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Returning 35 results for 'prisoner tools'.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
. Five monks led by an elder are all sharpening tools and preparing to flay the flesh from the face of a new recruit to the monastery. They attack at the first sign of intruders, with the magically
leather-clad figure on the floor is actually a suit of leather golem armor. See appendix D for more information. Development. If any leather mask is placed on the face of a flayed prisoner while that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
. The chamber beyond holds the temple’s most valued prisoner, Seodra the gemsmith. This room contains a cot, a footlocker, a basin, and a worktable covered in various tools. The table is presently
31. Gemsmith’s Cell The oak door leading to this area is locked, but can be opened with a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, or forced open with a successful DC 14 Strength check
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Pit
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Plant
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Priest
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Prisoner
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Puzzle*
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Ring
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Rogue*
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Ruin*
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Sage*
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Shield
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Ship
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Skull*
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Staff
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your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as the spellcasting ability (your choice).
Priest. Your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 22.
Prisoner. Glowing chains made of magical force appear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
acquire and hide small items, including makeshift weapons or tools, or even lift a key to the slave pen from a guard. What they can acquire depends on the work they do and where they go. Use the
Wisdom (Perception) checks of any active observers, or using an observer’s passive Wisdom (Perception) score as the base DC. A prisoner that fails the check is commanded to relinquish the item, on pain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
solitary prisoner. The artisan Nolzur (a neutral male human master thief, but he is reduced to 1 hit point) has been captured and held here, his alchemical blood continually drained to create the magic
pigments used to paint the tomb’s murals. The muralists drain him with tools crafted from the beaks of stirges, keeping him barely alive with healing magic. Nolzur is too weak to escape on his own, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
bag, making sure that whatever is inside it is dead. Body Bag The leather body bag can be cut open to reveal an unconscious prisoner, whose identity is yours to decide. It might be Artus Cimber
the Sewn Sisters while patrolling the jungle. If set free, he requests an escort back to Camp Vengeance (see chapter 2). The night hags’ magic keeps the prisoner alive and unconscious. With a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
cells as you see fit. Numbers are assigned in the order in which the prisoners arrive and are never reused. The longest-serving prisoner currently incarcerated at Revel’s End is Prisoner 6, and the
newest one is Prisoner 299. Characters who want to speak with Vaelish Gant must arrange a meeting with Prisoner 237 (see “Prisoner 237: Vaelish Gant”). To add detail to some of the inmates, roll on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
25. Prisoner of Darkness The characters are not the only adventurers to have recently explored this level. One of those who came before them has succumbed to the Shadowfell’s despair. 25a. Vampiric
. They guard the prisoner in area 25b and attack anyone they don’t recognize. Hekella carries the key that unlocks the prisoner’s shackles in area 25b. 25b. Pantry Mold. Black mold clings to the walls
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Arcana Unleashed Play-Along Pack
“Transmuter Archmage” encounter) created the [Tooltip Not Found] through repeated transmutation experiments using desert predators. The creature nests within the Stone Tower and engages intruders.
Prisoner
Apprentice or a DC 13 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using Thieves’ Tools.
Conclusion. Once Seraphine Vale is rescued, she rewards the characters by providing the information they are seeking. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
repeatedly dunks the cage into the goo, nearly drowning the prisoner with each submersion. The ultroloth, Baazit, is bound by dimensional shackles that prevent it from teleporting away. Baazit contacts the
Baazit’s cage. Once the cage stops moving, a character can try to use thieves’ tools to unlock the cage door, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic also
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Innocent Prisoner Valder (neutral, human Mercykiller bloodhound; see Morte’s Planar Parade) is an ex-Mercykiller in hiding from his former faction. Decades ago, he disobeyed the Mercykillers by
simply furnished with a few chairs, a table, a kitchenette, and a bench cluttered with metal scraps and tools. A curtained-off area holds a single bed. After Valder hurries everyone inside and bars the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
a tome of clear thought if they can get more information out of her githzerai prisoner, Ezria. Specifically, she wants to know why he’s in Undermountain and how many other githzerai are with him. A
prison (area 29b) to meet the prisoner. If the characters obtain the information Al’chaia requested, she and Zolcharrx usher characters from the prison to area 20, where Al’chaia pretends the books are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
’ tools. Prisoner. The prisoner in the south cell is an unarmed bullywug knight (see appendix C) named Morgort, the Knight of Warts. She was one of Sir Talavar’s accomplices along with Wigglewog, and she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger!
successfully (see “Treasure” below). Gnome Prisoner. Groth kept this gnome named Gooster (Commoner) as a prisoner, planning to use him as a test subject for the experiments. To free him, the character must take
the Utilize action and succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check using Thieves’ Tools to unlock the restraints. A character can also use an action and succeed on a DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
tandem — Gnerkli and Korboz. Korboz recently lost his mind and is keeping Gnerkli as his prisoner. Their subjects don’t understand the nature of Korboz’s affliction, and are at a loss as to what to do
rusty iron handles and hinges. A locked door can be opened with a successful DC 10 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A locked door can be forced open as an action with a successful DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
thieves’ tools. Alternatively, knocking and spinning a good yarn might work; cultists and servants come and go at all hours. A large rug covers the icy floor just inside the door of this 10-foot-high
chest’s padlock can be picked using thieves’ tools with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. However, the lock is rigged with a poison needle trap that triggers if the check fails by 5 or more. The needle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
thieves’ tools. Alternatively, knocking and spinning a good yarn might work; cultists and servants come and go at all hours. A large rug covers the icy floor just inside the door of this 10-foot-high
picked using thieves’ tools with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. However, the lock is rigged with a poison needle trap that triggers if the check fails by 5 or more. The needle can be found with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
a short rest, drinks a vial of antitoxin, or is targeted by an effect that ends the poisoned condition. If a prisoner suffers these cramps, the guards bring the prisoner to the hospital to be examined
corner tower. Characters can speak quietly with a prisoner without being noticed from the tower. R12: Meeting Room This room holds a large, rectangular table with a single chair on one long side and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
a short rest, drinks a vial of antitoxin, or is targeted by an effect that ends the poisoned condition. If a prisoner suffers these cramps, the guards bring the prisoner to the hospital to be examined
corner tower. Characters can speak quietly with a prisoner without being noticed from the tower. R12: Meeting Room This room holds a large, rectangular table with a single chair on one long side and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
prisoner from a rival thieves’ guild (use the spy stat block) is locked in one cell; Kathra Bitterwind visits occasionally to interrogate the prisoner. 4: Audience Hall A carpeted dais stands at the
a successful DC 18 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. It contains mementos from towns Augustus lived in before founding the Moonstalkers: worn carpenter’s tools, a quilt, a tavern mug, and a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
human prisoner and a chamberpot.
The keys to open the cages’ padlocks can be found in area V18. A character with thieves’ tools can also pick a lock with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. The locks
Mortlock or Amrik as a prisoner. Treasure. The vases, rug, and tapestries are valuable art objects, though they don’t go well together. Each of the sixteen vases weighs 2 pounds and is worth 25 gp. The rug
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
fireball but ends up prone. A character fails to intimidate a kobold prisoner, but the kobold reveals its secrets anyway while shrieking at the top of its lungs, alerting other nearby monsters. A
increase the impact of the success or failure. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might break the thieves’ tools being used, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
character who uses thieves’ tools and succeeds on a DC 20 Dexterity check. Treasure. The gold veins are actually pyrite (fool’s gold), which a character can determine by succeeding on a DC 13
Auvryndar (see area 6) carries the keys to the cells. The lock on each cell door can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 10 Dexterity check. The rusty bars can be torn away from a door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
benches heaped with haberdashery, a spinning wheel, and a rusty iron cage containing a prisoner. Galleries stand ten feet above the floor to either side of the room.
The green smoke makes this
chamber lightly obscured and blocks the characters’ view of a great green door to the south (see “Skeleton Gate” below). The iron cage and its prisoner are described in the “Cage” section. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
chains bolted to the walls end in five sets of rusty shackles, the keys to which are hidden inside the cauldron in area 10e. A character with thieves’ tools can pick each lock with a successful DC 15
before the hags return. Since the boy can’t see in the dark, he mistakes the bullying goblin for his jailer, not another prisoner. If rescued, Delvin insists that the characters call him “Del” and gladly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
’ Quarters A long, dark hallway has three doors set into it. The rooms to the north are the living space of Duke Zalto’s prisoner overseers (see areas 12 and area 21), and the larger room to the south serves
padlock, which is too big to be picked with thieves’ tools. A Small or Medium character can reach into it and open it with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. Treasure. The wooden trunk holds 2d4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
sentry atop the watchtower spots suspicious individuals—such as those not wearing Dragon Army uniforms—they blow a horn to alert the patrols and gate guards in area I2. I4: Prisoner Cages Four
iron and locked with padlocks. Opening a lock requires the key held by Urta or a successful DC 17 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A character inside a cage has disadvantage on this check. Sea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
silver jug on the table contains wine and is worth 25 gp. The chest is locked and can be opened by a character who succeeds on a DC 12 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. The key to the chest lies
thieves’ tools. The chest is also trapped with poisonous gas. Noticing the trap requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A successful DC 12 Dexterity check is required to disarm the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
easier to run. In the safety of its lair, outside the view of any would-be enemies, a beholder can use any of its eye rays whenever it wants to. Many of them serve as tools. Antimagic Cone The magic
minion that it doesn’t want to destroy outright. Fear Ray A beholder uses its fear ray to psychologically torture and interrogate a prisoner until the creature loses the will to resist. Slowing Ray A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
know it. The lock can be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 21 Dexterity check, or it can be opened with a knock spell or similar magic. If the chest is opened without using the
teenage son and daughter share this room, but only the daughter is here when the characters arrive. Cinderhild feels like a prisoner in Ironslag. She wants to explore the world, which her father has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
, worthless tools. On the balcony above lie knickknacks and pieces of symmetrical art worth a total of 200 gp. A character who examines the couch on the balcony and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence
succeeds on a DC 20 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check. Beltha fights to the death to avoid being taken prisoner.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
.) Treasure. The harp is worth 2,500 gp. C5: Sarcelle’s Cell This room’s only door is padlocked from the outside. As an action, a character with thieves’ tools can use them to try to open the lock, doing so
rooms. Neighbor. A fish-headed creature named Shanzezim lives in area C10. Prisoner. The cultists locked a small creature in an adjacent room (area C11). Treasure. A silver bracelet set with seven
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
table, two stools, torches, and a ring of keys that open four of the five cell doors. The cells, from left to right, have the following occupants: First Cell. A human merchant (noble), taken prisoner
some time ago and now distraught from mistreatment, is in the cell nearest the door. Second Cell. A second human prisoner, an engineer (commoner), is kept alive to help with the excavation of new
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
one prisoner, formerly a Ten-Towner or a Reghed nomad who was abducted and killed by the duergar. Using the animating spores of a myconid sovereign, the duergar have turned these dead humans into five
holds the stolen valuables from Caer-Konig: twenty-five pearls carved into decorative beads (5 gp each). Another sack contains three daggers, a set of woodcarver’s tools, a set of navigator’s tools, fishing tackle, and a potion of healing hidden in a leather pouch along with 73 sp.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
). It will not be ready for occupation until this level has been flooded. The miner’s pick is one of the construction workers’ tools. The open coffer is empty. 4. Champion’s Quarters Dark green tiles
currently quartered in area 60). The sledgehammer is one of the construction workers’ tools. 5. Unfinished Barracks This unfinished area seems intended for use as a barracks. Many lidless coffers are