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Dragonborn
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known that reading her father’s face was a skill she’d been fortunate to learn. A human who couldn’t spot the shift of her eyes or Havilar’s would certainly see only the
, gold, or copper-green. They are tall and strongly built, often standing close to 6½ feet tall and weighing 300 pounds or more. Their hands and feet are strong, talonlike claws with three
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
with that of snakes, producing a caste-based society of hybrids in which the most snakelike are the leaders and the most humanlike are spies and agents in foreign lands.
Humans Transformed
The
people who became yuan-ti were one of the original human civilizations. Their society built great temples of stone and forged metal into armor, tools, and weapons. In their ceremonies they paid homage to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
freshly blown glass bottles along the south wall, the hearth built into the southwest corner, and the barrel of sand standing next to it. A staircase descends underground, and between it and the rack of
bottles stands a barred door. The stairs lead down to area W13. The bottles stored in the rack don’t have labels. The east door is barred from the inside. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. In the months leading up to the construction of Castle Ravenloft, this room was occupied by the castle’s architect, a wizard named Artimus. He built a scale model of the castle out of magically
successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. Inside the hidden compartment is a tome of understanding. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it’s hidden in the miniature castle. The characters must smash their way into the castle to reach it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Reading Ahead As the players familiarize themselves with the character options and adventuring gear described in the Basic Rules, take advantage of the opportunity to read ahead. “The Adventure
built around these quests. Hopefully, the characters will find them tempting enough to undertake. GLOSSARY
The adventure uses terms that might be unfamiliar to you. A few of these terms are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
is a yellow-and-red striped whip made of leather. This mark of his authority is used by its wielder against goblins of a lower caste as well as on slaves and enemies. The knowledge of how to make
such a whip is enough to elevate a goblin to the master caste of lashers. Often the secret is guarded by one family in a tribe, which enjoys prestige and influence because it controls the supply of whips
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Humans Transformed The people who became yuan-ti were one of the original human civilizations. Their society built great temples of stone and forged metal into armor, tools, and weapons. In their
quickly coalesced into a caste system based on how complete a person’s transformation was. The vast majority of yuan-ti fall into three categories — abominations, malisons, and purebloods — while the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
M12 or break through the ceiling from the attic above area M10. This room is bare except for a bookshelf covered in chains against one wall, a plain wooden bench, and a reading desk built into the
chained library. The reading desk is used to support the chained books while they are being read. This chained library has been enchanted to be jealously possessive of its contents. It attacks any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
U2. Ulrich Mansion Toward the south end of the village lie the remains of a mansion built on higher ground. It has been reduced to piles of stone and rotting timber. Empty, arched windows stare at
experience points for the ghost only if they lay Ulrich’s spirit to rest, not if they defeat the ghost in combat. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is hidden in Berez
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
determines that many of the houses are not actually destroyed — they were simply in the process of being built and never finished. The construction was hurried and cheap, which caused the structures’ rapid
deterioration. None of the houses hold valuables, but a few reveal makeshift shelters within, along with piles of old clothing and bedding. One of the shelters is built from large wooden signs upon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
following features: Map 6.3: underground cave View Player Version Bare Stone. This cave looks naturally formed, but the stone has been shaped and smoothed by magic. The cave walls have shelves built
. Characters who spend 5 minutes or more reading the notebooks and who succeed on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check piece together that Murgaxor is conducting his life-draining ritual in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
U3. Baba Lysaga’s Hut Someone has built a ramshackle wooden hut on the stump of what was once an enormous tree. The rotting roots of the stump thrust up from the mire like the legs of a gigantic
containing ten +1 sling bullets A set of pipes of haunting A stone of good luck (luckstone) Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it’s in the chest with the other items.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
houses built into its sides. Fog obscures the details, but you can see that these buildings feature elegantly carved woodwork and have decorative lanterns hanging from their sculpted eaves. Atop the hill
Velikovna, used to live here. Her brother, Kasimir Velikov, still does. The dusk elves reside in small homes built into the hillside and are mostly self-sufficient. They are skilled trackers, and many of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
shelter is seemingly built of scraps, and in the style of the tents used by the desert nomads of Calimshan, some two thousand miles to the south.
Maccath’s shelter is made from huge tapestries and
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 seemingly built of scraps, and in the style of the tents used by the desert nomads of Calimshan, some two thousand miles to the south.
Maccath’s shelter is made from huge tapestries and
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->Dungeon Master’s Guide
rambling thicket of twisted roots, thorny vines, and sinuous creepers. This vegetation weaves together to form long tunnels, grand hallways, and enormous domes. Yarnspinner loves reading stories to
certain type of item. A fey crossing can be closed permanently if the land on either side is dramatically altered—for example, if a castle is built over the clearing on the Material Plane. Feywild
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
courtyard is empty, containing neither tree nor well. Its southern wall is the southern wall of Candlekeep itself, with a number of fieldstone-wrought buildings intended for visitors’ use built along it
, and Milil built into it. The Hearth connects to the House of Rest, a structure with four-bunk rooms where seekers are assigned quarters upon their acceptance. Finally, next to the House of Rest, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. Tomes are packed into built-in stone bookshelves, with a tall alcove above each shelf holding a gargoyle. (Two of these sculptures are living gargoyles.) An in-progress game of Dragonchess sits on a
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Locations in Saltmarsh Here is a summary of the notable places in Saltmarsh, as depicted on map 1.1. Map 1.1: Village of Saltmarsh View Player Version 1. City Gate Saltmarsh was built on the ruins
Jail Built on a low hill, the Saltmarsh barracks are also its jail. It is one of the few structures in Saltmarsh with an underground level. The jailer, Kraddok Stonehorn (LG male human gladiator), is an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
to jump the gap falls 10 feet into area S7. S18: Security Station This is a complex location, so review it carefully before reading the following text to the players to set the scene: This area is
built by githyanki and modrons. For nearly one hundred years, the githyanki used the outpost as a creche—a secure and isolated location to raise and train their young. A planar gateway deep within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
story. It was built before the Cataclysm by the Mages of High Sorcery, but its intended purpose is lost to time. Many extradimensional spaces within it remain active, though they’re accessible only
carvings learns their meaning by succeeding on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check or by spending an hour studying them. The runes are an arcane cipher for the knock spell. Reading the spell from the wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
draconians (see appendix B) stand guard here. One has the key to the prison cart. Prison Cart. A wooden cart with an iron cage built into it holds a wasteland dragonnel (see appendix B) that had been
spends a minute reading the documents learns the following: Two Dragon Army leaders, Belephaion and Lohezet, work at the Threshold of the Heavens. The passphrase to gain entrance to the Threshold of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Dragon Crush, or Purple Grapemash No. 3. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is buried under the wine bottles. A character who searches under the bottles finds
. Both gargoyles have maximum hit points (77). Once the second gargoyle is destroyed, Endorovich’s spirit is laid to rest. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is here, it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
perimeter. Eight rectangular, stained-glass skylights give the chamber a cathedral-like aspect. The room’s three double doors have built-in, hand-carved panels depicting scenes of dancing and merrymaking
.
Between the hours of 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sythian Skalderang (see the end of the adventure) is here, reading and writing letters, as well as reviewing applications from the families of young hopefuls who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to shout his stories of upper-crust injustices, but as enthusiasm for the practice built and more people began bringing him information, he began writing the stories down for his distributors
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
to shout his stories of upper-crust injustices, but as enthusiasm for the practice built and more people began bringing him information, he began writing the stories down for his distributors
always looking to hire daring “investigative reporters” willing to investigate rumors of strange happenings or procure proof of corruption by the city’s elite. Even just reading the broadsheet can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
reached by ascending a path that combined natural stone ramps, steps cut into the cliff face, and wooden walkways built onto the cliff. The ramps and steps are still mostly intact, but the wooden
themselves in this antechamber by washing with scented oils, reading from inspirational scrolls, and painting labyrinthine patterns onto their beaks, hands, and feet. 1E. Shrine. A life-size wooden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
material component of a simulacrum spell. Manshoon can use it to create a new simulacrum if his current one is destroyed. E8. Reading Room This room contains the following features: Delightful warmth
contains the following features: A plush lavender carpet covers the floor. In one far corner of the room, a low table is set between two purple couches. The table has a thin drawer built into it. In the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
sentence when reading aloud: Stone stairs descend from Hallix Mausoleum to a large subterranean chamber with stone coffins sitting on sturdy shelves. Part of the west wall has collapsed, creating an opening
labeled “Healing Use Only.” C7: Fountain Room If the characters minimized the water pressure in area C8, omit the first sentence when reading aloud: Rusted pipes run along the walls and ceiling, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
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
of encountering a patrol in the corridors of the lair increases from 1 in 12 every 10 minutes (see “Patrols in the Lair”) to 1 in 2 every 5 minutes. Reading Materials. The scroll the old lizardfolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
shallows near the shore. K11. Water Gate The keep’s eastern wall is built into the river, forming a long pier that encloses a boat basin. A heavy chain that emerges from the tower to the south stretches
end of the room, near a small desk, a wooden chair, and a chest. The floor looks wet.
This room was once the library and parlor of the keep’s lord, but Grimjaw has no particular interest in reading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
the tension on the tripwire when they exit, meaning that any guardroom that has been vacated can be entered safely. A small pit of embers, built of broken masonry and portions of shattered stone
stony debris and rubble lie scattered on the floor. An ornate fountain is built into the eastern wall. Though cracked and stained, the fountain’s overarching carving of a diving dragon retains its beauty