozen in position. Standing
by the wheel is a cloud giant ghost staring blankly into the sky.
The cloud giant ghost is indifferent toward intruders but turns hostile if attacked or if the items in the chest are removed (see