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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
belief, and certainly numerous reports tell of charmed nymphs leading lost seafarers home. Yet, if tales of naiad-led galleys appearing amid the headwaters of mountain rivers are true, only the nymphs
facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts.
Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep.
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Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
"} bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t knocked prone.More than mere waterway guardians, riverines are embodiments of particular
lair. The tracks lead to potential shelters and safe passages across the river’s waters, while also leading away from areas that the riverine prefers to remain undisturbed.
If the riverine dies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
has been carved on the floor of the passage leading to area 4.
Treasure Sixty pieces of blue quartz can be broken off the throne. Each piece is worth 10 gp.
3. Stone Throne Throne. To the south, a large protuberance of jagged rock has been carved into the form of a giant-sized throne. Blue quartz crystals grow out of the rock.
Warning Sign. A large X
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
you encounter.Clouds obscure the peak of the windswept mountain before you. Carved into its base, the old temple’s entrance yawns ten feet wide by twenty feet high. A few feet inside, a rough-hewn
staircase descends into the cold bedrock. Eerie green light emanates from goat skulls embedded in the walls at regular intervals.
No guards are posted at the entrance. The staircase descends 50 feet to the entry (area T1), where guardians await.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
34. Guardians Bar the Way The passage leads toward a set of double bronze doors bearing the engraved face of the jaguar god. Both walls of the corridor are carved to represent two lines of warriors
the pressure plate is depressed, two of the carved warriors pivot out from the walls in front of the party, crossing their metal halberds before them to bar the way to the northern doors. The blades
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
sarcophagus is a human skeleton clad in bits of rusty mail. False columns along the walls are carved in the image of spreading oak trees. The double doors in the southeast corner are sheathed in tarnished
copper plate.
The three skeletons are animated and attack any creature that comes within 10 feet of the door leading to area 5 or the door leading to area 6, unless that creature is wearing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Treasures Untold The Winding Way, a series of trapped passages leading to the abbey’s treasure chamber, is a well-kept secret. The senior clerics were slain by the pirates, and with them went
does not know the actual layout of the place, nor does he know about its guardians. He uses his knowledge of the place’s existence as a bargaining chip for getting off the island. Bayleaf has not told any of the other survivors about the Winding Way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
carved in Lhammaruntosz’s likeness and includes quarters for the rest of the Scaly Eye and a magic statue of Bahamut, which the dragon can use to commune with the deity. In recent decades
. Members of the Scaly Eye still live within the Bronze Shrine, as Lhammaruntosz has ordered them to stay on as her guardians.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
under a covering of snow, but it takes you far enough to see the facade of some kind of temple carved into the sheer mountainside ahead. The front of the structure is fifty feet high and has six
alcoves containing twenty-foot-tall statues. Each statue is carved from a single block of amber and depicts a faceless, hooded figure, its hands pressed together in a gesture of prayer. Between the two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Tomb of Moving Stones Shortly after the characters return to Red Larch from Lance Rock, this scenario intended for 2nd-level characters begins. Beneath the town are tunnels and chambers carved by
. The Red Larchers who knew about the place came to include the leading citizens of the town. They regarded the phenomenon as supernatural and portentous. They called themselves the Believers and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
stairs, a rocky plateau spreads out some 80 feet above the water. Wooden doors leading to area T3 have rusty iron hinges and handles, as well as decorative lightning bolts carved into them. All other doors in the Tower of Storms are of similar construction and ornamentation. None of the doors are locked.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
21. Esclarotta’s Tomb This icy cyst has no obvious means of entry or egress. However, a creature can teleport to this buried chamber via area 17. You appear in an oval cave carved from solid glacial
ice, with no passages leading out. The ceiling is 30 feet high and lined with icicles, and bits of broken ice surround a massive white marble sarcophagus situated in the middle of the floor. The lid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
21. Esclarotta’s Tomb This icy cyst has no obvious means of entry or egress. However, a creature can teleport to this buried chamber via area 17. You appear in an oval cave carved from solid glacial
ice, with no passages leading out. The ceiling is 30 feet high and lined with icicles, and bits of broken ice surround a massive white marble sarcophagus situated in the middle of the floor. The lid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
remaining. The other dead human carries a set of thieves’ tools. 11b. Silt Pit Carved into the floor of the narrow tunnel leading to this cave is a large X (a warning sign). This cave contains a silt pit like the one in area 4.
11. Disposal Cave The stench of death fills these caves, which the giants visit infrequently. 11a. Faces of Halaster Stone Faces. Giant-carved visages of Halaster cover the walls. Each face has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
49. Arch Gate to Level 14 Arch. A stone arch embedded in the middle of the southeast wall has the image of an open book carved into its keystone.
Secret Door. A secret door opens into a dusty
tunnel leading east.
The arch is one of Halaster’s gates (see “Gates”). Its rules are as follows: Holding an open book while standing within 5 feet of the arch causes the gate to open for 1 minute. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
east wall, beyond which is a smoothly carved tunnel leading to area 16a. The door is sealed with a Qualith lock (see “Qualith Door Locks”). The neothelid is always hungry and tries to devour any
unleash the savage creature on their githyanki enemies in Seadeeps and the Crystal Labyrinth. 8a. Neothelid’s Cave Magic walls of force seal off all tunnels leading to this enormous cavern (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
animated armor attacks as soon as it takes damage or a character approaches within 5 feet of it. It fights until destroyed. Oil lamps are mounted on the oak-paneled walls, which are carved with woodland
corpses hanging from the trees and worms bursting up from the ground. Secret Door A secret door in the west wall can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. It pushes open easily to reveal a cobweb-filled wooden staircase leading up to the attic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
seals is a druidic bloodline, and it will last until the last member of the line is slain. The most common form of Gatekeeper seal is a great stone slab set into the ground or a cavern wall. It is carved
, or the characters might need to find one in order to consult with the guardians there. The Gatekeeper Seal Adventures table presents some possibilities. Gatekeeper Seal Adventures d4 Adventure Goal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
golem fueled by radiant energy and other creatures from the Giant Construct Encounters table in chapter 3. Guiding Whispers A voice whispers into a character’s dreams, leading the character toward the
destroy the sand’s guardians from the Giant Construct Encounters table (see chapter 3), and fill a vial with the magical sand, the giant helps them create a sentient magic item. Ravenous Star An azer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
15: Metallurgy Lab The doors leading into the northeast and southwest ends of this chamber are both red. Michele Giorgi Some of the creatures imprisoned
in the Donjon Sphere aren’t
content to
corner. This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardians; it attacks any creature that enters the room without displaying a key card. It has the Confusion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
ago. From the edge of the ravine, older and weathered handholds and footholds can be seen carved into the cliff face. These are goblin-carved. Adventurers can easily climb down the knotted rope
, using the wall to brace themselves. Using the carved indentations is slower but only slightly harder. The descent is 50 feet to the ledge (area 1). GENERAL FEATURES
The following facts about the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
8. Hark’s Hoard A large round rock fills the low, 4-foot-diameter tunnel leading to this cave. The boulder fits snugly in the tunnel and must be pushed into the cave to clear the passage. Moving the
bloodstained leather case containing a complete set of thieves’ tools (worth 25 gp) A holy symbol of Silvanus carved from wood and inlaid with gold (worth 25 gp) One magic item, determined randomly by rolling on Magic Item Table A in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
decreases to 40 feet on the landing in front of area 4 because of the staircase leading up to that location. Overlooking the hall to the north and south are unguarded 20-foot-high ledges that have no
railings or battlements. Giants once stood atop these ledges, ready to hurl rocks at interlopers that passed below. Five niches are carved into the back wall of each ledge. Each one holds an iron sconce
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
end up in area 22. DUNGEON FEATURES
The dungeon level underneath Death House is carved out of earth, clay, and rock. The tunnels are 4 feet wide by 7 feet high with timber braces at 5-foot intervals
must provide their own light sources, as the dungeon is unlit.
As the characters explore the dungeon, they see centuries-old human footprints in the earthen floor leading every which way.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
6. Music of the Dead The hallway leading to this chamber is filled with the haunting sound of a harpsichord playing. The room contains the following: Harpsichord. in the middle of the room is a
harpsichord made entirely of bones, with human, dwarf, ogre, and halfling finger bones for keys. somber music emanates from it.
Carving. Carved into the north wall is a single measure of musical notes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
or temporarily stopping them as described above puts this area’s haunt to rest. Words carved above the doorway leading to area P12 read “the valiant dead” in Dwarvish. Sliding Wall. The wall between
to leave through the doorway to the west, all four crypt guardians burst out to fight until destroyed. The crypt guardians use the revenant stat block with the following changes: They speak Dwarvish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
tunnels leading north, west, and south. 2a. Demon Reliefs Bas-Reliefs. Every 10-foot section of wall has a 9-foot-high, 4-foot-wide, 3-inch-deep door-shaped recess containing a bas-relief carving of a
wall that contains the nalfeshnee carving has a secret door leading to area 3. The recessed wall that contains the dretch carving has another secret door, which leads to area 4. The dretch carving has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 55 (10d10) fire damage. Outer Walls The hold’s 20-foot-thick curtain walls are faced with blocks of carved basalt and filled with a rubble core. The walls
. Scaling a wall without magic or climbing gear requires a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. Towers Tower walls are 15 feet thick, made of carved basalt, and studded with arrow slits. The towers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Heart of the Mountain The Melairkyn dwarves carved this 20-foot-high room out of the rock at the point they believed was the heart of their subterranean realm. The features of this room are as
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Araj: Vizeran’s Tower Vizeran’s tower is a enormous stalagmite, carved with a spiraling series of chambers leading up to its peak. The center of the stone spike is hollowed out to form an open
vertical shaft. A stone staircase spirals around the shaft, with landings leading to chambers on the upper levels: Level 1 has a broad antechamber and audience hall.
Level 2 contains kitchens, storage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
as a swirling pool of magma in the heart of a volcano (leading to the Plane of Fire) or a maelstrom in the depths of the ocean (leading to the Plane of Water). Passing through a planar portal can be
located on a mountain peak. Second, portals often have guardians charged with ensuring that certain creatures don’t pass through. A portal’s guardian is typically a powerful magical creature, such as a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
corner, while archways leading into dark interior spaces pierce the center of walls to the east, north, and west. Carved into the rock above the northern arch is a row of windows.
If the characters
D3. Courtyard This courtyard is open to the sky, and its walls have been carved with scenes of dwarves engaged in rituals, often in pairs, of a friendly or amorous nature. A twenty-foot-tall statue
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
47. Halls of the Faithful Devotees of Dumathoin once walked these halls to get from their quarters to the temple. Now, Halaster’s guardians and magic haunt these areas. 47a. Arch Gates to Levels 13
. They have no treasure. North Arch Gate. The north arch is one of Halaster’s magic gates (see “Gates”). It is decorated with inlaid images of dancing goblins. The letter D is carved into the arch’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
roof of the serpent’s mouth, which forms a canopy over a dark, ten-foot-wide tunnel leading into the mountain. The tunnel at the back of the serpent’s head is 200 feet long and corkscrews gently down
, twenty feet wide, and twenty feet high. The walls are carved with frescoes depicting swarms of snakes. At the far end of the room is a cracked, bowl-shaped altar, three feet tall and six feet in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
effects are ascribed to the archlich in this adventure. Skeleton Keys To unlock the final gate to the Soulmonger, the adventurers must acquire five skeleton keys — each the carved skull of an animated
its skull and bones remain intact. A skeleton key does not trigger any trap placed in a room or on a door of the tomb. Each skeleton key has a skull that extends into a carved key-like shape. These






