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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Posing as an avatar of an evil earth elemental-god, a sapphire dragon serves as general to a fanatical cult—and claims the spoils of the cult’s
Queen has declared war on an ancient sapphire dragon who has annexed the heart of her cult’s Underdark territory.
Sapphire Dragon Lairs
Sapphire dragons make their lairs in enormous
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an avatar of an evil earth elemental-god, a sapphire dragon serves as general to a fanatical cult—and claims the spoils of the cult’s victories.
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A sapphire dragon is bound by an
edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow tunnels that eventually lead to the Underdark.
Hoard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
descends from Sacred Stone Monastery to the Temple of Black Earth. Finally, the Path of Frozen Fire leads from the cellars below Scarlet Moon Hall to the Temple of Eternal Flame. Each elemental cult
The Temple of Elemental Evil The four elemental cults maintain their chief stronghold in the ancient dwarven citadel of Tyar-Besil beneath the Sumber Hills. Each cult controls a portion of the old
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
Wainwright’s House The Hidden Cult has a lair beneath the cellar of the wainwright’s house. Harlon Geistenhal, the wainwright, lives here with his 5-year-old daughter, Maraleigh, and two nephews. The
sliding barn door that the Geistenhals close and latch each evening. From the workshop, a stairway descends to the cellar, which is the same size as the building above. There’s also a storm cellar door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. This tower has two additional features on its ground level: a stone trapdoor in the floor, beneath which is a ladder that descends to area C16, and a secret passage to the speaker’s office (area C9
can be poured. The south wall has a row of five arrow slits built into it. Two wooden cots covered with furs are in the northeast corner of the room. Of the two cult fanatics stationed here, one stands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
A9) leads away from the temple’s lower level and eventually lets out in the Mud Flats northwest of Waterdeep. Changes to the temple that occur during cult gatherings are noted in the “Cult Gathering
” sections. View Player Version A1. Hall of the Damned The features of this hall are readily apparent: In the middle of the hall, a spiral staircase descends 20 feet to the lower level (area A3). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
a study. Mike Schley Map 12.1: Cult Hideout View Player Version Antechamber. At the end of the hallway leading north to the bedroom suite, an ornate stained-glass window depicts the All-Consuming
natural, but the cult members have widened the narrow passages and shored up the crumbling cave walls with masonry. Stalactites hang from the ceilings, but most of the stalagmites have been cleared to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
shaft descends into a worked stone hallway. One end of the hall has collapsed, and the other terminates in a pair of giant ebony doors. A thin layer of mist swirls over the floor and the air is
. Around the circle, the cultists of Myrkul kneel in prayer for guidance from their god.There is one cult fanatic here for every character in the party, including sidekicks. Cultists who detect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
braziers—the cultists on the ground and the grells in the air. Combat here alerts the cult fanatic in area B3, who flees to area B7 to warn Lord Viallis of intruders. Fountain. The fountain holds
that opens up through the crumbling wall of the antechamber is illuminated by a single brazier. At the end of the passage, a set of curving stone stairs descends farther down into darkness.
If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
, including one in the attic leading to a spiral staircase (area D21) that descends below the house. Encounter. Roll on the Death House Encounters table the first time a character enters this room
mortared stone. The staircase descends 50 feet from the house’s attic to area D22 in the dungeon level. D22: Dungeon Level Access The wooden spiral staircase from the attic (area D21) ends here. A narrow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the east or west doors without an escort. If the monks are convinced that the characters are potential recruits or engaged in important cult business, one of the monks guides the party to area M9 to
into the mines while the monks rest. These duergar mercenaries see the Cult of Black Earth as a good bet. They tolerate the monks because the monks don’t say much and generally leave them alone. M6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
guards (see chapter 7) stand in front of the statues. Characters not wearing disguises are recognized for who they really are. Characters disguised as earth cultists or cult prisoners must make a Charisma
to the ledge, where a passage leads north. A tunnel on the lower level leads south.
Earth cultists call this river of elemental mud the Mudflow. The river is 6 feet wide, 3 feet deep, and descends a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the strangers pause at the bridge to either give the hand sign of the cult (a triangle formed with thumbs and forefingers of both hands) or call out, “I serve the Black Earth!” In combat, the gargoyles
iron stove furnish the room. A pile of firewood nearby keeps the stove well stoked.
This guardroom serves as the barracks and post of five duergar in the service of the Black Earth cult. The gray
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
will before final initiation into the cult. If the characters attack, the priests order the commoners to fight to the death. A commoner can be frightened into surrendering with a successful DC 15
-Besil shops moved into the area as soon as a food source (the cult) arrived. Whenever the characters enter one of the shops, they have a twenty-five percent chance of encountering the cloaker. The
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk
lair was created by an earth elemental, which the Temple cult moved elsewhere long ago. The area has the following features. Terrain. The wall and floor are smoothed rock, shaped by the earth elemental
linked to Vrane, the leader of the Hidden Cult in area S4. If she concentrates, she can see through the eye. The fresco can be destroyed with a single attack, breaking its magic. Any knock on the Puzzle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pay little attention to anyone heading in that direction. Visitors heading east must make the handsign of the fire cult (one hand in a fist, thumb up, with the other hand over the fist) or state the
bas-relief images of sleeping dwarves. An unlit brazier sits in each corner, and a brass censer hangs from a chain connected to the ceiling in the chamber’s center.
No one in the fire cult knows of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
bones litter the interior of this tower. A rank animal stench hangs in the air.
Most nonhumans recruited by the cult are sent down to the Temple of the Crushing Wave (see chapter 4). However
’ statistics.) They are enthusiastic converts to the cult, but they would rather be out raiding or fighting instead of stuck in the chapel listening to Drosnin rant about the unstoppable power of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
and fissures on all sides. The ceiling is about a hundred feet high.
Three harpies nest on the highest ledges. These wicked creatures guard the cave for the Cult of the Howling Hatred. The bodies are
fane. Two water weirds lurk in the pool and guard the area for the cult. They attack anyone approaching the water who fails to give the water cult’s hand sign. The pool is 20 feet deep. Swimming in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
symbol is painted on the southern wall — a shape like an X with the bottom limbs linked by a horizontal line.
Long ago this chamber served as the harbormaster’s post, but the Crushing Wave cult
and rubble choking the eastern part of the chamber. The nothics took up residence here in the hopes that unwary cult members might be easy prey for an ambush or unwittingly yield secrets of power to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
descends deeper underground. Several landings on the staircase hold statues, and some bear doorways. The stairs end abruptly at a wall of tumbled boulders from some long-ago collapse.
Two galeb duhr
wandered from an underground traveling caravan. When it stumbled into Talhundereth, a member of the Cult of the Obelisk sacrificed it in unfettered devotion to the obelisk. If the characters make a lot of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
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Rise. The castle ascends at a rate of 10 feet per round.
Sink. The castle descends at a rate of 10 feet per round. If it comes into contact with the ground, it lands.
Spin. The castle rotates gently
slain and the cultists are routed, Rath Modar gathers any remaining forces allied with the cult and slays Blagothkus, knowing full well that the cloud giant’s death will cause the castle to crash (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
.
Rise. The castle ascends at a rate of 10 feet per round.
Sink. The castle descends at a rate of 10 feet per round. If it comes into contact with the ground, it lands.
Spin. The castle rotates
the cultists are routed, Rath Modar gathers any remaining forces allied with the cult and slays Blagothkus, knowing full well that the cloud giant’s death will cause the castle to crash (see above
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
conceals a secret door.) Locked Iron Box. Jandar Chergoba, the head chef, keeps his golden sacrificial dagger, golden mask, and crimson robes (see “Cult of Asmodeus”) in a locked iron box underneath a sack
Crowelle and Tissina Khyret keep their cult regalia (see “Cult of Asmodeus”) in a gold-embellished lockbox hidden under a stack of quilts bearing images of flying devils. The box can be unlocked with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
scrolls (arms of Hadar, bane, and dimension door) and a bag containing six pieces of jewelry worth 100 gp each. D8a: Tower Ground Floor A cold wind descends this tower staircase.
The stairs here
cloaked figures is Markos’s head researcher, Xander (lawful evil, human cult fanatic). The other figure is an apprentice named Kura (lawful evil, human cultist). Both have embraced the Far Realm entity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Colossus Locations W1. Volcanic Shaft This shaft descends from area E14 in the Temple of Eternal Flame, past area F15 in the Fane of the Eye. A magical disk allows easy movement among the levels. The
support a smooth domed ceiling. Niches carved into the columns hold dancing flames that illuminate copper tapestries hanging on the walls. Each tapestry bears the symbol of the fire cult. Just in front of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
(Perception) check finds the secret door, which swings inward when pushed. A foul, sewer-like stench greets anyone who opens the secret door. Behind the door, a staircase descends 20 feet to area D5
obey only their creator and attack all others, including other members of the Dead Three cult. Carved into the north-facing side of the sarcophagus are ghastly images of human cannibalism. The