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Returning 35 results for 'bottom being diffusing crossing retreats'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D3. Stepstone Crossing A row of boulders spaced two feet apart breach the surface of the lake to form a walking path across a forty-foot-wide waterway.
The water around the stepstones is only 4
feet deep, but the bottom is not visible through the murk. Four of the five stepstones are boulders sunk deep in the mire. The middle stepstone is actually the top of a galeb duhr. If someone steps on it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D3. Stepstone Crossing A row of boulders spaced two feet apart breach the surface of the lake to form a walking path across a forty-foot-wide waterway.
The water around the stepstones is only 4
feet deep, but the bottom is not visible through the murk. Four of the five stepstones are boulders sunk deep in the mire. The middle stepstone is actually the top of a galeb duhr. If someone steps on it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
D3. Stepstone Crossing A row of boulders spaced two feet apart breach the surface of the lake to form a walking path across a forty-foot-wide waterway.
The water around the stepstones is only 4
feet deep, but the bottom is not visible through the murk. Four of the five stepstones are boulders sunk deep in the mire. The middle stepstone is actually the top of a galeb duhr. If someone steps on it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
C1. Cliff Edge Floating hundreds of feet in the air at the center of the valley is a large island of rock. Enormous chimney-engines extend from the bottom of this island, burning with fitful, deep
to maintain a fixed location in the air, but they aren’t strong enough to ascend any higher. Before the characters can attempt any crossing to the monastery, they must contend with the guardian waiting for them in area C2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
C1. Cliff Edge Floating hundreds of feet in the air at the center of the valley is a large island of rock. Enormous chimney-engines extend from the bottom of this island, burning with fitful, deep
to maintain a fixed location in the air, but they aren’t strong enough to ascend any higher. Before the characters can attempt any crossing to the monastery, they must contend with the guardian waiting for them in area C2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
C1. Cliff Edge Floating hundreds of feet in the air at the center of the valley is a large island of rock. Enormous chimney-engines extend from the bottom of this island, burning with fitful, deep
to maintain a fixed location in the air, but they aren’t strong enough to ascend any higher. Before the characters can attempt any crossing to the monastery, they must contend with the guardian waiting for them in area C2.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
you ascend a rugged ridge on the lower slopes of the hill. Fifty yards away, a cave mouth opens up at the bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave, keeping watch, is
not silenced during the surprise round, the orc retreats back to the cave to warn the others. The marauders in the cave include Brughor Axe-Biter (an orc with 30 hit points), six ordinary orcs, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Entry Well At the bottom of the Yawning Portal entry well is a dark, 40-foot-square room with the following features: Exits. The only exit appears to be a tunnel that leads south before bending
. Upon hearing creatures enter the area, the bandit retreats to warn its confederates in areas 6, 8, and 9. Characters in the room can hear the bandit’s soft, retreating footfalls with a successful DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
40. Dragon Breath When the party reaches the bottom of the stairs, read: A staircase leads upward into the gloom. It seems as though you have found the entrance to another layer within the complex
, the statue breathes the next three times someone moves into or through the warded area. After four breaths, the statue retreats to its room and the door closes. (The statue’s resting place is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
you ascend a rugged ridge on the lower slopes of the hill. Fifty yards away, a cave mouth opens up at the bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave, keeping watch, is
not silenced during the surprise round, the orc retreats back to the cave to warn the others. The marauders in the cave include Brughor Axe-Biter (an orc with 30 hit points), six ordinary orcs, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
40. Dragon Breath When the party reaches the bottom of the stairs, read: A staircase leads upward into the gloom. It seems as though you have found the entrance to another layer within the complex
, the statue breathes the next three times someone moves into or through the warded area. After four breaths, the statue retreats to its room and the door closes. (The statue’s resting place is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
you ascend a rugged ridge on the lower slopes of the hill. Fifty yards away, a cave mouth opens up at the bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave, keeping watch, is
not silenced during the surprise round, the orc retreats back to the cave to warn the others. The marauders in the cave include Brughor Axe-Biter (an orc with 30 hit points), six ordinary orcs, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Entry Well At the bottom of the Yawning Portal entry well is a dark, 40-foot-square room with the following features: Exits. The only exit appears to be a tunnel that leads south before bending
. Upon hearing creatures enter the area, the bandit retreats to warn its confederates in areas 6, 8, and 9. Characters in the room can hear the bandit’s soft, retreating footfalls with a successful DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Entry Well At the bottom of the Yawning Portal entry well is a dark, 40-foot-square room with the following features: Exits. The only exit appears to be a tunnel that leads south before bending
. Upon hearing creatures enter the area, the bandit retreats to warn its confederates in areas 6, 8, and 9. Characters in the room can hear the bandit’s soft, retreating footfalls with a successful DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
40. Dragon Breath When the party reaches the bottom of the stairs, read: A staircase leads upward into the gloom. It seems as though you have found the entrance to another layer within the complex
, the statue breathes the next three times someone moves into or through the warded area. After four breaths, the statue retreats to its room and the door closes. (The statue’s resting place is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Rotating the wheel opens the secret door, but it also opens the floor in front of the wheel to reveal a 10-foot-square pit, at the bottom of which can be seen a pale shimmer of bones. There is a 1-foot
-wide ledge along the west edge of the pit for someone to stand on while working the wheel, and a 6-inch-wide footbridge of polished marble spans the center of the pit from west to east. Crossing this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Rotating the wheel opens the secret door, but it also opens the floor in front of the wheel to reveal a 10-foot-square pit, at the bottom of which can be seen a pale shimmer of bones. There is a 1-foot
-wide ledge along the west edge of the pit for someone to stand on while working the wheel, and a 6-inch-wide footbridge of polished marble spans the center of the pit from west to east. Crossing this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Rotating the wheel opens the secret door, but it also opens the floor in front of the wheel to reveal a 10-foot-square pit, at the bottom of which can be seen a pale shimmer of bones. There is a 1-foot
-wide ledge along the west edge of the pit for someone to stand on while working the wheel, and a 6-inch-wide footbridge of polished marble spans the center of the pit from west to east. Crossing this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave, evidently keeping watch, is a single bugbear.
If the characters quietly take out the lone bugbear, they have a chance to
surprise the raiders in the cave. If the sentry spots the characters sneaking up, or if an attack fails to take the sentry out, the sentry shouts a warning and retreats back to the cave, joining the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
those sounds and markings—the Hook Horror. The creature is hungry, but what it really wants is to find its way back to the Underdark. It retreats from a fight that is going badly for it. Underdark
Connection. The tunnel in the southeast corner of the bottom level of the mine is where the miners accidentally connected to an Underdark tunnel. The hook horror entered the mine through a hole in the wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave, evidently keeping watch, is a single bugbear.
If the characters quietly take out the lone bugbear, they have a chance to
surprise the raiders in the cave. If the sentry spots the characters sneaking up, or if an attack fails to take the sentry out, the sentry shouts a warning and retreats back to the cave, joining the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
bottom of a ravine. Hunkered down by a boulder twenty yards outside the cave, evidently keeping watch, is a single bugbear.
If the characters quietly take out the lone bugbear, they have a chance to
surprise the raiders in the cave. If the sentry spots the characters sneaking up, or if an attack fails to take the sentry out, the sentry shouts a warning and retreats back to the cave, joining the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
those sounds and markings—the Hook Horror. The creature is hungry, but what it really wants is to find its way back to the Underdark. It retreats from a fight that is going badly for it. Underdark
Connection. The tunnel in the southeast corner of the bottom level of the mine is where the miners accidentally connected to an Underdark tunnel. The hook horror entered the mine through a hole in the wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
those sounds and markings—the Hook Horror. The creature is hungry, but what it really wants is to find its way back to the Underdark. It retreats from a fight that is going badly for it. Underdark
Connection. The tunnel in the southeast corner of the bottom level of the mine is where the miners accidentally connected to an Underdark tunnel. The hook horror entered the mine through a hole in the wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
moving in close formation down the hall is certainly heavy enough to trigger the trap. A character who searches for traps while crossing the hall and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check
-foot cube of granite suspended from heavy chains descends in the eastern half of the shaft, acting as a counterweight. The massive block lands gently at the bottom of the shaft, filling the previously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
moving in close formation down the hall is certainly heavy enough to trigger the trap. A character who searches for traps while crossing the hall and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check
-foot cube of granite suspended from heavy chains descends in the eastern half of the shaft, acting as a counterweight. The massive block lands gently at the bottom of the shaft, filling the previously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
moving in close formation down the hall is certainly heavy enough to trigger the trap. A character who searches for traps while crossing the hall and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check
-foot cube of granite suspended from heavy chains descends in the eastern half of the shaft, acting as a counterweight. The massive block lands gently at the bottom of the shaft, filling the previously
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
anything stationary on the water’s surface slowly sinks to the bottom over the course of 1 minute. Waterfall. The waterfall blocks passage to the fey crossing in area C7. Like the pool, the waterfall is
so again for 1 year and 1 day. C3: Haunted Cavern The floor of this cavern is ridged like sand at the bottom of a stream. It’s dotted with slender stalagmites and littered with broken stalactites from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
anything stationary on the water’s surface slowly sinks to the bottom over the course of 1 minute. Waterfall. The waterfall blocks passage to the fey crossing in area C7. Like the pool, the waterfall is
so again for 1 year and 1 day. C3: Haunted Cavern The floor of this cavern is ridged like sand at the bottom of a stream. It’s dotted with slender stalagmites and littered with broken stalactites from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
anything stationary on the water’s surface slowly sinks to the bottom over the course of 1 minute. Waterfall. The waterfall blocks passage to the fey crossing in area C7. Like the pool, the waterfall is
so again for 1 year and 1 day. C3: Haunted Cavern The floor of this cavern is ridged like sand at the bottom of a stream. It’s dotted with slender stalagmites and littered with broken stalactites from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Maelstrom Level 1 Map 10.1: Maelstrom, Levels 1 and 2 View Player Version 1. Vortex and Sinkhole A powerful vortex swirls above a 100-foot-deep, 180-foot-wide sinkhole on the ocean bottom. (On the
surface of the water, the vortex manifests as a half-mile-wide whirlpool powerful enough to drag ships to their doom.) The sinkhole has a drain at the bottom. Plugging the drain would cause the vortex
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
or masters to be obeyed. The Sign of the Crushing Wave. Water cultists use a simple hand sign to identify one another when a token of recognition is required: crossing the forefingers and overlapping
the thumbs to create an X-shape linked by a line across the bottom. It stands for water’s eternal surge and retreat, a cycle of unending change. Tactics and Philosophy Crushing Wave cultists are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
or masters to be obeyed. The Sign of the Crushing Wave. Water cultists use a simple hand sign to identify one another when a token of recognition is required: crossing the forefingers and overlapping
the thumbs to create an X-shape linked by a line across the bottom. It stands for water’s eternal surge and retreat, a cycle of unending change. Tactics and Philosophy Crushing Wave cultists are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
bridge to be stabilized. Manual Crossing A character can attempt to cross the chasm using the exterior of the fallen clock tower as a bridge, or using its interior as a tunnel. Either way, the
falls. On a first failed check, pieces of the tower crumble and fall 100 feet to the bottom of the chasm, but the character is unharmed. On a second failed check, more crumbling rock trips up or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
bridge to be stabilized. Manual Crossing A character can attempt to cross the chasm using the exterior of the fallen clock tower as a bridge, or using its interior as a tunnel. Either way, the
falls. On a first failed check, pieces of the tower crumble and fall 100 feet to the bottom of the chasm, but the character is unharmed. On a second failed check, more crumbling rock trips up or






