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Eberron: Rising from the Last War
My house built the modern world. Orien may drive the lightning rail, but it’s Cannith who builds the cars and lays the stones it travels on. Cannith makes the everbright lanterns hold the
whether one of these leaders will unite the house, or if it will shatter under the strain. If you’re an heir of House Cannith, you should decide which of these barons you serve or if you have other ideas about the house’s future.
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
who serve Yurtrus and Shargaas. Some are sent forth into the cities dominated by humans, on dark missions. Beware them.
— Elminster
Search, Destroy, Repeat
When a tribe is on the move, orc
raid just as another group returns, laden with severed heads, sacks of loot, and armfuls of food. Warriors also serve as scouts, bringing back detailed reports about the surrounding area so that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
U6. Standing Stones A dozen moss-covered menhirs form a near-perfect circle in the spongy earth. These weathered stones range in height from 15 to 18 feet. A couple of them lean inward as if to share
around in a giant skull. The scarecrows of Berez are murderous creatures under the hag’s control. They surround Baba Lysaga’s hut and serve as an early warning system. Baba Lysaga periodically sends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
expedition, the enhanced sphinx was subsequently repaired with magical-mechanical parts — and (unknown to it) programmed by Kwalish to serve his needs and guard this location. The sphinx’s head is also
surrounded by a series of mechanical devices that function as Ioun stones, which add to its vast knowledge. The enhanced sphinx is a gynosphinx, with these changes: Its Intelligence score is 24 (+7). It
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Brigganock Mine Brigganock Mine, where wish stones are unearthed by tiny creatures called brigganocks (see appendix C) Pillars of rock called the Fey Beacons, which are clearly visible from Lockbury Henge
One route to the Palace of Heart’s Desire lies in Motherhorn’s belfry, which contains a silver bell that summons giant cranes when it is rung. These birds serve as flying mounts and can deliver the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the edge of a swamp, but it could be located in any kind of terrain. A circle of standing stones serves to focus the magic of the area toward the seal itself, and the stones also serve as a place of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
giant is near! Loose stones vibrate and tumble down the hillside. Trees sway, then bend aside as the colossus emerges. How can anything be that big? Is it a trick of perspective? When giants first
to stoop to get down to that level! A giant’s metal hammer could serve as an anvil for a human smith, and a giant’s shield is bigger and heavier than a feasting table. Giants Are Heavy. If a giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
standing stones 19 Ruined or toppled circle of standing stones 20 Totem pole Ruins Crumbling towers, ancient temples, and razed cities are perfect sites for adventures. Additionally, noting the existence of
an old, crumbling wall that runs alongside a road, a sagging stone windmill on a hilltop, or a jumble of standing stones can add texture to your wilderness. Settlements Settlements exist in places
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
of this dark room are slick with moisture and set with colorful stones, starfish, shells, and coral branches. Extruding from the east wall is a stone sculpture of a giant crab, its pincered arms
hugging a ten-foot-wide stone basin. A trickle of water flows from the crab’s mouth into the basin. Holes in the basin’s rim serve as drains to keep the pool from overflowing. Through a narrow window in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
. At the dell’s far edge stands a great rock outcropping that looks vaguely like a satyr’s face. The stones weep a steady flow of water, which spreads into a serene, sky-blue pond. Willows grow along
anyone who succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check and can be reached by climbing with a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check. These caves serve as the lairs of the harpies that use the pool
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Drow congregate to throw stones at the still-dazed creature and drive it into the tunnels beyond the city’s environs. If it’s unlucky, it’s attacked by a roper, a carrion crawler, or another drider. If
it’s lucky, the new drider finds a safe place to hide while its wounds heal.
So begins a drider’s life in exile. Another widespread misunderstanding about driders is that they serve the drow as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Sundabar Like Mirabar, Sundabar was a dwarven settlement atop which a human city was built. Sundabar’s recent fall should serve as an example to my fellow dwarves of what can happen when the balance
surface. A dragon dropped great stones on many of the buildings above, and a good portion of the city’s outer wall was destroyed. Most of Sundabar’s military leadership was wiped out when the building they
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
the Stone Trees, part of the Cornerstone district, where the matches serve as both a spectator sport and a reason for gambling. Shifters created temporary hrazhak fields in the slums and warehouse
targeted. Six Stones A Droaam tradition brought to Sharn by immigrants, six stones is a game for seven competitors, who each pay a base stake. The seven are then sealed in a large chamber with a cockatrice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. If the characters are wearing scarlet cloaks taken from elsewhere, the bugbears assume that they serve Iarno. Clever characters might even persuade the bugbears to help deal with “traitors” or
black leather set with semiprecious stones (50 gp). He also has an iron key that locks and unlocks all the doors in the Redbrand hideout. Awarding Experience Points Divide 600 XP equally among the characters if the party defeats the bugbears.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
in many places. Time and weather have eroded some of the mortar, creating ruts between the stones that can serve as handholds and footholds. Scaling the walls requires a successful DC 15 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
damp, cobbled pavement glistens as the lights of street lanterns dance across the slick stones. The fog chills the bones and shivers the soul of anyone outside.
Yet inside these tavern walls the food
characters question Arrigal about the identity of his master, he claims to serve Burgomaster Kolyan Indirovich, but in truth he serves Strahd. After delivering the letter, Arrigal mounts his horse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
either form, serve as warnings to others about places of ill fortune. More formal shrines to Beshaba exist in places where folk frequently hope to ward off misfortune. These sites tend to be posts or
stones painted red with blackened antlers attached to them, or a red, triangular wall-mounted plaque with attached antlers. Both types have a stone or bronze bowl where coins can be tossed or burnt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
has spent years separating truth from fiction, trying to learn how Halaster’s command of the dungeon has gone unchallenged and how Undermountain changes to serve its master’s whims. Ezzat’s Journal. A
“Jhesiyra Kestellharp”). The lich describes how Jhesiyra was imprisoned by her master, only to escape during the Spellplague. She then used a wish spell to imbue herself into the stones of Undermountain
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
partially collapsed chamber most easily accessed by way of a shaft in the ceiling. (A narrow gap in the fallen stones filling an old passageway might allow a Small or nimble character to squeeze in or out
one inside the hoard chamber—provide fresh water for the dragon and any guests, and they also serve as a sort of alarm system. As described in the Monster Manual , whenever a creature with an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Stones. Each zone contains a circle of magical glyphs displayed on a wall or an object. These locations serve as contact stones, allowing someone who has a glyph key to contact the gatehouse. The
, use the following description. Glowing glyphs form a circle on the wall about three feet off the floor.
Thereafter, you can shorten the description of the contact stones they encounter to avoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Finding a Guide Guides can be retained in Port Nyanzaru or Fort Beluarian. All Port Nyanzaru guides must register and serve under the auspices of Jobal, who takes a princely cut of their earnings and
spirit warrior; see appendix D) will gladly serve as a guide out of Port Nyanzaru, but he is secretly looking for adventurers of the right skill and fortitude to help him reclaim Hrakhamar — or at least
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
become — the steam.” These cultists also serve as kitchen staff. S7. Solarium A bright room occupies the east quarter of this floor. Flowers and shrubs of many varieties grow in a labyrinth of planters
this enclosure, a small lawn grows upon the top of the tower. Four paths paved with white stones point the directions of the compass, each path ending in a pointed stone crenellation. At the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
to serve their insatiable greed. Takers record financial agreements in the Hall of Records and revel in seizing properties at bargain-basement prices when owners default on payments. The Fated
where creatures can record and relive one another’s sensory experiences through sensory stones (see chapter 1 of this book). For a price of 10 gp, a client can feel the thrill of a researcher’s epiphany
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
stones filled with burned and blackened rubble. As you approach the sooty stones, it is obvious someone has been sorting through the debris. Assorted oddments are piled inside the scorched square of
the foundation stones. Ruined cooking utensils, crushed pots and pans, mangled kettles, and less identifiable metal objects lie in one pile. Broken crockery, platters, plates, porcelain, and pottery are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
disaster. A trail of debris, some of the stones larger than a castle, extends from the corpse’s lower end. The city of Tu’narath is built on and in the corpse’s upper body, with a central district in the
. Soldiers and officers occupy several areas around the city, most of which contain defensive works and armories. The githyanki also maintain barracks that serve as mustering points in advance of raids. All
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
throughout his body. When he bothers to speak, his voice sounds like grinding stones. Ogrémoch is a miser who regards all the resources and treasures found in the ground as his own. He holds nothing but
spikes to serve as his throne room. He can enter the Material Plane through large and well-established nodes of elemental earth, with a little help from the proper rituals. Within such a node, Ogrémoch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
standing stones to whisper primal secrets in Druidic. The circle’s wisest members preside as the chief priests of communities that hold to the Old Faith and serve as advisors to the rulers of those
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
full of rock debris, so it is difficult terrain. 94. Golem Assembly If the Thayans are here, the sounds of their labor are audible from any open hallway leading into the room. White stones frame the
four open archways that lead into this chamber. The four stones at the corners of each arch pulse with white light. The walls in this vast space areset with panels of copper that reflect the lights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
bandits). They are the stone-masked folk who have been watching over the quarry by night, and the so-called Bringers of Woe who appear in area T7 of the Tomb of Moving Stones (they rush down to the
bold and adventurous children. She also helps those who serve the interests of the Lords’ Alliance. Trouble in Red Larch. The Tarnlar children (two boys and two girls, aged seven to ten) are eager to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
bozak draconian (see appendix B) named Orm, serve Lohezet and have been assigned to guard this level of the tower. Orm demands visitors state their business. A character must succeed on a DC 12
ceases attacking. If not attacked further, he shares his name and the following facts: He is magically compelled to serve a black-robed wizard named Lohezet. He’s wary of Lohezet’s co-commander
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, to serve as guards on the tribe’s most distant borders or as hunters that wander beyond those borders. As such, the stone giants that are first encountered by outsiders are almost always the least
the seeking of treasure or ale, that they forgot how to live in any other way but in pursuit of it. That’s what stone giants do.
— Elminster
Speaking Stones Although they are unsurpassed masters of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
small pools, each about 3 feet wide and filled to the brim with black, stinking water. Several large stones lie on the floor near the pools, each wrapped several times around by lengths of old rope. A
rededicated it as a place to ceremonially drown captives. Each of the pools is 10 feet deep. The stones average about 50 pounds, and the ropes are used to bind a victim’s feet together before pushing him or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, and though they outwardly serve the Solmors, their loyalty is to the Scarlet Brotherhood. Despite the Brotherhood’s infiltration of this place, Skerrin takes pains to avoid leaving any incriminating
little more than memorial stones laid for those who died at sea. Krag (NG male half-orc commoner) is the town gravedigger, as well as something of a town historian and local loremaster. He has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
great hunger speaks to him, his already broken mind a shield against the hunger’s shattering power. That power seems to recognize and acknowledge something in the gnome that will serve it well. The great
following vision. The smell of blood fills your nostrils as you wander a maze of Underdark tunnels, moving with purpose as your giant hooves crush stones underfoot. Faerzress light reveals that your shadow is