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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
saw the ship abruptly veer off course and crash into the rocks, and they suggest the characters might help the island by discovering what caused the crash. If the characters ask Runara about it, she suggests that the answer is likely to be found on an older wreck—the wreck of Compass Rose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
nearly froze to death crossing the tundra to reach Ten-Towns. If some friendly trappers hadn’t found me, I would have perished. I fear some of my captors also survived the crash and might come looking for me.
Escaped Prisoner I was brought here from another world by spacefaring mind flayers. The ship in which I was imprisoned crashed in the mountains south of Ten-Towns. After surviving the crash, I
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
crash and spent years in a remote location until you were found. In that time, you experienced a remarkable revelation. Did you have a religious experience, or did you have an arcane insight into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
allow you to select the items you want. Either way, take a moment to come up with the story behind these items. How did you acquire them? Were they treasures found on your adventures? Heirlooms from
, home to valued comrades and rivals. It’s where you get your next job. But as a Clifftop adventurer you’ll be venturing to exotic locales. You may delve into the ruins below Sharn or crash an airship into Skyway. You may head to Xen’drik or other distant lands. Wherever you go, adventure awaits!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
miles before ending at a stone palace built thirty feet above sea level. Waves crash against the rocks just below the palace walls.
The palace’s grand entrance features a colonnade of vine-wrapped
hungry and fights until slain. The double door is unlocked and pushes open on rusty, squealing iron hinges. If the characters have found a holy symbol of Umberlee amid the wrecks of High Horn (see “High
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
pieces as it embedded itself in the earth, upside down. There it has remained for centuries, buried under snow and ice. The Netherese wizard who lived inside the spire did not survive the crash. The
and snow. After exiting the spire, the shield guardian wandered into the Spine of the World, where it shut down and was lost for centuries until a band of goblins found it recently and brought it to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
crystals in a 5-mile radius but haven’t found any. The characters might have harvested a psi crystal from the gem mine near Termalaine (see “A Beautiful Mine"), in which case the gnome ceremorphs would be
very interested in acquiring it. Complicating matters is the damage done by the crash to the nautiloid’s life support system, for once this system shuts down, the illithids are at risk of freezing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
be cracked open at a place where a waterfall once flowed down its side but has since frozen. We have already found the waterfall. All we need now is the magic to break open the glacier.”
Vellynne
cities into the sky. To hold Ythryn aloft, the Netherese wizards would have needed a powerful magic item called a mythallar. It likely survived the crash and might have other properties as well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
horror of the cloister’s residents, those who drowned found their way ashore as shambling zombies. Since the loss of that ship, each new shipwreck has brought a fresh wave of zombie sailors to the
ships to crash on the shoal and feasting on the unlucky sailors. The sailors who escape the harpy’s talons end up as zombies menacing the people of Dragon’s Rest. The harpy is only the most immediate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
jettisoned from the cargo hold of an illithid nautiloid before the spaceship crashed (see "Id Ascendant"). Gahg witnessed the crash, which looked like a comet streaking across the sky, then found the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Slanty Tower Characters might travel to Slanty Tower because they headed in that direction after one of them saw the balloon crash shortly after their arrival. Otherwise, they stumble across this
dangles from the tower’s peak. Characters on the roof of the tower can look down into the basket and see the corpse of Wigglewog, the balloon’s bullywug pilot, who died in the crash. At the bottom of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ago, this floating city crashed during the fall of the empire, and no one has found or explored it since. It is, arguably, Icewind Dale’s greatest secret—a necropolis of Netherese wizards and the
magic they left behind. What survived the crash is anyone’s guess, but we’re about to find out! Two young children from Lonelywood go ice fishing on Maer Dualdon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Ostoria, a bygone empire of magic-wielding giants that waged war against the dragons forty thousand years earlier. After many fruitless excavations, they found a large stone spindle bearing strange
power from the spindle caused the Ythryn mythallar to shut down, which in turn caused the city to fall out of the sky and crash into the ice below. The inhabitants of Ythryn had only a few moments to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
has yet found. If the characters enter or leave the Bay of Chult by ship, Aremag appears: The sea ahead roils and churns, and waves crash over the bow of your ship, driven by saw-toothed hills rising
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
can all be found around the city. Skycoaches
Skycoaches are small flying vessels. They come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. A typical air taxi might resemble a rowboat, while a touring vessel
flight and levitation, and this is what makes both skycoaches and the towers themselves possible. If a skycoach is taken more than a mile away from Sharn, its enchantments will fail and it will crash
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the axe lies, was hidden even from his own people, but I believe we can find it together!” Gargosh continues in detail, giving the adventurers a crash course on Besilmer history (see the “Ancient
doppelganger, assumes the guise of Gargosh and goes along with the characters, urging them to hurry with a story of theft and betrayal. The rest plan to stay out of sight, and when the axe is found, they hope
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
threatening. Aphelion thanks the characters for their services. As a reward, the supercomputer divulges the true history of the events leading up to the ship’s crash as outlined in this adventure’s
how long it has been since the crash. Nova has been in stasis much longer than is recommended. As a result, her memory is foggy, though she remembers shutting down Aphelion and the ship losing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
from the ship’s captain, Inda, who Lysan and Zastra assume either died during the crash or is stranded elsewhere in the wreckage. Lysan and Zastra introduce Ilren to the party. If the characters are
aboard the Lambent Zenith. Though they can recount the ship’s mission and subsequent crash, these sailors know nothing about the rod piece. Z3: Galley and Pantry The sound of sizzling and the smell of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
boulders. The central towers were apparently preserved by some aspect of their magical construction — which isn’t to say that they were entirely unaffected by the crash. Upon closer inspection, one of
: some barren, others overrun with twisted, thorny flora not found in nature. Rail-less bridges connect these towers at various points, and all of them spiral around the heart: that which is reputedly the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the following text: Waves crash against jagged rocks along the shore. Beyond, red-hued canyons carve their way through a harsh landscape. In the distance, mountainous crags and strange formations jut
. Additionally, a small ship is anchored near a clear beach inside the cove. Elven Ship The ship belongs to a group of elven wizards who found Wrecker’s Edge a few months ago. Characters who grew up in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the chest can be found in area P4. A character using thieves’ tools can pick the chest’s lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Treasure. Characters who open the upside-down chest must be
wall afford you a glimpse of the earth into which this structure impaled itself.
The metal cages got knocked around a lot during the crash and fall apart easily. One of them holds the carapace of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Ballista. This weapon is inoperable since the crash. N2. Cargo Hold Attached to the walls in this chamber are three sets of chains and manacles designed to hold large creatures. A staircase rises to the
manacles once held a pair of carrion crawlers and a bulette, all of which the gnome ceremorphs released after the crash. The characters met the carrion crawlers on the way to the ship; they meet the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the door, ten crystal eyes found elsewhere in the dungeon (see areas 31A, area 32, area 33, area 35B, area 37, and area 39) must be inserted into the indentations. Each eye lights up as it clicks into
falling to the floor. A successful dispel magic (DC 16) cast on the sphere dispels the Nystul’s magic aura spell, permanently deactivates the magnetic field, and causes the sphere to crash to the floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
found in the treasury (area M10). If the check result is 14 or higher, the characters also learn that the brains have control over the floating disks leading to the treasury, and that they are ordered
engines over a period of 1 hour to cause an explosion and crash the monastery Charisma (Intimidation); the brain responds to shows of authority 3 (Corliss) 4 and 5 How the treasury is protected by an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
women and children, followed by a man yelling, “Giants! Run!” Perplexed residents and shopkeepers emerge from their domiciles in time to see a large rock fall from the sky and crash onto an old cart
initial volley of boulders. Their job is to distract the town’s defenders and engage enemy archers in melee combat. The axe beaks act on the orcs’ initiative count. Rules for mounted combat can be found
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
three items in Dagdra’s cart as the dwarf races around the warehouse. The items are found and collected regardless of the success or failure of the checks. But if the characters fail three or more of
Intelligence (Nature) or Charisma (Persuasion)
Viari “swinging chandelier” diorama Dexterity (Acrobatics) or Charisma (Persuasion)
DAGDRA DEEPFORGE
Once all twelve items have been found, Dagdra
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
buried under the rubble is a human skeleton in tattered robes—the remains of an apprentice who died in the crash. Characters who examine the skeleton notice that one of its bony fingers is missing. A
creator found a chamber that can turn illusions into reality. The life-spark of a living creature is needed to activate its power. As a creation of snow and shadow, I have no life-spark of my own, and
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
discovered the crash site removed the command console and brought it back to civilization, not understanding its true purpose or powers. In later years, the console came into the possession of Baron
and time, rendering it inoperable until those components are found again.
Infernal Machine Properties
d100
Beneficial Property
Detrimental Property
01
You have a flying speed of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, Everlast cautions them by saying, “That might be unwise, for the obelisk was damaged in the crash. Iriolarthas was unable to repair it.” If the characters ask Everlast how to reach Iriolarthas’s study
creatures are unaffected. The pulse of energy suppresses magical traps throughout the city and causes the floating chamber above Skydock Spire (area Y28) to crash into to the ground, pulverizing it and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
survived Ythryn’s crash, only to face starvation. Driven mad by trauma and hunger, the group of survivors resorted to cannibalism. These victims rose as shadows to take vengeance upon the last surviving
Frostmaiden” and awakened him. Kobold vampire spawn found the human skulls in area H12 and placed them at the base of the pillar to show their devotion to Tekeli-li. A search of this cave yields nothing of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
roof; and the Helm at Highsun, a ramshackle yet lively tavern. A map of Red Larch and a detailed description of the village and its inhabitants can be found in the adventure Princes of the Apocalypse
harm. They recently found an artifact — half of a giant-sized vase — in the High Moor, and they’re widening their search for other evidence of a cloud giant castle that crashed in this area thousands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
robots restocked these machines with offerings found aboard the ship, some of which are dangerous. When a key card of any color is inserted into the slot on the panel, the six glass buttons illuminate
the early days of the outbreak, a few scientists fled to the lower levels of the ship to enter a period of prolonged stasis. That was before the crash, but some of them might still be alive. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
-toa found the stone clam in the reef (area C3), they named it Koolooshidoop and believed it to be a god. Before returning to the Underdark with the clam, Fuuna feels she must make a sacrifice to
adventurers to the area for him to kidnap. Saltmarsh Story Hook. Fishers in the area report seeing tendrils made of water rise out of the sea and crash onto their boats. So far only minor damage has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
saving throws relating to crashing when it crashes into a creature or object. The ship and the ram suffer no damage in the crash. These benefits don’t apply if another vessel crashes into the ship with
to discern that an item of power was likely buried somewhere aboard the Marshal, he conjured a water elemental and sent it forth to uncover what it could. The elemental found the staff and, remaining
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters aren’t familiar with the rules, they have disadvantage on all skill checks made to play the game. (A written copy of the game’s rules can be found in area Y9.) When the game ends, the
journal written by Thufeus, one of the few mages who survived Ythryn’s crash. It describes how the city fell from the sky and the attempts of its doomed survivors to escape (see “The Fall of Ythryn”). The






