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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
idol can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: charm person, cure wounds, disguise self, thaumaturgy
1/day each: commune, dominate person, insect plague, mass
material power, it begins twisting its followers, leading them ever deeper into ominous ritualism, hedonistic folly, and fanatical doom.
Immortal Nature. A radiant idol doesn't require food, drink, or sleep.Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
8. Gargoyle Lair When any door leading to the lair is opened, it frees the room’s occupant from temporal stasis. What appeared to be a statue an instant ago comes to life before your eyes. The
with its claws. Treasure. Around the creature’s neck is a collar studded with ten gleaming gems (blue quartz stones of 100 gp value each). Hidden in a secret compartment of the collar is a slip of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
activities from Constable Jute or from the physician Emil Trantor, and if they missed the trail leading from the latest murder, they might need to resort to divination or commune spells or similar magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
the south wall plunges into darkness. On each side of the staircase, a skeletal figure draped in gleaming chain mail stands sagging at attention, holding a rusty halberd. The skeletons, which were
assembled by Cyrus Belview (see area K62), are held together with wire frames and hung on pegs. They pose no threat. The staircase descends to area K62. The east door leading to the courtyard is swollen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
roll was 3 or higher, the creature can query the archive as by a commune spell. Once a creature uses the archive successfully, that creature can’t do so again for 24 hours. Planar Crossing. The trench
below the retreat pierces the fabric of the planes. Two rifts in the planar fabric open in the depths of the trench, one leading to the Shadowfell and the other to the Elemental Plane of Water. Sluggish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
gives way to a warm light. The room before you is spacious and comfortable, with gleaming bookcases, wide tables, luxurious chairs, an inviting lounge, and a hearth. Oil paintings of breathtaking
powerful director at Strixhaven. Director Quenthorne was a leading occult scholar who specialized in studying the esoteric power inherent in physical objects, especially written words and symbols. Later in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
. Starhaven Standing at the highest point topside, Andru’s palace of Starhaven crowns the Rock. Enclosed behind a wall, the seat of the ruling prince is a sprawling structure of gleaming domes and
exchange for a donation in coins, gems, or art objects of a certain value, as noted in the Helpful Spells table. Helpful Spells Spell Donation Commune 1,000 gp Legend lore 1,500 gp Lesser restoration 150 gp Raise dead 2,000 gp Remove curse 250 gp Scrying 1,000 gp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the stalactites.
Lightning Flashes. If the behir is in area 17c, sporadic flashes of blue-white light appear in the tunnel leading to that area, accompanied by a crackling noise.
17b. Crushed
the Behir This ledge stands 30 feet above the floor of area 17c and 20 feet below the cavern roof. The behir has fashioned a nest of bones here, decorated with gleaming coins and gems. Treasure. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
follows: Door Handles. The black basalt doors leading to the dais (area 15b) have handles on this side and are easily pulled open from within.
Mithral Veins. Thin veins of mithral spread across the
hewn walls, looking like gleaming cracks in the stone.
Tapestry. A huge tapestry depicting a dwarven kingdom under a mountain hangs from an iron rail and spans the south wall. The tapestry is so old
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
woodland uncover five separate paths leading into its interior. Impassable brambles choke the woodland outside these trails and even grow overhead to blot out the sky. To avoid getting lost in the wood
ghastliness you can conceive. Her divinations replicate the effects of a commune spell, although Red Ruth provides the answers to the questions without needing to appeal to a divine being. Red Ruth’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
45. Halaster’s Sanctuary These areas serve as Halaster’s private abode on this level, though the Mad Mage himself is not present. 45a. Spectral Skull The single door leading to this room opens inward
draped over one corner of a tall black crystal chair, is a fist-sized, gleaming black gemstone — the control gem for the death slaad on level 8 (a legend lore spell or similar magic confirms as much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Ixitxachitl Ixitxachitl (pronounced ick-zit-zah-chit-ul) are aquatic creatures resembling manta rays, with small, clawed hands at the ends of their “wings” and black eyes gleaming with sinister
intelligence. Many creatures mistake ixitxachitl for common manta rays, but this can prove a deadly mistake. The ixitxachitl are as evil as they are cunning, leading to their common nickname “demon rays
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
facade begins to crack, and a downward spiral ensues. As the radiant idol sinks deeper into the realm of material power, it begins twisting its followers, leading them ever deeper into ominous ritualism
: charm person, cure wounds, disguise self, thaumaturgy
1/day each: commune, dominate person, insect plague, mass suggestion, raise dead
Magic Resistance. The radiant idol has advantage on saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
could reach the library. Development If the characters don’t locate any clues or identify the wounds, an Avowed scholar discovers the scrap of white cloth. A commune spell or similar magic can be used
to establish the location of the killers, leading characters into the heart of the Cloakwood. Alternatively, any character who studies the scrap of white cloth and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Rath Modar and his “splinter sect” for their impudence. The bone devil assures the characters that they can earn the Red Wizards’ favor by providing him with information leading to Rath Modar’s capture
leading a group of cultists that was terrorizing the dwarves. Having killed Cheela’s drakes and subordinates, the dwarves bring their prisoner to the adventurers hoping for a reward. Cheela has useful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Rath Modar and his splinter sect for their impudence. The bone devil assures the characters that they can earn the Red Wizards’ favor by providing him with information leading to Rath Modar’s capture
leading a group of cultists that was terrorizing the dwarves. Having killed Cheela’s drakes and subordinates, the dwarves bring their prisoner to the adventurers hoping for a reward. Cheela has useful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Rath Modar and his “splinter sect” for their impudence. The bone devil assures the characters that they can earn the Red Wizards’ favor by providing him with information leading to Rath Modar’s capture
leading a group of cultists that was terrorizing the dwarves. Having killed Cheela’s drakes and subordinates, the dwarves bring their prisoner to the adventurers hoping for a reward. Cheela has useful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
incarnate, and they take orders from no one. The extent to which Baphomet, Kostchtchie, and Yeenoghu are present in Avernus makes it easy for characters to commune with any of these demon lords using
hundred white abishai fly from Arkhan’s tower toward Zariel’s current location, with Arkhan leading the charge on the back of Asojano the chimera, and Torogar Steelfist by his side, carried on the back
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
repelled the attack. Each naga quickly comes to the aid of the other if more intruders arrive. If the nagas are killed, they re-form 1d6 days later, potentially leading to another encounter with the
Charnyz alone. To ready the challenge, Charnyz casts major image to produce a flock of snakes with bright, gleaming scales the same color as the real water snake’s. These snakes have noisy, rattling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
that cast them out and devour it all!
Sundered Blades The corruption in Gracklstugh slowly rots duergar society from within, leading it toward a brutal fate. You see a circle of small hooded figures
resembling manta rays. The kuo-toa smiles, its needle teeth gleaming even in the darkness. It has seen something. It understands a new secret, and its already unhinged mind plunges further into madness
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the walls. In the room’s center stands a gleaming obsidian statue of a solemn elf warrior. Around the statue’s pedestal, hundreds of silver coins lie scattered in the dust. Beyond, a staircase ascends
the south, rubble blocks a staircase leading down, while to the north, another staircase climbs to the level above. Dismal gray-green light shines from flickering wall sconces, eerily illuminating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
first chamber of the Glitterhame proper is bisected by the stream and has a number of routes leading away from it. The descending fissure opens up abruptly into a very high cavern, its ceiling easily
attack as soon as two characters have entered the area, likely achieving surprise. Mud-and-Wattle Door. The troglodytes have blocked the southwest passage leading to the main warren (area 18) with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
area: At the top of the stairs leading up to the cathedral, an archway opens into a long hall containing eight columns. Some of the columns have been carved to represent Torm, but the infernal magic of
Avernus has warped the others to represent likenesses of a winged female devil wielding a luminous sword.
The devil represented in the magically altered columns is Zariel. The wooden doors leading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
miss were it not for the excavation sites and abandoned tents surrounding them.
The Sunward Fortress was once a hermitage for those seeking to commune with Sirrion’s greatest flame: the sun. The
equipment and crates have been crammed into every corner and alcove.
This floor once served as lodging for the fortress’s residents. Characters who enter the east hall see the barricaded door leading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
bootprints from a Small Humanoid going north to south. At the midpoint of the room, the Humanoid tracks stop and a set of rat tracks begin, leading directly into the rubble. Exploration. Though the ruined
potion of gaseous form, two potions of healing (superior), a +1 greatsword, and the mirror of reflected pasts (see appendix A). S14: Primordial Altar Within a cave of dark stone stands a gleaming altar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
feet (thirty-seven in all, worth 10 gp each) A human wearing a ring of resistance (fire) A half-elf grasping a sack with a burst seam showing silvery coins (471 sp) A human wearing gleaming armor
creature standing on the floor. Inside this box are two more armbands and a pouch of five gems (worth 100 gp each). Exit to Lower Level. The passage leading west from this area intersects with a down
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Against the Giants d8 Adventure Hook 1 Adventurers find a village completely deserted, with tracks leading to a hill giant steading. Can they rescue the surviving villagers and livestock before the hill
inspire adventures leading characters into ancient giant ruins. You can also use the locations in chapter 4 as destinations for these adventures; each of those locations includes its own suggested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, the bearer of this item always knows the item’s depth below the surface and the direction to the nearest staircase, ramp, or other path leading upward. 5 Gleaming. This item never gets dirty. 6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
, a gleaming longsword piercing his chest.
Next to the governor’s body, a man in Solamnic armor rocks back in a chair. He props his booted feet on the table as he balances a scroll on one finger
Wisdom (Perception) score notices a blood trail leading to a small, shattered door at the rear of the room. Beyond it, a hall leads to the sealed staircase detailed in the “Path Below” section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Areas of the Fire Temple E1. Entrance An arrow slit is carved into the south wall of the lava tube leading to this area. The arrow slit is 3 feet tall, 6 inches wide, and unguarded. Behind the arrow
slit is a tunnel leading to area E6. Read the following text when the characters reach the chamber at the top of the stairs: The passage widens at this point, with two large alcoves flanking the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
leading to the opulent Civic Festhall Greengage Sensates quench their thirst at the Greengage, a humble cider shop across the street from the Civic Festhall that’s popular among gnomes, halflings, and
supplies from the Market Ward or, for especially rare ingredients, the Outer Planes. Hall of Information Located between the Hall of Records and Hall of Speakers, the Hall of Information is a gleaming
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Level 3. Clinging to the west face of the spire is a ledge, above which is a ladder leading up to level 3. Whenever a character crosses the ledge, roll a d6. On a roll of 1, a sudden gust of wind
chests aren’t locked. All together, they hold 2,000 cp, 730 sp, four gemstones (50 gp each), and a spell scroll of commune with nature. One of the chests also contains a cloth-wrapped, wooden mask
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
a cylindrical stone building, its open doorway revealing stairs leading down into the forest floor. Atop the building, a smaller statue of Balduran stared back the way he had come. Prevented from
crushing livestock skulls with a massive hammer and nights leading the cult’s murderous field operations, and Jaemus Exheltarion, a half-elf master of souls. Of the three, Jaemus is the least
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
. In a wood just a few miles west of the city, he came upon a cylindrical stone building, its open doorway revealing stairs leading down into the forest floor. Atop the building, a smaller statue of
are Corian Khee, a death’s head of Bhaal who spends days crushing livestock skulls with a massive hammer and nights leading the cult’s murderous field operations, and Jaemus Exheltarion, a half-elf
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Violet flames engulf this room, dancing across walls with faded mosaics of blacksmiths forging gleaming weapons. Bars seal off alcoves to the north and south. To the west, weapons hang on the walls. A
two stone doors leading south.
As the characters enter this area, the next scene from the “Visions in Fire” section plays out. After the scene completes, two warhorse skeletons manifest at the west