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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.PoisonIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
city to the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.LightningIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.AcidIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Bite. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.FireIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Bite. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the ground, destroying buildings and defenders alike.ColdIf the greatwyrm’s Chromatic Awakening trait has activated in the last hour, it can use the options below as legendary actions.
Bite. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. Initial Surge The first sign that the orcs have arrived occurs when their scouts appear on the low ridges all around the compound. Soon after, small bands of orcs spread out, surrounding the buildings. With
repeat this pattern several times, perhaps breaching a spot here or there before the defenders push them back. Then they start trying different tactics. Smoke Screen Late in the day, the orcs start a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
hundreds of years ago after raiders perpetrated atrocities upon the land and its people in a series of attacks known as the Passage of Vultures. Djaynai’s defenders drove the raiders off, albeit at a
opalescent aurora with the sheen of a blue-black pearl. Its buildings are castle-like structures resembling those of Djaynai above, but made from magically hardened, obsidian-hued silt and studded by crystalline support beams jutting from the smooth walls.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Bryn Shander stands 30 feet high and is made of tight-fitting stone blocks. Defenders stand atop a planked walkway that hugs interior of the wall. Spaced along the wall are stone watchtowers, wherein
guards can take shelter during blizzards and warm their hands and feet by iron stoves. The buildings of Bryn Shander are plain wooden structures with pitched rooftops to keep snow from settling on them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
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Settlement Maps. A map of a settlement often shows terrain (cliffs, trees, streams, and so forth) in addition to buildings, bridges, and other important features.
Wilderness Maps. A wilderness map shows
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Often a map is intended for the DM’s eyes only. You can copy portions of a DM’s map to share with your players as a visual aid while omitting details that should remain hidden from them. Virtual
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
industrial workers and their families. These buildings, known as vecindades, each house dozens of tenants and abide by complex internal community structures. The Borderlands and Milpazul The dry, rocky
acquired a reputation as a hub for mercenaries, as locals turn to caporales—traditional defenders on horseback—for security in the absence of city support.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
stronghold’s most effective defenders and decides to sabotage the siege weapon, then kill the characters. Read or paraphrase the following about an hour after their previous encounter (after the
characters’ Short Rest if they take one). Corlie strides from the door of one of the fortress’s interior buildings. Three grim-looking soldiers fall in behind her. She gives you a wide grin.
“My friends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
person on the premises pitched in to help bolster the defenses. They built a series of low earth ridges and ditches as defensive works running between the various buildings (see the map) and put together
know, the ranch’s defenders are on their own. Other Dellmon family members present at the ranch include the following people: Kerbin’s oldest child, Perd (male Tethyrian human noble), agrees with his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Mezro Nothing about this Chultan city is what it seems. By all accounts, Mezro was destroyed by the Spellplague, and its ruins indicate as much. In truth, the city’s immortal defenders — the barae
, vine-covered buildings rise above the flooded streets that are now more like canals than roadways. The site is eerily quiet. The ruins have been thoroughly ransacked by the Flaming Fist in the name of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
the sort one commonly sees in the wake of trebuchet blows that miss their mark. Farther in from the perimeter of this blasted land lies a scattered mess of buildings, some relatively intact, others
, Daerismun was not so fortunate. As we approached, this ruined cityscape seemed uninhabited. Its expanse is fairly limited, and consists almost entirely of a mess of destroyed buildings and massive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
surface. A dragon dropped great stones on many of the buildings above, and a good portion of the city’s outer wall was destroyed. Most of Sundabar’s military leadership was wiped out when the building they
into the city, slaughtering the human population on the surface and driving what few defenders remained into the caverns below, and from them many fled through the Underdark. The dwarves of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Claw. In desperation, the defenders called upon the Traveler for divine aid that seemingly saved the fort. But in the end, the god’s fickle whim saw Syrgaul and his crew transformed, and ultimately
doomed the garrison.
Forgotten Realms. On Faerûn, Firewatch Island rises out of the Wyvernwater in Cormyr. It was once the site of a Purple Dragon outpost north of Wheloon, intended to keep watch over
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, destroying buildings and defenders alike. Chromatic Greatwyrm
Gargantuan Dragon (Chromatic), Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 22 (natural armor)
Hit Points 533 (26d20 + 260)
Speed 60 ft., burrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
at Turbine Heights, read the following text: The streets of this district are filled with steam. Through the haze, you can see bright streetlamps and abandoned buildings. Every fifteen seconds, a bolt
destroy one of the clockwork defenders that attacked them, but the prisoners they were escorting slipped away (and ended up in area L3). Characters who search the corpses find a small ring of keys. These
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
. When the characters draw close, read the following: The screams of villagers, still evacuating onto boats, ring through the smoke of burning buildings. Among the screams rises an unbelievable word
against Vogler’s remaining defenders. This area and the village beyond the map are difficult terrain. A creature that enters the Fray for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must succeed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
don’t do so twice. She stands resolute against evil invaders alongside the Cinderwings, a squadron of angelic defenders who heed her prayers. There’s a consequence to Excelsior’s bliss. Once one has
support various buildings, such as businesses, keeps, and gaudy mansions. The owners of such structures control the clouds through magical means. One Pixel Brush Excelsior’s tallest tower, the Godstrand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
-foot-tall statue of a Humanoid brain adorned with diamonds.
This room is intended for eventual habitation by more cultists of Ilvaash. Seven Fragments. If the fanatics found all seven obelisk
black obelisk held together by seams of bright-green energy. The dais overlooks a misty pit, from which shapes of Phandalin’s corrupted buildings materialize and fade away. Cries of despair echo from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Smoldertown (Areas L7–L9) When the characters first enter this district, describe it as follows: The acrid stench of hot metal hangs over this district. Buildings here have no decoration, and nearly
embedded in the floor and turned counterclockwise, Little Lockford’s clockwork defenders and clockwork observers are rendered unconscious indefinitely. Turning the key clockwise deactivates the magic of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teleported creatures arrive in an empty space near this oval, regardless of their intended destination in the Mournland. A creature that studies the reflection of the Mournland in the oval clearly sees the
from the ruined buildings. In the center of a nearby intersection stands an eroded stone statue of a humanoid draped in colorful scraps of cloth.
Mournland-roaming pilgrims (see the “Warforged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Places of Interest Most of Vermeillon’s buildings contain nothing but decaying furniture and whatever belongings were left behind when the inhabitants fled, but a few locations hold treasure or hints
inscriptions notice that the headstones near the cairns bear the same death date, which is also the date of the mine collapse. The cairns were intended to be temporary, but with so many stones needing to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-foot-high cavern is a maze of single-story stone buildings, many of which have partially collapsed. Most of the buildings have 10-foot-high walls and no roofs.
Streets. The narrow “streets” between
the buildings are strewn with trash and filth. Harmless rats scurry around every corner.
Banners. Hanging from several structures are tattered yellow banners bearing Azrok’s sigil, a bloody handprint
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
of basalt blocks and 10-foot-high ceilings roofed with slate. The smaller buildings (area B6a) are littered with ropes and loading hooks and contain stairwells that lead to the hold’s main storage
rooms (areas B19 and area B21). The larger buildings (area B6b) each contain a dozen cots and serve as quarters for the hold’s visitors, most frequently Klax and her traders. If the characters arrive at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pattern to provide cover for dwarf defenders while slowing their foes’ progress. Each corner on either side of the gatehouse holds two arrow slits, allowing creatures inside the gatehouse structure to
brightly lights this plaza. A8. Ruined Villa The freestanding buildings in this part of the city are little more than crumbling shells and heaps of rubble. Deep holes split the cobblestone streets and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the shield’s only magic, and that it did exactly what she intended it to do: draw in business. Still, it appears that there’s more to the shield’s story, for recently both Aurayaun and the shield
, convenient to the graveyard and as far as possible from the wealthy neighborhoods. Hissing Stones This low stone bathhouse in the Seatower neighborhood is one of the oldest buildings in the area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
and repair the tower’s construct defenders. The two Istarian drones (see appendix B) are intact but powered down. They activate and attack in the room if a drone, a column, or the console is damaged
pedestal. Atop it, hundreds of tiny illusory buildings glow in a pale yellow light, and in their center floats a miniature illusion of the Threshold of the Heavens. Four crystal globes mounted on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the shield’s only magic, and that it did exactly what she intended it to do: draw in business. Still, it appears that there’s more to the shield’s story, for recently both Aurayaun and the shield
the Seatower neighborhood is one of the oldest buildings in the area. Built in the Chessentan style, it features heated pools, echoing halls, and gorgeous tile mosaics. The Hissing Stones hold a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of beach with a few log buildings above the tide line. Ships anchor a half-mile offshore, and people and supplies are ferried back and forth on rowboats. Six Flaming Fist guards defend this station
of the fort has nothing to do with ore. It’s a sally port the fort’s defenders can use to launch counterattacks against enemies assailing the main gate. It stays solidly closed and barred most of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
courtyard is empty, containing neither tree nor well. Its southern wall is the southern wall of Candlekeep itself, with a number of fieldstone-wrought buildings intended for visitors’ use built along it
. Nearest the western wall of the courtyard stand two buildings: the House of the Binder, a large temple of Oghma with plenty of space to allow his faithful to camp and socialize, and the Baths, a public
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
line this gap. Silverymoon The Gem of the North is a fitting epithet for Silverymoon: a beautiful, tranquil city where trees and gardens live in harmony with buildings, bridges, and sculptures
and tales. High Marshal Methrammar Aerasumé, the city’s lord, resides in a tall, slender palace on the east side of the city and commands Silverymoon’s knight-defenders. The city’s magical defenses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
short, rock-like creature next to her takes notes with a stone stylus on a stone slab.
Claudio Pozas Honna This chapel, intended for Talhundereth’s visitors, was plundered of its gemstones long ago
the skeletal remains of dwarves and mind flayers.
Long ago, invading mind flayers and temple defenders fought fiercely in this room. Psychic echoes of the battle have drawn an intellect snare (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
area 1. Development. If the gong in area 1 has not been rung and the fight at the entrance is going badly for the defenders, one of the sahuagin tries to flee to area 12 to summon reinforcements. It
currently quartered in area 60). The sledgehammer is one of the construction workers’ tools. 5. Unfinished Barracks This unfinished area seems intended for use as a barracks. Many lidless coffers are