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Player’s Handbook
Describe or name an object that is familiar to you. You sense the direction to the object’s location if that object is within 1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the
direction of its movement.
The spell can locate a specific object known to you if you have seen it up close—within 30 feet—at least once. Alternatively, the spell can locate the nearest object
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
Describe or name an object that is familiar to you. You sense the direction to the object's location, as long as that object is within 1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the
direction of its movement.
The spell can locate a specific object known to you, as long as you have seen it up close--within 30 feet--at least once. Alternatively, the spell can locate the nearest object
Equipment
This bone whistle is carved in the shape of a gargath. When blown, it produces a high-pitched sound that can only be heard clearly by certain creatures. When you blow this whistle, any beast within
100 feet of you that hears it can discern its distance from and direction to you. Friendly beasts can be trained to understand signals given with this whistle, and if you spend at least 24 hours
Magic Items
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
An ornate carving of a serpent adorned with a coursing river spirals down the length of this redand-gold staff. While you’re holding it, you can use an action to produce one of the following
within 60 feet of yourself. You concentration;concentrate on this orb as if concentrating on a spell. As a bonus action, you can move the orb up to 20 feet in any direction.
When your concentration
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
the port, and even the Outer City’s rhythms are dominated by the ebb and flow of river trade. Because sailors are as fundamental and ubiquitous to Baldur’s Gate as the cobbles on its streets
you served on, or another ship you have good relations with (perhaps one captained by a former crewmate). Because you’re calling in a favor, you can’t be certain of a schedule or route
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls. Blessed with a supernaturally strong sense of direction, minotaurs make great navigators. Some sages believe minotaurs
, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
up to 10 feet in any direction horizontally.
Spellcasting. Endelyn casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14
them from taking certain courses of action in their lives. Her petitioners often learn of a dreadful fate that awaits them but find themselves unable to prevent it due to the cursed terms of their
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
River Styx, Naratyr is an eerily quiet and cold city, its streets empty for hours at a time. The central castle of bone has interior walls of flesh and carpets made of woven hair. The city contains
of Death. This creature emanates a deathly aura that extends 30 feet in every direction from its space while it isn’t incapacitated. The aura is blocked by total cover. While in the aura, the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
and reforming without purpose or direction, until a creature exerts deliberate will to stabilize it. Through their potent psionic power, githzerai carved a home for themselves amid the chaos. As the
, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
20. River Branches The river (see “Underground River”) reaches a depth of 20 feet at this point, where it splits off in three directions. A creature swept along by the river’s strong current is
pulled in a random direction determined by rolling a d6. On a 1, the creature is swept into area 12a. On a 2, the creature is swept into area 12b. On any other result, the creature is swept into area 12c.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
V5. Howling Plateau This high rocky plateau rises from the center of the canyon. A river cuts through the canyon bottom, passing through it to the other side. The wind on the plateau keens and moans
, alternating its pitch with the force and direction of the wind.
A creature standing atop Howling Plateau can see the whole canyon, but not the surrounding lands.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
River Styx The River Styx courses through the Lower Planes, frustrating every attempt to map it or predict its course. Getting lost while sailing the Styx isn’t the only danger the river presents
. Simply tasting or touching its waters can shatter a creature’s intellect and personality, as well as strip away its memories. Certain fiends are immune to the river’s effects, but most creatures have no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reads Krezk, and through the woods you can see an arching stone bridge spanning a river. The arm pointing east reads Vallaki, and the road slopes up gradually in that direction. The arm pointing southwest reads The Wizard of Wines. The road slopes gently downward in that direction.
R. Raven River Crossroads Always check for a random encounter whenever the characters reach area R. This stretch of the Old Svalich Road has multiple branches. One branch heads north, quickly turning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Arrival If the characters follow the river from Falcon’s Hunting Lodge, they arrive from the east. If they come straight from Phandalin, they approach from the south. When they arrive, read the
following boxed text aloud: The logging camp spreads along the south shore of the river, where a dozen tents are arranged on a sandy beach. Near a dock stands a cabin with logs stacked under an awning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Common and Infernal, but can’t speak. It plies the River Sargauth in whichever direction its riders want to go. When the characters reach their destination, the tiefling extends a bony hand, expecting a
13. Riverside Caves These rooms contain conveyances the characters can use to travel up and down the River Sargauth. 13a. Drow Rafts The drow use rafts to ply the River Sargauth. Leaning against the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
. You sense the direction to the object’s location, as long as that object is within 1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the direction of its movement. The spell can locate a
specific object known to you, as long as you have seen it up close—within 30 feet—at least once. Alternatively, the spell can locate the nearest object of a particular kind, such as a certain kind of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Describe or name an object that is familiar to you. You sense the direction to the object’s location if that object is within 1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the direction of
, such as a certain kind of apparel, jewelry, furniture, tool, or weapon. This spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead blocks a direct path between you and the object.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Describe or name an object that is familiar to you. You sense the direction to the object’s location if that object is within 1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the direction of
, such as a certain kind of apparel, jewelry, furniture, tool, or weapon. This spell can’t locate an object if any thickness of lead blocks a direct path between you and the object.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
. You sense the direction to the object’s location, as long as that object is within 1,000 feet of you. If the object is in motion, you know the direction of its movement. The spell can locate a
specific object known to you, as long as you have seen it up close—within 30 feet—at least once. Alternatively, the spell can locate the nearest object of a particular kind, such as a certain kind of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. When the characters are within earshot, read the following: Pounding hooves sound from the direction of the River Gate as a mercenary of the Ironclad Regiment rides toward the village circle. As she
News from the Front When you’re ready to begin this section, give the characters a reason to be near the River Gate, such as fetching Becklin’s box from Thornwall Keep or looking for a lost villager
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
direction, don’t read the first sentence. The trail hugs the river for several miles. The dirt and grass soon turn to marsh as the trail dissolves into spongy earth pockmarked with stands of tall reeds and
thinner on the far side of the river, where a light flashes amid a dark ring of standing stones.
The river ranges in depth but is never more than 10 feet deep. Muriel Vinshaw, a wereraven in human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
its form occupies the periphery of viewers’ attention no matter which direction they look. Mount Makab is not a natural feature, but rather part of a colossal, illithid-designed device. Its purposes
remain largely mysterious to outsiders, but one thing is certain: it amplifies psionic energy, allowing Bluetspur’s mind flayers to project their thoughts into other Domains of Dread.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
strong currents. A creature that enters a river for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be swept 15 feet in the direction indicated by the arrows on the map. Mike Schley Map 6.2: Lesser Caverns View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
direction except for a haunted area called the Forest of Hands. The Forest of Hands occupies much of the same land as the vanished Adirohit River and the disappeared city of Manivarsha. The magic
the end of this adventure) is speaking in Aquan and trying to calm a pair of water elementals corrupted by the strange magic afflicting his river. Characters who succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Currents Ocean water is moved by wind and tides to create constant river-like flows called currents. Tidal currents are typically the strongest. They’re usually found within 50 miles of shore and at
1d4 - 1 miles per hour that changes daily. Currents and Travel When a vessel or creature travels in the same direction as a current, that current’s speed is added to the vessel or creature’s travel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Battle of Elturel Legions of devils camped on the shores of the River Styx below Elturel are the biggest threats for characters attempting to flee the city. Characters who fly, glide, or balloon over
those abyssal troops are lowly manes and dretches, who die quickly in vain attempts to drag down devils so that stronger demons behind them can strike killing blows.
A dark river cuts a path across
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
assume the characters have a light source or other means of seeing in the dark. Underground Rivers. The rivers that span the lesser caverns have strong currents. A creature that enters a river for the
first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be swept 20 feet in the direction indicated by the arrows on the map.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
11. We All Float Down Here A dead grimlock in a forlorn passageway is evidence of danger on the underground river. 11a. False Boat Tethered to the mouth of a narrow cave at water level is what
reveals that the grimlock’s bones have been picked clean by acid, and its eyeless skull is turned toward the narrow passage that leads west. The grimlock’s bony arm and hand also point in that direction. The skeleton was left here by the mimic and hides nothing of value.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
grassy plain where people frolic and hunt antelope and deer.
North of the grassy plain and south of the hill, the floor opens into a model of a canyon. A river of lava flows down it while flames lick
heads above the surface.
From out of the marsh a black, torpid river wends its way past the northern edge of the hill and flows west to pour over the lip of a steam-filled chasm in the northwest
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
characters agree, they receive instructions on how to find the vale. The group must ride on the Dessarin River to a certain bend, climb next to a waterfall toward a prominent bluff, and a hike along a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel
pulls the characters into the alleys. Hook. The characters find themselves in Conch’s alleyways in the Riverside district and witness a murder. They must contend with certain danger, possibly following
lizardfolk shout threats and start combat. The lizardfolk are named Retta, Torm, and Vill, and they’re members of a river smuggling gang called the Swampclaws. If a Swampclaw is reduced to 20 Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Sinkhole The stream that flows through the Glitterhame descends through the chasm in area 25 to an even lower level of caverns—the Sinkhole. Here it joins a subterranean river that traverses dark
its submerged areas, using the river as a back door to its lair. A narrow staircase winds down along the chasm walls until reaching bottom, where it offers access to area 28. Map 2.4: The Sinkhole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character’s special abilities. A downside is that no DM is completely neutral. A DM might come to favor certain players or approaches, or even work against good ideas if they send the game in a direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, swoops down from the direction of the tower. His skin is cadaver-blue, and his face is frozen in a scream. Rigorath holds a kettle of steaming water in one hand. Before speaking, he pours the boiling
his master Mephistopheles, offering them knowledge and power in return for their assistance: To fulfill their end of the bargain, the characters must dam the flow of the River Styx where it spills into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the cult’s wagon masters, then by other merchants who are traveling in the same direction at the same time. Merchants from different companies commonly join together to form larger trains for
protection. Frume has contacts among the many merchants of the region and is certain he can arrange a job. Timing is an issue. The tracks leaving the cultists’ camp and the map from Mondath’s chamber both






