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Springs come in various sizes from different machines. Because of their spiral shape and ferrous material, they are prized by magic users to
channel energies into spells and potions. Merchants who deal in arcana are always looking for springs found within the ruins of those who came before.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
whose ancestors underwent, horrific magical transformations, to the extent that they retain only a fraction of their original being. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For
forms results in its having a slow, awkward gait.
Sound Mimicry. Mongrelfolk have misshapen mouths and vocal cords. They speak fragmented Common mixed with various animal cries and nonsense. They
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
energy.During the dawn of the giants’ empires, twisted minds sought to make their fallen comrades continue their service. Wizard giants stitched and wove the flesh of various giants over an
these ancient flesh colossi guard abandoned ruins, sites sacred to giants, and lost treasures—and possibly the procedure to create new examples of their kind.Lightning, Poison, Psychic
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
as a fad of romantically minded sons and daughters of patriar families in Baldur’s Gate. On a lark, they took the unicorn goddess Lurue as their mascot and went on various adventures for fun
again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of building alliances and friendship between the civilized races of the world and goodly people in order to combat evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
chapter 6 of this book is a good parallel to the classic adventure, The Village of Hommlet, and the various sites in and around Red Larch can easily be relocated to the surrounding Kron Hills to
corner of the Flanaess. In the classic Greyhawk adventure, the temple wasn’t built on top of dwarven ruins. Omit any mention of the ancient realm of Besilmer and the underground ruins of Tyar-Besil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
each group separately. Fallen Sloobludop If the characters visit Sloobludop, they find the kuo-toa community in ruins. Demogorgon smashed and crushed many of the structures of the settlement, killing
, including piles of skulls and bones, strange maze patterns, spore clouds, and fetid pools of ooze. Conflicts are rapidly rising between the various “sects” that have formed. If Shuushar the Awakened (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
-suited to other domains find natural homes among this realm’s scattered settlements and ancient magical ruins. The Darkon Adventures table provides suggestions for various adventures in the domain. Darkon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
provides various locales to tie to your character’s backstory. Ancient Giant Ruins You grew up amid the ruins of one of the giants’ civilizations. Perhaps the history of your home settlement is well-known
Birthplaces and Hometowns Your character might hail from a location steeped in giants’ history and primordial magic. From ancient ruins to underground caverns to elemental nexuses, this section
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
eyes crown its form. From each of these eleven eyes, a beholder can unleash a different magic power. The central eye can deactivate magic, while the smaller eyes emit rays that inflict various dooms
subterranean realms. Beholders are a particular threat to adventurers because both gravitate toward mysterious ruins and sites of great magic. Many beholders collect the magic items and petrified bodies of heroes they’ve defeated, displaying them as trophies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
The Cogs The Cogs includes the industrial districts of Ashblack and Blackbones and the tenements of Khyber’s Gate. It lies just above the city’s lawless expanse of sewers and the ancient ruins of Old
Sharn. Most residents of Sharn, however, make little distinction between the various realms that lie deep below the city and just call it all “the Cogs.” The Sharn Watch maintains a presence in water
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Studies and Philosophy Lorehold College is devoted to the study of history, broadly understood to include the various aspects of culture, behavior, and social relationships that shape historical
events. Its studies include various subdivisions of history (military history, social history, cultural history), archaeology, anthropology, psychology, sociology, religion, and economics. It overlaps
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Part 2: Phandalin The frontier town of Phandalin is built on the ruins of a much older settlement. Hundreds of years ago, the old Phandalin was a thriving human town whose people were firmly allied
the last three or four years, hardy settlers from the cities of Neverwinter and Waterdeep have begun the hard work of reclaiming the ruins of Phandalin. A bustling frontier settlement has grown up on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
the centuries, various bandits, thieves, orc war bands, and others used the tower as a temporary base while it fell further and further into ruin. The Chimera Crew, a group of bandits, currently
information with a successful DC 15 Charisma (Intimidation) check:
The history of Rega and the Chimera Crew’s founding. The bandits were hired by priests of Myrkul to watch over the undead in Iniarv’s Tower’s ruins. They do not know where the priests operate or what the priests plan to do with the undead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
through the North, and the keeps were overrun. For centuries they stood empty. Locals came to know them as the Haunted Keeps, and various monsters occasionally occupied the ruins. The abandoned keeps
dwarves discovered the ancient drow hold and its temple below their own delvings. They lacked the strength to clean out the ruins, so they abandoned their deeper excavations. Trolls and giants soon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Kinds of Treasure Use these guidelines in conjunction with the information in the Dungeon Master's Guide to detail treasures adventurers might find in ancient ruins built by giants. Coins Giants
Master's Guide) is worth 1,000 gp. Art Objects The art objects found in ancient giants' ruins reflect the societies and types of giants that once inhabited them. For example, ancient stone giant art is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
university secures the necessary letters of marque issued by the king of Breland, which grant you permission to explore the ruins there. Research. Research might be part of your group’s job, but your
possibly magic items, spellbooks, and the like. Additionally, the faculty of your university might make it possible for you to consult with experts in various fields—so long as you can coax them away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
consists of forty or fifty simple log buildings, some built on old fieldstone foundations. More old ruins—crumbling stone walls covered in ivy and briars—surround the newer houses and shops, showing how
and smile as you approach, but all return to their business as you go by.
The characters can visit various locations in Phandalin and talk to the townsfolk. When he hired the characters, Gundren
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
, which grant you permission to explore the ruins there. Research The university has abundant resources to facilitate any research your mission requires. Whenever your group takes a Bastion turn, you
relics, magic items, spellbooks, and the like. Additionally, you can consult with experts in various fields among the university faculty—so long as you can coax them away from their work. Training
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
provided herein make it easy to link these stories into a wider Saltmarsh campaign. In addition to the adventures themselves, chapter 1, “Saltmarsh,” provides an in-depth look at the town, its various
-bound adventures. New rules for various ships, how to crew and captain them, and how to pit them against each other provide adventurers with new modes of exploration. Beyond this, details on a variety
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
to lie in the ruins where a black dragon dwells.
7 A group of adventurers and a black dragon are hunting the same treasure in the ruins of a partially sunken city.
8 A black dragon with
.
2 A band of troglodytes is cowed into serving a black dragon wyrmling as bodyguards.
3 The recent appearance of a black dragon wyrmling has altered the local ecosystem, allowing various
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Settlements are few and far between in the Demon Wastes. The Carrion Tribes are semi-nomadic, assembling camps in the crumbling ruins of long-forgotten cities built by demons in the first days of the world
dragonshard deposits buried in the Wastes. To date, it has survived the Carrion Tribes and the malefic horrors of the Wastes, but few believe it will last. Desolate Known at various times as Greenholt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
deny their existence. Much of the World Is Untamed. Wild regions abound. City-states, confederacies, and kingdoms of various sizes dot the landscape, but beyond their borders the wilds crowd in. People
world, leaving it rich with places of adventure and mystery. Ancient civilizations and their knowledge survive in legends, magic items, and their ruins. Chaos and evil often follow an empire’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Nautiloids Mind flayers employ bizarre flying ships called nautiloids. Able to move through the Astral Plane, nautiloids can also transport mind flayers between the various worlds of the Material
, can reduce an enemy settlement to ruins in a single night. Most colonies that possess a nautiloid save it for use as an emergency escape vehicle. If pressed by attackers, the surviving illithids and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Flesh Colossus During the dawn of the giants’ empires, twisted minds sought to make their fallen comrades continue their service. Wizard giants stitched and wove the flesh of various giants over an
these ancient flesh colossi guard abandoned ruins, sites sacred to giants, and lost treasures—and possibly the procedure to create new examples of their kind. Flesh Colossus Gargantuan Construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Baldur’s Gate. On a lark, they took the unicorn goddess Lurue as their mascot and went on various adventures for fun. The reality of the dangers they faced eventually sank in, as did Lurue’s tenets
its name to honor the great but fallen city, just as the new Knights of Myth Drannor do today. With the city once again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. Their humanoid bodies incorporate the features of various beasts. For example, one mongrelfolk might have the basic body shape of a dwarf with a head that combines the features of a cat and a lizard, one
various animal cries and nonsense. They can effectively imitate sounds made by beasts and humanoids that they’ve heard. Mongrelfolk aren’t sophisticated enough to use these sounds as a covert form of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
clothing belongs to the various captives who have been housed here over the last two months—at least a dozen people to judge by the size of the pile. Cell Doors. The cell doors feature simple locks
decide to explore the ruins of Thundertree, see part 3 of the adventure. Awarding Experience Points Divide 200 XP equally among the characters if the party defeats the ruffians. Divide 100 XP equally among the characters if the Dendrars make it back to town alive.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
unofficial records office, registering claims to various streams and excavations around the area. Enough wealth is hidden in the nearby streams and valleys to support a good number of independent
the characters haven’t heard yet. Shrine of Luck Phandalin’s only temple is a shrine made of stones taken from the nearby ruins. It is dedicated to Tymora (goddess of luck and good fortune) and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dust and the scent of decay. These are the ruins of the cities atop which Sharn is built.
Ahead of you yawns a fifty-foot-diameter, ten-foot-deep pit that seems to have been intentionally dug. You
fight until one remains who flees into Old Sharn’s ruins. If a goblin is captured, a successful DC 12 Charisma (Intimidation) check gets the goblin to reveal that it works for Daask and that it was told
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
: some barren, others overrun with twisted, thorny flora not found in nature. Rail-less bridges connect these towers at various points, and all of them spiral around the heart: that which is reputedly the
result of their experiments have been seen unleashed in the Troll Hills and Troll Forest around the ruins. Such monstrosities are also common prowling the ruins of the Crypt itself. During my brief
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
sacrifices to Dendar the Night Serpent in a sprawling underground temple beneath the ruins of Omu’s royal palace (area 20); the temple is described in chapter 4. The yuan-ti guard the entrances to the
found a worthy attack plan. Vegepygmies Years ago, a meteorite fell from the heavens and created the city’s Great Rift. Stardust rained over the ruins and formed patches of russet mold out of which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
dungeon beneath the Sumber Hills, the new Temple of Elemental Evil. Here, the elemental cults have established themselves in the ruins of an ancient dwarven stronghold. They are building up their
opposition in the various elemental temples and the retribution of the offended cults, the characters succeed in rescuing some of the Mirabar delegates and driving out some or all of the cults from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
clusters 4 Fungus cavern 5 Gas leak 6 Gorge 7 High ledge 8 Horrid sounds 9 Lava swell 10 Muck pit 11 Rockfall 12 Rope bridge 13 Ruins 14 Shelter 15 Sinkhole 16 Slime or mold 17 Steam vent 18 Underground
stream 19 Warning sign 20 Webs Boneyard The characters come upon an eerie cavern littered with countless bones of various creatures. Whether the site is a natural graveyard for some Underdark species or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Various allied nobles Independent alliance of nobles protected by the Knights of Holy Shielding, led by Knight Commander Aleshh Kaarth (dragonborn) and fortified by Furyondy and Urnst Veluna, the
the Temple of Elemental Evil Wild Coast, the Various burgomasters, lord mayors, and others Free territory with self-governing settlements; haven for outcasts and dissidents Battle of Emridy Meadows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
first stop when exploring the distant land of Xen’drik. This book describes the shadowy ruins, sinister organizations, and treasure-laden dungeons of Stormreach. In addition to providing Dungeon
location maps. Dragons of Eberron (3.5E): This supplement delves into the mysterious Draconic Prophecy. It explores the continent of Argonnessen, homeland of the dragons, and describes various new adventure