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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
glowing white or pale lavender orbs. Crystalline horns reminiscent of amethyst chunks hover behind their heads, held there by telekinetic force and shifting with their moods.
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, one in the rock face just above one tarn and one below the surface of the other tarn. The dragon uses the underwater passage as a secret entrance and emergency exit.
Main Caves. The lair is a complex
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
an ancient dragon resemble glowing white or pale lavender orbs. Crystalline horns reminiscent of amethyst chunks hover behind their heads, held there by telekinetic force and shifting with their moods
the other tarn. The dragon uses the underwater passage as a secret entrance and emergency exit.
Main Caves. The lair is a complex of caves and tunnels; the stone surfaces are smooth and water-worn, and
monsters
possible. Werewyverns like to keep their wyvern form a secret until they need an upper hand in a fight or an aerial escape.
Werewyverns transmit lycanthropy through their potent venom. The curse&rsquo
;s transmission is unpredictable and often as much a surprise to the werewyvern as it is to the victim.Shape-Shift. The werewyvern Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts into a Medium wyvern-humanoid hybrid or a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spring to life in her hands, a wizened human whispers the secret name of her demonic patron, infusing her spell with fiendish magic. Shifting his gaze between a battered tome and the odd alignment of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
spring to life in her hands, a wizened human whispers the secret name of her demonic patron, infusing her spell with fiendish magic. Shifting his gaze between a battered tome and the odd alignment of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. He can enter a cell by assuming mist form. K74a. Forgotten Treasure This cell is linked to a teleport trap in area K73. Characters who enter the cell can feel coins shifting beneath their feet
. Forgotten Treasure The rusted door to this cell hangs open slightly. Characters who enter the cell can feel coins shifting beneath their feet. Treasure. Scattered across the floor of this cell are 300 pp
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
time. A character who’s busy taking the Search action to look for a secret door can’t simultaneously take the Help action to assist another character who’s taking the Study action to find important
encounter by shifting focus right before a character makes an ability check or opens a chest, leaving everyone eager to hear what happens next. Ability Checks in Exploration When a character tries to do
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. Conflict over the succession spiraled into outright war between the Five Nations. The Last War was a bitter struggle that forever changed the shape of Khorvaire. It was a century marked by shifting
holding the warmongers at bay. If someone uncovers the secret of the Mourning—if it can be proven that the Mourning can’t happen again, or if its power could be harnessed as a weapon—war could erupt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the desk, its corners held down with stones.
The two secret doors in this area are concealed behind swinging bookshelves, and can each be found with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation
) check. The door to the spellbook study (area 20) is opened by shifting a book at floor level. The door to the observation room (area 19) is located 10 feet above the floor. It is opened by positioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
the desk, its corners held down with stones.
The two secret doors in this area are concealed behind swinging bookshelves, and can each be found with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation
) check. The door to the spellbook study (area 20) is opened by shifting a book at floor level. The door to the observation room (area 19) is located 10 feet above the floor. It is opened by positioning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
flee through a secret door (see below). He triggers a rock fall to cover his escape. Larrakh is in disgrace among the Black Earth priesthood after bungling some earlier missions. He is determined to
fight, arriving from area T8 or the secret door a few minutes after the party defeats Larrakh or he makes his escape. Bones. Upon the stone slabs are the bones of human miners who discovered this chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, and the greater wards placed on Undermountain by Halaster prevent it from getting away by plane shifting. Before he died, Yarek used a sending spell to warn the headmaster about the escaped devil
to pass through it normally. This room contains the following: Tapestry. A blood-spattered tapestry hanging on the west wall depicts scores of demons and devils locked in battle. (A secret door hidden
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
over the succession spiraled into outright war between the Five Nations. The Last War was a bitter struggle that forever changed the shape of Khorvaire. It was a century marked by shifting alliances
. If the secret of the Mourning can be uncovered — if it can be proven that the Mourning couldn’t happen again, or if its power could be harnessed as a weapon — the Last War could begin again. As such
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
tower, for thousands of years of shifting sand had left that as the easiest point of entry. We were surrounded by cyclopean bones, and I found myself facing the empty gaze of a skull taller than I was
Riedra proper, travelers must obtain a transit visa from the Iron Gate, the office of foreign relations. The office grants few such visas; visitors must make a compelling case for entry or find a secret
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
is one greater zombie in here per character in the party, including sidekicks. Secret Door. The secret door in here leads to area E6 and can be uncovered with a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check
trouble nearby chant to their god for aid. If at least one cultist chants for three rounds, a bone devil appears in the circle to serve the cult. Secret Door. The secret door in here leads to area E6 and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
2.1: Buried Ziggurat, Tiers 1-3 View Player Version B1: Statue Room When the characters ascend the monument, read or paraphrase the following text: Near the ziggurat’s peak, a once-secret entrance
twenty crossbow bolts, six flasks of oil, and a set of smith’s tools near a small foundry. B3: Secret Room This room can be accessed via two secret doors in the hallways bordering it. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
(some members’ identities remain secret) who serve as Niv-Mizzet’s closest advisors. The Izzet League is organized into units designated as laboratories that specialize in certain fields of research
intellect brilliantly fruitful, and widens its speculation into a search for connections between wildly disparate objects or concepts. It is manic in its expressions of creative energy, shifting from careful
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
along the water, engulfing vessels and docks alike. As the gray miasma thickens, the creaking sound of shifting ships becomes increasingly haunting. Suddenly, you spot three shadows gliding through
Eyecatcher’s rowboats. The boat is tied off at the end of the pier between the Heartbreaker and the Hellraiser. These Bregan D’aerthe spies are on their way to a secret meeting with Laeral Silverhand (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the tomb stands an opaque crystal sarcophagus that is constantly changing color. Minotaur murals adorn the walls on the lower level of the tomb.
The walls of the tomb are lined with secret doors that
maze, the configuration of which matches that of the carving. The first time this happens, all the secret doors slide open as the minotaur bones knit together, forming ten minotaur skeletons that emerge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
captured by monsters living there. 8 An innocent person is being framed for the crimes of a shape-shifting monster. 9 Ghouls are venturing out of the catacombs at night. 10 A notorious criminal hides
one shape-shifting monster also attends. 15 A ship carrying a valuable treasure or an evil Artifact sinks in a storm or monster attack. 16 A natural disaster was actually caused by magic gone awry or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
how to pronounce the town’s name. Xaos has no consistent ruler. The town’s sovereign fluctuates, chosen at random by a diadem of shifting crystals that appears atop the current ruler’s head. The crystal
takes bizarre forms, such as a dull liquid in an antique chalice that must be sipped to transport creatures, or a sassy, sapient mouth that admits only those who reveal a titillating secret to it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
priest with AC 10 and no armor) makes no secret of her family’s long-standing loyalty to the von Zarovich line. She believes that Strahd von Zarovich is no tyrant but, at worst, a negligent landlord. She
cultists to keep. Fiona Wachter and Majesto Another secret of Fiona’s is that she sleeps with the corpse of her dead husband, Nikolai, who died of sickness nearly three years ago and whom Fiona cherished
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
ever-shifting mud of the toppled tower strangely fascinating. Greedy Mate. Zoklork’s rockmate found and ate all the amethysts, even though Zoklork was clear about wanting a share. Gutted. The rockmate
secret about the odd tower: it’s a rare magic item from the Plane of Earth that seems to have been accidentally activated (Zoklork doesn’t know about the obelisk fragment). The mudslick tower’s command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
value long ago). Secret Exit. The tunnel behind the secret door in the southeast corner is about 5 feet in diameter. It twists and turns so that any person using it will lose all sense of direction
secret door that opens only with a key held by the drow high priestess at area 12. Cell 5C. Two noble centaurs imprisoned here are bound for torture and execution. They offer help to any who free them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
rare set of priceless treasures.
10 I won’t rest until I retrieve an item stolen from my hoard.
Dragon Flaws and Secrets d10 Flaw or Secret
1 I find adventurers fearsome, and I’m
“Shape-Shifting” section later in this chapter offers more information and inspiration. (See the metallic dragons in the Monster Manual.) Damage Absorption. You might decide that a red or gold dragon is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
artifacts that could rewind time (see the “Secret of the Obelisks” sidebar). It was damaged during Ythryn’s fall and, despite Iriolarthas’s best efforts, the demilich could not repair it. Characters who
Marrow”). SECRET OF THE OBELISKS
In this adventure, we learn the secret of the obelisks that have appeared in other fifth edition adventures published by Wizards of the Coast, including Tomb of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
friends.
Shape-Shifting Assassins. A secret association of doppelgangers or other shape-shifters slowly assassinates prominent figures one by one.
To Catch a Thief. An extraordinary thief steals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Vibrant paintings and tapestries depicting the seasons hang in this grand room. Along the walls are displays of statuettes, crystal vases, and other art objects.
Secret Door. A secret door in the
snowflake in the bottom middle of the frame causes the secret door to swing outward on hidden hinges, revealing a staircase to the storage cellar (area P18). A character who examines the painting or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Nibblecheek occasionally entertains guests in this sitting room. Secret Trapdoor. In the northeast corner, a trapdoor is cleverly hidden in the floor. Any character who takes 1 minute to search the room for
secret doors finds the trapdoor with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. The trapdoor pulls open to reveal a candy ladder that descends to the dungeon (area C15). C5: Taffy Factory Rhythmic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. You can use a Druidic Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for your Druid spells. Level 1: Druidic You know Druidic, the secret language of Druids. While learning this ancient tongue, you also unlocked the
stat block is higher than yours, use the one in the stat block. No Spellcasting. You can’t cast spells, but shape-shifting doesn’t break your Concentration or otherwise interfere with a spell you’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
normally, as can Alessia. If the attendant leads the characters through the area, she tells them to follow her closely, and doing so grants them advantage on their saving throws. Secret Panel. A hidden
secret compartment in the cabinet holds a crystal ball of true seeing and a scroll describing the rite of reclamation (see the “Valin’s Victims” sidebar earlier in the adventure). T6. False Tomb Adjust
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
stored in vaults beneath the campus, including The Secret History of Sigil, a detailed account of the Fated’s activities and the secrets its agents have learned. Volumes of this ongoing research
material, its surface shifting like a puddle of oil. The structure has no visible doors or windows save for eight balconies that jut from its twisting frame. Although the tower’s surfaces are impenetrable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. You can use a Druidic Focus as a Spellcasting Focus for your Druid spells. Level 1: Druidic You know Druidic, the secret language of Druids. While learning this ancient tongue, you also unlocked the
stat block is higher than yours, use the one in the stat block. No Spellcasting. You can’t cast spells, but shape-shifting doesn’t break your Concentration or otherwise interfere with a spell you’ve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
unconscious in the alley out back. While the Mermaid’s criminal aspects are an open secret, the place is well connected enough that the Flaming Fist traditionally leaves it alone. Candulhallow’s Funeral
by city stipends and tips from grieving loved ones. In secret, the Candulhallows have grown quietly rich off a variety of death-related scams. Chief among these is a secret smuggling arrangement with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the alley out back. While the Mermaid’s criminal aspects are an open secret, the place is well connected enough that the Flaming Fist traditionally leaves it alone. Candulhallow’s Funeral Arrangements
stipends and tips from grieving loved ones. In secret, the Candulhallows have grown quietly rich off a variety of death-related scams. Chief among these is a secret smuggling arrangement with Nine-Fingers