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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
throw or be cursed with mummy rot. The cursed target can’t regain hit points, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Rotting Fist
by evil, Nafik now rules over the upper halls of Amun Sa’s pyramid and the priests he sentenced to an exanimate eternity.Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksFire
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
connect to the fireplaces in areas H12, H13, H14, and H17. Slippery Ice. Slippery ice covers the rooftop. The ice is difficult terrain (see the Basic Rules). When a creature other than Cryovain moves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Dragonmarked Characters A dragonmarked intrigue campaign assumes that the characters all have some connection to a dragonmarked house. They might all connect to the same house, or they could
house or an organization, like the Twelve, that unites them in a mutual purpose, use the group patron rules in Eberron: Rising from the Last War to provide benefits from their shared mission. The House
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. Roads loosely connect the cities that
between Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter. Adventure Supplements. You can play this adventure with just the Dungeons & Dragons basic rules and the Tyranny of Dragons appendix online, which contains all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. Roads loosely connect the cities that
between Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter. Adventure Supplements. You can play this adventure with just the Dungeons & Dragons basic rules and the Tyranny of Dragons appendix online, which contains all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. Roads loosely connect the cities that
between Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter. Adventure Supplements. You can play this adventure with just the Dungeons & Dragons basic rules and the Tyranny of Dragons appendix online, which contains all the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hour, twice in a blue moon, and never in sunshine?” The answer is “The letter O.” The rules of this gate are as follows: If the riddle is answered aloud and correctly by someone within 30 feet of the
(see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 22 on level 7, in the closest unoccupied space next to the identical gate located there. Pneumatic Tubes The tubes connect to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, transforming them and himself into Undead. Heartless and corrupted by evil, Nafik now rules over the upper halls of Amun Sa’s pyramid and the priests he sentenced to an exanimate eternity. Nafik Medium
, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
he hadn’t.
Devotion to Phenax Following Phenax means devoting yourself to a life of trickery and guile. To a champion of Phenax, a life without risk is no life at all. Some rules are meant to be
daring robbery Obstruct champions of other gods Building or restoring a temple to Phenax Your piety score to Phenax decreases if you diminish Phenax’s influence in the world, contradict his ideals, or make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
harmed—Madam Kulp is adamant about the caterpillars’ safety. If the characters agree to these rules, they may descend into the maze when they are ready. Running the Challenge Once the characters have
leads north.
The challenge area is depicted on map 2.2 and includes seven rooms. Unlocked doors connect the spaces, all of which are filled with colorful but worthless clutter. The doors are rickety
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, and deal with the consequences.
A disease that does more than infect a few party members is primarily a plot device. The rules help describe the effects of the disease and how it can be cured, but
the specifics of how a disease works aren’t bound by a common set of rules. Diseases can affect any creature, and a given illness might or might not pass from one race or kind of creature to another
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
grows stronger, its corruption grows into the second form: madness. Cultists sink into insanity, lashing out at everything around them or destroying themselves in elemental cataclysms. Ruin rules as the
symbol associated with each of the four cults. They could figure out how the four symbols connect to form a fifth symbol: that of the Elder Elemental Eye.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Wilderness Survival The following rules come into play as the characters explore Ten-Towns and embark on adventures to the icy, windy, hellishly cold reaches of Icewind Dale. Avalanches The following
rules can be used for rockslides as well as avalanches. An avalanche is a mass of snow and debris falling rapidly down a mountainside. A typical avalanche is 300 feet wide, 150 feet long, and 30 feet
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Foe Slayer 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Spellcasting You have learned to channel the magical essence of nature to cast spells. See “Spells” for the rules on
spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Ranger spells, which appear in the Ranger spell list later in the class’s description. Spell Slots. The Ranger Features table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
hospitality (see “Rules of Conduct” in chapter 2), Nib offers to craft a gift for each character. Taking up a pair of knitting needles, he swiftly knits his gold yarn into an object that retains a golden
only one gift for each character, and his spinning wheel can’t work its magic under any other hand. Nib’s supply of gold coins decreases by an amount equal to the value of the item he creates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
3 3 3 1 19 +6 Epic Boon 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 20 +6 Foe Slayer 6 15 4 3 3 3 2 Level 1: Spellcasting You have learned to channel the magical essence of nature to cast spells. See chapter 7 for the rules on
spellcasting. The information below details how you use those rules with Ranger spells, which appear in the Ranger spell list later in the class’s description. Spell Slots. The Ranger Features table
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
somehow follow him here, use the chase rules in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, adapting the results for urban complications to a cave full of hateful derro. If Droki loses them, the
decreases the pursuit level by 2. However, if combat ever breaks out between the characters and the drow, a squad of five duergar stone guards (see appendix C) and five duergar warriors arrive within 1d4 rounds and arrest the lot of them (see “Getting Captured”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the Soulmonger has been active) and decreases by 1 every midnight until the Soulmonger is destroyed. If a humanoid’s hit point maximum drops to 0, it dies. Traveling to another world or plane does
). This effect ends when the Soulmonger is destroyed. Other rules concerning death saving throws remain unchanged. Soul Devouring The soul of any humanoid that dies while the death curse is active becomes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. The standard design of an Acquisitions Incorporated-grade airship features an enormous balloon covered in a rope net. Trailing lines connect the balloon to the vessel of metal and wood suspended
power and detonate with formidable explosive force wherever they hit. VEHICLE RULES
Battle balloons and mechanical beholders are vehicles, and as such, they have special rules associated with them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
number and name the parts of the Abyss, declaring that this demon lord or that rules a portion of the place. When your house is on fire, does it matter what the flames look like in each room? Should you
be obsolete. Getting Around Portals connect various locations in the Abyss, but these passages are as unreliable as anything else in this environment. Most of them fluctuate, sometimes winking in and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. Learning of Sarcelle’s vision counts as a secret for the purposes of the Power of Secrets rules found in this book’s introduction. C6: Supply Room Stone shelves in this room contain boxes and bags. A few
and four hand-turned wheels connect to the pipes.
Coupleofkooks Many of Vecna’s cultists in
Neverdeath Graveyard bear tattoos
of the lich-god’s unholy symbol The wheels control the water pressure
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Terrain Encounters The Underdark contains dangerous hazards and wondrous terrain. Special terrain rules are explained after the table. d20 Encounter 1 Boneyard 2 Cliff and ladder 3 Crystal
decreases by 1. Ruins The adventurers come across a small ruin hidden in the Underdark. This might be the creation of a subterranean race or a surface ruin that collapsed and sank long ago. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
whole of Eastern Oerik. Adventurers and Organizations
Factions and organizations aimed at player characters can connect adventurers to your world, providing ties to key NPCs and a clear agenda beyond
an organization might come with concrete benefits such as access to an organization’s information, equipment, magic, and other resources. See “Renown” in chapter 3 for rules you can use to track
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
gate that connects with the Stone Golem Quarries. 91. Hall of Skulls Three of the skulls here connect to corridors, which the Thayans simply avoid. Characters who approach this room see the following
key, which need not be attuned to this zone, can reactivate the gate. The DC decreases by 2 each time a character in the room enters the mouth of a fiendish skull. Once the gate reactivates, it also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Kent Davis The first of Nine Hells, Avernus, is an eternal battlefield in the Blood War By Asmodeus’s orders, no planar portals connect directly to the lower layers of the Nine Hells. The first layer
. Empty battlefields are littered with weapons and bones, showing where the legions of the Nine Hells prevailed against invading enemies. The archdevil Zariel rules Avernus, having supplanted her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
courageous adventurers can withstand the torment and horror of that journey. Avernus. No planar portals connect directly to the lower layers of the Nine Hells, by Asmodeus’s orders. As such, the first
Zariel rules Avernus, supplanting her rival, Bel, who has fallen out of Asmodeus’s favor and is forced to serve as Zariel’s advisor. Tiamat, the Queen of Evil Dragons, is a prisoner on this layer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
god of misfortune floating at a far-flung edge of the Astral Plane. From here, portals connect to locations across the multiverse. Colcook. Colcook (lawful evil, tiefling assassin) is friendly and eager
, Colcook encourages them to play and win at the Platinum Rooms’ games to gain access to Shemeshka’s chambers with minimum disruption. Platinum Room Portals. Three portals here connect to the gaming events
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
with an Intelligence score of 3 or higher)
This crystal grants you telepathy for as long as you remain attuned to it. See the introduction of the Monster Manual for rules on how this telepathy works
one time; otherwise, the Ythryn mythallar follows the attunement rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If a ninth creature tries to attune to the mythallar, nothing happens.
All creatures attuned to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
that exit this area to the north and the east have white gates that connect with the Temples of Despair and the Hall of Necromancy. 30. Training Floor An arsenal of weapons and armor hangs from the
, he provides information that decreases the Doomvault’s alert level by 1. Hall of Necromancy Red Wizards practice and refine their darkest magic in the Hall of Necromancy. 31. Undying Laboratory If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Kir Sabal An ancient monastery overlooks the jungle from its perch on the cliff of a tall plateau. Stone steps and rickety walkways connect the various buildings, the lowest of which is 500 feet
2nd level (3 slots): gust of wind, hold person, lesser restoration
3rd level (2 slots): call lightning, wind wall
The aarakocra of Kir Sabal lead ritualistic lives and follow strict rules of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
rules in this book’s introduction. V8: Garrison All manner of undead creatures—mostly skeletons and zombies—impatiently mill around this area. They look ready for a fight.
The vault’s Undead soldiers
outer hallway is eerily empty, but you can hear chanting coming from beyond the archways.
Three archways, each shrouded by a black curtain, connect the two spaces in this area. Once the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, connect one cobbled chamber to the next. Some tunnels ascend to street-level buildings, while others open through grates and sewer covers to the streets themselves. At least two dozen ways into and
, bearded man named Heltur “Ribbons” Ribbond, a neutral evil male human assassin, rules the Undercellar with an oily, too-affable manner and a wide grin that only makes his scar-seamed face more menacing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
moat and connect the plaza to other parts of the ruined dwarven enclave. A short bridge spans the moat to the south. Holding up the bridge and colonnades are enormous statues of dwarves submerged up
and fight only in self-defense. Roleplaying Aerisi Kalinoth. Aerisi rules the Cult of the Howling Hatred like an imperious, vain, and tempestuous queen. She is oblivious to compassion or kindness unless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
rusty but functional locks, connect one cobbled chamber to the next. Some tunnels ascend to street-level buildings, while others open through grates and sewer covers to the streets themselves. At least
man named Heltur “Ribbons” Ribbond, a neutral evil male human assassin, rules the Undercellar with an oily, too-affable manner and a wide grin that only makes his scar-seamed face more menacing. Ribbons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
battle that unfolds in the cavern, eager for its fair share of meat. Black Road Long ago, the Zhentarim built this trade route to connect its established footholds in the east with its lucrative
Cromm’s Hold, a keep on the edge of the Lizard Marsh (see the “Lizard Marsh” entry for details). Pencheska is using her position to infiltrate the Lords’ Alliance. She rules Daggerford much as Lady