descent improved are bodies

Murder

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

murder to keep order among their ranks and remove threats to their organization. So-called “snuff streets” hold the bodies of the dead, dumped by their murderers in piles along the lane. The most

desperate of Outer City residents prowl the snuff streets, hoping to find a missed copper piece or a salvageable boot to pawn. They strip the teeth from bodies, cut off hair that might fetch a coin, and

Patrons in the Realms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

collects warlocks like one might collect butterflies. His favorite collection, the Troil Thirteen, includes warlocks of blood descent from the thirteen who first made a pact with Asmodeus. Malkizid is a

to advise and tutor them for long after the Descent. The Great Old One Beyond the planes known to great wizards and sages lies the Far Realm of the Great Old Ones, beings outside time, space, and

High Hall Cathedral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

outside walls of the cathedral without equipment requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Windows. Most of the cathedral’s windows were shattered during the descent into Avernus, but the

. The lever can be pulled to open the hand, so that offerings to Torm or bodies undergoing rituals can be placed upon it. Activating the Altar. Even with all that has happened in the city, this altar

Interloper Gods

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

chapter 6 is an example of a frost giant whose devotion to the demon lord has brought great and terrible rewards. (Kostchtchie is described in Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus.) Yeenoghu. Gnolls, ghouls

waters are eager to reclaim the water trapped in the bodies of living creatures and feel duty-bound to return others to the primal waters by drowning them, shedding their blood, or freezing them in ice

Exploring the Cemetery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

, read the following to set the scene: The city’s descent into Avernus has taken its toll on this once beautiful chapel. Nearly all the stained glass windows along the outside walls have been smashed, and

area: This workshop appears to be where priests and acolytes prepared dead bodies for final interment. The place has been ransacked, with knives, saws, piping, and tubes littering the floor. Acid and

Court of Air

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

killed the puny runt for it. When the ogre attuned to it, the headband grew in size, enabling him to wear it. With an improved ability to reason and ponder, the ogre felt compelled to appreciate the

effect similar to a feather fall spell. The caretaker of the temple in 1492 DR is a human priest of Shou descent named Lorekeeper Kei Tigersteel. Though not officially an Avowed, the Lorekeeper enjoys the

Maze of Mists

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. The bottom two chests each contain 250 gp. P14h. This area reeks of dead flesh. Bodies in various states of decay lie strewn about the floor. In the center lies the corpse of a human. A shimmering

appendix B) and his descent into evil Answered Incorrectly. If the characters answer the riddle incorrectly, Senenura attacks and fights ferociously to the death. Trough. The circular opening at the base of

Wyrmheart Mine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

track. A stout, lever-operated brake controls its descent. Carts can be shunted onto the side passages if the tracks are switched using a crowbar (one is stashed near each siding). When characters arrive

neighbors. Characters have improved chances to sneak up on her from area 12, thanks to the loud waterfall there (either they have advantage on Stealth checks or Tinder has disadvantage on Perception checks

The Mountain Door

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

are those of orcs killed by the trap long ago; their remains show signs of severe scorching. Rusted axe heads lie near the bodies, with no sign of the weapons’ hafts. If the door is pulled open before

Areas of the Air Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

cages, their bellies are little more than concave spaces where the flesh stretches thin across their bones. Their arms, legs, and faces are similarly skeletal, and terrible welts cover their bodies

-square vertical shaft of smooth stone that descends to the Howling Caves (see chapter 5). The updraft slows the descent of any creature that leaps or falls into the pit, as if a feather fall spell had been

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

shambling mounds that live in the tanks, churning them as part of the purification process. Mortlock Vanthampur (for more information on Mortlock Vanthampur, see chapter 1 of Baldur’s Gate: Descent

. For the past six months, bodies have been appearing in the alley just behind the halfling’s café. More than a dozen have appeared so far, never with any witnesses as to how they go there. The victims

The Tenth District

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

vast, thriving community of folk who have no desire or choice to live under the sky. Here, the Dimir, Golgari, Rakdos, and Simic hold sway in the caverns, causeways, and bodies of water that grace the

of decomposition, an odor that grows particularly intense on hot days. Many kraul make their homes in the walls that line the cavernous descent, and Devkarin elves come up to the surface through this

Briny Maze Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

all killed one another in a gruesome fight, but a character who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check realizes that the bodies were staged to look this way; most were killed with

creatures in the fluid if it swims nearby. If the characters are quick and careful, they can avoid the purple worm’s notice. Each mile of descent, the characters must make a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check

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