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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hold. The largest mythallars are 150 feet in diameter.
The Ythryn mythallar is a relatively small device—a mere 50 feet in diameter. To attune to this mythallar, a creature must finish a short
rest within 30 feet of it, meditating on the mythallar. Up to eight creatures can be attuned to it at one time; otherwise, the Ythryn mythallar follows the attunement rules in the Dungeon Master&rsquo
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in
it to the surface world. Lost and confused, the wyrmling has been captured by a group of cruel adventurers.
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A deep dragon wyrmling whimsically rules over a worshipful group of kobolds, sending
Baphomet
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
, the Horned King and the Prince of Beasts. He rules over minotaur;minotaurs and others with savage hearts. He is worshiped by those who want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial
gravity reversal if he’s in the room, although he likes to use this action to land on a ceiling to attack targets flying near it.
Baphomet casts mirage arcane, affecting a room within the lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of
or ambush visitors if the need arises. A well-cultivated lair abounds with Underdark fungi and plants, with the floor, walls, and ceiling covered in carpets of mold and moss, or featuring larger
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.
Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge
that allow them to escape or ambush visitors if the need arises. A well-cultivated lair abounds with Underdark fungi and plants, with the floor, walls, and ceiling covered in carpets of mold and moss
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Basic Rules (2014)
build cities to last for the ages, and great kingdoms that can persist for long centuries. An individual human might have a relatively short life span, but a human nation or culture preserves
head on the ceiling—good food and good stories in front of a nice, warm fire. If halflings had a shred of ambition, they might really amount to something.”
Lasting Institutions
Where a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X35. Sleeping Guardian The furnishings of this bare stone room have succumbed to decrepitude. Standing in the center of the room, its head scraping the ten-foot-high ceiling, is a vaguely man-shaped
once a wizard’s bedchamber. The construct is an incapacitated shield guardian. Its control amulet can be found in area X9.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Types of Inquisitive Work Much of the work done by inquisitives is relatively mundane: collecting evidence of marital infidelity, investigating insurance fraud, or finding runaways. Sometimes these
relatively innocent investigations can lead into the shadowy underbelly of society and become more dangerous, but most adventurers prefer the more dangerous kinds of inquisitive work. Your group might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K81. Tunnel This tunnel is cut into the Pillarstone of Ravenloft itself. Its surface is slick, and its ceiling is barely 6 feet high. A lingering fog limits visibility to a few feet. Characters who
have knowledge of stonecutting can tell that this passage is a relatively new construction compared to other areas of Ravenloft. The tunnel is 120 feet long, with a stone door at its eastern end. Near
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Power of Secrets The characters can learn two secrets in this chapter that are applicable to the rules in “The Power of Secrets” section in this book’s introduction: Marian’s Secret. Marian Xavere
this chapter for more information. Rerak’s Secret. The false lich resents his imprisonment in the Tomb of Wayward Souls and never wanted to enact Acererak’s will. Rerak is the guardian of the rod piece the characters seek and waits in area T26 of the complex.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
two attached to the ceiling, approach the party and attack the first adventurers to come within reach of their mucus-coated tentacles. If a carrion crawler paralyzes a character with its tentacles, it
the comings and goings of the guild’s goblinoids for some time. Shield Guardian The Dungeon Level is home to a meandering, defective shield guardian operating under the delusion that it’s a wizard’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to walk on ceilings and climb over the tops of doorways. Furnishings that weren’t securely bolted to the walls or floor lie in disarray, or in shards, on the ceiling. Illumination. All rooms
, corridors, and staircases are lit by continual flame spells cast in sconces. The flames still point toward the ceiling, betraying their magical nature. They give off no heat. Room and Door Heights. All rooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
A17. East Hall in Ruins The earthquake that hit Axeholm triggered a ceiling collapse that left this hall in ruins. The eastern half of the hall is strewn with debris and is difficult terrain (see the
Basic Rules). The stench of death hangs heavy here, becoming stronger as the characters move toward area A19.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
38. “I Just Met a Girl Named Skrianna” Carvings. The walls of this hall are carved to look like tree trunks. The arched, 10-foot-high ceiling resembles a canopy of dead boughs and branches
her quarters (area 11b), or vice versa. A light cantrip cast on the top of her staff lights her path. Skrianna’s shield guardian marches a few steps behind her. Floating nearby is a grell valet that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
, particularly a large dungeon or a cave network, the DM can summarize movement between encounters: "After killing the guardian at the entrance to the ancient dwarven stronghold, you consult your map
answer is in days, hours, or minutes. The rules for determining travel time depend on two factors: the speed and travel pace of the creatures moving and the terrain they're moving over.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
dungeon, particularly a large dungeon or a cave network, the DM can summarize movement between encounters: "After killing the guardian at the entrance to the ancient dwarven stronghold, you consult your map
the answer is in days, hours, or minutes. The rules for determining travel time depend on two factors: the speed and travel pace of the creatures moving and the terrain they're moving over.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Arriving at the Grove While many passages lead to Neverlight Grove, most are little more than narrow fissures riven by trickles of water. Only one natural tunnel is fit for relatively easy travel by
every surface — including the ceiling — and illuminates the darkness with brilliantly colorful bioluminescent patterns. On the other side of this exotic forest, the cavern narrows into a ravine. In a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
going to class, doing homework, and studying for exams. Optional rules in chapter 3 reinforce the importance of study in the adventures. The characters are also subject to the authority of the
, sleep, study, socialize, and adventure as part of a community of students, faculty, and staff. The school is like a town, where a relatively small cast of characters can play significant roles over the course of the campaign.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
provide the spiders with easy prey, while the presence of the spiders provides additional protection for thehatchery. The eastern half of this cavern floor is covered in webs stretching up to the ceiling
. See “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for rules about webs. Eight giant spiders lurk in the nest, minus any killed elsewhere in the nursery.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
farther down into a well-lit room shaped like a cylinder tipped on its side.
The helmed figure is a tomb guardian: a flesh golem clad in plate armor (AC 17). Its task is to pull the lever when it sees
adventurers enter area 38C. The tomb guardian fights only in self-defense and has orders from Withers to not leave the control room. If it goes berserk, it ignores these orders. Window. The window in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
empty shelves fastened to the walls, the shattered glass and alchemical equipment strewn across the floor, and the arcane symbols painted on what is now the ceiling. In the middle of this space, five
-foot-wide passageways punched through the ceiling and floor lead to other levels. Near them, a partially collapsed wall exposes a room that lies beyond.
The gap in the west wall was made by members
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
deliver unrefined ore to the foundry.
Map 5.2 includes an inset map that shows the foundry’s interior, which is one large, open space. The building has no ceiling, allowing heat and smoke to escape
, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side.
Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
rules (discussed in part 3), and the type of game you want to run. Describe to the players how you envision the game experience and let them give you input. The game is theirs, too. Lay that groundwork
kick in the dungeon door, fight the monsters, and grab the treasure. This style of play is straightforward, fun, exciting, and action-oriented. The players spend relatively little time developing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
X9. Lecture Hall This chamber is brightly lit by red copper lanthorns that hang from the ceiling. The walls are sheathed in amber that has been shaped into bas-reliefs of wizards with spellbooks
-down V hidden under his robes. Of exquisite design, the amulet is worth 1,000 gp. It is the control amulet for the shield guardian in area X35. Although he can tell that the amulet is magical, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The Deadbark Dryad As Riffel and the characters talk, the peylon tree’s guardian emerges from the grotto’s wall and stands before her uninvited guests. This is Gazaia, a deadbark dryad (see appendix
powerful artifact buried in this hill—the rod piece—infused the peylon tree with its magic and enticed Gazaia to become the tree’s guardian. When Lord Soth’s soldiers recently stole the artifact, Gazaia
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
7. Clammersham Palace Ceiling. This cavern has a 90-foot-high ceiling.
Palace. Atop a 20-foot-high plateau of twisted scrap metal rises a rambling palace made of jagged metal plates welded together
in the west wall is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute if a creature stands within 5 feet of the arch and either sings a D note or plays
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
sits in the middle of the chamber. A sliver of light streaming down on it from a hole in the cavern’s ceiling gives it a dark-blue sheen. Hovering near the meteorite are two identical creatures, each
through cracks in the ceiling. Meteorite. The meteorite looks like it was dropped in the middle of the floor. The 500-pound hunk of blackened metal takes on a dark-blue sheen when its surface is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. Add: In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, you can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the passage ahead of you. Another passage intersects this one
the Basic Rules). The ledge between the two escarpments is fragile. Any weight in excess of 100 pounds loosens the whole mass and sends it tumbling down to the east. Any creature on the ledge when it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
relatively regular dimensions. They are known for their unusual rock formations and abundant patches of fungi, and for being suffused with faerzress (see chapter 2). There are currently two factions
features are prevalent throughout the Whorlstone Tunnels.
Ceilings and Floors. The average ceiling height is 50 feet, dropping to 25 feet in narrow tunnels.
Narrow Tunnels. The narrowest tunnels are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
his lair, which lies beyond the opening in the ceiling. Statue Guardian. If the characters approach the statue, the panther will stand and pad menacingly in their direction … and then continue on
skins. A cat-o’-nine-tails hangs beside them.
To the west the room widens to accommodate a statue that towers almost to the ceiling. The statue is an ogre-like figure, outfitted in flayed skins and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Arch Gate to Level 15 Ceiling. This chamber soars to a height of 30 feet.
Arch. A stone arch set into the south wall is decorated with gold-inlaid images of dragons in flight. Carved into the
object that weighs 500 pounds. Arch Gate The arch is one of Halaster’s gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: The gate opens for 1 minute when a real or illusory dragon touches the arch. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
chains from the ceiling. Along the north wall, a stepped dais is set with a bulky contraption: an iron maiden of sorts, attached to a network of steaming pistons, tubes, and bubbling vats of blood. Five
.
The creature that emerges from the contraption is a tomb guardian — a flesh golem encased in plate armor (AC 17). This guardian was fashioned using the salvaged remains of Seward, an adventurer with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
and phase spiders in the keep, using the rules for encounter building in the Dungeon Master’s Guide to create an appropriate challenge. Weaker Construct. The stone golem in area 4 can be replaced with
a clay golem, a shield guardian, or another weaker Construct. Ghostly Allies. When the characters battle the behir, their ghostly allies harry and distract the creature, giving it disadvantage on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Basilisk Reptilian Guardian with a Petrifying Gaze Habitat: Mountain, Underdark; Treasure: Any Brian Valeza Basilisks are ponderous predators with eight clawed legs, crystalline spines, and mighty
ears open.
—X the Mystic’s
Rules of Dungeon Survival
Petrified Basilisk Victims 1d8 A Basilisk Used Its Gaze to Petrify... 1 An adventurer with an ornate key hanging around their neck. 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
rarity of each one. The table also indicates whether an item requires attunement. All the items use the magic items rules in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Magic Items Rarity Item Attunement Common
Grimoire Yes Uncommon+ Barrier Tattoo Yes Uncommon+ Bloodwell Vial Yes Uncommon Coiling Grasp Tattoo Yes Uncommon Eldritch Claw Tattoo Yes Uncommon Feywild Shard Yes Uncommon Guardian Emblem Yes Uncommon