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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Usually found in a box or pouch, this deck contains a number of cards made of ivory or vellum. Most (75 percent) of these decks have thirteen cards, but some have twenty-two. Use the appropriate
guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
undetected to bleed their victims dry.
Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being defeated or suffering
, insatiable thirst for blood remains.
Indistinguishable from fog aside from the charnel reek it exudes, a vampiric mist descends on a creature and causes the blood in the creature’s body to ooze
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
experiences, particularly great meals, with the monster. Some might even convince a darkweaver to release them if they promise to return with rare spices or one-of-a-kind meals. Those who manage to
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Category
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Roll a die. If you roll an even number, the cocoon contains the bones of a Humanoid. If you roll an odd number, the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
himself. This simulacrum dwells in the sunken Netherese spire, waiting for its creator to return.
The simulacrum, which looks and acts like Dzaan, has half of Dzaan's hit points and can't regain
its remaining spell slots sparingly.
The sunken Netherese tower contains a special room that can transform the simulacrum into a real person—or any magical illusion into the real thing, for that matter
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Dzaan had used a spell scroll of simulacrum to create a copy of himself. This Dzaan's Simulacrum;simulacrum dwells in the sunken Netherese spire, waiting for its creator to return.
The sunken Netherese
tower contains a special room that can transform the simulacrum into a real person—or any magical illusion into the real thing, for that matter. If this change occurs, the simulacrum
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Far Realm Parasite. Inside the lich’s torso dwells a wormlike parasite that contains the lich’s soul. When the lich dies, it implodes into the parasite, which then vanishes into the Far
lich against destruction, reviving the lich a few days after death. Canny foes can sabotage an eldritch lich’s revival by slaying the lich in a magic circle, thereby forcing the lich to return in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
hoard contains that conflict’s most significant artifacts.
2
I am constantly aware of a call from beyond this world. I must prepare to answer that call by amassing powerful arms and armor
.
Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
retains its name, alignment, and personality. The creature also inherits Nafas’s palace and all it contains.
If the creature refuses, Nafas gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
notice taking from the sea’s bounty without offering something in return.
6
I think of sailors’ songs as their “water speech” and try to converse with them by humming
. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below.
Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
25. Well and Cultist Quarters A 4-foot-diameter well shaft with a 3-foot-high stone lip descends 30 feet to a water-filled cistern. A wooden bucket hangs from a rope-and-pulley mechanism bolted to
the crossbeams above the well. Five side rooms once served as quarters for senior cultists. Each contains a wood-framed bed with a moldy straw mattress and a wooden chest to hold personal belongings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
, their candles long since melted away. North of the seating area is a sooty fireplace and an alcove containing a rough-hewn pit that descends 60 feet. Abundant handholds and footholds allow a character
to climb up or down the pit with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The bottom of the pit contains moldy animal bones and other refuse discarded by the dwarves after their meals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
north, a wide staircase climbs into darkness. A lit hallway to the south contains another set of bronze doors, through which you hear sad and majestic organ tones. The southern hallway is described in
area K9. The wide staircase leads up to area K19. If the characters are here by invitation, add the following: An elf with brown skin and long black hair descends the wide staircase, quiet as a cat. He
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Ice Gate Level The uppermost level of the fortress contains the mechanism that operates the ice gate—enormous doors through which Xardorok’s chardalyn dragon comes and goes. These doors are carved
out of thick ice and have hinged iron clamps holding them in place. When the doors are open, they allow access to a 30-foot-wide vertical shaft that descends 220 feet to area X26. X13. Western Gear Room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Sacks and crates of looted provisions are piled up in the south end of this large cave. To the west, the floor slopes toward a narrow opening that descends into darkness. A larger opening leads north
Chimney. A niche in the western wall forms the top of a shaft that descends 30 feet to area 3. See that area for information on climbing the natural chimney. Supplies. The piles of sacks and crates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
a coffin, its black doors painted with fey creatures, stands between two cracked, full-length mirrors hanging on the south wall. A staircase descends along the north wall. If someone opens the
south wall, behind the hanging mirror west of the wardrobe, is a secret door. It can be pulled open to reveal a closet choked with dust and cobwebs and that contains a wooden ladder that leads up 20 feet to another secret door in the tower stairway (area K20). The staircase leads down to area K24.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Running This Chapter The characters can return to the sanctum in Sigil to rest and confer with Alustriel and Tasha before they head to the Cave of Shattered Reflection. If the characters don’t return
must dismantle three demiplanar unrealities that hint at Vecna’s plans to reshape the multiverse. Each demiplane contains an encounter or short exploration sequence. The characters can dismantle these
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Trait
1
I often fixate on specific historical battles or wars and won’t rest until my hoard contains that conflict’s most
edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow tunnels that eventually lead to the Underdark.
Hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
with a slate roof and several chimneys. Most of the ground floor is taken up by the tavern’s common room, which contains a 40-foot-diameter open well (actually the outer shell of a sunken stone tower
) that descends 140 feet to the first level of Undermountain, the sprawling dungeon under Waterdeep. A rope-and-pulley mechanism is used to lower adventurers into the well and hoist them out. More
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
descends thousands of feet into the Underdark. This shaft predates the mine, and efforts to seal it off have been unsuccessful. It was by this route that the grell invaded the mine in search of food
like dragon!” “Trex smart! He speaks like human who knows a lot. He don’t speak Dragon no more.” “Trex says miners want their mine back. Trex wants something better in return.” “Trex says we be safer in town. There’s food in town!”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Slanted Room A secret door opens to reveal an empty 10-foot-square cubicle with a 5-foot-wide tunnel of rough-hewn stone leading away from it. The tunnel descends slightly until it reaches a room
that smells like a sewer. The room contains the following features: Flood. The floor of the room tilts — its west end is 6 feet lower than its east end. Foul sewer water covers the floor, barely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
) check. Afterward, the dragonnels drop the characters off and depart. Alternatively, if the characters saved the wasteland dragonnel (see appendix B) in the occupied mansion, it might return with
rocks to navigate this obstacle. The character must succeed on three DC 14 Strength (Athletics) checks to leap from rock to rock. A character safely ascends or descends 10 feet with each successful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
disassembling the tracks behind the train and passing them forward so the locomotive can lay down new tracks in front of itself.
As the train descends to ground level, its horn blares once more. It swerves
the caboose. This is where I leave you. Farewell, friends!”
Glitch exits the adventure at this point, using its amulet of the planes to return whence it came. Boarding the Train The Caboose (area E1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
aboard their jolly boat and return to the Second Wind. Have Krux and each character make a DC 21 Wisdom (Perception) check. Those who fail the check are surprised when Big Momma attacks: As the jolly boat
into weightless globs as the ravenous monster descends from above.
Big Momma Big Momma, a void scavver (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie), starts the encounter 40 feet from the characters’ jolly boat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
The Yawning Portal The Yawning Portal, a famous inn and tavern located near the eastern slope of Mount Waterdeep, derives its name from a 40-foot-diameter well that descends into the first level of
dark room at the bottom of the 140-foot shaft (level 1, area 1). Durnan charges adventurers 1 gp each to descend into the well, whether they opt to use the rope or not. The return trip also costs a piece
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
that contains the soul of a hero slain during the Last War. 5 Search the collection for information on the Queen of the Dead, or “Lady Illmarrow,” as she is known. 6 Infiltrate the vault to get close to a new Emerald Claw recruit, then convince them to come to their senses and return to their family.
a powerful necromancer that’s being held in the vault’s collection. 3 Trade a powerful dark magic weapon in return for the rescue of important hostages taken by the order. 4 Steal a suit of armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
(primarily mice, squirrels, and the like). The well shaft, which descends 20 feet, still contains clean water. Fed by an aquifer; the well offers no access to the house nor the caverns below it. If
as natural handholds. Two giant poisonous snakes make their homes in the crumbled and crevice-ridden walls of the well shaft. They emerge and strike at anything that descends into the well. They also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Method
1 Find or restore Azalin and return him to Darkon.
2 Present the Dark Powers a worthy new Darklord.
3 Bestow a symbol of rule upon a new Darklord.
4 Free Darkon from the
2 The Rift Spanner, a portal-making contraption
3 A hidden amber sarcophagus that contains the last vestige of a powerful evil being
4 The King’s Tear, a floating anomaly or structure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Stairs Down This room contains a barrel of fresh water and a brick-walled staircase that descends 15 feet to area V20. V8. Parlor While entertaining visitors in this room, the duke likes to sit in an
Dexterity (Stealth) check. This check is made with advantage at night or in fog. V2. Stable House This stone building contains stables for four draft horses, plus a fully equipped smithy with an anvil and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
that descends 50 feet to a sandy passageway that leads to area 2. The ruined building south of the amphitheatre used to be the basement of a stage. It contains a sandy, 10-foot-wide staircase that descends 50 feet to area 5.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
15. Valtagar’s Quarters The walls and floor of this 15-foot-high chamber are covered with interlocking stone tiles. The room contains the following: Valtagar. When the characters first arrive
they need it and promises to tell them the location of a secret staircase that descends to the next level of Undermountain (see area 19a). To establish trust, he tells them about the secret vault
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
leading into area 8. This chamber serves as the office and apartment of Andras, the temple’s torturer and rival of the warden. It holds a bed, a desk, and mundane gear. The desk contains notes on
locked strongbox can be found under Andras’s bed. It can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, but contains an easily noticed poison needle trap. A failed check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Towers Features”). One staircase descends 20 feet to area K6, and the other climbs 20 feet to area K15. The area contains the following features: Shattered glass covers the floor, and a large wooden
contains the following features: A half-dozen staffs of various styles are hung proudly on the walls at the top of the landing. A staircase descends to area K8. Staffs. Each staff is different in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
vertical shaft. A stone staircase spirals around the shaft, with landings leading to chambers on the upper levels: Level 1 has a broad antechamber and audience hall.
Level 2 contains kitchens, storage
, and currently disused servants’ quarters.
Level 3 houses guest bedchambers and a torture chamber for “special guests.”
Level 4 contains Vizeran’s library and laboratory.
Level 5 contains the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Amid the Ashes Once the fire is extinguished and the villagers rescued, calm descends on the scene once more. The characters can talk with the grateful villagers they saved. Each villager is Friendly
nothing to do with the raid. Vatri fears Pierre is in danger somewhere in the Corsair hideout. Vatri asks the characters to rescue Pierre and bring him home. As a reward for Pierre’s safe return, Vatri offers a Stone of Good Luck that she has owned for decades.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
other bird of prey. As it descends, however, its unearthly size becomes terrifyingly clear. In flight, a roc’s wingspan spreads two hundred feet or more. At rest, perched upon the mountain peaks that are
, and the remains of caravans they carry off, placing these massive tangles in mountain clefts out of the reach of lesser creatures.
Sometimes a roc’s nest contains treasures from the caravans or