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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
covered by a 2-foot-thick layer of fog that obscures mounds of bat guano. (If the fog is cleared away, drow, quaggoth, and giant lizard tracks can be seen in the guano. The tracks go in all
into this area to feed the bats. Expecting to be fed, the bats start to shriek and flap about the cave when the characters arrive, alerting the drow guards in areas 12a, 12b, and 18a.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
or family in the village stay in the Auberge Aurore while awaiting the solstice. When the characters arrive, the three-towered inn has two rooms available, each containing two beds. A bed costs 2 gp
services, which cost 5 gp. Loch Wynnis Docks Wharf A few rowboats are tethered to these wooden docks. Visitors and residents who like to fish are free to use them. A thin layer of ice has formed around
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, the characters discover a peculiar property of the map: it talks! Whenever they arrive at one of the locations described in this chapter, the voice of the cartographer emanates from the map to reveal
for a working map of Avernus, but attempts to map the layer have consistently met with failure.
If a character attempts to map Avernus, madness begins to set in. After each mapping session, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Kostchtchie’s Maw The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but does the same hold true for fiends? — The Cartographer When the characters arrive at this location, read or paraphrase the following boxed
would simply cause him to re-form on his icy layer of the Abyss. Without Matalotok, Kostchtchie’s immunity to cold damage becomes resistance to cold damage. Shackled by ever-tightening magical chains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
any other Lord of the Nine. A Shabby Kingdom The layer of Minauros teeters on the edge of ruin. The realm is a great swamp, interspersed with cities and fortresses that are in constant need of repair
, upkeep, and replacement. Time and again, structures built on this layer are left untended and are eventually drawn into the bottomless muck of the swamp. Mammon refuses to spend any more coin than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
only after completing the Trial of Truth (see area P57). When they arrive, read or paraphrase the following text: The water lifts you up the shaft into the south end of this corridor and splashes
portal high above the desert. Thousands of feet in the sky, the air is thin and cold. Just beneath the portal floats a layer of sparse clouds, and the pyramid is but a tiny speck directly below you.
An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
shaft descends into a worked stone hallway. One end of the hall has collapsed, and the other terminates in a pair of giant ebony doors. A thin layer of mist swirls over the floor and the air is
surprise the cultists if they sneak up on them after silently opening the door from area E1. If combat ensues here, any monsters present in areas E3 and E4 are alerted to the battle and arrive after
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
decay. A layer of earth, mixed with rotting vegetation and the remains of cave animals, covers the floor. Several varieties of mushrooms and fungi grow on the detritus, as well as a few saplings
chamber when they’re not hunting (25 percent chance of being absent when characters arrive). The bugbear wears a crown of antlers on his head to enhance his frightening appearance. Balsag considers all non
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
shake the feeling that you’re being watched!
The first time the characters arrive here, the sentient Bag of Devouring in the Astral gate chamber (area S12) telepathically contacts them again: “You
the rubble easily, and he’s adept at quickly rebuilding the wall behind (or around) him to prevent others from getting through it. When the characters first arrive, the Young Brass Dragon has buried
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
following text when the characters first enter the area: You arrive on a ledge overlooking a massive cavern. Behind you is an archway of fungal stalks covered in eyes and chattering teeth. Eerie clouds of
follow a deliberate route through the cave. Each of the geometrically shaped beings scans the strange terrain around them before vanishing into tunnels ahead.
The characters arrive on a ledge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
bridges rises in the distance. A cloud of spores falls gently from the sky, covering everything in a fine layer of the substance.
A tall creature beckons with a smile. Her body’s top half vaguely
huge pool of stagnant water fills this cave. Blooms of glowing green algae drift on the surface while tiny, white bioluminescent fish flit around in the water.
The water has a layer of algae that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
rooms (areas B19 and area B21). The larger buildings (area B6b) each contain a dozen cots and serve as quarters for the hold’s visitors, most frequently Klax and her traders. If the characters arrive at
suspended by the cranes, allowing for transport to the yard above. Boats. If the characters arrive while the traders are at the hold, two boats are moored at the quay. The boats are 30 feet long and 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
hezrou joins the fight on initiative count 20 of the second round (losing initiative ties). Six more troglodytes arrive on initiative count 0 of the third and fourth rounds. Treasure. The hezrou’s
humanoids with bull heads emerge from the darkness. They brandish axes and lead metallic bulls whose nostrils exude a noxious vapor.
This immense labyrinth is part of the Endless Maze—a layer of the Abyss
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
magical light that varies in 12-hour cycles to simulate day and night. When the characters arrive, it is the start of the night cycle, and all areas of this sector are in dim light. Magic Trees. Isolated
housed in the area. An area of trees is difficult terrain. Magic Turf. The rocky cavern floors in this sector are covered in a layer of magic turf that uses transmutation magic to slowly absorb the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
a pile of bones. 2. Antechamber The scent of warm, humid rot smothers this dismal chamber. Mosaics cover the walls, their colors faded and images scrambled by lost tiles. A thick layer of mud covers
, Varyas’s eidolon entered the tomb. Antiophes and Callisos hope to capture the errant soul and deliver it to Athreos, but the spirit has avoided them so far. When the characters arrive, only Antiophes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
no wider than the sinkhole itself.
The crystal formations are lightning crystals (see “Haskasori Features”). The loamy sand at the bottom of the sinkhole connects to a massive layer of sand that
villain who defiled their master’s grave. When the characters enter combat with one mummy, roll 1d6 to determine how many more mummies arrive on the scene at the start of the second round of combat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
art installation. Desperate, Kwalish constructed another planar gateway while imprisoned in the temple, then opened a portal to the 222nd layer of the Abyss — Juiblex’s Slime Pits. A flood of ooze
beneath a deadly layer of clear gelatinous ooze — perfectly preserved, eerily staged, and utterly devoid of anything organic. The kenku that once occupied Daoine Gloine have all long been turned to glass or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Strength check. A living blade of disaster is a powerful, annihilating spell given a will of its own. Y19k. Dome The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive by moving up the shaft from
double door. A glowing green crystal roughly the size of a human fist is set into the arch above the doorway.
A hemispherical wall of force, its outside coated with a thin layer of ice, covers the shaft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
for the final rounds of the Grand Minauros Invitational tournament. Grand Minauros Invitational.When the characters first arrive here, the tournament is in full swing. Its eight remaining participants
space next to the north wall, acts as Quentin’s ally, and sticks around for 1 minute before returning to the Minauros, the third layer of the Nine Hells. If the devils are defeated, Quentin shouts for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
-old dried blood mar the walls and floor. P40: West Kitchen This room is a long-abandoned kitchen, its counters and cutlery coated in a thick layer of dust. In the center of the room, a heavy wooden
Upper Priesthood Encounters table (detailed earlier in this section) to determine what creatures arrive to investigate the noise. Trapdoor. A hidden, 10-foot-wide trapdoor sits between the compass rose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
died defending it have either been buried by the second wave of templars (now at Camp Vengeance) or dragged away by jungle scavengers. When characters arrive, the camp is being watched by a party of
here is 23 feet high and draped with cobwebs, and the stone-tiled floor is covered with a thick layer of mud, creepers, and blown-in leaves, so attempts to spot this pit trap are made with disadvantage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in the ancient battle with Lenth’s forces. The top layer of skeletons peeks through the seafloor. The merfolk bones float if they are unearthed from their resting place. A giant white moray eel hides
breathing if they can discover what the shapes are and report back to him. Elkahraal’s Test. When the characters first arrive at the cove, Elkahraal, a marid, casts invisibility and tongues. Elkahraal has a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
character who examines the area and succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check notices a thick layer of powdery residue has settled across the scene, suggesting the remains have possibly
effects throughout Landro. The colossus’s force field, weapons system, and antigravity wells are all powered by this eldritch machine. When the characters arrive in this area, the graymatter engine
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, slender figure in black is Charm, a darkling elder (see appendix C) who works for Endelyn Moongrave as a thief but poses as a traveling merchant. When the characters arrive, Charm is gossiping with
covered in a layer of straw.
This is Bavlorna’s aviary, where she uses taxidermy birds to send and receive messages from her coven sisters. Outside two of the room’s windows are small wooden balconies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
consists of a thin layer of broken shells from strange, pale mussels. A fishy odor hangs in the air.
A passage leads south from this area, and a set of steps climbs to the east. A sluggish stream flows
combat in this room. If they haven’t already been dealt with, they arrive after 3 rounds and act immediately after the bugbears in the initiative count. If the characters capture Nezznar and deliver
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
: Glittering heaps of coins, statuettes, and weapons throughout this room are covered in a thin layer of dust.
Treasure. The hoard here consists of 510 pp, 1,250 gp, twelve small gems of various kinds worth
arrive quickly to see what’s going on. The drow share the following points: Arrival. The drow came from the Underdark only recently, through the entrance (area T1). Brothers. Nythalyn and Yanthdel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
crenellated battlement. The buried citadel has sunk so far into the earth that the battlement is now level with the surrounding floor. That floor stretches away to the north and south, composed of a layer of
or some other similarly sized and sturdy object under the pressure plate prevents it from activating. 9. Dragon Riddle Dust fills this hall like a layer of gray snow. In the rounded northern end of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
conducts a thorough search realizes that the sarcophagus has a false bottom made of inch-thick plaster. Smashing through this plaster layer reveals a cavity below that contains a human mummy floating in
Mortlock’s support, Thurstwell and Amrik conspired with several Bhaal cultists to assassinate Mortlock without their mother’s knowledge. Mortlock and Vaaz stop fighting when the characters arrive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
area and attack. No more swarms can be formed in that square until the next dawn, when more bats arrive to replenish those that were killed. Teleport Traps Invisible teleport traps are located between
atop a marble slab in the center of this otherwise barren crypt. Sir Erik Vonderbucks was a wealthy noble whose dying wish was to have his corpse dipped in molten gold. Treasure. The thin layer of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
fungi as both a food source and a warning system. At each end of this corridor grows a 10-foot-wide fungal cluster containing four shriekers. Other fungi grow in a humus layer spread along the length of
with the characters for fear of invoking Aphelion’s wrath. Recently, Griss has wondered if remaining aboard the ship is worth braving its dangers. When the characters arrive, Griss welcomes them






