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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Point of Impact If the characters discovered the location of the fallen star from Derwyth’s calculations, they have no trouble traveling directly to the point of impact. Likewise, if the characters
already met the hunters of Therno Lake (detailed later in this adventure), those hunters might have directed them to the derro lair. If the characters failed to secure such information, they can find
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
Planar Retribution A powerful marut (detailed in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes) hunts one or more of the characters for breaking some cosmic contract. Their only hope of survival is to find Kwalish’s laboratory, whose planar magic holds the means of restoring the balance the marut seeks to enforce.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
chapter, such as breaking down doors, intimidating enemies, sensing weaknesses in magical defenses, or calling for a parley with a foe. The only limits to the actions you can attempt are your imagination
and your character’s ability scores. See the descriptions of the ability scores in chapter 7 for inspiration as you improvise.
When you describe an action not detailed elsewhere in the rules, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
describes what happens. Sometimes, however, rules govern what you can do with an object, as detailed in the following sections. What Is an Object? For the purpose of the rules, an object is a discrete
rules glossary. Breaking Objects As an action, you can automatically break or otherwise destroy a fragile, nonmagical object, such as a glass container or a piece of paper. If you try to damage something more resilient, the DM might use the rules on breaking objects in the rules glossary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
describes what happens. Sometimes, however, rules govern what you can do with an object, as detailed in the following sections. What Is an Object? For the purpose of the rules, an object is a discrete
Rules Glossary. Breaking Objects As an action, you can automatically break or otherwise destroy a fragile, nonmagical object, such as a glass container or a piece of paper. If you try to damage something more resilient, the DM might use the rules on breaking objects in the Rules Glossary.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
section, such as breaking down doors, intimidating enemies, sensing weaknesses in magical defenses, or calling for a parley with a foe. The only limits to the actions you can attempt are your imagination
and your character’s ability scores. See the descriptions of the ability scores in the Using Ability Scores section for inspiration as you improvise.
When you describe an action not detailed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Tale of Vistani Kindness The Book of the Raven is the firsthand account (written in Common) of an anonymous author who, after falling off her horse and breaking her leg, was rescued and befriended by
detailed account of the Vistani way of life, with emphasis on their food and music. Their overland journey is also discussed, albeit from the viewpoint of one who spent most of it inside a covered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
detailed in “Magic Items”. Narrative Curses A curse might manifest during an adventure when a creature’s violation of a taboo warrants supernatural punishment, such as breaking a vow, defiling a tomb, or
Curses Every curse has rules that govern it. A curse typically takes one of the forms detailed below. Bestow Curse The simplest curses are created by the Bestow Curse spell. The effects of such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
breaking an endless cycle of mortality for themselves and others. Alix Branwyn Symbol of the Heralds of Dust The Heralds of Dust—or the Dusters, as they’re commonly called—see death as a spectrum
toward True Death. Factol Skall is further detailed in this supplement’s appendix. Outsiders—and other groups in Sigil diametrically opposed to its morbid tenets—find the Dusters’ fatalistic outlook
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
opponents but one have collapsed. Although there’s no way for the characters to know this yet, the collapsed opponents have been rendered unconscious by the curse from Murgaxor’s orb (detailed at the start
oddity caused by Murgaxor’s orb (detailed at the start of this adventure). A character who detected similar magic in a previous Strixhaven adventure realizes this magic has the same unusual signature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Curses Alexandre Honoré The curse of demonic possession
has devastating effects Every curse has rules that govern it. A curse typically takes one of the forms detailed below. Bestow Curse The
deliberately or originate as the result of supernatural events. Such items are detailed in chapter 7. Narrative Curses A curse might manifest during an adventure when a creature’s violation of a taboo warrants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Murgaxor’s orb (detailed at the beginning of this adventure). These students should be a mix of students the characters know and don’t know. If a character goes to the infirmary with the sick students
students turn against. Characters on the hall’s first and second floors who succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check hear shouting and breaking glass on the third floor. Soon after, the panicking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
can take such an exceptional roll into account when adjudicating the outcome. It’s up to you to determine how this manifests in the game. One approach is to increase the impact of the success or failure
automatic failure is bad enough. And characters typically make so many attack rolls that they’re bound to roll dozens of natural 1s over time. What might seem like an interesting consequence, like breaking the weapon used for the attack, will quickly get tiresome.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character manages to finish an arduous climb to the top of a cliff despite slipping, only to realize that the rope on which his companions dangle below him is close to breaking. When you introduce costs such
increase the impact of the success or failure. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might break the thieves’ tools being used, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
battle might arrive, as detailed in the following section. Map 4.3: retreat from steel springs View Player Version Steel Springs Battlefield Events During this encounter, as long as there are still
flies overhead, dropping a screaming Kalaman soldier next to a random player character as it does. The soldier dies on impact. This event is unsettling but has no other effect. 8 A hostile Dragon Army
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
that is small or highly detailed. Manacles. These metal restraints can bind a Small or Medium creature. Escaping the manacles requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. Breaking them requires a
) Whetstone 1 cp 1 lb.
Acid. As an action, you can splash the contents of this vial onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw the vial up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. In either case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
breaking apart!
With the brazier’s destruction, the magic holding the flying citadel aloft ends. This disengages the flying citadel helm in area S25 and destroys all the lesser death dragons allied with
catacombs beneath Castle Kalaman (detailed in chapter 4) recall the name Sarlamir, the dragon he slew, and the statue in his tomb with gold dragon features. Karavarix then fights until destroyed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
highly detailed. Manacles. These metal restraints can bind a Small or Medium creature. Escaping the manacles requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. Breaking them requires a successful DC 20
.
Acid. As an action, you can splash the contents of this vial onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw the vial up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. In either case, make a ranged attack against a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
in D&D play. Chapter 7 provides more detailed rules for using the d20 in the game.
Advantage and Disadvantage Sometimes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw is modified by special
and a 5, you use the 5. If you instead have advantage and roll those numbers, you use the 17.
More detailed rules for advantage and disadvantage are presented in chapter 7.
Specific Beats General
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
your choice. The Oath of Devotion, Oath of Glory, Oath of the Ancients, and Oath of Vengeance subclasses are detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you
features at certain Paladin levels. For the rest of your career, you gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Paladin level or lower. Breaking Your Oath
A Paladin tries to hold to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
choice. The Oath of Devotion subclass is detailed after this class’s description. A subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Paladin levels. For the rest of your career, you
gain each of your subclass’s features that are of your Paladin level or lower. Breaking Your Oath
A Paladin tries to hold to the highest standards of conduct, but even the most dedicated are fallible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
of guards confront the two foolish giants, but they retreat once Lob and Ogg start breaking off and hurling wall battlements (treat as hurled rocks). The two giants eventually make their way toward
projectile — but the contraption was designed to fling goblins. A goblin used as a projectile typically wears a spiked helmet, so that it deals piercing damage to the target on impact. The thirty
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
creatures, many neighbors fear that Ubis doesn’t take security seriously enough, and that his desire to coddle such dangerous beasts could lead to them breaking free and rampaging through the district
artistic genius can appreciate his flagrant breaking of taboos, with risqué burlesque and satirical scripts mocking everyone from the dukes to Nine-Fingers Keene herself. The fact that these performances
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
them breaking free and rampaging through the district. Hamhocks Slaughterhouse This huge complex of pens, barns, and abattoirs is the largest slaughterhouse and knackery in Baldur’s Gate. Located in the
unable to decipher Goodnight’s artistic genius can appreciate his flagrant breaking of taboos, with risqué burlesque and satirical scripts mocking everyone from the dukes to Nine-Fingers Keene herself
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
chemical. As an action, a creature holding a bottle of defoliant can splash the bottle’s contents onto a creature within 5 feet of itself or hurl it up to 20 feet, shattering the bottle on impact. In either
garden their hunting ground. The outer garden has eight main sections, each with its own perils as detailed below. These encounters can occur anywhere in the areas specified. Unless otherwise stated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
layer to the next. Only the most courageous adventurers can withstand the torment and horror of that journey. The Layers of the Nine Hells table summarizes each layer; detailed descriptions of these
, Avernus, is the arrival point for visitors, a rocky wasteland with rivers of blood and clouds of biting flies. Fiery comets occasionally fall from the darkened sky and carve out fuming impact craters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
reinforces this belief. White Plume Mountain is detailed in Tales from the Yawning Portal. Gods of Greyhawk The Gods of Greyhawk table shows many of the most popular deities worshiped in the Flanaess
have also transcended their origin on this world to impact the broader multiverse. Two of these, Tharizdun and Vecna, are described in appendix A. The greater gods of Greyhawk rarely get directly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
away at the ice, breaking through it after 1 hour. (The more characters who help, the more quickly the ice is removed.) The noise is loud enough to attract the ice troll in area D9. If the characters
staircase. The rest of the cabin is empty. D6. Chart Room As the door comes open, a light breeze emerges from this room. Pieces of parchment and paper flutter on the floor. A large, detailed map of the Sword
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
passed since they absconded The floor of this spacious bedroom is decorated with mosaics depicting the four seasons. Covering one wall is a detailed tapestry showing two female mages, a human and an
. Breaking the Enchantment. Juliana and Orlando are under the enchantment of the Fountain All Heal and regard the palace as their new home. Until they’re freed from the domain’s allure—such as by a Wish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
successful DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. The character can hurl the fruit up to 60 feet as an action, causing it to burst on impact. The fruit can be stowed for later use, but doing so is dangerous
the tomb. What Uma Knows. In addition to the history of Bakar (detailed in this adventure’s background), Uma can impart the following information: Amun Sa’s Ghost. Twelve days ago, Uma traveled to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
here, breaking down the cargo doors in the process. S38b: North Growth. This area is blocked by a 10-foot-tall, unruly mass of razorvine. S38c: West Growth. Three conical, carnivorous plants with
similar magic, the diary gives a first-hand account of the ship’s mission and the mold outbreak (detailed in this adventure’s background) from the perspective of a maintenance worker. On the last page
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Scepter. A character who studies the massive crystal formation notices a rod-shaped item encased within. Breaking the crystal formation frees a bone scepter wrapped in the scaly hide of a blue dragon
sealed doors to the sanctum (area H15) can be opened as detailed in “Haskasori Features.” H15: Sanctum A statue of a monstrous, basilisk-headed figure presides over this sanctum. The statue’s eyes glow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
’ collective skill proficiencies, tool proficiencies, backgrounds, and positions within their franchise could all impact the design and construction of a headquarters. A glassblower might make beautiful
desk at which to work. Such features are cosmetic or limited in impact, but enable players to feel more interested and invested in their headquarters. Starter Headquarters Each franchise’s starter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
rise from the pool. Bobbing among the breaking ice, the bloated bodies of small humanoids stare up with wide, dead eyes.
The shift to extreme heat, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s
, causing bits of debris to ricochet off the walls, exploding into dust from the impact. In the middle of the cavern a stone brazier is lit with a steady green flame. Blocking the tunnel to the north
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
a successful DC 10 Dexterity check, or by breaking the lock with a successful DC 12 Strength check. If the lock is opened without first disarming the trap, the magic trap spews out noxious green gas
glass dome, making iridescent colors shimmer across the crumbled marble walls. Gilded lines and jeweled inlays form a detailed star map spanning the dusty floor. Four alabaster statues of scholars stand