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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
2. Hall of War Four pillars carved with serpent reliefs support the 20-foot-high ceiling of this large room, in the middle of which is an 18-foot-high statue of a coiled cobra, facing north. Torches
with green flames flicker on the walls, and the air reeks of dung. Two wagons are parked in one corner, and a triceratops is confined to a metal pen in another. To the west are a pair of dark alcoves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Event 4: Escape Attempt K’Tulah reaches the end of her patience with being confined, and she tries to break the quarantine. This event can begin in any area. When you're ready to begin this event
springs up and takes off at a full sprint.
K’Tulah runs for the hatch in the ceiling of area F1. She tries to evade anyone who stands in her path but fights them if necessary. If she reaches the hatch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
38. “I Just Met a Girl Named Skrianna” Carvings. The walls of this hall are carved to look like tree trunks. The arched, 10-foot-high ceiling resembles a canopy of dead boughs and branches
, not she, must stand aside. If this leads to violence, the headmaster quells the conflict as quickly as possible and tells Skrianna that she is confined to her quarters. Once she is out of sight of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
8. Prisoner Pits An iron portcullis seals this chamber. The lever to raise it is located in area 6. Characters captured by the yuan-ti are confined here. If this is how the characters first arrive
over a pulley bolted to the ceiling and coils around an iron winch set into a nearby wall. Iron manacles dangle from hooks on the south wall. To the north, a faintly glowing stone disk covers the floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
24. Sandbox The two thick lines on the map mark the boundaries of a trap. A character who examines the ceiling 20 feet overhead as the party passes under one of the marked areas and makes a
(Athletics) check, someone not using the lever can get a grip on the bottom of the door, eliminating the disadvantage. After 5 rounds, characters confined by the trap hear the sound of stone slowly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Realm uprooted the spire from regular space and time and transformed everyone inside into deadly Aberrations. But wards placed by the knights long before kept the Far Realm’s magic confined within
than the rest of the abbey. It was protected from time’s ravages during the centuries it was trapped in a pocket dimension. The spire still has wooden floors and a ceiling. The circular stairs within are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
between the walls and form a canopy across the ceiling, from which hundreds of tiny spiders dangle on silken threads.
Web Bundles. Two large bundles of spider silk flank the entry door.
The spider
hear combat in area 5a, they drop their pickaxes and flee to area 6.)
Webs. The ceiling is covered with webs that conceal a giant spider. It attacks the adventurers from above.
Door. The west door to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
signs of frescoes that once covered the walls here. A half-dozen ruined chandeliers hang from the cracked ceiling. In the northeast corner is a black gate.
Creatures. A vampire spawn keeps watch here
Var (area 10) has a key in his possession. Steel Orb. A magic steel orb is hidden in a recess in the ceiling 20 feet up. Spotting it requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. The steel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) cleans the hut during the day and is confined in a cage outside at night. Treasure. Hanging from the ceiling is a gold censer (worth 250 gp). Four blocks of incense (worth 25 gp each) are kept in a
the nearby barn (area 4A) is also present. One moon elf (commoner) cleans the hut during the day and is confined in a cage outside at night. Treasure. Characters who search the hut for treasure find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
character who makes a successful DC 18 Strength (Athletics) check. Net Trap. A large net trap is installed in the ceiling of the corridor leading from area 1 to the gate that blocks entry into area 2. The
net falls when a creature in area 2 releases the rope that holds it in place. The net can easily be spotted by anyone who looks toward the ceiling. When a creature releases the net, a 10-foot-square
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
confined space.
A sea lion (see appendix C) was captured by the sahuagin along with its triton master (see cell 50d) and is now being caged until a suitable opponent can be found to pit against it in
floor.
The characters experience some difficulty in opening this door, even with the bar removed. This is because the giant eel (Borgas’s companion) died in the confined space, and its body partially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
effort (see “Resisting the Rhyme”). After a few minutes, Ebder begins humming the melody as well, though he is unaware of it at first. Moments later, the hatch in the ceiling of the upper floor (area
sealed the exit to stop whatever this is from spreading.”
K’Tulah is vocal about her discomfort with being confined down here. Ebder regards the quarantine as a minor annoyance and complains that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
must pass through them to hit its target. The northern and eastern gantries are unlit. The ceiling is 40 feet above the gantries, the floor 50 feet below. The rattling of the bucket chain fills the
room. Four cable towers support the bucket chain as it moves through this area. Hanging in midair, held in place by chains bolted to the floor and ceiling, is the helmed head and upper torso of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
a descendant of Tasha Petrovna, a priest entombed in Castle Ravenloft (chapter 4, area K84, crypt 11). The Baronet. The baron’s miserable son, Victor Vallakovich (NE male human mage), has confined
subjects. N3l. Library Floor-to-ceiling shelves line every wall of this windowless room, and the number of books contained here is nothing short of astounding.A brass oil lamp sits atop a large desk in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
thick fog clings to the floor, which is covered in putrid waste. The black ceiling is moving. The catacombs fill an area roughly 110 feet east to west by 180 feet north to south, and the floor is covered
in several inches of bat guano. The catacombs are made up of 10-foot-wide arched walkways running between 10-foot-square crypts, which serve as pillars that support the 20-foot-high ceiling. The area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling here is 10 feet high. The room contains the following features: Psipods. Resting in iron brackets along the curved walls are fifteen coffin-sized bronze cylinders with lids of transparent crystal
which case they’re taken out of their psipods and confined to area 10 until they can be fed to the neothelid in area 8. The characters can also try to form an alliance with the ulitharid. Extremiton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Middle Level (M1-M9) M1. Foyer and Hallway The characters emerge from the portal in the grand foyer of the mansion. On this side, the portal looks like a double door. The ceiling arches to fifteen
go as they please. The entire far wall of this room is a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf. Even more books are resting on several large scarlet armchairs and small wooden tables, and there are several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
coming from the top of a wide staircase in the northwest corner (see area G13). Two iron chandeliers hang from the dark mahogany ceiling above a long dining table carved from red larchwood. Chairs
carry no treasure. G9. Parlor Urstul Floxin was confined here when he returned to the villa, but shortly thereafter he killed his guards and escaped. The room is furnished for comfort and contains dainty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
another passageway leading east. A second canal leads north from the eastern portion of the lake, and the glimmer of light comes from that direction, as well.
The ceiling of this cavern is a dome, at
cavern ceiling. The creature attacks swimmers or boaters who approach within 30 feet of its lair. C4. Drowning Chambers A dank, rotten smell pervades this chamber. The floor is perforated by eight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
twelve legs apiece crawl across the damp ceiling.
The creatures crawling across the ceiling are two behirs. When they roar or discharge their lightning breath, thousands of gray, parasitic blood worms
.) Targeting the behir with magic that removes a disease kills off its blood parasites. Fog. The fog is confined to this chamber and covers the floor here to a depth of 2 feet. Any creature or object
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
pool of steaming water. The walls, floor, and ceiling of the compartment are thick and shiny with condensation and mildew.
This area is difficult terrain because of the moisture and slime
streams down the walls and drips from the ceiling.
Water and slime make this area difficult terrain. The last two skum (see the “Skum” sidebar and appendix C) that serve Mr. Dory lurk in this room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
southern hall. To the east, a broad corridor ends in two more doors leading south and east. The corridor is cluttered with dusty rubble and fallen plaster from a partial collapse of the ceiling overhead
the ruined ceiling. Spotting the tripwire requires a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of at least 20, or a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check if characters are actively searching for traps in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
eyestalk (scrying sensor) protruding from the ceiling directly in front of the double door to the south. A secret door is hidden in the west wall. Blinking Eyes. The blinking eye carvings are slightly
entertaining. This area has the following features: A magically lit, circular chamber has a thin layer of blood-soaked sand covering the floor and stone buttresses supporting its 40-foot-high domed ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. However, the chamber in the northeast corner is the lair of nine stirges, which cling to the 10-foot-high ceiling. They don’t react unless multiple characters enter their lair or someone brings in a torch
tending their fire (which makes the chamber stiflingly hot and smoky) and carving grisly totems from the bones of their enemies. When the pterafolk have prisoners, they’re confined to the eastern portion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
rushing water is loud in the confined space.
Characters using darkvision or a light source brighter than a candle can see more walkways attached to the northwest side of the shaft 30 feet farther down
ridge. The walls above the ridge gleam with gem deposits.
Floating near the 15-foot-high ceiling is a grell. A character who has a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 16 or higher notices the grell
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
gently sloping ramps lead up to it. The acoustics here are excellent. Barnacle-covered pillars of hewn rock rise to meet the vaulted ceiling, and a huge crystal window allows in light that casts beautiful
, Serissa views the arrest of her sisters as a sensible precaution. On Serissa’s orders, Uthor has Mirran and Nym confined to their towers (areas 30 and area 31, respectively), with a storm giant guard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
wall is an open wooden cask containing a white crystalline substance, and three wooden buckets. A large iron cauldron, currently empty, hangs from the ceiling, suspended over the firepit.
The five
. The hides under the table are from those creatures, and the buckets contain their entrails and edible organs. 8. Stores Hanging from hooks set into the ceiling are six carcasses of various shapes and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
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
whoever confined them to this wretched nursery. Characters who can read the Elvish script can identify seven different letters carved into the triangular ornaments suspended above the cradles. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
, the bars that block entry into the adjacent room (area 30) lift into the ceiling, allowing the creatures therein to emerge and attack. 30. Imprisoned Guards Four manticores are confined here by Nosnra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
loincloth.
A chaotic neutral ogre named Yug occupies this cell. For the past three days, Yug has been confined here for breaking a duergar’s arm in anger over the theft of Gruk-Gruk, a crude rag doll
first layer of the Nine Hells. B25: Audience Chamber Pillars of writhing flame wrought in stone hold up the vaulted ceiling of this great hall. In the center, a magnificent, gilded throne gleams like the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
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
natural cavern, carrying the faint scent of decaying flesh. A crevasse with sloped walls divides the cavern and is flanked by two rough stone columns that support the twenty-foot-high ceiling. Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
ceiling across the pit. If Jot escapes, the characters might see it again. It knows that death on the Material Plane means a return to the Abyss, so it prefers to harass the characters while they are
Strength check, or someone can easily stave in the side of the keg. Creatures. If the keg is breached, the ice mephit and the steam mephit confined within it are released. The creatures attack anyone who