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Tomb of Annihilation
century old.
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Few archaeologists can resist the lure of an unexplored ruin or dungeon, particularly if such a site is the source of legends or is rumored to contain
searching it for secret doors.
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When I’m not exploring dungeons or ruins, I get jittery and impatient.
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I have no time for friends or family. I spend every waking moment thinking about
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
contain numerous caves, two of them large enough for Klauth to shelter in. He keeps his legendary hoard in tunnels beneath one cavern, which can be entered only by lifting or pushing aside a massive slab of
might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances.
Klauth spends many waking hours scrying Faerûn with his spells, and he probably knows more
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
earth are strong or weak, are bearing a load or are safe to excavate, or are likely to contain minerals or offer access to water. This ability enables them to fashion secure homes in places where other
owner, they are often willing to take the chance of revealing themselves because the potential reward is worth the risk.
Dragon Servitors
Kobolds believe that they were created by Tiamat from the blood
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Ghost Stories Ghost stories number among the more psychologically elaborate genres of horror. Only through revealing tales of tragedy and past wrongs can heroes truly bring peace to forces that share
hauntings have a deep story, and the smallest details tell it. A simple locket or portrait might contain clues that explain a haunting. Personal ties give ghost stories weight. Consider tying the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, littered with scores of wooden coffins, is difficult terrain. Some of the coffins are intact, while others have fallen apart with age. Most are empty, but three of the coffins contain resting vampire
spawn named Deviana, Ezra, and Yuri. Characters who succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity (Stealth) check can move through this room without waking the spawn. Otherwise, all three awaken and attack. Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
creatures to pass through the cavern, so the Stonecloaks avoid this area. Casting a spell of 1st level or higher in this cavern has a chance of waking the mummy lord equal to the spell’s level × 10 percent
. If intruders flee, the mummies pursue. If the mummies awaken, so too does Gorka Tharn. 6c. Mummy Lord’s Crypt Niches. Niches carved into the walls of this damp 20-foot-high cavern contain hundreds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
protrudes from the north wall. Any close inspection reveals that its nostrils contain hollow cavities, each one containing a stone lever. A pulled lever locks into place and can’t be moved until it
resets. Pulling the lever in the left nostril causes the mouth of the devil face to open wide, revealing a gullet filled with impenetrable darkness that pulls in everything in the room. Initiative
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
few walled enclosures that contain several such dwellings can occasionally be found a short distance away from the roads and rivers that run through or near the Fields. The folk of this land are kind
. Occasionally, one of the barrows bulges and vomits forth undead, wakened by some instinct known only to them, or a patch of terrain buckles and collapses in on itself, revealing a sinkhole to warrens beneath.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
eyes are in place, they disappear and the door grinds open and remains open henceforth. 44B. Inside the Vault When the door opens, read: The vault door grinds upward, revealing a domed, candlelit room
. When an untethered creature is shoved or otherwise moved across the floor, it travels in one direction and does not stop until it comes into contact with a wall or other barrier. The alcoves contain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
-square pillars contain critical information and the collected history of the society that created the spaceship. They also contain Aphelion’s consciousness. Each server has Armor Class 19; 50 hit points
) This solemn chamber holds twenty upright, cylindrical pods. The door to each pod includes a glass window, though many are cracked or have shattered, revealing the skeletons strapped within. Cool fog
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
eight soldiers’ backpacks. Treasure. The packs contain three potions of healing, five healer’s kits, and 123 gp. However, these items belong to the solders, and Gallio won’t be pleased if the
most of his waking hours in here, attempting to decipher Thalivar’s coded research notes (see area H6). See “Dealing with Gallio Elibro” for advice on roleplaying the wizard if he’s present when the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
chicken’s foot. These thin books contain handwritten accounts of every terrible future that Endelyn has glimpsed using the Orrery of Tragedies in area M14. These accounts are written by Endelyn
after Endelyn has died, the paper is lying on the floor in plain view. Written in the Elvish script, it reads: Every morn when Skabatha rises,
The one first seen by her waking eyeses
Is swiftly forgotten like some fleeting swain
And shan’t be remembered ’til she sleeps again.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Love; What is Romance?; Men are from Abeir, Women are from Toril; and so forth. Passages on nearly every ruined page are crudely underlined and circled with guano-based pigment. Waking Raah At
creature’s savage caw. At the same time, as the ancient deep crow swoops around or a character’s fireball spell catches the edge of the nest, more parchments might dislodge, revealing underlined passages
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Two other duergar carry treasures plundered from the other areas of this level in gray, soot-stained sacks. The sacks contain the other items stolen from area 11c — an onyx smoking pipe (75 gp), a
beneath Mount Waterdeep, whose Underhalls were the foundations of Undermountain. If the hand of a living or dead dwarf king is pressed against either door, both doors swing slowly inward, revealing area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fight with the town militia. Any character who succeeds on a DC 8 Dexterity (Stealth) check can creep around in the cave without waking the ogre. The character must repeat the check after disturbing an
keep the ogre from tripping over them and to discourage the cave bear from rooting through them. Lowering a basket by using its mechanism requires an action. The baskets contain sheep shears, milk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
resembling clipboards are inspecting the capsules, nine of which contain unconscious humanoids.
The mind flayers are tasked with ensuring that the equipment in this room is functioning properly
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->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
examines the rock formation quickly realizes it’s a door. Opening or otherwise investigating the door knocks free the dirt encrusting it, revealing an ancient etching of a phoenix wearing a mask rising from
. Then the illusion vanishes, revealing the mosaics’ actual state. 3. Viewing Room Grave niches and alcoves holding funerary urns line the walls of this chamber. The ceiling in the northern part of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
warped Test Market until its identity is discovered. Once caught, the Keymaster can be forced to open the inn’s basement door — revealing the dimensional caverns leading to the ritual site. Advancing to
until the Keymaster opens the door, revealing the dimensional caverns leading to the ritual site. 7. Upstairs Rooms The upstairs landing features four doors along each wall, leading into eight bedrooms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
snowflake in the bottom middle of the frame causes the secret door to swing outward on hidden hinges, revealing a staircase to the storage cellar (area P18). A character who examines the painting or
of a fantastically beautiful fey creature who looks like winter incarnate. The pool’s water is perfectly clear, revealing a tile mosaic at the bottom of it. In the center of the pool’s mosaic are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, silently watching.
The library is a replica of one of the Harper libraries that Quill frequented. The books contain well-known stories and plays, research on monsters, and information about the
). Quill thinks that if he can get close enough to Renekor, he can charm the beholder into revealing information on how to escape Wisteria Vale, or manipulate the beholder’s reality-warping magic to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
holes in the roof allow dim light to enter this large room that extends the length of the house. Two large sacks lie heaped in the northwest corner.
The sacks contain old clothing and rags. A group of
six stirges nests in the rafters of the attic. They descend on the party at an opportune moment, revealing themselves after the characters enter the attic. Treasure. A character who sifts through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
M9) uses this chamber as a laboratory. Many of the books contain rare lore predating the Cataclysm. If a character spends 1 hour investigating the books here, they find references to a flying city
a hand and says the following: “Enough!” The robed figure pushes back her hood and removes her skull mask, revealing the features of an elven woman. “Forgive the rough welcome, but it was necessary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
T1), who arrive 2 rounds later to investigate. Treasure. The shelves contain twenty-six vials of acid, a potion of animal friendship, two potions of healing (greater), two potions of resistance (one
area T1 is locked. Each guard in the vault has a key that unlocks this door. Trapped Safes. The two document safes in this room contain secret information about local nobles and government officials
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Flies swarm around a full dung cart that exudes a horrible stench.
The stalls contain ten riding horses. Cart. The dung-filled cart is a fire hazard. If the cart is pushed against a wall and set
footlocker. An oil-filled lantern rests atop each nightstand. Beneath each bed is a copper chamber pot. Treasure. One of the lanterns is a lantern of revealing. No one in the guild is aware the lantern is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, he says he can’t help them, saying, “My orders prevent me from revealing the city’s secrets to outsiders.” Energy Crystals. The crystals embedded in the niches are used to project Everlast’s illusory
causes it to swing open, revealing a 5-foot-diameter vertical shaft that ascends 50 feet to area Y19k. A character can use an action to pull open the hatch by force, doing so with a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
or to feel one last thing. S13: Royal Gallery Glass cases on tables arranged about this room contain dragon scales, manticore tails, and other hunting trophies, as well as weapons, regal gifts, and
, and two vials that each contain one use of oil of sharpness. All other equipment in the armory turns to ash when handled. S16: King’s Bedroom This location floats 20 feet in the air, with nothing but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
a column near one of the pentacles is a Weapon of Warning (glaive) veined with hellfire. G9d: Mechanized Checkpoint A copper-hued light flares and then fades, revealing a doorless, perfectly cubic
reconfigures and opens, revealing three armored automatons. They march forward in unison, drawing weapons and readying shields.
This checkpoint is located on Mechanus, a plane of absolute order. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
). These locations are keyed to map 2.2, map 2.3, and map 2.4, respectively. Most of these descriptions highlight what the areas contain if a devil attack has not taken place there. Based on the encounters
the altar while the hand is opened and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check detects a large secret panel in the palm of the hand. The panel opens easily, revealing a concealed staircase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
(Perception) check, that contains spell scrolls of two random 7th-level spells of a particular class (DM’s choice). All but one of the copper coffers contain unguents and the like; the third coffer
feet above the floor. Pushing the stone in causes the portal to pivot, revealing an opening 10 feet wide and 10 feet high. 8. Hydra Cave A hydra lurks in either the north or the south alcove of this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
in the bunks. Characters who enter the room must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity (Stealth) check to avoid waking the goblins. If awoken, the goblins in the bunks flee and call for help. However, a
Indigo Sanctum later in this chapter, has a key. The goblin leader doesn’t allow any others access to this room. These personal quarters contain a large, plush, four-poster bed covered in silk sheets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
DC 8 Dexterity (Stealth) checks for characters to enter this room without waking her, as well as when the characters do anything else that might make enough noise to rouse her. Any loud noise wakes her
. The room has a bed, a small table, a chair, a stool, two chests, and a coffer, plus rugs, hides, and the like. The chests contain only clothing, since she is wearing her jewelry at the banquet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
This room is empty. 3 A laser rifle with a depleted energy cell rests under a rusty bed. 4 Display cases against the walls contain a collection of rocks and minerals from other worlds. 5 Parts of a
adjacent, identical meeting rooms contain rusty metal furnishings and several skeletons. Each room features a small terminal with a screen once used for long-distance communication. Both terminals have been
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
secret door to swing inward, revealing a dusty room with several shelves. Lining the shelves are jars, most of which contain harmless liquids. Among these are six specimen jars, each containing one
roof has collapsed, revealing the sky. Perched atop the rubble is a hunched figure wrapped in a cloak. It gazes at the sky, unaware of you.
Zala Morphus The cloaked figure is Zala Morphus, a human
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. M6. Bucket Lift A wooden pulley system has been constructed around a large hole in the floor. A bucket big enough to hold a humanoid is held up by thick rope. Three alcoves next to the lift contain
skull from the stone causes it to shatter and fall away, revealing a crystal shard where the illithid’s brain would have been. Treasure. The crystal shard lodged inside the fossilized mind flayer skull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
scuttle for cover. These areas contain nothing of interest. 10. Unholy Shrine The floor of this chamber is covered with runes written in blood. A circle has been carved into the floor’s wooden planks
action is required to open it, revealing the box inside. The blue metal box is made from magically enhanced iron that is impervious to rust and has invulnerability to all damage. It has no lock or latch