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within a cell can escape using magic that permits planar travel. Otherwise, the creature is confined to the cell until freed.
If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve extradimensional cells are
way, you can take a Magic action and use a second command word to free one creature trapped in the mirror. The freed creature appears, along with its possessions, in the unoccupied space nearest to
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creature is confined to the cell until freed.
If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve extradimensional cells are already occupied, the mirror frees one trapped creature at random to accommodate the
the named cell appears as an image on the mirror's surface. You and the creature can then communicate normally.
In a similar way, you can use an action to speak a second command word and free one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Wandering Monsters Monsters roam through all areas of the mine. Random encounters remind players that monsters aren’t necessarily confined to specific areas, and that no part of the dungeon is safe
. Encounters with wandering monsters are an effective way to keep the players and characters on their toes, alleviate player boredom, and tax party resources. However, having too many random encounters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Starting the Adventure The adventure begins as the characters near the walls of Yeonido. Read or paraphrase the following description as the party draws close to the city gates: The curving walls of
characters have no way of knowing it, but this fog is created by Won Ha’s gwishin (detailed in the “Gwishin of Dae Won-Ha” section).
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Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
effect.
Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within the prison of the Monastery of the Distressed Body (area M6). Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the
Gloine (area O7), whichever comes later in the adventure. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is incapacitated. Divination, contact other plane, or a similar spell of 4th level or higher reveals the location of the machinery that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
32. Far and Gone The curving west wall of this room is a seething mass of color and sickly light — a partially breached portal to the Far Realm. Creatures can’t physically pass through the portal
creature that comes into contact with the back wall must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or become charmed by the wall for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the creature is stunned and stares at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Traversing the Tunnel The winding tunnel between Phandalin and Illithinoch is 12 miles long, curving in different directions as it descends 2 miles beneath the town. The tunnel has a gentle but
for a missing tribe member who’s been acting strangely. 8 1d6 troglodytes and a barlgura are looking for a fight. 9 A patch of 2d4 shriekers blocks the way ahead; if they shriek, roll 1d8 on this table to see what creatures come to investigate. 10–20 No encounter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Black Swords The characters don’t get this quest in the customary way, which is to say that the residents of Caer-Dineval aren’t counting on adventurers to help them. The quest falls into the party’s
confined Crannoc to his quarters while spreading stories about the speaker’s ill health to conceal their presence and restrict access to the castle. The cultists keep the speaker alive in case they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
manipulates space. A gently curving path leads into the maze from the edge of the village. The villagers built a low fence across the entrance to keep young children and animals from wandering in. Fear of
way than walking up the main path quickly leads characters into densely tangled brush that is all but impassable, and that doesn’t physically connect to any tower entrance. Characters who cut their way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
manipulates space. A gently curving path leads into the maze from the edge of the village. The villagers built a low fence across the entrance to keep young children and animals from wandering in. Fear of
ground level looks into the extradimensional space that Xonthal crafted as a barrier around his home. The tower’s entrance exists only within this extradimensional space. Entering the maze any other way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
obstacle, such as a river, that shows no tracks. The weather conditions or terrain changes in a way that makes tracking harder. The DC for the check depends on how well the ground shows signs of a creature’s
trail but can attempt to find it again by making a careful search of the area. It takes 10 minutes to find a trail in a confined area such as a dungeon, or 1 hour outdoors. Tracking DCs Ground Surface
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Jhesiyra escaped her prison when its wards failed during the Spellplague. To hide from Halaster, she magically confined herself in the stones of Undermountain. She now exists in a bodiless state
the danger that awaits the adventurers or communicate with them in any other way, for fear of being detected by Halaster. Powerful divination magic can reveal Jhesiyra’s disembodied presence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
ruin. The soul of their eldest son, Osvaldo, was taken immediately. What was left behind was transformed into a chain devil, which the Cassalanters confined to their attic. Their two youngest children
followers to their cult of devil worship, which was Asmodeus’s plan all along. Reneging on a contract with Asmodeus is a luxury no mortal can afford, but there is a way for Lord and Lady Cassalanter to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
dungeon with monsters. His old gates were destroyed by the Spellplague, but Halaster has replaced them with new ones, most of which have destinations confined to the dungeon. These gates are not subject
clues to help adventurers solve each gate. A legend lore spell or similar magic can also reveal the proper way to open a gate. An open gate acts as a two-way portal and typically remains open for 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
that permits planar travel. Otherwise, the creature is confined to the cell until freed. If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve extradimensional cells are already occupied, the mirror frees one
number. The creature named or contained in the named cell appears as an image on the mirror’s surface. You and the creature can then communicate normally. In a similar way, you can use an action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
that permits planar travel. Otherwise, the creature is confined to the cell until freed. If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve extradimensional cells are already occupied, the mirror frees one
number. The creature named or contained in the named cell appears as an image on the mirror’s surface. You and the creature can then communicate normally. In a similar way, you can use an action to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, Sansuri plays the part of the proud hostess but can’t quite hide her impatience. She has no time to entertain unexpected visitors and would prefer to see them quickly on their way. If the characters ask
the locations of ancient Ostorian way-markers that point the way to long-lost treasures. Sansuri regards any such claims with great suspicion, and ability checks made to deceive her have disadvantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
structures joined together by a stone bridge. A narrow, winding path corkscrews up the mountainside to the smaller of the two structures, and appears to be the only safe way to reach it by land. It’s an
to it. The dragon is small enough that it can squeeze through doorways and passageways, but it needs an incentive to enter the fortress because it dislikes confined spaces. Like most white dragons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate, he crawled out of the River Styx as a lemure. In accordance with the terms of their contract, Zariel promoted him to an amnizu, then confined him in her fortress (see “Poor Devil: Thavius
possesses, the devil Thavius is a coward who would rather grovel than fight. Killing him marks a wretched end to a wretched life. If the characters left Thavius alive in chapter 1, they must find a way
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
area, because Taraz can and will harm creatures in his chamber.) The characters are perfectly safe in the corridor. (True, as long as Taraz is confined to area 22.) Taraz has no desire to harm the
fell off the walkway with the mask into the infinite space beyond, where he undoubtedly is still falling. To rescue him and recover the mask, the characters will need Taraz’s help, for the only way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
creature trapped within a cell can escape using magic that permits planar travel. Otherwise, the creature is confined to the cell until freed. If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve
similar way, you can take a Magic action and use a second command word to free one creature trapped in the mirror. The freed creature appears, along with its possessions, in the unoccupied space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
, because Taraz can and will harm creatures in his chamber.) The characters are perfectly safe in the corridor. (True, as long as Taraz is confined to area 22.) Taraz has no desire to harm the
fell off the walkway with the mask into the infinite space beyond, where he undoubtedly is still falling. To rescue him and recover the mask, the characters will need Taraz’s help, for the only way to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature trapped within a cell can escape using magic that permits planar travel. Otherwise, the creature is confined to the cell until freed. If the mirror traps a creature but its twelve
similar way, you can take a Magic action and use a second command word to free one creature trapped in the mirror. The freed creature appears, along with its possessions, in the unoccupied space
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the footsteps of this ancestor, living as the patron did. In this way, the champion comes to embody their ancestor, allowing the dead to live on. The Tairnadal have three distinct lines: the Draleus
weapon of Valenar elves. A haft of fine wood supports a long, curving blade on either end. Forged with techniques honed over centuries, these blades are strong, sharp, and remarkably light. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
following information to save his skin: Ras Nsi is slowly rotting to death. He doesn’t know the cause of his affliction and has no way to cure it. Before he dies, Ras Nsi wants to bring forth Dendar
an aura of transmutation magic around the shields. Only Ras Nsi can activate the shields, and the effect is confined to this room. Teleporter The engraved stone disk in the eastern alcove is one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Realm uprooted the spire from regular space and time and transformed everyone inside into deadly Aberrations. But wards placed by the knights long before kept the Far Realm’s magic confined within
than a century ago, adventurers investigating the abbey found a way inside the watchtower. They slew the Aberrations’ beholder leader and dispelled the Far Realm magic that isolated the spire. Time
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
travelers remain confined in the foreign quarter. Merchants from across Khorvaire trade for exotic Riedran goods, while envoys from many nations negotiate with the emissaries of the Inspired. To enter
way to evade the watchful eyes of the Iron Gate. Kasshta Keep All but one of the monasteries of Adar lie concealed behind a blend of psychic and arcane techniques. Kasshta Keep refuses to hide from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Captured by the Yuan-ti Characters captured by the yuan-ti are stripped of their gear, fitted with manacles (one set binding the wrists and another binding the ankles), and confined to the pits in
malison), 4 yuan-ti broodguards, 3 swarms of poisonous snakes The yuan-ti remain here, pulling reinforcements from area 2. The swarms are confined to the pits. 2 Soakosh (yuan-ti pureblood), 4 yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
bestow effects more relevant to this adventure, as follows: Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within either the Tomb of Horrors (in area 7) or the Temple of Moloch (in area 10) as the DM
spells disaster. Your soul is drawn from your body and held within a soul gem in the Temple of Moloch (with the gemsmith in area 31). While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is incapacitated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Imprisonment. In addition to the open coffins for each character, the grave pit contains another coffin wedged into the dirt and nailed shut. Eldon Keyward is confined within it. Eldon grunts for aid and pounds
dangerous and fruitless, so you should eventually steer the party back to the market even if they venture elsewhere. The characters don’t have other encounters as they make their way through Evernight’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
symmetrically. You can see Xonthal’s Tower dead ahead above the hedge wall, but the way the paths curve, there’s no telling which one might lead to it.
A sundial stands in the center of the
the other areas of the maze (your choice). There is no turning back from a wrong path. Once the last character has gone out of sight of the sundial (15 feet along the curving path), reversing direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
symmetrically. You can see Xonthal’s Tower dead ahead above the hedge wall, but the way the paths curve, there’s no telling which one might lead to it.
A sundial stands in the center of the
other areas of the maze (your choice). There is no turning back from a wrong path. Once the last character has gone out of sight of the sundial (15 feet along the curving path), reversing direction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
eye rays. That’s why I stay indoors all the time. Besides, the sky is totally overrated.
Arcane Archer Features Fighter Level Feature 3rd Arcane Archer Lore, Arcane Shot (2 options) 7th Curving
can make it magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. The magic fades from the arrow immediately after it hits or misses its target. Curving Shot At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
19. Gravity Ring At a four-way intersection, the corridors to north and south curve upward and out of sight, but with no rails or steps to allow them to be climbed. The corpse of a half-human, half
-goat creature in robes sprawls ten feet to the north. It grips a staff tipped with a bronze goat’s head.
The curving corridor forms a perfect circle, imbued with magical gravity that keeps creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
powers. A scar cuts across his handsome face, curving from the top of his left cheekbone down to his jaw.. If asked about the scar, he explains that he got it years ago when the man who burned down his
affects it. Renekor the Beholder Lawful evil beholder This beholder dreamed itself into Wisteria Vale from the Underdark to escape its enemies. Due to the unconventional way that it entered the demiplane






