dungeons and priests

Archaeologist

Backgrounds 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

searching it for secret doors. 3 When I’m not exploring dungeons or ruins, I get jittery and impatient. 4 I have no time for friends or family. I spend every waking moment thinking about

Archaeologist

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

Return to Phandalin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Return to Phandalin Before the characters travel to any dungeons, they should return to Phandalin from Zorzula’s Rest. If they don’t immediately seek her out, the dwarven sage Gwyn Oresong invites

’ map surprises her. She asks to look at it and then says the following: “These old names have sad stories. Talhund means ‘hidden gifts.’ It relates to priests of Dumathoin, the dwarven god of secrets

Designing Dungeon Rooms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

valuable and mundane), and some sort of food preparation area (anything from a well-stocked kitchen to a firepit to a hunk of rotting meat). Natural Subterranean Areas Built dungeons often intersect with

some place dedicated to worship. Depending on the creature’s resources and piety, such a shrine can be humble or extensive. Adventurers are likely to encounter priests, cultists, and similar creatures

Castle Ward

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Undermountain’s dungeons. Durnan and Mirt entered the dungeons of their own free will — and not only that, but returned laden with treasures. Both used magic to extend their lives, but they eventually

. Titles written throughout the ages can be viewed here — under the watchful eyes of the temple’s priests. In short (if I can claim this section of the enchiridion to be such), the Castle Ward offers far too

Central Flanaess

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

remnants were driven back into the dungeons under their stronghold, the Temple of Elemental Evil. The forces of good, under the command of Prince Thrommel IV of Furyondy, besieged the temple, which

Type

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

satyrs. Fiends are creatures of wickedness that are native to the Lower Planes. A few are the servants of deities, but many more labor under the leadership of archdevils and demon princes. Evil priests

. They are mostly subterranean, dwelling in caves and dungeons and feeding on refuse, carrion, or creatures unlucky enough to get in their way. Black puddings and gelatinous cubes are among the most

Type

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

creatures that rarely have a fixed shape. They are mostly subterranean, dwelling in caves and dungeons and feeding on refuse, carrion, or creatures unlucky enough to get in their way. Black puddings and

Example Simple Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

triggers the trap. Falling Portcullis Simple trap (level 1–4, moderate threat) Some folk who build dungeons, such as mad wizards in search of new victims, have no intention of allowing their visitors to make

, 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

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

throughout the city, overwhelming the facilities at each. In the aftermath, the Lower City decided to consolidate. While patriars might still be able to afford house calls and personal priests and

those wards catering to poor Outer City residents, the hospital has constant security problems, from angry patients to spontaneously arising undead, unethical or experimental treatments by priests of non

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

patriars might still be able to afford house calls and personal priests and physicians, commoners funded the building of a single large facility where everyone could come for treatment. Eager to no longer

spontaneously arising undead, unethical or experimental treatments by priests of non-good faiths, or excessive withdrawals from the stores of painkilling narcotics. It perhaps says something about Baldur’s Gate

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

four cultists. Erione resents the fact that few priests hold high places in the cult, and she intends to demonstrate that worship can bring even greater power. She has coaxed a black pudding into the

drow temple that has been overrun by elemental cultists. The cultists have created elemental nodes in the dungeons below. (Rukh speculates that these nodes are the source of the cultists’ weird elemental

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