decade interior are block

Vellynne Harpell

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

family, based in the town of Longsaddle. Cold and dispassionate, she took to magic only a decade ago in her late forties and is skilled in the arcane tradition of necromancy. She has a lifelong struggle

at the kobolds’ expense. Familiar. Vellynne’s familiar is a snowy owl, which the wizard uses as a scout. It uses the owl stat block in the Monster Manual but is a celestial instead

Kyrzin's Ooze

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

This opalescent, symbiotic goo comes sealed in a jar and slowly shifts and moves, as if endlessly exploring the jar’s interior. To attune to this item, you must first drink the contents of the

you, turning your corpse into a black pudding allied with the daelkyr (see the Monster Manual for the black pudding;black pudding's stat block).

Harrowhall Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

lit during the day and dimly lit at night. Torches are mounted along the keep’s interior walls, but they aren’t lit. Scrying Barrier. Before putting his necromantic plans in motion, Gremorly placed

runes around the keep’s outer walls that block certain kinds of divination magic. Creatures outside the keep’s exterior walls can’t scry into the keep. However, creatures inside the keep can scry inside it or beyond the walls. This effect lingers even if Gremorly’s ritual ghost trap is dismantled.

Keep Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

interior sides. This effect causes all interior spaces to be brightly lit. Cloud Giant Ghosts The keep is haunted by the ghosts of cloud giants who perished long ago (see the end of the adventure for

the cloud giant ghost stat block). These ghosts are indifferent toward the characters until some action on the characters’ part causes the ghosts to turn hostile. What actions cause the ghosts to turn

The Castle

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

it.” The castle is a beautiful structure. Its walls, floors, and 20-foot-high ceilings of smooth gray stone can’t be damaged or magically altered except with wish spells. The interior walls have

colored glass blocks embedded in them. The blocks are not lit when the characters first arrive, but pulling a lever in area 37 causes each block to shed colorful light as bright as that created by a

Attack of the Nematode

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

the inside, just as they did in the Endless Void. This time, the Nematode’s interior is populated with eel-like young spawned in its digestive juices (use the behir stat block, but they exhale acid

the brain chamber while fighting off a dozen clots of coagulated brain fluid (use the water elemental stat block) and a remorhaz whose fires are stoking the Nematode’s rage.

11: Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

, and offering counsel in matters of ethics and morality. When the characters arrive at the temple, read the following boxed text aloud: The interior of this tall building has a lofty, majestic

named Ivlis, but she recently departed the keep on a long-anticipated pilgrimage. Hazem Ameen Fazzir Human Priest Stat Block: Curate This spiritual leader offers counsel and healing

Prison Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

shouldered or kicked open, but it can be destroyed if it takes enough damage. A door or hatch has AC 19, a damage threshold of 10, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Heating. Interior

noted in the text. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any

Approaching the Fen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

to an underground temple. A crumbling stone door separates the monster from the temple’s interior. The Blue Fire Wardens are trapped inside their own temple. If the characters don’t intervene, the

breaking down the door, it enters the temple and attacks the seven wardens (use the werewolf stat block, except their alignments are neutral good) who are trapped inside. The underground temple isn’t shown

Kyrzin's Ooze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Kyrzin’s Ooze Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement) This opalescent, symbiotic goo comes sealed in a jar and slowly shifts and moves, as if endlessly exploring the jar’s interior. To attune

, turning your corpse into a black pudding allied with the daelkyr (see the Monster Manual for the black pudding’s stat block).

6: Trader's Shop

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

teenage sons, Derlo and Ulmar, who dream of being brave knights rather than shopkeepers. Aurore Folny Oleira Human Shopkeeper Stat Block: Commoner This merchant and mother of two

, Bartho and Gala, are both so green. I’m not sure which of them I trust less to protect us.” (True) Shop Features The trader’s shop has the following features: Indoor Display. The shop interior

Lower Decks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Lower Decks The lower decks are riddled with holes, allowing easy access to the fortress interior. Characters can ascend to the command deck without needing to make ability checks simply by moving up

winds and hungry vrocks. Characters who try to make their way up through the interior of the wreck are attacked by five bone whelks. Too slow to mount an effective escape, the bone whelks fight to the

Casino Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

ceilings in the employee-only areas are 20 feet high and smooth. Doors The casino’s interior doors are made of wood. Arcane lock spells have been cast on the doors that lead to the employee-only areas, the

the casino is illusory and sounds a lot like cowboy country music. The music plays more softly in employee-only areas. Security Guards Five tiefling security guards (use the thug stat block) patrol

X5a. God of Secrets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

lairs inside the statue’s hollow head, within a field of magical darkness that fills the interior of the head and hides the statue’s humanlike face. The darkness can be dispelled (DC 17). A pair of 2

arcanaloth carries a spellbook containing the wizard spells it has prepared (see its stat block in the Monster Manual). It wears small gold spectacles with pink crystal lenses (worth 250 gp) and a robe

Prison Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

shouldered or kicked open, but it can be destroyed if it takes enough damage. A door or hatch has AC 19, a damage threshold of 10, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Heating. Interior

. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any given time. While on

Prison Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

shouldered or kicked open, but it can be destroyed if it takes enough damage. A door or hatch has AC 19, a damage threshold of 10, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Heating. Interior

. Prison Guards. The prison has a garrison of 75 guards (use the veteran stat block) who work eight-hour shifts. Two-thirds of the garrison is off duty and resting in area R19 at any given time. While on

Smoldertown (Areas L7–L9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

deliver unrefined ore to the foundry. Map 5.2 includes an inset map that shows the foundry’s interior, which is one large, open space. The building has no ceiling, allowing heat and smoke to escape

gemstones to glitter invitingly. Map 5.2 includes an inset map that shows the tavern’s interior, which consists of a cellar and a taproom. Cellar. The cellar contains crates of worthless supplies

Vault Guards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

Vault Guards Vidorant employs a dozen guards (use the veteran stat block) to protect her treasures—three guards outside and nine inside the vault. Guards remain alert for noises elsewhere in the

(Stealth) check. An effective distraction might lower the DC or even bypass this check entirely. At night, the DC of this check decreases to 9. Interior Security Characters who learned the guard

Goblinoid War Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

and well-appointed quarters in a war camp. Each of the banners in a legion has its own group of lodges in one of the quadrants of the interior, each one facing the pathway that runs past its front door

for recording “withdrawals” and reporting on inventory to the camp’s leaders. The Block Maglubiyet’s holy symbol is a headsman’s axe, and the block is where it is blessed by feeding it the lifeblood

Warforged Colossus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

upon a reality the world isn’t ready to face: an operational colossus (see the stat block in chapter 6). Entering a Colossus Map 4.8 shows a fallen colossus. The mostly hollow interior of a colossus

twisted will, defending the interior of the colossus and giving voice and form to the docent’s otherwise disembodied intelligence. A Deadly Dungeon. House Cannith’s artisans lined the interior of each

K20. Heart of Sorrow

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

blood, which rains down on the tower interior and staircase. The destruction of the Heart of Sorrow causes the tower to stop shuddering, and the interior of the tower becomes dark. Destroying the heart

Strahd. Casting dispel magic on it has no effect. Animated Halberds. Mounted on the walls along the section of staircase nearest the heart are ten animated halberds; use the stat block for the flying

Confronting the Keymaster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

through an interior door to generate a new stage (see below). Or you can ignore the later stages and let the characters capture the doppelganger (especially if the players are anxious to get to the

ritual site as quickly as possible). When the Keymaster’s true nature is discovered, it shifts to its natural form and engages the characters in combat. The Keymaster uses the doppelganger stat block with

Stage 4: Revenge for the “C” Team

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

interior doors, all of which lead to the shared study beyond. The Fallen Investigation of the members of the “C” Team confirms that they are truly dead. No magic available to the characters can return them

creature is an eldritch horror from the Far Realm, using the stat block of an otyugh. The “C” Team Restored If the characters defeat the eldritch horror, a pulse of magic radiates outward as the maw

2. Hunting Kennel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

. If the characters investigate the interior of the kennels, they find a disturbing altar. At the back of the kennels, three boar spears have been lashed together in a rough and strong tripod. An animal

troll loses a limb, it regenerates two limbs to replace the one it lost. This can result in trolls with multiple arms. A four-armed troll uses the troll stat block, except that it is a challenge rating

Entering the Sanctum

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

, and half her face is smashed, but the faint image of a kindly smile remains. The sanctum is made of polished obsidian stone, with vaulted ceilings that are 20 feet high. The interior of the sanctum

otherworldly green, and beckons to you. Ruxithid the Chosen The goblin standing on the sanctum mezzanine is Ruxithid the Chosen (see the accompanying stat block). Ruxithid’s psionic abilities afford him

Quest: Tools of Destruction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

, bottles, boxes, and other supplies crowd its shelves. An affable halfling named Ruckus runs this shop. Dario Jelusic Ruckus Halfling Shopkeeper Stat Block: Commoner The owner of the

in the private apartments.” (True) Shop Features The shop has the following features: Brimming with Supplies. Everyday supplies fill the shop’s packed interior. Shelves, crates, chests, and

L3. Hall of Knowledge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

successful DC 17 Strength (Athletics) check. The building’s interior is one large space containing two rows of wooden practice dummies, with some other furnishings pushed toward the back of the room. Scrolls

, “Please, let me die.” The 145-year-old shield dwarf held captive in the southwest corner of the building is named Kharbek. They use the scout stat block with these changes: Kharbek speaks Common

Furygale Repository

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

warning signs around it read, “Danger: Elemental Forces.” A cavernous opening in the south wall provides access to the interior. When the characters enter, read or paraphrase the following text: The

limited sapience; use the helmed horror stat block to represent them. Each statue protects the site from intruders, animating and attacking any suspicious creature that comes within 10 feet of it. A statue

2. Hunting Kennel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

interior of the kennels, they find a disturbing altar. At the back of the kennels, three boar spears have been lashed together in a rough and strong tripod. An animal carcass hangs from the tripod by a

limbs to replace the one it lost. This can result in trolls with multiple arms. A four-armed troll uses the troll stat block, except that it is a challenge rating 6 monster (2,300 XP) and has the

Climbing the Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

Climbing the Spire R04M’s path climbs the Spire’s interior. If the characters follow, they pass through gradually sloping tunnels that take hours or even days to traverse. Use any of the following

stat block, with the following adjustments: If slain, Kirgaz is restored to life somewhere in the Outlands 24 hours later. Kirgaz can cast teleport without spell components once per day. The demigod is

Bastion of Takhisis

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

. Soldier. The soldier is a veteran wearing the armor of a Kalaman soldier—but she’s possessed by Caradoc (detailed in chapter 4; stat block in appendix B). When she notices the characters, she withdraws

Wersten Kern loyally serves Lord Soth and stands guard over the Mourning Sanctum The interior of this mighty temple has been hollowed out, its roof and interior walls reduced to rubble, creating one

The Walking Statues

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

current position near Peaktop Aerie on Mount Waterdeep. Once more, this activity seemed to be outside the Blackstaff’s control. Thankfully, all the walking statues have been dormant for well over a decade

head of the Swordmaiden sits in a stand of tall trees in the center of the block of the North Ward bounded by Hassantyr’s Street, Tarsar’s Street, Whaelgond Way, and Ussilbran Street. The center of

Thundertree Areas

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

1 join the fray. Treasure A merchant who once lived here had a chest full of coins hidden under the flagstone floor of his home. A thorough search of the interior of the eastern cottage and a

years ago. They use the zombie stat block, with the following additional trait. Ash Puff. The first time the zombie takes damage, any living creature within 5 feet of the zombie must succeed on a DC

6. Main Gate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

also keep those within from falling to their deaths, and they block the wind. By Day. Three ogres stand guard atop each gate tower (see area 6B). They can shout for reinforcements, which come from areas

tower interior and spirals all the way down to the tower’s ground floor, where there’s a single unlocked, giant-sized door leading to the lower courtyard (area 7) or the cultist barracks (area 9

Encounters in the Brambles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

woodland uncover five separate paths leading into its interior. Impassable brambles choke the woodland outside these trails and even grow overhead to blot out the sky. To avoid getting lost in the wood

an expression of horror. The traveler wears a bag of devouring on a strap. Dryad Spirits. Three cursed dryad spirits (use the banshee stat block to represent them) approach the characters and demand

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