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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
Always Thinking Ahead. The mastermind has advantage on initiative rolls.
Spider Climb. The mastermind can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an
wild inventions on a whim, these masterminds also wield at least one more stable clockwork invention—typically something that affords the mastermind more movement, extends their reach with extra
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Dagger Danger!
Kobold Lair Features Marc Moureau Map: Kobold CaveView Player Version The cave has the following features: Ceilings. The cave’s ceilings are 10 feet high. Environment. The cave has rough stone walls
flashback questions well comes with experience. Here are some potential questions and how to handle them:
Could I have bought something before we left?
If the item was something that you think would be a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
have 7-foot-high ceilings. Wider areas tend to have higher ceilings, the average being 12 feet. The mine has no light sources. The most prominent feature of the mine is a wide vertical shaft that
like dragon!” “Trex smart! He speaks like human who knows a lot. He don’t speak Dragon no more.” “Trex says miners want their mine back. Trex wants something better in return.” “Trex says we be safer in town. There’s food in town!”
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Illithinoch Features The features described below are common throughout Illithinoch. Ceilings Ceilings throughout Illithinoch are 14 feet high. Doors Illithinoch’s heavy stone doors lack handles or
in area X15, which uses it to keep track of movement through the stronghold. An open door swings shut after 1 minute unless something is in the doorway, in which case it swings shut once the doorway is
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
19. Outpost These chambers guard the stairs to level 22. The ceilings are 20 feet high throughout. 19a. Way to Level 22 Debris. In the west side of the room lie the crumbling remains of a stone table
Monster Manual). Xindulus won’t negotiate with adventurers unless they offer it something immensely valuable, such as a legendary magic item or an artifact. Secret Door. A fresco that depicts dwarves
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
reveals that a sinister magical signature is drawing the mascots here—the sensation is something like a rotten-smelling tingle in the back of one’s nostrils. The exact nature of the unsettling latent magic
easily traversable but devoid of significant features or creatures): Building Ceilings. The ceiling of Wiltroot Hall (area W1) is 40 feet high. The ceilings of the observation huts (areas W2, W7, W9, W10
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
own nature and purpose. For all its devotion to the sea gods, Wave fears that it was intended to bring about a particular sea god’s demise. This destiny is something Wave might not be able to avert
initiative rolls. In addition, you and any of your companions within 30 feet of you can’t be surprised, except when incapacitated by something other than nonmagical sleep. The weapon magically awakens you
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mountain valley, an eerie glow betrays the monstrous outline of something stupendous and ominous. It looks like a cephalopod with slimy, ropey tentacles as thick as tree trunks that has tried and failed
Vorryn for questioning. Nautiloid Features The nautiloid has the following features: Biological Construction. The ship is built of organic matter in addition to wood and iron. Walls, floors, and ceilings
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. God-Watched Gates These rooms house shrines dedicated to gods of the drow pantheon. The 20-foot-high vaulted ceilings are obscured by thick webs. 9a. The Elder Eye A 20-foot-diameter hemisphere of
the doors. The doors remain open until someone or something closes them. 9b. The Masked Lord Characters who bring light sources into this room notice that the shadows created by their light seem to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Random Encounters (T-Z) Trinket One random character finds a lost trinket. Read the following text to the player of that character: You kick something—a trinket buried in the dust. To determine what
, their cracked and bloodstained lips open wide, revealing sharp fangs. These minions of Strahd—former adventurers all—creep along ceilings and drop down on unsuspecting prey. The vampire spawn fight
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
described at the end of this section. Detecting a Hazard. No ability check is required to spot a hazard unless it is hidden. A hazard that resembles something benign, such as a patch of slime or mold
instantly destroyed. Green Slime This acidic slime devours flesh, organic material, and metal on contact. Bright green, wet, and sticky, it clings to walls, floors, and ceilings in patches. A patch of
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- 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
these caverns are massive, with immeasurably deep water and vaulted ceilings far outside the range of any light. Others are narrow, with only a few feet of space between the ceiling and the surface of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
whim, these masterminds also wield at least one more stable clockwork invention—typically something that affords the mastermind more movement, extends their reach with extra appendages, or both
climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. This trait doesn’t function if the mastermind is grappling creatures in both of its clockwork
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
entering or exiting the Underworld or helping or preventing someone or something from doing so. Souls with coin left after crossing the Tartyx often discard their excess valuables upon reaching the
corridors that lead to the dock are covered in trapped glyphs that explode with energy and collapse ceilings when activated by the presence of mortals. The temple half on the Underworld side of the river
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
a chance that characters searching the area find something of interest or value. Roll a d20 and consult the table below to see what, if anything, they find. Ambusher Lair Discoveries d20 Discovery
across walls and ceilings. Escaped Slaves These slaves have been wandering the Underdark since their escape from Gracklstugh or Menzoberranzan. They are scrounging for food and water. Roll a d4 and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall
Sanctum Features Szass Tam’s sanctum has the following features. Ceilings Ceilings in the sanctum are 40 feet high, with the exception of areas Z13 and Z14. Ceilings in those areas are 100 feet high
something valuable in exchange for his service, but Vartheeth doesn’t know the details. Vartheeth suspects Szass Tam is lying about everything. Sarrukh Superiority. Like all sarrukhs, Vartheeth believes
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
directs at least one attack each round at such a character.
4 The dragon tries to drive the characters off by emotionally hurting or humiliating them—threatening something they obviously care about
dramatic destruction, including chasms opening up, ceilings collapsing, pillars toppling, and other effects that can damage or hinder the characters and the dragon equally.
14 The dragon has a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
, along with anyone else with calloused hands or a passion for crafting. Locals are hardworking folk who can churn ingots from ore, press diamonds from coal, and turn a lump of nothing into something
for him, from priceless baubles to worthless junk. Tattershade lives in fear of something, but no two stories agree on what. It could be the Master of Bones, a powerful devil, or the Lady herself. Face
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
inside. The ancient door here opens into area E1. Map 5.4: wakenreth View Player Version Wakenreth Features The mystical tower has the following features: Ceilings. Wakenreth’s ceilings are 20 feet
was later called that). She has no memory of how she got here, but she feels perpetually angry—and it feels like her anger is being fueled by something higher in this tower. She asks if the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Caves of Hunger Locations (H31-H39) H31. Thing in the Ice A flat sheet of cloudy ice forms one wall of this forty-foot-high cavern. Something dark and humungous shifts behind the wall, its tentacles
waving unimpeded. You become aware you are not alone inside your mind. Somehow, this horror from another world has wormed its way inside you.
Something beyond mortal comprehension exists partially
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
something under the surface.
At high tide, the tunnel is flooded, so visitors must approach by boat or swim. At low tide, walkways formed by the tops of stone columns line the sides of the tunnel, leading
walls and ceilings of this smaller cave. In the middle of the cave, two human-sized mushroom folk tend to a larger specimen of their kind. The large one is shriveled and covered with unhealthy purple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
noted, all areas of the dungeon have the following features. Ceilings. The ceilings are 10 feet high. Light. The dungeon is dark. Old but still functional torches and lanterns are affixed to the walls of
stonework, and is poorly mortared. A character who succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check confirms that something is behind the new wall. It takes 5 minutes to remove this masonry, or 1
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Stout Half-Pint has been undertaking recurring renovations since they moved in two years ago. Except where otherwise noted, all areas of the lighthouse have the following features. Ceilings. Ceilings
lighthouse adventuring. One of those adventures was a raid on an old tomb six months ago, where they cleared out numerous monsters and found something noted as a “magic clock.” Second Floor The next
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Scores of icicles hang from the ceilings, which range in height from 15 to 30 feet. Southern Cave. Naturally formed stairs descend to the southernmost cave. Describe its contents as follows: This
the pillar, as if something had burst from inside it.
This is the chamber where Tekeli-li lay dormant, encased in ice, until the characters opened the Caves of Hunger with the “Rime of the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
breath and clearly hiding something on their person, a teenage tiefling spy begs the characters to help them avoid two oncoming Harmonium peacekeepers (see Morte’s Planar Parade). 4 A drunk elf
anyone else who can tolerate its four-foot ceilings. To stay in business, the establishment’s owner, a chipper sprite named Clea Appleblossom, updates its menu daily. Clea sends adventurers to gather
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
in this large foyer. Humanoid skeletal remains lie strewn about, their swords and armor bent and rusted. Something gleams next to the bodies propped along the northern wall. Double doors on the east
with eight legs. Near that creature stands a smaller, one-eyed creature with a body that resembles melting wax.
This cavern’s ceilings are 50 feet tall. The cavern is the lair of Ker-arach, the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
ship’s original destination. The holds have 20-foot ceilings. Each set of cargo holds contains a lift: a 20-foot-wide platform used to lower cargo to the level below. Aphelion or a creature that has a
Aphelion’s intentions but thinks the supercomputer is up to something. If the characters want to find out the truth about Aphelion, Oakley recommends they venture to the server room two levels down (see
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
to hear something other than the same tales of conquest Vrakir’s armies always tell. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Charisma (Performance) check can command Kalimrax’s rapt attention for up to 1
of basalt blocks and 10-foot-high ceilings roofed with slate. The smaller buildings (area B6a) are littered with ropes and loading hooks and contain stairwells that lead to the hold’s main storage
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
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Leaning on the starboard rail and looking toward the coast are three human figures. The one nearest the stern holds something in his hand at shoulder level; occasionally he adjusts it in some way
the combat to defend its master. Combat in this small room is hampered by its size and low ceilings. Melee attacks made with two-handed weapons have disadvantage in this room. Development. If Bimz is