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Returning 35 results for 'detected interests are bones'.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Needle’s Bones A wide sinkhole yawns before you, the earth around it littered with goblin bones. The opening is 90 feet across and roughly circular, and the stone walls are nearly vertical. Thirty
feet down, the sinkhole is filled with murky green water. Hundreds of frogs hop from one floating plant to another.
The massive rib cage and fine wing bones of a dragon rise above the murk. Vines
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
streets. Merchants from the south trade dyes, hardwood, dried herbs and spices, textiles, fruits, wines, and other commodities for scrimshaw and other items made from the bones of the knucklehead
. Clouds of white smoke issue forth day and night from stone chimneys and holes in rooftops. Each community in Ten-Towns has an elected speaker who leads the residents and represents their interests
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Rotating the wheel opens the secret door, but it also opens the floor in front of the wheel to reveal a 10-foot-square pit, at the bottom of which can be seen a pale shimmer of bones. There is a 1-foot
the ceiling directly above the pit, a thin slab that looks like ordinary stonework conceals a sloping tunnel that leads upward. The slab can’t be detected or manipulated from this side.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
between Hassantyr’s Street and Tarnath Street. House Margaster. The Margasters are an Illuskan family whose business interests lie in land-based shipping and bulk goods trading. The house also has a quiet
Phylunds are a Tashlutar family that captures and sells monsters. Monsters that can’t be trained as pets or guard beasts are sold to arenas or harvested for their meat, bones, and skins. The Phylunds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Shunned Cave Locations The following locations are keyed to map G. Marc Moureau Map G: Shunned Caves (DM’s Version) View Without Tokens View Player Version G1: Entrance Gnawed bones litter the
ground near the cave mouth, and the stench of blood hangs in the air. The bones belong to the owlbear’s victims, including animals, explorers, and other monsters. The bones bear indentations from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
set against the walls around the perimeter of the room. Each holds humanoid bones, dressed in scraps of tattered cloth and rusted iron.
Larrakh is hidden behind one of the larger stones. He spends
fight, arriving from area T8 or the secret door a few minutes after the party defeats Larrakh or he makes his escape. Bones. Upon the stone slabs are the bones of human miners who discovered this chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
territorial, they use camouflaged scouts to guard the perimeter of their domain. When unwelcome visitors are detected, a tribe sends a hunting band to harass or drive the trespassers off, or tricks them into
cooked and eaten by the tribe, or are sacrificed to Semuanya, the lizardfolk god.
Canny Crafters. Though they aren’t skilled artisans, lizardfolk craft tools and ornamental jewelry out of the bones of their kills, and they use the hides and shells of dead monsters to create shields.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
aura of transmutation magic when such is detected for. Upwardly Mobile. Any character who touches a pillar with or without intent will uncontrollably float upward (as if affected by a levitate spell
this devil face is teleported to area 27A. Charred Remains. Strewn near the southeast corner is a heap of charred bones and skulls, plus the crisped and blackened remains of clothing and gear, arms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
using telepathy. If detected, it prefers to negotiate and isn’t above betraying the Redbrands for the right incentive, such as the promise of food. When roleplaying the nothic, consider speaking in
organic matter in the crevasse to age and decompose at half the normal rate. Currently heaped at the bottom among broken and well-gnawed bones is the half-eaten body of Thel Dendrar, the woodcarver of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
skeleton 4 Toppled jar of ashes 5 A wight that won’t stop crying 6 Skeleton of an unidentifiable Beast 7 A black pudding 8 Gouged stone and a Humanoid skeleton with worn-down finger bones 9 Perfectly
pieces of a mirror. The bones belong to Madar, one of Cithcillion’s companions. Madar’s bones were thrown from the marble slab when the City of Lost Names fell from the sky. The bones are now scattered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
door and make a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check, detecting the trap on a successful check. Once detected, the trap can be disabled by a character who takes the Utilize action and succeeds on a DC 13
illusion. J5: Hidden Crypt The devil’s face ripples to reveal a dusty crypt. Ancient bones and rubble litter the tiled floor. An austere sarcophagus stands in each corner, and an ornate chest rests in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
follows: Detect and Disable. As a Search action, a character can examine the carcass and make a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check, detecting the trap on a successful check. Once detected, the trap can
den (cave G). Cultists later animated Zurf’s half-eaten corpse, which now guards the cultists’ lair (cave K). Oggdug now shuns both caves. Treasure. The filthy bearskins conceal a pile of equine bones
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
made of bones, horns, claws, or teeth taken from enemies
17 Extra horns or spines
18 Elongated, fang-like teeth, or extra rows of teeth
19 Sharpened or serrated scales
20
I am devoted to Bahamut or Tiamat and put their interests ahead of my own.
6 I’m determined to destroy the adventurers who slew my parent—and everyone connected to them.
7 I’m obsessed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
sarcophagi contain nothing but dust and bones. The spirits of several dead members of the Cassalanter family are bound to this crypt. They manifest as three dark, vaporous specters plus a ghost that looks
Caladorn Cassalanter (see above). Treasure. Caladorn’s bones have turned to dust, but his suit of +1 plate armor remains. Also lying in the dust is a mace of disruption. If Caladorn’s ghost is present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. The Ice Hunters have two main interests: finding out why strangers have come to Oyaviggaton, and getting them to leave. They lie freely and well, telling tales of sea monsters and ravaging scrags in the
bones on the waterside ice shelf as all that’s left of the monster. Otherwise, the bones are described as evidence of monstrous predators in the area. While Barking Seal and Bonecarver speak with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Hunters have two main interests: finding out why strangers have come to Oyaviggaton, and getting them to leave. They lie freely and well, telling tales of sea monsters and ravaging scrags in the area
. If the characters ask about Arauthator or other dragons, the shaman claims a dragon known as Old White Death was killed a year ago by frost giants. She describes the heap of whale and seal bones on
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
bones. You have vulnerability to radiant damage, and you have disadvantage on attack rolls while in direct sunlight.
09
You summon a unicorn that obeys your commands. If you give a command that
Anything poisonous within 50 feet of you is automatically detected and marked by the image of a small frog that is visible only to you.
A dozen small frogs constantly follow you around, chirping loudly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
room is strewn with gnawed mammoth bones. A frost-covered barrel in the southwest corner contains dead fish. The winter wolves that normally sleep here are encountered in area 1G. 1G. Throne Room
Black Network, he reveals his allegiance to the faction but advises the characters to leave Svardborg before the Krigvind returns. Nilraun isn’t looking out for anyone’s interests but his own; he wants
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
labyrinth. Guarded by two red dragons, Vlaakith sits upon her Throne of Bones and holds court over her supplicants. Glathk District. A muddy field that extends as far as the eye can see is the githyanki
by categorizing the castaway items, making it easier for other githyanki to locate objects related to their personal interests. Creatures seeking to infiltrate Tu’narath have had success in using this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
) check to spot. If the characters detected the faint trail that leads there, a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check locates the door. Beyond is a flight of stone stairs that leads upward. The
corpse of a dwarf warrior in plate armor. Bones lie heaped around the altar’s base, and at its foot crouches the desiccated body of an orc in studded leather.
Creatures. The orc champion is now a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
ensure that Mirabar’s interests aren’t ignored. While the marchion handles foreign policy, true power within the city rests with the Council of Sparkling Stones, a group of dwarf elders that manages the
dragon bones juts from the head, neck, back, and tail of the mound. Enormous cairns encircle the mound out to a range of a quarter mile. Beneath them lie the bones of revered Thunderbeast tribal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
bones and scraps of clothing, but see “Treasure” below. Development. Fighting in this room alerts the Redbrands in area R5 that trouble is on the way. Treasure. A jeweled gold bracelet worth 140 gp
lies amid the bones in the sarcophagus containing the female human remains. Zoltan Boros The long-abandoned crypts of Tresendar Manor now hold some deadly surprises R5: Holding Cells For months, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
walls have been defaced with dirt and filth.
Three beds are covered in moldy blankets and animal furs, including one topped by a canopy of giant bones and reeking, untanned hides. Empty crates are
glyph of warding spell. The hags use this glyph to eliminate intruders. It can be detected with a successful DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation) check and triggers when any creature except the hags or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
pit fills and eventually clamber out. Trap C. Nearly invisible runes cover the floor in this area. The runes radiate conjuration to a detect magic spell or similar effect, or can be detected with a
with weak acid and floating bones. A character who succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Survival) check notices the hinged floor. With a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(Perception) check. Old stone bunks in orderly rows line the walls of this chamber, and a corroded iron brazier full of cold coals stands near the middle of the room. The bones of a half-dozen dwarves
and larger bandits lie strewn about, still clad in scraps of armor. Three gray, hunched figures squat among the remains, pawing at the scraps and gnawing on the bones.
Three ghouls from the pack in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
trap, which sprays anyone who tries to pick the lock with a potent contact poison. The trap can be detected with a successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana or Investigation) check and disarmed with a DC
terrible powers to learn how to use the orrery components to open a portal to the Far Realm. The commercial interests of these liches means that all understand how destroying the world is bad for business
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
detected inside the forge, three ogres stand around the northernmost table, where two fire giants are locked in an arm-wrestling contest. The ogres are cheering on the giants and paying close attention
leading to this room. Gnawed, blackened humanoid bones lie strewn upon the chamber floor amid loose sets of rusty manacles. Seven hell hounds howl and growl from within two spacious iron cages. Four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
more than one of these items. Status Symbols d20 Status Symbol 1 Earrings and notches in an ear 2 Rib bones tied into hair 3 A belt made from raccoon pelts 4 A gnome’s boot used as a hat 5 A pouch
Exterior. Anyone who is skilled or fortunate enough to pass through the territory of a goblin tribe without being detected is likely to come upon some telltale signs of habitation — complete with goblins at
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
magical stasis until a threat is detected. The masters of the haven once knew the rituals that would summon the keys held by the golems, allowing easy passage through the door to the great library. With
the decades-old bones of unknown adventurers who were killed by the guardians of the haven. A detect magic spell reveals three magical auras in this room. Two of these auras—one of divination magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
outside. The trunk at the foot of Gwish’s bed is filled with gnawed bones mixed with small bundles of torn clothing. Master Key. One of the deep pockets on Gwish’s robe contains a master key that unlocks
the trap is detected, a character can spend 1 minute trying to disable it, either by plugging the holes or by placing counterweights on the hooks as someone else carefully lifts the painting. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
steps.
This pagoda houses six eblis (see appendix D) that serve as Zalkoré’s sentries and servants. The interior is filthy, with gnawed bones strewn everywhere and the floor thick with droppings. Unless
is artfully drugged; the contamination can be detected only by someone who has proficiency in Medicine and who succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Medicine) check. Zalkoré partakes, but she’s built up such a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
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
by jamming the door open. If the trap resets, it can be activated only once more before its fiery substance is depleted. The spouts on the wall can be detected by someone who succeeds on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
to exposure to drow poison (see “Sample Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The mechanism for this trap is inside the chest, thus it cannot be detected from the outside. A character
currently penned in areas 16 and 17.) Treasure. Each troll has a nest of sticks, bones, hide and skin scraps, and other nauseating material in which is hidden 50 gp. 16. Thrall Pen Sixteen unarmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the tome and neighboring Mandorcai’s Mansion, a nothic lurks in the house’s passages, using them to spy on the wizards and search for the treasure. So far, none of the residents have detected it — the
rats flood in to eat the flesh, leaving (mostly) clean bones to be interred in the attached ossuary by Ilmater’s faithful. While a somewhat ignoble end, it’s often the only holy-ground burial the city’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
to spy on the wizards and search for the treasure. So far, none of the residents have detected it — the last person to do so was the previous owner, killed by the nothic’s rotting gaze. Though evil
tomb, where hordes of sewer rats flood in to eat the flesh, leaving (mostly) clean bones to be interred in the attached ossuary by Ilmater’s faithful. While a somewhat ignoble end, it’s often the






