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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
not guarantee victory. Planning and tactics do. (Lawful)
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Companionship. Sure, my hoard brings me great joy. But the real treasures are the guests who stop by to see it. (Good
protected that its inner defenses have never been tested. The dragon spreads rumors of the treasures within to attract adventurers who can put the traps to the test.
Connected Creatures
Sapphire
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
unhappy. (Lawful)
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Preparation. Justice and righteousness do not guarantee victory. Planning and tactics do. (Lawful)
6
Companionship. Sure, my hoard brings me great joy. But the real
the traps to the test.
Connected Creatures
Sapphire dragons are generally solitary creatures. On the rare occasion that one forms nonhostile relationships with other beings, it is almost
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
tactics do. (Lawful)
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Companionship. Sure, my hoard brings me great joy. But the real treasures are the guests who stop by to see it. (Good)
Sapphire Dragon Adventures
The Sapphire
never been tested. The dragon spreads rumors of the treasures within to attract adventurers who can put the traps to the test.
Connected Creatures
Sapphire dragons are generally solitary
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, my hoard brings me great joy. But the real treasures are the guests who stop by to see it. (Good)
Sapphire Dragon Adventures
The Sapphire Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for
treasures within to attract adventurers who can put the traps to the test.
Connected Creatures
Sapphire dragons are generally solitary creatures. On the rare occasion that one forms nonhostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
are no less real, powerful, or important to Theros than the gods of other worlds are to those worlds. Notably, though, these gods have influence only over Theros and the two planes connected to it: Nyx, the starry realm of the gods, and the Underworld, eventual home of all die.
Dreams of Divinity Theros possesses a unique metaphysical property: things believed and dreamed here eventually become real. The collective unconscious of mortal people has the literal power of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
landscape, reeking of ash and brimstone. Due to this perpetual smoky twilight, there are no real days or nights in Avernus. Time passes as usual, though, and can be tracked in hour increments. History
and destruction. Queen of Dragons. Tiamat is the five-headed progenitor of the chromatic dragons in some realms and embodies the vices of evil dragonkind. Her lair is located in Avernus, connected to numerous monuments and temples scattered across the hellscape.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Unrealities The unrealities connected to Vecna’s Grasp are manifestations of Vecna’s plans to remake the multiverse. These potent demiplanes exist outside time and space. Each unreality is dangerous
multiverse the unreality depicts. Each unreality’s manifested secret is represented by an object that, although not “real” in the characters’ reality, looks real in the demiplane and bears Vecna’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
you need further inspiration, you can find maps that have been made freely available for use on the Internet, or even use a map of a real-world location. Alternatively, you can borrow a map from a
, collapsed passages can be commonplace, cutting off formerly connected sections of the dungeon from each other. Past earthquakes might have opened chasms within a dungeon, splitting rooms and corridors to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
slay the dragon and plunder the dragon’s hoard.
Connected Creatures Copper dragons are most interested in creatures they find entertaining or amusing, whether for their artistic abilities or
because they are fun to trick and tease. Copper Dragon Wyrmling Connections d6 Connected Creatures
1 A flock of aarakocra shelters a copper dragon wyrmling from gargoyles hunting in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
murders, but the real culprit is something else.
Connected Creatures Shadow dragons often attempt to blunt their despair by dragging others into their gloomy lives with them. These are generally
short-lived relationships, though, as most shadow dragons can scarcely bear the bleakness of their own existence. Shadow Dragon Wyrmling Connections d6 Connected Creatures
1 A bard befriends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, but hasn’t connected the vague horrors of his sleep with the very real horror occurring in the shadowy, mist-drenched alleys of his home. Seven days ago, Jarme was captured by a nighttime patrol
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
knowledge…
-Fizban
In the real world, dragons are a staple of folklore and fantasy literature, resonating as symbols of power and wisdom—and sometimes greed—across countless cultures. In the many
(supernatural gifts explicitly connected to a dragon’s power). Chapter 3 presents tips, advice, and tables to help Dungeon Masters build encounters, adventures, and whole campaigns around dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
command words needed to operate it. Map 11.1: Van Richten’s Tower (Area V)View Player Version Anyone who sits in the driver’s seat and speaks its command word (“Drovash”) summons a pair of quasi-real
looped around it, and the wire is connected to a flask of alchemist’s fire hanging from the wagon’s ceiling. When the door is opened, the flask falls and explodes, igniting one hundred more flasks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lost Spire Locations (P9-P16) P9. Collapsed Staircase This staircase once connected to area P2 on level 1, but the passage is too choked with rubble and ice to be used. Dead Apprentice. Partially
it. It knows nothing about Dzaan’s fate or the crimes for which the real Dzaan was executed. In the course of a conversation, the simulacrum shares the following information: “I am a simulacrum of my
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Each capsule is tilted at a 45-degree angle, connected to metal floor panels with thick copper wires, and coated in a thin, slimy residue.
Illithids. Four mind flayers carrying dark sheets of metal
it, the creature can repeat the DC 17 Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, waking on a success. The creature also awakens if it takes damage in the real world, but not if it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
characters involved. Unicorn Although conjuring up a real unicorn is likely beyond the abilities of the characters, they could ask Laeral Silverhand or Vajra Safahr to cast the conjure celestial spell. The
characters can gain an audience with Laeral or Vajra through Renaer Neverember or another well-connected NPC. If the characters tell Laeral or Vajra the truth about the Vault of Dragons and promise to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
marble table in a reading nook. A stone staircase spirals up to area K6. Gargoyles. The two real gargoyles are indistinguishable from the inanimate gargoyle statues in the high alcoves. When intruders
wooden chests sits atop the ledge. (One chest is real. The other is a mimic.) Ledge. There’s no easy way to access the ledge, which is 8 feet away from the landing and at the same height. Characters can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
without any real information about it. The site has proven far more dangerous than they expected. Their entry from the Far Realm is now closed, and they don’t know why. The githyanki make short, careful
Rods. The two rods here create an electric circuit that activates something in the Briny Maze when connected. Lowarnizel believes it to be a doorway; Gossa worries that it’s an alarm. Endless Void. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
until the creature that opened the portal leaves the area of either connected black gate. As the adventure progresses, the characters learn that disrupting a number of black gates is essential to
succeed on a DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check to determine that a door is real or false without opening it. Light. Insubstantial magic orbs provide bright light in areas that indicate no other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
small beach with a dock. Expanded Tavern. The building adjacent to the tavern has been bought out and connected to it, allowing for more guest chambers, a larger common room, a larger kitchen, and
tower might teleport from place to place. Or doors within a tavern could be revealed as a magical portal connected to various locations in far-flung lands. The DM has final approval over the method
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
friends make cruel sport of them until they can escape at daybreak. As yet, none of Nysene’s playthings have suffered any real harm, but her games grow ever bolder and more vicious, and it’s only a
romantics, taking the god Lurue as their inspiration, have called themselves the Knights of the Unicorn. Over time, what began as a light-hearted lark became a real force for good in the world, and several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
friends make cruel sport of them until they can escape at daybreak. As yet, none of Nysene’s playthings have suffered any real harm, but her games grow ever bolder and more vicious, and it’s only a
romantics, taking the god Lurue as their inspiration, have called themselves the Knights of the Unicorn. Over time, what began as a light-hearted lark became a real force for good in the world, and several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
twisted vision of its master. These realms are connected to the surface by tunnels and chasms, but they defy conventional geography. Passages to Belashyrra’s domain can be found in the Shadow Marches
of being watched—or realizing that something else is using your eyes. Belashyrra can force its victims to question whether what they perceive is real, or can fill their world with such terrors that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
tokens lie strewn across the floor. Murals showing humans laboring in the gardens decorate the walls of these three connected chambers.
Four Yuan-ti Malisons (Type 3) lair in these chambers, which
minute, the monsters fight characters wearing circlets. Their damaging actions deal Psychic damage rather than the type the creatures depicted would normally deal, but they are otherwise fully real as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
of gold (worth 500 gp each). A chimney in the southeastern part of the cave leads up through the roof. Treasure. The real wealth in the room is held inside nearly twenty different containers—eight
, taking 7 (3d4) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. With a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check, a character discovers that the hinges are connected to a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
and silver leaf, and small tools to sculpt melted wax to mimic a seal. Arcana. A forgery kit can be used in conjunction with the Arcana skill to determine if a magic item is real or fake. Deception. A
well as of important events it was connected to or prominent historical figures involved with it. Insight. Playing games with someone is a good way to gain understanding of their personality, granting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
locations are identified on map 7.2. Map 7.2: Hermitage First Floor View Player Version 1. Pier and Beach A short wooden pier extends out into the water, connected by a path to an open archway in the
stink.
The drowned ones’ main assault on the hermitage took place here. Most of the residents were sleeping in their cells and died in the first minutes of the attack. The hermitage’s only real
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
center is a harbor of lava connected by an inlet to the main river. A quay along the harbor’s western edge is lined with iron mooring posts, while wooden cranes tower overhead. At the eastern edge, a
mimic attacks any creature that touches or attacks it. The room’s back wall appears solid but is the anchor for a magical doorway to area B30: the demiplane where Vrakir keeps the real Book of Vile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of the Lair The following areas correspond to the labels on map 5.1. This lair has two levels connected by staircases and secret doors. View Player Version X1. Staircase of Eyes Characters are
altered the dwarves so that they sleep with one eye open and half their brains asleep at any time. Amplification Bell. The bronze bell is connected to a tube that runs through the stone and into the