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Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
. They waddle the Mortuary’s halls unbothered, scooping up corpses and carrying them to the next stage of the funerary process.
An animated coffin has an array of spidery metal legs it uses to
table presents some contents an animated coffin might contain when encountered.
Animated Coffin Contents
d6
Contents
1
1d4 swarm of bats
2
1d4 Skeleton;skeletons packed like
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
save DC 20):
At will: Detect Magic, Heat Metal (7th-level version)
2/day each: Darkness, Dispel Magic, Hold PersonAurnozci can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
apart the cocoon, ending the cocoon’s effect with a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check.
Insect Swarm. Aurnozci creates a 30-foot-radius sphere of stinging wasps centered on a point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
in this chamber. From this side, the circular metal hatch is opened by turning its valve wheel. This area is magically pressurized to keep water from entering the Scarlet Marpenoth if the hatch is
. His stateroom has the following features: The port alcove contains a net hammock and a steel footlocker. A black metal shrine of Lolth covered in tiny spider statuettes stands against one wall. At its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
in this chamber. From this side, the circular metal hatch is opened by turning its valve wheel. This area is magically pressurized to keep water from entering the Scarlet Marpenoth if the hatch is
. His stateroom has the following features: The port alcove contains a net hammock and a steel footlocker. A black metal shrine of Lolth covered in tiny spider statuettes stands against one wall. At its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Exploring Curst As the characters approach Curst, read the following text: The odor of rusty metal stings every breath. Ahead lies the gate-town of Curst, a dismal-looking community surrounded by an
throw the criminal through it. 2 The locals ignore a gigantic crash that echoes through town. The noise originated at the town dump; it was caused by the collapse of a towering metal sculpture built
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Exploring Curst As the characters approach Curst, read the following text: The odor of rusty metal stings every breath. Ahead lies the gate-town of Curst, a dismal-looking community surrounded by an
throw the criminal through it. 2 The locals ignore a gigantic crash that echoes through town. The noise originated at the town dump; it was caused by the collapse of a towering metal sculpture built
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
creatures from the Elemental Earth Encounters table (see chapter 3) swarm from the Endless Rockslide, driving out the fire giants working there. The giants offer a bounty of metal craft and gems in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
how only service to the monastery can keep it aloft. In addition, the original metal of the structures here has been melted and reworked in many places into a preponderance of leering skulls. With a
grounds. These unnatural creatures flutter away if any characters approach them, but they attack if pressed. Treat any group of leather faces as a swarm of bats, and see the leather works (area M7) for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
creatures from the Elemental Earth Encounters table (see chapter 3) swarm from the Endless Rockslide, driving out the fire giants working there. The giants offer a bounty of metal craft and gems in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
how only service to the monastery can keep it aloft. In addition, the original metal of the structures here has been melted and reworked in many places into a preponderance of leering skulls. With a
grounds. These unnatural creatures flutter away if any characters approach them, but they attack if pressed. Treat any group of leather faces as a swarm of bats, and see the leather works (area M7) for more information.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
floor at the back of the cave. Although they’re made of ice, the webs are sticky (like frozen metal). They use the same rules as normal webs (see the “Dungeon Hazards” section in chapter 5 of the
swarm of insects (spiders) that acts on the queen’s initiative count. The swarm has resistance to cold damage. If there are no foes for the swarm to attack, it begins devouring the corpse of its mother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and aft appear intact, as does the metal grate in the deck that offers access to the lower decks. Aside from the rhythmic creak of the ship’s badly weathered timbers, all seems quiet.
This area is
tight quarters, remember that a swarm can occupy the same space as another creature.) Captain’s Log. A character who searches through the debris in the room and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
1. Main Gate If characters approach this area from the north, read: A wide passage slopes down to a set of bronze doors. Coiled serpents decorate the metal, with a sliding hatch at head height. Four
and form up in a defensive line on the south side of the open pits. Each pit is 5 feet across, 10 feet deep, and filled with a swarm of poisonous snakes. The walls of each pit are too smooth to climb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
floor at the back of the cave. Although they’re made of ice, the webs are sticky (like frozen metal). They use the same rules as normal webs (see the “Dungeon Hazards” section in chapter 5 of the
swarm of insects (spiders) that acts on the queen’s initiative count. The swarm has resistance to cold damage. If there are no foes for the swarm to attack, it begins devouring the corpse of its mother
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
1. Main Gate If characters approach this area from the north, read: A wide passage slopes down to a set of bronze doors. Coiled serpents decorate the metal, with a sliding hatch at head height. Four
and form up in a defensive line on the south side of the open pits. Each pit is 5 feet across, 10 feet deep, and filled with a swarm of poisonous snakes. The walls of each pit are too smooth to climb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and aft appear intact, as does the metal grate in the deck that offers access to the lower decks. Aside from the rhythmic creak of the ship’s badly weathered timbers, all seems quiet.
This area is
tight quarters, remember that a swarm can occupy the same space as another creature.) Captain’s Log. A character who searches through the debris in the room and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
encounter 11–12 1 carrion crawler 13 Demon pack 14 1 flumph 15 1 gray ooze 16 1d4 moldy quaggoth spore servants 17 1d4 two-headed grimlocks 18 1 swarm of insects (centipedes) 19 1 xorn 20 Yellow mold
of faerzress-infused stone. The change in the faerzress brought on by the arrival of the demon lords has left the xorn confused and easily angered. It tries to bargain for metal or gems to eat, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
next stage of the funerary process. An animated coffin has an array of spidery metal legs it uses to skitter along steep inclines, walls, and ceilings, and the coffin’s spacious interior bristles with
1 1d4 swarm of bats 2 1d4 skeletons packed like sardines 3 A groaning mummy 4 A patch of yellow mold (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) 5 A slumbering vampire spawn 6 A portal to the Path of Graves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
next stage of the funerary process. An animated coffin has an array of spidery metal legs it uses to skitter along steep inclines, walls, and ceilings, and the coffin’s spacious interior bristles with
1 1d4 swarm of bats 2 1d4 skeletons packed like sardines 3 A groaning mummy 4 A patch of yellow mold (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide) 5 A slumbering vampire spawn 6 A portal to the Path of Graves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
encounter 11–12 1 carrion crawler 13 Demon pack 14 1 flumph 15 1 gray ooze 16 1d4 moldy quaggoth spore servants 17 1d4 two-headed grimlocks 18 1 swarm of insects (centipedes) 19 1 xorn 20 Yellow mold
of faerzress-infused stone. The change in the faerzress brought on by the arrival of the demon lords has left the xorn confused and easily angered. It tries to bargain for metal or gems to eat, and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Pits, a spidery layer of the Abyss 04–06 Rusty metal hatch forged from dulled weapons Interior of a war machine in Acheron, a plane of infinite battle 07–09 Trellis covered with vibrant, untamed
swarm of bats when opened Empty crypt in the bowels of Castle Ravenloft, a fortress in the Shadowfell ruled by the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich 69–71 Dressed marble door featuring a cameo of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Pits, a spidery layer of the Abyss 04–06 Rusty metal hatch forged from dulled weapons Interior of a war machine in Acheron, a plane of infinite battle 07–09 Trellis covered with vibrant, untamed
swarm of bats when opened Empty crypt in the bowels of Castle Ravenloft, a fortress in the Shadowfell ruled by the vampire Count Strahd von Zarovich 69–71 Dressed marble door featuring a cameo of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: Detect Magic, Heat Metal (7th-level version)
2/day each: Darkness, Dispel Magic, Hold Person
tear apart the cocoon, ending the cocoon’s effect with a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check. Insect Swarm. Aurnozci creates a 30-foot-radius sphere of stinging wasps centered on a point within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At will: Detect Magic, Heat Metal (7th-level version)
2/day each: Darkness, Dispel Magic, Hold Person
tear apart the cocoon, ending the cocoon’s effect with a successful DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check. Insect Swarm. Aurnozci creates a 30-foot-radius sphere of stinging wasps centered on a point within
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
contains several unnumbered rooms. These areas include activity rooms, crew quarters, passenger apartments, and utility rooms. They typically have metal or plastic furnishings and odd bits of junk
are sprawled on the floor. One carries a key card whose color matches this room’s door. If the door is open or doesn’t require a key card, the skeleton carries a blue key card. 8 A metal box stamped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
contains several unnumbered rooms. These areas include activity rooms, crew quarters, passenger apartments, and utility rooms. They typically have metal or plastic furnishings and odd bits of junk
are sprawled on the floor. One carries a key card whose color matches this room’s door. If the door is open or doesn’t require a key card, the skeleton carries a blue key card. 8 A metal box stamped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and spiderwebs cover the walls and ceiling. Two humanoid-sized bundles attached to the ceiling writhe as hundreds of tiny spiders swarm over them.
Krell Grohlg, the last survivor of the cultists who
and poison damage). Judging from the stove along one wall of this room, this was once the galley. Now the area is cluttered with bones and debris. Badly damaged metal knives and other cookware hang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
and spiderwebs cover the walls and ceiling. Two humanoid-sized bundles attached to the ceiling writhe as hundreds of tiny spiders swarm over them.
Krell Grohlg, the last survivor of the cultists who
and poison damage). Judging from the stove along one wall of this room, this was once the galley. Now the area is cluttered with bones and debris. Badly damaged metal knives and other cookware hang
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, another tarp covers a larger cylindrical object. Dusty webs cover everything. A metal door stands closed in the center of the adjacent wall.
Creatures. The “spherical objects” covered with tarps are
pieces of wire, which it attempts to place into gaps between other wires set into the crumbling walls. Another metal door stands along the wall across from the end of the corridor.
Creatures. Four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Bavlorna stuffs dead creatures and stitches them together to create chimeric horrors. Crate. Bavlorna’s name is scrawled on one side of the crate. Lifting the lid releases a harmless swarm of flies
corner above the door at the top of the stairs, outside area B13. The nest is a Medium object with AC 11, 12 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It holds a swarm of insects (wasps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Bavlorna stuffs dead creatures and stitches them together to create chimeric horrors. Crate. Bavlorna’s name is scrawled on one side of the crate. Lifting the lid releases a harmless swarm of flies
corner above the door at the top of the stairs, outside area B13. The nest is a Medium object with AC 11, 12 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It holds a swarm of insects (wasps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, another tarp covers a larger cylindrical object. Dusty webs cover everything. A metal door stands closed in the center of the adjacent wall.
Creatures. The “spherical objects” covered with tarps are
pieces of wire, which it attempts to place into gaps between other wires set into the crumbling walls. Another metal door stands along the wall across from the end of the corridor.
Creatures. Four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
corpse slumped in the chair. Any character who disturbs the headless corpse causes the green, glowing maggots covering it to become a hostile swarm of insects. Treasure. A character who examines the
captain’s chair and succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check finds a secret compartment in the left armrest. This compartment contains a black metal tube containing a spell scroll of wall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. 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
floor was built as a precaution in case one of the experiments went berserk. When a creature that doesn’t work for Manshoon’s Zhentarim enters this room without being escorted, the metal scraps on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
. Flies swarm around a full dung cart that exudes a horrible stench.
The stalls contain ten riding horses. Cart. The dung-filled cart is a fire hazard. If the cart is pushed against a wall and set
metal pail and yells for the stablemaster (see area G16), who takes 1 minute to arrive. G3: Staircase Halfway up this flight of stairs is a sleeping figure wrapped in a wool blanket. A door is situated