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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
this way. The tower bristles with muddy knobs that constantly extrude and retract across its surface, as though the tower were breathing through a coating of thick mud.
Each creature in the area where
a battlement atop it. Its interior is divided into two floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When activated, the tower has a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, disguise self, mage hand, prestidigitation
1/day each: dominate monster, globe of invulnerability, invisibility, modify memory, plane shift (self only), wall of forceNegate Spell (3/Day). The
the same name.
Collaborative Undeath
To become alhoons, mind flayer arcanists must cooperate in the creation of a periapt of mind trapping, a fist-sized container made of silver, emerald, and
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
hit with spell attacks). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: fireball, wall of fire
3/day each: fire storm, haste, teleport
Magic Resistance. Imix
":"roll","rollAction":"Destruction Chance"} that any container of fluid held or carried by an affected creature (for example, a magic potion) is destroyed.
Regional Effects
The region containing an
Beholder
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ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.
Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or fall asleep and remain unconscious for 1
after next. Each creature of the beholderâs choice that starts its turn within 10 feet of such a wall must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled. Escaping requires a successful
Death Tyrant
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fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.
Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or fall
turn within 10 feet of a wall must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled. Escaping requires a successful DC 17 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
A spectral eye
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Open Pit. In the middle of the floor is a 10-foot-wide, 30-foot-long, 20-foot-deep pit with a fine layer of dust and rubble on its floor.
Levers. Two stone levers protrude from the wall opposite the
them. Raising the lever causes the walls to retract. Any creature or object crushed between the walls takes 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage and is restrained by the walls until they retract. The second
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
15. The Great Hall This hallway is twenty feet wide and has piles of rubble and debris scattered along its length. The walls are covered with frescoes. The south wall displays scenes of a battle
between natives and invaders.
The north wall depicts people questing for a new land; their experiences during the journey include crossing treacherous mountains, sailing over storm-tossed seas, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
save, the creature takes 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by this damage is crushed to a pulp. After they slam shut, the blocks take 1 minute to retract into the walls
, whereupon the trap resets. Sculpted Visage. A wide alcove in the east wall is not visible from the northern entrance. When characters see the alcove for the first time, read: At the back of a recess
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
container. Each stasis pod contains an unconscious Humanoid prisoner in a state of magical suspended animation. Most of these prisoners are commoners, but if you want to introduce a particular NPC to help
an umber hulk burst from its malfunctioning stasis pod. It smashed the pods around it in a rage, then burrowed through the wall, creating area 10.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
must be empty to shrink in this way. The tower bristles with muddy knobs that constantly extrude and retract across its surface, as though the tower were breathing through a coating of thick mud. Each
slits on all sides and a battlement atop it. Its interior is divided into two floors, with a ladder running along one wall to connect them. The ladder ends at a trapdoor leading to the roof. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
poison and psychic damage. Reducing it to 0 hit points causes it to explode instantly. A special container can be crafted to contain a devastation orb and prevent it from detonating. The container must
container, the orb thrums. If it is removed from the container after the time when it was supposed to detonate, it explodes 1d6 rounds later, unless it is returned to the container. Regardless of the type
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
extend or retract the chains that raise and lower the drawbridge. If both winches are operated simultaneously, it takes 1 round to raise or lower the drawbridge by 30 degrees. In other words, the
everything but the outermost wall. A search of the debris unearths the broken remains of a ladder and a battered wooden door with broken hinges.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide
threatened. Do You Really Do That?
Can players retract what they just said their characters did? Some DMs take a hard-line position: âIf you said it, your character did it.â Such a strict position tends
table, which might slow the pace of the game.
A common compromise is to rule that players can retract or change anything their characters did up until the point they learn the consequences of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
into the wall. The south wall is sloped and has a large rectangular window five feet wide by seven feet high. The window looks into a hallway, through a rectangular hole in the hallway floor, and
the south wall is stone magically rendered transparent from this side only. A successful dispel magic (DC 17) cast on the stone causes it to lose its transparency. If the tomb guardian is prevented from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, though a knock spell causes it to retract into the ceiling. While the iron wall is down, pushing the red button has no effect. Red Dial. This dial can be turned to the left or right, and it snaps back
star-shaped handle, two dials in red and blue, and two buttons of the same colors. Wall engravings behind the control panel show five groups of circles, with a small crystal embedded in the wall under
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
threatened. Do You Really Do That?
Can players retract what they just said their characters did? Some DMs take a hard-line position: âIf you said it, your character did it.â Such a strict position tends
table, which might slow the pace of the game.
A common compromise is to rule that players can retract or change anything their characters did up until the point they learn the consequences of their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
skeleton embedded in the opposite wall holds an iron sconce with a burning red candle in it.
The skeleton is all that remains of a dead Omuan engineer. As long as the candle remains in this cell, it
causes the secret door in the south wall to slide shut and lock. No keyhole or visible opening mechanism can be found on the secret door. The secret door remains sealed until the characters escape from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
pumped to reheat the dying coals. A wooden staircase hugs the outer wall as it climbs to the second level, which is unfurnished. Gusts of wind enter through the arrow slits on this level. Northwest Tower
). The secret door is spotted automatically by any character who examines that section of wall. C5. Armory In the middle of this small room is a rack of twenty spears, and resting against the back wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
The door in the east wall of this otherwise empty room bears the inscription âDOLINDARâ above âNO WORLD TO RETURN.â Every letter of each word is set into the wall on a separate tile.
The door is
. (Pushing a second letter in the same word doesnât do anything.) The correct combination, which causes the wall to slide aside, is to push the letters spelling ALONE in this order: A in DOLINDAR L in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
, which is mostly empty. Two chests rest along the east wall.
One of the chests is fakeâa hungry Mimic has altered its shape to resemble the mundane container beside it. The mimic ambushes any
wall at this junction.
The arrow slit is linked to area B2. If the characters enter the cave carrying a source of Bright Light or talking loudly, the slit begins to vent harmless steam as the Steam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
against the south wall. Atop the dais is a misshapen throne crudely carved out of black crystal. Small, crackling flames burn in braziers that occupy the roomâs corners.
Slumped near the east wall is a
. Loud mechanical noises come from behind the west wall.
Unless they are drawn to area X19 by sounds of combat there, four quaggoths gnaw on bones in this room and attack intruders on sight. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. The lock is old and can be picked by using thievesâ tools and making a successful DC 12 Dexterity check. The building is full of cobwebs, and a 3-foot-tall oval mirror hangs on the western wall. Eerily
. A vein of turquoise runs through the east wall diagonally, looking like a stream. The granite in the vein has been carved to look like a school of trout.
Stone Basin. A large, empty basin is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
reach the settlement safely and promptly. 17b. Bugbear Sentries Hunkered down near the eastern wall of this 15-foot-high cave, gnawing on old bones, are six bugbears with orders to attack any non
container. Nerozar uses its Telekinetic Ray to direct the gas spores on collision courses with intruders. The gas sporesâ poison has no effect on the beholder zombie. Nerozar challenged Xanathar for lordship
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
slit, indicating that at one time they had shutters to keep out the elements.
A section of the wall to the southwest has collapsed inward, opening up to the rocky slope of the islandâs smaller hill
was slain with the rest of the garrison during the drowned onesâ initial attack. The weathering of storms and the salty air has eroded the mortar in part of the wall, causing the collapse. The room is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
. Armorer Spells Artificer Level Spell 3rd magic missile, thunderwave 5th mirror image, shatter 9th hypnotic pattern, lightning bolt 13th fire shield, greater invisibility 17th passwall, wall of
you can retract or deploy the helmet as a bonus action. The armor replaces any missing limbs, functioning identically to a limb it replaces. You can doff or don the armor as an action. The armor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
â hoard. Unless the male dragon is hiding, he sits proudly atop a heap of valuable items in the north end of the cavern. The female rests nearby on a ledge that projects from the western wall of the
of giant-sized furniture litter this placeâthe remnants of tables, benches, stools, and chairs. Soot-covered wall cressets hold burned-out torches. Three skeletons of frost giants are plainly visible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
discovers a segment of the stone wall behind the altar easily shifts aside, revealing a passage leading to area C4. Characters who have the Stonecunning trait have advantage on this check. This door is
cavernâs entrance and another along the back wall.
A whistler (detailed at the end of this adventure) lurks at the western edge of the northern platform. It waits to attack until intruders appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
room, illuminated by four torches set in wall cressets, has been cleaned out to serve as quarters for four hill giants. If they survived or escaped the assault on the steading, Chief Nosnra and his
held for ransom. He is a human commoner whose goods have all been seized by the giants, and thus he can pay his rescuers only with eternal gratitude. Cell 4C. The cell is empty. On the west wall is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. The fourth wall is made of alabaster and has a locked iron door set into it (leading to area E2). A black-robed female human with a bald, scarred head watches this room through a glass window set
into the wall of another room (area E3). Dreadful Host. The figure watching through the window is Kaevja Cynavern (see area E3), and she can see through the purple mist between the two rooms easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. Against the east wall rests a coffer, its lid closed.
The occupant of this room is presently in the throne room (area 42). Coffer. The locked coffer can be opened by a character who makes a successful
beside it. A closed coffer leans against the south wall, and a seaweed bed fills the southwest corner.
A small group of sahuagin in this room are vocalizing what seem like raucous sounds of merriment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
strange, angled structure, as though a squat tower tipped sideways and fell through the wall. Muddy knobs protrude and retract from its irregular surface in a slow, hypnotic motion. Near the structure, two
surface winds down through the earth for more than a mile. The deepest point is a cave-in that collapsed the back wall of this room. The words on the door leading south to the workshop repeat âtoilâ in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
to by the same name. Collaborative Undeath To become alhoons, mind flayer arcanists must cooperate in the creation of a periapt of mind trapping, a fist-sized container made of silver, emerald, and
monster, globe of invulnerability, invisibility, modify memory, plane shift (self only), wall of force
Reactions
Negate Spell (3/Day). The alhoon targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
is moved up to 30 feet in any direction. The beholder can also exert fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.
Sleep Ray. The
feet of the beholder sprout grasping appendages until initiative count 20 on the round after next. Each creature of the beholderâs choice that starts its turn within 10 feet of such a wall must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
, with a several batteries of ballistae on impressive cog-run cranking mounts that allow for a nearly constant cycle of firing and reloading from any of the wall emplacements. Though the folk of
of street network that tends to delineate most large settlements; instead it has a single street running inside the circular town wall, and another pair of straight roads crossing the town north-to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
Locations on the Entrance Level The following locations are identified on map 6.5. 1. Entry Passage The floor here is polished obsidian, and great wall hangings can be seen by the characters as soon
gases that spurt from the walls. One of the tapestries on the south wall screens the entrance to the royal apartment (areas 4â7). 3. Throne Room and Audience Chamber Two steps of white-veined black






