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Basic Rules (2014)
As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you know
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence--a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
round As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
round As you cast the spell, you draw a 10-foot-diameter circle on the ground inscribed with sigils that link your location to a permanent teleportation circle of your choice whose sigil sequence you
circles inscribed somewhere within their confines. Each such circle includes a unique sigil sequence—a string of magical runes arranged in a particular pattern. When you first gain the ability to cast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
others of its kind to this location, hoping to form a conclave. If the cloaker detects interlopers, it creates phantasmal duplicates of itself, emerges from the crack in the ceiling, and attacks. The
crystal formations reflect and amplify nearby light. The crystals also amplify sound, allowing it to carry well beyond the cavern’s confines. The crystals otherwise have no properties or value.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
portcullis. This object can be prevented from coming down by wedging it in place as if it were a pressure plate. Pressure Plate. The 10-foot-square section of floor marked on the map is the location of
, and any such check is made with disadvantage, since getting a good grip is difficult. If a door can first be pried up slightly with a crowbar or similar lever, requiring a successful DC 20 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
of Ireena Kolyana can the characters put the tortured spirit to rest. The ghost must see Ireena in the flesh, and it can’t travel beyond the confines of the crumbled mansion. Ulrich’s ghost is neutral
, Ulrich’s ghost points the characters to the treasure’s true location, saying these words as it fades away: “Travel west. Two hundred paces from the mansion lies a monument to my folly and the treasure you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
.
Alternatively, you could set the Styes up as a small, stand-alone port town. This approach has the advantage of limiting characters to the Styes’ squalid confines. They can’t retreat to a nicer part of the
. You might have a hard time attracting the characters to such a dismal location, however, without drawing on the Styes’ reputation for its alchemists and potion factories.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, probably driving them from their ranch to live, much diminished, in a nearby settlement. Final Clues. Wiggan and Bertram know the location of the Temple of Black Earth, as well as the pass phrase for
Javor’s ornate greatsword of ancient Besilmer make. The sword’s grip is bound in worn leather that doesn’t look original, and is marked with sequential notches. Bear claws are tied to the pommel. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
travel in disguise, invisibly, or by magical means. Severin For many years, Szass Tam’s grip on absolute power in Thay has been weakened by internal strife. Mortal Red Wizards have risen against their
surest way to eliminate a Red Wizard in service to the cult is to betray that wizard’s location to an agent of Szass Tam. However, characters who get too close to Szass Tam’s servants and his paranoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
travel in disguise, invisibly, or by magical means. For many years, Szass Tam’s grip on absolute power in Thay has been weakened by internal strife. Mortal Red Wizards have risen against their undead
to eliminate a Red Wizard in service to the cult is to betray that wizard’s location to an agent of Szass Tam. However, characters who get too close to Szass Tam’s servants and his paranoid vendetta
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
travel in disguise, invisibly, or by magical means. For many years, Szass Tam’s grip on absolute power in Thay has been weakened by internal strife. Mortal Red Wizards have risen against their undead
to eliminate a Red Wizard in service to the cult is to betray that wizard’s location to an agent of Szass Tam. However, characters who get too close to Szass Tam’s servants and his paranoid vendetta
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Exploration Example This scene finds the player characters investigating a mysterious and potentially dangerous location. They're moving through the environment and interacting with things they find
.
Jared: As you draw this gas into your lungs, you feel a chill grip you, and your bodies stiffen. You both have the Paralyzed condition!
7 Saving Throws. A saving throw is used to see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
display enough strength, the hags might believe the characters could actually slay Xabazhut. In that case, the characters might be able to convince the hags to betray the dragon by revealing the location
of Xabazhut’s lair (area G14), the location of the plants needed for the sleeping concoction (areas G13, G20, and G24), or other information that might help the characters. The hags offer to exchange
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
years of wind and rain have eroded away its cover, leaving the path exposed and visible from the valley floor below. The path climbs to the Mountain Door, at the location marked A on the map. This is
(Perception) check can hear sounds of activity through the door; increase the DC to 15 for quieter sounds.
Light. Within the confines of Khundrukar, all areas are dark unless a room’s description says
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
pay. If she spots any party members, she crawls out of the bell’s cold confines and rushes forth to destroy them, thinking they have come to plunder her hoard (area 4H). She prefers to lurk among the
brides.
If the characters arrive at low tide at the location marked on the map, they see the barnacle-covered, broken mast of a shipwreck poking out of the murky water, pointing toward one of several
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
from its confines can sell it for 20,000 gp, minus 50 gp for each point of damage the ship has taken. CAPTAIN N'GHATHROD
The captain of the Scavenger is an illithid pirate named N’ghathrod. N’ghathrod
orbiting Toril when it was pulled through a magic gate to its current location. It also reveals that the ship’s spelljamming helm vanished shortly thereafter (spirited away by a wish spell, though the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
swift and merciless. Beauty is something hobgoblins associate only with images of conflict and warfare. The iron grip their philosophy holds on their hearts blinds hobgoblins to the accomplishments of
, and prepare for future battles. If few enemies exist nearby and the hobgoblins in a legion have room to spread out, the members of each banner might live in a separate location, effectively its own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
spawn in area H17. H15. Drakareth’s Doom This location consists of multiple areas: An empty cave to the northeast has a 20-foot-high domed ceiling, naturally formed stairs leading up to area H11, and a
appendix C). They are hostile toward all trespassers but don’t pursue intruders beyond the confines of the three caves that comprise area H18. H19. Den of Death This thirty-foot-high cavern reeks of death
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
reaching the Phylactery Vault, where the party can upset Szass Tam’s plans and loosen his grip on power in Thay. Szass Tam’s channeling of Chosen life force has created instability in the black gates
Thay only if you decide she does so. Entry Points. Choose a starting location for the party from among the seven entry points in the Doomvault. Black gates in the following areas have entry points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Mortuary Locations The following sections detail locations in the Mortuary. Each section includes a map of the location and an encounter designed to showcase the location’s unique elements. You can
destroyed. Nevervault For Characters of 8th–10th Level Robson Michel The crypts of the Nevervault imprison deathless threats with a tenacious grip on the realms of the living In this encounter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
characters’ business at the monastery, Anish tells them he’d like to make a request of them. If the characters are interested, read or paraphrase the following: The aasimar tightens his grip on his cane as he
protects them from traps, but this action does not reveal the traps’ location. M19: Weavers’ Room This room contains a wooden loom and baskets containing spindles, yarn and thread, shears, shuttles, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
teleported to an unoccupied space in area T20a. If there’s not enough space in that location for the creature or object, it is unable to pass through the portal and is rebuffed instead. Southeast Archway
that enters this one-way portal is teleported to an unoccupied space in area T20b. If there’s not enough space in that location for the creature or object, it is unable to pass through the portal and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
excavated rock faces.
This maze of passages is an old section of Wave Echo Cave’s original mine site. Lurking in one dead end is an ochre jelly. (You can decide the jelly’s exact location.) When
stored here. The spectator was slated to serve for 101 years. When the mine was sacked, the bandits disturbed the delicate magic in the area, eroding the spectator’s grip on reality. It believes the mine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
-foot-deep pit filled with grinding, blood-stained gears. The walls are metal cards devoid of grip.
Like the Sun and Moon rooms (areas 4 and area 5), this chamber is an elaborate trap. See the Balance
, Avalion selects that character. So long as the character has the charm, Avalion knows their location and can communicate telepathically with them. He then directs the characters to the Puzzle room (area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
of commerce has been a center of trade in Baldur’s Gate for centuries, acting as the primary location for banking and currency exchange. As much a bunker as a bank, the Counting House squats on the
purchase such information need only whisper in the right ear here. Though this dichotomy keeps Merilyn herself from officially joining the Union, the crew uses the location as its de facto headquarters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
successful DC 12 Strength or Dexterity saving throws to avoid losing their grip and falling if they aren’t otherwise secured. Development. If the orcs destroy the bridge but repel the invaders in doing
examines the proper location and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check notices the pressure plate. A successful DC 12 Dexterity check by a character using thieves’ tools disarms the trap; the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
-walled fortress of commerce has been a center of trade in Baldur’s Gate for centuries, acting as the primary location for banking and currency exchange. As much a bunker as a bank, the Counting House
joining the Union, the crew uses the location as its de facto headquarters, regularly renting out and conducting meetings in its vast central pool. Insight Park Forty years ago, an lawful neutral shield
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
with an Intelligence of 3 or higher comes within 30 feet of a water source within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair, the dragon becomes aware of the creature’s presence and location. If the dragon dies
bronze dragon lairs in coastal caves. It might salvage a wrecked ship, reconstruct it within the confines of its lair, and use it as a treasure vault or nest for its eggs. Lair Actions On initiative count