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successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the hag’s Horrific Feast for the next 24 hours.
Spellcasting. While holding or riding the graystaff, the hag casts one of the following
spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: hold person
1/day each: cone of cold, ice storm, wall of iceBheur hags live in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
survivors claim to have seen a cultist riding atop the dragon. Most of those refer to the dragon rider as human, like the other cultists. However, a few people report that the figure moved with the grace of
survivors. The attack lasted only a short while, then the dragon unexpectedly retreated. The cultists followed, but as they fled, they took nothing of value from the village. This is a stark contrast to the dragon’s other raids, which were focused on capturing treasure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
survivors claim to have seen a cultist riding atop the dragon. Most of those refer to the dragon rider as human, like the other cultists. However, a few people report that the figure moved with the grace
the survivors. The attack lasted only a short while, then the dragon unexpectedly retreated. The cultists followed, but as they fled, they took nothing of value from the village. This is a stark contrast to the dragon’s other raids, which were focused on capturing treasure.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
leader of each faction. Jarlaxle sends a devilishly charming and sarcastic male drow elite warrior named Krilelyn H’Kar, tasked with leading characters to the ruins of House Do’Urden in the West Wall
district. Matron Mother Quenthel Baenre sends thirty dour drow elite warrior mounted on giant riding lizards (see the end of chapter 8 for statistics), with six gargoyles providing aerial support. They have orders to escort the party to House Baenre atop Qu’ellarz’orl.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fresco on the west wall depicts Halaster riding triumphantly on the back of a blue dracolich. The walls and their frescoes are illusions without substance. Creatures can pass right through them, and an
-tiered bookshelves packed with old leather-bound tomes.
Illusory Frescoes. At the north end of the east wall is a 20-foot wide, 8-foot-tall painted fresco. A similar fresco adorns the middle of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
31. Vampire’s Tomb Sarcophagus. A lidless amethyst sarcophagus stands atop a 1-foot-high stone bier near the south wall of this 30-foot-high, vaulted chamber. An antipathy/sympathy spell protects the
sarcophagus and tries to repel humanoids with its antipathy effect.
Mural. A 20-foot-square bas-relief mural dominates the east wall and covers a secret door.
Amethyst Sarcophagus The sarcophagus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
: Within the waist-high village wall, a dozen or so wood-and-adobe houses surround a well. A worn-out sign hangs crookedly from the arch, proclaiming in fading blue paint, “Welcome to Milpazul,” but that
retreated to their homes while several bounty hunter guards have set an ambush for anyone coming down the road, crouching low and hiding behind the wall near the archway. A character who is looking for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to pass through it normally. This room contains the following: Tapestry. A blood-spattered tapestry hanging on the west wall depicts scores of demons and devils locked in battle. (A secret door hidden
behind the tapestry opens into area 47c.)
Yarek. A dead male human (Yarek) in bloody robes is sprawled on the floor in front of the tapestry.
Illusory Wall. A 20-foot-wide section of the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
what, if anything, the characters encounter: d20 Encounter 1 1 burrowshark riding a bulette (see area G13) 2 1 stonemelder and 1d3 + 1 Black Earth guards (see area G12) 3 1d2 earth elementals 4 1
umber hulk (bursts out of a nearby wall) 5 Bleeding earth 6 Ceiling collapse 7 Crystal extrusion 8 Fissure 9 Flowstone growth 10–20 None Bleeding Earth. A nearby wall swells and splits open, oozing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
is in a position where it can view its surroundings. Psychic Hauntings The Caves of Hunger have a way of capturing and holding on to psychic trauma. In certain locations, the text will ask you to check
or fearful event in their past. The scent does not have a source.
6 One party member (determined randomly) sees a dark, hulking shape moving through the wall, ceiling, or floor, as though it were swimming through the ice. The effect is illusory, harmless, and fleeting.
7–12 No haunting.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the stalagmite. Such creatures encounter what feels like an unbreakable wall of force surrounding the entire stalagmite and extending under the cavern floor. CAPTURING IPSES
Characters who lurk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
conical rooftop (areas 31–area 33) juts upward and outward from the southeastern part of the wall, rising another 120 feet into the air. Trees and shrubs sprout from the ground here and there, and
. Floating 10 feet above the floor in the middle of this circular room is the castle’s navigation orb (see appendix B), which Sansuri uses to control the movement of Lyn Armaal. The inside wall of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Waterdeep hangs on the east wall.
Skull. A charred human skull rests atop a 3-foot-high stone pedestal in front of the tapestry.
The charred skull is all that remains of Dezmyr’s mother, Yarlithra
starry eyes, while others have melted flesh or tentacles sprouting from their faces.)
Fresco. A 10-foot-square, tiled fresco on the middle of the east wall depicts Dezmyr and Zalthar Shadowdusk as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
5. Slave Pens For the past two months, the Redbrands have been capturing travelers in the area and holding them in these pens until they can be sold into slavery. This long room is partitioned into
piled carelessly against the far wall.
Two Redbrand ruffians in scarlet cloaks stand guard here, though they spend most of their time taunting the hapless prisoners (see the “Captives” section). If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
42. Kubazan’s Tomb A four-columned portico juts out from the far wall, beneath which a stone sarcophagus rests in a wall recess. Four ceramic frog masks hang in niches around the sarcophagus. Beneath
adorn the adjacent walls.
To unlock sarcophagus, the characters must perform a simple ritual at the shrine while wearing the frog masks. The wall frescoes reveal what must be done. Advice from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
” section, each dragonnel a character is riding has advantage on the first attack roll or ability check it makes. Characters gain no benefit for a loss.
At the end of the scenario, skip the “Over Enemy
or another ally for suggestions, they’re directed to the southwest city wall where Rookledust is posted. There, the characters find Rookledust and her new assistant, Than (introduced in chapter 3
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
invisible when the characters enter.)
Statue. On the opposite side of the room from the throne is a life-size stone statue of a nude Halaster wearing a cowboy hat and riding a donkey.
Magic Circle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
direction, rolling downhill. Riding on the cart is a tiefling boy with an eye patch, screaming at the top of his lungs. “Look out!” he shouts. A character in the path of the apple cart must succeed on a
. Painted in blood on the kitchen wall is a circle with ten equidistant lines radiating outward from its circumference: the sign of Xanathar. A thorough search accompanied by a successful DC 12 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
as they approach, screeching as the hinges move. The gates close behind the characters after they pass through. If the characters are riding in Vistani wagons, the gates open in front of the lead
, such as scratch marks on a nearby wall or footprints leading to it, a character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notices the secret door. Otherwise, finding a secret door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
following text to the players: Your meeting with Captain Zodge is interrupted by the arrival of several Flaming Fist soldiers clad in plate armor. From behind this wall of swords and steel steps an armored
as to secure a riding horse or pony for each party member to expedite their journey to Candlekeep. She can also provide a mule-drawn cart laden with food, drink, and other supplies. Liara Portyr
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
a creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the hag’s Horrific Feast for the next 24 hours.
Spellcasting. While holding or riding the graystaff, the
hag casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: hold person
1/day each: cone of cold, ice storm, wall of ice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
stat block. C12. Faculty Office This office is comfortably furnished with a wide oak desk, a high-backed leather armchair, a towering bookcase, and homey wall hangings.
Characters who search any of
Captain Dapplewing’s time. On the northern wall, a plaque holds the heads of a black and a red dragon, each clearly constructed from metallic crafting supplies. This device is a strange magic curiosity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. A staircase of chiseled ice hugs the interior wall, connecting both levels. Unless the characters take strides to conceal their approach, the ogres on the roof spot them. Tower Rooftop Three ogres
tower’s inhabitants. A staircase hugs the interior wall of this chamber, leading up to a landing with a door. The room itself contains sturdy wood-carved furnishings of giant proportions, including a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, barely recognizable as the man riding the mastodon in the wall murals. He has the statistics of a revenant, but he can’t be destroyed. If reduced to 0 hit points, Ch’gakare turns to smoke, vanishes
jowls, and its trunk is raised in a roar. Inscriptions coil around the statue’s body, and murals on the walls show a Chultan warrior riding a living mastodon through a series of hellish landscapes. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of an evil-looking monkey balances on its tail atop a stone dais in the middle of this twenty-foot-high chamber. The statue’s limbs are splayed, with hands and feet cupped. On the wall behind, a
the heads of a lion, a zebra, a boar, and a vulture.
The wall relief shows the trickster god Wongo (a su-monster) fighting his hated enemy, Moa (a jaculi). Inscriptions in Old Omuan explain how Moa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. A staircase of chiseled ice hugs the interior wall. Unless the characters take strides to conceal their approach, the ogres on the roof spot them. Tower Rooftop Three ogres guard the tower rooftop
the interior wall of this chamber, leading up to a landing with a door. The room itself contains sturdy wood-carved furnishings of giant proportions, including a table surrounded by four chairs. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
stalls with straw-covered floors. A harness, riding crop, and saddle hang in each stall. Swinging wooden doors cap either end of each stall, one leading from the tower to the stall and the other from the
wall shelves hold a dozen loaves of bread.
Four Howling Hatred initiates (see chapter 7) stand around the cauldron inhaling the steam wafting from it. The initiates are trying to “inhale — and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
a comfortable room beyond with a fireplace. Wooden statuettes of elven deities stand in cubbyholes along one wall. A tapestry of a forest hangs on the opposite wall. Kasimir confesses that he is
, comprehend languages, hold person, identify, locate object, nondetection, polymorph, protection from evil and good, and wall of stone. Fortunes of Ravenloft If your card reading reveals that a treasure is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
east wall.
Stairs. A spiral staircase climbs to area 18.
If the characters discover the lich here, see the “Roleplaying Ezzat” sidebar for guidelines on determining his reaction. The characters
out of the tower once a day so that it can catch food and scour the cavern floor for Runestone fragments (see “Capturing Ipses”). Ezzat enjoys the pseudodragon’s company but does not need its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants chasing silver dragons while riding rocs and golden sky-chariots drawn by griffons. Marble bleachers hug the walls near the entrance, across from which stands an ornate alabaster throne inlaid
others hanging from the ceiling above the table) and a large wooden waste barrel (currently empty). Next to the door, hanging from a stone hook mounted to the wall 20 feet above the floor, is a 2-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
into Landgrave’s Folly: descending the spire that projects above the waves, going through the front doorway, or moving through a hole in the north wall. All areas of the temple are lightly obscured by
pit that stretches from wall to wall, and that throbs with a dim, unnatural light.
Two aboleths from the Endless Nadir are in this chamber, having rested and recovered from their fight with Sgothgah
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
peg on the shrine wall, overlooked until now. 4. Animal Pens The templars kept swine in this pen for food. They’re long gone, but a fledgling axe beak with 6 hit points and no effective attacks (0 XP
Crocodile. None of the traps in the shrine will be triggered by two characters who are imitating Man and Crocodile, with one riding on the other’s shoulders. Those characters can still be injured by a trap
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
section of wall has been smashed to the southwest, creating a crude tunnel to the catacombs beyond. To the southeast stands a closed stone door.
As the characters enter this area, the next scene from
Soth smashed through the catacomb’s wall to venture directly toward area R7. A character with the Stonecunning trait can tell this tunnel was created only a short while ago. R3: Tomb of Vaunted Steel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
situation in which Xardorok can be killed by his fellow duergar. X2. Vestibule Beyond the portcullis is an empty room with a narrow opening at the far end and an arrow slit in the western wall
. Secret Door. A character who searches the walls for secret doors and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check finds such a door in the east wall. This 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall stone door swings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
fortress wall. The pier is in good shape, with wooden pilings raising it well above the high tide line of the rocky beach. The area is deserted, with no other boats or people in sight. The call of gulls, the
fortress’s outer wall provides access to a large courtyard, now filled with vegetable gardens and a small orchard of stunted apple trees. Stairs to the east and west lead up to walkways overlooking the yard






