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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
successful check doesn’t reveal the mechanism to open it. That can be found only through trial and error, or the characters can bypass the mechanism with a knock spell or similar magic. The secret door at
the torch from its sconce at any time causes the secret door to close and lock shut, becoming sealed as before. Characters can locate this secret door normally, but a successful check doesn’t reveal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
murals covering the walls.
The remains of toys, dolls, and furnishings sized for children lie shattered about the room. The murals are creepy in the style of children’s art. Sanctuary Door. The door
to area 24 is under divine protection that manifests as an arcane lock spell. The first time a creature touches the door, an incomplete symbol of the god Ezra appears amid the woodwork for an instant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
check. Oggdug knows about the door but doesn’t use it due to its narrowness and the spider den on the other side (see cave D).
Lighting. During the day, natural light provides Dim Light in the cave. At
Getting Started This cave is connected to cave D via the secret door in area E3 (see map E). If the characters approach from outside the cave, read the following boxed text aloud to begin: This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Under the Barn Door Stonky and his cult fanatics are in the process of evacuating the chambers beneath the tower, having set the Barn Door on a programmed countdown to launch. But their evacuation
has been delayed by an unforeseen complication: Stonky can’t find his ring of telekinesis and doesn’t know where he left it. It’s a race against time to find the ring before the four of them must go up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
all directions. The effect doesn’t apply to magic traps and constructs created by Khazan, including the trap on the tower door in area V2, the golems in areas V4, and the animated suit of armor in area V7.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
forces were routed due to Camlash’s defeat, the four driders are gone but the citadel spider remains to stubbornly bash at the bunker. It attacks anyone who comes near. The dented metal door doesn’t
the clifftop. Demon attackers are battering the stone walls and the thick metal door, but the door seems to be holding.
Lolth’s forces batter at this bunker to reach Kas, who is lower in the redoubt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
door.) On a failed check, the door doesn’t open. Oversized Furnishing and Objects. Furnishings and other items in a location made for Huge giants are typically three times the size of human-sized
impressive construction pushing their height to 60 feet or more. Doors. Door handles are typically 10 to 12 feet off the floor (or half the height of the giants who built them). Large or smaller
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
tomb into the weedy yard of uneven earth. The stone door to the tomb is engraved with the word “DOLINDAR” above it.
Four vampire spawn catch up to the party when the characters reach the door to the
. Puzzle Buttons. Newmy doesn’t know anything about a rift or a Crevice of Dusk, but she remembers some “puzzle buttons” deeper in the tomb that she doesn’t know how to work. Maybe they lead somewhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Shadows of Sithicus
its layout. They know their leader is called Troob and she ordered them to take people for experiments. Treasure Yanddi carried two Potions of Speed, although she doesn’t know their powers. A dwarf
stole a Spell Scroll of Death Ward and planned to sell it. The group carried 200 GP of coins and jewelry. Continuing The door to the west is bricked over, so the only path forward is through the north door.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
about Undermountain, Savir’s spirit reveals that there’s an elven tomb nearby with a secret door in the north wall that neither he nor his companions could open. (The spirit is referring to area 26a but doesn’t remember how to get there.)
spell on the skeleton reveals that the tiefling, Savir, was a monk who fell prey to a cloaker. Savir’s spirit doesn’t know what became of his adventuring companions or the cloaker. If questioned
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
exist except for characters who approach and open them from the north. Phasing Pit. The covered pit depicted on the map doesn’t exist until someone opens either of the one-way doors or opens the door in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
door. The door is sufficient to keep the spiders out of the lower levels of the tower, since the spiders and the lizardfolk have an unspoken understanding to leave each other alone. That doesn’t extend to strangers such as the characters.
their recesses. A trapdoor is closed across the steps from area 2K and jammed shut with two iron spikes driven between the door and the frame. See the description of area 2K for notes about opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
door. The door is sufficient to keep the spiders out of the lower levels of the tower, since the spiders and the lizardfolk have an unspoken understanding to leave each other alone. That doesn’t extend to strangers such as the characters.
their recesses. A trapdoor is closed across the steps from area 2K and jammed shut with two iron spikes driven between the door and the frame. See the description of area 2K for notes about opening the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
succeeds on any ability check with a DC less than or equal to the relevant ability score minus 5. So in the example above, the fighter would automatically kick in the door. This rule doesn’t apply to
Difficulty Class It’s your job to establish the Difficulty Class for an ability check or a saving throw when a rule or an adventure doesn’t give you one. Sometimes you’ll even want to change such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.)
Iron Cage. A 10-foot-square, 15-foot-tall iron cage stands empty, its large door hanging open. (The cage door has no lock built into it, since the wizards use arcane lock spells to hold it shut
.)
Spite Harrowdale used a true polymorph spell to turn a wyvern into a golden statue of himself. Characters who have met Spite will recognize the statue’s likeness. The statue doesn’t detect as magical, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
vines of a nearby hillside. A stone door can be seen, ajar, in the tunnel’s dim depths. The door bears chiseled marks that might once have been a name.
Over time, many rich folks built in the valley
. Otherwise, they might ambush the characters — see the next section. Tomb Passage Within the tomb passage, the stone door is open enough to allow a Small character to shimmy through. It opens inward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
this room is a copper tankard with a hinged lid (25 gp). 19c. Nobles’ Feast Hall The door to this room doesn’t open easily. Inside, propped against the door, is the maggot-eaten corpse of a female
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
they search for a secret door, detailing how they tap on a wall or twist a torch sconce to find its trigger. That could be enough to convince the DM that they find the secret door without having to
he or she doesn’t like. This approach can also slow the game if the DM focuses on one “correct” action that the characters must describe to overcome an obstacle.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
46. Tlazoteotl (Tlaz-ohl-TAH-oh-tel, mother goddess of the earth) Beyond the door is a modest-sized room with a lumpy pile of earthy material in the middle of the floor. Across from the door in the
eyes are fanged, drooling mouths that begin a cacophony of babbling. The creature attacks until destroyed but doesn’t leave the room. Treasure. The flask contains a dried potion of hill giant strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Trapped Fellow Gricks. Five gricks lurk in the diagonal hallway to the south. They attack all who enter.
Trapped Adventurer. The sound of weeping comes from behind a closed door in the west wall
(leading to a 10-foot-square closet). A small hole has been drilled through the middle of the door.
An adventuring party called the Fine Fellows of Daggerford descended into Undermountain one tenday
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
alley, surrounded by taller buildings. Its doors are made of sturdy wood, and the outer door can be barred shut from within. Breaking down the barred door requires a successful DC 18 Strength
(Athletics) check. The interior is divided into two rooms, a kitchen with a fireplace and a plainly furnished bedroom. L2. Store This stone building is a store of one kind or another. If an encounter doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
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The ceiling reflected in the pool doesn’t show a moon carving, but rather a sun carving. To travel back to area 19C, a character must duck under the pool’s surface. Locked Secret Door. A secret door in
brackets protrude from the walls under the reliefs.
To disarm the puzzle cube trap in area 19E, the magic torches from that room must be placed in the brackets in this hall. Barred Secret Door. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
doors are set high enough that opening them doesn’t cause sewage to flow into adjoining areas. B4. Rusty Iron Door A door made of rusted iron is set into the wall above a dry, 1-foot-wide stone ledge
northern cellars (areas B10–B11). View Player Version B1. Sewer Access This chamber has stone steps and a locked, iron-bound wooden door with a sign mounted on it that reads, in Common, “SEWER ACCESS
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
see the following: Bats. Two ordinary bats flap around the room. Each bat transforms into a nycaloth if it is reduced to 0 hit points or if the door to the room is opened.
Scroll. On the north wall
, east of the door, hangs a framed scroll pressed flat behind a sheet of glass. Bolted to the wooden frame is a tiny metal plaque that reads, “Break glass in case of emergency.”
Maddgoth’s idea of an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Hold, but doesn’t know where.) If the characters have no interest in conversing with Melissara, she uses dimension door to get to area 11 and sends her lunatic husband to eliminate them. Treasure. The
obscures a corridor to the north.
Secret Door. A secret door in the east wall opens into Melissara’s study (area 11).
Melissara has so far managed to escape the horrible insanity that besets the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
a trapdoor leading to the roof. When created, the tower has a single door at ground level on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can issue as a Bonus Action. It is
immune to the Knock spell and similar magic. Magic prevents the tower from being tipped over. The roof, the door, and the walls each have AC 20; HP 100; Immunity to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
a trapdoor leading to the roof. When created, the tower has a single door at ground level on the side facing you. The door opens only at your command, which you can issue as a Bonus Action. It is
immune to the Knock spell and similar magic. Magic prevents the tower from being tipped over. The roof, the door, and the walls each have AC 20; HP 100; Immunity to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
door are the words “Relentless death follows those who disturb the sovereign’s rest.” Burden. Each character that gains the curse is hunted by a wraith that appears at sunset and vanishes at dawn
, pursuing the single-minded goal of slaying the cursed individual. The wraith manifests in an unoccupied space within 30 feet of its victim. Destroying the wraith grants a temporary reprieve; it doesn’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M17. Prison Access to this area is blocked by a featureless stone door that can’t be opened magically, with thieves’ tools, or by force. Two rusty suits of armor sized for goblins and equipped with
halberds flank a large stone door bereft of handles, hinges, or decoration.
Characters who examine the rusty suits of armor discover that each one has the inanimate skeleton of a goblin propped up
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
doesn’t want the monstrous shapechanger to devour them. Korboz hopes the creature will tire of eating gnomes and leave. Providing Korboz with evidence of the mimic’s demise restores his sanity. GNOMENGARDE
rusty iron handles and hinges. A locked door can be opened with a successful DC 10 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A locked door can be forced open as an action with a successful DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Lord Neverember’s friendship with the tower’s previous owner. Not long thereafter, she found the entrance to the Vault of Dragons beneath the tower. Unfortunately for her, she doesn’t know what keys
looking after herself. However this business with the party unfolds, she tries to conceal her secret identity from the characters for as long as possible. Esvele doesn’t use a key to lock and unlock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
demon also haunts this room. In the round after the characters engage Rahadin, the demon leaps out and attacks the nearest character from behind. The character doesn’t notice the demon, unless the
character’s passive Wisdom (Perception) score meets or exceeds the demon’s Dexterity (Stealth) check. Both Rahadin and the shadow demon fight until slain. A secret door is set into the north end of the west
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
help to free me?”
The characters receive an impression of the direction to the entrance of the tomb, but the mysterious voice doesn’t respond to any queries. As they follow the voice, a narrow side
passage takes them to a dirty marble wall with a deep-set door made of bronze-encased stone, green with age (see the “Lost Tomb of Khaem: General Features” sidebar). LOST TOMB OF KHAEM: GENERAL
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Parleying with Monsters Why fight if a lively chat is possible? If things get out of hand, just show yourself out with a dimension door.
Tasha
Meeting a monster doesn’t have to spark a fight. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Dimension Door 4th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 feet Components: V Duration: Instantaneous You teleport yourself from your current location to any other spot within range. You
the northwest at a 45-degree angle, 300 feet.” You can bring along objects as long as their weight doesn’t exceed what you can carry. You can also bring one willing creature of your size or smaller