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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Cellar Inhabitants A handful of people reside in the Firefly Cellar while the task of restoring its collection is under way.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
1. Cellar Any exploration of the manor grounds finds it deserted, but with plenty of tracks leading to a stone staircase just off the empty ruin of a large kitchen. At the bottom of the stairs stands
an unlocked door with a cellar beyond. When the characters open the door, read the following: The door opens onto a five-foot-wide landing fifteen feet above a large cellar, with stone steps
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Cellar The following locations are identified on map 2.2. Map 2.2: Haunted House Cellar and Caverns View Player Version 20. Wine Cellar Shoulder-height wooden bottle racks line the north and
wine cellar a long time ago, though one full bottle remains, having rolled under a rack after it was jostled loose. Someone who examines the floor around the racks and succeeds on a DC 12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Q9. Private Cellar An innocent halfling family, the Peabodys, brews beer in this cellar, which lies beneath their home on Fishgut Alley in the Dock Ward. Their cellar contains brewing supplies and
higher to be lifted. Development If the characters ascend out of the cellar and enter the Peabodys’ small house, the halflings are initially alarmed but can be easily calmed. Upon learning of the secret trapdoor, they vow to seal it up again but allow the characters to make use of it if the need arises.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
W14. Wine Cellar In the winery’s heyday, the wine cellar was packed with barrels awaiting shipment, but those days are long gone. Wooden pillars and beams support the ten-foot-high ceiling of this
ice-cold cellar, which is split in two by a five-foot-thick brick wall. A thin mist covers the floor. Each half of the cellar features an eight-foot tall wooden partition that doubles as a wine rack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Upper Levels and Cellar The belfry tower rises above the main levels of the hermitage, and a secret cellar below the kitchen has become a refuge for the survivors of the undead assault. The following
locations are identified on map 7.4. Map 7.4: Hermitage Upper Floors and Cellar View Player Version 22. Abandoned Quarters A cast-iron potbelly stove squats to the north of the upper level of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Cellar Complex: Summer The characters are hot on the trail of three street urchins as the children scamper into the sewers under the Dock Ward. Sickening Smell The summer heat makes the sewer smell
that live in the sewers are accustomed to the smell and aren’t poisoned in this way. Search for the Urchins The characters approach the cellar complex from the east, eventually coming upon an iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
The Firefly Cellar The basement library known as the Firefly Cellar is located beneath the House of Rest. It’s entirely below ground, containing a collection of old manuscripts that focus primarily
on travelogues and regional customs. Until Senior Scribe Varnyr initiated a restoration effort, its books had been largely neglected over the past few centuries. Map 6.1: firefly cellar View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Encounter 9: Cellar Complex Cellars and sewer tunnels intersect to create small dungeons under Waterdeep. These complexes have the following features: Ceilings and doorways are 7 feet high. There are no light sources.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Cellar Complex: Spring The characters have learned that a halfling necromancer named Losser Mirklav took the Stone of Golorr. He lives in a cellar complex under a powdered wig shop in the Trades Ward
the wig shop and the characters’ point of entry into the cellar complex. Misty Sewers The dense fog from outside settles in the sewers, and areas B2, B3, and B4 are lightly obscured. Necromancer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K63. Wine Cellar Arched frames of stone form a low, wet ceiling over this wine cellar. Great casks line the walls, their bands rusting and their contents long since spilled onto the floor. A few
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Cellar Complex: Autumn The characters have been encouraged to explore a Xanathar Guild hideout under the Southern Ward. They enter the location through area B1. The Xanathar Guild Roster table
and then stops working. If combat breaks out in the cellar complex, Thorvin Twinbeard flees up the stairs in area B8 and uses a key to unlock the door leading outside. He has no loyalty to the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
The Ruined Cellar The abbey’s remaining clerics and guards spend their days here in charred, uncomfortable quarters. 1. Rubble and Cellar Entrance All that remains of the abbey is a great square of
pallet of rags and sacks covers the center of the room.
The old wine cellar serves as Ogmund’s private quarters. All the kegs and bottles are empty. A careful search of Ogmund’s foul-smelling pallet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
27. Wine Cellar Creaking stairs lead into a damp, cobweb-draped cellar containing dusty racks and eight-foot-tall wine tuns. One of the casks has burst, covering the stone floor in crimson stains
No. 3” and “Ludendorf Arsenic Wine.” All the wine either leaked or spoiled long ago. Creatures. The cellar is infested with five gremishkas (see chapter 5). Soon after any character enters the room, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Q12. Hostel Cellar A narrow passage leads to the cellar of a halfling-owned hostel on Spices Street in the Dock Ward. Medium characters must squeeze to reach this area from the tunnel. The hostel is
, guards the cellar. He hides in the northwest storeroom, ready to jump out and scare away anyone who heads for the stairs. Not eager to commit murder, Roscoe allows retreating characters to flee back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
S16. Wine Cellar The stone steps descend twenty feet to a cellar that contains ten barrels of wine and an L-shaped wooden rack packed with wine bottles. The barrels in the center of the room are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Cellar (C1-C3) C1. Storage Cellar To reach this cellar, the characters must descend a flight of stone steps from area C4. This cold, damp, oddly shaped cellar has an eight-foot-high wooden ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of the Cellar Complex The following locations are keyed to map 4.7. The complex has three distinct sections: the sewer tunnels (areas B1–B3), the southern cellars (areas B4–B9), and the
. Rubble-Filled Cellar A wall has collapsed, creating a larger space out of two smaller rooms. The air is heavy with dust, and the floor is strewn with rubble, refuse, and rat droppings. Secret Door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Areas of the Winery (Cellar W13-W15)
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treasures locked in a cellar rather than on display for all to see. They have a knack for finding the most straightforward solution to a problem, and have little patience for dithering.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Finding the Book Discovering the book’s whereabouts is part of the adventure’s mystery. A kenku named Crinkle, one of the Avowed and the caretaker of the Firefly Cellar, became enamored with the book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Adventure Overview The adventure takes place in the Firefly Cellar, a windowless basement beneath the House of Rest, so named because its only light comes from lamps lit by swarms of fireflies. After
quarantined in Candlekeep’s Firefly Cellar with a handful of the library’s attendants, in an attempt to keep Shemshime’s curse from spreading throughout the entire library. The events describe Shemshime’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
seek.” Characters who follow Ulrich’s directions end up at area U5. Cellar Buried under rubble inside the mansion is a stone staircase that leads down to an intact cellar. A single character can clear
the rubble in 4 hours, and multiple characters working together can reduce the time proportionately. The cellar is a 30-foot-square room with mortared stone walls, a 10-foot-high ceiling supported by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
W12. Ramp This turret has a sloping, wooden floor that spirals from the cellar to the upper levels. Scratch marks suggest that barrels are rolled up and down the ramp on a routine basis. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Locations in the Ruins The following locations are identified on map 5.3. Areas 1–area 10 represent the ruined cellar, and areas 11–area 14 represent the Winding Way. Access between the two is found in area 6. Map 5.3: Abbey Ruins View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
the Xanathar Guild, and Bregan D’aerthe spies have tracked them to a cellar complex in the Southern Ward. In the guise of Laeral Silverhand, Jarlaxle steers the characters in that direction (encounter
9, “Cellar Complex”). A search of the cellar complex yields a fake stone, but not the real Stone of Golorr. With no other leads, the characters can follow up with “Laeral” at a theater in the Dock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
two human apprentices, Retchyn and Kreela, live in a cellar complex under the Trades Ward. The way to their lair is through Retchyn’s powdered wig shop, which is called Dandymops. Losser is stealing
. The rat vanished when it died, and Losser thinks the stone is magical. Next Encounter Once the characters set out to find the halfling necromancer, proceed with encounter 9, “Cellar Complex.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 2: Ebder’s Outburst Ebder is seated at the table in area F2 when this event occurs. A shrill sound tears through the Firefly Cellar, overpowering all other noise. Though it rapidly rises to an
Occurrences After Ebder’s outburst, Shemshime’s influence manifests in the Firefly Cellar in several unsettling ways. From this point forward, whenever at least half the characters are singing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
grime as to be almost opaque. Quietude rents bedrooms for 5 gp per day. The inn’s cellar contains a secret door that requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to detect. Beyond the secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Gailby Smallstone Lawful good human child (age 8) Gailby is an energetic kid who lives with her father, Ebder Smallstone, in the Firefly Cellar. She loves to draw and insists on sharing her drawings
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
cellar hideout (encounter 9, “Cellar Complex”). With the Stone of Golorr in their possession, the characters emerge from the cellar complex only to find themselves surrounded by members of the City Watch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
. They can feel it intruding on their thoughts as well as changing their body. Goblins Again. Several days ago, Wheel-of-Fortune found goblins in the cellar of the Sleeping Giant. Wheel-of-Fortune also
discovered a small sinkhole in the cellar that wasn’t there before. Missing Townsfolk. Many goblins fled through the sinkhole. Several townspeople went that direction, too. Terrifying Presence. Wheel-of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
throughout this area, keeping the wine cellar cool, are ten patches of brown mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5, “Adventure Environments,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The characters are safe from the mold as long as they keep their distance.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
you see the wooden arm of a loading crane with ropes and hooks dangling from it. Wine barrels in the cellar (area W14) are rolled up a ramp (area W12) to the crane on the upper floor (area W16), then
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Starting the Adventure The adventure takes place in the Firefly Cellar beneath the House of Rest. Characters might find themselves drawn to this location for one of two reasons. Perhaps the House of
Rest has had an influx of guests, and the characters are forced to stay in the only available rooms, which happen to be in the Firefly Cellar. Alternatively, the idea of taking lodging in an actual