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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, preferring caverns with at least one entrance submerged underwater. They prize locations with a combination of open space, connecting tunnels, and dead ends to make the most of their natural and
surrounding a legendary amethyst dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Background Check. Once per day, the dragon can cast the legend
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. They prize locations with a combination of open space, connecting tunnels, and dead ends to make the most of their natural and magical mobility, using flight and teleportation to navigate obstacles in
dragon’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Background Check. Once per day, the dragon can cast the legend lore spell, requiring no spell components, naming any person, place, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Areas of the Mausoleum Rooms in the mausoleum have 8-foot-high ceilings, with 6-foot-high passages and doorways connecting them. The following locations are keyed to map 4.3. View Player Version M1
. Ground Level Unless the text of an encounter says otherwise, the stone double door to the mausoleum is locked. The lock can be picked by a character who makes a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
keep. A twenty-foot-wide, twenty-foot-tall archway offers passage through the connecting wall but is blocked by a rusting iron portcullis. The portcullis is unlocked and can be lifted with a successful
DC 15 Strength check. It can also be opened with a command word that only Strahd and Cyrus Belview (area K62) know. Unless the portcullis is wedged or propped open, it falls back into place once it is let go.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Villa Features The following features are found throughout the villa: Ceilings in rooms are 25 feet high, with 7-foot-high corridors and doorways connecting them. Doors are made of exotic hardwood
. If a door is locked, the lock can be picked by a character who makes a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or the door can be forced open by a character who makes a successful DC 20
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
, a supply of which can always be produced from the machine’s inner workings. This silver wire shares the same general nature as the silvery cord of an astral projection spell, connecting to the
make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising.
05
You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
guards stand outside each of the front and back doors (leading to areas H1 and H6) at all hours. Rooms have 10-foot-high ceilings, with 8-foot-high passages and 7-foot-high doorways connecting them
. Windows are fitted with iron bars that require a successful DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check to bend. Doors are made of iron-bound oak and unlocked. All areas are brightly lit by continual flame spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K71. Kingsmen Quarters This dark passage runs for twenty feet, connecting an archway to the west with an ascending stone staircase to the east. To the north and south are four ten-foot-square alcoves
hidden a moldy sack containing 150 ep. The coins have the profiled visage of Strahd von Zarovich stamped on them. A character who searches the alcove can find the loose flagstone with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
gear is stowed in the armory (area J16). Ceilings Cabins, holds, and passageways have 8-foot-high ceilings with 6-foot-high doorways connecting them. Doors Unless otherwise noted, doors are made of wood
. A door’s lock can be picked by a character who makes a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or a door can be forced open by a character who makes a successful DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Seagrow Caves Features The caves have the following features: Ceilings. Unless noted otherwise, the ceilings in the caverns are 20 feet high, and the tunnels connecting the caverns are 15 feet high
of dark gray basalt—volcanic rock originating from Sharruth’s undersea tomb. The walls provide hand- and footholds, so climbing the walls doesn’t require an ability check. Fumes. Toxic volcanic fumes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
stands near the east wall, its bent iron stovepipe connecting to a hole in the ceiling. Behind the stove and to the left is a thin door leading to a well-stocked pantry (area 4B). All the food in the
tiny brass bell attached by wires to buttons in those other areas. A Small character can squeeze into the elevator box with a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. The dumbwaiter’s rope-and-pulley mechanism can support 200 pounds of weight before breaking.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Sanctum Features These features apply to all areas in the extradimensional sanctum: Rooms have 10-foot-high ceilings, with 8-foot-high passages and 7-foot-high doorways connecting them. The walls
who makes a successful DC 17 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or can be forced open with a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. As an action, Manshoon or his simulacrum can lock or unlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
-foot-high ceilings, with 7-foot-high doorways connecting them. Climbing the outside walls without equipment requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Each of the doors in the towers, as
successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or it can be forced open with a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Manshoon, Manafret Cherryport, and Havia Quickknife have keys to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
features are bolted down. Chambers are 8 feet high, with 6-foot-high passages and doorways connecting them. Air magically circulates through a complex ventilation system and small metal grills set
successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A door can be forced open by a character who succeeds on a DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. Jarlaxle and the gnomes aboard the Scarlet Marpenoth have keys to all locked doors. All doors are airtight while closed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Lower Level: General Features Map 6.4 shows the layout of the lower level of the glacial rift. This area has basically natural formations, with some rough-hewn connecting passages and enlargements
marked B on the map). For Medium or smaller creatures, moving these obstructions out of the way requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Ceilings. Passages have ceilings that are about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
to the southeast ascend 5 feet to a passage that descends again 5 feet to area 3. A search for muddy footprints accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that only bullywugs
slightly acidic, but not enough to cause damage. The gap in the wall connecting to area 2 is only about 3 feet high above the water, so most characters must crouch to get through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
material as the surface in which they’re set (usually stone) and require a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check to locate, unless noted otherwise. When they are closed, most doors and secret doors
craftsmanship. When confronted by a locked door, a character with thieves’ tools can pick the lock with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A locked or stuck door can be forced open with a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
southeast ascend 5 feet to a passage that descends again 5 feet to area 3. A search for muddy footprints accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that only bullywugs use
acidic, but not enough to cause damage. The gap in the wall connecting to area 2 is only about 3 feet high above the water, so most characters must crouch to get through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
bridge spans the passage, connecting two tunnels that are 20 feet above the stream.
One goblin stands watch on the bridge. It is hiding, and characters can spot it by succeeding on a Wisdom (Perception
) check contested by the goblin’s Dexterity (Stealth) check. This guard is lazy and inattentive. If no characters are using light sources, each character can attempt a Dexterity (Stealth) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
high per story. The interior rooms of the buildings have 9-foot-high ceilings with 8-foot-high doorways connecting them. A character can climb the walls of a building without equipment by succeeding on
a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. A creature that starts its turn in or on a burning building must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
connecting them.
Climbing Walls. The walls of Deadstone Cleft have abundant handholds and are fairly easy to climb, requiring a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check.
Fossilized Stone Giants
an ability check.
Ceilings. The central canyon — as well as areas 5, area 7, and area 12 — are open to the sky. Unless otherwise noted, caves have 50-foot-high ceilings with 30-foot-high passages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Echoing Soul Your soul isn’t your own or, at least, it wasn’t always yours. Whether you’ve lived past lives, your soul was swapped into a different body, or you have a link connecting you to another
write one additional language of your choice. Intrusive Echoes. Immediately after you make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw and roll a 1 on the d20, your soul’s memories emerge and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
DC 12 Charisma (Diplomacy or Intimidation) check convinces the couple to leave the lift. If a character fails the Intimidation check or removes the secret panel (see “Medusa Panel” below), Vonnie gets
a secret panel. A tool or weapon can be used to pry open the panel, behind which are several wires connecting the lift car to a small Eberron dragonshard. Each wire is connected to an individual pin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
-high passages and doorways connecting them.
Climbing. Walls of piled timber have many handholds and footholds and can be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Other sloped and
vertical surfaces in Grudd Haug, including mud walls and log roofs, require a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to climb.
Curtains. Hanging in several doorways are curtains of stitched
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
(Animal Handling) check can successfully quiet them. Barbatos The neutral evil human ranger Barbatos is either here or in area 13 (a 50 percent chance for either; see appendix B for his stat block
for Thessalar. If they prove too powerful, he flees and sets up hit-and-run ambushes for them as they continue to explore the temple. A successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check made while Barbatos
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
found throughout the maze typically contain talons, though some also include Soul Coins. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check notices a flicker of hunger appear in Kaylan’s eyes
(Survival) check to discern the best pathway. On a successful check, the leader correctly navigates to a treasure chamber; roll randomly or choose an option from the Treasure Chambers table to determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check while searching the collection finds several annotated books about the Caerdoon region, located a few miles from the badlands. The
spell scroll of fear and a spell scroll of false life. T3C. Empty Chamber This empty chamber has short tunnels connecting it to area T3B to the south, area T3D to the north, and area T3E to the east. T3D
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
usually carry a feather token (see chapter 5) as insurance. No token? Don’t panic! Because of the maze of bridges and spans connecting the towers, there’s an excellent chance that you won’t fall more
still stranded on the edge of a tower or bridge.
5 You fall past a hippogriff—make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (DC 15) to catch its leg!
6 A giant owl catches you… and threatens to drop
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
coastline, an outcropping of rock is nearly surrounded by water, with only a narrow causeway connecting it to the beach below. Atop this outcropping is a stone building surmounted by a lighthouse tower. An
giant crab waves its claws at the characters, who can interpret this behavior as a friendly gesture with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Animal Handling) check. A sea elf named Miraal used magic to imbue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, allowing the tower’s walls to be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The tower once had four levels with 20-foot-high ceilings; however, all but the highest level have had
their floors and ceilings shattered, and the staircase that once curled up the inside of the tower, connecting its various levels, has also been destroyed. The ground floor is now packed with icy debris
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
wide walkway connecting the rooms dug into the surrounding wall. Bridges cross the well at regular intervals, and also connect to stairs to the levels above and below. No matter how far down visitors
example), the character must make a successful DC 14 Wisdom check to find that location. On a failure, the character takes a wrong turn and must make additional checks until successful. If led by one of the library’s keepers, characters don’t need to make checks to find the location they seek.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
handholds, allowing the tower’s walls to be climbed with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. The tower once had four levels with 20-foot-high ceilings; however, all but the highest level have had
their floors and ceilings shattered, and the staircase that once curled up the inside of the tower, connecting its various levels, has also been destroyed. The ground floor is now packed with icy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
FEATURES
As characters explore the Lost Tomb of Khaem, keep in mind the following features.
Ceilings. Room ceilings are 15 feet high. The hallways connecting them are 10 feet high.
Doors. Each door in
either side while open. The door is also heavy and tight-fitting, requiring a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to open or close.
Light. Except as otherwise noted, the interior of the tomb is dark
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
afford it usually carry a feather token as insurance. No token? Don’t panic! Because of the maze of bridges and spans connecting the towers, there’s an excellent chance that you won’t fall more than a
on the edge of a tower or bridge. 5 You fall past a hippogriff—make a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to catch its leg! 6 A gargoyle or giant owl catches you—then threatens to drop you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K74. North Dungeon The rusty iron door connecting this hall to area K73 is submerged in 5 feet of water and requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to open. A mold-covered ceiling
requires 1 minute and a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. The check is made with disadvantage if the character is trying to pick the lock from inside the cell. If the check fails, the character can try