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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Underground River. A river flows along the right and bottom edges of the map, providing the dragon with fresh water and an alternative entrance. Originating on the surface, the river descends through narrow
dragon can shape the stone to open or close a passage through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 10 feet thick.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a legendary sapphire dragon’s lair
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. 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
nests in a recessed shelf along the back wall, where the creature can gaze down at the hoard scattered across the chamber floor. Although the lair is mostly flooded with seawater, a layer of breathable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. West Wing Four nothics lurk in the northern arm of this L-shaped gallery, poring over wall carvings and chattering to themselves. Beyond the nothics, a staircase descends 50 feet to tier 2. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
stairway that descends to area Y1 in the Yun Dynasty Ruins. Characters who succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check can tell the stonework beyond the basement wall is many hundreds of years older than the modern Hall of Merit. Characters who have the Stonecunning trait have advantage on this check.
guards flank a section of crumbled wall leading into darkness. The guards nod as they see Zhong Yin and stand out of the group’s way. Beyond the crumbled wall, a short, cramped hall leads to a stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
into the west wall pushes open to reveal a corridor. Characters who follow this corridor come to a stone staircase that descends 40 feet to area 1 on level 10.
A detect magic spell reveals an illusory
wall for what it is. An illusory wall has no substance, and creatures and objects can pass right through it. Each illusory wall can be dispelled with a successful dispel magic (DC 14). The yugoloths
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Shaft. The 10-foot-wide stone shaft descends 100 feet to area X6 and 200 feet to area X22. Ice Gate. The large stone wheel near the east wall is part of the mechanism that opens and closes the doors
. Elevator Shaft. The 10-foot-wide stone shaft descends 100 feet to area X12 and 200 feet to area X30. Ice Gate. The large stone wheel near the west wall is part of the mechanism that opens and closes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
freshly blown glass bottles along the south wall, the hearth built into the southwest corner, and the barrel of sand standing next to it. A staircase descends underground, and between it and the rack of
W10. Glassblower’s Workshop A dirty window in the south wall allows dim light to enter this room. Wine bottles are manufactured here, as evidenced by the tools lying about, the wooden rack full of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. On their shelves are hundreds of well-preserved tomes. Embroidered rugs, chairs, and lit candelabras fill the southern half of the room. The spiral staircase descends 30 feet to area X42. Peering
, deteriorate and become brittle if taken from the room. The secret door in the center of the west wall can be pulled open to reveal an empty room (area X29). The one in the center of the south wall can be
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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.
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through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 10 feet thick.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a legendary sapphire dragon’s lair is altered by the dragon’s magic, creating one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
30. Buried Tower Stairs curve along the wall of this buried tower chamber, rising then halting abruptly at the ceiling. Much of the floor has fallen away, collapsing into darkness.
Centuries ago
, this level of the tower was bricked over. The pit descends 30 feet to area 31 below. Echoes from the Pit. As characters approach the pit, they hear their voices echo down the hole. Randomly determine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
end of the west wall descends to a door leading to area K78. The stairs at the south end of the west wall lead up, ending at door that opens into area K37. Treasure The tapestry depicts Strahd’s father
depths of Castle Ravenloft. Hanging from an iron rod bolted to the eastern wall is a dusty, ten-foot-square tapestry depicting knights on horseback charging across a battlefield under a bloodred sky. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
30. Path to the Tomb Keresta uses this hallway to reach her tomb. 30a. Secret Door A bas-relief mural covers the southwest wall of this 20-foot-high room. The mural depicts Shar in the form of a
young woman, her billowing cloak becoming one with the night sky as she descends upon unsuspecting human mourners in a graveyard. In each hand, she clutches a dagger. Characters who examine the mural
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wall. It can be pulled open to reveal a dusty, web-choked staircase of ancient, worn stone (area K79) that descends into darkness.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K23. Servants’ Entrance Dim light filters in through a dust-caked window in the east wall. A door next to the window leads to the castle’s northeast courtyard.Everything in this room is coated with
dust, including a large, heavy table in the center of the floor. A thick book lies open on a desk, with an inkwell and a quill next to it. There is a broken door in the north wall, and a staircase in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
a coffin, its black doors painted with fey creatures, stands between two cracked, full-length mirrors hanging on the south wall. A staircase descends along the north wall. If someone opens the
south wall, behind the hanging mirror west of the wardrobe, is a secret door. It can be pulled open to reveal a closet choked with dust and cobwebs and that contains a wooden ladder that leads up 20 feet to another secret door in the tower stairway (area K20). The staircase leads down to area K24.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
House Exterior The decrepit house sits on the highest ground in the area. Around it, a stone wall has crumbled in many places, exposing the interior grounds. An ornate metal gate lies open at the end
. The Wall The stone wall is 6 feet tall and more or less encloses the garden. It has partially collapsed in several places, so access to any part of the garden is simple even if characters decide not to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
west wall is a steel plate that has an iron lever protruding downward. See the diagram below. The shaft (area K31a) descends 90 feet from here to area K61, and ascends 40 feet to area K31b. Another 40
machinery is repaired. The iron lever set into the western wall is normally in the “down” position. Moving it to the “up” position activates the trap and raises the elevator. Sliding it back down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
1. Entrance from Hut Inside the hut of the shaman Bonecarver, old furs heaped atop poles are laid across an opening leading down to the ice caves. Steps are cut into the wall of the chute, creating
further checks are necessary. The chute and its icy stairs end at the ceiling. A sturdy ladder then descends into the approximate center of a rectangular chamber. The exit to the corridor is an icy, 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to extract the mithral from the pillars proves futile.)
Xindulus. An invisible ultroloth named Xindulus guards a secret door leading to a 10-foot-wide spiral staircase that descends to level 22 (see
battling a black pudding conceals the secret door in the north wall. Bloodstains mar the carving, making the dwarves look horribly wounded and giving the ooze a disgustingly realistic sheen. The secret door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
terrible god looming above them and smiling. Set into the west wall is a dirty, salt-encrusted window. A stone altar with lightning bolts carved into it stands against the south wall. A metal rod
descends from the ceiling above the altar, splitting in two before it embeds itself into the stone.
The smiling figure depicted in the frescoes is the chaotic evil storm god Talos, who can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
to the southeast ascend 5 feet to a passage that descends again 5 feet to area 3. A search for muddy footprints accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that only bullywugs
slightly acidic, but not enough to cause damage. The gap in the wall connecting to area 2 is only about 3 feet high above the water, so most characters must crouch to get through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
southeast ascend 5 feet to a passage that descends again 5 feet to area 3. A search for muddy footprints accompanied by a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that only bullywugs use
acidic, but not enough to cause damage. The gap in the wall connecting to area 2 is only about 3 feet high above the water, so most characters must crouch to get through.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
strewn about, as are the torn-up remains of old maps. Secret Door. The secret door in the east wall pulls open to reveal a 3-foot-wide staircase that descends 10 feet to area H21. Cryovain is too big to enter this staircase.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1. Entrance from Hut Inside the hut of the shaman Bonecarver, old furs heaped atop poles are laid across an opening leading down to the ice caves. Steps are cut into the wall of the chute, creating
further checks are necessary. The chute and its icy stairs end at the ceiling. A sturdy ladder then descends into the approximate center of a rectangular chamber. The exit to the corridor is an icy, 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
21. Secret Stairs A narrow spiral staircase made of creaky wood is contained within a 5-foot-wide shaft of mortared stone that starts in the attic and descends 50 feet to the dungeon level, passing
dollhouse (area 20). Once the house wills the secret door into existence, characters find it automatically if they search the wall (no ability check required). Characters who descend the spiral staircase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, wide hallway with amber-covered walls (area X8). The hole in the floor forms a roughly hewn shaft that descends 20 feet, then breaks through the ceiling of area X33a. From the bottom of the shaft, it’s
. If the characters make a lot of noise, the three flameskulls in area X33a float up the shaft and attack them. The flameskulls also attack anyone they can hear attempting to descend the shaft. A secret door in the south wall opens into area X7.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
3. Slanted Room A secret door opens to reveal an empty 10-foot-square cubicle with a 5-foot-wide tunnel of rough-hewn stone leading away from it. The tunnel descends slightly until it reaches a room
reaching the east wall but deepening by 1 foot for every 10 feet of travel westward.
Statue. A wide alcove in the north wall contains a life-size statue of a sahuagin, submerged up to its chest in sewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
down the chute using crampons or some other device to grip the wall. Other characters can climb down only with ropes, pitons, and other climbing gear. The chute descends 60 feet to the roof of area 19
, haste, protection from energy, water breathing, Evard’s black tentacles, fire shield, wall of fire, hold monster, chain lightning, and disintegrate. Access to Arauthator’s Lair Near the western end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
1. Pool The pool at the foot of the waterfall is 20 feet deep at its center, its surface obscured by an emerald haze that marks this place as a green dragon’s lair. A steep slope descends from the
the cave, clinging to the wall near the entrance. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check notices movement inside the cave but can’t tell what it is (or how large a creature it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
stone stretch from west to east. Around each table sit a dozen cast-iron chairs sculpted with web and spider motifs.
Smashed Cabinet. Against the north wall, near the double door to area 5b, is a pile
float about the room, as though weightless.
Fireplace. An immense stone fireplace protrudes from the west wall.
Well. An alcove in the north wall contains a 12-foot-diameter open well. (The well
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
down the chute using crampons or some other device to grip the wall. Other characters can climb down only with ropes, pitons, and other climbing gear. The chute descends 60 feet to the roof of area 19
, haste, protection from energy, water breathing, Evard’s black tentacles, fire shield, wall of fire, hold monster, chain lightning, and disintegrate. Access to Arauthator’s Lair Near the western end
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
1. Pool The pool at the foot of the waterfall is 20 feet deep at its center, its surface obscured by an emerald haze that marks this place as a green dragon’s lair. A steep slope descends from the
the cave, clinging to the wall near the entrance. A character who succeeds on a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check notices movement inside the cave but can’t tell what it is (or how large a creature it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Chimney. A niche in the western wall forms the top of a shaft that descends 30 feet to area 3. See that area for information on climbing the natural chimney. Supplies. The piles of sacks and crates
. Sacks and crates of looted provisions are piled up in the south end of this large cave. To the west, the floor slopes toward a narrow opening that descends into darkness. A larger opening leads north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
visible below, with corridors radiating off in all directions. To the north, a stone staircase descends to the lowerlevels.
The grand staircase connects the first four levels of the tomb, each of which
east wall of the balcony on level 2, engraved with another of Acererak’s cryptic warnings in Common. (Give the players a copy of handout 18 in appendix E.) It reads as follows: The ring is a path to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
damage the portico make enough noise to attract the two white dragon wyrmlings in area Q4. One makes its way through area Q3 to confront intruders head-on while the other descends the chute in area Q4 and
feet to a 20-foot-high chamber festooned with icicles. A naturally formed pillar supports the chamber’s domed roof. Two alcoves set into the north wall are fitted with rusty iron gates. Their chains