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Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
can come in tiny packages. Their tiny, foot-tall forms can barely contain the cruelty and malevolence that courses through them. Deep in the Underdark, the jermlaine lurk among the tunnels, dungeons
prying eyes. They dig tunnels barely large enough to fit their 1-foot tall frames, making it almost impossible for their enemies to pursue them. Jermlaine dig their tunnels along dungeon hallways and
Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
My family has the finest vaults you can imagine. They forge the locks that secure royal jewels. And I learned to pick those locks when I was barely out of the crib.
—Cutter, burglar and
useful as these services are, it’s the Banking Guild that truly defines the house. Kundarak’s lands in the Mror Holds include deep veins of precious metals, which the dwarves used to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
mistake, and fully expects you to fail at every mission you undertake 2 A battle-scarred officer who experienced terrible horrors during the Last War and is barely capable of giving you orders through a
A kindly officer who is hesitant to send you into danger and constantly reminds you to be careful 6 A bitter officer who carries deep grudges against your nation’s enemies in the Last War and leaps at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Skum Several poor souls around the Styes have succumbed to an aboleth’s magic through its disease-bearing touch. Transformed into creatures called skum, they barely resemble their past forms, their
skin turning slimy and translucent while their limbs warp to resemble those of deep-sea oddities. The change makes them dependent on water, which they must immerse themselves in regularly lest they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, read or paraphrase the following text: Amid the vast desert, a great pyramid rises from the sands, barely touched by time. Stairs ascend from the sand to an opening in the pyramid.
Near the base of
the stairs rests an empty basin one hundred feet in diameter. South of the basin, a deep stone channel cuts a path into the desert ground.
The pharaohs of Bakar built pyramids not merely as burial
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Jermlaine Jermlaine prove that terrible things can come in tiny packages. Their tiny, foot-tall forms can barely contain the cruelty and malevolence that courses through them. Deep in the Underdark
, jermlaine take care to hide their lairs away from prying eyes. They dig tunnels barely large enough to fit their 1-foot tall frames, making it almost impossible for their enemies to pursue them. Jermlaine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
holds clues to the mystery. They give the characters another book to use as a means of entrance, which gets them in … barely. The Avowed at the front gates are initially doubtful about the quality or
specifically investigating the village can discover A Deep and Creeping Darkness while researching one of the following topics: Local history, legends, and lore The mining industry Unexplained disappearances of individuals and entire settlements
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Gracklstugh After days of walking in the deep, dark places beneath the surface, I was led, in heavy chains, to Gracklstugh, on the shores of the Darklake. I was set to work almost immediately at a
places it is barely ten feet above the water’s surface. The whole of the great cavern glows, and the continuous flow of hot iron through the city gives the illumination a yellow cast at all times. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
bay—an aurora that portends an everlasting winter. Storms bring driving hail and sleet that leaves everything coated in a sheath of ice. Snow piles in deep drifts and blocks all trails leading south
mine for iron. Meanwhile, folk descended from foolhardy and treasure-mad immigrants eke out meager lives in Ten-Towns, which can barely hold back the wind, let alone marauding orcs, giants, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, every nerve singing with the tension in the air all around you.
Finally, a swirling light begins to flare in the darkness. A barely audible humming shakes you to the core, rising and falling like a
as they attempt to get their bearings after being pulled across the Underdark. Then as their gazes fall upon each other, they roar, bellow, or shriek with a hatred too deep for mortals to truly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
more than 10 feet deep at its center and only 1 or 2 feet deep near the edges. Anyone who succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check or tries to look beneath the pool’s surface notices animal and
humanoid bones barely covered by the water. Outcropping Caves Three natural caves open near the top of the 30-foot-high rock formation at the far end of the pool. These crevices might be noticed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
32. The Portal to Death Behind the concealed entrance is a narrow tunnel that slants down and away. The passage is barely four feet in diameter, and the walls are carved with a profusion of ancient
. To either side on the lintel of the door are barely discernible scratches, and brown stains stipple the wall and floor.
Northern Door. Even after the bar is removed, the false door will not open. It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Getting the Quest The town sits quietly at the foot of Kelvin’s Cairn. A few bundled-up people shuffle between snow-battered houses, keeping their heads down, barely bothering to give you a look as
up in the snow pile or why he was outside drinking in the first place. If he’s asked about the thieves, Trovus takes a deep breath, trying to suppress his hiccups, before explaining the situation: “The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
of destiny by defying nature’s order. (MAGALI VILLENEUVE) MYTHS OF KLOTHYS
Klothys is barely remembered in the mortal world, having sequestered herself in the Underworld while human civilization
which it lies might give some hint—caverns burrowed deep into a mountain of petrified bodies, the twisted obsidian corpses of humanoids and animals alike.
Twins at War. The newly formed gods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
splintered amid the skeletal remains of four long-dead humans in dusty crimson robes. Tall stone bookshelves line deep alcoves to the north, south, and west. Floating in the alcove opposite you, a
Cult” above for information Eleith can share. Alcoves. Each alcove contains 4d10 + 20 barely legible books and scrolls, all of them brittle and flammable. A character who takes the Study action and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
comparison.
The ship’s sails are patchworks of mended canvas, while its hull seems barely held together by thick vines that bind it like rope. Its strangest feature is the full-grown tree that sprouts
15 Wisdom (Insight) check realizes Fel is bluffing—the tiefling secretly reckons she would be lucky to clear 1,000 gp—but she has always suspected Krux of having deep pockets and has no qualms about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
less glory over time, though, and even less wealth. Yvandre knows that Machil discovered The Scrivener’s Tale in a vault deep beneath the ruins of Delimbiyran. That capital city of the lost kingdom of
finally overcame only by spending the last of the family fortune on a wish spell. Deep in debt and clearly shaken by his experience, Machil was killed by unknown assailants a month later—no doubt someone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
sylvan creatures of all types lived among the trees. Even today the High Forest has barely known the tread and touch of humans, and old growth dominates its flora. Elven communities in the forest are
often goes awry here, and the caverns deep beneath the site are rumored to contain all manner of magical portals. If it isn’t the elves, the fey, or the trees themselves watching visitors, it might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
boats along the canals. Dinosaurs compete in weekly races through the streets. These brightly painted racing dinosaurs are fast, vicious, and barely under their riders’ control. Flowers, green plants, and
deep rain gutters as much as 2 feet wide. Residents of Port Nyanzaru pay little attention to any but the heaviest deluge. Tabaxi minstrels wander the streets, performing for anyone who tosses them a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
; now roll damage,” “11 points,” and “OK, now we’re to Initiative count 13.” Instead, use the rules and your knowledge of the scene to help your narration. If 18 is barely a hit, but the 11 points of
damage is a bad wound for the enemy, say: “You swing wildly, and the knight brings his shield up just a second too late. Your blade catches him along the jaw, drawing a deep gash. He recoils, bleeding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Warlock’s Crypt On the western edge of the Troll Hills lies an area of bizarre terrain: shattered rubble is strewn across the landscape, between and among mounds of upturned earth and deep furrows of
these liches do to these creatures is a question for minds far more wise than mine — I know only that the first such abomination I fought nearly killed me, and I barely escaped from the others we
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
and barely fulfilling its duties. The mephit is Indifferent but defends itself in combat. If the mephit sees the characters enter the cave, it peers at them through the arrow slit and whistles like a
room from area B7, forming a 1-foot-deep pool here. The pool is Difficult Terrain. A Steam Mephit toys with a panicked frog in the water. The mephit is initially Indifferent toward the characters and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Maelstrom Level 1 Map 10.1: Maelstrom, Levels 1 and 2 View Player Version 1. Vortex and Sinkhole A powerful vortex swirls above a 100-foot-deep, 180-foot-wide sinkhole on the ocean bottom. (On the
barely make out a circular ledge 50 feet down, while the bottom of the sinkhole is hidden in the gloom 100 feet below. Lying around the mouth of the sinkhole are more wrecked ships, and looming above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Journey Locations The tunnel leads through several dangerous areas. Use map 7.1 for this journey. Mike Schley Map 7.1: Tunnels of the Deep View Player Version The distance from Phandalin to the
into a chasm fifteen feet wide and thirty feet deep. Faint sounds of sobbing echo from the chasm’s south side.
The chasm walls are sheer and require a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
seas and deep waters are eager to reclaim the parts of themselves currently held in the blood and bodies of living creatures, and it is the duty of Crushing Wave initiates to return nonbelievers to
Tethyrian merchant galley conscripted the young orphan into service, and Gar was forced into a brutal indentured servitude that was barely better than being enslaved. His unwilling service came to an end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
chambers are connected by vertical or steeply sloped tunnels that the beholder carves out of the surrounding stone, each passage barely large enough to admit the beholder’s body. Enemies that are too big
to traverse these smooth-walled tunnels will find it difficult to move deep into the lair and virtually impossible to confront the beholder in its sanctum. Minions and other creatures under a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
latch to open it. Well. The well is 10 feet wide and 100 feet deep. The water it once held drained out after an earthquake, and the now-dry passage deep below eventually connects to the Underdark. The
are barely visible. The room holds a scene of chaos: a river cascades through a bottomless abyss, suddenly transforming into a ribbon of iron. A nearby boulder blooms into fire as lightning scatters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
room’s eastern wall between shelves of cooking supplies. A stressed-looking human barely out of his youth, with blue skin and disheveled white hair, stirs a cauldron over a small fire. On either side of
between the periapt and the nearest safe section of floor. B9: Bubbling Intersection Murky, bubbling liquid covers this cavern’s floor.
The liquid is a 2-foot-deep acid pool (see “Cobblehook Cove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
avalanche is 200 feet wide, 100 feet long, and 30 feet deep. To run this event, first determine the marching order of the party and how far apart the characters are. Assume that the rearmost party member
reach a steep, snow-covered incline dotted with jagged rocks. Lying facedown in the snow, barely conscious, is a humanoid in bloodstained cold weather clothing.
The figure in the snow is Garret Velryn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Cartographer I’ve seen a million places, and I’ve mapped them all! — Cartographer’s boast Acquisitions Incorporated missions can lead across vast tracts of wilderness, into ancient ruins, deep
supply of colored inks. It’s a Rental At rank 1, at the start of any mission, you can requisition a second-hand draft horse and cart (barely functional), riding horses and ponies (typically well aged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
lid
Duration: Instantaneous
This 10-foot-deep pit has a hinged lid constructed from material identical to the surrounding floor. When a creature moves onto the lid, it swings open like a trapdoor
scale the trap for higher levels by increasing each dart’s Poison damage as follows: 7 (2d6) at levels 5–10, 14 (4d6) at levels 11–16, or 24 (7d6) at levels 17–20. Linda Lithen Bobby and Hank barely
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
information about these creatures. Casino patrons come and go through two sets of double doors in the east wall. Descending rings of seats encircle a 35-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep depression in the floor
, 2 feet deep, and 3 feet tall, and it weighs 25 pounds. It is a Small object that has AC 13, 3 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The erinyes statuette is a Tiny object that weighs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
is 25 feet above ground level, with a crumbled 10-foot-high balcony (35 feet above ground level) and a 20-foot-deep pit (5 feet above ground level). Throughout Nangalore are inscriptions written in
garden. They ignore characters in boats, attack anyone in the water, and won’t climb up the stairs. The water flowing down the main concourse is only 1 foot deep, and the current isn’t particularly strong
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Moving the lever while the gantry is extended causes gears to grind for a few moments deep in the rock, but nothing else. 5. Stores In these chambers, the dwarves stored supplies of every kind, from
second fragment of gold, so thoroughly hammered that it’s barely recognizable. These keys once unlocked the door to the treasury (area 6) and are beyond repair; so little of them remains that not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
, twenty-foot-deep pit. A sturdy hemp rope is tied around one of three stalagmites in the cavern and dangles into the pit.
This was the Rockseekers’ campsite. The dead dwarf is Tharden, Gundren’s
, the snake slithers from the water and attacks the character at the back of the party. Pool. The pool is 20 feet deep in the middle. The stream to the northeast is 3 feet deep, and the ceiling of the