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Mythic Fantasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Mythic Fantasy While an angry god tries time and again to destroy him, a clever rogue makes the long journey home from war. Braving the terrifying guardians of the underworld, a noble warrior

ventures into the darkness to retrieve the soul of her lost love. Calling on their divine parentage, a group of demigods undertake twelve labors to win the gods’ blessings for other mortals. A mythic-fantasy

Adventures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

adventurers is one in which the characters complement each other and cover the weaknesses of their companions. The adventurers must cooperate to successfully complete the adventure. The adventure is the

their labors. But that’s not the end of the story. You can think of an adventure as a single episode of a TV series, made up of multiple exciting scenes. A campaign is the whole series—a string of

Path of the Ancestral Guardian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

guardians can better fight to protect their tribes and their allies. In order to cement ties to their ancestral guardians, barbarians who follow this path cover themselves in elaborate tattoos that celebrate

Elemental Plane of Fire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

is marked by fierce winds and thick ash. Although the air is breathable, creatures not native to the plane must cover their mouths and eyes to avoid stinging cinders. The efreet use magic to keep the

is the formidable Charcoal Palace, where the tyrannical emperor of the efreet reigns supreme, surrounded by nobles and a host of servants, guardians, and sycophants. Sea of Fire Lava flows through the

Plane of Fire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

hours. The weather on the plane is marked by fierce winds and thick ash. Although the air is breathable, creatures not native to the plane must cover their mouths and eyes to avoid stinging cinders. The

. The heart of the city is the towering Charcoal Palace, where the tyrannical sultan of the efreet reigns supreme, surrounded by efreet nobles and a host of servants, guardians, and sycophants.

Haven Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

the haven’s guardians without knowing what’s going on, but the ghost of Zyrian the scrivener can fill them in during the battle.) The spectral elf initially ignores the characters and wanders around

those masters long gone, the characters must now defeat the combined forces of the library’s guardians to claim the keys. Zyrian knows that the guardians are summoned when any damage-dealing spell is

Bearded Devil

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

encourage mortals to act callously and abuse their power, inflating their egos and inspiring petty tyrannies. Villains aligned with the Nine Hells call on bearded devils to serve as guardians, enforce their

only one creature swallowed at a time). Failure: The behir swallows the target, which is no longer Grappled. While swallowed, a creature has the Blinded and Restrained conditions, has Total Cover

Hollow Mine Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Hollow Mine Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.1. Map 4.1: hollow mineView Player Version H1: Mine Entrance Loose planks cover the entrance to the mine. Once characters enter the

to turn these skeletons into guardians. If a character approaches within 10 feet of the altar, the two skeletons animate and attack. They both use the allosaurus stat block, with these changes: They

The Doom Raiders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

, revivify, spirit guardians, water walk 4th level (3 slots): banishment, freedom of movement, guardian of faith, stoneskin 5th level (1 slot): flame strike, mass cure wounds, hold monster Actions

, setting up a cover in the Trades Ward in the form of a cramped little shop called Weirdbottle’s Concoctions. Most of his potions and elixirs are nonmagical, but he crafts magical ones for his Zhent

Adventure Start

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4

In the original publication of White Plume Mountain, "The Legend of Keraptis" was presented on the inside back cover. Although these details of the wizard's former life don't play a direct part in the

people rose up to overwhelm the wizard's lackeys and marched on his keep, where, led by a powerful and good cleric and his ranger acolytes, they destroyed Keraptis's final guardians. The great wizard

Elturgard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

and flags of its two groups of guardians, the Hellriders and the Companions. It might be fairly said that the only reason Elturgard can exist as a nation is because of these knights, for it faces

to block out the light so that visitors can get some sleep. Without the onset of dawn or dusk to frame the day’s labors, citizens rely on the tolling of the bells from the High Hall to denote the

Heart of Ubtao

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

for likely hiding spots for the Soulmonger. Treasure. The bookcases are filled with books, scrolls, tablets, and maps, all about Chult in one way or another. They cover history, geography, culture, and

— they’re safe back in Thay — but the shelves do hold two spell scrolls of arcane gate. 5. Undead Guardians Stuffed in this closet are six Chultan zombies and two girallon zombies (see appendix D

Areas of the Air Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

pattern to provide cover for dwarf defenders while slowing their foes’ progress. Each corner on either side of the gatehouse holds two arrow slits, allowing creatures inside the gatehouse structure to

air cult suffers at least one loss each week to the umber hulk, which is devious enough to cover its tunnels. Treasure Searching through the ruined villa uncovers 92 gp, a miniature electrum anvil

7. Clammersham Palace

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

missing its cover and has lost a few pages due to adventuring mishaps. The spellbook contains all the spells Zox has prepared plus animate objects, fabricate, glyph of warding, jump, and rope trick. 7c

sketches of metal contraptions (including the Simulacrux in area 2). Rex the shield guardian accompanies Zox wherever he goes. Unlike most shield guardians, Rex doesn’t have an amulet and thus can’t be

Areas of Kolat Towers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

of two flumphs on the cover, their tendrils entwined. The cover is a false one, wrapping around a tome bound in dragon hide — a disguised spellbook that contains the following wizard spells: arcane

. The door is unlocked and opens into the room, which contains the following: Bits of clay, stone, bone, and metal litter the floor and cover a wooden table in the middle of the room. The floor creaks

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

end that spell, so you might not want to take them and keep the spell going instead, so as to continue benefiting from the cold damage it delivers. How does barkskin work with shields, cover, and

modifier, your armor, a shield, and cover—unless your AC is higher than 16. For example, if your AC is normally 14, it’s 16 while barkskin is on you. If your AC is normally 15 and you have half cover, your

Palace Garden Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

white and black specimens among them. Glistening spiderwebs cover the rosebushes. The webs belong to three ettercaps that recently crawled up from the forest of Thither. They lurk under the soil

Iron Lion The iron lion, Envy, is one of two guardians that Zybilna created to watch over her garden in her absence. When Zybilna became frozen in time, her guardians appeared from their respective

Pirates

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

. Spellcasting. The priest casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): At Will: Light, Thaumaturgy 1/Day: Spirit Guardians Bonus Actions Divine Aid (3

). Failure: The target is swallowed by the worm, and the Grappled condition ends. A swallowed creature has the Blinded and Restrained conditions, has Total Cover against attacks and other effects outside the

Talhundereth Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Shelves cover the stone walls of this room from floor to ceiling. Sagging books that have been reduced to little more than scraps and dust fill the shelves, although a few books bound in metal have

secrets, or forgotten mines. The books are written in Dwarvish. The Granite Ledger. One of the books that the drow haven’t yet touched has metal pages and a cover made of thin plates of granite. This book

Mr. Dory's Warehouse

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

protected against intruders by monstrous guardians. Dory lives in the suspended ship. Reaching the ship without magic requires climbing the crane, which takes a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check

Abyssal and Infernal. It contains nonmagical prayers to Tharizdun, and a folded scrap of parchment tucked inside the front cover with a note written in Infernal: This book contains all the invocations and

Magical Phenomena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

addition to sand or grit. The area within the storm is heavily obscured, and a creature exposed to the storm takes 1d4 slashing damage at the start of each of its turns. Only substantial cover or

. Those who find these mystical sites might bathe or drink from the pools and temporarily gain a measure of the waters’ magic. All manner of protectors or covetous guardians might lurk around these

Geode Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Geode Locations G1. Hall of the Guardians This cave lies at the end of a twisting, declining tunnel that began in area F13 of the Fane of the Eye. The rough walls of this cavern rise to a vaulted

91 gp, two garnets (worth 100 gp each), and a potion of thunder resistance. G15. Arcane Foundry Stone slabs line the walls of this cave. Weapons, pieces of armor, and various tools cover the slabs. In

Tomb Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

cover this area and hang as freestanding walls inside it show a super-realistic reflection of everything in the room, including the other mirrors—quickly creating a confusing cascade of images. Any

(Perception) check made to observe the dais, spots an ornate sword hilt embedded within it (see “Treasure” below). The hilt can be noted automatically by anyone within 5 feet of the dais. Genie Guardians

Locations on the Fortress Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

debris, and the bones of small animals cover it. A rough-hewn stairwell zigs and zags down the side of the ledge, descending into darkness. The far wall of the chasm is 250 feet to the west, and the

area 12. 12. Tomb of a Failed Dragonpriest Violet marble tiles cover the floor and walls, though all are cracked or broken, revealing rough-hewn stone beneath. Sconces are attached to the walls at each

Cave Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

blocked or barred from the inside. The contents of the barrels and tuns have long evaporated. W8: Fungi Cavern Dense carpets of weird fungi cover large sections of the floor in this cavern. The growth

plan to get past the Undead guardians in this area. W13: Starry Cavern Glittering minerals in the ceiling of this large cavern catch any light and reflect it back to create the impression of a starry

Vault Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

silver statue of a tall, mostly human-shaped individual. Two moonlight guardians (see appendix A) guard this secret entrance. They attack any intruders on sight and fight until destroyed. Trapped

. A slope made of rubble connects this room to the white tower’s basement (area V14) 20 feet above. V14: Flooded Basement Several inches of standing water cover the floor of these ruined rooms. Rubble

Roleplaying a Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

over their neighbors. Fire giants raise and train hell hounds as war dogs, and they sometimes persuade human wizards (free or enslaved) to harness fire elementals as guardians for their strongholds

giants plan a raid on a nearby settlement or outpost, they time it to take place under the cover of a blizzard, believing the storm to be a sign from Thrym that the weak-boned humanoids are ready to be

Lair Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

warrior brandishing a club. Blue and green drapes cover the east and west walls. The mural depicts Semuanya, the lizardfolk deity. The club in the mural has sharp-looking seashells embedded in it. A

single lizardfolk shaman worships at the altar in this room. Two amphisbaenae (see appendix C) serve as guardians here, and live within the hollow altar. Development. Only the shamans, the queen, and the

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