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Out of the Abyss
to all the targets.
Smooth surfaces within the lair become as reflective as a polished mirror. Until a different lair action is used, creatures within the lair have disadvantage on Dexterity
bring me happiness should be enjoyed immediately. There is no point to saving anything pleasurable for later.”
Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
description: The hold consists of three tiers. Ceilings in rooms and hallways are 15 feet high unless stated otherwise. The floors are smooth stone polished to a mirror finish. Any humanoid that dies
in Shadowdusk Hold rises from its corpse 1d4 hours later as a will-o’-wisp under the DM’s control. Casting dispel evil and good on the corpse before the will-o’-wisp forms prevents such an occurrence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, the surfaces are smooth like glass or folded where the liquid stone flowed in layers. In other places, drips and splashes have formed formations like stalagmites, stalactites, and rounded bubble
formations similar to bunches of grapes. Despite the solidity of the formations, much of it is still hot.
Floors. Floors can be smooth and rounded or flat. In some places, the floor is a crust with lava
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
of Steadfast Stone”). The floor of this cavern is worn smooth, but the walls are rough. A great menhir carved from a stalagmite stands in the center of the chamber, pockmarked with dozens of empty
brewed by Kazook Pickshine to quickly clear the debris (see “Battle for Blingdenstone” later in this chapter). XP Awards Each character gains 200 XP for restoring the temple.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
of animal bones you can throw in different formations. 6 You draw runes into candles, melting the wax to smooth over the engravings. Feature: Rune Shaper You gain the Rune Shaper feat (described
later in this chapter). Nikki Dawes Orc Rune Carver Building a Rune Carver Character Scholarly pursuits, ancient mysteries, or a fateful encounter might inspire a character to pursue the secrets of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, forty-foot-wide chamber. The walls and floor are glassy smooth and black, refracting light into rainbows beneath the stone. The ceiling vanishes into darkness high overhead. In the center of the floor
, inlaid with white marble, is the word “Ask” in Common.
The ceiling in this oracular chamber is 80 feet high and smooth like the walls and floor. Loud Echoes. Sounds in this area echo loudly. Noises
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Stickiest Crate A trail of smooth stones just large enough for a person to walk on extends fifty feet between two large landmasses. Just off the center of the trail rests a sealed metal crate in the muck
of snapping trees and guttural, sibilant rasping. A moment later, a cacophonous, multi-throated roar erupts.
The hydra enters from the northeast corner of the map, closest to area D6, and starts
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
premises. The characters can make a group Charisma (Persuasion) check to avoid getting thrown out; they just need a few convincing arguments and the ability to smooth over any gaffes. You could apply
occasionally you need a passive measure of how good a character is at doing a thing. Passive Perception is the most common example. (See “Perception” later in this chapter.) You can extend the concept
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
hostile creature’s reach during your move, you provoke an opportunity attack, as explained later in the chapter.
Flying Movement Flying creatures enjoy many benefits of mobility, but they must also deal
least 1 square of movement left, even if the square is diagonally adjacent to the square you’re in. (The rule for diagonal movement sacrifices realism for the sake of smooth play. The Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
remnants of Ascalhorn were pursued to the citadel’s doorstep some time later. Then the Forgemaster of Sundbarr aided the humans in fighting off the demons and other monsters that chased them. In
that can be salvaged. Before the war, Sundabar’s surface streets were cobbled smooth, but many of those roads have been destroyed by falling stones, torn up for ammunition or to repair walls, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
square, smooth-cut hole in the aft section below what would have been the water line. A successful DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check confirms that a disintegrate spell made the square hole, but there’s no
sees them. Ichthyglug can’t leave his cave without Ezzat’s phylactery. If the marid dies here, his body disintegrates into a burst of water and foam, only to re-form 24 hours later. (The characters don’t
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the room. This chamber has been enlarged and reshaped from its original form. The floor and three of the walls are smooth, and stalactites and stalagmites have been polished into gleaming columns
hissing sound like dozens of angry snakes — or like liquid moving through open tubes. A moment later, liquid sprays out from dozens of tiny holes in the walls and ceiling. Wherever it splashes onto the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
from somewhere and has a purpose — and nobody can measure out and use that purpose like they can. As Talanatha “reads” fallen foes, she charts her party’s cosmic effects and can even try to smooth out
dawn seven days later. I don’t really understand occultants, and to be honest, they scare the Abyss out of me.
— Jim Darkmagic
Why Be an Occultant? d8 Reason
1 You believe in karmic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
characters are expected to wait here until Spellix dons his Yarb-Gnock costume and emerges from his quarters (area K12). He engages in small talk until the food arrives about 10 minutes later. When
base that allows it to stand upright and seams at the top that suggest it opens like a flower. Though it looks smooth, its surface feels tacky. It weighs 250 pounds and has a panel of flashing lights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
to investigate the room. This chamber has been enlarged and reshaped from its original form. The floor and three of the walls are smooth, and stalactites and stalagmites have been polished into
, followed by a hissing sound like dozens of angry snakes—or like liquid moving through open tubes. A moment later, liquid sprays out from dozens of tiny holes in the walls and ceiling. Wherever it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
encounter on the trail. Alternatively, you can forgo rolling and simply choose an encounter from the table.
Theater of the Mind. While the “Bandit Ambush” encounter later in this region uses a map
described later in this adventure).
A character who inspects the wagon can make one of the following ability checks to learn more about it. Consider these examples:
DC 13 Intelligence (Investigation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
from the east and gives you a calm nod. From behind a bleached skull mask speaks a smooth voice: “Ah, welcome. Let’s get to the assessment, then.” The figure holds out a blue gem, which then shatters
using the scrying spell to monitor the characters and has judged they might be useful in ridding the ruins of the Dragon Army invaders. The gem Demelin breaks is an elemental gem. An instant later, an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
the characters to reach the scene, depending on how they’re traveling. But if they tarry for no particular reason, Menard is dragged into the water, never to surface again. A similar period later, a
the crew against those who side with the captain. It should all be over quickly. The trip back to the Tortured Tortle is smooth, and the longboat sails into position to be hoisted aboard. Belle yells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Guide, takes only a moment. When the heat begins, the ice cracks at the start of that round and is unable to hold any weight end of the round 3 rounds later. The lake is 12 feet deep and turns to
, ending the effect on a success. The sloping passage to the south leads to area N12. N10. Stalagmite Garden Wind blows through this weird stalagmite garden. The rock formations are smooth and contorted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
4 (1d8) acid damage. The wights aren’t affected, thanks to their boots. Raised Altar. This raised altar is 10 feet above the floor. It has sides of smooth stone. White Gate. The corridor to the east
walls of the cavern. When White Maw drops to 0 hit points, cracks shoot through the smooth white stone, which collapses to white dust, exposing the exits and dropping the characters 1 foot to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
, chairs, and lecterns fill this chamber. Three smooth, one-foot-diameter crystal hemispheres protrude from the ceiling, evenly spaced along the center of the room from east to west.
A concave wall on
appears—along with one more mummy per character to sustain the pressure. The third stone golem emerges 1 round later, along with two more mummies per character. Reducing each golem to 0 hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the floor in the middle of this fifteen-foot-high cave is an eight-foot cube of smooth, grayish-green stone that is free of frost.
The stone cube is a spitting mimic (see appendix C). Anything that
dryad named Hathowyn, who resides in the southernmost tree. If the dryad dies, the trees die 1d10 days later. Centuries of isolation have made Hathowyn lonely, and the dryad hungers for conversation and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Tentacles. B67: Belly of the Beast Smooth, wet tissue coats the walls of this cave. Cankerous lumps protrude from the flesh, dribbling caustic fluid into a sickly-hued pool of gastric juices. A rough
) acid damage. If a creature dies in a vat, a hostile ooze emerges from it 1 round later. The ooze has the same initiative count as the creature whose death spawned it. An ooze spawned this way is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
discoveries. Callarduran earned his moniker when, after stealing the heart of Ogrémoch, he rubbed his hands smooth as he polished the heart and turned it into a magical stone. The theft caused Ogrémoch to turn
hand, the affliction that caused Flandal to need new skin, or the disappearance of Baravar’s shadow — and each one concludes with “And that is why Garl sent Urdlen into exile.” In tales of his later
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
. He is a horrifying abomination covered in rot and infection, except for his perfect, smooth white hands. Orc priests that oversee the line between life and death are known by the others in the tribe as
imprisoned. Sooner or later, a free tanarukk rampages through the tribe, attempting to take over by force. Most such coups fail, but at great cost to the tribe. If a tanarukk does seize the leadership of a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Bones: Lothar the Old (neutral, human priest). From the catacombs of Undersigil (detailed later in this chapter), Lothar gathers a macabre collection of skulls from various creatures, organizing them
Ward and the Hive, a prime ground for dumping bodies. Creatures cast into the acrid lake wash up on its shore a few hours later completely unrecognizable, their physical features smoothed over like those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
the crowned helmet in the Temple of Black Earth but failed to realize its significance. Reulek later stole it and was sneaking toward area G5 when he fell prey to the specters in this cave. Reulek
Stone Bridge The following boxed text assumes that the characters arrive here via the tunnel to the north or south: The passage opens onto a smooth stone bridge flanked by boulders. The bridge is five
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
been worked recently, judging by the stone chips and dust covering the floor. Rough-carved images of cave-dwelling creatures decorate the smooth, stone walls.
The sounds of mining tools echo from the
to expose the tunnel beyond. There, a flight of nine hundred crudely shaped stone steps descends to area G1 of the greater caverns (detailed later in this adventure). Hollow Boulder. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
the Ceremonial Chamber of Gorm (area B26), where he might be encountered later. What Kanadius Knows. In addition to the history and fall of Cynidicea (detailed at the beginning of this adventure
asks them to go back the way they came. The faction doesn’t allow nonmembers to enter their treasure room or ceremonial chamber. Kanadius holds no grudges if the characters later change their minds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
first turn. On subsequent turns, it makes Slam attacks with its hooves and antlers. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, the golem turns to dust, then re-forms and returns to its post 1d4 hours later
Solitaire Cracks” later in the adventure). Adventurers are trapped in the shard solitaire’s
extradimensional space with Zorhanna Adulare. P19: Servants’ Quarters This hallway has numerous doors
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Persuasion) check or a bribe worth at least 25 gp. If the characters threaten violence, the goblins attack. Three rounds later, reinforcements from area Z3 arrive. Z2: Vestibule Dim blue light bathes
Indigo Sanctum later in this chapter, has a key. The goblin leader doesn’t allow any others access to this room. These personal quarters contain a large, plush, four-poster bed covered in silk sheets
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
the characters’ disruptions will draw Szass Tam’s attention away from him. If the lich is destroyed here, he might later be destroyed permanently if the party succeeds in collapsing the Phylactery
gold coffer wrought to look like a sleeping dragon with violet garnet eyes (worth 1,000 gp). The coffer holds 200 pp and a dark, smooth river rock (a loadstone; see appendix A). True Name Box. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
characters the magical ability to fly (see the “Dance of the Seven Winds” sidebar). To complete the ritual, she needs a black orchid, which can be found only in Nangalore (described later in this
the east end of the chamber is a 5-foot-tall wooden statue with flowers and offerings of food placed at its feet. The statue is obviously very old, and it’s worn almost smooth by thousands of hands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and attacked. The hobgoblins are smart, tough, and loyal to King Grol. At the start of combat, one hobgoblin runs to warn the king in area C14, then returns 2 rounds later to rejoin the fray. This
heated discussion—a loud, growling voice demanding payment for something, and a silky-smooth reply. This chamber has been set up as a living space, with thick furs serving as carpets, old trophies
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Grol. At the start of combat, one hobgoblin runs to warn the king in area 14, then returns 2 rounds later to rejoin the fray. This area was once a parlor for the castle’s human occupants, though its
character who listens at the door hears two voices in a heated discussion—a loud, growling voice demanding payment for something, and a silky smooth reply. This chamber has been set up as a crude living