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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
76. Trial of the Octagon Carved into the door of this room is an octagon. When the characters open the door, read: The ceiling of this plaster-walled room is fifteen feet high. A leather-backed tome
bearing one line of the poem. The book is open to pages 4 and 5 when the characters first arrive. Hidden in the leg of the lectern, on the side facing the east wall, is a secret compartment that can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
76. Trial of the Octagon Carved into the door of this room is an octagon. When the characters open the door, read: The ceiling of this plaster-walled room is fifteen feet high. A leather-backed tome
bearing one line of the poem. The book is open to pages 4 and 5 when the characters first arrive. Hidden in the leg of the lectern, on the side facing the east wall, is a secret compartment that can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
with multiple books they suspect might meet with approval. Fortunately for some, the donation need not be utterly unique. Some tome or treatise the library doesn’t have in its archives is preferable, but
recipient of this spell is an Avowed in a room nearby with a massive tome that notes the books in Candlekeep’s vaults. Apparently aided by magic of some kind, that tome-keeper determines if the library
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
with multiple books they suspect might meet with approval. Fortunately for some, the donation need not be utterly unique. Some tome or treatise the library doesn’t have in its archives is preferable, but
recipient of this spell is an Avowed in a room nearby with a massive tome that notes the books in Candlekeep’s vaults. Apparently aided by magic of some kind, that tome-keeper determines if the library
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
staircases has an iron door at its center.
The ceiling is braced by four wooden pillars, between which are set four pairs of stocky wooden chairs facing inward. Each chair is bolted to the floor and fitted
hefty tome, written by the wizard Trobriand of Undermountain, describes the processes by which he creates animated metal constructs. The book is filled with the wizard’s ravings and drawings of his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
staircases has an iron door at its center.
The ceiling is braced by four wooden pillars, between which are set four pairs of stocky wooden chairs facing inward. Each chair is bolted to the floor and fitted
hefty tome, written by the wizard Trobriand of Undermountain, describes the processes by which he creates animated metal constructs. The book is filled with the wizard’s ravings and drawings of his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
etched with leering demon faces. A sinister tome bound with black demon hide rests atop the altar.
Iggwilv once conjured demons and bound them to her service in this soaring cavern. Before she vanished
. A character unfamiliar with the book can identify it with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. However, the book on the altar is a trap: a fake tome containing an unstable seed of Abyssal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
etched with leering demon faces. A sinister tome bound with black demon hide rests atop the altar.
Iggwilv once conjured demons and bound them to her service in this soaring cavern. Before she vanished
. A character unfamiliar with the book can identify it with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check. However, the book on the altar is a trap: a fake tome containing an unstable seed of Abyssal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
unless someone attempts to take its book. A sage named Klaudel Kamven visited the Briny Maze long ago with an esoteric tome called Truths of the Inward Facing Mind. Klaudel had dedicated his life to
the tome aloud. If Jomlus sounded out the words, Klaudel believed he would understand them. When this, too, failed, Klaudel assumed that Jomlus was simply mispronouncing the text. He worked with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
unless someone attempts to take its book. A sage named Klaudel Kamven visited the Briny Maze long ago with an esoteric tome called Truths of the Inward Facing Mind. Klaudel had dedicated his life to
the tome aloud. If Jomlus sounded out the words, Klaudel believed he would understand them. When this, too, failed, Klaudel assumed that Jomlus was simply mispronouncing the text. He worked with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
austere, high-backed chair facing a pair of padded couches and a coffee table. A hidden compartment in the left armrest of the duke’s chair contains a silvered dagger. A character who examines the chair
coffer containing 73 gp, 120 sp, and a potion of healing, as well as a black-covered tome titled Apocalypto — a poetic prophecy by an unknown author envisioning the end of the multiverse (worth 50 gp). V14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
austere, high-backed chair facing a pair of padded couches and a coffee table. A hidden compartment in the left armrest of the duke’s chair contains a silvered dagger. A character who examines the chair
coffer containing 73 gp, 120 sp, and a potion of healing, as well as a black-covered tome titled Apocalypto — a poetic prophecy by an unknown author envisioning the end of the multiverse (worth 50 gp). V14
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of interest: Eight stained glass windows overlook a ruined auditorium. Benches glistening with frost are arrayed in broken rows, facing a raised lectern. A bejeweled goblet rests on the lectern. Steam
past winners of the city’s Chain Lightning tournament (see area area Y3). Characters who read this tome find a summary of the game’s rules. In addition, characters who search the library find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
of interest: Eight stained glass windows overlook a ruined auditorium. Benches glistening with frost are arrayed in broken rows, facing a raised lectern. A bejeweled goblet rests on the lectern. Steam
past winners of the city’s Chain Lightning tournament (see area area Y3). Characters who read this tome find a summary of the game’s rules. In addition, characters who search the library find a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
east and west ends, and several narrow windows pierce the south wall. Gargoyle statues guard the door, each facing the court with a ferocious leer.
The two statues nearest the temple door are actually
strange curios and dusty clay jars. The windows have been bricked up, and cobwebs hang thick in the ceiling corners. An ancient figure peruses a heavy tome that lies open on a small desk, making notes on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
underlings, Xanathar is impressed enough to grant the party an audience, during which it tries to subjugate them (see “Facing Xanathar”). Scrying Sensor. The spectral eyestalk is a magical sensor, which
“Facing Xanathar” for more information. If Xanathar is elsewhere, this room contains only Nar’l and the grell. Nar’l tries to lure adventurers into a showdown with the beholder. If he is wounded, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
underlings, Xanathar is impressed enough to grant the party an audience, during which it tries to subjugate them (see “Facing Xanathar”). Scrying Sensor. The spectral eyestalk is a magical sensor, which
“Facing Xanathar” for more information. If Xanathar is elsewhere, this room contains only Nar’l and the grell. Nar’l tries to lure adventurers into a showdown with the beholder. If he is wounded, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the cult of the medusa. The top level of the city’s tallest standing tower is ringed and covered by a dome of glass statues — all facing inward, and pressed so tightly together as to leave no space
the bodies of modrons and inevitables (see Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes). Also set among the panels is a skull that has gems for its eyes and teeth (a magically modified demilich skull; see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
east and west ends, and several narrow windows pierce the south wall. Gargoyle statues guard the door, each facing the court with a ferocious leer.
The two statues nearest the temple door are actually
strange curios and dusty clay jars. The windows have been bricked up, and cobwebs hang thick in the ceiling corners. An ancient figure peruses a heavy tome that lies open on a small desk, making notes on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
the cult of the medusa. The top level of the city’s tallest standing tower is ringed and covered by a dome of glass statues — all facing inward, and pressed so tightly together as to leave no space
the bodies of modrons and inevitables (see Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes). Also set among the panels is a skull that has gems for its eyes and teeth (a magically modified demilich skull; see the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
room, an elderly dwarf in gray robes, with spectacles resting on the tip of his bulbous nose, sits perfectly still behind a writing desk facing the door. The dwarf’s quill is dipped halfway into an
. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Shon. Shon’s Spellbook. Shon carries his spellbook, which is a leather-bound tome with a charcoal sketch of a wolf spider on the title page. This book
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
room, an elderly dwarf in gray robes, with spectacles resting on the tip of his bulbous nose, sits perfectly still behind a writing desk facing the door. The dwarf’s quill is dipped halfway into an
. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Shon. Shon’s Spellbook. Shon carries his spellbook, which is a leather-bound tome with a charcoal sketch of a wolf spider on the title page. This book






