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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
river valleys that feed into the Celestial River. The western Bytopian River valley is a steeper climb, while the eastern Ysgardian River valley is a longer route. Characters can choose their own route
pace for this 8-mile stage. Stage 2. The group travels from Godshead Crossing area (V2) to Mount Glathek area (V7). The western route, along the Bytopian River valley, takes the characters 14 miles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
2. Diseased Pool This pool is fed by a river that flows from the Darklake. The river carries many things from the subterranean lake, including the carcasses of countless creatures, fouling the pool
can try to get around the pool without swimming it, by using magic or climbing along the walls. Climbing the slippery walls of the cavern requires a successful DC 13 Athletics check. On a failed check, a character falls into the water.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Chapter 9: Tsolenka Pass Tsolenka Pass is a gravel road that hugs Mount Ghakis, climbing to great heights. The road starts at the Raven River crossroads (chapter 2, area R) and travels seven miles
to a gatehouse (areas T1–T3) and a guard tower (areas T4–T6), as well as a stone bridge (areas T7–T9) that spans the Luna River. Wind and snow make the journey treacherous. Without some way to keep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Noteworthy Sites Hundreds of rivers flow through Shankhabhumi, creating natural paths to its three great cities. Map 9.2: shankhabhumiView Player Version Ashwadhatu The Mehul River flows from the
Sagorpur is the mightiest city of Shankhabhumi, having inherited that mantle when Manivarsha was ruined five centuries ago. The city lies where the Iravati River flows into Dishahara Bay, and its mainstay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Chapter 2: Elturel Has Fallen Once a holy city whose folk venerated Lathander, Torm, Helm, and Tyr, Elturel is now a site of doom and despair tethered some five hundred feet above the River Styx
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the River Styx. The iron spikes that anchor the city have dragged it nearly to the river’s banks. Within a few hours, Elturel will sink into the Styx.
Hordes of distant demons fly around the city like
River Styx, with Zariel visible a mile away. Allow the characters a few moments to plan their next move. When they decide to act, two horned devils break toward them after a fleeing glabrezu, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Headwater Pool From where Dukha moors his boat, the characters can follow an indirect but mostly dry path to the cliffs the parallel waterfalls cascade down. Climbing the slippery, 20-foot-tall rock
the end of this adventure) is speaking in Aquan and trying to calm a pair of water elementals corrupted by the strange magic afflicting his river. Characters who succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
miles, you hear the ringing of a bell. The sound grows louder as Nightstone comes into view. A river flows around the settlement, forming a moat. The village itself is contained within a wooden palisade
ends before a lowered drawbridge that spans the moat. Beyond the drawbridge, two stone watchtowers flank an open gap in the palisade.
South of the village and surrounded by the river moat is a cone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
7. Fallen Tree A fallen tree bridges the river ahead. Its trunk is wider than a man and stretches more than 100 feet. On both banks lie ruined buildings.
An elderly tabaxi hunter named Bag of Nails
ambushes the characters if they try to ford the river here. The fallen trunk is wide enough for two Medium creatures to pass each other safely. Under the tree, the water churns toward the falls 200
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Adventurers can find the canyon by traveling upstream along an arm of the Loagrann River. This great flow once carved the canyon out of the rock that now surrounds it. Time has reduced it to a
stream that tumbles along the canyon floor before widening and continuing its long journey southwest, where it merges with the Delimbiyr River on its way to the sea. DEADSTONE CLEFT: GENERAL FEATURES
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
pitons, rope, and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check for every 100 feet climbed. On a failed check, a character falls 50 feet before they’re caught by their climbing rope, taking 17 (5d6
town. Near Ironbed Grotto’s easily found entrance, an underground river winds through the caverns, eventually feeding the fountain in area X6. The cave network is devoid of town guards, but monsters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
pressure plate used to open it. Extreme Heat Creatures that spend 1 hour or more anywhere in the hold, or sail on the river of lava, are subject to the effects of extreme heat as described in the Dungeon
. Scaling a wall without magic or climbing gear requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Towers Tower walls are 15 feet thick, made of carved basalt, and studded with arrow slits. The towers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Leaving Elturel Inventive characters have a number of different options to reach the surface of Avernus from Elturel, but none of those options is without risk. Climbing Down The jagged posts and
along. The posts of infernal iron that anchor Elturel to the ground likewise offer numerous handholds for climbing. If the characters navigate the chains and the posts carefully, no ability checks are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-figure drawings carved into its northern wall.
A character who makes a successful DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can correctly interpret the carvings, which show frost giants wading up a river to
stone bridge spans the frozen river 20 feet below. The top of the bridge is covered with a slippery, icy glaze. Crossing the bridge safely requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Firefinger has been taken over by a flock of pterafolk that preys on hunters and explorers along the River Tiryki. The tower is a perfect lair for the pterafolk; in clear weather, from its 300-foot-high
vantage point, they can spot anything moving on the river less than 10 miles away, and its sheer walls and crumbling ladders make it potentially lethal for anything without wings to attempt the ascent
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
weakness before the folk of Luskan. Luskan, the City of Sails, spans the icy River Mirar, which tumbles from the Spine of the World, races past Mirabar, and then plunges toward the sea. The swift river
Sword Coast, bridging the coast with the utter north, and offers the only convenient crossing of the River Mirar for many miles, Luskan makes considerable coin as a crossroads. Merchants wishing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate, to date all mapped caverns are accessible only from the river, and even just climbing into a tunnel mouth or steering a boat inside can be deadly as the current attempts to smash vessels
likeness to Balduran, squinting west over city and river. While its sudden arrival created something of a stir, most assumed it was simply a tribute to the great man — until one morning several months
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
all mapped caverns are accessible only from the river, and even just climbing into a tunnel mouth or steering a boat inside can be deadly as the current attempts to smash vessels against the cliffs
the size of the actual man, the statue bears an uncanny likeness to Balduran, squinting west over city and river. While its sudden arrival created something of a stir, most assumed it was simply a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
river o’er yonder appearing,
Has five bridges of which you’re hearing.
The problem we set,
Is how do you get,
Across each and return to this clearing?
Endless River (area G4) A fountain
leprechauns’ collected gold. If the gold is stolen, the leprechauns stop at nothing to retrieve it. G4: Endless River This babbling river flows through the garden, sometimes defying logic. Here and there
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
can be made to climb the stairs without an ability check. Mules, being surefooted, can climb the steps with ease and don’t need to be coaxed. Chimera Lair After climbing 350 feet, the staircase is
mostly, with a few orc and dwarf bones). The staircase resumes on the opposite side of the ledge, climbing another 150 feet to area 2. In the back of its lair, the chimera has a nest of bones, bits of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Adventurers climbing a volcano on the Material Plane might suddenly find themselves scaling a Feywild mountain topped with skyscraper-sized crystals that glow with internal fire. Leaving behind a wide and
muddy river on the Material Plane, characters might appear beside a clear and winding brook whose waters glitter like diamonds in the Feywild. In the heart of a dismal marsh might lie a portal leading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and posts supporting a rectangular slab roughly four feet wide and six feet high.
The water here is roughly 30 feet wide and 2 feet deep. Though the river can be easily forded, the shallow waters
. Among the images, Orestes is portrayed stealing the sun from above the polis of Setessa, tricking a cerberus into devouring itself, stealing a kraken’s heart, and racing a skiff ahead of the River
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
above Avernus and is no longer drawn toward the River Styx. However, the characters must still find a way to return the city to the Material Plane. Each chain link is 30 feet long and 20 feet wide
chapter 2 for information on moving along the chains and climbing the infernal iron posts they connect to. Ire of Tiamat Tiamat’s divine power is mighty enough to break the chains that bind Elturel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
crash out of the jungle 2 rounds later, ready to fight whatever they meet. 5. Latrines During the attack on the camp, one templar’s courage failed him, and he hid from the undead by climbing down into
recall the story for the characters. If characters ask a Chultan what the statue signifies, read: In the early days of the world, Man stood by the banks of a river, frightened. Crocodile raised his head
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, either to learn the secrets of her hallucinogenic plants or to ask questions about the distant past. Nangalore lies a half-mile from the River Olung. Thanks to centuries of silting and erosion, one of
dome can be read only by climbing to the mezzanine, but the decrepit condition of the stairs and balcony makes this venture risky. A character who climbs the steps must make a successful DC 10 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
View Player Version The following locations are identified on map 2.5. FAST-FLOWING WATER
The underground river that cuts through this level of the dungeon presents a serious hazard. Those who fall
in risk being swept away by the current.
A creature that falls in the river and is within 5 feet of the water’s edge must succeed on a DC 10 Strength saving throw to catch itself on the rocky bank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Treasure. If the characters search the hag’s tattered robes, they find a belt pouch containing a diamond worth 5,000 gp and small flask of water from the River Styx. The flask magically preserves the water
(see “River Styx” for effects). S4. Bloody Downpour When the characters enter this 40-foot-wide chamber, read the following boxed text to the players: Blood streams down from a gaping wound in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
walls of this room are smooth, wet, and slippery. A character can climb along the wall to the other side with climbing gear and a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. On a failed check, the
character falls into the rushing water below. Rushing Water. Water rushes into the chasm from the river outside via concealed channels below the tower. A creature that falls into the chasm takes 10 (3d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
toward an underground river far below.
The Glitterhame is now home to a band of troglodytes, dangerous reptilian creatures that haunt underground places. The troglodytes and Great Ulfe’s tribe
target prone, then snaps at it with its powerful jaws to gulp it down. Treasure. The two chests contain a total of 2,200 sp. One holds a potion of climbing, and the other a potion of water breathing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
forced open with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check.
Illumination. Areas within the cathedral are brightly lit by continual flame spells cast on wall sconces.
Walls. Climbing the
and away from the High Hall. The tunnel now ends at a gaping hole in the floating earthmote to which Elturel clings, some five hundred feet above the River Styx.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
weak to pose an actual hazard. Climbing the rough pit walls requires successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) checks. F3. Wind Prison A stone pedestal in the middle of this cavern holds a glassy sphere
roll if its target is prone. Prisoners. Three captives are chained to the walls. Two are fire cultists, while the third is a riverboat crewman captured a few days ago by Crushing Wave river bandits. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
must make a DC 10 Strength or Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the character plummets almost 200 feet to the underground river below and is swept away. The characters can prevent falls by
that the adventurers might have to deal with later. Treasure. Great Ulfe keeps his hoard in two large wooden chests against the south wall: 440 gp, 1,600 sp, a potion of climbing, and a +1 rapier
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
center, forward of the mast, a jolly boat is lashed to the deck with ropes.
Aft of the mast is a hatch to the belowdecks area and a rope ladder climbing to a crow’s nest above.
Two human figures
. Beneath these is another map, crudely drawn. This map indicates that the rendezvous point with the lizardfolk is at a small promontory beside a river in the tidal marshes, ten miles southwest of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
ambushed the Mirabar delegation south of Beliard, slaying most of their guards. Earth cultists and their captives were ferried across the Dessarin River by pirates who received the sage’s beloved books as
prone. While the stairs are collapsed, climbing back up requires a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. Typically, the Black Earth cultists shove victims down the stairs and pull the lever
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Ivlis River crossroads (chapter 2, area F). Endorovich never got over his guilt and, out of madness, killed many in his lifetime. Endorovich’s spirit is trapped inside one of the gargoyles. If anyone
. The floor here is an illusion that hides a 20-foot-deep pit. The sides of the pit are polished smooth; a creature without a climbing speed can’t move along them without the aid of magic or a climber’s