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Curse of Strahd
’t up. While outdoors, Strahd can call 3d6;{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Children of the Night"} wolf;wolves instead. The called creatures arrive in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4
close as he wishes. Closed doors can be magically locked (needing a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open) until Strahd chooses to end the effect, or until Strahd uses this lair action again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
to force open a door that an adventurer is holding closed. In situations like these, the outcome is determined by a special form of ability check, called a contest. Both participants in a contest make
contest between a monster trying to open a door and an adventurer trying to keep the door closed, a tie means that the door remains shut.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
to force open a door that an adventurer is holding closed. In situations like these, the outcome is determined by a special form of ability check, called a contest. Both participants in a contest make
contest between a monster trying to open a door and an adventurer trying to keep the door closed, a tie means that the door remains shut.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Most shops are closed, but the characters can find shops selling any item from the Player’s Handbook. A local inn called the Root and Roost offers rooms for 1 gp a night. The price normally includes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
. Many of the stalls in the town’s paved central market are closed as locals shore up buildings damaged by the recent earthquake or reinforce the town walls.
Enough local shops are still open that the
characters can find any common goods they seek. A local inn called the Jolly Cotinga can also host guests, giving them a place to stay and a delicious meal of rice, fruit, and smoked turkey for 1 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
over adobe settlements like massive vultures. Akharin Sangar has all but closed its gates to the rest of the world. Outsiders often surmise the city-state is full of zealots as severe as the city’s angel
, philosophers, and merchants has formed a secret coalition known as the Silent Roar that seeks to oust Atash and revive the city by instituting rule by the people. Meanwhile, pernicious anarchists called the Ashen Heirs foment unrest, striving for change at any cost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the unignorable, burning eye called Klorr. Thirteen stars orbit this sun-like sphere, one winking out every hour. Each time one of the stars dies, one of the domain’s ruined islands is drawn into Klorr
the hours until their end. Few know how they came to Klorr or when new islands are added to the cycle, only that the Mists closed in and doomed them. Amid the realm’s surreal skies float the ruins of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ritual room gateway closed only a few hours after the fanatics passed through it. The three Far Realm rifts remain open. In each rift, energy has concentrated around the rune in the form of buds of
flesh, hair, and blunt teeth called gnawbles (see “Gnawbles” in the “Far Realm Rifts Features” section). The runes are too faded to be effective, but the gnawbles formed from the runes’ residue can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
peoples of this land dwell in scattered outposts connected by walkways called the Grassroads. Map 14.4: ataguaView Player Version The Grassroads The Grassroads are a system of elevated, 15-foot-wide
hacienda roofed with amber-hued tiles. Called the Sugar Alcázar, this hacienda is home to Alfonz Rubinaz-Zumdi, the powerful landowner known as the Sugar Man. About 5 miles outside the city, Port Panela
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Town Gates Three tall gates made of iron bars lead into town: The north gate is sometimes called the Zarovich Gate, or “the gate to the lake,” because it leads to Lake Zarovich (chapter 2, area L
known as the Morning Gate, or, as some locals like to call it, the Mourning Gate. Heavy iron chains with iron padlocks keep the gates shut at night. During the day, the gates are closed but not typically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 6: Blingdenstone Blingdenstone, once called the City of Speaking Stones, is a deep gnome settlement founded more than two millennia ago. The deep gnomes, insular and secretive by nature, care
rebuild their city. The ultimate success of their efforts, however, hangs by a slender thread. Most of the ruined city is a dangerous place and remains closed off, with tunnels and chambers barricaded
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
plain face. In her hands, she holds a book so encrusted with lichen that its covers can barely be closed around its wrinkled pages. “I believe you’re looking for this,” she says with a warm, bright smile
front of the book for her stat block) joined the Avowed, using the book as her entrance gift into the library. She found it in an abandoned satchel near a secluded cave system called the Lykortha Expanse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
directions to an establishment owned by Zenia’s family, a tavern called the Thornapple, where Zenia is under guard. Zenia’s directions avoid several streets closed by festivities and lead through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
an annual commemoration of the Meletian conquest of Natumbria. This victory cemented Meletis’s control over the entire peninsula. But in Akros, the month is called Iroagonion, for the Iroan Games
. Iroas carries a battle-worn bronze shield called the Bulwark of Brotherhood. It symbolizes the protective bond shared by all soldiers at war and his determination, ironically, to defeat his own brother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
9. Secret Room This secret room contains bookshelves packed with tomes describing fiend-summoning rituals and the necromantic rituals of a cult called the Priests of Osybus. The rituals are bogus
lid half-closed. Sticking out of the chest is a skeleton in leather armor. Close inspection reveals that the skeleton belongs to a human who triggered a poisoned dart trap. Three darts are stuck in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
undead in his watery lair, they discover the damaged magical seal that once kept the portal inside the Pit of Hatred closed. Only by resealing the rift can they end its corruption for good. PLACING THE
Claw. In desperation, the defenders called upon the Traveler for divine aid that seemingly saved the fort. But in the end, the god’s fickle whim saw Syrgaul and his crew transformed, and ultimately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling is as high as the tunnel is wide, unless otherwise noted. Most tunnels in Undermountain are arched and have no visible structural supports. Exceptions are called out in the text. Doors and
material as the surface in which they’re set (usually stone) and require a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to locate, unless noted otherwise. When they are closed, most doors and secret doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Starglass Waypoint Features Unless otherwise specified, Starglass Waypoint has the following features. Glassteel Doors All doors in the complex are made of a magical substance called glassteel, which
saying or signing “up” or “down” in any language. The elevator’s doors must be opened and closed manually. It takes 6 seconds to move from one floor to another. Lighting Unless otherwise noted, magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of fans. But before the reign of the wolf could begin, the Mists rose amid the assembled throng and closed around their champion. When they cleared, the sovereign-wolf was no longer a step away from rule, but a stranger in an unfamiliar provincial land called Kartakass.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
assertion. You understand, however, that ending harmful effects, protecting the weak, and banishing evil influences is anything but a philosophical void. It is a proud and respected vocation. Called
closed. Abjuration Savant Beginning when you select this school at 2nd level, the gold and time you must spend to copy an abjuration spell into your spellbook is halved. Arcane Ward Starting at 2nd
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Feywild The Feywild, also called the Plane of Faerie, is a land of soft lights and wonder, a place of music and magic. The plane responds to unfettered emotion: flowers turn and tremble in the
. Domains of Delight Much of the Feywild is governed by powerful Fey called archfey. The area under a particular archfey’s command—called a Domain of Delight—reflects the character and desires of its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Rudderbust, the publisher of a local broadsheet called The Waterdeep Wazoo, without his knowing who wrote it or where it came from. You’ll find his office at the corner of Immar Street and Stallion Street, in
closed doors. (Jarlaxle never passes up a chance to rattle the nobility and sow political unrest.) A character can break into Gaxly’s office while it’s closed, either during lunch hour or after hours
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. City Government The Free City of Greyhawk is ruled by a council called the Directing Oligarchy, made up of sixteen coequal rulers. This council elects its chief officer, the lord mayor—a position
squeeze between the bars, but not a youth or even an adult halfling. The city’s portcullises are usually left open even when the gates are closed. Each gate is contained within a small gatehouse flanked by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
entrance to the abyss of Khyber, and foul creatures live among the caves that honeycomb its walls. A nearby village—also called Black Pit—provides a haven for deserters and other criminals as well as a
casts dark shadows, and much goes on quietly behind closed doors. The absence of beggars and riffraff in the streets might also raise suspicion that Wroat is putting on appearances. The King’s Dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
that closed around Kalakeri. The storm lashed Kalakeri for weeks, and when it reached its height, Ramya emerged from her watery grave. Reborn with terrifying power, she called upon those who had been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
rituals with the weakened elder brain. The three mind flayers eventually heard a strange psychic call from a Far Realm godlet called Ilvaash, the Dissonant Psyche. Singing a siren song made up of profane
. They recently retreated through a gateway into the Far Realm, taking the Netherese obelisk pieces and Phandalin prisoners with them. The gateway closed behind them, but the characters can open the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
people are called the Vistani. They travel in covered wagons from world to world, luring strangers into Strahd’s domain. Barovia is a land of ghosts, werewolves, and other fell creatures. The
Strahd’s domain, the village of Barovia is by far the most oppressed. Many of its shops are closed, and the locals have succumbed to despair. It is well known that Strahd desires the burgomaster’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Trapped Fellow Gricks. Five gricks lurk in the diagonal hallway to the south. They attack all who enter.
Trapped Adventurer. The sound of weeping comes from behind a closed door in the west wall
(leading to a 10-foot-square closet). A small hole has been drilled through the middle of the door.
An adventuring party called the Fine Fellows of Daggerford descended into Undermountain one tenday
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
—a sinister cabal called the Closed Circle. This order specialized in transmutation and necromancy and dabbled in the forbidden lore of the daelkyr and the Dragon Below. It’s said that the members of
hall in the Deathsgate district in Middle Tavick’s Landing. The Closed Circle. There is one dark stain in the shared history of the arcane orders. Three hundred years ago, a third order arose in Sharn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
West Wall West Wall (also called “the Old Quarter”) is a primarily residential neighborhood. Largely untouched by Demogorgon’s assault on the city, West Wall is a quiet district, as its residents
like to keep their dark schemes and vile indulgences behind closed doors. Amid the twisted streets and quiet mansions of West Wall stand scores of stone monuments dedicated to important figures and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
untold generations, the aloof Silvanesti elves lived in a stratified society closed to outsiders. They don’t hate their cousins in Qualinesti, but they consider their ways misguided. In recent years
a more egalitarian society. They traveled far to the west and founded a new forested homeland called Qualinesti. Less hierarchical than their progenitors and more willing to deal with outsiders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in white. A table in the center of the room has a small bench beside it. In the southwest corner is a coffer, its lid closed. A mass of seaweed rises in the northwest corner to a height of about seven
feet; the seaweed covers an area about ten feet square.
Blademaster Makaht resides here. At present he can be found in area 53, watching the so-called sport in the arena during his short recreation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
statue to open the mouth, ushered their prisoners inside, then closed the mouth. They then broke off the lever and hid it in the Occluding Miasma, under guard, until they could return for it. The hammering
, shouting through the tiny opening atop the base if necessary: Awful Plan. The mind flayers intend to use the captives’ brains to create something called a “new elder brain” when they complete their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
eons’ worth of detritus, as well as the remains of travelers. This demiplane, called a donjon, has gravity and breathable air, and organic matter decays there. When the dreadnought dies, its
the start of each of its turns, the dreadnought decides which way the cone faces. The cone doesn’t function while the eye is closed or if the dreadnought has the blinded condition.
Astral Entity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, or you might prefer to pass unseen. You might eliminate your foes in the most public way possible, or prefer to deal with all problems behind closed (and preferably soundproofed) doors. Either way
, your love of showing off means that you might have to work at not turning every social encounter into a combat encounter just because you can. Thief For most people, to be called a thief is among the