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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Beneath the Castle The caverns beneath Castle Naerytar are accessible through area 1S. At the top, the steps are smooth and well made. As they descend, they are rougher, make several turns, and
descend about 20 feet to area 1 of the dungeon map. This subterranean area is largely the realm of the bullywugs, who breed giant frogs in the cold lake. Pharblex spends most of his time down here, as do his bodyguards and many workers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Beneath the Castle The caverns beneath Castle Naerytar are accessible through area 1S. At the top, the steps are smooth and well made. As they descend, they are rougher, make several turns, and
descend about 20 feet to area 1 of the dungeon map. This subterranean area is largely the realm of the bullywugs, who breed giant frogs in the cold lake. Pharblex spends most of his time down here, as do his bodyguards and many workers. Map 6.4: Castle Naerytar – DungeonView Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
to the guildhall. The entrance to the guildhall is located beneath a Moonstalker-owned tavern in a large city. Moonstalkers enter a storage room through the building’s back door, from which they can
descend a stone staircase to the guildhall’s crescent antechamber. Wanewort has also created four magical doors that connect to other cities during different phases of the moon. Each leads to a Moonstalker-owned building in that city.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Beneath the Waves Schools of silvery fish swarm around the characters as they descend through the first few hundred feet of the Nightsea. Life in the sunlight zone begins to thin as the water changes
from vibrant blue-green to deeper blue. Once the characters descend 500 feet, only dim light illuminates their surroundings. After the characters descend 3,000 feet, they enter an area of complete
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The stairs descend into black, still water that fills an arched hallway before you. The water’s surface is like dark, mirrored glass, disturbed only occasionally by the “thwick” of a drop falling
from beyond the south door. Map: Traps in Area K73 The water is 3 feet deep in the hallway and opaque. The steps on both sides of the hallway descend another 2 feet before ending at the iron doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
at the fringes of civilization. Many tieflings are born to the Carrion Tribes, the barbarians who live in the Demon Wastes. Such tieflings are touched by the fiendish forces bound beneath the Wastes
far side of Droaam — is populated by tieflings. These tieflings descend from Sarlonan mages who bargained with dark powers, with the Demesne’s lords being powerful warlocks and wizards. The Venomous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
less and less of their enigmatic master. Halaster continued to use fell creatures from distant planes for tunneling and other construction beneath his tower, and the wizard kept the nature of most of
his underground dealings a secret from the Seven. Eventually, Halaster’s exploration broke into the Underhalls, a complex of tunnels and rooms built by the dwarves around a mithral mine beneath Mount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
The Citadel’s Destruction If the characters destroy the brazier in area S23, read the following text: With a cacophony of whispered sighs, the violet flames vanish. You feel the flying island beneath
to flee the citadel as swiftly as possible. Soth’s End The characters witness Lord Soth consumed by disaster. If he is in area S23 or area S25, the ground opens beneath the death knight and he falls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
a sharp 10-foot drop-off. Wooden stairs descend at the right end of the ledge. A stout cage made of iron bars surrounds these steps to a height of 10 feet to prevent untrained drakes from escaping up
systematically tapping the floor ahead with a pole or other tool. Beneath the parchment sheet is a shallow pit (about 2 feet deep) lined with poisoned spikes. Each time a character moves between areas 4 and 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Red Dragon Lairs Red dragons lair in mountain badlands and high, isolated peaks and hills, preferring warm caverns in the rocky depths beneath those landscapes. Lairs with natural geothermal or lava
creatures descend. Pillared Hall. The dragon sleeps in the large hall on the left edge of the map, where a row of crumbling pillars supports the ceiling and a narrow channel of lava keeps the hall hot. Hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
a sharp 10-foot drop-off. Wooden stairs descend at the right end of the ledge. A stout cage made of iron bars surrounds these steps to a height of 10 feet to prevent untrained drakes from escaping up
who is systematically tapping the floor ahead with a pole or other tool. Beneath the parchment sheet is a shallow pit (about 2 feet deep) lined with poisoned spikes. Each time a character moves between
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, where the Lukos finish off any stragglers.
Pharagax Bridge. On the western border of Akros gapes a massive chasm rumored to descend all the way to the underworld and belch forth foul creatures. The
. Myths of the Akroan War
Centuries before the polis of Olantin sunk beneath the sea (a myth told in chapter 4), its queen left her husband for the king of Akros. Slighted and heartbroken, the Olantian
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Starting the Adventure The adventure takes place in the Firefly Cellar beneath the House of Rest. Characters might find themselves drawn to this location for one of two reasons. Perhaps the House of
part of the library, close to a collection of ancient books, might be a compelling enough reason for the characters to stay there. The characters descend into the Firefly Cellar through the hatch in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
winery’s upper level. Underneath these side balconies are several doors, some of which hang open. Beneath the sloping roof stretch thick rafters, upon which scores of ravens have quietly gathered. They
gown and horned headdress, the druid wears necklaces of human teeth. If the characters attack the druid, she calls forth her twig blights. When that happens, the swarms of ravens descend from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
mountains. Robin Olausson Beneath the beautiful surface of the Hellfurnaces lie endless hidden evils Old Keoland Adventures One reason for the amicable relations among the nations of Old Keoland is
Infinite Staircase, explores the origin of these monsters. Crystalmist Mountains. Giants, white dragons, and other monsters frequently descend from the Crystalmist Mountains into Geoff and Sterich
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
the demons and devils battled. The hosts of Mount Celestia, she believed, could descend upon Avernus en masse and wipe both hordes of evil from the cosmos if they so desired. After her repeated requests
their numbers overwhelmed her. A delegation of bone devils later dispatched to the site by Asmodeus recovered her unconscious form beneath a small mountain of her slaughtered enemies. After allowing her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
below Waterdeep are told well by many in the city, but I’ll provide you with the basic truths here. Beneath the plateau of Waterdeep lies the largest and deepest dungeon in the world. It sprawls out
mystery, but Undermountain’s allure is a siren song that still draws many. If you want to see adventurers descend into the depths, or perhaps glimpse some returning with wondrous treasures, visit the Yawning Portal in the Castle Ward.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
descend through all eight of the layers above it, in order. The most expeditious means of doing so is the River Styx, which plunges ever deeper as it flows from one layer to the next. Only the most
layers of scum cover its putrid surface, and yawning pits lie in wait beneath the murk to engulf careless wanderers. Cyclopean cities of ornately carved stone rise up from the bog, including the great
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
26. Terraced Aquarium You are looking out and down into an enormous chamber defined by terraced steps that ring the entire area and descend toward a central enclosure.
A few feet south of the door
. Beneath and inside that is an aquarium that holds four sea lions (see appendix B). On the bottom tier are three wing-clipped manticores that are unable to fly. The manticores will not hesitate to fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, two copper poles ten feet apart descend from the eight-foot ceiling. Each pole has a one-foot-diameter copper sphere at the end of it, three feet off the floor. Between the poles, a struggling goblin
is shackled to a thin, tall chair, so that the spheres are level with the goblin’s head.
A tall, thin, cloaked figure stands in the shadows. A rictus grin forms beneath the cowl as the figure pulls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
characters can make a DC 13 group Dexterity (Stealth) check to slip past the stirges without disturbing them. If the group check succeeds, the stirges ignore the party. Otherwise, the stirges descend and
following the party. Water Weird Bound to some long-lost site beneath the surface of the water, this neutral evil elemental rises to attack when the characters pass by. Roll a d6 and consult the Weird
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
has been disturbed. When the characters descend to the wreck and approach the Pit of Hatred, read: The rotting skeleton of a war galley’s stern looms up from the ocean bottom ahead. The sinking ship
wreck allows easy access to a darkened cavern that opens up beneath broken slabs of stone — the remains of the seals that once blocked the opening of the pit. As the characters enter the wreck, a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
D: Sunward Fortress The Red Dragon Army has unearthed the centuries-old Sunward Fortress, a pre-Cataclysm monument to the god Sirrion. While most of its ruins have sunk beneath the ground, a
, the altar won’t do so again until one month has passed. Stairs. The stairs here descend to area D3. D2: Abandoned Dormitories Battered bed frames and straw mattresses clutter this room, interspersed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
fashioned in the shape of a scowling gargoyle, but the hand that opened the panel seems human enough. From beneath the mask comes a female voice: “Yes? What do you want?”
The monks listen to their
coffer beneath Qarbo’s bunk contains 120 gp, 90 ep, cloth-of-gold priestly vestments worth 40 gp, a leather pouch containing 2 gold bracelets worth 30 gp each, a scroll of earthbind, a scroll of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
beneath these dungeons lie the bottomless Demonweb Pits where the Spider Queen dwells with her most loyal servants—yochlol demons created to serve her that outrank mightier demons while in the Spider
would crumble and all mortals would embrace their predatory instincts. Baphomet’s layer is a never-ending dungeon with the Horned King’s enormous palace at its center. A confusing jumble of crooked
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Mausoleum Locations The following locations are keyed to the map of Ebondeath’s Mausoleum: E1. Entry Hall Read the following boxed text aloud when the characters descend the shaft into this area: The
can be uncovered with a DC 12 Intelligence (Perception) check. Characters who succeed on this check notice muddy scrapes on the floor beneath the concealed door. E6. Halls of the Fiend The hallways are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
engraved above the northeast passageway. The stairs descend 5 feet beneath the lake surface, ending at a rough underwater ledge 15 feet above the submerged cavern floor. The stairs ascend to area F8
and provides no impediment. Underwater Passage. If the characters explore beneath the water, read the following: Forty feet beneath the water, the walls are constructed of worked stone. Red and black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
, dwarf, and elf adventurers. From the western wall emerge formations of the same glassy crystal. A ramp and a pair of stairways descend to the northeast, while a broad passage opens to the east.
The six
rocky outcropping that slopes into the chasm beneath the bridge.
Five Basilisks lounge in the tunnels between this promenade and the sinkhole to the east (area H5). If they notice anything in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Tresendar Manor Dungeon Although the Fellowship of the Golden Mongoose didn’t find the secret door leading into the hidden basement beneath the manor, the agents of the Six did. They then made
extensive use of the dungeon before departing. Map 2.2 shows the layout of the dungeons beneath the manor.
Map 2.2 Tresendar Manor Dungeons View Player Version General Features Except where otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
the floor, as well as stairs that descend to the east. A stone slab blocks the way to the north.
The mosaics here once depicted the feats of Orestes, a scoundrel-hero who devoted his life to Phenax
niches lie small bits of jewelry, gold teeth, or ancient coins, with each haul worth 2d4 gp. 4. Flooded Catacomb The stairs descend into a burial chamber partially flooded with muddy water. Ancient stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
: Duergar Delegate Room A long, low table in this room bears bits of metal. Stairs descend to the south, beneath an archway bearing deep, jagged carvings.
Drow and duergar living in this area didn’t
cage is worth 400 gp. G7: Stairs to Flooded Passage This wide passage is inlaid with roughly cut stairs that descend into murky flood waters.
A subterranean waterway flooded this passage several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Sea of Moving Ice. Beneath the planks in a back corner is an entrance to the ice caves under the village, which lead to Arauthator’s grotto. A long coil of rope hangs on the wall near that corner, and
villagers descend into the ice caves to warn Arauthator’s servants that strangers have come, then quickly slip back up to the surface. Encounters in the ice caves assume that the presence of intruders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
into gravel beneath them so they can’t make any more progress. However much the characters try to climb and demolish the steps, they never seem to get any worse and the gravel never piles up any
. The shrine is a barren chamber every time they reenter. It’s dawn of the next day, no matter what time it was when they entered. They can descend the ziggurat with no difficulty, with or without the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
through a hole in the foundation beneath the kitchen. The centipedes skitter up the drain, enter the room, and attack anyone investigating the cupboard or the sink. 10. Scullery This room displays the
characters found the tracks in area 9 that lead here, they discover that they descend the stairs into area 20 below. If they failed to find the tracks earlier, they can pick up the trail here with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Lords of the Nine. To reach Nessus, one must descend through all eight layers above it in order. The most expeditious means of doing so is the River Styx, which plunges ever deeper as it flows from one
scum cover its putrid surface, and yawning pits lie in wait beneath the murk to engulf careless wanderers. Cyclopean cities of ornately carved stone rise up from the bog, including the great city of