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Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
spontaneous alterations over their lifetime, from the typical range of point and peak seen among the elves, to huge ears that sweep back from the head like wings, and which are often pierced behind
Kobold
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sent Kurtulmak to retrieve it. Garl lured his pursuer into a maze-like cavern, then collapsed the exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity. Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises
they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
dragon disappears behind a cloud, taking its strange caravan with it, and is seen no more. But sometimes the dragon makes a gentle, spiraling descent into a forest or another secluded area. Those who seek
Seelie Market Attentive travelers might notice a shimmering, majestic dragon soaring above the clouds. A wagon caravan trails behind the dragon, attached to it by a magical harness. Usually the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
through the lower levels of the house as it makes its descent. Thick cobwebs fill the shaft and reduce visibility in the staircase to 5 feet. The secret door and shaft don’t exist until the house
reveals them, which can happen in one of two ways: The characters find Strahd’s letter in the secret room behind the library (area 9). The characters find the replica secret door in the attic of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
successful DC 10 Dexterity check. The chest contains 1,825 cp, 54 sp, and a pair of garish
gold earrings that would be worth another 10 gp if melted. The chest was left behind when the last tenants
of the castle departed, being considered not worth the effort to lug down the stairs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
8. Library The master of the house used to spend many hours here before his descent into madness. Red velvet drapes cover the windows of this room. An exquisite mahogany desk and a matching high-back
collected works of poetry and fiction. The books rot and fall apart if taken from the house. Secret Door A secret door behind one bookshelf can be unlocked and swung open by pulling on a switch disguised to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
(Perception) check. After the chalk mark is noticed, anyone who reads Dwarvish can correctly interpret it as a warning that powerful undead reside in the room beyond. Adventurers placed the rune here decades
successful DC 10 Dexterity check. The chest contains 1,825 cp, 54 sp, and a pair of garish gold earrings that would be worth another 10 gp if melted. The chest was left behind when the last tenants of the castle departed, being considered not worth the effort to lug down the stairs.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
dragons. Kobolds willingly serve chromatic dragons and worship them as if they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the
exits behind him, trapping Kurtulmak for all eternity.
Kurtulmak is a hateful deity, one who despises all life except for kobolds. He especially hates Garl Glittergold, gnomes, and fey creatures that
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
drunken patrons. Revelers can stay as late as they wish and still get home safely, provided they hire someone trustworthy to guard their trip home. Most murders in the Lower City have reasons behind
serial murderer Alhasval Drenz, the Whitkeep Whistler, still stalks the city, possessing innocents to continue her unmatched killing spree. Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus posits a third possibility
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
things they don’t. In a typical D&D session, a DM makes numerous rules decisions—some barely noticeable and others quite obvious. Players also interpret the rules, and the whole group keeps the game
. RAI. Some of you are especially interested in knowing the intent behind a rule. That’s where RAI comes in: “rules as intended.” This approach is all about what the designers meant when they wrote
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
typical D&D session, a DM makes numerous rules decisions—some barely noticeable and others quite obvious. Players also interpret the rules, and the whole group keeps the game running. There are times
you are especially interested in knowing the intent behind a rule. That’s where RAI comes in: “rules as intended.” This approach is all about what the designers meant when they wrote something. In a
Orc
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laden wagon or after heroically defending it from thieves gain great respect and advance higher in the tribe’s pecking order.
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of crows, or a sudden gust of wind — might be a communication from the gods. If the tribe has encountered a similar omen before, the priests understand how to interpret it, but if a sign from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
slithering tracker that has killed in this fashion becomes much easier to locate for a time, since its liquid form becomes tinged with blood and its body leaves a visible trail of the stuff behind it
. Descent into Madness. Achieving revenge against its target doesn’t end a slithering tracker’s existence, nor its hunger for blood. Some slithering trackers remain aware of their purpose and extend
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
culminated in the Dark Disaster, in which terrible storms engulfed Miyeritar, turning it into a wasteland within a single season, leaving behind the area now known as the High Moor. The high mages of
destruction that followed, elf priests and high mages fervently prayed to Corellon Larethian and the gods of the elven pantheon for salvation. The Descent of the Drow Corellon interceded in the Crown
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Trouble in Baldur’s Gate Chapter 1 begins in the independent city of Baldur’s Gate, where the characters find themselves trapped behind the city’s walls after the gates are sealed to keep out
the Flaming Fist disbands, paving the way for the city’s descent into Avernus. To accomplish this last goal, Thalamra needs an artifact called the Shield of the Hidden Lord, imprisoned in which is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Wood Elves Also called copper elves, or Sy’Tel’Quessir, wood elves are the most common elves remaining in Faerûn. Their ancestors left behind the strife of the Crown Wars millennia ago to found
the Sundering, the Crown Wars, the descent of the drow, and other calamities as the result of acts of arrogance on the part of their ancestors. Living around and amid the reminders of this arrogance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Forgotten Realms include the following: Baazka is the pit fiend behind the most recent incursion of infernal forces from Dragonspear Castle. Its plans for the Sword Coast were thwarted along with those of
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
receives the following telepathic message in Common: “I cast my eye into the future and see in yours a perilous descent. South of here, beyond a secret passage, waits the Two-Headed King. Look to his
successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check and causes it to break into myriad pieces on the floor. 28c. East Chamber Goblins. Unless they are led elsewhere, six goblins cower behind broken halves of a stone
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
broke in half during its descent, its bow section gone missing but its stern plunged backward into the seafloor like a spike.
The sandy bed around the wreckage is scattered with partially buried
number of drowned ones that stayed behind from the most recent assault on Firewatch Island take notice. Three drowned blades, one drowned ascetic, and one drowned assassin lurk inside the ruined Tammeraut
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
buildings.
This area is used by cult members as a gathering point before they stage their ceremonies inside the temple. A flight of rickety steps half hidden behind detritus leads up to the ship’s
area difficult terrain. The aboleth has ordered the cult to keep four skum guards posted here (see appendix C and the “Skum” sidebar). These guards lurk behind mounds of rubble as they watch the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
hungry tribe leaves nothing behind from a kill, eating everything that’s edible and using the rest to make tools or adornments. Kobolds shed teeth as they wear out and grow new ones their entire lives
at random from kobold eggs, even in a tribe that has no adult urds. Although being able to fly is an incredible gift, and it would be expected for kobolds to interpret the wings as a blessing from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
this lost dwarven city.
Four kenku occupy the gatehouse structure, hidden behind the arrow slits. They don’t reveal themselves to the characters unless the characters discover and attack them through
lane behind the hall, searching through the rubble for treasure. As the characters near the lane, the kenku hide and attempt to frighten the party away with ghostly sounds from the gloom. A7. Plaza of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
-figure drawings carved into its northern wall.
A character who makes a successful DC 15 Intelligence (History) check can correctly interpret the carvings, which show frost giants wading up a river to
increases to 15. Lodged in the rocks behind the waterfall are items that were caught in the river, including an explorer’s pack and a miner’s pick. After the water weird is released and dealt with, these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
embodies the loathsome corruption of chaos and evil. A descent into the Abyss is a journey into a hostile and uncharted environment. It’s also an opportunity to confront the evil in one’s own heart and
while seeking a holy relic left behind by some lost hero who dared to venture here. It’s the nature of the Abyss to contaminate the other planes it touches. Opening a portal to the Abyss from any other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Dwarvish. Previous explorers have taken everything of value from this room. The painted red mark is intended to indicate a safe exit door, although the characters might interpret it differently. G2
(Athletics) check to shove the door hard enough to break the bar. Qunbraxel rightly believes a passage to Talhundereth is behind the door, so the mind flayer sent grimlocks to investigate. The door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
piled high with treasures left behind by those who tried—and failed—to best him in a deal. Phlegethos Phlegethos, the fourth layer, is a fiery landscape whose seas of molten magma brew hurricanes of hot
deceit and manipulation, and their unhindered pursuit of their own agendas make them truly terrifying foes. A descent into the Nine Hells is a journey into the heart of evil. Every shred of evil is
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
servants. Plain stone shelves in the eleven alcoves each hold one set of remains. Treasure. A rogue who worked in the cathedral used this room to hide her stolen goods. Behind the bones on one shelf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, affording an unobstructed view of area U2 as the characters complete their descent. Wall of Stone. When the countdown timer reaches zero, a wall of stone magically appears on the stairs at the point marked
behind the walls. Characters who investigate find one kiddywidget (see the end of the adventure for its stat block) in each cavity. These offspring of the skitterwidgets chirp loudly if disturbed by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
. Intrigue and treachery abound, blanketed behind the sumptuous veils of high society: masked balls, gambling houses, and private banquets. The Lady of Pain doesn’t reside in the ward that bears her name, but
everything from petty disputes in other wards to groundbreaking cases in the High Courts. They adjudicate, review, and study the rules of Sigil, maintaining order according to the law as they interpret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
descends 1 foot for every 10 feet of horizontal distance covered. At the end of the flight, the wearer lands on its feet and the glider is intact. If the wearer tries to accelerate the rate of descent
of horns. Looming behind the sarcophagus is a stuffed owlbear frozen in a roar, with claws outstretched. King Dostron was an ancient ruler of this land, long before the arrival of Strahd. He claimed
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
that extends down from an entrance behind the altar, at several points piercing the city’s sewers. For a small fee, anyone can have a corpse brought down into the cramped tomb, where hordes of sewer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
death cries and the ruptured wall. Though Varakkta was reluctant to leave her valued greatsword behind, she elected for discretion and retreated to rejoin her followers. Greatsword. The greatsword is
adherents, such as the beholder Mublinesh, consider the collection to be nothing other than junk. Hole. Characters who examine the toppled worktable see a hole in the floor behind it. The table hides the hole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
handles. At the entrance, the archaeologists posted symbols for “danger” and “fire.”
The doors at the end of the corridor are fake and can’t be opened. Behind them is a solid wall. Explosion Trap. A
instead of a Dexterity saving throw, provided the creature doesn’t have the prone condition, with the aim of slowing the ceiling’s descent for the betterment of others. The creature making the Strength