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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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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->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
characters gain a level after facing the fragment guardian in either Talhundereth or Gibbet Crossing. The characters gain a level once they overcome the guardians of all three obelisk fragments in this chapter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Underworld Crossing The Tartyx River is dotted with ruined temples of Athreos on either side of its banks that serve as crossing points between the mortal world and the Underworld. Souls of the dead
to keep the living out of the realm of the dead and the dead from returning to the land of the living. Underworld Crossing Adventures Adventures in Underworld crossings usually involve the characters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
besting the cave’s guardians, the characters find a waterfall frozen in time and unravel its mysteries to discover a fey crossing into the Eternal Garden in the Feywild. As the characters explore the
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->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
military ride out to seize a victory. With Marshal Vendri away leading troops further west, Governor Miat approved the strike. Lord Bakaris and his son are leading the attack. Darrett is serving
under them. They plan to ambush the Red Dragon Army near a crossing of the Inkwater called Steel Springs, thirty miles west of Kalaman. The aide knows nothing more, but before the characters leave, 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->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->Candlekeep Mysteries
Ground Floor (C4-C9) C4. Cloakroom The door leading outside has a wooden crossbar that can be lowered into iron brackets on either side of the doorframe, sealing the door from the inside. A creature
Crossing. Sylphene’s grave is a shadow crossing, which the characters can use without offending members of the Scarlet Sash. Characters who befriend the wereravens can learn how the shadow crossing works (see the “Shadow Crossing” section at the end of the adventure).
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->Out of the Abyss
, and the ceiling’s height reminds you of the great halls of Gauntlgrym.
The corridor opens into a central well, with walkways crossing its span to the opposite side. You can barely see the ends of
, answers any questions the characters have about Gravenhollow to the best of its ability, including how navigate its levels, and how to access the library’s knowledge. After leading the party to living quarters one level below the library’s main level, it merges into another wall and disappears.
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
. 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
referred to the miners entombed in the chamber as the Delvers. The Believers carefully observed the stones for messages in their movements, and they saw the Delvers as stern guardians watching over an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
muddy river on the Material Plane, characters might appear beside a clear and winding brook whose waters glitter like diamonds in the Feywild. In the heart of a dismal marsh might lie a portal leading
mystery and beauty on the Material Plane that have a near-perfect mirror in the Feywild, creating a portal where the two planes touch. A traveler passes through a fey crossing by entering a clearing, wading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
to the gas, 1d4 guardians of Gorm (see appendix B) eventually discover them and deliver them to the faction’s leader in area B12. Cylinders. The three cylinders in this area are the hollow bases of the
stretches toward a toppled leather pouch just out of reach. Glittering, blue gemstones have spilled from the bag onto the dusty floor.
A dishonest member of the Guardians of Gorm stole riches from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
headless statues of armed guardians flank the gate, their heads now lying among the weeds at their feet. They greet you only with silence. If the characters are traveling on foot, the gates swing open
, such as scratch marks on a nearby wall or footprints leading to it, a character with a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher notices the secret door. Otherwise, finding a secret door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. These paths lie beyond lands controlled by the poleis and other civilized beings. Dark caves with tunnels leading down into darkness and rivers quietly lapping at fog-shrouded gravel shores give way
to the Underworld’s borders. Though Athreos ferries the dead across the Tartyx, he’s not above accepting a one-way fare from those who still breathe. Even the other fearsome Underworld guardians that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
of meditation and discipline. Monks, his most devoted followers, honor him by leading lives of quiet contemplation in remote monasteries. Many orphans are raised in the monasteries of Majere; some
community guardians. Throughout history, she has reached out to chosen heroes to soothe others’ suffering. Her faithful offer healing and solace to all—even enemies.
Solinari Solinari, the god of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Gibbet Crossing Locations The following locations are keyed to map 6.5. Mike Schley Map 6.5: Gibbet Crossing View Player Version G1: Surface Entrance A few lumps of old slag and tumbled stone are
surface winds down through the earth for more than a mile. The deepest point is a cave-in that collapsed the back wall of this room. The words on the door leading south to the workshop repeat “toil” in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
kebabs at their bonfire.
These people are an Eternal Flame priest and three Eternal Flame guardians (see chapter 7 for both). The priest — a half-elf named Lytin — looks like a druid and tries to
do all the talking. Her guardians — Biart, Orm, and Malin — look like rangers, and they become more nervous the longer any conversation lasts. Reinforcements. Camp Hc3 arrives first, but camp Hc5 might
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
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
the religion of Dumathoin. Getting In. Rivibiddel accessed a secret Underdark passage leading to the pool in area P5. He swam past that room’s treacherous inhabitants and was delighted to find the work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the street. The device is a mobile piece of art crafted at Whitkeep Hostel and titled “The Patriars.”
10 A group of obviously drunk Flaming Fist officers stumble away from a Wyrm’s Crossing bar
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the bridge known as Wyrm’s Crossing, then to distant realms beyond.
Dozens of Flaming Fist soldiers are trying to control an angry mob of commoners eager to leave the city. Armed with only a vague
Duke Ulder Ravengard has convinced Captain Darmin Zodge, a lawful evil human veteran, to prove himself worthy of leading the Flaming Fist — lest some rival seize the opportunity in the days ahead
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, and anything beyond 30 feet is in darkness. Cart wheels have carved shallow ruts in the dirt floor leading to the back of the mine, where the cave-in was never fully excavated. Smaller tunnels branch
-meenlocks used remnants of their knowledge to rig explosives on the four pillars in this room. Attached to each pillar is a stick of dynamite with a long fuse leading to a plunger trigger. Any character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
skin shed by the spirit snake Chimagua. The stone table bears two empty stone candle holders. Tainted Mist. The same tainted mist from area A3 fills this chamber and the tunnel leading back to the
discovers a segment of the stone wall behind the altar easily shifts aside, revealing a passage leading to area C4. Characters who have the Stonecunning trait have advantage on this check. This door is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Plane with a very similar location on the Material Plane, such as the heart of a volcano (leading to the Plane of Fire) or the depths of the ocean (to the Plane of Water). Passing through a planar
heavenly mountain of Celestia might be located on a mountain peak. Second, portals often have guardians charged with ensuring that undesirable people don’t pass through. Depending on the portal’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Dragon Lair Features The brass dragon lair shown in map 5.4 is an ancient ruin located within rough, stony canyons in a desert environment. The lair has the following features: Column Guardians. Massive
signs of having been recently used by visitors—either creatures welcomed by the dragon or ones that escaped the dragon’s notice. Wells. Four wells—three in the canyons leading to the main hall and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
titled “The Patriars.” 10 A group of obviously drunk Flaming Fist officers stumble away from a Wyrm’s Crossing bar. They ineffectually try to start a fight with the party, then apologize and wander off
. 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Loch Wynnis via the fey crossing: You stand in a fountain of illusory water on a cobblestone patio. Colorful globes of light bob in the air, dancing in time with the stars that blink on the twilit
. Fey Crossing. The fountain contains the fey crossing connected to Loch Wynnis. In addition to the few times when the fey crossing opens on its own, anyone can open the fey crossing from this side by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
off into streets leading north out of the village and south to the ferry across the Vingaard, and others radiating out into the town. The village circle serves as a public space, meeting spot, and
. Vogler’s Crossing South of Vogler, an incomplete stone bridge begins to stretch across the Vingaard River. Half-constructed before the Cataclysm using techniques lost in the ages since, the bridge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
the west, while a simple stone door stands in the wall to the east.
Upon entering this chamber, Ishvern directs the characters to the west archway leading to area C3. He encourages them to cleanse
themselves with the water there before proceeding deeper into the shrine. Altar Guardians. If a character comes within 10 feet of the altar without having washed themself in area C3 within the last 24
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->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
handles and are decorated with etched geometric patterns.
The two column statues are depictions of Caerwyn and Porphura. The statues are living guardians (use the earth elemental stat block). They
, the guardians return to their original positions. If the guardians are destroyed, they reform at the next dawn. Doors. The words above the door appear written in the preferred language of whoever reads