both burial diffusing contingency removed

Mummies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

unholy curse. Preserved Wrath. The long burial rituals that accompany a mummy’s entombment help protect its body from rot. In the embalming process, the newly dead creature’s organs are removed and

Mummy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

inscribed with necromantic markings before the burial ritual concludes with an invocation to darkness. As a mummy endures in undeath, it animates in response to conditions specified by the ritual. Most

dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic. Dreadful Glare. The mummy targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the

Encounters in the Crypt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

the players: Large iron burial urns are positioned reverently throughout this hall, each engraved with a noble coats-of-arms from the city of Elturel. Polished swords, lances, and shields hang from

characters approach one of these areas, read: Recesses in the walls hold iron burial caskets. Each casket has a single, healthy red rose resting on its lid. Each of these corridors contains six

E: Wakenreth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

successful check, the character recognizes that the statue is a guardian common to Silvanesti burial sites and that the silver coins represent souls shining as stars in the night sky. The character also knows

from the room becomes cursed for as long as they remain within the tower or until the curse is removed by a remove curse spell or similar magic. While cursed, the character has disadvantage on all

E5. Church

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. A young man’s screams of anguish can be heard through the door. Donavich lost the key to the iron padlock. If the chain is removed and the trapdoor is opened, the screaming in the undercroft stops

, Donavich presses the characters into helping him bury the burgomaster in the cemetery (area E6) at dawn. During the burial, Donavich offers prayers to the Morninglord in exchange for Kolyan

Uthgardt

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

bury their dead under cairns and earthen mounds. These burial sites are scattered throughout the North in out-of-the-way places. Each Uthgardt tribe also has a single spirit mound that is sacred to its

Arnzan Vashk was badly wounded in one such altercation, leaving him with an orc spearhead embedded in his chest. He refuses to have it removed and tries to hide the pain it causes, not realizing that

Locations on the Second Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

reveal that each of these burial vaults contains only the remains of a king or a queen, moldering garments, a few corroded weapons, and similar worthless items (wererat grave robbers stole anything of

inside of the lid. If the invisibility is dispelled, the information tells where a stone in the wall along the stairs down can be removed to reveal a ring of shooting stars, a spell scroll of seven

Halls of the Upper Priesthood

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

burial and hide them from the Undead on this floor. P52: Prayer Temple of the Priesthood Faded and moth-eaten prayer rugs are neatly placed about this room. In the center of the south wall is a thirty

characters who lost track of the cardinal directions in the maze on the second floor. Gemstone Trap. If the gemstone is removed from the statue’s forehead, the statue makes a horrendous noise like a foghorn

Haskasori Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

, revealing a passage through the base of a statue into the temple (area H14). Relics. Characters looking for relics of Haskasori to sell can find varied burial items here (see “Conclusion” for details

, backlit by eerie firelight. The ornate sarcophagus at the raised head of the chamber lies in disarray, its lid removed and carelessly tipped to the side. Six Flameskulls lurk behind the stone statues

Crypt of the Talhund Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

of the Talhund The seven carvings are no mere decorations; each covers a burial niche in which a miner-turned-priest was put to rest. These miner-priests were among the most revered of the Talhund

specters emerge from the carvings. At the beginning of each round, another specter emerges from another carving until the fragment is removed from the room or until all seven specters are summoned into the

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

iron bars that can be removed only by creatures in area X2. If the party approaches the doors with an armed escort, one of the guards knocks on the doors six times, which signals the guards in area X2 to

so with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. A knock spell or similar magic also opens the trapdoor. X22: Crypt of the Watched A large burial chamber opens before you, divided in two by a

Monastery Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

chamber is obviously an ancient crypt. Niches along the walls hold dozens of old skeletons, some with scraps of burial cloth still clinging to their bones. Not all the monsters beneath the

walls. The monster in the western portion of the chamber is an umber hulk. The cultists partially blinded the creature and removed its natural claws, so the hulk no longer has its Confusing Gaze power

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

. Opening a single latch requires a successful DC 15 Strength check. If the six latches are opened, the lid can be removed with a successful DC 15 Strength check or by the effort of any combination of

attacks his rescuers, his mind all but transformed to that of a troll over the ages of his burial. He had a name, but he has forgotten it, although he has not forgotten how to speak Elvish and Draconic

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