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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
use the stat blocks in this section for older or younger dragon turtles. In addition, chapter 5 includes lair actions and regional effects that can be used for adult or ancient dragon turtles. An
. The water’s edge on the map represents the lip of the shelf, which descends to a dark plain twelve hundred feet below.
Coral Reef. The rocky cliff side depicts the contours of a coral reef that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
books. This book is intended for Dungeon Masters (DMs) and provides game statistics for monsters: all sorts of creatures—whether friend or foe—controlled by the DM. Those statistics appear in stat blocks
has increased to more than 500 stat blocks.
New Monsters. Dozens of new monsters, including more high-level threats, are ready to challenge characters of all levels.
Refined Rules. Every stat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, descends in the eastern half of the shaft, acting as a counterweight. Both stone blocks have thick iron chains bolted to them, by which they are hoisted and lowered them as needed. Scaling the shaft is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Traversing the Tunnel The winding tunnel between Phandalin and Illithinoch is 12 miles long, curving in different directions as it descends 2 miles beneath the town. The tunnel has a gentle but
for a missing tribe member who’s been acting strangely. 8 1d6 troglodytes and a barlgura are looking for a fight. 9 A patch of 2d4 shriekers blocks the way ahead; if they shriek, roll 1d8 on this table to see what creatures come to investigate. 10–20 No encounter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
salamanders brought from the Elemental Plane of Fire by Mekkalath’s magic. The salamanders serve Mekkalath, patrolling the hill and performing errands for him. A stairway in the back of the hall descends
elemental (or a fire elemental myrmidon from Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse) dwells here, along with a few more fire elementals as minions. Rubble blocks another stairway descending to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
tree uproots and blocks a character’s path, mimicking their movements. 7 Gorguth the chimera (see area G7) flies overhead and lets out a fearsome roar. If the characters draw Gorguth’s attention, he
descends to meet them. 8 The Gardener (see appendix B) strolls through the area, humming merrily to themself, inspecting plants, and greeting the garden’s inhabitants.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
rocks to navigate this obstacle. The character must succeed on three DC 14 Strength (Athletics) checks to leap from rock to rock. A character safely ascends or descends 10 feet with each successful
appendix B for both stat blocks) spots the characters and attacks. At the end of the first round of combat, roll a die. If you roll an even number, a random draconian is affected as if by the levitate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
School of Abjuration The School of Abjuration emphasizes magic that blocks, banishes, or protects. Detractors of this school say that its tradition is about denial, negation rather than positive
ward to 0 hit points, the warded creature takes any remaining damage. Improved Abjuration Beginning at 10th level, when you cast an abjuration spell that requires you to make an ability check as a part
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
3. False Entrance After 20 feet, a puzzle door sealing off a small chamber beyond blocks this false entrance into the tomb. A short tunnel ends at a slab of worked stone, whose edges are marked by
cavities. If puzzle cubes representing every trickster god except Unkh are inserted into the cavities in such a way that the cubes of rival gods are opposite to one another, a stone block slowly descends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
as they try to escape Kollema Hall; use one or more of the college apprentice stat blocks in chapter 7 to represent them. Any characters in the infirmary are among the first people the delirious
students rush onto the second floor and seek to escape, attacking anyone who comes close, while yelling things like “Stay back, monster!” and “Help, they’re trying to kill me!” The resulting scene descends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
from orbit. As the ship descends toward the moon, you see a wasteland dotted with pillars of rock. Arcs of lightning leap from pillar to pillar.
The ship heads toward a plateau that is one hundred
, is out of ammunition and in a hurry. The creatures pursuing him are six aartuk weedlings and an aartuk starhorror (see Boo’s Astral Menagerie for their stat blocks). The aartuks are hostile and 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
on the Urban Chase Complications table on its turn. Crowded Street If Willifort flees in a hire-coach, his getaway is thwarted on the third round of the chase when a large crowd blocks the road
, the character spots an iron grate in the street that wasn’t closed properly. Lifting it reveals an iron ladder that descends 10 feet to an underground sewer tunnel. Characters who lower themselves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
forth to smite evil? Are you a glorious champion of the light, cherishing everything beautiful that stands against the shadow, a knight whose oath descends from traditions older than many of the gods
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
fox patiently stalking a snowshoe hare (see appendix C for both creatures’ stat blocks). If the characters leave the animals alone, roll a d6 to determine what happens next. On an odd roll, the hare
. Wolf Pack A pack of 1d4 + 4 wolves descends upon the party. If three or more wolves are killed, the surviving wolves flee.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of soldiers patrol the camp, each including a Dragon Army officer and five Dragon Army soldiers (see appendix B for both stat blocks). One group watches the bridge outside the walls, and the other
quippers. I2: Main Entrance A large, hastily made wooden gate blocks access to the camp. The area is guarded by three imposing figures with twisted draconic features.
The camp’s only gate is watched by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
stat blocks in appendix C. This room contains wrecked furnishings that suggest it was once used as a frost giant’s bedchamber. A bitterly cold wind blows down a staircase to the east, at the bottom of
utmost to slay intruders or, at least, terrify them into fleeing her island and never returning. In addition to the powers given in her three stat blocks, she can use the lair actions described in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
has an ample supply of rocks and ice blocks at hand for hurling at opponents. If the giant hears noise from area 1, he rushes there to help; conversely, if attacked, he will raise a cry to bring the
enclosing them in blocks of transparent ice. These exhibits are meant to frighten off any trespassers. The bodies are obviously hacked and very dead, not merely frozen whole. Treasure. Each of these corpses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
sunlight, and creatures averse to sunlight are affected by it. The gargoyle heads are 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide, with mouths that are 2 feet in diameter. Behind each head, an airtight stone valve blocks a
reads “Drown your sorrows” in Common. If the illusory sunlight falling from the ceiling strikes the plaque when the coffin is opened, the stone block in the corridor outside the room slowly descends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
2 — — — — 11 +4 — 3 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 13 +5 — 3 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 14 +5 Subclass feature 3 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 15 +5 Improved
Druid levels, as shown in the Wild Shape column of the Druid Features table. Known Forms. You know four Beast forms for this feature, chosen from among Beast stat blocks that have a maximum Challenge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
2 — — — — 11 +4 — 3 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 12 +4 Ability Score Improvement 3 4 16 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — — 13 +5 — 3 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 14 +5 Subclass feature 3 4 17 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — — 15 +5 Improved
Druid levels, as shown in the Wild Shape column of the Druid Features table. Known Forms. You know four Beast forms for this feature, chosen from among Beast stat blocks that have a maximum Challenge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Rogue Stat Blocks This section offers four stat block options for the antagonist created when the Rogue card is drawn. Each is a legendary creature. These stat blocks can represent a new NPC that
particular tier of play. You can change the creature type and other features of these stat blocks to customize the antagonists for your campaign. For example, you could change the veiled presence’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
intruders on sight. The caves are otherwise empty. H4. Kobold Vampire Spawn Characters coming from area H2 must descend a naturally formed staircase of ice to reach this cave. Frost-covered blocks of stone
floor of which is strewn with frost-covered blocks of stone and a toppled pillar. Embedded in the east wall is a glittering stone tower that appears to have crashed through the ceiling long ago. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ladder descends twelve feet to a hall made of mortared stone lit and heated by four sputtering torches. Extending from the east end of the hall is a water-filled cistern. A small rowboat is tied off
-foot-square, 2-foot-thick, half-submerged slab of blue marble that blocks access to area C23. This slab is far enough away that characters won’t see it with torches or darkvision unless they move
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
draconians slaying gricks around the cave, so they ignore the sound of fighting above. F2: Descending Cliffs The passage descends in a series of sheer cliffs, each one plunging farther than the last into the
Draconic words, including the name “Nadir.” Draconians. A sivak draconian and five baaz draconians occupy this room (see appendix B for both stat blocks). The baaz draconians drag treasure from the sand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, the front gate remains barred but unguarded. K2. Gatehouse The gates open to a thirty-foot passage leading east. A portcullis blocks the far end of the passage, but you can see the castle yard on the
blocks the castle’s water gate (area K11). It only takes one person to operate the capstan, but lowering the chain to allow a boat to pass requires a character to use three actions cranking. Treasure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
in area 14. If the bucket chain stops moving, the giants head to area 20 to learn why, leaving the ogres, who brawl among themselves. A staircase in the west wall descends to area 31. 16. Giants
minutes pass and no ore arrives, Zaltember and the ogres in area 18 investigate, entering from the west. If he finds intruders or evidence thereof, Zaltember heads to area 19, descends the staircase to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the front door, read: This austere hall is finished in irregular blocks of dark basalt that form natural columns along the walls. The doors of the monastery’s front entrance face south, while
middle of this room descends to area M21 in the mines below the monastery. Four large columns of natural rock dominate this shrine. A wide set of steps descends into darkness in the center of the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
than to others of their own kind. On occasion, their hobgoblin leaders will see fit to equip the bugbear force with improved equipment, such as metal-tipped javelins in place of stone-tipped ones, or
are thrown down, ruined, or marred. Mosaics are broken apart. Stained glass is shattered. Flags and pennants are soaked in blood. Statues are put in chains. Altars become chopping blocks where
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
The Mountain Door The uppermost level of Khundrukar, called the Mountain Door, is a natural cavern that was expanded and improved upon by Durgeddin’s folk, who created a series of halls and guard
that descends a flight of stairs into a small chamber. Light from outside slants into the room through a series of narrow embrasures.
The area is littered with well-gnawed bones, cobwebs, and rat
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
that cast this otherwise empty room in dim light. On the far side of the room, a spiral staircase descends into darkness. From below, you hear a human voice chanting in a blasphemous tongue.
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
threat) The court jester devised a deadly trap to foil anyone who sought to steal his magic fool’s cap. The jester’s tomb is located at the end of a 10-foot-wide, 150-foot-long hallway that descends
wall and comes to a halt. It blocks the door to the tomb, but the characters can escape. Poisoned Tempest Complex trap (level 11–16, deadly threat) This fiendish trap was built to eliminate intruders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
) cleans the hut during the day and is confined in a cage outside at night. Treasure. Hanging from the ceiling is a gold censer (worth 250 gp). Four blocks of incense (worth 25 gp each) are kept in a
-foot-diameter, circular platform made from oak beams held together by iron bands and rivets. The platform ascends and descends the shaft constantly, powered by a wooden water wheel located behind an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
into the middle of it. It leads to a spiral staircase that climbs to area 32 and descends to area 11. 18. Meditation Cave This naturally formed cave has bioluminescent lichen, coral, snails, and starfish
portcullis blocks the way from the main cave to the sinkhole (area 1), and lowered portcullises also confine ten hunter sharks to the four side caves. The sharks take advantage of any opportunity to escape
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
stat blocks). If they notice an intruder in the mess hall, the goblins panic and attack. The goblins attempt to overwhelm any intruder with sheer numbers, aiming to subdue instead of kill. If all
in the west wall opens into a shaft that descends 30 feet. This shaft once held a magical lift that the duergar miners used as transport into the mining tunnels, but the lift has since fallen into
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
room is currently inhabited by a Humanoid mutate named Falfark and an encephalon gemmule (see appendix A for both stat blocks) that Falfark treats as a guardian. Falfark is a member of the Cult of the






