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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
leads nearby frost giant;frost giants and white dragons to put aside their mutual enmity to hunt them.
Glittering Hoards
For their treasure hoards, crystal dragons prize diamonds and baubles that
dragon characters.
Crystal Dragon Personality Traits
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Trait
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If you’re not a thief or a frost giant, let’s
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, which sometimes leads nearby frost giant;frost giants and white dragons to put aside their mutual enmity to hunt them.
Glittering Hoards
For their treasure hoards, crystal dragons prize diamonds and
giant, let’s talk!
2
Are you comfortable? Can I tell your future for you? Just let me know what I can do for you, okay?
3
Jokes are as valuable as any gemstone and more fun to share
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
stuck beneath a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any ship that tries
.
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A clan of gnomes pays a young dragon turtle to serve as a mobile refueling platform for their fleet of steamboats.
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A young dragon turtle likes to feast on giant crocodile;giant crocodiles' eggs.
Fire
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
and is now stuck beneath a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any
dragon turtle wyrmling shares food with a giant octopus in exchange for the octopus pilfering baubles from passing ships.
4
A dragon turtle wyrmling lairs in a geyser inhabited by steam mephit;steam
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
within the Spire d4 Sight 1 A statue of a giant, three-eyed horse juts from a cavern wall. It’s so heavily eroded, it looks melted. 2 As the party skirts a vertical hollow, a body falls past them
. The Whisker A long and narrow span of wiry metal forms a bridge across a hollow in the Spire. Other metallic protrusions jut from the vertical walls.
This 200-foot-long, 5-foot-wide bridge connects
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
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Balance*
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Beast
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Book
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Bridge
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Campfire
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Cavern
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Celestial
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Comet*
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Construct
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Corpse
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Crossroads
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Donjon*
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Door
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Dragon
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Elemental
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Euryale*
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Expert
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Fates*
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Fey
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Fiend
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Flames*
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Fool*
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Gem*
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Giant
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
hill giant atop the Stone Bridge. (He is entombed within the Halls of the Hunting Axe.) Built to connect those parts of the dwarven realm of Besilmer on both the western and eastern banks of the Dessarin
Stone Bridge This gigantic stone archway (two miles long and four hundred feet high) comfortably spans the widest spring flood of the Dessarin River. It is a sacred site of pilgrimage for many
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any ship that tries to leave
out by a giant sea worm the dragon turtle killed. The original entrance at the level of the shelf floor ascends through a weed-choked tube that opens into the main chamber. Here, the dragon turtle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a bas-relief depicting an armored dwarf with a greataxe fighting a hill giant atop a long, flat bridge.
The bas-relief depicts Torhild Flametongue, king of the ancient dwarven kingdom of Besilmer
12. Gate to the Stone Bridge Standing Gate. Two 15-foot-tall standing stones are positioned near the west wall of this 20-foot-high room.
Bas-Relief. Spanning the wall behind the standing stones is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
central vessel, channeling the radiance of the forge into a vent so bright it’s painful to look at. Giant runes etched on the iron flare with white light. The Star Forge sheds bright light for 100 feet and
dwellings dot the shore, some collapsed, others carefully maintained. Bridge Remnant. An iron bridge once spanned the water from the lakeshore to the island. Now rusted iron pilings are all that remain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
below. Intense heat from the lava fills this room.
Bridge. A 10-foot-wide spectral bridge — nothing more than a flat plane of wispy, magical force — extends across the chasm from this room to another
ledge 120 feet away. (For more information on the bridge, see area 16. The far ledge is described in area 17.)
Double Door. At the south end of the room, two pillars carved with scores of eyes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
still stranded on the edge of a tower or bridge.
5 You fall past a hippogriff—make a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check (DC 15) to catch its leg!
6 A giant owl catches you… and threatens to drop
than a hundred feet before hitting a lower bridge. While this may seem like small comfort, the major bridges in the upper and middle wards are enchanted with feather fall enchantments that trigger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
a separate cloud and connected to the main keep by a stone bridge, the gatehouse is where Sansuri’s castellan customarily greets visitors before leading them to the countess’s audience chamber (area 1
). Battlements surround the gatehouse’s arrival platform and the bridge. On either side of the door, a short flight of steps leads up to a stone enclosure that contains an unmanned ballista. Two air
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Sabotaging the Fortress Characters can sabotage the fortress by disabling or destroying a bell-like contraption on the bridge. This contraption is identical to the one in area W6 on the wrecked
flying fortress, except that it’s not making any strange noises beyond a low, barely audible hum. This device keeps the flying fortress aloft and level. Encasing the giant bell in an antimagic field or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
reward anyone who can impress them with a riveting tale of love and adventure from each of the archipelago’s largest islands. 3 A storm giant has claimed a skybridge as her domain and refuses to let
anyone cross, trapping the residents of an island to which the bridge connects. 4 A foreign trader has found a bakunawa egg and is waiting for severe weather to pass before leaving the islands with it. A bonesinger entreats the characters to rescue the egg.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
dome.
The cavern is home to six giant lizards and hundreds of ordinary lizards, all of which are docile but skittish. The giant ones are trained to serve the svirfneblin as pack animals. A character
who approaches a giant lizard can use an action to try to keep it from running away, doing so with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Animal Handling) check. A giant lizard that doesn’t run away can be used by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
14. Abattoir Pigs are slaughtered here, as are unwanted trespassers. The river has punched a hole in the north wall, creating a stream that runs through the place. A crude log bridge spans the
movement. Lying atop the easternmost table is the carcass of a slaughtered pig, and looming behind it is Slub, a male hill giant covered head to toe in pig’s blood and clutching a handaxe. Before fighting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Traveling the Skybridge The journey across the Flames Everlasting Skybridge takes 36 hours, with the incredible bridge soaring 600 feet or more over forests, steep hills, and the sea. Like all the
skybridges between the Dayawlongon islands, this bridge is well-lit by gentle magical light at night. It once featured way stations, but few travel to Lambakluha anymore, so the way stations are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
on the edge of a tower or bridge. 5 You fall past a hippogriff—make a successful DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to catch its leg! 6 A gargoyle or giant owl catches you—then threatens to drop you
hundred feet before impacting on a lower bridge. Though this alone might seem like small comfort, it’s also true that the major bridges in the upper and middle wards are enchanted with feather fall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
Star Forge Locations These locations are keyed to the map. Dyson Logos Map: Star Forge View Player Version 1: Broken Bridge Crumbling piers and shattered bits of arches are all that remain of this
broken stone bridge.
When the characters reach the bridge, three apparitions of acidic mist float up from the lake below to meet the party. The apparitions are vaguely human-shaped and are hostile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
menaces such communities.
Oni Troubles 1d4 The Oni Torments People By...
1 Charming people to perform nasty tricks.
2 Claiming a bridge, gate, shrine, or trail and trying to eat
+2
Wis 12 +1 +4
Cha 15 +2 +5
Skills Arcana +5, Deception +8, Perception +4
Resistances Cold
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 14
Languages Common, Giant
CR 7
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
” — hollowed-out stalactites connected by walkways, stairs, and rope bridges. The towers are concealed by the thick webs of giant spiders stretched below them, so that only the lowermost parts of the stalactites
the outpost overhead, hidden in the darkness above the range of torches and lanterns. The giant spiders also serve as guards, dropping down on their web strands to prey upon creatures that find their
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
6. Shrine to Lolth A steep rope bridge leads from the walkway ledge to the uppermost level of the largest hanging tower, called the priestess’s tower. The floor of this circular chamber is covered by
it. On a failure, a character mistakes it for a real giant spider. This place is a shrine to Lolth, the drow’s spider goddess, and also serves as quarters for Asha, the junior priestess. She tends the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
drow at the outpost, including Ilvara, Shoor, and Jorlan, as well as another priestess named Asha. There are also a dozen quaggoths and a number of giant spiders. Three drow guards watch the slave pen
from the hanging guard tower across the rope bridge, visible through the locked gate. The cell has some sort of antimagic effect on it (see area 11 for details). Jorlan the drow warrior suffered
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Arrival at the Palace The means by which the characters travel to the palace determines where they arrive: Characters who make the overland journey from Yon with Amidor cross a bridge that leads
straight to the palace’s front gate (area P1). Characters who ride on the backs of giant cranes from Motherhorn are deposited in the garden (area P2). No matter how the characters arrive at the palace
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
(Acrobatics) check. K3. Courtyard Two rickety wooden bridges loom over this area at heights of thirty feet and fifty feet, respectively. The higher bridge is missing a large section of its middle, and
what remains of that structure doesn’t look safe.
Two iron cages hang from beams that extend southeast off the lower bridge. One of the cages twirls on its heavy iron chain as a flurry of black
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
locations is encompassed within the wild lands of the North. Among them are the great library of Candlekeep, home of the greatest collection of written lore in Faerûn; the imposing, giant-scale castle
of Darkhold; the fortified abbey of Helm’s Hold; sites of great battles such as Boareskyr Bridge and the Fields of the Dead; realms of some security, such as Elturgard and Hartsvale; and the yuan-ti
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
the other side of the stream.
Characters using a light source or darkvision can spot the rope bridge at area H5: In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, you can just make out the dim shape of a
rope bridge crossing over the passage ahead of you. Another passage 20 feet above the floor appears to intersect this one.
Any character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 12 or higher and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
a cavern that contains a hot spring, in which they drown themselves. U4. Moaning Cavern The cave is empty except for three ice-covered pillars composed of mineral deposits. U5. Icy Bridge A natural
stone bridge spans the frozen river 20 feet below. The top of the bridge is covered with a slippery, icy glaze. Crossing the bridge safely requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
The Serpent Hills Good weather and the fact that Varram and his large party were moving with haste makes their trail into the hills easy to follow. From Boareskyr Bridge, the adventurers pursue the
the opportunity for another meal. A hill giant retreats when reduced to half its hit points or fewer, preferring prey that does not fight back. Unmarked Grave. A low rise covered in hastily collected
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
; from just about any point the characters find the canal, they can see one of the bridge torches. The dwarves of Besilmer built the canal to channel the spring in area C26 away from their delvings and
(see area C4) 2–3 1d4 + 4 lizardfolk (see area C13) 4 1d2 trolls (see area C12) 5 1 giant octopus (see area C3) 6 1 dragon turtle (see area C21) 7–20 None The giant octopus attacks any small group
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
The Serpent Hills Good weather and the fact that Varram and his large party were moving with haste makes their trail into the hills easy to follow. From Boareskyr Bridge, the adventurers pursue the
opportunity for another meal. A hill giant retreats when reduced to half its hit points or fewer, preferring prey that does not fight back. Unmarked Grave A low rise covered in hastily collected rocks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
-shaped, flat-topped hill on which stands a stone keep enclosed by a wooden wall. The keep, which overlooks the village, has partially collapsed. A wooden bridge that once connected the keep to the
alone. Three days ago, a cloud giant castle passed over Nightstone and dropped large rocks on the settlement and its keep. Unable to defend themselves against the bombardment, villagers who weren’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
14. Nandar Keep The cloud giant attack left Nandar Keep in a sorry state and also claimed the life of Lady Velrosa Nandar, the High Steward of Nightstone. She was buried under rubble and died from
what happened, they share the following information: Nightstone was bombarded by rocks dropped from a giant castle in the sky. The keep was cut off from the village when a rock tore away part of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
, see the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Suggested Encounter Shortly after the characters arrive in Waterdeep, a cloud giant castle emerges from the clouds overhead and looms above the city, its
devise a method of reaching the giant castle, which hangs 1,000 feet in the air. The castle has a configuration similar to that of Lyn Armaal (see chapter 9, “Castle of the Cloud Giants”) and is home