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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
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2nd level (3 slots): animal messenger, moonbeam, pass without trace
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). It reverts to its humanoid form when it dies. The druid’s statistics are the same in each form, except where noted in this stat block.Frost druids are solitary defenders of nature and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
1B. Causeway This 180-foot causeway crosses the moat and leads to the castle’s outer ward. It has no roof so defenders on the upper floor of the barbican (area 2A) can launch arrows into attackers crowded onto the causeway. A small defensive bulge along the east wall of the causeway is never manned.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1B. Causeway This 180-foot causeway crosses the moat and leads to the castle’s outer ward. It has no roof so defenders on the upper floor of the barbican (area 2A) can launch arrows into attackers crowded onto the causeway. A small defensive bulge along the east wall of the causeway is never manned.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Q49. Beacon Tower Door The parapet narrows to a width of ten feet, ending before a sturdy wooden door set into the wall of the eastern tower. This door is barred from the inside. The phantom warriors
in the tower’s turrets (area Q52) make ranged attacks against characters who try to force their way into the tower. These spectral defenders have three-quarters cover behind the arrow slits.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
the portcullis beyond.
11 Zombies infiltrate the sewers and appear in a supposedly safe part of the city.
12+ Masses of zombies or a botched scheme by defenders causes a wall or tower to collapse.
, the defenders’ situation worsens. Add +2 to the next roll on the table. The siege lasts as long as you like. Use frantic rushes between emergencies to describe small horrors and victories while wearing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
with enemies seeking to climb the fortress walls. The characters can use a siege weapon on their section of the wall against the defenders. Second Wave. Realizing the characters are presenting a strong
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
has a commanding view of the surrounding tundra, and an attacking force must climb the barren hillside under fire from archers before it can assault the outer wall. The circular wall that surrounds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
upper path is festooned with towers and battlements where defenders can fire freely at creatures attempting to make their way along the lower path. A paved road runs along the western wall of the
. Climbing a nail-studded wall requires a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. Even with a successful check, a creature must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw to avoid the nails, taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
sparingly, for the risk of discovery is too great to use them routinely. Nevertheless, if the Old Wall were ever to be seriously tested, its defenders might find it far less impenetrable than it seems. Green
The Old Wall The original wall built during Balduran’s day, which encloses the Upper City and separates it from the Lower City, occupies an outsize place in the city’s history and imagination. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
sparingly, for the risk of discovery is too great to use them routinely. Nevertheless, if the Old Wall were ever to be seriously tested, its defenders might find it far less impenetrable than it seems. GREEN
The Old Wall The original wall built during Balduran’s day, which encloses the Upper City and separates it from the Lower City, occupies an outsize place in the city’s history and imagination. As the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
these defenders are Mages from the city’s Guild of Wizardry, as well as Priests from local temples. The captain-general and constable of the City Watch are stationed at the Grand Citadel (see “City
Locations”). City Walls A 30-foot-high stone wall winds like a snake around the city. Two other walls, identical in height to the outer wall, separate the city into its three great sections. Access to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the wall, providing a rampart for defenders stationed on the wood-planked walkway. The wall’s hinged gates are 15 feet tall and can be barred from the inside with iron-banded wood beams. These gates are closed when it’s dark outside—which is to say more often than not.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
character can add defensive walls around their Bastion. A defensive wall is 20 feet high and may include a walkway along its top, with a means to access it (such as a ladder or lift). Each 5-foot square
of defensive wall takes 10 days to build and costs 250 GP. If a character’s Bastion is completely enclosed by defensive walls and it comes under attack (see “Bastion Events” at the end of this chapter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Sally Port The keep has a sally port along the west wall for counterattacking foes who bring a battering ram against the gates. During the night while characters are in the keep, raiders approach
the old gate, force it open, and rush through. Escobert discovers them and races into the courtyard to sound the alarm ahead of the infiltrators. Enough defenders are available to deal with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
most places. Defenders. Most of the inhabitants of the monastery are cultists. Others, such as the orogs, are mercenaries. The lich Renwick (area M16) has nothing to do with the cult. Doors. Interior
of crumbling masonry or poorly fitted fieldstone, so they’re relatively easy to climb. The wall surrounding the garden (area M14) is 10 feet high. Windows. The monastery windows are narrow and tall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
The Sally Port The keep has a sally port along the west wall for counterattacking foes who bring a battering ram against the gates. During the night while characters are in the keep, raiders approach
the old gate, force it open, and rush through. Escobert discovers them and races into the courtyard to sound the alarm ahead of the infiltrators. Enough defenders are available to deal with the
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
! Your efforts here have kept us safe. But we need to relocate your siege weapon to a less secure part of the wall. My squires will disassemble and relocate it. Don’t trouble yourselves; please just
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, and 4 feet high. Ceilings. Most ceilings are 12 feet high. Defenders. Jolliver Grimjaw is known as “Jolly” to his followers, as a shortening of his first name and an sarcastic comment on his demeanor
ground level and 10 feet above inside ground level. A crenellated parapet faces the outside. One bandit stands watch on each of the four wall sections, pacing back and forth.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
defenders from here in the keep to defend it through the rest of the night, but that will take time. You’d do us a great service if you could get to the mill quickly and drive away the raiders before they
wheel, so it still turns noisily. The upper half of the barn is a loft where milled flour is stored. The loft can be reached by wooden stairs along the east wall or by using the ropes and pulleys that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
defenders from here in the keep to defend it through the rest of the night, but that will take time. You’d do us a great service if you could get to the mill quickly and drive away the raiders before they
wheel, so it still turns noisily. The upper half of the barn is a loft where milled flour is stored. The loft can be reached by wooden stairs along the east wall or by using the ropes and pulleys
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
waiting outside the wall. Lob and Ogg are the exceptions; more afraid of Guh than of the Goldenfields defenders, they hate the thought of returning to their chief without a mountain of food. But neither
giants waded across the river and hurled rocks at Goldenfields, pounding its outer wall and alarming its residents. Archers on the wall retaliated with a barrage of arrows. The giants and goblinoids
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
feet high, and the caves are lit by continual flame spells cast on wall sconces. T1. Watchtowers Three of these rickety structures stand in a line running west to east, and each is 20 feet tall. Sentry
defenders. As a bonus action, Y’demi or the spectator can make the kites attack intruders. Damaging an inert kite also activates it, as does attacking the line of entrails that attaches the kite to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall opens into a tunnel leading north. The watch post defenders are unaware of it. 28b. Obelisk of the Eye Obelisk. In the north end of this room stands a 14-foot
dead goblins (one headless) and a dead grick, riddled with goblin arrows.
Secret Door. A secret door in the north wall opens into a tunnel leading north and east. The watch post defenders are unaware
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
defenders undertake an attack to distract the Dragon Army, giving the characters an opportunity to reach the dragonnels and fly to the flying citadel. Read the introduction to scenario 11 in Dragonlance
or another ally for suggestions, they’re directed to the southwest city wall where Rookledust is posted. There, the characters find Rookledust and her new assistant, Than (introduced in chapter 3
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
. Mark one victory and advance to Event 2: “The Storm Breaks.” The party retreats. The undead spill into the town. Proceed to Event 5: “Streets of Rage.” Event 2. The Storm Breaks If the defenders hold
north gate is on fire! Defenders huddle behind the palisade, not daring to peek over the parapet. Every few seconds, the gate heaves on its hinges as something heavy slams into it from the other side
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
wall at this junction.
The arrow slit is linked to area B2. If the characters enter the cave carrying a source of Bright Light or talking loudly, the slit begins to vent harmless steam as the Steam
entrance through a thin vertical slit.
Defenders can watch the cave entrance from this alcove. A Steam Mephit flits about the area. It ostensibly watches for intruders coming from area B1, but it is bored
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost Druid Frost druids are solitary defenders of nature and the natural enemies of civilization in the North. They seek to preserve the arctic wilderness by destroying outsiders who cross their
friendship, fog cloud, speak with animals
2nd level (3 slots): animal messenger, moonbeam, pass without trace
3rd level (3 slots): conjure animals, sleet storm, wind wall
4th level (3 slots
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Religion) check realizes the water creatures are defenders of the temple. A character who uses an action and succeeds on a DC 16 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check
Amanisha and the Riverine’s Shankha. The wall of water descended and flowed around us, seeking Amanisha as she tried to help others to safety. It seized her and the trophy, then pulled them both away!”
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
stone wall. Most of these routes are blocked on both ends, preventing creatures from easily entering the lair through anywhere but the main entrance. The beholder, of course, can disintegrate these
be empty, be filled with mud (causing anything trapped in it to eventually drown), or have spikes at the bottom. Door Trap. In a seldom-used cavern with a high ceiling, a beholder might erect a wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
room ends in a closed bronze gate. To your left, a single stone bench runs along the east wall. To your right on the opposite wall hangs a large metal gong; a short metal bar leans against the wall
is forced open, one of the sahuagin immediately moves toward the west wall to ring the gong, while the remaining guards defend the entrance. If this creature is slain or otherwise prevented from
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->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
39. Big Ears Watch Post These chambers house the level’s main Xanathar Guild watch post, called “Big Ears” by the bugbears that command it. Instead of posting lookouts, the watch post’s defenders
the west wall. This 30-foot-high room has the following features: Statue. A deformed granite statue stands on the east side of a large stone column, facing eastward.
Staircase. West of the statue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
are using chisels and mallets to turn the basalt blocks into smaller worked-stone blocks, which are then stacked in piles around the yard’s perimeter. The yard’s eastern wall is a natural stone cliff
, although Klax is protective of her business arrangement with Jarazoun and turns in the party to the hold’s defenders if the characters seem likely to threaten that arrangement. B7: Harbor At the stronghold’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
other side. An arrow slit in the southern wall of the passage provides defenders a way to fire on intruders who get this far.
Characters who specifically examine the ceiling notice the murder holes
(area K2) or lifted by an iron chain from the upper floor of the gatehouse (area K3). One bandit stands watch on the wall section just north of the gatehouse. If he spots the party approaching, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. The fourth wall is made of alabaster and has a locked iron door set into it (leading to area E2). A black-robed female human with a bald, scarred head watches this room through a glass window set
into the wall of another room (area E3). Dreadful Host. The figure watching through the window is Kaevja Cynavern (see area E3), and she can see through the purple mist between the two rooms easily