chains when remaining

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

takes effect. You must draw each card you declared no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. Unless a card states otherwise, if you fail to draw the chosen number, the remaining number of cards fly

they are alive and any conditions they have. If you named an object, you know if it is broken or not. If you named a magic item that has charges, you know how many charges it has remaining. Maze. You

V4. Tower, First Floor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

-square indentation in the center of the floor contains four pulleys attached to taut iron chains that stretch up through a similarly sized hole in the rotted wooden ceiling. Standing next to the chains

are four tall clay statues. The four statues are clay golems that defend themselves if attacked. Otherwise, their sole purpose is to operate the elevator, which they do by pulling on the chains. The

Chapter 2: Elturel Has Fallen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Eight great chains bind the city to jagged posts of infernal iron, which stick up out of the ground like gargantuan spikes. (See “Climbing Down” at the end of this chapter for a full description of the

infernal chains.) The bottoms of those spikes are guarded by scores of devils, making escaping the city by climbing down an arduous task. The Companion, the second sun that provided so much solace and

Emerald Dragon Treasures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. Despite remaining unmoved by the loss of a gold scepter deemed to be a replica, an emerald dragon might become enraged at the theft of a clay mug known to have been used by a legendary dwarf warlord while

at the harvest festival of Riksdell before that settlement fell to a plague 10 Rusty chains used to bind the orc master thief Korjus before she escaped and conquered half the lands of the south

Deck of Many More Things

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

chosen number, the remaining number of cards fly from the deck and take effect simultaneously. Unless it is the Fool or the Jester card, a drawn card immediately takes effect, fades from existence, and

has remaining. Maze. You gain 1d3 levels of exhaustion. Mine. A pile of 2d6 gems (each worth 5,000 gp) and 1d10 chunks of precious ore (each worth 2,500 gp) appears at your feet. Monstrosity. A Large or

Wreck of the Marshal

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

statue of St. Cuthbert is laid horizontally and attached to the floor with rusty chains. Rusty Chains. The chains that bind the statue of St. Cuthbert have AC 14, 18 hit points, and immunity to poison

and psychic damage. The chains are rusty but solidly locked. A character can pick the lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A character can break the chains with a

Death House Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

leading to a stone portico. Oil lamps hang from the portico ceiling by chains, flanking an oaken double door. The double door opens into an empty antechamber. On the south wall is a shield emblazoned with

crypts in areas D23a and D23b are empty, and the slabs for these crypts are unmarked. The remaining crypts (areas D23c–D23f) each contain an empty coffin on a stone bier. D24: Cult Initiates

Black Cabin Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this effect reduces a creature to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, the creature is turned to ashes if the remaining damage equals or

, taking 49 (14d6) bludgeoning damage and landing prone. On a successful save, the creature grabs hold of the edge of the remaining floor and is hanging from it. The creature can use an action to try

Scab Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

victorious with 30 hit points remaining. Characters have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to sneak past the hezrous while the demons fight each other. Treasure. The half-eaten bearded

devil clutches a +1 glaive. S6. Torture Chamber When the characters enter this large, 30-foot-wide chamber, read the following boxed text to the players: Two iron chains attached to the ceiling end in

Predator Pools

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

Intelligence check, the controller can direct the globe to move with it, remaining within 5 feet of the controller. A globe’s controller can enter and leave the globe at will. The controller can maintain control

, characters approaching can hear the rattle and clank of immense chains. Gigantic steel bolts have been driven into the stone floor of this immense area, attached to heavy chains. These trail down into

Howling Caves Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

a drow hang suspended from hooks connected to chains. Blood pools on the floor beneath them. Beetles scurry along the floor, walls, and down the chains and onto the victims, which faintly struggle

hit point remaining. Healing brings a captive back to his or her senses. The humans are two Howling Hatred initiates (see chapter 7) who angered Aerisi one time too many. They’re sullen and silent if

Super-Secret Basement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

magically charged disks into special slots. Those doors open automatically, remaining open until the disks are removed. The doors cannot be opened by any other means. Replica Modrons A number of

.” Wrapped in padlocked chains in that corner is a creature consisting of five mechanical arms, like those of a starfish, and which stands on five spindly mechanical legs. Creature. The mechachimera

Areas of the Villa

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

humanoid blood is spilled on any page, Infernal text on that page becomes legible, remaining so until the book is closed. The blood remains even after the text vanishes. Any character with the Ritual

apparent is a soulless abomination thanks to his parents’ thoughtless greed. His empty shell of a body has been transformed into a chain devil that his parents have imprisoned using his own chains. A 10-foot

Points of Interest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

description from that adventure for this place. The lizardfolk here view the area around the swamp as their domain. They threaten intruders to warn them off, attacking only those who insist on remaining in the

with strange symbols and wrapped in silver chains. An explorer tried to open the door, but a jolt of lightning from the door’s runes nearly killed her. Shortly afterward, strange spirits and capering

Barn Door Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

remaining books. The three of them attack intruders at once and gladly throw away their lives for Stonky’s cause. Each wields their heavy broom as a weapon, using the statistics for the cultist’s

! Books. One or more of the other books described in this adventure anthology might be found here at your discretion, having been purloined by Stonky. The remaining books are mostly dull treatises with

19. Spiderwatch Keep

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

manacled iron chains anchored to the curved outer wall. Two other sets of manacles hang empty. Cradle. Against the south wall, between the two doors, is an ornate cradle carved with spiders and fitted

, consort of Erelal Freth and the father of her unborn eleventh child. He is unarmed and unarmored, and has 3 hit points remaining. Erelal is torturing him because she received a report that someone

Dungeon Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

are stacked in the middle of the room. Treasure. Seventeen of the bottles contain fine wine (10 gp per bottle). The remaining wines on display are common vintages (1 sp per bottle). V22. Sewer Tunnels

The Vanthampurs store animal carcasses and other fresh meat in this room. Hanging in the middle of the room from the 10-foot-high ceiling are six 3-foot-long chains, each ending in a hook. Flayed boar

Cragmaw Hideout Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

them. Development. When the goblin boss is defeated, any remaining goblins attempt to flee to area H3 and release the wolves there. Treasure. The goblin boss has a belt pouch containing 16 sp. H3

stench of animals. Three chained wolves snarl and rattle their chains as you approach the cave mouth. Each wolf’s chain leads to an iron rod driven into the base of a stalagmite. The Cragmaws keep a

Colossus Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

This chamber’s lower reaches are filled with lava. An uneven stone causeway spans the lava, ending at a narrow ledge along the eastern wall. Hanging from a pair of stout chains near the western

help her complete the delivery. Development If the characters leave any prisoners here, Vanifer sacrifices the remaining captives to the magma roper (area W4) within a day. If the prison is empty, the

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

listens at the doors can hear the howls of the glabrezu if it’s bound here. The walls of this torture chamber are hung with chains and spears encrusted with black ichor. In a few places, heavy black

chains are fastened to the floor. In the northeast corner is a black gate. Creatures. A wight and seven skeletons are tormenting a prone, reduced-threat glabrezu (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above

Torrents Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

slime-covered walls of this half-submerged shrine. Stairs lined with columns ascend from the water to a landing where a block of smooth stone serves as an altar. Chains snake from the base of the altar

tunnel leads to area P13. This tunnel is blocked by a sturdy and locked iron gate. Four short iron chains ending in manacles are anchored to the iron bars of the gate. Using thieves’ tools, a

Ship Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

still alive when its master dies, it stops attacking and retreats to its nest. It continues to fight only if pursued. After the remaining lizardfolk are dealt with, Bimz chooses one character and bonds

dose of antitoxin, and the key that unlocks the chains holding Oceanus in area 14. The second drawer contains seven maps of various sea and coastal localities, prepared by professional cartographers

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

. Each of the pillars anchors heavy iron chains with links as big as a warrior’s hand. The warriors of Tyar-Besil assembled here to practice with arms. The Cult of the Black Earth now uses the room

monsters can be bonded with cultists. Each bulette is chained securely to one of the big pillars in the room (the northeast, center west, and southeast pillars, specifically). The chains keep the bulettes

Najara

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Serpent Hills, where we were taken prisoner by yuan-ti patrolling the borders of their domain. The half-elf was hauled away in slaver’s chains, but for some reason I was taken to the court of Jarant

Najara through the Forest of Wyrms because, though serpent-infested, it is a woodland yet, and I am at home in such places. I moved through its shadows, remaining deep enough within the forest to avoid

Hrakhamar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

chains stretch across the cavern, apparently to shuttle multi-ton buckets of ore across the lava. The heat takes your breath away, brings water to your eyes, and bakes your skin. From where you stand

gantries and the rail cart trestles. Great chains span the rift in two places, allowing ore to be hoisted across in buckets. There’s no danger of falling if characters cross the magma on one of the

Fortress Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

is forced open, one of the sahuagin immediately moves toward the west wall to ring the gong, while the remaining guards defend the entrance. If this creature is slain or otherwise prevented from

north. A mechanism consisting of a wheel, chains, and various pulleys is attached to the east wall. Unless they were called to help in areas 1 and area 2, five sahuagin, two sahuagin coral smashers

Forge Level (X27-X37)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

(see “Wyrmdoom Crag”). You can add additional prisoners to the cellblock, at your discretion. The remaining cells are otherwise empty. X29. Deep Duerra’s Temple When one or more characters enter the

. The unarmed and unarmored duergar shackled to the chair is Nefrun, the former captain of the guard. She has 7 hit points remaining. Her torturers are two duergar mind masters (see appendix C) wearing

Necropolis Locations (Y10-Y18)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

limit to how many times it can be used is how many eyeballs the party has remaining. Y12. Wellspring of Answers A deep well plunges through the city floor into darkness. Five crystal benches encircle it

sits in a backstage room, wrapped in chains and padlocked. A character using thieves’ tools can try to pick the lock as an action, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. In a leather-bound

Upper Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

harpsichord stops playing, the statues freeze in place until the music resumes. Characters who have seen Zybilna recognize her likeness in the statue on the dais. The remaining thirty-nine statues

This hallway has a sunken floor filled to a depth of three feet with dark water. Lanterns lit with flickering blue flames hang from the ceiling thirty feet above by short chains, spaced roughly ten feet

Locations on the Lower Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

equipped with a weapons and throwing stones, plus a giant’s bag. If a conflict erupts, the giant tries to sound a great iron horn suspended from the ceiling on iron chains in the center of the cavern

the lord’s minions garner, if they will join the war on humankind. Treasure. The oni wears a necklace of fireballs with five beads remaining that it will not hesitate to use. The oni also bears a pouch

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

kobolds hostile. Four small humanoids are shackled by thick, rusted chains attached to a large iron spike set in the floor. Several broken weapons and sundered shields lie in one corner. Creatures. Four

thieves’ tools can open the lock on the chains, or the chains can be broken (Strength DC 20) or sundered (AC 15, 60 hit points). The goblins promise anything and everything in exchange for their release

Areas of the Fire Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

east. It is a set of steel pulleys and thick iron chains connected to a hanging barricade of black stone. The wall appears to be some sort of a canal lock. This mechanism controls the flow of lava into

unarmed and has 4 hit points remaining. Treasure The shelves contain many books, several of which are valuable and collectively worth 250 gp. An urn filled with ashes sits atop one bookshelf, and at its

Areas of the Ships

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, and they can pass themselves off as inanimate float decorations by remaining perfectly still until they attack. They aren’t hostile toward drow, whose true nature they sense despite the ship’s illusion

Heartbreaker only Supplies and food for the creatures in area J20 are stored here: Haunches of meat hanging from the ceiling give this cabin a sickly sweet scent. Shovels, ropes, chains, buckets, bales

Lower Palace Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

is still alive, it comes running if it hears this sound. Treasure. Ringlerun carries a staff of power with 15 charges remaining. (The staff has 20 charges when fully charged. Five charges were expended

five iron levers protrudes from the wall above the ledge on the far side of the room. Five feet below the ledge is the surface of a pool of reeking sludge. Five slender, gilded cages dangle from chains

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