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the ring.
The Ring of Winter is sentient and tries to take control of any creature that wears it (see “Sentient Magic Items” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s
immunity to cold damage and don’t suffer any ill effects from extreme cold (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide).
Magic. The Ring of Winter has 12 charges and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
All That Glitters Difficulty: Medium This gem-filled room can be placed in any dungeon, estate, or building with multiple rooms and might serve as both a trap and a place to obtain a reward. Dozens
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Four by Four Difficulty: Medium This puzzle is easily situated in a dungeon, a dusty mausoleum, or an abandoned shrine. You enter a dimly lit chamber. Nine dwarf skulls rest near a four-foot-square
set of tiles in the floor, and carved into a nearby stone altar is the following inscription:
Brave warriors met their demise foretold.
Their secret kept shall yet unfold.
If crowns placed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
for a party to investigate all three branches of the dungeon. If this is the case, it would be best if the party were required to leave the dungeon and reenter upon resumption of the game. If they stay
be placed near Mount Hotenow in the region of Neverwinter.
Dragonlance. Found near Neraka in the Khalkist Mountains, the mountain might be a place of interest not only to adventurers, but also to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Mystery Who stole three legendary magic weapons and hid them away in a remote dungeon, leaving a cryptic clue to their location? Who placed the duke into a magical slumber, and what can be done to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Adventure Summary “The Lost City” is a dungeon delve with a dose of intrigue. While in the desert, the characters discover a ruined ziggurat peeking over the dunes. Inside the monument, they
’ underground city (see the “Extending the Adventure” section at the end of this adventure). The adventure concludes when the characters escape the ziggurat, either by returning to the desert or finding a door to the Infinite Staircase placed in a location of your choice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
The Perfect Hand Difficulty: Easy This sorting puzzle can be used to indicate the presence of a hidden treasure or secret passage. It fits well in a dungeon, a haunted manor, or an abandoned gambling
hollow thud emanates from the statue if the cards are arranged incorrectly in its hands. Once the cards are placed in the correct arrangement, the statue slides aside, revealing a secret door. Joanna
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Citadel This ruined castle could easily be located in the Dreadwood. It makes a good side trek for low-level characters. The Forge of Fury This fallen dwarven citadel can be placed on an island in
the Azure Sea. Reclaiming it would be a priority of the dwarves in Saltmarsh as a point of pride. The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan The dungeon described in this adventure could be located on a tropical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Bastion Map Encourage players to create floor plans of their characters’ Bastions, configuring its facilities as they see fit and using the same techniques you use to create dungeon maps (see
), reduce by 2 the number of dice rolled to determine how many Bastion Defenders are lost in the attack.
Doors and Windows. Each facility comes with one or more doors and shuttered windows, placed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
hatred of the queen runs deep, as she’s unable to keep her scorn out of her voice. The princess insists that the characters free her, in exchange for which she will end “the scrivener’s curse” placed
princess offers to immediately bestow upon each of them the following supernatural charm (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information on supernatural charms), which she can do even while
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
dungeon.
The following tables allow you to generate random tricks. Roll first to determine an object that the trick is placed on, then roll to determine the nature of the trick. Some tricks are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Getting to Avernus Although Sylvira can prepare the plane shift spell, there’s no point, as magical wards placed on Candlekeep prevent creatures from using such means to go to or from the library
, choosing to remain at Candlekeep for a few days before returning to Baldur’s Gate. Characters can use Candlekeep’s library to learn more about the Nine Hells. Chapter 2 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
(1d6) poison damage every hour it spends in the gas. The gas is light, so it accumulates closer to the ceiling. Inhabitants of the dungeon have immunity to the poisonous effect of the gas. The gas
character knows the shims aren’t properly placed. If the check fails by 5 or more, the character doesn’t realize the shims will fail to hold up the plate. ABOUT THE ORIGINAL
The Hidden Shrine of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
sound of movement from behind the conifers, where three chwingas (see appendix C) are playing atop the snow in a clearing. A dinner plate with branches and pinecones arrayed on it is placed between them
, assuming it has been well treated, it bestows a supernatural charm upon the character (see “Supernatural Gifts” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more information). The charm can be any one of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
36. Temple Maintenance This corner of the dungeon was originally set aside for dwarf engineers and maintenance workers. 36a. Service Entry This corridor ends at a smashed door. 36b. Trash Compactor
: The gate opens for 1 minute when a gemstone worth at least 100 gp is placed in the dragon’s mouth. This act causes the mouth to animate, chomp down on the gem, and destroy it. Characters must be 7th
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Dungeon Master’s Guide). If it succeeds, the ring compels its wearer to cause undue harm to everyone and everything around it, in a cold-hearted attempt to incur the wrath of enemies and bring about
extreme cold (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Magic. The Ring of Winter has 12 charges and regains all its expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can expend the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Spider Eyes Watch Post The Xanathar Guild claims this corner of the dungeon. Shunn Shurreth, a drow exile favored by the beholder crime lord, commands the forces stationed here. 9a. Trapped Hall
north of it. When more than 20 pounds of weight are placed on a pressure plate, four darts shoot from the north wall. Each dart makes a ranged attack (+8 to hit) against a random target above the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Rage of Demons Once the dark heart talisman is placed and the characters signal Vizeran, there’s no turning back. The waiting is the hard part. Time seems to drag as you remain alert, weapons drawn
encouragement, telling them, “I bet you can do this.” Each character gains inspiration and a blessing of wound closure (see “Other Rewards” in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Jimjar disappears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Unity of Self Each character has another incarnation of themself imprisoned in a gem amid the walls of Shemeshka’s sanctuary. If these gems are found and placed in area P6b, the incarnations are
choose one of the following options, then select magic items of these rarities from the Dungeon Master’s Guide: Option A: One magic item of legendary rarity Option B: Two very rare magic items Option C
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Little Box of Horrors Halaster has placed some nasty surprises in this corner of the dungeon. 14a. Sloping Tunnel This room is empty. The north tunnel gradually slopes down 20 feet to area 14b
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
different from rolling dice? And how can Dungeon Masters make interesting use of those differences?
This chapter addresses some of the unique randomizing elements cards can provide, even for a game that
. You can ensure certain outcomes by stacking the deck with cards placed in a specific order. If you have duplicates of your cards, you can use multiple copies to make a given card more likely to be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
pounds of weight is placed on the pressure plate, causing the statue to release a 30-foot cone of fire. Each creature in the fire must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) fire damage
with cloth or wax prevents the darts contained within from launching. The trap activates when more than 20 pounds of weight is placed on the pressure plate, releasing four darts. Each dart makes a ranged
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
slime (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) to pour out of it. Treasure. There used to be twenty copper tankards secured to the wall carvings, but most of them have vanished
smashed on the floor. Fifty-nine of them remain intact, their ale preserved. Another three appear to be intact but are, in fact, three mimics placed here by Halaster. The three hide within 10 feet of one another and fight together.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
takes 5 (2d4) force damage. White Gates. White gates are placed in the dungeon to block passage between zones. When the characters see a white gate for the first time, read: A ten-foot-diameter circle
Dungeon Characteristics Locations in the Doomvault are identified on map 5.1. The following characteristics are common to all the areas, unless otherwise noted in a specific description. Because of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
placed in box is teleported to Shemeshka’s personal vault. He can also withdraw legitimately won winnings from the box. Magic Item Submissions. Knol also accepts magic items to be added to the dungeon
adventurers navigate a deadly dungeon and place bets on whether the adventurers will survive or die. The characters can influence the game by submitting magic items, which appear in the dungeon for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
coiling ivy leaves and appears harmless but the inner folds are covered in yellow mold (see “Dungeon Hazards” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). 12. Decrepit Bedroom Rubbish is scattered around
) check discovers small clues to this fact: fresh scratches on the sill where the signaling lantern has been placed, scuffing of the floor dust immediately near the window, and so forth. These signs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the door, ten crystal eyes found elsewhere in the dungeon (see areas 31A, area 32, area 33, area 35B, area 37, and area 39) must be inserted into the indentations. Each eye lights up as it clicks into
sphere of iron, 6 feet in diameter and floating 20 feet above the floor. A Nystul’s magic aura spell placed on the sphere makes it seem like an evil aberration to features or magic that can sense such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
O’tamu to procure magic items from Waterdeep. When she learned about Undermountain, Obaya booked a room at the Yawning Portal in the hope of hiring adventurers to plunder the dungeon of its magical
, famous explorer and raconteur, offers to buy the adventurers a round of drinks to celebrate their upcoming expedition into the Dungeon of the Mad Mage. Injected into the conversation is the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Elemental Engines Airships are powered by an elemental spirit bound to a core carved from a Khyber dragonshard. This core is placed into a heavily fortified containment chamber connected to an arcane
, creatures aboard the airship might suffer the effects of high altitude and strong wind (see the Dungeon Master ’s Guide ).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Short-Term Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Whether a creature succeeds or fails on the saving throw, it can’t be affected by the statue again. A character who sees the
. If such a weapon is placed in its hands, the statue’s grip tightens around the hilt. (The statue does not accept illusory or spiritual weapons.) The statue then dances atop its base for 1 minute before
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Sepulchers This corner of the dungeon holds a pair of dusty crypts. 14a. Southern Crypt The door to this room is engraved with a large rune, while the door frame is carved with leering dwarven
northern sarcophagus has a gaping crack in one of its sides, and four harmless rats have used this crack to creep inside and make a nest among the moldering bones of a sahuagin (placed here by Halaster to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
outside the globe. While inside a globe, a trapped creature can’t contest for control of the globe. Dungeon State. If the characters free the aboleth, it wanders the dungeon and attacks anyone it runs
, Thaxalia’s hatred for the Red Wizards inspires the beholder to question the characters’ purpose in the dungeon. If they reveal their goals, the beholder suggests an alliance, extolling its plans for revenge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Areas of Effect on a Grid The Dungeon Master’s Guide includes the following short rule for using areas of effect on a grid. Choose an intersection of squares as the point of origin of an area of
. In every row beyond that one, place as many tokens as you placed in the previous row, plus one more token. Place this row’s tokens so that their squares each share a side with a square in the previous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Madness In many campaigns, little focus is placed on the mental and emotional impact of the dangers characters face day after day, but sometimes the stress of being an adventurer can be too much to
chapter 9, “Dungeon Master’s Workshop”), a creature makes a Sanity saving throw instead.
Madness Effects Madness can be short-term, long-term, or indefinite. Most relatively mundane effects impose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
told of how those powers would increase if a magic orrery’s missing components were collected and placed within it. Unfortunately, Caerhan also never learned about the curse the orrery carried — and
his party paid the price. As an artifact, the Orrery of the Wanderer comes with a random major detrimental property (see the “Artifacts” section in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). The






