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Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
changes. He prefers to remain unseen, skulking about invisibly or peering through scrying sensors that resemble wide-open eyes surrounded by sparkling motes of light.
Halaster’s abilities far
was in its space. The eye can’t be harmed or dispelled, but it winks out within an antimagic field. A scrying eye lasts until Halaster ends the effect (no action required).
A minor illusory
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
with interests and concerns that transcend local politics and geography, the Alliance has its own cadre of individuals who work on behalf of the organizations, wider agenda. Alliance agents are required
try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cost. (Good)
3
Change. We must help bring about the changes the gods are constantly working in the world. (Chaotic)
4
Power. I hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma
Area Information Dimensions & Terrain This side chamber is twenty-five feet by thirty feet. Pebbles and sand shift and spin here as the wind changes. Other Features A long iron bar is suspended
alchemy supplies, can readily tell the difference given 10 minutes and use of his supplies (no check required). The high priest used to hang from the bar by leather straps. There he'd sleep as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
fighting a bulette in a gem-encrusted cavern.
Any character who has the Stonecunning trait notices the breakaway section of floor immediately (no check required). Others who search the floor for traps
statues, the undead bulette erupts from the floor and attacks all creatures in the room. This creature is a bulette, with these changes: It is undead and has 125 hit points. It has vulnerability to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
a persistent magical field that changes how reality works over a large area. Creating the most powerful of mythals requires many wizards of great renown and long experience to engage in the same
, and that can be accomplished only through the use of magical energy equal to that required for its creation. The metropolis of Waterdeep, which lies on the Sword Coast of Faerûn, benefits from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
appear to originate from the rune lodged inside it. Halaster can end the link at any time (no action required). While Halaster is linked to the Runestone, its light changes from blue-white to red
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
sand between the toes, the way the heart stirs when the tide of battle changes or the sadness that lingers when remembering a happy moment of childhood. These ideas, dreams, memories, and feelings are
sky. When you do, attack rolls have disadvantage against you. This cloak lasts for 1 minute, until you doff it (no action required), or until you die. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
checks is required to slowly disengage the trap’s components. The trap’s effect degrades with each successful check until the characters finally deactivate it. Most complex traps are designed so that they
. Usually, changes involving dramatic elements take effect at the end of each of the trap’s turns or in response to the characters’ actions. Constant Elements. A complex trap poses a threat even when it is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
skittish, ill-bred, and unkempt male human in his thirties named Kavil Mereshanter. Kavil is a mage, with these changes: Kavil is neutral evil. He speaks Dwarvish, Common, Giant, and Undercommon. Kavil was
the statistics of a quadrone, with these changes: The cube is chaotic evil. It speaks Common and is the source of Halaster’s play-by-play (see “Halaster’s Play-by-Play”). Whenever it would normally make
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
key card (see the “Key Cards” section). The color of key card required for a drop tube entrance is noted in the area containing that drop tube (area S2, area S31, and area S47) and shown on that
possess the key card required to access the next lowest (or highest) level of the ship, it can exit the drop tube on the nearest level its key card allows access to. Key Cards Throughout the spaceship are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
considers their presence an affront. He is a death knight, with these changes: Zalthar wields a nine lives stealer longsword with 5 charges remaining. He has a +13 bonus to hit with the weapon. On a
purpose of the obelisk. If the party includes no evil characters, Tezca-Zyanya offers to accompany its rescuers and assist them until its services are no longer required. It continues to pass itself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
found the trigger and no check is required. Foiling traps can be a little more complicated. Consider a trapped treasure chest. If the chest is opened without first pulling on the two handles set in its
. It might make successive attacks against intruders, create an effect that changes over time, or otherwise produce a dynamic challenge. Otherwise, the complex trap can be detected and disabled or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to area 13a. (The chute contains plenty of handholds and footholds. No ability check is required to descend it.)
Trenzia. After she was driven mad by her scientific and necromantic experiments
, Trenzia convinced Halaster to transform her into a flameskull, with these changes: The skull has resistance to fire damage and immunity to lightning damage. It has the lightning bolt spell prepared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
found the trigger and no check is required. Foiling traps can be a little more complicated. Consider a trapped treasure chest. If the chest is opened without first pulling on the two handles set in its
might make successive attacks against intruders, create an effect that changes over time, or otherwise produce a dynamic challenge. Otherwise, the complex trap can be detected and disabled or bypassed in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
these changes: The paper birds are Constructs. They have vulnerability to fire damage, immunity to poison and psychic damage, immunity to exhaustion, and immunity to the charmed, frightened, and
) to cast the feather fall spell with no components required. Once its spell is cast, the feather becomes nonmagical. Development. If the characters make use of the giant cranes, skip ahead to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, making it no small matter. Although it takes only one mind flayer to perform the process, any illithid not directly involved in the process is required to donate its psionic power to the effort while
memories and personality, and the victim gains the skills and talents it needs to perform its intended function. The process that creates a thrall changes almost everything about the victim. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
possible. Krell is a male half-orc druid, with these changes: Krell is chaotic evil. He has these racial traits: When reduced to 0 hit points, he drops to 1 hit point instead (but can’t do this again
moldy trapdoor in this area leads down into the cargo hold. It can be easily spotted (no check required). A bar has been inserted through a set of rusted brackets to keep it shut. The cultists used
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
she can’t bear to lose all contact with Vlax. The warden has made her affliction known to the prison guards and Absolution Council members, and they have grown accustomed to her personality changes and
drawbridge can be lowered on one side to create an airship dock. An action is required to raise or lower the drawbridge. No guards are stationed here. If the guards in the prison watchtowers (area R9) see an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Inspiration die a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. At Higher Levels. Your Bardic Inspiration die changes
Bardic Inspiration when you finish a Short or Long Rest. In addition, you can expend a spell slot (no action required) to regain one expended use of Bardic Inspiration. Level 7: Countercharm You can use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Inspiration die a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest. At Higher Levels. Your Bardic Inspiration die changes
, you can expend a spell slot (no action required) to regain one expended use of Bardic Inspiration. Level 7: Countercharm You can use musical notes or words of power to disrupt mind-influencing effects
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
feet below, taking 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Guards. Two guards are posted here. During shift changes, guards access the balcony via the rope ladder and never enter area T13. A guard
is unlocked. Though Vidorant lives in a mansion nearby, she sometimes sleeps here after working late in her vault. Her bedroom includes a wardrobe with several changes of clothes, which could be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 12 Dexterity check is required to disarm the trap. Opening the chest without disarming the trap, or failing to disarm it
poison needle. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 12 Dexterity check is required to disarm the trap. Opening the chest without disarming the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
check to pick or a successful DC 20 Strength check to force open. Secret Doors. A successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check is required to find a typical secret door. False Doors. A character must
also make changes to the abilities they can use. A reduced-threat creature is worth half the normal XP earned for defeating it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
check required), hoping to gather more information about the characters or lead them into a trap. If asked to give its name, the awakened beast either comes up with a name on the fly or adopts a
a fight. If a stat block becomes necessary, the dwarves are lawful good scouts, with these changes: Dwarf Traits: They have a walking speed of 25 feet and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
sensation: more akin to thinking about moving a limb than operating controls. No ability checks are required here, but Saerthe asks each character involved in a training session one of the following questions
changes depending on his mood: green if he’s feeling inquisitive, blue when determined, red for angry, yellow when excited, and pink if he’s proud, among others. A long, smartly crafted bronze mustache
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Hekaton is a storm giant, with the following changes: Hekaton has 330 hit points. He has no greatsword but can wield a length of broken chain as a melee weapon, making two attacks with it as an
a desk drawer. Tholtz has the key in his possession, but the lock on the drawer is easily broken and can be just as easily picked using thieves’ tools (no ability check required). The spellbook
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
crude plug made of mud and wattle. A successful DC 10 Strength check is required to pull it open. If alerted by the sounds of battle, the troglodytes on the far side secure the door, increasing the DC
DC 10 Strength check is required to pull it aside. Glowing coals in a crude hearth illuminate this large cave. The ceiling here rises about fifteen feet above the floor, and rubbish and skins cover the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
weighs 1 pound. At other times, it takes 10 minutes to craft a disguise that involves moderate changes to your appearance, and 30 minutes for one that requires more extensive changes. Disguise Kit
. For any object, you need access to the raw materials required to repair it. For metal objects, you need access to an open flame hot enough to make the metal pliable. Tinker’s Tools Activity DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
define the changes to the current configuration. Perhaps the headquarters expands in size laterally, or gains an extra floor. Perhaps a new basement is excavated — or poking around the existing basement
characters who choose this highly coveted feature for their headquarters, the DM can impose limitations on the ship’s attacks and make changes to its statistics.) Self-Contained Train. This mobile franchise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
), with the following changes: It has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). It speaks Deep Speech and Undercommon, and has telepathy out to a range of 120 feet. It has the Magic Resistance and Innate
longer incapacitated, and the elder brain can terminate the link at any time (no action required). The target can use an action on its turn to attempt to break the psychic link, doing so with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
made her state known to the prison guards and Absolution Council members, and they have grown accustomed to her personality changes and bouts of revelry. The possession hasn’t affected the warden’s
to create an airship dock. An action is required to raise or lower the drawbridge. No guards are stationed here. If the guards in the prison watchtowers (area R9) see an airship or an airborne threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
arrival to one of the available goblin clerks.
Visitors are required to carry identification papers at all times in Azrok’s Hold. The goblins behind the desks interview visitors, draw crude pictures
call upon to bolster his defenses. She keeps these undead warriors locked in area 21q. Preeta is a mage, with these changes: Preeta is chaotic neutral. She has darkvision out to a range of 120 feet, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
made her state known to the prison guards and Absolution Council members, and they have grown accustomed to her personality changes and bouts of revelry. The possession hasn’t affected the warden’s
to create an airship dock. An action is required to raise or lower the drawbridge. No guards are stationed here. If the guards in the prison watchtowers (area R9) see an airship or an airborne threat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Beorunna’s Well, and characters can climb the rope (no ability check required). In the northeast corner, surrounding a campfire, are three tents inhabited by members of the Black Lion tribe (see “Suggested
individuals use the knight statistics, with the following changes: The knights are lawful good shield dwarves that speak Common and Dwarvish. While they are possessed by yakfolk, their alignment is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
iron bands, lined with lead to prevent scrying, is air- and watertight, and features layers of locks that make opening a vault without its keys nearly impossible. Two keys are required to open a vault
“Orrery Vault” below for more information. Picking the Locks. Three consecutive successful DC 20 Dexterity checks using thieves’ tools are required to open an outer vault door. Failing any check