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Returning 35 results for 'dungeon and priests'.
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Tomb of Annihilation
practice archaeology travel to the far corners of the world to root through crumbled cities and lost dungeons, digging in search of artifacts that might tell the stories of monarchs and high priests, wars
: A wooden case containing a map to a ruin or dungeon, a bullseye lantern, a miner’s pick, a set of traveler’s clothes, a shovel, a two-person tent, a trinket recovered from a dig site
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
. Backgrounds that have ties to particular cultures, organizations, and historical events from your campaign are particularly strong. Perhaps the priests of a certain religion live as beggars supported by a
qualities. It could include musical instrument proficiency, and its feature probably involves receiving hospitality from the faithful. Guidelines for creating a new background are provided in chapter 9, “Dungeon Master’s Workshop.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
practice archaeology travel to the far corners of the world to root through crumbled cities and lost dungeons, digging in search of artifacts that might tell the stories of monarchs and high priests
ruin or dungeon, a bullseye lantern, a miner’s pick, a set of traveler’s clothes, a shovel, a two-person tent, a trinket recovered from a dig site, and a pouch containing 25 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
stronghold’s master or someone else of importance Dungeon: Temple or Shrine d100 Purpose 01–03 Armory filled with weapons and armor, battle banners, and pennants 04–05 Audience chamber where priests
Chamber Purpose A room’s purpose can help determine its furnishings and other contents. For each chamber on your dungeon map, establish its purpose or use the tables below to generate ideas. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, punctuated with treks across the brutal deserts—landscapes fraught with hazards such as extreme heat, quicksand, and sandstorms whipped up by strong winds, all detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. In the
other plots that might unfold in this domain. Har’Akir Adventures d8 Adventure
1 The priests of Ese seek adventurers to retrieve someone they condemned from the Labyrinth.
2 The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Designing Dungeon Rooms Keep the following things in mind when designing a dungeon room: Ceiling Support. Underground chambers are prone to collapse, so many rooms—particularly large ones—have arched
ceilings or pillars to support the weight of the rock overhead. Decoration. Most sapient creatures decorate their lairs. Statues, bas-reliefs, murals, and mosaics often adorn dungeon rooms. Equally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
9. Secret Room This secret room contains bookshelves packed with tomes describing fiend-summoning rituals and the necromantic rituals of a cult called the Priests of Osybus. The rituals are bogus
have not come to lead you on a path to immortality. However many souls you have bled on your hidden altar, however many visitors you have tortured in your dungeon, know that you are not the ones who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
glorified thugs. The characters’ orders are to help maintain peace by rooting out and destroying followers of Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul — evil gods collectively known as the Dead Three. These vile priests
pit fiend named Gargauth. Until recently, the shield was sealed in a tomb under the city, but Thalamra’s sons recently stole it and transported it to the dungeon below their villa. So corrupt is the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
aspirant priests was tested in their nine shrines, with deadly consequences for failure. The trials provided entertainment for the degenerate Omuans and fed their weakling gods with much-needed
. Acererak, who is fond of deathtraps, marveled at the trials concocted by the Omuans. They inspired him to create his own dungeon below the city. A little over a century ago, Acererak entered Omu and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
priests, Syndra learned that the affliction was widespread and that no spell could cure it. She spoke to her friends among the Harpers, who determined the source of the affliction: an ungodly necromantic
explore this multilevel dungeon, they encounter the spirits of Omu’s trickster gods and are potentially inhabited by them. Each god embodies a different alignment, and any character inhabited by one gains a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Priests’ Quarters The priests’ quarters (depicted on map 7.2) are where many of the temple’s faithful spent their lives. The Bastion of Takhisis’s officiants and servants practiced their worship here
detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide; see below). Creatures. As soon a creature touches the altar, three wraiths emerge and attack. Dragon Queen’s Will Supernatural Gift (Charm)
You’ve seen a glimpse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Wisdom saving throw or gain a random form of long-term madness (see “Madness” in chapter 8, “Running the Game,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Cursed Island Inhabitants d6 Inhabitants 1 5d10
pirate captain (see appendix C), 1 pirate bosun (see appendix C), 2d4 pirate deck wizards (see appendix C), and 8d10 bandits 3 1d6 flesh golems, 1d4 priests, and 2d10 acolytes 4 2d4 veterans, 2d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Hobgoblins don’t build temples to their gods, lest they displease Maglubiyet, but the few priests among them do tend small shrines and interpret the body of legends about their gods. Nomog-Geaya’s priests
always wield his favored weapons, a longsword and a handaxe. They are responsible for martial training as well as instruction in strategy and battlefield tactics. Bargrivyek’s priests wield his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
of the Talhund. Dwarven Made The crypt is solid dwarven construction. Its stone remains strong despite millennia of neglect. Carvings of dwarf priests are prevalent, as are carvings of mountain peaks
the rules for blessings presented in the Dungeon Master’s Guide: Blessing of Dumathoin. Your eyes become keen enough to pick out hidden secrets. You gain darkvision. If you already had darkvision, you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
ship crosses Jeklea Bay, it’s attacked by a group of Hostile sahuagin, including two Sahuagin Priests, six Sahuagin Warriors, and a Water Elemental. (Assume the ship’s crew stays out of the way of these
attack at the same time. The rest of the journey passes without incident. The Ruins. For the ruins, use the western half of the ground floor of the Dungeon Hideout map in Appendix B, and ignore the stairs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
on the check. Treasure Each air elemental has 2,500 gp swirling inside it. The six sarcophagi held the mummies of dead Netherese priests, until Iymrith devoured their remains to make room for her
determined by rolling on the magic item tables in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. The first sarcophagus contains four magic items. Roll on Magic Item Table F for each item. If Iymrith stole
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, isolated homesteads, and wilderness. Four evil elemental cults have taken refuge there and are building secret temples in the ruins of a dungeon complex beneath the hills. By the time the characters reach
.” Errant Priest A priest of Helm, Silvarren Loomshank, is scheduled to relieve Imdarr Relvaunder, one of the priests at the Allfaiths Shrine in Red Larch. Silvarren is several days overdue, however, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
for help, which comes forth in 1d4 days. If it occurs to none of the characters, an NPC suggests that the party visit the House of Inspired Hands to see whether the priests of Gond know a way to find it
Dungeon Master’s Guide). If the stone fails to take control, it can’t try again against that character until the next dawn. If the stone succeeds in taking control of its owner, it orders that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
corner of the room opens onto the shaft of the dumbwaiter. D8: Library Wade Acuff The priests of Osybus are known for the evil practice of
trapping enemies’ souls into tattoos on the priests’ bodies A
sheets.
Secret Door. A character who examines the east wall and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a secret door that opens to reveal a secret stair (area D21) to the dungeon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, a twenty-foot wide canal leads north from the large lake. The lake stretches westward into darkness.
If the characters find their way here from other parts of the dungeon, read the following text
these cultists and then leave this part of the dungeon, the guards are replaced by the cultists in area C7 within an hour. C2. Canals A twenty-foot wide canal leads between ancient masonry walls into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Constitution saving throw or become infected with sight rot (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). If the pool is drained (perhaps using spells like stone shape) or the skin within is destroyed or
throw or become infected with sight rot (detailed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). A character who examines the skin and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Nature) check can tell it comes from a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
days Lyrandar Airship 1,500 GP/person 3 days Teleportation Circle 2,500 GP Instant Using the guidelines for travel in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, you can think about a sea voyage to Xen’drik in three
scorpion venom’s full effects. Vulkoori Venom Priest. Vulkoori venom priests delight in inflicting suffering through poison. Their weaponry and magic are carefully crafted to evoke the presence of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
into yuan-ti purebloods so they can get closer to Ras Nsi (see area 9). While the characters sow confusion, she assembles her guards and priests (see areas 6 and 7), ambushes Ras Nsi, and attempts to
tribute in the form of treasure (roll once on the Treasure Hoard: Challenge 0–4 table in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). 86–00 2d6 tribal warriors (N male and female Chultan humans) delivering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the dungeon, the portcullis closes off the dungeon entrance, which is hundreds of feet away, meaning that adventurers don’t know they are trapped until they decide to head for the exit. Trigger. A
, dangerous threat) The temple of Pyremius, a god of fire, is threatened by thieves who seek to steal the fire opals displayed there by the priests in tribute to their god. A mosaic on the floor of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Archclericy of Canon Hazen (human) Theocracy ruled by priests of Rao, a divine beacon of justice and hope Verbobonc (Free City and Viscounty) Viscountess Wilfrick Rejjin (human) Vassal state of Veluna; site of
merest edge of Iuz’s realm. Iuz’s evil reign was interrupted by a sixty-five-year imprisonment in the dungeon under Castle Greyhawk. During his absence, the Kingdom of Furyondy and its allies prospered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, Melpurvatta, Nalambar, Tiliputakas Nar More than a thousand years ago, the dark priests of Narfell amassed great power by treating with demons, but their actions eventually brought about a war that
Dethek)
Shou: Shou
Tethyrian: Chondathan
Tuigan: Tuigan
Turami: Turmic
Ulutiun: Uluik
If your Dungeon Master allows this option, then any human from an ethnic group that has its own language is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
demon princes. Evil priests and mages sometimes summon fiends to the material world to do their bidding. If an evil celestial is a rarity, a good fiend is almost inconceivable. Fiends include demons
a monster, including when you apply a template to it, might change its challenge rating.
For advice on how to customize creatures and calculate their challenge ratings, see the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
effectively incarcerated within a central temple. Kenku priests brought regular sacrificial victims — both willing and unwilling — to stand before the medusa’s gaze. And when Gloine Nathair-Nathair
statues are in agitated defensive poses. (When the ooze began to flood the city, the high priests quickly forced these final sacrifices forward to seal the medusa away.) A successful DC 13 Dexterity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
studded with gems and topped with a tiny golden anvil (worth 750 gp), and 1d3 magic items (roll on Magic Item Table B in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). 2. Bridge A cleft in the mountainside
Table A in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. 5B. Barnkeepers’ Hut During the day, one yakfolk warrior (see appendix C) and one yakfolk child are here. At night, the yakfolk warrior who oversees
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
containing 20 gp and a pair of polished bloodstones worth 50 gp each. Development If the characters defeat these hobgoblins and then leave this part of the dungeon, the guards are replaced by the
battle attract attention from areas E6, E8, and E9. The ogres in area E9 are particularly slow to respond, however. E8. Priests’ Room Three beds, each with a footlocker, take up most of this room. Sets of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
particular sequence. A wizard might steal the items needed to create a phylactery and become a lich, or a cultist might kidnap the priests of seven good-aligned gods as a sacrifice. Alternatively, the
. Detail Key Locations Since locations aren’t the focus of the adventure, they can be simpler and smaller than a dungeon complex or an expanse of wilderness. They might be specific locations in a city
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Madness table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. The ice wall has AC 13, vulnerability to fire damage, and immunity to cold, poison, and psychic damage. If the wall takes 50 points of damage or more, large
tattered black robe and wearing a golden face mask is trapped in the western wall and has no way to free itself from the ice. The mummy was created by Netherese priests to serve as a lore-keeper in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
locked. X28. Dungeon Unless they are drawn to the forge by sounds of combat there, three duergar hammerers (see appendix C) are spaced equidistantly along this corridor. Their job is to prevent prisoners
dominated a mind flayer colony and turned the illithids into her slaves. Inspired by her mythic deeds, her priests are devoted to finding and annihilating mind flayer colonies or turning mind flayers into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, you hear the grinding of enormous gears hidden deep below the stone floor.
Two Howling Hatred priests (see chapter 7) supervise as five commoners slowly turn the westernmost wheel (see “Stone
Wheels” below). After completing one revolution, they stop and await further instructions. The commoners are cultists on the brink of becoming initiates. The priests lash these cultists to break their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Ziggurat Locations, Tiers 1–3 The top three tiers of the ziggurat once served as living and ceremonial spaces for Cynidicean priests. The following locations are keyed to map 2.1. Mike Schley Map
monument’s residents and their customs from a safe distance. The pixies won’t join the characters in exploring the ziggurat, but they can share the following information: Dungeon Dangers. The ziggurat holds