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ooze at Juiblex’s command.
Juiblex’s challenge rating is 24 (62,000 XP) when encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Juiblex can take one
of the following lair actions; it can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Green Slime. A green slime (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) appears on a spot on the ceiling that
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the air is cool and slightly damp.
Glowing Crystals. Large clusters of glowing amethyst crystals grow out from the walls and ceiling, casting dim light in a 30-foot radius.
Chimneys. Two chimneys
connect the main caves to the three chambers above. Each chimney appears to continue up through the ceiling of the upper level and down through the floor of the lower level, but the dragon’s
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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
mushrooms and plants in neatly organized displays.
The challenge rating of a legendary deep dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
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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
, or featuring larger mushrooms and plants in neatly organized displays.
The challenge rating of a legendary deep dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On
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ceiling, casting dim light in a 30-foot radius.
Chimneys. Two chimneys connect the main caves to the three chambers above. Each chimney appears to continue up through the ceiling of the upper level and
magical mobility, using flight and teleportation to navigate obstacles in their lairs.
The challenge rating of a legendary amethyst dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair
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from the ceiling, giving the place a warm, cozy glow. (The lanterns might be magical or maintained by minions.) The floors are covered with plush sand-colored carpets.
Hoard Chamber. A small chamber in
their homes. They keep the interior chambers of their lairs meticulously dry.
The challenge rating of a legendary topaz dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On
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state but are hung with the dragon’s collection of nautical paintings, mirrors, and sun-colored tapestries. Numerous gold-and-glass hanging lanterns are suspended from the ceiling, giving the
interior chambers of their lairs meticulously dry.
The challenge rating of a legendary topaz dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
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damage or someone uses an action to wake it.
Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It
speed.A Brass Dragon’s Lair
A brass dragon’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Trolling the Troglodytes Ceiling. This ceiling varies in height from 15 to 30 feet.
Battle. A five-armed troll is engaged in battle with six troglodytes in the northwest part of the cave.
Pit
makes an additional three claw attacks as part of its Multiattack action. In its wounded state, the troll has a challenge rating of 6 (2,300 XP). If it regains all its hit points, its challenge rating becomes 8 (3,900 XP).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
21. Animated Ballistae Light. The arched, 30-foot-high ceiling of this long hall is studded with glowing red crystals that cast dim light throughout the hall. (Crystals pried out of their fixtures go
rating of 2 (450 XP). The ballistae can’t perceive (and thus they ignore) creatures that keep to the easternmost 60-foot section of the hallway. Once they detect intruders, however, the ballistae
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
Constrict attack. This ability increases its challenge rating to 3 (700 XP). If the snake is slain, the four baboons leap through the hole in the ceiling and down upon the party. (They remained outside the
39. Chamber of the Second Sun This enormous chamber is thirty feet tall with mighty buttressing and a vaulted ceiling. Parts of the ceiling and walls have collapsed, and raw earth has spilled down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, walls, and ceiling covered in carpets of mold and moss, or featuring larger mushrooms and plants in neatly organized displays. The challenge rating of a legendary deep dragon increases by 1 when
). The spell ends early if the dragon uses this lair action again or if the dragon dies. Mossy Sludge. The dragon conjures sludge-like moss that briefly covers surfaces in the lair. The ceiling, floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
connect to the wider stream, but they are narrow enough to step over. Timber pillars caked in mud support the 30-foot-high ceiling, which has three circular holes cut into it (leading up to areas 2 and
features, and it has no effective attacks. Its challenge rating is 0 (0 XP). Tending the pigs are seven mud-covered bugbears and an ettin. The bugbears push the pigs around to make sure the stronger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
. Characters who approach the statue see a creature clinging to the ceiling behind it: Clinging to the ceiling behind the statue is a nine-foot-long slug with glistening black skin and tentacles sprouting
has a challenge rating of 3 (700 XP).
Also present are two shadows similar to those found in area 11. They emerge from behind the kraken statue and attack if the giant slug is harmed. If the slug
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
are under the effect of a spider climb spell) can move through the tunnels at a normal pace. A thin layer of frost coats the walls, floor, and ceiling throughout. The westernmost tunnel branch opens
cold damage at the start of each of its turns. The web lacks immunity to bludgeoning damage. 9A. Larder This natural cave has a 30-foot-high ceiling supported by five rocky columns. The floor is flat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
forming a sort of elastic skin. The shape of the corridor is not square in cross-section, but rather semicircular, as if a series of hoops were supporting the ceiling. The protective skin is soft
, which increase its challenge rating to 8 (3,900 XP): It has 161 (14d12 + 70) hit points. Its Strength and Constitution are 20 (+5). On one of its claws it wears a rune-covered copper band that makes it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the ceiling of this hall and cracked in two on the floor. The block was released when someone stepped on a hidden pressure plate in the floor. (The trap failed to hit its intended target and no
In the middle of the hallway, crushed beneath a 4-foot-square block of stone that has fallen from the ceiling, is a goblin. Only its gangly legs are visible. (The goblin stepped on a pressure plate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
troglodytes on a rudimentary level. Getting a message across in this way requires a successful DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check. 7a. Battle-Ready Troglodytes Ceiling. Stalactites dot the ceiling, which
weak and wants nothing to do with them. They fight only in self-defense, and each has a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP). Secret Door. A secret door stands in the northwest wall of this cavern. The old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
turn there takes 3 (1d6) fire damage. After 1 minute, the pillars cool. Lava Passage. The northeastern lava flow is only 4 feet lower than the ceiling of the passage through which it flows
upward. A natural pillar is the only feature of the upper level. In the center the lower level, a vortex of flame jets from the floor toward the ceiling. Numerous exits head off in different directions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
downward. The floor has been cut into hundreds of shallow steps, but the walls and ceiling are still natural rock. About sixty feet down, a rushing stream spills from a narrow crack to the south and
first chamber of the Glitterhame proper is bisected by the stream and has a number of routes leading away from it. The descending fissure opens up abruptly into a very high cavern, its ceiling easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
slimes, and strange organic forms rise from the oceans of ooze at Juiblex’s command. Juiblex’s challenge rating is 24 (62,000 XP) when encountered in its lair. Lair Actions On initiative count 20
a spot on the ceiling that Juiblex chooses within the lair. The slime disintegrates after 1 hour. Slippery Slime. Juiblex slimes a square area of ground it can see within the lair. The area can be up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
covered with glass vessels and books. Cabinets with glass doors line the walls, and they contain all manner of specimens. Just below the ceiling in the middle of the room, colorful globes circle each other
M12 or break through the ceiling from the attic above area M10. This room is bare except for a bookshelf covered in chains against one wall, a plain wooden bench, and a reading desk built into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, lurking on ledges in the shadowy upper reaches of this cavern, the ceiling of which is 50 feet higher than the bridge and 100 feet above the cavern floor. Characters with torches or darkvision spot the
chasm floor. Most are dwarves and orcs in badly rusted armor. B2. North Chasm This cavernous area is 100 feet high from floor to ceiling. If the characters enter from the east (via area B1), read the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
several smaller tents. Water dripping from the ceiling runs off the tents to form puddles everywhere. The pavilion is where Ghazrim DuLoc conducts business, while the smaller tents are set aside for
longer has its sleep, petrification, disintegration, or death rays. The beholder’s adjusted challenge rating is 9 (5,000 XP). Ghazrim and Lorthuun both serve the Zhentarim, but they rarely see eye to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
walls and pillars of this chamber are carved with hundreds of images of metallic dragons. The ceiling is engraved with Draconic script which reads, “Only those who speak her Scaly Eye name may ascend
hallucinations of her friends dying, her enemies triumphing, and other unspeakable horrors. Lhammaruntosz is an adult bronze dragon, with the following additional features that increase her challenge rating to 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
flying dagger is a Tiny construct with 7 (3d4) hit points and a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP). Each flying dagger deals 3 (1d4 + 1) piercing damage on a hit. Treasure. The chest contains a nice pair of
, with rusty latches on the inside that hold them shut. L6. Tavern Lounge This tavern lounge fills an entire deck and is lit by oil lanterns hanging from the 8-foot-high ceiling by 1-foot-long chains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Middle Level (M1-M9) M1. Foyer and Hallway The characters emerge from the portal in the grand foyer of the mansion. On this side, the portal looks like a double door. The ceiling arches to fifteen
, petrified, poisoned, prone
Senses blindsight 120 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 7
Languages —
Challenge Rating 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
False Object. If the broom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
dark crevice in the ceiling. These motes cast an eerie glow on the great, alien skull that hung beneath them.”
— from the Journal of Jastus Hollowquill,
explorer of Undermountain
Deathly Despot
encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
extends upward from the ceiling of this cave. This fifteen-foot-high cave contains four griffon nests: three clustered in the middle of the cave and one to the north. The northernmost nest contains a full
. Its challenge rating is 0 (10 XP).
After 1 year, the griffon is Small and has 13 (2d6 + 6) hit points and a Strength score of 8. It has a +1 bonus to hit on its attacks and deals 2 (1d4) piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
handsome tapestries festoon the walls. Along the west wall, windows with crimson drapes stretch from the floor to the ceiling. Despite its grandeur, this ballroom seems strangely dismal without anyone
rating of 3 (700 XP). The mimic is well treated by the Cassalanters and won’t harm any member of the household. It obeys only Lord and Lady Cassalanter. Founders’ Day. The room is outfitted with dozens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
, north, and east walls. Each depicts an armed dwarf. The eastern and western ones carry axes and shields. The center statue is armed with two axes. The ceiling rises in a dome almost thirty feet above
great pillars, carved into the forms of giants and dragons, that support the vaulted ceiling high above. Guttering orange torches set in sconces along the walls illuminate the room, and a mighty throne
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
attacks. It retains its Magic Resistance and its telepathy, however. Its challenge rating is 0 (0 XP). The mind flayer doesn’t expect sympathy from the characters and shies away from them. If the
the vaulted ceiling of this unlit chamber. East of the pillars, a duergar encased in an exoskeletal construct stands before a lowered iron portcullis. A similar creature stands in an alcove to the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
another passageway leading east. A second canal leads north from the eastern portion of the lake, and the glimmer of light comes from that direction, as well.
The ceiling of this cavern is a dome, at
cavern ceiling. The creature attacks swimmers or boaters who approach within 30 feet of its lair. C4. Drowning Chambers A dank, rotten smell pervades this chamber. The floor is perforated by eight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
points and a walking speed of 30 feet. It lacks the Charge feature and any effective attacks, giving it a challenge rating of 0 (0 XP). The verbeeg acquired his livestock by robbing travelers on the
.
Suspended from the ceiling of this chamber by a series of ropes and pulleys are six baskets. Clustered near the south wall are three wooden casks carved with Good Mead’s heraldic symbol: a drinking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
stuffed young silver dragon suspended by chains from the ceiling. It isn’t valuable, but many other items on display are. Treasure The countess’s collection of art objects includes paintings, statues
gains the Spellcasting feature described below. He speaks Common, Draconic, Druidic, and Giant. He has a challenge rating of 10 (5,900 XP). Spellcasting. Thullen casts one of the following spells