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Classes
Player’s Handbook
skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks.
In combat, Rogues prioritize subtle strikes over brute strength. They would rather make
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
typically accompanied by a drow favored consort and a drow house captain. Other Underdark creatures might also be in the priestess’s presence, providing protection or advice.
Drow Mother of Rebellion
can take one of the following lair actions when in her lair; she can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row:
Perceive Interlopers. The drow projects her mind throughout her lair, marking
Rogue
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
skills that help them in a dungeon environment, such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks. When it comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue
Archetype Feature 14th +5 7d6 Blindsense 15th +5 8d6 Slippery Mind 16th +5 8d6 Ability Score Improvement 17th +6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Guard Post The doors to this area are made of stone and sealed with Qualith door locks (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless they are held open, the doors automatically close and lock. This area has
the following features: Sentries. Two mind flayers stand behind eight orogs (lined up in two rows of four) facing the double door to the west.
Pillars. Two stone pillars with glowing veins of
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
addition to fighting on your behalf, this veteran cheerfully offers tactical advice, which is usually sound. Anyone who talks with the transformed keyrune or examines it closely can easily recognize that
over someone’s body, either to impersonate that person for a brief time or to extract secrets from their mind. When the mission is complete, the creature returns to you, reports its success
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, the door automatically closes and locks.
Heads on Pikes. Seven decapitated mind flayer heads with limp tentacles are mounted on pikes in the middle of the cavern, facing the double door. (They were
6. Battleground This area has become the main battleground in the conflict between the githyanki and the mind flayers. The ceilings throughout are 20 feet high. 6a. Cave of Carnage Corpses. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
some more esoteric barrier. Beyond the form the locks and keys take, you might also consider adjusting the creatures depicted with each lock to suit your adventures. Just keep in mind that the number of
Customizing the Puzzle The focal parts of this puzzle are the locks and keys, not the chest. You could easily convert this puzzle to feature any types of locks, be they on doors, cells, books, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
13. Back Door The double doors to these rooms are airtight, soundproof, made of stone, and sealed with Qualith door locks (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless they are held open, the doors
automatically close and lock. The ceiling here is 10 feet high. The mind flayers use this back door to their fortress as a means of escape, in case the colony is overrun by githyanki or other invaders. 13a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, wants to see Yaveklar stripped of her command for incompetence. QUALITH DOOR LOCKS
Mounted on both sides of every door in the mind flayer colony (areas 9 through 20) is a burnished plate of dark, alien
. If magic is unavailable, a locked door can be forced open with a successful DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check.
Clever adventurers might discover that a decapitated mind flayer head, animated through an animate dead spell, can be used to access the locks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
16. Old Dwarven Halls The doors in this area are made of stone and sealed with Qualith door locks (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless they are held open, the doors automatically close and lock. Rooms
hold stone dishes and tankards. Some of the dishware contains globs of edible gray slime. (The mind flayers use these dishes to bring food to prisoners in area 10.)
Wall of Force. The rubble-strewn
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
5. Prison Cell The crystal doors to this room are magically locked, but they open automatically for any creature that carries a Stardock rod (see “Stardock Rods”). There are no physical locks to be
picked, but a knock spell or similar magic also opens a door. Magic wards in the room prevent any creature from teleporting into or out of it. Marquox A mind flayer named Marquox uses its levitate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
12. Dynamo The central feature of the mind flayer colony is a psionic, quasi-magical turbine powered by a thunderous underground river that flows through it. River water entering the dynamo is
of stone and sealed with Qualith door locks (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless they are held open, the doors automatically close and lock. UNDERGROUND RIVER
The underground river on this level is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
10. Detention Facility The mind flayers use this detention facility to hold “cattle” — the term they use to describe humanoids they consider a food source. The door to the cell block is made of stone
and sealed with a Qualith door lock (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless it is held open, the door automatically closes and locks. The cell block is 10 feet high throughout and contains the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
on the characters before leaving the room in search of its control gem, not knowing that it is kept in area 28. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Obo’laka or Wongo
receive advice when entering this area: Cautious Obo’laka thinks the salt pentagram could use more salt and encourages her host to add to it. if any salt is available. (Doing so doesn’t break the wards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
DM Tips The most important part of being a good DM is facilitating the fun of everyone at the table. Keep these tips in mind to help things go smoothly. Embrace the Shared Story. D&D is about telling
reorganized, expanded, and rewritten from the 2014 version, and the versions of things in this book replace versions from older books. Here are a few highlights:
Sound Advice. Every chapter (but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, bringing the conflict to the city. 6 Dozens of dead factions unite in Undersigil. They mount an uprising on the surface and attempt to oust several factions. 7 The Lady of Pain locks the Cage without
warning, barring anything and anyone from entering or exiting the City of Doors. 8 The Lady of Pain decrees that Sigil tolerates its factions no longer. They must disband or risk her wrath. Three factols come together and hire the characters to change the Lady’s mind.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
characters care about the settlement? The guidelines in this section are here to help you build the settlement you want for whatever purpose you have in mind. Disregard any advice here that runs counter to your vision for a settlement.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
worthy sacrifice. This chapel was built for that dark ceremony. The Sewn Sisters obtained an appropriate sacrifice and have stitched it inside the leather body bag that rests on the altar. Advice from the
Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Moa or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Kind Moa suggests freeing the shackled creatures. Violent Wongo urges his host to stab the body
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Sylgar, it disintegrates the suspected conspirators, leaving gaping holes in the chain of command. IMPORTANT UNDERLINGS
Xanathar relies on underlings for advice, information, and day-to-day
oversight of the Xanathar Guild. The following important underlings are described in appendix B:
Ahmaergo, dwarf majordomo
Nar’l Xibrindas, drow advisor
Nihiloor, mind flayer
Noska Ur’gray, dwarf enforcer
Ott Steeltoes, dwarf fishkeeper
Thorvin Twinbeard, dwarf engineer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
takes years of study, instruction, and experimentation to learn how to harness magical energy and carry spells around in one’s own mind. For adventuring wizards and other spellcasters who aspire to
than just a stereotypical spell-slinger. Use the advice that follows to add some intriguing details to how your wizard interacts with the world. Watch. I love this trick.
Hey, wizard! You can’t do magic.
Oops, now you can.
Oops, now you can’t anymore. Ha ha ha!
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
glass lanterns with continual flame spells cast on them.
Wounded Githyanki. Four githyanki warriors are recovering from wounds inflicted on them by the mind flayers’ thralls. Each has 30 hit points
flame spell cast on it.
Knightly Argument. Left undisturbed, two female githyanki knights argue quietly with one another in the middle of the room. One of the knights has a decapitated mind flayer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
chapter 2 for more advice.) One Action at a Time. The rules about actions in the Player’s Handbook limit how many things a character can do at once. Keeping those rules in mind can help you adjudicate
more details about what their characters find. The “Narration” section in chapter 2 offers more extensive advice and examples of narration. Step 2: Let the Players Talk Once you’re done describing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
open a cell door, which has no physical locks to be picked. A door can also be opened by a knock spell or similar magic cast outside the cells. The guards in area 29d know when one of the cell doors is
face. He owes his fresh bruises to his githyanki hosts. Ezria is normally calm and collected. That changes if the characters are accompanied by one or more mind flayers, whereupon Ezria loses his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
(Nature) or Wisdom (Perception) check notices one of its eyes opening momentarily to a glowing red slit. The deep crow’s name is Raah, and it (thankfully) has things on its mind other than eating
filled with humanoid dating advice. At any point at which the characters offer to cease hostilities, or if they are clever enough to negotiate with Raah from the outset, proceed as follows. Dating Advice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
advice on how to run Droop as a member of the party. Developments The bugbears are the only ones in the Redbrand hideout who know the location of Wave Echo Cave. They won’t willingly divulge this
black leather set with semiprecious stones (50 gp). He also has an iron key that locks and unlocks all the doors in the Redbrand hideout. Awarding Experience Points Divide 600 XP equally among the characters if the party defeats the bugbears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
14. Psipod Nexus I The doors to this room are made of stone and sealed with Qualith door locks (see “Qualith Door Locks”). Unless they are held open, the doors automatically close and lock. The
. Each capsule is tilted at a 45-degree angle, connected to metal floor panels with thick copper wires, and coated in a thin, slimy residue.
Illithids. Four mind flayers carrying dark sheets of metal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
into its cover is a polished oval mirror with a delicate gold frame styled like locks of hair, which appear to spill down around the face of anyone who looks into the mirror. The book is filled with
encouragement and advice on grooming and self-confidence. As it does so, the illusion shows the creature looking into the mirror, but changing and grooming its skin, hair, makeup, and clothing as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
characters’ last visit. The mind flayer fanatics of the godlet Ilvaash have begun their ritual, and the open rifts to the Far Realm directly beneath the town have accelerated the townsfolk’s
eye has opened on her neck, and she’s reluctant to be around anyone other than her sister and the characters. She has little advice for the characters other than to end the threat as soon as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
soul is used as bait to lure the rest of the characters to the lair of a predatory monster. This chapter begins with advice for DMs and players facing the challenges posed when a single character is
has a backup character in mind, the problem is solved. But some players are reluctant to swap characters. If they joined the game to play a particular character, they might not have fun playing a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
great NPCs of Faerûn in a way that will not negatively impact the story you want to tell, nor steal the spotlight from the characters. The echoes offer characters the chance to receive advice from
of Faerûn in a way that will not negatively impact the story you want to tell, nor steal the spotlight from the characters. The echoes offer them the chance to receive advice from experienced
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
outnumbered, fighting is the only option in her mind. Mayor Raven Uth Vogler. If the characters attacked the Dragon Army soldiers, Mayor Raven is grappling with the fact they just started a war. Otherwise
, she’s frustrated by the situation and seeks advice on how to protect her people by nightfall. She refuses any suggestion involving fighting in the village. If the characters suggest they prepare to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Players need to feel like they’re in control of their characters, the choices they make matter, and what they do has some effect on the outcome of the adventure and on the game world. Keep that in mind
. See “Respect for the DM” in chapter 1 and “Draw In the Players” later in this chapter for advice about dealing with this situation.
One way to give players impactful choices is to keep multiple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and crew to fend for themselves. Mind flayers constructed the Scavenger to resemble a giant cuttlefish. Its hull is made of an alien resin as hard as thick wood. Behind the ship’s tentacle-shaped
is a mind flayer arcanist (see the sidebar in the “Mind Flayer” entry in the Monster Manual) with 111 hit points. It uses a crystal orb as an arcane focus and dresses in pirate garb. A wooden peg
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
gray slime found in puddles throughout this level. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of Papazotl, Unkh, or Wongo receive advice when entering this area: Shrewd Papazotl
rooms are rotating or already in their proper configuration, nothing happens. Gold Lever. The lever begins in the up position. If pulled to the down position, the lever locks in place and aboleth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Operation: Eat Them All The mind flayers have spawned a neothelid and trapped it behind magic walls of force controlled from area 16c. The illithids are waiting for Extremiton to give the order to
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






