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Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
. Where they travel, cracks in the mortar seal shut, stray bricks float back into place, and ruined city blocks are restored. These are dabus, the silent caretakers of Sigil and loyal servants of the
Lady of Pain.
Dabus patrol the City of Doors to maintain public buildings, portals, and utilities. They use their innate ability to manipulate Sigil’s infrastructure not only to effect repairs
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
":"damage", "rollAction":"Fortified Pickaxe", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If the target is a Construct or an object, the attack is automatically a critical hit.
Communal Spellcasting (2/Day
buildings, objects, and raw materials, making them phenomenal excavators—and, if the occasion calls for it, sappers and saboteurs. Pechs enjoy sculpting and carving vast networks of tunnels and warrens
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on stout, gnarly trees that grow in normally unsuitable areas, such as cliff sides or inside ruined buildings.
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Though its flavors are many, all bubble gum is rare. It is most commonly found stuck to walls or floors in ruined buildings or stuck to the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
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
ravines or shallow caves, or hide in ruined sites while waiting for prey to come near. A girallon is surprisingly stealthy, considering its size and its lack of camouflage.
Girallons form loose bands
Charlatan
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
Characteristics
Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe, and how they see the
stole them from me.
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A powerful person killed someone I love. Some day soon, I’ll have my revenge.
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I swindled and ruined a person who didn’t deserve it. I seek to atone for my
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
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Suggested Characteristics
Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe
title from those who stole them from me.
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A powerful person killed someone I love. Some day soon, I’ll have my revenge.
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I swindled and ruined a person who didn’t deserve it. I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ruined or intact, as shown on map 3.2. Ruined buildings are empty shells with stone walls 5 to 8 feet high. Their roofs are gone, leaving piles of debris inside the walls. The debris is difficult
General Features Many of Thundertree’s buildings have crumbled in the years since the town was abandoned, and nature threatens to swallow what remains. Buildings A building in Thundertree is either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
either ruined or intact, as shown on the map. Ruined buildings are empty shells with stone walls 5 to 8 feet high. Their roofs are gone, leaving piles of debris inside the walls. The debris is difficult
General Features Many of Thundertree’s buildings have crumbled in the years since the town was abandoned, even as nature threatens to swallow what remains. Buildings. A building in Thundertree is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Omu Encounters Random encounters in Omu can take place in ruined buildings and streets, in the fetid swamps around the buildings, and in the ruined royal palace. Roll a d20 three times per day of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
wind their way around crumbled walls and through the rubble of collapsed buildings. Ahead, you see and hear a sandstorm in the middle of the ruined city that swirls in place like the dome of an immense, seething cathedral.
The golem points to the sandstorm and seems puzzled about what to do next.
ruin thousands of years ago and is now surrounded by sand dunes that partially bury its outer walls and buildings. No structures on the surface aside from the mastaba remain completely intact. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
E2. Ruined Settlement All knowledge of this settlement, including its name, vanished along with its original inhabitants, who were killed by an avalanche. The rubble that once buried the settlement
has been hauled away, leaving the outlines of stone buildings visible as collapsed walls. A stone well on the far side of the ruins is filled with rubble. The settlement has been thoroughly ransacked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ruined settlement, read the following: Gradually, the trail becomes an old, overgrown lane winding between dilapidated buildings choked with vines and brush. In the middle of the settlement rises a
dangerous forms. Few people dare to venture into the ruined village now, and those who do so seldom stay long—with two notable exceptions. The druid Reidoth (see area U4) visits Thundertree from time
Kenku
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The map we found showed the entrance to the Priest King’s treasure cache right in the middle of the ruined section of the city. We approached our destination without issue, but as we arrived
structures that would collapse beneath a human or an orc.
Some thieves’ guilds use kenku as lookouts and messengers. The kenku dwell in the tallest buildings and towers the guild controls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Entering the City When the characters see Omu for the first time, read: The jungle parts to reveal a dead city enclosed by sheer cliffs. Ruined buildings and stone boulevards rise like ghosts from
lava. A ruined palace lies a few hundred feet from the edge of the steaming abyss.
The cliffs surrounding Omu are 100–150 feet high and composed of crumbling rock. Thick jungle hugs the clifftops
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
clifftop fortress, known as the Caer, and the ruined watchtower at the mouth of the frozen harbor. Most of the town’s buildings, which date back to the town’s Cormyrean founders, line the path that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
knucklehead trout, while most of the others spend their days in the forest felling and hewing the trees that are used to construct boats and buildings. Lonelywood’s timber is taken by cart to be sold in other
Lonelywood Founded by a Sembian family from Urmlaspyr, Lonelywood is a quiet town of loggers, fishers, and scrimshanders scratching out a living on the edge of the world. The town’s oldest buildings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Cerulean Citadel The Cerulean Citadel is the palace of the royal family. The jewel in Jadurai’s crown, it derives its name from the sky-blue sandstone used to construct its outer walls. The octagonal
, ponds, and gardens. Bas-reliefs adorn the buildings, depicting the history, heroes, and legends of the kingdom, some of which remain mysteries to the wisest scholars. The central domed court houses the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan The ancient ruined city of Tamoachan is familiar to a select few scholars and fortune seekers, who know of it but not always exactly where it is. Even more secluded
irresistible. If the characters find their way to the environs of the ruined city, their next order of business might be to set up a camp nearby. After a few hours of searching, they can find an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
mutated the local vegetation into new and dangerous forms. Few people dare to venture into the ruined village now, and those who do so seldom stay long—with two notable exceptions. The druid Reidoth (see
area 7). As the party approaches the ruins, read the following: Gradually, the trail becomes an old, overgrown lane winding between dilapidated buildings choked in vines and brush. Ahead of you, in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Diderius’s wisdom. The town once nestled into a canyon between two bluffs, but only a few ruined stone structures and the slab foundations of administrative and temple buildings now remain. Cave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
History and Decay Once, the Styes was a marvelous port district. Its magnificent buildings crowned an artificial island that was the centerpiece of a broad bay, held aloft on great oak pilings. Those
Island of Pleasures, the site was a destination for rich and decadent folk up and down the coast. Time can be cruel, however. Warfare, corruption, famine, and natural disaster ruined many who loved the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Diderius’s wisdom. The town once nestled into a canyon between two bluffs, but only a few ruined stone structures and the slab foundations of administrative and temple buildings now remain. Cave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, is the only place for leagues that wagons can safely cross the Winding Water. Important as it is, the site has been occupied by several forces over the years, as evidenced by the ruined remnants of
forts and similar buildings nearby. But those claimants have always fallen eventually to prolonged assaults by trolls. My advice is to avoid the region entirely, but if you can’t, keep a lit torch handy at all times.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to the vaults but is filled with lava. A ruined barrack lies on the south side of the area. Like most of the other buildings, the roof is gone and the walls are mostly rubble. The strongest fire
Dragon’s Roost Mike Schley Map 16.2: Dragon’s Roost View Player Version The summit of the hill was once crowded with buildings. All but a few were destroyed in the siege of the abbey centuries ago
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Stranger Things
Upside Down touch each other, the Upside Down looks like our world — the same buildings, trees, and other structures — but they’re always broken and ruined. These are the places where you can cross
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
almost all of it from their vantage point on the ice bridge. Most of the city’s buildings are swathed in ice and ruined by time. Many of its districts were pulverized when Ythryn plunged from the sky, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
relates that several of the missing components are mentioned in legends surrounding an ancient Temple of Moloch. Recent expeditions there have found the temple ruined and looted, and the missing components
temple. Ursas is aware that Lynx has knowledge of other missing components that might relate to the Tomb of Horrors. Mechanical Guide Sir Ursas offers the characters the services of a magical construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
this must have been a much larger town in centuries past. Most of the newer buildings are set on the sides of the cart track, which widens into a muddy main street as it climbs toward a ruined manor
consists of forty or fifty simple log buildings, some built on old fieldstone foundations. More old ruins—crumbling stone walls covered in ivy and briars—surround the newer houses and shops, showing how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Outer Wall, Abandoned Village, and Ruined Keep Alexandre Honoré A githyanki embassy makes
camp in the wizard’s tower The ancient remains of a 30-foot-high stone wall stand along three sides of the
the hill, are the ruins of an abandoned village that was destroyed during the siege. Signs of the siege remain: catapult stones lodged in buildings and heat-cracked stone walls blackened with soot. At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
7. Fallen Tree A fallen tree bridges the river ahead. Its trunk is wider than a man and stretches more than 100 feet. On both banks lie ruined buildings.
An elderly tabaxi hunter named Bag of Nails
arrive, Bag of Nails is hiding in a ruined building on the east bank of the river, 150 feet from the fallen tree. To spot him, a character must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom (Perception) check. When a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
from the ruined buildings. In the center of a nearby intersection stands an eroded stone statue of a humanoid draped in colorful scraps of cloth.
Mournland-roaming pilgrims (see the “Warforged
ruined colossi, the veterans’ camp, and Ialos (see map 4.1 and the sections below). Otherwise, the view from this hill is limited, offering a glimpse of only the nearest ruined colossus. Ruined Colossi
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
place, and ruined city blocks are restored. These are dabus, the silent caretakers of Sigil and loyal servants of the Lady of Pain. Dabus patrol the City of Doors to maintain public buildings, portals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of Chult for Orolunga, another ruined city, in the hopes of consulting with a prescient guardian naga believed to dwell there. Exploring the Ruins The ruins that were left behind form a circle. Four
, vine-covered buildings rise above the flooded streets that are now more like canals than roadways. The site is eerily quiet. The ruins have been thoroughly ransacked by the Flaming Fist in the name of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
garlands from previous festivals still hang from the eaves of Vallaki’s buildings, and work has begun on a large wicker sun, to be set ablaze in the town square on the day of the festival. In the days
leading up to the festival, Baron Vallakovich has begun arresting local malcontents and throwing them in the stocks so that his efforts aren’t ruined by “those of little hope or faith.” There is no light in the eyes of the men that feed off this land. They are as dead as the dead.
—Strahd von Zarovich






