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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ancient Seal This curse protects the resting place of a long-dead ruler and punishes any who disturb the ruler’s remains or plunder the treasures. Pronouncement. Carved into the stone of the crypt
door are the words “Relentless death follows those who disturb the sovereign’s rest.” Burden. Each character that gains the curse is hunted by a wraith that appears at sunset and vanishes at dawn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Components of a Curse Most curses have three distinct components: pronouncement, burden, and resolution. Whatever form these take, at least one of them, especially the burden or resolution, should
of a deadly battle, assuring dire consequences for the victorious A poem, rhyme, or song foretelling doom A carved epitaph on a gravestone discouraging robbers The last words of a dying person—either
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
A15. Dining Room In the middle of this room, a carved stone dining table (15 feet long by 5 feet wide) is flanked by a pair of equally long wooden benches. Above the table hang two iron chandeliers
to climb up or down the pit with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The bottom of the pit contains moldy animal bones and other refuse discarded by the dwarves after their meals.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Sigil and the Outlands for details). Outlands Giants d4 Encounter 1 Several cyclopes refuse to let the characters pass through a region where they’re constructing a massive ring of beautifully
carved standing stones. 2 An ettin influenced by the Beastlands has one head with bovine features and one head with lupine features. It desperately needs help finding something both heads are willing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
life to the fullest, knowing that tomorrow I might die. 4 I live for the thrill of the hunt. 5 I don’t talk about the thing that torments me. I’d rather not burden others with my curse. 6 I expect
danger around every corner. 7 I refuse to become a victim, and I will not allow others to be victimized. 8 I put no trust in divine beings. Ideals d6 Ideal 1 I try to help those in need, no matter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
each settlement. There’s an old windmill on the road between the village of Barovia and the town of Vallaki. It should be avoided at all costs! (The Vistani refuse to say more.) It is wise to stick to
another Vistana. It is the burden of the Vistani’s great gift that their own fates can’t be divined. Vistani curses are potent, but they are invoked with great caution. Vistani know that to curse one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
least 50 feet ahead of characters who do so. It attempts to lure creatures into area 7 and provoke a battle with the minotaurs. If the characters refuse to follow the will-o’-wisp, it turns invisible
a lute carved of pale wood. The instrument has been smashed beyond repair. A silver-inlaid Elvish inscription on its broken neck reads “Korynn.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
breach in the west wall leads to a dark cave heaped with refuse. Murky water covers most of the floor. Stairs lead up to dry stone ledges that hug the walls. In the middle of the room, more stairs rise
to form an octagonal dais that also rises above the water. Rusty chains with shackles dangle from the ceiling directly above a stone altar mounted on the dais. The altar is carved with hideous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
carved with vines that twist through eleven actual humanoid skulls mounted to the frame. Carved into the bottom of the frame are the following words in Celestial: “The dead know the secret.” The
(“Axallian”), which Halaster changes every few days. The skulls are otherwise hostile and refuse to answer questions put to them. 6c. Giggles The earthen floor of this 20-foot-high cave is slightly concave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
, vine-draped gazebo flanked by palm trees. Cracked steps east of the gazebo rise to a landing in front of a set of doors carved to resemble a giant wave that parts in the middle.
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tortle shells. Amid the refuse is a ring made of lapis lazuli (25 gp). The ring has a magical quirk that causes its wearer to experience a recurring nightmare after sleeping for more than 1 hour with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hexbloods (see chapter 1). Evasive locals refuse to say why.
3 Villagers harvest wings and chrysalises from caged moths, which are powdered and used to make “shift spice”—a pervasive ingredient in
lovingly carved door or mural depicts a woman’s face made of moth wings, watching over an explicitly detailed scene of butchery or surgery.
8 Villagers sing and dance in a circle around someone undergoing a ritual to have their left eye removed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
sometimes carves out a domain within or under a major city, commanding networks of agents that operate on their master’s behalf. Alien Lairs. Because they refuse to share territory with others, most
beholders withdraw to frigid hills, abandoned ruins, and deep caverns to scheme. A beholder’s lair is carved out by its disintegration eye ray, emphasizing vertical passages connecting chambers stacked on top
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
, intending to leave through the double door in the west wall. The mind flayer expects Grum’shar and the intellect devourer to cover its escape. Nihiloor carries a 3-inch-diameter stone orb carved to
shows his affection by hugging them. He stays close to them, trusting in their ability to protect him. If Renaer is with the party, he can shoulder the burden of protecting Floon. Treasure In a satchel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
’ territory. Adventurers trying to eradicate a kobold infestation often find themselves stuck in low passages too narrow to turn around in, forcing them to move in single file and putting the burden of combat
crafts while others sleep. The creatures’ sanitary needs, such as they are, are served by a deep pit near each sleeping area where refuse is deposited. Most of the sleeping areas in the lair also double
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
pillars carved to resemble spider legs support the balcony, which is enclosed by wrought iron railings shaped like webs.
Alcove. A deep alcove to the south contains a large pile of humanoid bones
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Mirror Gate to Level 12. The mirror’s stone frame is carved with twisting vines, woven into which are the actual skulls of eleven human adventurers killed in Undermountain. Carved into the bottom of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(area V3) and the refuse pit (area V4). V3. Firelit Cave This cavern is slightly sunken, as all tunnels leading to it slope down gradually. A bonfire in the middle of this cave keeps it lit and
leather boots. The verbeeg is fashioning a small knife he can use to carefully unstitch the boots and reuse the leather. V4. Refuse Pit This dead-end cavern has a crudely excavated, ten-foot-wide pit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
barrels lie around and underneath them. Refuse covers the dried mud floor, in the middle of which are two 20-foot-diameter circular holes topped with crisscrossing wooden beams held in place by mud cement
inward. Piled around the wagon are bones and other refuse from Guh’s recent meals, as well as the treasures she has amassed (see “Treasure”). Guh weighs more than 20,000 pounds. She can’t move, so she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
one hundred feet in the air. Near the ground, the wide trunk has been hollowed out and carved to form doors, windows, and a spacious learning center. Surrounding the tree is a wooden platform that
Outskirts This open clearing features a notable pool of black, sludgy refuse in the southern corner.
If the characters approach the refuse, it reveals itself to be an aggressive black pudding. The black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
ringing of the abbey bell (area S17). These mongrelfolk aren’t restrained, but they refuse to leave their rooms for fear of being killed by the golem or cast out of the abbey and forced to fend for
fighting if a character separates them. The statue is a little over 5 feet tall and carved from a single piece of wood. It depicts Saint Markovia. Close inspection reveals that it is covered with bite
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
altar carved with the form of a giant, open-mouthed cobra, the comatose Varram has been beaten and bound. Dealing for the Dwarf If the characters have made any mention of their search for Varram
he’s received at the hands of the yuan-ti.) If the characters refuse her offer, the priestess attempts to use suggestion to sway whomever she perceives as the party’s leader. If that fails and combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
an altar carved with the form of a giant, open-mouthed cobra, the comatose Varram has been beaten and bound. Dealing for the Dwarf If the characters have made any mention of their search for Varram
treatment he’s received at the hands of the yuan-ti.) If the characters refuse her offer, the priestess attempts to use suggestion to sway whomever she perceives as the party’s leader. If that fails and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Approaching the Outpost The duergar outpost, a recent addition to the foothills north of Kelvin’s Cairn, was carved out of a hillside. Although the duergar are based mainly in Xardorok’s mountain
and rejoins the fight.
These duergar won’t negotiate, and they refuse to surrender. If the characters capture and interrogate a duergar, a successful DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation) check can convince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Otherwise, the thrones are empty, and the characters have nothing else to interact with. The apparitions refuse to speak in the characters’ presence, and they can’t be harmed or turned. Barely lifting
. Carved into each urn is a rune. Above the alcoves looms a stone archway, into which some words are inscribed.
The inscription carved into the arch above the alcoves is a poem written in the Dwarvish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Overlake Hold Dunglorrin Torune, which translates as Overlake Hold, is a fortress and temple dedicated to Laduguer carved into the heart of a massive stalagmite on the shore of the Darklake. It is
they receive a chance to earn their freedom by serving the Stone Guard. After waiting a long while in a dungeon cell carved out of impressively thick stone, you are taken to a dark office and met by an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
2. Forest Between the forest and the underground river are narrow, pebbled beaches upon which Wyllow has planted carved wooden signs that bear the following warning in Common, Draconic, and Elvish
top of the gravestone is carved in the shape of a rose. A detect magic spell cast in the vicinity reveals a source of evocation magic buried in the earth (see “Treasure” below). The will-o’-wisp is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
silk skirt. (The man is Alussiarr, a rakshasa using a disguise self spell to mask its true form.)
Braziers. Two braziers made of carved black basalt rest in the middle of the floor. Smoldering blocks
characters haggle with the rakshasa, it also vows to provide up to three additional pieces of useful information in exchange for its freedom, such as the way to level 15. If the characters refuse to help
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
depending on need. The Burden of Leadership Your natural charisma makes you the obvious choice to be the leader of your franchise. Others look to you constantly for inspiration, even if they’re afraid to
8 A polo mallet carved in the shape of the tarrasque
9 A flask of liquid that changes color each time you cast
10 The antler stub of a peryton, decorated with nymph hair and pixie dust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
darkness. Numerous rock columns rise to meet the stone overhead. The air is thick with troglodyte stench, and the floor is littered with refuse from the monsters’ meals and gnawed bones of dubious
. 21. Orc Tunnel Several passages branch away from this large, high-ceilinged cavern. To the north, a carved, square-mouthed tunnel shows that someone has been at work in these caves. A gate of rough
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
. Dozens of crudely carved, amphibian figurines surround the hulk, staring expectantly with bulbous eyes.
This cavern is roughly circular and hundreds of feet across, and it has a 30-foot-high ceiling
regaining his memory or powers—if he ever had any. Followers of the Frog. The giant urges characters who speak with him to become the first of his new followers. He ignores characters who refuse, but he’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
toilets, each with a command word carved above it. The sink basins and toilet bowls magically fill and flush with water on command, and drain holes on their inside rims keep them from overflowing. Two
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Visitors who decline the headmaster’s offer are politely asked to return whence they came and never show their faces in Dweomercore again. Those who refuse to leave are attacked.
Any character who claims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
marble throne surrounded by stacks of aged books. Carved into the wall behind the throne is Halaster’s personal rune, and beneath the rune is a locked iron chest. (Halaster sits in the throne and is
them). The characters gain no XP for “defeating” Halaster in this fashion. If they refuse to leave, Halaster becomes annoyed and attacks them. If the characters took any actions to hinder Halaster’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
settlement.
7 The volcano is erupting! Prevent it, or save the most fanatical priests who refuse to leave their forges.
8 Negotiate with fire giants who want to use the temple’s forges
by a switchback stair carved into the side of the volcano, which leads to an ornate edifice sculpted into the face of the mountain. The temple’s facade features massive pillars, two mighty statues, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Sepulchers This corner of the dungeon holds a pair of dusty crypts. 14a. Southern Crypt The door to this room is engraved with a large rune, while the door frame is carved with leering dwarven
finds that the characters have her brother’s spellbook and refuse to surrender it to her. If her skeletons are turned or destroyed and she is reduced to half her hit points or fewer, Lorlynn offers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
chilly here.
If they accompany the characters openly, Wiggan and Bertram cower at the edge of the hill. The halflings refuse to set foot upon the “cursed” ground. Map 6.6: The Barrow Mound Barrow
fieldstones. The ceilings are corbeled fieldstone 10 feet high and supported by carved stone pillars. Motes of continual flame light the passage and chambers. The flames produce no heat. They’re Wiggan’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
won’t give up their newfound treasure easily. Treasure. Each goblin has half of a 6-inch-tall purple worm statuette carved out of a lustrous purple stone. If the two halves are reattached using a
settlement, so the mind flayer left it here, where it sprouted the gas spores. 17e. Otyugh Lair This 10-foot-high side cavern is piled high with refuse and rotting corpses, under which hides an otyugh. The