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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
countryside visit as little as possible. A cold wind blows in constantly from the sea, frequently escalating into howling storms. When the winds die down, they’re replaced by a shroud of bone-chilling
while also secretly hosting a cell of the Ulmist Inquisition (see “Other Groups” later in this chapter). There’s also the herbalist shop of the scholar Rudolph van Richten. When van Richten is away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
of the character remembering the event what happens next. Suppressed Memories d6 Memory
1 You’re paralyzed on a cold table. Clicking sounds surround you. Pallid tentacles slither toward
. What do you do?
3 A many-legged, ferret-like creature floats into your cell. You feel multitudes of unseen eyes upon you. What do your captors expect you to do with this? What do you do?
4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
before they are locked in cells. Protruding from the walls are iron nozzles that spew cold water when a chain next to the door is pulled. Drains in the stone-tiled floor keep the room from flooding. H8
. Cell Block Two guards are stationed in this hall at all times. Locked Cells. Five cells are spaced along this hall. The door to each cell is locked from the outside, and the guards stationed here hold
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(Athletics) check to shove the creature is made with advantage. The oven is a Large object with AC 13, 30 hit points, vulnerability to cold damage, and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage
, then attacks her. It attacks the characters only if they harm it. Trapdoor and Cell. A 3-foot-square, padlocked iron grate covers a 5-foot-deep, 5-foot-wide cell built into the kitchen floor. The walls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
, which also contains a bed and brazier. A badly disheveled dwarf lies bound and unconscious on the cold stone floor.
This room formerly belonged to the priest in charge of Dumathoin’s temple (area 19
), but Nezznar has appropriated it for use as a cell. The figure lying on the floor is Nundro, a dwarf commoner and the youngest of the three Rockseeker brothers. Nezznar spared him because he thought
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the Sahuagin. If any lizardfolk see the sahuagin (from the cell at area 43a) in the company of the characters at any time, they conclude that the characters have allied with, or been misled by, their
all the DCs for Charisma checks in the “Goodwill Tour” section are increased by 2. Afterward, the lizardfolk treat the characters with cold hostility. Even if the characters own up to their mistake
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Fortress Level 3 This level is submerged in cold (but not frigid) seawater. The following locations are identified on map 6.3. Map 6.3: Sahuagin Lair Level 3 View Player Version 48. Barracks Unless
concerned about the fate of his giant eel companion, which he saw forced into cell 50c by the sahuagin. He asks the characters to help him in going to the eel’s aid without delay. Cell Doors. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
touches (or passes through) the pillar gains 5 temporary hit points. A non-undead creature that touches a pillar takes 5 (1d10) necrotic damage and 5 (1d10) cold damage. A creature can take this damage
in the chamber, alerting the inhabitants of the cells. Cells. Several of the cells are quarters for Thayans who train and work here. Unless otherwise noted, each cell contains rough cots and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
hall is a short flight of stone steps that lead down to a sunken cellar with walls of frozen, hard-packed earth. The cellar has been converted into a sheriff’s office and an adjoining jail cell. The
sheriff, Markham Southwell (see appendix D), spends little time here, and the jail cell is usually unoccupied. When troublemakers need to be locked up, two deputies (LN male or female Illuskan human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
messenger). After Prudence notifies him of the cauldron, Naerth sets into motion a plan to steal it. He dispatches three human thugs in cold weather clothing to meet with Prudence at the Town Hall as
guards are locked up. Otherwise, they arrive to find Captain Arlaggath and a small retinue of town guards trying to break open the cell doors. Speaker Waylen is stung by Prudence’s betrayal, as she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
throughout this cold, spacious chamber. Soft blue lights blink across their upright faces, and wires snake from the towers along the floor and ceiling.
“You shouldn’t be here,” echoes a familiar voice in
independent machinery, still functions. S62: Commander’s Bones A cobwebbed Humanoid skeleton in a regal uniform is sprawled on the cold floor here. These are the jumbled bones of the ship’s commander, whose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, padlocks, and keys lie discarded on the floor outside them. Inside each cell are fragments of the shell of a bluish-white egg that must’ve been as large as a halfling. Any character who examines these
time on a turn takes 10 (3d6) cold damage. Casting dispel magic on the fire snuffs it out for 1 hour, after which the fire reignites on its own. Using a stone shape spell to alter the brazier’s shape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
side room—not heated, unlike the rest of the prison—is used for cold storage. The smallest side room is a well-stocked pantry. R9: Guard Towers Each of these four triangular towers is two stories tall
the tower’s flat rooftop, which is lined with battlements. Three Lords’ Alliance guards (veterans) in cold-weather clothing are stationed on the roof of each tower. R10: Armory This room contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Forge Level (X27-X37) X27. Giant Lizard Pens This corridor is lined with six arched cells, each sealed off with a latched iron gate. Housed in each cell is a big lizard fitted with riding gear.
The
seals each door.
If the duergar hammerers have been defeated or lured elsewhere, add: Loud banging from one cell causes the bar on its door to tremble in its brackets. From another cell comes a gentle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
side room—not heated, unlike the rest of the prison—is used for cold storage. The smallest side room is a well-stocked pantry. R9: Guard Towers Each of these four triangular towers is two stories tall
the tower’s flat rooftop, which is lined with battlements. Three Lords’ Alliance guards (veterans) in cold-weather clothing are stationed on the roof of each tower. R10: Armory This room contains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
rectangular head of Zalto’s iron maul contains a hollow cell just large enough to confine a Medium creature (or two Small creatures). One wall of the cell is fitted with a door made of vertical iron bars 3
inches thick and spaced 4 inches apart. The cell door has a built-in lock, and Zalto carries the only key. Wrenching open the door requires a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check, while picking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
brute strength or weapons, and magical attempts to open or bypass them are thwarted by permanent antimagic fields. Each field encompasses one cell and its gate. Spells and other magical effects, except
against its duration. Bolted to the back wall of each cell is an iron bunkbed with a thin mattress atop it and a waste bucket nearby. Prisoners take their meals in their cells. Prisoners. Each of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
type (roll a d10: 1–2, acid; 3–4, cold; 5–6, fire; 7–8, lightning; 9–10, thunder). Any creature that enters the rift can choose to remain here or go to an elemental plane. Characters who go to an
“rescuers.” Cells. Cells that confine demons hold the following creatures: Cell A. One hezrou Cell B. Eight quasits Cell C. Two vrocks Each cell has iron, rune-scribed bars (warded against demons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
symbol of fire; show it to the players. Each furnished cell to the north houses an Eternal Flame guardian, and each of the furnished cells to the south houses a flamewrath (see chapter 7 for both
). Combat in one of the cells attracts the attention of the other cultists nearby. Secret Door Cell. The cell in the southeast corner of the hall is empty. A secret door in the south wall can be found with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Viallis’s spellbook and contains the following spells: cone of cold, contact other plane, counterspell, darkness, detect magic, fear, fireball, greater invisibility, fly, ice storm, mage armor, magic
the shelf that warns of the trap. Triggering the trap causes any creature standing next to the shelf to fall 20 feet, landing prone in the north cell of area B11 and taking 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
noisy activity that attracts the attention of the Redbrands in area R2. Cistern. This rectangular reservoir is clean and filled with cold, fresh water. It is 10 feet deep with a rim 2 feet higher than
straw lines the floors of those cells, the hinged doors of which are secured by chains and padlocks. A pair of human women are held in the cell to the south, while a human boy is confined to the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
key (see area V4), or a character using thieves’ tools can use an action to try to pick the lock, doing so with a successful DC 16 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. V7: Valendar’s Cell When the
. Kneeling on the floor of the chamber is a werewolf. It howls terribly, clutching and clawing at its body in fury. At the sight of the cell door opening, the werewolf leaps up and sprints toward you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
sapphire triggers a glyph of warding (explosive runes) spell placed on the throne. The effect deals 36 (8d8) cold damage to all creatures in the spell’s area. 2. Workshop and Meeting Room Sansuri uses this
, an adult bronze dragon, is chained to the back wall and floor of this spacious, windowless cell. Two locked manacles bind the dragon’s hind legs, preventing him from moving more than a few feet in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, after which time it becomes balmy again and the machine resumes its normal, automated weather cycle. Garden Weather Effects d4 Effect 1 Cold Front. The garden is an area of extreme cold. 2 Heat
clutches a waterlogged laser rifle. The rifle can fire 10 more shots before its energy cell is drained. S60: Islet Enclosure (Green) A ten-foot-high wall surrounds this botanical enclosure, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Perception) check. Old stone bunks in orderly rows line the walls of this chamber, and a corroded iron brazier full of cold coals stands near the middle of the room. The bones of a half-dozen dwarves
mechanical bellows powered by a waterwheel dominate this large chamber. The furnace is cold and dark, but heaps of coal are piled nearby, along with carts full of unrefined ore. The waterwheel sits in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
casks.
This space beneath the watchtower of area 21 was once a holding cell for prisoners. Tallos the druid converted the space into a distillery. Berries harvested from his assassin vines were
in this way. Treasure. The partition walls of one cell (Tallos’s) are held up by a pole containing a hollowed-out hidden space within, which can be found with a successful DC 16 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
prison: A maze of cell-lined corridors fills this area.
All the cell doors, which have arcane lock spells cast on them, are made of iron, with small, barred windows set into them at eye level. Many of
rises from the goblet’s contents and dissipates in the cold air.
Each window in the auditorium depicts a wizard casting a spell from one of the eight schools of magic. The spells depicted are blade
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check. The spellbook contains the following spells: cone of cold, control water, counterspell, detect magic, fireball, fly, greater invisibility, ice storm, mage armor
Dexterity check using thieves’ tools (made with disadvantage from inside the cell). A successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check forces the door open. The door has AC 19, a damage threshold of 10, 27
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Con +7, Int +8, Wis +7, Cha +7
Skills Arcana +8, History +8, Insight +7, Perception +7, Stealth +5
Damage Resistances cold, lightning, necrotic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities
.
Chilling Grasp. Melee Spell Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (4d6) cold damage, and Oshundo regains 14 hit points if the target is a creature.
Arcane Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
for 300 gp apiece. Barracks Riccardo Moscatello Factol Sarin of the Harmonium Hushed streets surround the Barracks, a wide compound of cold granite at the opposite end of the Lady’s Ward from the
-red chambers, where prisoners are dragged to but sometimes never return. When an inmate proves especially resilient or dangerous, the Mercykillers banish them to the Hole, a cylindrical cell block of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
upon them eventually and warns the barbed devil in area V26. Assuming it hasn’t been defeated already, the devil scours the dungeon for trespassers once notified of their presence. V23. Cold Storage
interrogate or release prisoners (see the “Disguised Characters”). The keys dangling from the devil’s belt unlock the cell doors. Two of the cells (your choice) contain prisoners. The other four cells are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
increase his challenge rating to 11 (7,200 XP): He has 187 (15d12 + 90) hit points. He has resistance to cold damage. He can speak Common and Giant. His greatsword deals an extra 7 (2d6) fire damage on a hit
gp, and his girdle is decorated with sixty-six garnets (worth 10 gp each). His magic cape grants resistance to cold damage. The gems embedded in Snurre’s throne include twelve pieces of sard (worth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
demeanor belies a suspicious and cold attitude. If asked about Figaro, Ilren breezily explains that Figaro is recovering from an illness but doesn’t elaborate. Ilren adds that he is happy to serve as
locked her in the brig instead of killing her. Cirit has been trying to escape since. The door to Cirit’s cell is locked. A character can pick the lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
darkness. The subterranean citadel, though impressive, seems long forgotten, if the lightless windows,cracked crenellations, and leaning towers are any indication. All is quiet, though a cold breeze
succeeds on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. 5. Secret Pocket This pocket chamber is damp and cold. The skeletons of three long-dead archers slump against rubble-filled arrow slits along the east and