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Arcturia

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

the following wizard spells prepared: She can cast the alter self spell at will. Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile

and traps. Everything about a lich’s lair reflects its keen mind and wicked cunning, including the magic and mundane traps that secure it. Undead, constructs, and bound demons lurk in shadowy

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

, shield, silent image 2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, cloud of daggers, darkvision, knock 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, dispel magic, fireball 4th level (3 slots): confusion, hallucinatory

master of Undermountain, Halaster can alter the entire dungeon to some extent. His lair actions and regional effects don’t extend beyond Undermountain. Lair Actions On initiative count 20

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

does not. No, that honor goes to the shadowy board of the Chronicle’s owners. Voice reporters have uncovered the names and positions of several members of this board, and the results are nothing less

than shocking. The Trust—the shadowy secret police who maintain order in Zilargo—is well represented on this board, raising questions about the extent to which the Chronicle is a propaganda engine for

K56. Cauldron

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

, witch bolt 2nd level: alter self, arcane lock, cloud of daggers, darkness, enlarge/reduce, invisibility, knock, misty step

cauldron draws their prey inside. Although they prefer to attack at range with their spells, they can grow magic claws using alter self. When the cauldron is touched by someone who also speaks the proper

Wizard Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Servant 2nd Level Alter Self Arcane Lock Blindness/Deafness Blur Continual Flame Darkness Darkvision Detect Thoughts Enlarge/Reduce Flaming Sphere Gentle Repose Gust of Wind

Core Assumptions

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

collapse. Conflict Shapes the World’s History. Powerful individuals strive to make their mark on the world, and factions of like-minded individuals can alter the course of history. Factions include

religions led by charismatic prophets, kingdoms ruled by lasting dynasties, and shadowy societies that seek to master long-lost magic. The influence of such factions waxes and wanes as they compete with each

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

tetrahedral pyramids are locked (requiring a successful DC 17 Dexterity check to pick the lock or a successful DC 20 Strength check to burst it). If either of the two doors on a sepulcher is opened, each door

: Fountains of shadowy energy burst from the dark pools to form an inky vortex in the open air at the vault’s center. A gleaming black humanoid skull flies out of the vortex. It has a ruby in each of

18. Shadow's Edge

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

statues, rippling like black cloth in a light breeze. Locked Double Door. Beyond the shadowy curtain is a 12-foot-tall arched double door with an ornate carving of a bronze dragon above it, its

them to swing open, allowing access to area 19. It is this shadow, not the key itself, that unlocks the doors. Unless they are held open, the doors close and lock on their own after being open for 1

Old Tower: Summer

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

Old Tower: Summer The old tower, formerly owned by a wizard, was recently bought by Esvele Rosznar, a young noblewoman with a fascinating alter ego (see “The Black Viper” in appendix B). House

looking after herself. However this business with the party unfolds, she tries to conceal her secret identity from the characters for as long as possible. Esvele doesn’t use a key to lock and unlock

20. Drow Town

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

Dexterity check made using thieves’ tools opens each lock. If released from captivity, the goblinoids arm themselves with improvised weapons and flee to area 17a by way of the south tunnel. The

include a dresser and a vanity that has an empty frame where the mirror should be. The chest’s lock can be picked by using thieves’ tools and making a successful DC 15 Dexterity check, or opened with a

Spellcasting

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

fire False life Feather fall Grease Identify (ritual) Jump Longstrider Purify food and drink (ritual) Sanctuary Snare ** Tasha’s caustic brew * 2nd Level Aid Alter self

Arcane lock Blur Continual flame Darkvision Enhance ability Enlarge/reduce Heat metal Invisibility Lesser restoration Levitate Magic mouth (ritual) Magic weapon Protection from

11. Drow Outpost

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

lock on the chest can be picked with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or opened with a knock spell or similar magic. Melith’s shrine contains a 1-pound obsidian figurine of the

waterproof zurkhwood tube, 25 pp in a spider silk pouch, and her spellbook, which has black leather covers traced with webs of gold. The book contains the following spells: alter self, cloudkill, Evard’s

Spellcasting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

snare * 2nd Level aid alter self arcane lock blur continual flame darkvision enhance ability enlarge/reduce heat metal invisibility lesser restoration levitate magic mouth

Zorzula's Rest Locations

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

to pick the lock, doing so with a successful a DC 15 Dexterity check. Alternatively, a character can force open the door with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Ruxithid, found in the

with an intricate puzzle lock, requiring the body and lid of the jar to be moved at the exact right place and angle to open. A character can open the lock by succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence

Zodiac Phenomena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

condition. 5 Key. A creature can unlock an object in this region simply by touching it, even if the lock is magical. 6 Flames. Emotions in the region become more intense. Whenever a creature in the

region tries to alter the attitude of another, a failed Charisma check always results in the latter creature turning hostile if it wasn’t hostile already. 7 Knight. Spectral knights routinely fly across

Wizard Spell List

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

Enchantment C Thunderwave Evocation — Unseen Servant Conjuration R Level 2 Wizard Spells Spell School Special Alter Self Transmutation C Arcane Lock Abjuration M Augury Divination R, M Blindness

Spellcasting

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

drink sanctuary snare * 2nd Level aid alter self arcane lock blur continual flame darkvision enhance ability enlarge/reduce heat metal invisibility lesser restoration

Wizard Spell List

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

School Special Alter Self Transmutation C Arcane Lock Abjuration M Arcane Vigor Abjuration — Augury Divination R, M Blindness/Deafness Transmutation — Blur Illusion C Cloud of Daggers Conjuration C

M11. Stage Workshop

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

any member of Valor’s Call. She is looking forward to making her onstage debut as her alter ego, Charmay, in a one-woman play she wrote herself titled Lamentations of a Warlock. Skylla is currently

quickly falls asleep. He would like very much to be allowed to return to Brigganock Mine. As an action, a character using thieves’ tools can try to pick the lock on Golmo’s chain, doing so with a

Abyssal Prisons

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

prisms must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw at the start each of his or her turns. The first time each character fails the save, a wraith that looks like a shadowy duplicate of that character erupts

carries. The largest drawer of the desk is held closed with an arcane lock spell (requiring a successful DC 25 Strength check to break). Inside is a flat box of black wood (see the next subsection) and a

Areas of the Fire Temple

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

area E7 is stationed here two hours later. These cultists know the command phrase to activate the obsidian columns. E3. Niche Hall Niches line both sides of this dark hall. A shadowy form stands

within each niche. The shadowy forms are statues of dwarven warriors, carved long ago as an honor guard for those passing through this area. Tripwire Trap. A tripwire stretches across the floor between

Lower Palace Locations

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

. The pegasi can pull the carriage at a speed of 40 feet on land or 80 feet while flying. Turning the key counterclockwise in either door’s lock can be done only while the carriage is on the ground and

Feywild, but the carriage and its glass pegasi shatter if the vehicle leaves the Feywild. P12. Hall of Stars The double door on the south side of this area is sealed with a hart crown lock (see “Crown Locks

Mournland Environment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

and forms a canopy that hides the ruined realm even from above. The area covered by the mist is a shadowy, muffled region devoid of life, sunlight, and sound. The wall of mist ranges in thickness from

alter its statistics using the guidelines in the Dungeon Master’s Guide, or apply the enlarge effect of the enlarge/reduce spell to it. 2 The creature has developed magical camouflage. It gains

Spire of Iriolarthas (Y19i-Y19hq)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

thieves’ tools and makes a successful DC 18 Dexterity check as an action to pick the lock. Star Field. The swirling star field represents the cosmos as it was known to the Netherese. A character who

paraphernalia. A soft groaning sound emanates from a shadowy, door-sized rectangle along the curved northern wall. Staircases to the east and west descend to the lower part of the room, where a sunken

Lower Level Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

: Ronnom’s Quarters This room contains two beds—one disheveled, the other neatly made—a chest of drawers, and a small table flanked by two chairs. Dirty dishes rest on the table. A shadowy hallway to

gallons of wine. M30: Dungeon Cell The door to this room is locked. Opening the door requires the proper key (typically in Hierarch Anish’s possession), Thieves’ Tools, or a Knock spell. The lock is

Delphi Mansion Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

”). Treasure. Zala carries two spell scrolls (crown of madness and sleep) and a spellbook that contains the following spells: arcane lock, detect magic, detect thoughts, knock, mage armor, magic missile

closet contains clothing on hooks and shelves, plus an assortment of footwear. On a small table against the east wall sits an iron lockbox. A character using thieves’ tools can try to pick the lock

Wizards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16): At will: dancing lights, mage hand, message, prestidigitation 2/day each: dispel magic, lightning bolt, mage armor 1/day each: arcane lock, banishment

, hold person, knock, mage armor, polymorph, slow 1/day: telekinesis Bonus Actions Transmute (Recharge 4–6). The transmuter casts alter self or changes the benefit of Transmuter’s Stone if bearing the stone.

Tool Descriptions

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

, or alter a die roll. Alternatively, engrossing a target in a game by manipulating the components with dexterous movements is a great distraction for a pickpocketing attempt. Gaming Set Activity DC

allow you to work metal, heating it to alter its shape, repair damage, or work raw ingots into useful items. Components. Smith’s tools include hammers, tongs, charcoal, rags, and a whetstone. Arcana and

Areas of the Vault

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

to area V5. The door opens automatically when a dwarf (or a creature transformed into a dwarf with an alter self spell or similar magic) touches it; otherwise, a successful DC 17 Strength (Athletics

of Moradin with amethyst eyes (worth 250 gp and weighing 10 pounds). V6. Hammer and Anvil The adamantine door to this room has an arcane lock spell cast on it, but it swings open when a dwarf or a

Cottage Locations

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

wearing heavy armor sinks to the bottom but can, on their turn, swim to the surface with a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Wasp Nest. A 7-foot-long, 5-foot-wide wasp nest clings to a shadowy

in the corner is made of wood that is still covered with bark and patches of moss. There’s a lock in the middle of the right panel, but it’s obscured beneath hanging moss. (Bavlorna swallowed the key

Areas of the Sanctum

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

spells: alarm, alter self, animate dead, antimagic field, arcane lock, blight, dispel magic, dominate monster, dream, etherealness, Evard’s black tentacles, feather fall, fireball, fly, gaseous form

as it does so). It obeys Manshoon’s commands if he is present, and it fights until destroyed. Table. The table’s drawer has an arcane lock spell cast on it. The spell can be bypassed by someone who

Encounter Locations

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

the cloud giants who once occupied this keep. They were an isolated clan, content to live in peace away from the squabbles of other giants and mortals. Their propensity for using magic to alter the

handheld device and the cannon become powerless. The crystal is a Large object with AC 13, 40 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Development. When Zikran is defeated, the lock on

Locations on the Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6

leads north from area 1 is dim, shadowy, and generally deserted and ignored, for all of the feasting and fun lies beyond, in the great hall itself. A few torches burn smokily high up along either wall

. One ogre wears a gem (worth 250 gp) on a thong around his neck. The creatures have 381 cp between them as the stakes for their game. The lock on the chest can be opened by a character who succeeds on

Necropolis Locations (Y10-Y18)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

sits in a backstage room, wrapped in chains and padlocked. A character using thieves’ tools can try to pick the lock as an action, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. In a leather-bound

character must randomly determine what action to take. Haunted’s Script. A shadowy fiend plagues the cursed character’s dreams (or trances in the case of an elf), denying that character the benefits

Haven Locations

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

magic. The door is airtight and imbued with a dimensional lock that prevents characters from teleporting through it. It is impervious to damage, and its magic cannot be dispelled or dismissed by

with light just moments before, releasing a shadowy form within.) Even if the characters have played the part of Nintra’s helpers thus far, her link to them through the book makes her aware of any

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