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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: Dancing Lights, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
1/day each: Arcane Lock, Burning Hands, Comprehend
elder sage.
Tower sages are the only folk capable of reading the Books of Prophecy, an ancient set of tomes that hint at future events of grand significance.
Tower Stewards
For centuries, the Tower of the Heavens has been stewarded by dutiful folk who practice two distinct traditions.
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
finish a long rest.
Ways to Read the Kill
d6
Reading
1
Using a tiny bellows to pump one last breath into a corpse.
2
Reading the entrails with special reading-the-entrails
glasses.
3
Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
4
A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
5
Careful measurements. The distance between nostrils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
stands behind a counter heaped with open books. She looks up from her reading, eyes you with disinterest, then goes back to her book.
The shopkeeper here is Wyhan (lawful evil, human mage), a black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
under a counter of once-smiling lollipops that have melted into grotesque, elongated faces. The character then can escort Edith from the confectionery (no ability check required). Edith (Small, Neutral
characters don’t move to rescue Edith, two heroic townsfolk brave the fire and retrieve the confectioner from the burning building. Regardless of whether townsfolk or the characters save Edith, her rescuers emerge to cheers from an audience of emotionally invested onlookers.
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Whenever you finish a long rest, if you haven’t used the tooth to counter a spell since your last long rest, your hit point maximum is
use this property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. You smell strongly of burning sulfur.
17
Why the Sky Screams (blue dragon fang)
1 ancient blue dragon
You gain immunity to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
capable of reading the Books of Prophecy, an ancient set of tomes that hint at future events of grand significance. Tower Sage Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 10 (13 with Mage Armor)
Hit
.
Spellcasting. The tower sage casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: Dancing Lights, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation
1/day each: Arcane Lock, Burning Hands, Comprehend Languages, Detect Magic, Levitate, Mage Armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
. Students feeling bold may descend as far as Lower Menthis, home to a wide variety of illicit entertainments… including the prizefights of the Burning Ring. But for those who stay close to home, here’s a
students. Honors. The counterbalance to Detention, Honors is both bar, bookstore, and reading room. Many of the more respectable faculty members take their meals in Honors, and it’s a good place to find a debate on the cosmology of Eberron or the morality of the Last War.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
enemy of every enterprise.
Ways to Read the Kill d6 Reading
1 Using a tiny bellows to pump one last breath into a corpse.
2 Reading the entrails with special reading-the-entrails
glasses.
3 Burning a small piece of the body and looking for shapes in the smoke.
4 A cautious, reasoned, professional guesstimate.
5 Careful measurements. The distance between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Worshiping Athreos Most funeral traditions include small offerings and words of reverence to Athreos. Predominant among these traditions is burying or burning the dead with a clay funerary mask, to
silently spend the day reading ancient memoirs or writing messages for their own descendants. (RYAN BARGER) MYTHS OF ATHREOS
Athreos eternally performs a remarkable labor, ferrying mortal souls to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Across from the statues are sconces with upside-down flames burning in them.
The statues, which merge seamlessly with the ceiling, depict a long-faced human dressed in wizard’s robes and clutching a
illusion magic was required reading in many Netherese classrooms. It describes clever ways to use common illusion spells. The Unfettered Mind. This lunatic text discusses how one might exist solely as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
comforts, including silk bedsheets, soft furs from exotic beasts, a bowl of fresh fruit, a censer of burning incense, and a cushioned wicker reading chair. Skrianna’s Diary. Skrianna keeps a diary in her
11. Student Dormitories Each room contains identical furnishings: Pneumatic Tubes. A row of five pneumatic tubes is attached to one wall. These tubes connect to the reading niche (area 6), the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
grown shoddy with the passage of years. A blazing fire in the hearth barely gives any warmth to the room. You see a man behind the counter, methodically cleaning glasses. Three older women huddle
perceptiveness and intuition. Insight reflects a character’s skill at reading other people’s moods and intentions. The DM set the DC at 15, which Gareth beats. With a successful Wisdom (Insight) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Dock Ward is unsafe. You can set the mood by reading the following to the players: Tall, densely packed tenements leave most of the neighborhood in shadow at ground level. Most of the streetlamps have
painted purple, and every dusty knickknack on the shelves is dyed a deep violet. The hairless old gnome sitting cross-legged on the counter wears plum-colored robes. His cheeks are decorated with nine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
of the Ashen Heirs, and his attendant is an Ashen Heir mage. The characters recognize the mage from the bazaar if either of those Ashen Heirs escaped; otherwise, he’s a stranger. Burning Sand. The
Baadi and the samovar are also present. If Baadi is here, read the following text after reading the initial boxed text: Several feet above the room’s other occupants, an 8-foot-tall man with blue skin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
burning brightly on it. Mounted above the bed’s headboard is a wooden sun-shaped holy symbol. This is Donavich’s room and contains nothing of value. E5d. Trapdoor Time and neglect have punched holes
downfall (see area E5f). Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is in the undercroft, it’s contained in a moldy, old chest in the southwest corner of the room. The chest is unlocked and not trapped.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
shelter is surprisingly warm, thanks to a small stove and simple lamps burning aromatic whale oil. Carpets are heaped on the floor in thick layers, and tapestries from every culture in Faerûn hang suspended
from a sturdy frame of whale ribs.
Books and scrolls are stacked neatly on tables and reading stands made of hide and whalebone. The only furnishings in the shelter not made from these natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
shelter is surprisingly warm, thanks to a small stove and simple lamps burning aromatic whale oil. Carpets are heaped on the floor in thick layers, and tapestries from every culture in Faerûn hang
suspended from a sturdy frame of whale ribs.
Books and scrolls are stacked neatly on tables and reading stands made of hide and whalebone. The only furnishings in the shelter not made from these natural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
: A frantic gnoll is picking up papers from the floor to throw into a burning brazier at the center of the room. Beyond the brazier, Sergeant Vilroy is bound at the hands and feet with rope, lying
bloodied and unconscious on a large mattress.
Nur, a Daask gnoll, is burning Garra’s documents as ordered by the half-ogre. Of the documents that remain on the floor, two are of interest. One is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
marble table in a reading nook. A stone staircase spirals up to area K6. Gargoyles. The two real gargoyles are indistinguishable from the inanimate gargoyle statues in the high alcoves. When intruders
lock, burning hands, comprehend languages, counterspell, darkvision, dimension door, find familiar, levitate, sending, and unseen servant. (You can replace any of these spells with a spell of the same
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
braziers flank the entrance, burning with an unnatural aquamarine light. Pillars stand in two rows, each carved with the visages of otherworldly creatures. A fountain flows quietly at the far end of
warned of the characters’ approach (see area B3 above). Books and trinkets are spread across a wooden desk set in this alcove chamber, which is lit by a burning brazier.
The trinkets are worthless
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
” section), and has counter-bribed the militia that Dory has paid off, so that they ignore calls for help from the warehouse. No patrol ever arrives, forcing Mr. Dory to rely solely on his own guards and
deals 28 (8d6) fire damage to each creature in the warehouse, or half damage to creatures that succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. Every creature that starts its turn in the burning warehouse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
of it. Table. The table, discolored by fire and heat, serves as the ceremonial platform where incense is burned and where larger sacrifices are made by burning rich, costly items in the brazier
discover that the ancient books describe procedures and details for several evil rites and ceremonies. The books make grim and harrowing reading for any character. The tomes can be turned over to any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
skeletons clutching greatclubs. The dead orc warrior looks up at you and grins evilly, green fire burning in its hate-filled eyes as it stands.
Treasure. The orcs looted the shrine after the fall of
. Bookshelves stand against the walls. Piles of books rest on a reading table in the middle of the room. The air reeks of moldy paper. Doors exit to the north, east, and south.
A beautiful, slender
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, the smell of burning torches. It is the last scene you will ever witness.”
Nafik (see appendix B), the heartless former high priest of Amun Sa, stands at the top of the stairs. As soon as Nafik is
places a hand into the impression, the water column flows backward for the next 10 minutes. Creatures that enter the column are gently ushered up to area P65. P58: Reading Room The walls, ceiling, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
beautifully for 1d4 dire wolves (attitude for all: 1d10 + 2)
8 2 hill giants (attitude: 1d8) roasting a bear over a burning wagon and excessively seasoning it with spices plundered from the wagon
9
storm giant oracle who is an ancient enemy
11 1 kraken priest† and 3 deep scions† (attitude for all: 1d4 + 1) studying storm giant runes
12 1 storm giant quintessent† (attitude: 1d12) reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
candlestick with three burning candles provides the room with bright light. The candles, though not fresh, are far from spent.
Under the table is a small wooden box and an unlit bullseye lantern with a
variety of other items that, even in the dim light, shine with the warmth of pure gold. One of these objects looks like a human skull.
Book. Before the alchemist died, he was reading the book that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
letter that Macreadus angrily threw into the hearth after reading it. Copper’s Letter. The scroll is stained with soot but remains intact, since Macreadus never got around to burning it. Characters who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
allied troops using spears and bows to fend off a horde of ghouls swarming from the darkness. All along the ramparts, burning torches struggle to provide illumination for your forces. As you watch
. From beyond, you hear the roaring of barbarians.
The anchorites of Talos are using a battering ram to demolish the burning gate. Each time they spot a defender on the wall, the barbarians hurl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a thin, golden mask shaped like a devil’s face (and worth 25 gp to an interested buyer). The censers contain burning incense. A devil mask covers its wearer’s whole face except for the eyes, nostrils
burning cast-iron stoves with piles of wood next to them. Other furnishings include a wooden trestle table where food is prepared, as well as shelves lined with plates, mugs, pots, utensils, and jars of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
duke, her three dead husbands, her three sons, and the family’s winged cat, Slobberchops. Treasure. A tapestry hanging on the north wall depicts burning angels falling from the sky into a pit of fire
pursues intruders beyond the room, returning here only after the trespassers leave the villa or are hacked to pieces. Bookcases. Duke Vanthampur abhors reading but keeps a modest library of fine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
appropriate for the campaign and that will be fun to introduce in a scene. Does counterspell target the caster or the spell you’re trying to counter? Counterspell targets the other spellcaster. If a
: blade barrier
cloudkill
cloud of daggers
Evard’s black tentacles
forbiddance
moonbeam
sleet storm
spirit guardians
Reading the description of any of those spells, you might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
floor of the grand hall is of reddish-black, highly polished stone. The pillars are carved into the shapes of dwarves, each straining to hold up the figure atop it. Light flickers weirdly from burning
and two gems (worth 100 gp each). The disguised chest holds a jeweled scepter worth 1,000 gp, three potions (superior healing, mind reading, and invulnerability), and five spell scrolls (zone of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. When the characters open the door, read: Warm air wafts gently through the doorway. At one end of the room is a large firepit in which a bed of coals is burning. Over it are multiple half-cooked
chair sits empty. In the northwest corner, a brass tripod supports a brass bowl filled with hot coals. The room is warm and smoky.
Seated in the armchair, reading a papyrus scroll, is the queen’s