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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a frivolous lark. You’ve maintained a solitary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since.
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You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its members think you’re dead. Less
homeless and unfortunate. You know where to go in the Lower City and Outer City for anonymity. In these slums and alley camps, you can get a damp bed and a bad meal, but also a degree of privacy and no
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. This temperament, combined with their disinterest in moral quandaries, allows them to get along with—or at least abide—most creatures they encounter. They frequently enter symbiotic
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As an example, map 5.14 depicts a topaz dragon’s lair in a seaside cavern, but it could be reimagined as a grotto in the side of a coral reef rising from a shelf on the ocean floor, with the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect
almost never show them to anyone else.
Topaz Dragon Lairs
Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
threatens shipping and caravans around a major city.
Topaz Dragon Lairs
Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet
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Topaz Dragon Lair Features
The topaz dragon lair shown in map 5.14 is situated among the rocky cliffs and beaches of a rugged coastline. The lair is set in a cavern complex near the top of the
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
, designed to collapse under the weight of any creature heavier than a kobold. On occasion, the route through a kobold lair runs along a ledge that borders a cavern or a crevasse, and the kobolds might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
2. Trench This 20-foot-wide, 50-foot-deep trench bisects Mantol-Derith from north to south, with a secret door at each end (areas 1b and 1d, respectively). A shattered platform of crystal sits in the
middle of the trench — an old magic device once used to lift caravans up into the main cavern of the outpost and back down into the trench. It now lies broken, its magic spent. The duergar and drow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
17. The Icewolf’s Spine This jagged ridge of ice divides the cavern into sections. Climbing up to at least the 8-foot level and moving along the ridge is the only safe way to get from area 15 or area
16 into area 19 or area 20 without encountering the traps in areas 18a and 18b. Unlike other ledges in the cavern, the horizontal surfaces of the Icewolf’s Spine aren’t level. The denizens of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
17. The Icewolf’s Spine This jagged ridge of ice divides the cavern into sections. Climbing up to at least the 8-foot level and moving along the ridge is the only safe way to get from area 15 or 16
into area 19 or 20 without encountering the traps in areas 18a and 18b. Unlike other ledges in the cavern, the horizontal surfaces of the Icewolf’s Spine aren’t level. The denizens of the lair can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
. Eventually, the characters find themselves on the southeastern side of the map, near some stone steps that lead into a cavern with an underground stream flowing in it. The two bandits who originally helped
steal the bowl are in that cavern. Preparing for a Fight
In this scene, the characters encounter two nonplayer characters (NPCs) who could engage the characters in combat.You should be ready in case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
when the orcs stormed the mines. The dead still lie where they fell. Many tunnels intersect at this natural, thirty-foot-high cavern. The walls are carved with simple reliefs showing dwarf and gnome
miners hard at work. Below them, nearly two dozen skeletons in rusted scraps of armor are scattered across the cavern floor. Some are dwarf skeletons, while others are orc remains. Half a dozen large
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Escape One day, well after I had lost count of how many days I’d been a captive, I was in a small outlying cavern with a few other slaves harvesting a mushroom patch. I was given leave to answer
pulled the skinny fool toward me before he could sound an alarm or get his blade out. It took me but a second to get both hands around his throat. When he lay dead at my feet, I took his sword and ran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
female drow elite warriors (named Akora and Danafay) are mounted on giant lizards near the center of the cavern.
The drow attack at the first sign of intruders. Their lizards are fitted with saddles
, reins, and stirrups, and have the Spider Climb trait (see the “Variant: Giant Lizard Traits” sidebar in appendix A of the Monster Manual). The drow take the lizards up the walls so they can get a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
30. Natural Cavern House Auvryndar keeps a large force stationed here in case the forces of House Freth launch an attack from level 11. This cavern provides most of the food that sustains House
Auvryndar’s troops, making it vital to the house’s survival in Undermountain. The main cavern (area 30a) has a 40-foot-high ledge to the north (area 30b) with a secret staircase connecting them. 30a. Main
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
can try to get around the pool without swimming it, by using magic or climbing along the walls. Climbing the slippery walls of the cavern requires a successful DC 13 Athletics check. On a failed check, a character falls into the water.
(see the “Whorlstone Tunnels: General Features” sidebar). The tunnel slopes down to the edge of a large pool that fills the cavern ahead. The opposite shore is nearly one hundred feet away, but nothing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Strange Rock Formation Petrified Basilisk. What at first glance appears to be a spiky rock formation in the middle of the cavern is really a petrified basilisk.
Decor. Jagged spirals are carved
stone giants, an adventurer used a mirror to trick the basilisk into targeting itself with its own petrifying gaze. It has remained a fixture of this cavern ever since. A detect magic spell reveals an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Stalagmite Tower The stalagmite tower at the center of the main cavern is 120 feet tall and has chambers hollowed out of the lower two-thirds of its height. Those hollowed-out areas have 3-foot-thick
. Spells such as dimension door or teleport thus can’t be used to get inside the tower, nor can creatures be magically summoned inside it by anyone except Ezzat. No constructs can approach within 10 feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12. Boo-ty Hunters The shape of this riverside cavern resembles a clamshell. The ghosts of three human pirates named Algarr Grimtide, Liddie “Slurtongue” Peddlekant, and Fishbone Jim move in and out
of the rocks, searching for buried treasure. They attack creatures they perceive as competitors and ignore any others. The ghosts can’t rest until they find hidden treasure. The characters can get the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Followers of Yurtrus reside on the threshold of where the deep area of the cavern system begins. They are the keepers of the dead, and the entrance to their realm is festooned with piles of bones and
worship Gruumsh and Ilneval occupy the main area of the complex, a large cavern that has the war hearth at its center and a shrine to Ilneval along the perimeter. The focal point of the shrine is a blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
8. Kobold Barracks The steps down from area 7 are trapped; see “Collapsing Trap” below for details. Area 8 is the kobolds’ living quarters. It was a natural cavern, but it has been enlarged and
and amulets are carved from bone, soapstone, wood, and ivory. The workmanship on most of them is terrible, but four have a unique, if vicious, artistic flair. These are worth 50, 60, 70, and 100 gp respectively if sold to a collector of artistic oddities. To any other merchant, they are worth 10 gp each.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
8. Kobold Barracks The steps down from area 7 are trapped; see “Collapsing Trap” below for details. Area 8 is the kobolds’ living quarters. It was a natural cavern, but it has been enlarged and
, 70, and 100 gp respectively if sold to a collector of artistic oddities. To any other merchant, they are worth 10 gp each.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
end of the western passage (see that section), hoping to get a chance to trigger the trap there. Southwestern Passage. This tunnel leads to a small cavern with two closed iron chests resting on the
spurs on the walls are coated in dried blood.
Eventually this natural passage widens out: The star-shaped cavern ahead has many clefts in its walls. Only two, across the cavern, seem large enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
diminution and growth respectively 2A. Dragon’s Ledge A ledge about 30 feet above the floor of the cavern has a cave-like nook at the back. On the elevated area, the female dragon hides and watches. If roused
Locations on the Lower Level The following locations are identified on map 6.4. 1. Grand Entry Cavern The entrance to the lower level is obviously meant to be impressive, as its walls bear carvings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
plan to get past the Undead guardians in this area. W13: Starry Cavern Glittering minerals in the ceiling of this large cavern catch any light and reflect it back to create the impression of a starry
Cave Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. Mike Schley Map 4.1: Wave Echo Cave View Player Version W1: Cave Entrance The entrance tunnel leads into a large natural cavern supported
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
5. Overpass Where a high tunnel passes through the larger tunnel cavern below, the goblins have set up a bridge guard post. The stream passage continues up beyond another set of uneven steps ahead
, bending eastward as it goes. A waterfall sounds out from a larger cavern somewhere ahead of you.
If the characters didn’t spot the bridge while navigating area 4, they spot it now. Add: A rickety
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
breakout, then decide how to get down to the cavern floor and where to go after that. Describe the chaos of the demon attack and the drow’s response as the escaped prisoners try to flee. The characters
A Flight of Demons During a guard change, the prisoners hear a horrible droning buzz echoing through the cavern, followed by inhuman shrieking. Alarm horns sound out as four chasme demons pursue a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
1. Entry Cavern The steps down from the southwest tower of Castle Naerytar spill out into this chamber. The chamber is brightly lit by one lantern hanging next to the entrance steps and another
acidic, but not enough to cause damage. The gap in the wall connecting to area 2 is only about 3 feet high above the water, so most characters must crouch to get through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
characters in the hopes that she might get it. Development If the characters form an alliance with Snigbat and dispose of Hark, Snigbat asks them to slay the ogres in the main cavern (area 1), since she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
berserkers have been unable to get through these doors. The Uthgardt and their leader are hostile toward anyone who isn’t a member of their tribe, and they fight to the death. This is true even if the
even allow the characters to take the giant relic from their spirit mound. Killing Wormblod also allows the characters to gain a supernatural gift from the couatl in Great Worm Cavern (see the “Great Worm Cavern” section in chapter 3 for details).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1. Entry Cavern The steps down from the southwest tower of Castle Naerytar spill out into this chamber. The chamber is brightly lit by one lantern hanging next to the entrance steps and another
slightly acidic, but not enough to cause damage. The gap in the wall connecting to area 2 is only about 3 feet high above the water, so most characters must crouch to get through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
12. Smelter Cavern Like the fungi cavern at area 8, this chamber poses a serious obstacle that prevents Nezznar from reaching his objective—the Forge of Spells (area 15). The drow is still
formulating a plan to get past the undead guardians in this area. A blast furnace and a mechanical bellows powered by a waterwheel dominate this large chamber. The furnace is cold and dark, but heaps of coal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Old Tower: Winter The characters have learned that the Stone of Golorr is with Amath Sercent, a priest of Bane who is allied with Manshoon. She and her acolytes reside in Yellowspire, a Castle Ward
must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity (Stealth) check or be heard by the tower’s occupants. Simulacrum The characters must fight Amath and her acolytes to get the Stone of Golorr. When they finally obtain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dragon was unaffected by the castle’s shrinking magic and settled comfortably into its new home. It feeds on bats and other vermin it finds in the surrounding cavern. When it’s bored, the faerie dragon
this magical mischief. The faerie dragon would like to get rid of Maddgoth’s homunculus, which has become a troublesome reminder of the castle’s true owner. Otto has defeated the homunculus in physical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
irregular patches throughout the cavern.
The ettin’s heads are named Jibber and Jabber, and they get along well — an unusual state of affairs for an ettin. This situation might be the result of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Forests of Slaughter These caverns house a Thayan menagerie. Locations in the Forests of Slaughter are identified on map 5.7. Map 5.7: Forests of Slaughter Light. The cavern ceilings glow with
housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms.
The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates
’ surface, a harsh voice hisses from a slit on the cavern wall that was not therebefore.
“State your names and business!” the voice orders in Dwarvish. Other similar slits open, revealing the tips of a