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Adult Brass Dragon
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’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action
to cause one of the following effects:
A strong wind blows around the dragon. Each creature within 60 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be pushed 15 feet away from
Ancient Brass Dragon
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speed.A Brass Dragon’s Lair
A brass dragon’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects:
A strong wind blows around the dragon. Each creature within 60 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 15
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Hollow Mine Features Hollow Mine has the following features: Ceilings. Most ceilings are about 10 feet high, except for the ceiling in area H5. Light. None of the mine’s locations are lit unless
otherwise indicated. Wailing Wind. The structure of the mine and the elevation difference between its shafts funnels a strong wind through the tunnels. Gusts of air hiss and howl, imposing disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Cottage Features Unless otherwise specified, the cottage has the following features. Ceilings The cottage’s ceilings are 10 feet high except in the tower (area C12), where the ceiling is 20 feet high
. All ceilings are covered with a layer of sweet icing. Doors Doors throughout the cottage are thick bars of chocolate etched with wood grain designs. Each chocolate door is unlocked and as strong as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
9. Metal Pools This cave has a 30-foot-high ceiling and contains two 10-foot-deep pools of shiny liquid metal drawn from the Elemental Plane of Earth. The western pool holds liquid iron, the eastern
pool liquid steel. Despite being liquefied, the metal is cool to the touch. A detect magic spell reveals a strong aura of transmutation magic emanating from each pool. No matter how much metal is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
1. Entry Chamber Stairs from the surface lead down to this damp vaulted chamber. The floor is strewn with bones and rubble. The ceiling is supported by arches meeting at the twenty-foot-high domed
. Oak Door Anyone who listens at the door to the west and succeeds on a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check hears a moaning that rises and fades away (caused by strong breezes in area 2). Opening the door
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
cards don’t sit flush; the walls, floor, and ceiling are irregular but not difficult terrain. All the cards except for the Void card are visible throughout the House of Cards. Damaging the cards causes
. Visible doors are single large cards; they are as strong as reinforced iron, with AC 19, 50 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The card face displayed on each door corresponds to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. A detect magic spell reveals a strong aura of abjuration magic engulfing each alcove, which is just spacious enough to accommodate a single Medium creature. The crystal dome in the ceiling is the
surface is covered with gleaming mithral plates. Each alcove is brightly lit by the yellow glow of a small crystal dome embedded in its 8-foot-high ceiling.
Key Shapes. Set into the mithral-plated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
the hull protects you from the the strong currents outside. Many boxes and barrels are present here, somewhat waterlogged but largely intact.
This ship served as a tender vessel, bringing supplies to
, the water is considered to be clear.
Sea Floor. The sea floor here is compacted sand with some small stone outcroppings, though none big enough to stand on.
Ceiling Height. The ceiling of the coral
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Darklake Terrain Encounters Special terrain rules are explained after the table. d10 Terrain 1 Collision 2 Falls or locks 3 Island 4 Low ceiling 5 Rockfall 6 Rough current 7 Run aground 8 Stone
teeth 9 Tight passage 10 Whirlpool Collision This terrain encounter occurs only if one or more party members are traveling by raft or boat, and there’s a strong current. Have everyone aboard the vessel
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
among the threads. Web-covered areas count as difficult terrain, but they’re not strong enough to restrain anyone. A character can use an action to burn a 5-foot cube of web with a torch or to cast a
webs. Several 3-foot-long bundles wrapped in spider silk are suspended in the webs.
Strange Face. Spiders have woven a giant, webbed face of Halaster that looks down from the 20-foot-high ceiling
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling dotted with stalactites 10 to 15 feet long. A 60-foot-long stalactite hangs directly above the stalagmite tower, its tip 10 feet above the brightly glowing Runestone.
Stalagmites. The
, fireball, and meteor swarm, as the opportunity presents itself. See area 14 for information on the Runestone. 13b. Glaring Gargoyles This side cavern has an uneven floor and ceiling 50 feet high and is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
. Unsafe Stonework. In some places, the corbel arches that hold up the ceiling aren’t structurally sound. As a result, some spells might have disastrous effects. A spell like fireball (an explosion
) or thunderwave (an area of thunder damage) has a 25 percent chance to cause a ceiling collapse within the spell’s area, dealing 16 (3d10) bludgeoning damage to creatures in the area. This collapse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
that remain are unlikely to support a human’s weight. The beams are still strong, but they are slick with fungus and mold. A successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check is needed to cross the level on
to the third level. Characters are safe from falling as long as they stay on the landing or the steps. A trapdoor closes off the top of the stairs at the ceiling. The door is latched with a simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
that remain are unlikely to support a human’s weight. The beams are still strong, but they are slick with fungus and mold. A successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check is needed to cross the level on
to the third level. Characters are safe from falling as long as they stay on the landing or the steps. A trapdoor closes off the top of the stairs at the ceiling. The door is latched with a simple
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
11. Throne Room During the day, sunlight slips through cracks in the ceiling and a window in the west wall, dimly illuminating the area. On clear nights, moonlight does the same. The sound of
white coral branches and mosaics in the form of sharks made of decorative stones and shells. Pillars carved to look like thick strands of kelp support the cracked, thirty-foot-high domed ceiling. Two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
K75. South Dungeon The rusty iron door connecting this hall to area K73 is submerged in 5 feet of water and requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to open. A mold-covered ceiling
(area K75a). K75a. Prisoner A strong young man clutches the bars of his cell while struggling to keep his teeth from chattering. His clothes are shredded, and he is soaked from head to toe. The man is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
vaulted ceiling thirty feet overhead. The essence of evil permeates the very air. The smell of freshly turned earth is here. Settled into the dirt on the floor is a shining black coffin of finely waxed
strong auras of conjuration magic. The central alcove is nonmagical. Creatures that enter the western alcove are instantly teleported to the western alcove of crypt 32 in area K84. Stepping into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a7
25. Pillared Throne Room You look upon an enormous chamber colored in pastels. A forest of massive, many-hued columns support the ceiling.
Aura. Each of the 3-foot-diameter pillars radiates an
), then bounce gently around on the ceiling, 30 feet above, just as a helium balloon. To stop this effect, a dispel magic or remove curse spell must be placed upon each such individual. There seems to be a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
bats hanging from the 20-foot-high ceiling. If bright light is shone at them or if someone makes a noise louder than a whisper, the bats coalesce into three hostile swarms of bats. These swarms were
the cave-in. Mounds of broken rock block the tunnel, piled from ceiling to floor. The other parts of the cave-in were passable after the collapse, but this seems an impenetrable wall of earth
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
is nothing of particular note here. 13. Guest Bedroom This bedroom has no furniture, but rubbish is scattered everywhere, and webs cover the walls and ceiling. From the doorway, you can see a glint of
, and others are partially dislodged.
Anyone who enters the room with reasonable care can avoid moving into the part of the floor that is sagging and damaged, looking perhaps not strong enough to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Designing Dungeon Rooms Keep the following things in mind when designing a dungeon room: Ceiling Support. Underground chambers are prone to collapse, so many rooms—particularly large ones—have arched
closely. Exits. Creatures that can’t open doors can’t make a lair in a sealed room without some sort of external assistance. Strong creatures without the ability to open doors smash them down if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Stat Block: Guard Captain
This captain is strong, stern, and just.
Perfect Posture. Andrella is as strict with her posture as she is with the law.
Role Model. Many of the keep’s young people
the other side.
Murder Holes. Guards atop the gatehouse can thrust spears down at invaders through holes in the ceiling of the archway.
Gatehouse Services The gatehouse offers the following
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
fungi dimly illuminate the caves and tunnels throughout the troglodyte lair.
Ceilings. The main cavern has a 90-foot-high ceiling. Smaller side caverns have 60-foot-high ceilings. Unless noted
otherwise, all ceilings have stalactites hanging from them.
Stench. The troglodytes’ foul musk can be smelled throughout the lair, although the stench is not strong enough to have any detrimental effect on visitors.
Map 13.1: Troglodyte Lair View Player Version
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
cut. The rippling curtain of shadow that stretches between the two statues extends from floor to ceiling and radiates a strong aura of necromantic magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
barred shut from within and are too strong to be broken down without the aid of a ram or a siege engine. The village’s buildings are single-story huts with thatch roofs and walls made of piled stones
some other means.
Gantries. The upper level of Ironslag features iron walkways that are bolted to the walls and stabilized with taut chains bolted to the ceiling. Iron cranes, pulleys, and swingarms
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, Valtagar’s wife. The area is filled with the sounds of hammers and picks striking stone. The ceiling is roughly 10 feet high throughout. 18a. Old Scaffolding A mine track passes through this cave
Eleven duergar work here. Three of the workers are enlarged female duergar (Brakka, Korla, and Zagra) who use picks to break up a vein of iron ore that runs through the ceiling. Six normal-sized males
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
downward. The floor has been cut into hundreds of shallow steps, but the walls and ceiling are still natural rock. About sixty feet down, a rushing stream spills from a narrow crack to the south and
first chamber of the Glitterhame proper is bisected by the stream and has a number of routes leading away from it. The descending fissure opens up abruptly into a very high cavern, its ceiling easily
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
brilliantly lit indoor garden. The room’s domed ceiling glows with warm light, giving life to the lush plants along the stream. Nestled among the ferns, flowers, and palm trees in the garden are two
enormous bronze bowls filled with leafy pomegranates, pears, figs, and dates.
Sunlight beams down from this room’s ceiling. Secret Doors. The foliage hides secret doors: one in the southwest alcove
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
area. 5. Spider Nest The north–south section of this hallway is filled with sheets of webbing (see the sidebar). An ettercap lurks in here, latching onto the ceiling over the door to area 6. Two
servitors. Krell has yet to free them, because he worries he is not currently strong enough to command them. Each cocoon can be torn open with a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check, or it can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
feet of the ceiling. The following boxed text assumes that the characters can see underwater: Through the water looms a colonnade supporting an arched pediment above a long portico. Behind the
characters to the pit. P8. Sloping Cave Stalactites cover the ceiling of this cave, which slopes down toward the south. Embankments skirt the edges, and small, flat stones rise from the water, which is about
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
in several places. Under the stairs at the north end of the hall, a third corridor leads east.
The stairs show considerable wear and creak ominously when tread upon but remain strong enough to
Aside from a large amount of plaster that has fallen from the ceiling, this room is bare.
The floor in the room above (see area 14) is considerably weaker than elsewhere, a fact visible to any who look
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
detect magic spell reveals a strong aura of abjuration magic surrounding the statue.
A character can climb the statue easily and pry a jewel loose with a successful DC 10 Strength check. However, if
either eye is removed, the pillars that line the walls crack, triggering a ceiling collapse. Each creature in the room must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d10 bludgeoning damage from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-foot-high ceiling.
Githyanki. Four githyanki warriors stand guard next to the pillars.
Arch. Embedded in the east wall is a stone arch, its keystone carved with an image of a six-fingered
containing it. Yaveklar is not convinced that her forces are strong enough to defeat the neothelid and still maintain a foothold on this level. If the characters can communicate with the knights, they can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
T13: Great Statue of Orcus A great statue of Orcus scrapes the thirty-foot-high ceiling of this chamber. The rich smell of incense rises from a large stone brazier at the statue’s base, overpowering
is stolen (see “Stolen Goods” below). Roleplaying Nezzarum. Nezzarum has been waiting here in the hope that adventurers would come and defeat Xia and her cult, knowing that he isn’t strong enough to