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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit
while the stone cursed is active, but when it is slain, the statue shatters and the skull clatters to the ground. Because it is the nexus for the alchemy used to create these horrors, a faint echo of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
18. Cold Storage The Melairkyn dwarves used this chamber for cold storage. Halaster has turned it into a trap. The room has the following features: Cold. The room is bitterly cold.
Glowing Rune
. The walls rise 10 feet, then angle inward, forming a pyramidal roof with a 40-foot-high apex. Inscribed on the sloped north wall is a 10-foot-tall Dwarvish rune that glows with a faint blue light.
Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
overhead. Each is suspended by chains, pulleys, and gears in such a way that it can be turned over to set its sand running.
Slumped against the wall at the far side of the chamber is the cultist who
the only effect is a hideous, ear-grating groan. The sand runs, but the hourglasses’ magic has long since dissipated. Casting a detect magic spell reveals faint auras of transmutation magic within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
overhead. Each is suspended by chains, pulleys, and gears in such a way that it can be turned over to set its sand running.
Slumped against the wall at the far side of the chamber is the cultist who
the only effect is a hideous, ear-grating groan. The sand runs, but the hourglasses’ magic has long since dissipated. Casting a detect magic spell reveals faint auras of transmutation magic within the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
feminine voice sounds out in your mind suddenly, faint and distant. “Hello? Is someone there … ? Oh please, I need your help! I have been trapped in the dark for so long … so very long. Please, won’t you
the tomb is a 10-foot-by-10-foot slab of solid marble encased in a thin layer of beaten bronze. The bronze has turned green with age. The door pivots on a central axis, creating narrow openings on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Stone Cursed Stone cursed are spawned through a foul alchemical ritual performed on a Humanoid that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from
for the alchemy used to create these horrors, a faint echo of the original victim’s memories resonates within the skull. A skilled magic-wielder can attempt to extract memories from it to gain insight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
hang in bunches from the highest branches. A Detect Magic spell reveals the trees carry a faint aura of enchantment magic. A character investigating the greenhouse who succeeds on a DC 17 Intelligence
spell reveals that a faint aura of abjuration magic emanates from the feed. The barn has milking stations equipped with buckets and milk cans. A character can try to milk a cow, doing so with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Broken Silence For hundreds of years, the world of Krynn has been bereft of those who call upon the favor of the gods. Legends say deities turned away from the world after the Cataclysm, and the
drawn toward the place, as if a familiar voice were calling their name. As characters approach the door, they hear faint voices inside. Read the following text when the characters enter the ruin: The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
“Getting Captured” below). The first time the characters are allowed inside the city or turned away from a gate, a secret door on the wall opens, revealing Gorglak, a duergar Stone Guard (see appendix C
Overlake Hold can spot any obvious threat coming from the waters. After hours of tense navigation, you glimpse an orange glow in the distance. Soon you hear faint metallic echoes, growing louder as you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
details). The magic trap on the door can be dispelled (DC 15). A character who examines the door and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check spots a faint glyph etched into the doorknob
wardrobe when the eye opens, she awakens. If you used the “Lost Things” adventure hook and the Story Tracker indicates that Endelyn turned one or more of the characters’ lost possessions into magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Regional Effects My favorite lair I’ve ever visited was a crystal dragon’s. It turned everyone’s voice into a high-pitched squeak. Remember, not all lair shenanigans are devastating!
-Fizban
The
the impression that the dragon is watching intruders. Starry Scenes. At night, the stars above the dragon’s lair are surrounded by faint outlines of creatures that begin to move and act out scenes from the dragon’s dreams—including the dragon.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
one prisoner, formerly a Ten-Towner or a Reghed nomad who was abducted and killed by the duergar. Using the animating spores of a myconid sovereign, the duergar have turned these dead humans into five
except for a tattered bedroll and a chair. From behind the closed doors of the northern rooms, you hear the faint sound of snoring.
Each of the northern rooms has one duergar sleeping in it. The two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
faint sound of chanting is audible coming from a corridor to the northwest. To the south are three cells with iron-banded wooden doors. A small, barred window is embedded in each door at the height of
Caladorn Cassalanter (see above). Treasure. Caladorn’s bones have turned to dust, but his suit of +1 plate armor remains. Also lying in the dust is a mace of disruption. If Caladorn’s ghost is present
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
now frozen and will remain so until the Everlasting Rime ends. On clear nights, moonlight shines through an opening in the ceiling and illuminates the pool. The minerals in the ice have turned it a
cloudy, bright blue. Entombed in the ice are the remains of four frost giants, the faint outlines of their forms barely visible. U9. Ossuary This cave is higher in elevation than the tunnels leading to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the cube ripples, as it seems to be putting out enough dry heat to warm the room.
A drow mage named Yilsebek Dalambra has turned this partially collapsed Netherese building into an outpost. From
wooden spear with its obsidian tip pointing upward. The weapon glows with a faint, cold light.
The spear is 25 feet long, but only its top half is visible; the rest of it is lodged in the icy floor
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City
) check recognizes she is shaken. Saren, someone she and the other librarians trusted, turned out to have such nefarious intent toward the Great Library. Because she is a busy woman, Abra always keeps
, the character finds a concealed compartment marked by a faint seam. Opening the compartment requires a Utilize action and a successful DC 12 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using Thieves’ Tools
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
nothing of interest. B4. Main Room This room contains lingering smells of burnt wood and flesh. You also catch the faint odor of wine. Snow has fallen through holes in the roof, then been pushed into
failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this effect reduces a creature to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, the creature is turned to ashes if the remaining damage equals or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
escape with his newfound treasures but perished from exhaustion and cold, rising as a wraith. The wraith seeks the destruction of all who enter its chamber. If successfully turned or reduced to 20 hit
chest in this cavern. H17. Den of the Vampire Spawn The yips and barks abate as you descend the stairs leading to this cave in which hangs the faint whiff of death.
Five kobold vampire spawn (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
library (area 21). Two padded chairs covered in yeti hide with blue-dyed seat cushions are turned to face the table. The chairs flank a marble fireplace carved with images of birds. Above the
faint aura of conjuration magic surrounding the fireplace. Any creature that points at the fireplace and speaks the word “ild” causes a magical, crackling fire to erupt within it. The fire lasts for 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
this information, they hear the faint laughter of Ythryn’s High Illusionist, Ajamar, trailing behind them as they exit the tower. The real passage is revealed when the illusory script is successfully
arrived. Y26. Tower of Transmutation A tower rises before you, straight as an arrow. A faint light shines from in the spire’s highest window, and hairline cracks creep up its walls like ivy.
The cracks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
down on the path by which the faithful would have approached. Stone doors at the front of the shrine appear to be sealed shut by some sort of thick, clear resin. A faint inscription is still visible
scattered throughout the room like furniture, holding broken weapons, moldering clothing, and other odd objects.
The top floor of the tower has been turned into the lair of the Fetid Gaze. Each of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
, engraved with disturbing shapes and signs that seem to stare out from the walls and columns and to shift positions when the viewer’s back is turned. Touching the walls sends a chill up a character’s
The visible walls of the corridor leading south bear faint traces of disgusting murals and bas-relief depictions of nasty things. After about 40 feet, the way is completely blocked by tons of stone
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
the floor.
From somewhere in the distance, you can hear the faint ringing of hammer on anvil.
The sound of the hammering comes from beyond the east wall, as can be determined with a successful DC
) check to spot. If the characters detected the faint trail that leads there, a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check locates the door. Beyond is a flight of stone stairs that leads upward. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
tomb tapper looks like a faceless, misshapen giant. It turned to stone when it died, leaving behind its big sledgehammer. Y2. Wizard Spires Several crooked spires branch off the enclave’s perimeter wall
entrance (area 19a). Y7. Tower of Conjuration This tower is engraved with interlocking circles of stone. Yellow light spills from its topmost window, and the faint sound of brooms brushing on stonework
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
window. Stairs lead to the crypt below. If the characters haven’t encountered the Gloved Hand (area 14) yet, they hear the faint echo of an argument coming from below. 6: Dining Hall Read or paraphrase
drops to 0 hit points, Gremorly ends it as a bonus action, or Gremorly is turned or forced out by an effect like the Dispel Evil and Good spell. When the possession ends, Gremorly reappears in an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Menzoberranzan and Blingdenstone, sabotaging supply caravans and generally causing mayhem. They usually kill or convert victims who survive their initial attacks, although Makubli recently turned over
following aloud: From the north, you hear a faint voice mumbling profane phrases.
The cultists keep the door to the fodder chamber (area W9) closed in case the food intended for Ker-arach in the Sacred
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the pools here. Ihanvas’s Charisma, combined with the magic water, has turned them into the naga’s willing devotees. They defend their master in any battle. Southern Interior Door. The southern door
a fine layer of shattered bone. The faint illumination from a pair of low-burning braziers reveals piles of animal skulls set around the edge of the water.
Creatures. Four merrow entertain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
(Perception) score hears faint crying coming from a small stand of stones. Investigating the cries reveals a tiny winged figure, head in hands. This is Thunderwing, a sprite. She immediately gravitates
perform terrible experiments on living creatures to try to find ways to bridge the gap between life and death. Eventually, she turned her experiments on herself, causing her to transform into an unholy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Petrified condition and be turned into lightning crystal (see “Haskasori Features”). Treasure. As a Search action, a character can examine the statue’s quarterstaff and make a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception
begins shedding a faint, warm light. The egg grows warm to the touch and cracks open, revealing a faintly pulsing light within. The characters can’t open the egg more, and they don’t have an opportunity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
stay the night turned out to be a textbook case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time when the Six’s operatives attacked. The Splintfigs hid during the assault, but Drahkso Blaakberz, a
(Perception) check can hear a faint crunching sound emanating from the bodies. Creatures. The crunching is a clue that the rift contains two swarms of insects feasting on the dead bodies. When any character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
opened eyes that glow with a faint, magical light. Characters feel as though they’re being watched as they descend the stairs, and the feeling doesn’t go away once they enter the beholder’s lair. The
.) X6. Pit of Blood and Fortune Xanathar has turned this room into a gladiatorial arena. It also uses this location to dispose of underlings it no longer trusts in a manner that it considers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, with the letters spaced around the ring at equal intervals. Opening the safe requires that the three rings be turned in their grooves until their runes line up to form the word “OAK.” Only Zorhanna
paraphrase the following text: Floating in space is a pulsing rift of iridescent energy, like a jagged scar in the fabric of reality. The light dims for a second, revealing faint shadows shifting deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
also insist that the masks be turned over to them. If the characters demand payment, the dwarves frown but agree to pay up to 200 pp for each mask. Once the dwarves learn about an entrance to Tyar
controls how much lava would flow into the troughs. An iron talking tube runs between the eastern wall of this room and the southwest corner of the foundry (area E13). E18. Library A faint odor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
View Player Version Ancient Relic Casting detect magic on the altar reveals a faint aura of divination magic originating from underneath it. The slab weighs several tons and is too large to be lifted or
who founded the Elk tribe buried a relic of giantkind under the altar to empower it: a 5-foot-long mithral spear tip weighing 75 pounds. The spear tip is the source of the faint aura of divination
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
represent Flennis’s skeletal rats, which are undead instead of beasts. The swarm can be turned by any character with the Turn Undead feature, but spells that target beasts have no effect on it
mummy’s chest to find the hidden bag. The mummy is inanimate and doesn’t protest the theft. D21. Zombie Crypt Characters who listen at the door to this room hear faint humanoid moans in the room beyond