branches before desert class ruins

Wizard

Classes Player’s Handbook

pursue lives of crime or domination. But the lure of knowledge calls even the most unadventurous Wizards from the safety of their libraries and laboratories and into crumbling ruins and lost cities. Most

Class Features Cantrips Prepared Spells 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 +2 Spellcasting, Ritual Adept, Arcane Recovery 3 4 2 — — — — — — &mdash

Tlincalli

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and the lower body of an enormous scorpion, complete with a stinger at the end of a long tail. These desert creatures range across arid lands, hunting at dawn and dusk. In the hours between, they wait

out the day’s heat or the night’s cold by burying themselves in loose sand or earth or, if the terrain proves too inflexible, lurking in ruins or shallow caves. Tlincallis stay in one

Girallon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

environments abundant with life. They share apes’ adeptness at climbing, although few trees can support the weight of these half-ton creatures. The ruins of cities, especially those found in deep

forests and jungles, seem to attract girallons. They see a city’s buildings as a superior sort of forest whose uppermost “branches” can safely support them. The creatures can easily

Ancient Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that form.The dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can

speed.A Brass Dragon’s Lair A brass dragon’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

Adult Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of that

ruins. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row

Ancient Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores, as well as this action. Its statistics and capabilities are otherwise replaced by those of the new form, except any class features or legendary actions of

ancient ruins. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds

Yakfolk Warrior

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

retains its alignment; its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; and its proficiencies. It otherwise uses the target’s statistics, except the target’s knowledge, class features

mountain valleys, soaring plateaus, and desert oases. Outsiders that stumble into an enclave of yakfolk are usually surprised and pleased to find what appears to be a utopia, and the yakfolk foster

Yakfolk Priest

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

retains its alignment; its Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; and its proficiencies. It otherwise uses the target’s statistics, except the target’s knowledge, class features

’s abuse, including mountain valleys, soaring plateaus, and desert oases. Outsiders that stumble into an enclave of yakfolk are usually surprised and pleased to find what appears to be a utopia

Rogue Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

class, making a living as burglars, assassins, cutpurses, and con artists. Often, these scoundrels are organized into thieves’ guilds or crime families. Plenty of rogues operate independently, but

, while others take up a life of adventure to escape from the law. Some have learned and perfected their skills with the explicit purpose of infiltrating ancient ruins and hidden crypts in search of

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

, or a member of a desert tribe, is an auspicious event. Most Athasians believe a given genasi is destined for greatness—or infamy. Those living on the frontier, though, have a much harder

favored element. When they emerge from their caves, they might roam the hills and mountains or lay claim to old ruins. Appropriate backgrounds for earth genasi include hermit, outlander, and soldier

Wizard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and brute

knowledge and power calls even the most unadventurous wizards out of the safety of their libraries and laboratories and into crumbling ruins and lost cities. Most wizards believe that their counterparts

Adventure Hooks

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

unearthed evidence of a bygone civilization. A scholar hires the characters to explore the Cynidicean ruins and report their findings. Desert Caravan. The characters joined a desert caravan, but a sandstorm

Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: Anthropological Expedition. A recent desert excavation has

Conclusion

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

desert caravan or return to their quest-giver to report their findings. If your players wish to continue exploring the ruins of Cynidicea or the underground city beneath the ziggurat, consult the following section.

Conclusion The adventure ends when the characters escape the ziggurat, likely via the main entrance in area B57. Depending on what brought the party to the ruins, they might eventually rejoin their

Druid Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

used for thrown weapons, such as darts or javelins. Druids from regions that lack the plants described here have chosen other plants to take on similar uses. For instance, a druid of a desert region

the world from the incursion of aberrations. Class Features As a druid, you gain the following class features.

Gruul Anarch

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

ruins. You are part of a savage society that clings desperately to the Old Ways — attuned to nature, full of primal rage, and given short shrift by a world consumed with continuing civilization

food and fresh water in these areas for yourself and up to five other people each day. Gruul Guild Spells Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature For you, the spells on the Gruul

Conyberry and Agatha's Lair

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

Conyberry and Agatha’s Lair The town of Conyberry has been abandoned for years and lies in ruins. The Triboar Trail runs through the abandoned town, providing an easy landmark for locating the lair

of the banshee Agatha. From the ruins of Conyberry, an old trail leads northwest into Neverwinter Wood. Agatha’s lair is a few miles outside town. The forest grows dark and still as the trail winds

Conyberry and Agatha's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Conyberry and Agatha’s Lair The town of Conyberry was sacked by barbarians years ago and now lies in ruins. The Triboar Trail runs right through the abandoned town, providing an easy landmark for

locating the lair of the banshee Agatha. From the ruins of Conyberry, an old trail leads northwest into Neverwinter Wood. Agatha’s lair is a few miles outside town. The forest grows dark and still as the

Interesting Things About Valenar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

still be found scattered across Valenar and the Blade Desert: ruins, haunted fortresses, battlefields that have slipped out of alignment with time.

Buried Ziggurat

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

through the desert halts at the ruins of a lost civilization. Mountains of sand bury most of the weathered city, but a few stubborn landmarks protrude from the mounds. Arid winds and the passage of

Buried Ziggurat Regardless of what brings the characters to the desert, the adventure begins when they happen on a dilapidated ziggurat. This impressive monument honors the last and greatest rulers

Background

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

stone arch in a vast desert. The arch isn’t far from the ruins of Cynidicea. After the adventure, the characters can return to the staircase through the same portal. CoupleofKooks A Door to the Lost City

Background Centuries ago, Cynidicea was the capital of a prosperous kingdom. Through advancements in magic and technology, the Cynidiceans reclaimed land from the desert and transformed their city

Singing Sands Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

across the desert at 1 mile per hour (10 feet per round). It reflects the sun and shines brightly, imposing disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight within 50

night, when the sand forms a glowing, warm shelter. The construction matches a giant’s proportions, but the architectural style is familiar only from ancient ruins. The temperature inside the fortress is always comfortable.

Interesting Things About Valenar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Blade Desert: ruins, haunted fortresses, and battlefields that have slipped out of alignment with time. Valenar warbands include druids and rangers, and druidic magic bolsters the military arsenal of the

Setting

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

of Kled. The buried city does not have to change much at all; a 5,000-year old dwarven stronghold forgotten beneath the desert sands might easily date back to the Green Age, a time when the world of

Athas would have looked much like the Forgotten Realms. The four Haunted Keeps described in chapter 3 of this adventure are lonely outposts or ruins scattered throughout the badlands under which Tyar

Arrival in the Outlands

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

Arrival in the Outlands When the characters emerge from the portal, read the following: You find yourself standing amid ruins of weathered black marble. The last recognizable remnant of these ruins

portal, which leads back to Sigil, can be reopened with a piece of lapis lazuli etched with an eye. The surreal nature of the surrounding desert, forest, and hills, as well as the rapid transition

Adventure Overview

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

adventurers to the golem. The book was found by members of a tribe of nomadic people called the Bedine, who live in the desert of Anauroch. The Bedine are discussing what to do with the golem and how

Hall of Rainbows. After defeating the worm, they discover clues that lead to the ruined city of Azumar. They must navigate the ruins and find the vault where the golem’s master, Prince Hamukai, now

Tlincalli

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

. These desert creatures range across arid lands, hunting at dawn and dusk. In the hours between, they wait out the day’s heat or the night’s cold by burying themselves in loose sand or earth or, if

the terrain proves too inflexible, lurking in ruins or shallow caves. Tlincallis stay in one place for only as long as the hunting is good in the immediate area, though they might visit the same way

Introduction: Witness Netheril's Doom

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

mighty magical wonders. When Netheril fell, Faerûn’s fabric shuddered. A huge swath of land shriveled into the Anauroch desert. Yet echoes of ancient Netheril persist. Flying cities’ ruins dot Anauroch

Setting the Adventure

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

. On the world of Ansalon, Southern Ergoth and the Northern Wastesboth contain arid stretches where Cynidicea might have existed. Forgotten Realms. The ruins of Cynidicea might lie among the dunes of

Anauroch on the continent of Faerûn. Mystara. On the Known World, the kingdom of Cynidicea could have occupied an isolated region of the Alasiyian Desert. About the Original Published in

The Material Plane

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

-wasted desert planets and island-dotted water worlds, worlds where magic combines with advanced technology and others trapped in an endless Stone Age, worlds where the gods walk and places they have

Realms, Mystara, Birthright, Dark Sun, and Eberron, among others. Each of these worlds boasts its own cast of heroic adventurers and scheming villains, its own ancient ruins and forgotten artifacts, its

20. Queen of Dragons Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

desert caravan, elves succumbing to a green dragon’s gaseous breath weapon, a red dragon burning down what might be the Castle Ward of Waterdeep, and a black and white dragon circling over a cold swamp

dotted with ruins. Each is worth at least 500 gp to the right buyer, but each also weighs about 75 pounds and is extremely cumbersome. The fifth tapestry shows Tiamat, the queen of evil dragons, in

About the Adventures

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

accompany the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set. Lost in a desert, the characters stumble on the ruins of Cynidicea and its peculiar factions. Released in 1982, the adventure marks the first appearance of Zargon

for 6th-level characters. Pharaoh Pharaoh is the first adventure in the three-part Desert of Desolation series and was published in 1982. In this adventure, the ghost of a long-dead pharaoh beseeches

20. Queen of Dragons Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

stables, kennel, and well (see areas 2 and 3 for details). Tapestries Four of the five tapestries each show dragons hunting, killing, and feasting on lesser creatures, with blue dragons attacking a desert

dotted with ruins. Each is worth at least 500 gp to the right buyer, but each also weighs about 75 pounds and is extremely cumbersome. The fifth tapestry shows Tiamat, the queen of evil dragons, in all her

Plane of Fire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

in the Plane of Fire is comparable to a hot desert on the Material Plane, and poses a similar threat to travelers (see “Extreme Heat” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments”). The deeper one goes into

vast Cinder Wastes, a great expanse of black cinders and embers crossed by rivers of lava. Roving bands of salamanders battle each other, raid azer outposts, and avoid the efreet. Ancient ruins dot the

Elemental Plane of Fire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Roving bands of salamanders battle each other, raid azer outposts, and avoid patrols from the City of Brass. Obsidian ruins dot the desert—remnants of forgotten civilizations. City of Brass Perhaps the

a hot desert on the Material Plane and poses a similar threat to travelers (see “Environmental Effects” in chapter 3). Sources of water are rare, so travelers must carry their own supplies or produce

Shadow Dragons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

, they might lurk in dark, corrupted reaches of the regions they preferred before transforming into shadow dragons. Overgrown swamps, sepulchral desert ruins, and ash-choked volcanoes make natural lairs

Shadow Dragons Dragon Corrupted by Darkness Habitat: Planar (Shadowfell), Underdark; Treasure: Any Justin Gerard A shadow dragon lurks among haunted ruins, attended by shadows raised by its life

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