Tomb

Narrow passage. Roll on Passage Contents and Exits. For passage width, roll 1d6:

2 - 7

Passage. 10 feet wide. Roll on Passage Contents and Exits.

Small room. Roll on Room and Chamber Contents and Exits. For room size, roll 1d4:

15 x 15 ft.

15 x 20 ft.

20 x 20 ft.

1 - 10

Empty

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Roll on Obstacles

Empty

Roll on Novelties

Roll on Obstacles

Roll on Discoveries

Roll on Escalations and on Small Room Scenery or Large Chamber Scenery

Roll on Set Pieces

No Exits

One exit left

One exit straight

One exit right

Two exits, left and right

Two exits, left and straight

Two exits, straight and right

Three exits, left, straight, and right

Stone stairs down

Stone spiral staircase down

Ladder up or down (50 percent chance of each)

Stone spiral staircase up

Sloping passage up or down (50 percent chance of each)

Pitch-black room that can’t be lit by any mean

An undead skeletal elephant (follows orders but doesn’t attack) digging graves with its tusks. It’s too big to go through the door. Nearby is a wooden case, 8 feet long, big enough to pack the skeleton’s bones. The case is narrow enough to fit through the door

An empty sarcophagus. The carving on the lid magically transforms to depict the most recent person to enter the room

Giant hourglasses rise to the ceiling like pillars. Some are nearly full and some have nearly run out. Each is labeled with a well-known name. If an hourglass is broken, that person instantly dies

An enormous statue of a skeletal reaper, so big its hunched shoulders brush the ceiling. The statue’s eyes glow blue. The life energy of any creature that dies on this dungeon level flows visibly into the statue. The creature can’t be raised as undead or resurrected by any means short of true resurrection until the statue is destroyed

Blood drips from red stalactites into bloody pools

The doors in this dungeon are grave steles or featureless slabs of black stone; you can’t open them but you can pass through them as if they were illusory

The dungeon is lit by ghostly, glowing apparitions that can’t affect or be affected by living creatures

Dust gathers in the corners of every room. No amount of sweeping can clear the dust completely

Living creatures appear skeletal when reflected in a mirror

Lock: A door with a keyhole in the eye socket of a skeleton.

Key: A key made of bone with a skull-shaped handle

Lock: An arcane locked door imprinted with the indentation of a skeletal hand. The door can be pushed open easily by any dead or skeletal hand.

Key: A skeletal arm and hand

Lock: An arcane locked door etched with a riddle: “Speak the name of the last door you will open.” Speaking the answer (Death) unlocks the door.

Key: A skull etched in gold with the words “Remember death, the last door”

Lock: An arcane locked stone door set with three opals, with an indentation where a fourth is missing. The door unlocks if an opal is placed in the missing slot.

Key: An opal

A coffin leans against the wall. Opening the coffin reveals a door to the next area

A coffin leans against the wall. Opening the coffin reveals a door to the next area

Alcoves contain skeletons that attack if touched

Skeletal arms reach from the walls and floor to grab passing creatures (escape DC 14)

Visions of dead loved ones or rivals appear to the characters. The visions are harmless, but each player must describe who their character sees

Roll 1d4 on the Obstacles table. You find the key listed in that entry. Make a note of the matching lock. The next Obstacle encountered is that lock.

Nonhostile ghost or skeleton repeating its daily routine, traveling from place to place, possibly opening secret doors, bypassing traps, or revealing other secrets

Talking skull that is eager to exchange information for conversation

A vase containing 1d4 spell scrolls of speak with dead

An inanimate corpse holding a magic weapon

A gold and silver-etched coffin, weighing a ton and worth 50 gp (or 5,000 gp on dungeon level 7 or higher), surrounded by luxury goods and a Treasure Hoard

A corpse clutches a [[wand of secrets]] that functions only inside the tomb

A skeleton that obeys the characters’ commands. The skeleton collapses into a pile of bones if reduced to 0 hit points or if ordered to leave the tomb

Undead guards: on patrol. If they meet living creatures, they attack while sending messengers to the local overlord (roll or choose from Set Pieces)

Level 3–4: mummy

Level 5–10: 1 or 2 wraiths

Level 11–16: skeletal warlord (DDG) with skeleton horde ; 3 wraiths

Level 17–20: wraith lord with 2 wraiths ; 2 vampires

Intelligent undead: will grant passage or offer information for a price

Level 1–2: ghoul

Level 3–4: wight

Level 5–10: 1 or 2 revenants or vampire spawn

Level 11–16: vampire

Level 17–20: vampire warrior with 1 or 2 vampire spawn

Guardians: attack if disturbed

Level 1–2: 1d4 skeletons or zombies

Level 3–4: ghost or walking statue

Level 5–10: 1 or 2 wraiths

Level 11–16: warlord’s ghost with 2 to 4 zombie knights ; banshee with 2 or 3 wights

Level 17–20: 2 bone devils or vengeful ghosts

Guardians: attack on sight

Level 1–2: 1d4 giant poisonous snakes or swarms of bats

Level 3–4: 3 or 4 death dogs or ghouls

Level 5–10: zombie knight with skeleton horde or zombie horde ; 2 or 3 wights

Level 11–16: vampire assassin or vampire

Level 17–20: rakshasa with 2 bearded devils

Guardians: guarding a location

Level 1–2: 2d4 bonespawn (DDG)

Level 3–4: 3 or 4 animated armor or skeleton immortals (DDG)

Level 5–10: 3 to 5 ogre zombies

Level 11–16: 3 or 4 shadow demons

Level 17–20: vampire or vampire mage with vampire spawn

Level 11–16: forgotten god with 2d10 skeletons ; 3 wights

Level 17–20: 2 vampires

Roll 1d6 on this table to determine an encounter group. The group is nearby (in the nearest unexplored room) and may be detected by tracks, noises, flickering torchlight, or other signs

Undead Prison. A beam of blue moonlight shines down from a moon painted on the ceiling. The moonbeam engulfs a sarcophagus. Inside the sarcophagus is an imprisoned undead creature. Opening the sarcophagus or blocking the moonbeam frees the creature.

Level 1–2: banshee or wight

Level 3–4: revenant , its vengeance focused on the characters (when the revenant is released, 1d4 specters also appear)

Level 5–10: mummy lord

Level 11–16: demilich

Level 17–20: demilich or dread knight champion

Setting: The beam of moonlight acts as a permanent moonbeam spell that damages undead creatures only.

Army of Darkness. An undead creature gathers an army to sweep away the living.

Level 1–2: wight with 3 or 4 zombies . Reinforcements: 1d6 bonespawn

Level 3–4: wraith with 1d4 specters . Reinforcements: 1d4 specters

Level 5–10: skeletal warlord (DDG) with 1d4 skeleton immortals (DDG). Reinforcements: 1d4 skeleton immortals .

Level 11–16: vampire warrior with 2 vampire spawn . Reinforcements: vampire spawn

Level 17–20: mummy lord or wraith lord with 2 or 3 wraiths . Reinforcements: 1 or 2 wraiths

Setting: At the end of each round, reinforcements arrive, clawing up from the ground or floating through the walls.

Death Magic. A spellcaster commands an army, their eyes fixed on conquest.

Level 1–2: priest with 1d8 bonespawn

Level 3–4: high priest , mage , or necromancer with 3 or 4 skeletons or zombies

Level 5–10: archmage , forgotten god , or vampire mage with 3 or 4 ogre zombies

Level 11–16: archmage , archpriest , or adult black dragon lich with 1d4 + 1 wraiths

Level 17–20: lich with 4 ghosts or shadow demons

Setting: The area glows with arcane runes. A creature can use an action to make an Arcana check (equal to the spellcaster’s DC) to deactivate a rune. When the spellcaster is reduced to half its hit points or less, all destroyed undead creatures return to full health unless all runes have been deactivated.

The tomb is cleansed only if you complete a powerful spirit’s unfinished work.

Roll 1d6:
1–2 deliver a message,
3–4 take revenge on a killer,
5–6 recover a piece of stolen burial treasure

Burial mask with value appropriate to tier (tier 0 or 1: 50 gp, tier 2: 500 gp, tier 3 or 4: 5,000 gp)

Spell scroll containing a spell appropriate to the area’s tier (tier 0: cantrip or level 1 spell, tier 1: level 2–3 spell, tier 2: level 4–5 spell, tier 3: level 6–7, tier 4: level 8–9)

Coins or jewelry worth an amount appropriate to the tier (tier 0: 25 gp, tier 1: 75 gp, tier 2: 750 gp, tier 3: 7,500 gp, tier 4: 75,000 gp). 25 percent chance that the item is an easily identifiable crown, signet ring, or other item associated with a historical figure or family

1d6 vials. Roll 1d6: 1–3 potions of healing , 5–6 potions of greater healing

Valuables: 1d4 × 100 gp in jewelry

Magic (30 percent chance): +1 breastplate, +1 scale mail, or +1 weapon

Valuables: 2d4 × 100 gp in silver and gold coins or jewelry

Magic (40 percent chance): pipes of haunting or spirit lantern

Valuables: 1d6 × 1,000 gp in gilded grave goods, jeweled masterwork weapons or instruments worth 500 gp each, or artworks

Magic (50 percent chance): dimensional shackles or sword of life stealing

Valuables: 1d4 × 10,000 gp worth of gold and platinum coins, jewelry such as crowns, scepters, and necklaces, or gems

Magic (60 percent chance): mace of terror or Emperor’s blade

Valuables: 1d4 × 100,000 in gold coins, hundreds of pounds of golden statues and furniture, or jeweled weapons and implements worth 10,000 gp each

Magic (70 percent chance): holy avenger or scarab of protection ]

Dusty floor criss-crossed by skeletal footprints

Skulls mortared into the walls

Alcoves contain inanimate skeletons

Bones or inanimate mummies heaped against the walls

Necromantic runes carved into the walls and floor

A bas relief of skeletons, angels, or tormented souls

Shovels and a dirt-filled wheelbarrow

Everburning torches in wall brackets

Bloodstained floors and walls

Antechamber filled with uncomfortable pews intended for mourners and other visitors

Dusty, abandoned chapel

Chapel under the influence of the hallow spell

Unholy chapel with a bloody stone altar, lit by candles in skulls

Jars containing knucklebones, for use in divination magic

Crypt containing 1d6 sarcophagi

Crypt containing niches filled with bones

Crypt containing caskets and a dusty pipe organ

Dozens of empty graves dug into the earth floor, each with a pile of dirt next to it. Shovels nearby

A guardroom with musty beds and an altar to the god of death

Room contains mirrors, scrying pools, and other ritual divination equipment

Skulls carved in bas relief; a ritual circle is etched into the floor

Canopic jars sealed with symbols of death. One jar contains a Minor Treasure

The room is ringed by a balcony accessible by stone steps. Dozens of inanimate skeletons stand atop the balcony

A giant-sized statue of a deity or mortal hero stands in the middle of the room. Stone coffins are arranged along the walls

Square stone slabs set into the walls, each with a name and date. Behind each is a niche containing bones

A dozen glass-walled tanks of brine, each containing a perfectly preserved corpse

A dozen open sarcophagi containing inanimate mummies, each wearing a death mask

A funeral barge too big to fit through the door. On the deck is an inanimate mummy and a Minor Treasure

A life-sized equestrian statue. The statue can be pushed across the floor, revealing a trapdoor leading to a tomb and a Treasure Hoard

Hundreds of unlidded pots, each containing the bones of an inanimate skeleton

Dozens of dusty wooden coffins, some splintered open and empty