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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
described in chapter 8. Manshoon creates copies of himself using the simulacrum spell and takes great pains to conceal his identity, since his success hinges on not attracting the attention of others
who would seek to thwart him before his plans come to fruition. Manshoon avoids unnecessary confrontations with adventurers; only those who enter his extradimensional sanctum are likely to incur his wrath. If you choose Manshoon as the villain, the adventure takes place in the winter.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
the ravine is heavily obscured by fog, so the characters can approach the castle without being seen by its inhabitants. Until the castle takes flight, cultists and guards from the village deliver wagons
cloud giants who built it. Doors. All doors in the castle are made of 1-foot-thick ice as hard and tough as stone, but only half the weight. They are fitted with iron hinges and handles, and sized for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
the ravine is heavily obscured by fog, so the characters can approach the castle without being seen by its inhabitants. Until the castle takes flight, cultists and guards from the village deliver wagons
the castle are made of 1-foot-thick ice as hard and tough as stone, but only half the weight. They are fitted with iron hinges and handles, and sized for giants. A normal door is 20 feet tall, 8 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
leading down as the characters explore. Ceilings. Passages and chambers are 10 feet high unless otherwise indicated. Doors. All doors are made of wood with iron handles, hinges, and built-in locks
requires a passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 15 or higher, whereas a character who takes the time to search the wall can find the secret door with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
pivots. Opening a door creates two gaps, each about 3 feet wide. No locks remain operable, but some doors are stuck. It takes a successful DC 15 Strength check to force open a stuck door. Double doors
have iron hinges and swing open in one direction or the other, like normal doors. Music. Music being played in area A4 can be heard faintly in areas A1, area A6, and the southern section of A10. It’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
V2. Tower Door The tower door is made of iron, with no visible handles or hinges. In the middle of the door is a large, embossed symbol — a connected series of lines with eight stick figures set
time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 22 (4d10) lightning damage. The lightning lasts for 10 minutes. The third time this trap is triggered, the magic fails and causes the tower to collapse. Each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
. Before it can be fired, a ballista must be loaded and aimed. It takes one action to load the weapon, one action to aim it, and one action to fire it. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft
cut from seamless stone. Some of those chimneys can be used to gain access to the fortress.
Doors. Regular doors are made of thick, sturdy oak reinforced with iron bands and fitted with iron hinges
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
extend or retract the chains that raise and lower the drawbridge. If both winches are operated simultaneously, it takes 1 round to raise or lower the drawbridge by 30 degrees. In other words, the
everything but the outermost wall. A search of the debris unearths the broken remains of a ladder and a battered wooden door with broken hinges.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wooden floors throughout, and all windows have hinges that allow them to swing outward.
The rooms on the first and second floors are free of dust and signs of age. The floorboards and wall panels
together to form blackened timbers, which then turn back into a sturdy wooden frame around which walls begin to materialize. Destroyed furnishings are likewise repaired. It takes 2d6 hours for the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
43. Veils of Fear This room lies beyond a double door, the outside of which is carved with leering and laughing skulls. The doors are neither locked nor trapped, and they swing inward on rusty hinges
the mouth is clear. Any creature that ends its turn with its head in the boar’s mouth takes 22 (4d10) slashing damage as the boar’s jaws clamp down. If this damage reduces the creature to 0 hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
to solving the shrine’s puzzle. The doors to the shrine are not locked and hang heavy on their hinges. Each door weighs 600 pounds, so one or more characters need a combined Strength score of 20 or
leap out from behind the statue and attack as soon as the characters enter the room. None of the keys in this room unlock the pedestal. However, they are all similar in size. If a character takes all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
dormant barnacles hangs slightly ajar on rusted hinges.
Anga once lived in this small stone cabin near the pier, which made it convenient for her to visit Angajuk. The place has been vacant for
three giant vultures, who think that the sound signals mealtime or the presence of prey. They attack unless the characters offer meat to satisfy them. Angajuk Arrives. It takes 30 minutes for Angajuk the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
area 12 has collapsed. Pulling on either door unleashes enough force to break the hinges and send the doors and a wall of rubble crashing into the room. Any creature within 10 feet of the doors must make
a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw to jump out of the way. On a failure, the creature takes 28 (8d6) bludgeoning damage, or half as much damage on a successful save. The fall of rubble leaves the hallway filled with stone and impassable.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
30b) is inserted into the lock and turned 90 degrees clockwise, four bolt locks slide back from the surrounding walls, and the door swings inward on adamantine hinges. The door remains open until it is
closed, and the key can be removed at any time. Without the proper key, it takes four separate knock spells to open one of these doors, each spell causing one bolt to slide back. The doors are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
4 and area 12 has collapsed. Pulling on either door unleashes enough force to break the hinges and send the doors and a wall of rubble crashing into the room. Any creature within 10 feet of the doors
must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw to jump out of the way. On a failure, the creature takes 28 (8d6) bludgeoning damage, or half as much damage on a successful save. The fall of rubble leaves the hallway filled with stone and impassable.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
attached to it by rusty hinges, stands against the west wall of this chamber. Trapped inside the cage are two shivering humans in cold weather clothing. They look fearfully at you.
Garagai built the
the ends of her long braids. She is ready to do whatever it takes to get back to her mother in Dougan’s Hole. Of the two siblings, she is the more proactive. Finn has a piebald face flanked by small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
in turn adopting new personalities that set them apart from their ilk. The fanatics’ plan hinges on the transformation ritual, as it promises to provide the beginnings of a new mind flayer empire on
order. Ever since, she regularly takes to the air to investigate her paranoid suspicions that her enemies might attack at any time. Voalsh has fashioned a magical, floating disk that she often uses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
top. Any other creature that comes into contact with an anemone must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 11 (2d10) poison damage from the anemone’s poisonous
are 30 feet tall and made of barnacle-covered stone with rusty iron hinges. Their handles are 13 feet above the floor. Secret doors are similar in size but lack visible hinges and handles. A Huge giant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
obtain Obo’laka’s puzzle cube. The doors are slightly ajar and have rusty hinges that squeal loudly when the doors are opened. When the characters arrive, four zorbos (see appendix D) are lurking around
has one hand on the cube. It takes a moment to realize that the figure is a statue.
The floor mosaic shows Obo’laka (a zorbo) fighting I’jin (an almiraj). Inscriptions in Old Omuan underneath the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
digger completely, and the trapped character can’t breathe until dug out. Struggling out on one’s own requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check, and doing so takes 1 minute. Door. When the
characters investigate the door that offers an exit from the chamber, read: The door is carved with a sun symbol and appears to open into the room; there are hinges on this side and scratches on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
opponents, no matter how low the Noxious Stampede stoops. Spireball Rules Nikki Dawes Shariel, Star Player of the Righteous Hands Spireball takes place on a flat, triangular diamond surrounded by a ringed
. The game ends after each team has played offense and defense once. The outcome of the encounter hinges on the winning team and whether the characters assisted them. Noxious Stampede Wins If evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
and worship. Watchtower Adventures A watchtower adventure usually hinges on challenging the characters to find a way into or out of the fortress. As a military structure, a watchtower might hold
Villains table. Watchtower Villains d8 Villain
1 A disguised abhorrent overlord (see chapter 6) convinces the soldiers in a watchtower to rise up against the officers.
2 A medusa takes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in many places, but as long as characters aren’t being chased by anything, they can clear the obstructions safely. The first ascent takes 3 hours; once the road is cleared, it can be climbed or
decrepit wooden gateway. The gates that sealed this entrance are rotted away; only their rusted iron hinges and reinforcing bands remain. In their place are heaps of human skulls. Picked clean of all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
door has been torn from its frame and is nowhere to be seen, though twisted iron hinges offer evidence that the door put up a fight. Standing in alcoves along the outer wall are seven granite tablets
covers it. Once she swims to the surface of the lagoon, she takes flight and looks for a place to roost, such as a greatship or the top of the iceberg. Even if her eggs are destroyed, she won’t leave
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. Ceilings. Ceilings are 30 feet high inside rooms and 10 feet high in corridors. Doors. Doors are made from enchanted oak fitted with adamantine locks and hinges. Lighting. The interior of the spire is
their usefulness, and she tries to destroy them. Ritual of Brain Transfer. Veneranda can use the equipment in this chamber to transform one humanoid into a brain in a jar. This ritual takes 24 hours
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, Victor, whose very name makes her cringe. With her wits restored, Stella feels she has no one in Vallaki she can count on. She latches onto any character who is kind to her. If the party takes her to St
mantel. A character who takes a minute to search the fireplace finds the key with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check. Use of the key disables a poison needle trap hidden in the lock (see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
powerful adventurers in combat. As soon as a hag takes damage, the hag flees, hoping to interfere with the characters’ activities elsewhere on this tier. G15: Bog of the Green Hags A murky grove grows
the menagerie. The hags know the command words for the mirror and use the mirror’s cells to keep their monstrous pets. Cages. The gates to the six cages are unlocked and squeal on rusty hinges. Straw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
perched atop jagged pinnacles. The second layer takes its name from its current lord, Dispater. A manipulator and deceiver, the archduke is devilishly handsome, bearing only small horns, a tail, and a
said to have the wickedest heart in the Nine Hells. The alliance of Belial and Fierna is unbreakable, for both are aware that their mutual survival hinges on it. Stygia The fifth layer of the Nine Hells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
carriage’s doors are sealed shut, with no handles, hinges, or keyholes. Zybilna kept the carriage’s magic key inside the vehicle and used misty step spells to retrieve it as needed. The carriage’s crystal
vortex takes 18 (4d8) force damage. In addition, its speed becomes 0 feet, it can’t benefit from any bonus to its speed, and it can’t be seen by others. The creature takes the damage again at the start
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
doorway beneath a massive relief carving of a crossed hammer and tongs. Two iron doors were fitted to the entrance, but one lies on the ground, completely rusted off its hinges, and the other sags so
chains stretch across the cavern, apparently to shuttle multi-ton buckets of ore across the lava. The heat takes your breath away, brings water to your eyes, and bakes your skin. From where you stand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
a simple tune.
This temporal lobe is a repository of musical memories. Here, music takes the form of ephemeral shapes that echo for days. The virtuoso Shalfi Lewin (see area B9) left this visual
of the maze stands firmly shut at one side. The door lacks handles or hinges.
A group of human cultists who came to pay homage to Ilvaash didn’t escape the hungry encephalon cluster from area B12
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
moves into the area beneath the cylinders for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 14 (4d6) fire damage. Double Door. If Stonky has not yet evacuated the underlevel, the iron double
door to area U3 is locked. The complex lock can be opened with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools, but any such check takes 1 minute. A character can also use an action to try to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
character must succeed on a DC 10 Strength saving throw or fall the rest of the way down the chimney. In addition to falling damage, the character takes an extra 3 (1d6) fire damage from the hot coals and
fight goes poorly, Burdug throws alchemist’s fire (she has three flasks) and opens the door to area 10, releasing the stirges. She takes advantage of the confusion, using more alchemist’s fire if
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and fight until destroyed. The escarpments are 10 feet high and require a successful DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to climb. A creature that falls or is knocked from the top of a ledge takes 3
area is cracked, the iron hinges partially melted. Wrenching or smashing open the door requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. Nino Vecia Mormesk the Wraith Dust, ash, walls blackened
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
on well-oiled hinges. S2: Atrium In this atrium, a glass staircase climbs ten feet to a balcony that wraps around the atrium’s perimeter. A sealed enclosure made of metal and glass holds a lift that
damaged and no longer functions properly. Any creature that moves into the space between the two halves of the arch or starts its turn there takes 11 (2d10) Psychic damage. Dragon’s Hoard. Unless Ylagan