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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
-shaped passageway that narrows as it draws closer to the main vault, where the Cult of the Dragon stores its treasure. If the characters explore the tunnels, read or paraphrase the following: The walls
and crunches underfoot.
When the characters reach the main vault, read: All tunnels seem to lead to a central core—a glittering cavern of ice with jagged walls and icicles the size of stalactites
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
-shaped passageway that narrows as it draws closer to the main vault, where the Cult of the Dragon stores its treasure. If the characters explore the tunnels, read or paraphrase the following: The walls
and crunches underfoot.
When the characters reach the main vault, read: All tunnels seem to lead to a central core—a glittering cavern of ice with jagged walls and icicles the size of stalactites
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
exhaustion. Characters not actively swimming but simply clinging to something that floats (including the wreckage of a boat or raft) can drift with the current at a speed of 1 mph. Check for creature
on one’s familiarity with its intricate network of caverns, passages, and currents. Experienced navigators know how to find and read ancient duergar runes carved along the Darklake’s tunnels, though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Basilisk Gate Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to your players to begin the adventure: Welcome to Baldur’s Gate, a veritable nest of rats and vipers clinging to the rocky slopes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
The Basilisk Gate Read or paraphrase the following boxed text to your players to begin the adventure: Welcome to Baldur’s Gate, a veritable nest of rats and vipers clinging to the rocky slopes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
exhaustion. Characters not actively swimming but simply clinging to something that floats (including the wreckage of a boat or raft) can drift with the current at a speed of 1 mph. Check for creature
on one’s familiarity with its intricate network of caverns, passages, and currents. Experienced navigators know how to find and read ancient duergar runes carved along the Darklake’s tunnels, though
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
middle. 2nd-Level Characters. If the characters are 2nd level, two stirges clinging to the tunnel ceiling are disturbed if fighting breaks out in this area and join the battle. The stirges ignore the spore
toward the myconids, one violet fungus attacks them, extending long tendrils that cause immediate rot when they touch living flesh. Read this text: As you advance into the cave, a sickly looking mushroom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
middle. 2nd-Level Characters. If the characters are 2nd level, two stirges clinging to the tunnel ceiling are disturbed if fighting breaks out in this area and join the battle. The stirges ignore the spore
toward the myconids, one violet fungus attacks them, extending long tendrils that cause immediate rot when they touch living flesh. Read this text: As you advance into the cave, a sickly looking mushroom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice to enter the city. As the characters approach the end of the causeway, read: Green and purple lights cast an otherworldly glow upon the frost draping the silent city. Clawing spires, broken domes
, with bridges leading to their entrances. If a character approaches one of these outer towers, read: A stone walkway leads to a tower that claws upward and inward, its pointed roof leaning menacingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
ice to enter the city. As the characters approach the end of the causeway, read: Green and purple lights cast an otherworldly glow upon the frost draping the silent city. Clawing spires, broken domes
, with bridges leading to their entrances. If a character approaches one of these outer towers, read: A stone walkway leads to a tower that claws upward and inward, its pointed roof leaning menacingly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
chamber from the north and disappears under a low stone overhang to the south, and larger passageways exit to the southeast and the northeast.
Creatures. Four stirges are clinging to the chamber walls
, scorching ray
If the characters make a lot of noise or tip off their presence in some other way, Kaarghaz begins this encounter invisible (see below). Otherwise, read: Behind the lizard, a hulking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
transport. Crypt 4 Prince Ariel du Plumette (Ariel the Heavy) If the characters open the door to this crypt, read: The apparition of a large, rotund man forms within the dark crypt, its eyes wild with
can be triggered a total of four times before its supply of darts is depleted. If the door to the crypt is opened, read: This crypt smells of roses. The remains atop its marble slab have disintegrated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
transport. Crypt 4 Prince Ariel du Plumette (Ariel the Heavy) If the characters open the door to this crypt, read: The apparition of a large, rotund man forms within the dark crypt, its eyes wild with
can be triggered a total of four times before its supply of darts is depleted. If the door to the crypt is opened, read: This crypt smells of roses. The remains atop its marble slab have disintegrated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that apprentice who accompanied me out of the High Moor. To everyone of any influence who might read this, heed my words: do not be misled. The serpents do not intend to coexist peacefully — they merely
, treacherous ravines, featuring stretches of rough, ridged land surrounding tall mesas. Only scrub can manage to grow here, tenaciously clinging to the dry clay. Beneath this perilous territory — filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
that apprentice who accompanied me out of the High Moor. To everyone of any influence who might read this, heed my words: do not be misled. The serpents do not intend to coexist peacefully — they merely
, treacherous ravines, featuring stretches of rough, ridged land surrounding tall mesas. Only scrub can manage to grow here, tenaciously clinging to the dry clay. Beneath this perilous territory — filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
chamber from the north and disappears under a low stone overhang to the south, and larger passageways exit to the southeast and the northeast.
Creatures. Four stirges are clinging to the chamber walls
, scorching ray
If the characters make a lot of noise or tip off their presence in some other way, Kaarghaz begins this encounter invisible (see below). Otherwise, read: Behind the lizard, a hulking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Intelligence (Arcana) check made to read the portal’s magic reveals that the way forward is blocked except to those with experience using the portal network. The characters must pass through three other
. If a character opens this door, read: As the portal opens, a pulse of magic draws you forward. The door vanishes and you stand within an impossible scene. The deck of a ship opens up around you, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Intelligence (Arcana) check made to read the portal’s magic reveals that the way forward is blocked except to those with experience using the portal network. The characters must pass through three other
. If a character opens this door, read: As the portal opens, a pulse of magic draws you forward. The door vanishes and you stand within an impossible scene. The deck of a ship opens up around you, but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Small humanoids to squeeze through. The wall encircling the garden is 40 feet high and is easily climbed due to the vegetation clinging to it. Concealed Inscription. Characters who search the gate for
music and voices come from inside the place. If one or more characters look inside, read: Seven guests—one of them a talking bear—lounge around a picnic table covered with an emerald-green cloth and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Small humanoids to squeeze through. The wall encircling the garden is 40 feet high and is easily climbed due to the vegetation clinging to it. Concealed Inscription. Characters who search the gate for
music and voices come from inside the place. If one or more characters look inside, read: Seven guests—one of them a talking bear—lounge around a picnic table covered with an emerald-green cloth and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. To get the message in sequence, it should be read from the south end of the concourse to the tyrannosaurus spout while alternating from the left (west) side to the right (east). Face 1 (lower west) has
top of the dome has been weakened by time and collapses under the weight of a creature weighing 200 pounds or more. Any creature standing on or clinging to the roof when it collapses falls, taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. To get the message in sequence, it should be read from the south end of the concourse to the tyrannosaurus spout while alternating from the left (west) side to the right (east). Face 1 (lower west) has
top of the dome has been weakened by time and collapses under the weight of a creature weighing 200 pounds or more. Any creature standing on or clinging to the roof when it collapses falls, taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
(use the death knight stat block). White Vines. If one or more characters enter this cave, the white vines clinging to the walls quiver as the purple flowers open wide and spread their sweet scent. Each
throw, taking 50 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. When the characters reach the north end of the grove, read: The tunnel leads to a dead-end cave supported
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
priest of Grolantor or chieftain visits the famished giant daily, trying to read portents in the puddles of bile the hill giant retched up. If the sickness soon passes, the hill giant can rejoin
, the vortex that swirls around a remote island, or the thunderstorm that howls ceaselessly up and down a rugged coastline could, in fact, be the undying form of a storm giant clinging to existence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
priest of Grolantor or chieftain visits the famished giant daily, trying to read portents in the puddles of bile the hill giant retched up. If the sickness soon passes, the hill giant can rejoin
, the vortex that swirls around a remote island, or the thunderstorm that howls ceaselessly up and down a rugged coastline could, in fact, be the undying form of a storm giant clinging to existence
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
(use the death knight stat block). White Vines. If one or more characters enter this cave, the white vines clinging to the walls quiver as the purple flowers open wide and spread their sweet scent. Each
throw, taking 50 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. When the characters reach the north end of the grove, read: The tunnel leads to a dead-end cave supported
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Monastery Locations M1. Passage of Stone When the characters arrive at the Sacred Stone Monastery, read the following text: A trail leads into an ever-narrowing defile between bluffs of wind-sculpted
present and the party knocks, tries the door, or converses loudly, read the following: A small panel in the monastery’s front door slides open, and someone wearing a golden mask peers out. The mask is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
Monastery Locations M1. Passage of Stone When the characters arrive at the Sacred Stone Monastery, read the following text: A trail leads into an ever-narrowing defile between bluffs of wind-sculpted
present and the party knocks, tries the door, or converses loudly, read the following: A small panel in the monastery’s front door slides open, and someone wearing a golden mask peers out. The mask is