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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
hundred feet of it, whereupon its tall masts and creaking bulk come into view. The converted ship has rigging but no sails, and is anchored to the wharf by thick chains. A wooden staircase climbs from
off-duty Flaming Fist mercenaries. The owner and proprietor is Laraelra Thundreth, a middle-aged female human mage known as “the Captain” to her staff and regular patrons. Laraelra is neutral and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and results in the death and liquefaction of the subject’s body. Veneranda doesn’t allow anyone to view the ritual while it’s being performed. Y19f. Staff Storage This irregularly shaped room contains
the tunnel gives way to a landing that offers a view of the citadel’s uppermost reaches. Light from a high window illuminates a set of steps that ascend to a pair of mahogany doors in the tower’s face
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
father Klaus’s eyes—utterly unfit to lead their family. Unwilling to accept her father’s view, Ivana spent her youth eschewing the dalliances of her kin, instead learning every aspect of her family’s
to his office to share a momentous decision. Having lost his sons, Klaus named Ivana’s cousin, Ivan Dilisnya, his heir. He had already announced his decision to the estate staff and sent a messenger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
full building consists of ten floors, but these locations are the most relevant to the characters’ activities. Map 5.2: kollema hall View Player Version K1. Serenity Quadrants Study areas under the
Kollema holds an open book in one hand and a staff in the other and is visible from each of the hall’s floors. K3. Demonstration Stage This stage rises 5 feet to be flush with the base of Kollema’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Tomb of Amun Sa The following locations are keyed to map 5.5. Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map 5.5: Tomb of Amun Sa View Player Version P65: The Pharaoh’s True Way The characters can enter this room
(for a total of 2,000 pp). Each vase weighs 15 pounds. P68: The Pharaoh’s Tomb A grand sarcophagus lies in the center of this room, with a golden staff set across it. In the center of the north wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
staff. Map 3.2: firejolt cafe View Player Version F1. Study Tables These long benches sit atop two raised tiers with magic steps between them, affording easy access to the seating area below. Some
, stickers, and other decorative and leisure items. The subjects of the magazines are all magic themed, with titles ranging from Mages Monthly to Potions! Potions! Potions! to Spells and Caster. Staff
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
to employ a servant or two, or they endeavor to appear as such. For the best experience in the North Ward, go there just before dawn, buy a broadsheet, and settle in at a café with a view of the
. Then the birdsong will begin, and shortly thereafter, you’ll hear and then see the drays arriving with servants. These aren’t the live-in staff used by noble houses, but people hired to come and work
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
observatory as a temporary base and grant the characters access to the observatory’s amenities, as described below. Mike Schley Map 13.1: Observatory View Player Version Astronomical Clock The front door of
. This is the observatory’s primary source of income; since demand is low, funding is a perpetual struggle. Adjoining chambers accommodate the observatory staff. Stairs ascend from the clock room to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
devoid of other students or staff. Map 3.1: the biblioplex View Player Version B1. Main Entrance Enchanted marble steps lead up 5 feet to a small plaza at the Biblioplex’s entrance. The double door’s
. B2. Biblioplex Lounge Luxurious couches and sturdy tables furnish this spacious area. Students, employees, and staff members often use this lounge to relax between shifts in the student store (area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
locked and devoid of other students or staff, except for Tulk Tusktooth and a few staff members who perform cleaning duties during the day. Map 3.3: bows end tavern View Player Version E1. Patio
tavern’s back lot. These exits are marked “Staff Only” but aren’t locked during operating hours, acting as loading areas for receiving supplies throughout the night. E6. Kitchen The tavern’s food orders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Encounters in the Brambles
Map 3.4: Bone Brambles View Player Version The following descriptions correspond to areas marked on map 3.4. B1. Entrances Characters who circle the tangled stretch of
fail to satisfy them, the three spirits attack. Shambling Mounds. Three shambling mounds arise from the brambles and attack the characters. Thorn Trap. The characters spot a hawthorn staff entangled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
seen through the eyes of its proprietor, Durnan.
Extractor Staff. A thin crystal stand near the throne holds a black metal staff shaped like a warped, alien spinal column. This is Extremiton’s
extractor staff (see the “Ulitharid” entry in appendix A).
While seated in its crystal throne, Extremiton is psychically linked to the psipods in areas 14 and 15 and is maintaining its Waterdeep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Marshal View Player Version M1. Harpy Rock Eight harpies lurk in their bone-covered nests on this rock, gnawing on humanoid remains. When the harpies notice humanoids nearby, they use Luring Song to
gp before speaking further with the characters. If the tribute is forthcoming, Xalatamos tells the characters that it kept a staff of power in the crew quarters (area M5), but the item went missing ten
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
discovered a beating heart that filled an entire room, pumping blood through veins in the walls of the building. According to Allis, the staff claimed to be “creating the heart of Galifar,” apparently
, not from faith. Cults driven by madness have a warped view of reality. A cultist might believe aberrations are a higher form of life and that the daelkyr will elevate mortals. Other cultists may not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
frost, burning hands, or shield. The critical limitation of the wandslinger is a dependence on an arcane focus. A wandslinger must have an arcane focus—a wand, rod, staff, orb, or crystal—to perform
you primarily view your magic as a weapon, or do you hate being forced into combat? Do you have a diverse range of spells, or is your magic largely oriented around combat? A player character is never
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
rebuilding of the structures that will comprise the new town. She instructs the builders and gives them their pay at the end of each tenday.
Map 3: Leilon Under Construction View Player Version
first temple in Leilon. The church of Lathander paid handsomely for the honor, and Merrygold and his staff assist in making sure that the workers get fed and cared for outside of their normal duties
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
performers and staff hide stolen goods and even bodies in plain sight among legitimate props, and they craft disguises for use outside the theater. Theaters make great settings for social adventures. In a
Phenax, a shrine, and an escape tunnel for making a quick getaway. Map 4.13: Amphitheater View Player Version Amphitheater Villains Liars, sneaks, and charmers often make their living as performers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
. Thurstwell Vanthampur uses the imps to keep an eye on his brother, Amrik. The imps take malevolent delight in killing any seagulls that happen by, and the tavern staff can’t figure out why the decks
the green-paned lantern that indicates the tavern is open for business. A staff member crawls to the end of the bow to douse the lantern, refill it with oil, and relight it at highsun every day. On
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
spotted at once. The staff pretends nothing is out of the ordinary and waits on newcomers, but they quietly warn Nareen and her group. Nareen might send a server to ask such folk whether they’re here
assassin), another Hand of Yartar, has already sold the orb to the Kraken Society. She has a good hiding spot in the alley behind the tavern that gives her a view through the small, dirty panes of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
inspire some youngsters to take such risks. Whatever the reason, from time to time a halfling feels the call of adventure and sets off with a walking staff, a satchel, and a few biscuits. The first
living with the dwarves for a few years as an apprentice. From the point of view of a halfling villager, going anywhere beyond home is an adventure, and anyone who does so must have a fine story or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Crystal Ball Locations The following areas are keyed to map 1.2. STACEY ALLAN, WILL DOYLE Map 1.2: The Crystal Ball View Without Tokens View Player Version C1: Magic Portal When the characters enter
leading different directions. From one of them, a sleek puppy with a lolling tongue, a runny nose, and nervous eyes bounds into view.
The puppy is Nosey. Nosey uses the Blink Dog stat block, except
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
when the characters arrive, so the area is sparsely populated. Map 4.1: wiltroot hall and outer grounds View Player Version W1. Hall and Learning Platform The trunk of an enormous dead tree rises nearly
overlooks the bog and walkways beyond.
This area is devoid of faculty, staff, or students, leaving the building full of class supplies. Up to three herbalism kits or poisoner’s kits could be crafted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
the Girscamen. Read the following description as the characters come within sight of the wreck: Midnight-colored coral covers the trench’s sheer walls. As the bottom of the trench comes into view, you
creatures with non-Humanoid anatomies. However, two magic items inscribed with Djaynaian symbols are usable and remain intact: a sun blade and a staff of frost.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
deans wing View Player Version L1. Main Hall The double door leading into the Deans’ Wing from outside is locked, but it can be opened with a successful DC 25 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A
detailed records of Lorehold’s staff, students, and curriculum going back centuries. A character who spends 10 minutes going through the records and succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Investigation) check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
are keyed to map 15.1. Mike Schley Map 15.1: Harrowhall View Player Version 1: Moat and Walls A 30-foot-high wall borders Harrowhall, surrounded by a 20-foot-wide, 15-foot-deep, dry moat. The
make it clear the ghost trap ritual can be found in that book. In one passage, Gremorly gloats over attuning himself to a Staff of Withering. A food bowl on the floor is inscribed with Gus’s name. In
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to chronomancy, the art of magically manipulating time. Activating the Obelisk. If the characters retrieved Iriolarthas’s staff of power and Veneranda is with them, she insists that the staff be used
staff’s charges to accomplish. If a creature attuned to the staff uses an action to expend 10 or more of its charges while touching the staff to the obelisk, power surges from the staff and triggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Paliset Hall Locations The following locations are keyed to map 12.2. Map 12.2: DM’s Map View Player Version P1: Fountain and Patio The following description assumes the characters arrive here from
anyone into the palace.
A gnome adventurer acquires
the shard solitaire necklace and a key
belonging to Paliset Hall’s head of staff The four winter wolves are soon joined by the two winter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Goldenfields Locations The following locations are identified on map 2.2. Map 2.2: Goldenfields View Player Version G1. Gatehouse The Northfurrow trail ends before a magnificent stone gatehouse
damaged and broken down, however. Each set of doors has AC 16, 500 hit points, a damage threshold of 10, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. The gatehouse staff operates in three daily shifts that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
plane intersects it horizontally at the level of the docks and the base of the tower. Topalah’s Tower View Player Version As the tower comes into view, read: A crooked tower perches atop a small
face half hidden by a wide-brimmed hat that has a blue jay perched on it. The woman leaps to her feet, brandishes a staff, and snarls, “Go on, git!” A fiery ray springs from her fingertip, frightening
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
pinnacle’s edge is a spyglass on a tripod, pointed downward.
From this vantage point, the Feathergale Knights possess a supreme view of all that transpires in the nearby canyon and the Sumber Hills beyond
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
unpredictable, many believe the demonic incursions are punishment for holiness within the town. Kindness and piety are met with hostility and horror, and townsfolk overwhelmingly view missionaries of good
and maintains the keep and its staff. It’s an open secret that Alorio covets the throne, but he isn’t above groveling to support his illusion of loyalty. Plague-Mort isn’t the first town founded on the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
lanterns hang from iron brackets or the rafters, dimly lighting all interior locations. Map 1.11: easthaven town hall View Player Version The following locations are keyed to map 1.11. T1. Reception
know what else to do with the figurehead except store it here, out of the public eye. He fears the figurehead is tainted by demonic magic and has warned his staff not to touch it. A detect evil and good
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Wheelwatch Locations The following locations are keyed to map 4.2. Map 4.2: wheelhouse outpost View Player Version W1: Courtyard The fort’s courtyard holds several small structures with wooden roofs
belonged to Kalaman’s forces before the fort was taken. One rack also has a hoopak staff (see appendix A) taken from Elgo (who’s imprisoned in area W6). Mounted over the south rack is a shiny lance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
tables, dressers, and bunks for the palace staff. Five goblins are frozen in place like statues, caught in the mundane chores of ironing clothes, darning socks, and folding sheets. A row of brass bells
stasis and steal his staff of power. Appendix D has additional roleplaying notes for Thinnings. Treasure. The bottom drawer of Thinnings’s dresser contains the butler’s collection of rings. Many of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
room. As more of the rays intersect, a translucent figure comes into view where their light converges: a bald man wearing a long, purple gown. His face breaks into a smile as he sees you.
Everlast
express interest in restoring Ythryn to its former glory, he laments, “Many powerful minds have tried.” If the characters mention Veneranda’s plan to use Iriolarthas’s staff of power and the obelisk