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Returning 12 results for 'certain carvings'.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
wall. (Halaster artfully placed the skeleton here to help adventurers find the secret door to area 3.)
The carvings on the north wall of area 2a depict (from east to west) a balor, a barlgura, a chasme
, a dretch, a glabrezu, a goristro, and a hezrou. The carvings on the south wall depict (from west to east) a marilith, a nalfeshnee, a quasit, a shadow demon, a vrock, and a yochlol. The recessed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Unless specified otherwise, ceilings in the tomb are 8 feet high in corridors and 12 feet high in rooms. Crawlways Certain areas of the tomb are accessible only by way of narrow tunnels. These crawlways
them are hidden within the features of relief carvings along the walls, including inside the jaws of many graven skulls. A secret door can be spotted by any character within 5 feet of it who has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
buildings in a city usually have four sides and a sloped or staggered pyramid-like exterior. It is customary for stone buildings to have a series of tiles or carvings of snakes encircling the ground level
method uses blocks of special incense to fill a room with poisonous faint smoke that disguises the presence of the poison until it takes effect. There are legends of certain yuan-ti infiltrating human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
oceans. Concentric rings of brass constrain the device, all rotating and bearing their own lesser spheres. One of those spheres has sharp points and appears sunlike. Carvings of tall, headless humanoids
certain geographical features on the globe. Activating the Sphere The first time any creature moves within 5 feet of the central globe, read: The apparatus suddenly swings around, its rings rotating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
14. Temple Only stone giant thanes are allowed inside this hallowed cave. All other stone giants must remain outside or face certain punishment, by order of Thane Kayalithica and the others who have
, when the carvings are replaced by answers written in Dethek, the Dwarvish script. Any carving that isn’t a question simply vanishes, with nothing appearing in its place. Questions that Kayalithica has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and smoothed rock edges. The passage leads to area G11 in Gibbet Crossing. T2: Deepening Hall Elaborate carvings of mountain landscapes and treasure piles line the walls of this broad staircase as it
the most exquisite creatures she can transform into statues. She likes the carvings here and has been gradually capturing bandits and explorers to force them into kneeling poses before petrifying them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
spend their lives mostly in darkness, stone giants have a nuanced appreciation of the effects of shadow and light. They design carvings to produce shadows in specific ways when a light source is
neighbors at arm’s length. Purple worms are their greatest bane, because a hungry worm chews through everything it encounters, including the giants’ finest carvings and sculptures. Xorns are among
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
a set of cartographer’s tools, six pints of oil, an illustrated book about ropers, an emerald worth 250 gp, and a lantern of revealing. G5: Showroom This room is empty, but crumbling wall carvings
: Duergar Delegate Room A long, low table in this room bears bits of metal. Stairs descend to the south, beneath an archway bearing deep, jagged carvings.
Drow and duergar living in this area didn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
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
electrum, and eighteen plates of silver. The box is opened by sliding certain plates on the left side, then the top, then the right side in a particular sequence. The correct order is platinum
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
some task that only the god can comprehend. Before this gathering begins, the elves who have been selected start to have powerful dreams and waking visions, urging them to travel to a certain location
groves where such trees stand as silent witnesses to the events of the world. At the base of such a tree, amid its immense, gnarled roots, the druids of Rillifane place their offerings. Carvings of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the surrounding limestone walls and require a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check to locate. Once located, a secret door pushes open easily. Certain areas of the dungeon (as shown on map 1.3
sarcophagus. The sarcophagus bears no carvings or other ornamentation, but is full of humanoid skulls and bones. Six dusty bedrolls lie on the floor around it.
The Myrkulites filled the sarcophagus with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
chiseled ice with carvings that resemble winged snakes. The walls of these ledges are riddled with caves in which the Great Worm tribe members live. Natural steam vents in the rock keep the caves warm
. A wooden hangman’s scaffold stands in the center of the marketplace, and on certain nights, when clouds obscure the waning moon, luminous ghosts wander around it, going about the business of the






