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Enhance Ability

Spells Player’s Handbook

You touch a creature and choose Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. For the duration, the target has Advantage on ability checks using the chosen ability. Using a Higher-Level

Spell Slot. You can target one additional creature for each spell slot level above 2. You can choose a different ability for each target.

Enhance Ability Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a creature and bestow upon it a magical enhancement. Choose one of the following effects; the target gains that effect until the spell ends. Bear's Endurance. The target has advantage on

Ability Score Improvement 4

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Score Improvement 5

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Score Improvement 2

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Score Improvement 3

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Score Improvement

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Score Improvement 1

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Score Improvement 6

Feats Player’s Handbook

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) Increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. This feat can’t increase an ability score above 20. Repeatable. You can take this feat more than once.

Ability Scores Legacy

Rules

is the highest that a person usually reaches. Adventurers can have scores as high as 20, and monsters and divine beings can have scores as high as 30. Each ability also has a modifier, derived from

Each of a creature's abilities has a score, a number that defines the magnitude of that ability. An ability score is not just a measure of innate capabilities, but also encompasses a creature's

Ability Check

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Ability Check An ability check is a D20 Test that represents using one of the six abilities—or a specific skill associated with an ability—to overcome a challenge. See also “Playing the Game” (“D20 Tests” and “Proficiency”).

Ability Check

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Ability Check An ability check is a D20 Test that represents using one of the six abilities—or a specific skill associated with an ability—to overcome a challenge. See also chapter 1 (“D20 Tests” and “Proficiency”).

Ability Score and Modifier

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Ability Score and Modifier A creature has six ability scores—Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma—each of which has a corresponding modifier. Add the modifier when

you make a D20 Test with the corresponding ability or when a rule asks you to do so. See also “Playing the Game” (“The Six Abilities”).

Ability Score and Modifier

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Ability Score and Modifier A creature has six ability scores—Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma—each of which has a corresponding modifier. Add the modifier when

you make a D20 Test with the corresponding ability or when a rule asks you to do so. See also chapter 1 (“The Six Abilities”).

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

narratively interesting, the dice determine the result. Ability Modifier An ability check is named for the ability modifier it uses: a Strength check, an Intelligence check, and so on. Different ability

checks are called for in different situations, depending on which ability is most relevant. See the Ability Check Examples table for examples of each check’s use. Ability Check Examples Ability Make

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

DCs. Typical Difficulty Classes Task Difficulty DC Very easy 5 Easy 10 Medium 15 Hard 20 Very hard 25 Nearly impossible 30 To make an ability check, roll a d20 and add the relevant ability modifier

Ability Checks An ability check tests a character’s or monster’s innate talent and training in an effort to overcome a challenge. The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Ability Checks An ability check tests a character's or monster's innate talent and training in an effort to overcome a challenge. The DM calls for an ability check when a character or monster

attempts an action (other than an attack) that has a chance of failure. When the outcome is uncertain, the dice determine the results. For every ability check, the DM decides which of the six abilities is

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Ability Checks An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task that he or she has decided to attempt. The Player’s Handbook includes examples of what each ability score is

used for. The Ability Checks table summarizes that material for easy reference. Multiple Ability Checks Sometimes a character fails an ability check and wants to try again. In some cases, a character is

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

the rules specifically say so. The next few questions touch on this point again. Can you get a critical hit on an ability check? For example, on a grapple attempt, does a critical win, or the highest

number? Ability checks don’t score critical hits. Attack rolls do. Is a 1 on an ability check an automatic failure? Rolling a 1 on an ability check or a saving throw is not an automatic failure. A 1

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

narratively interesting, the dice determine the result. Ability Modifier An ability check is named for the ability modifier it uses: a Strength check, an Intelligence check, and so on. Different ability

checks are called for in different situations, depending on which ability is most relevant. See the Ability Check Examples table for examples of each check’s use. Ability Check Examples Ability Make

Ability Modifiers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Ability Modifiers Each ability has a modifier that you apply whenever you make a D20 Test with that ability (explained in “D20 Tests”). An ability modifier is derived from its score, as shown in the

Ability Modifiers table. Ability Modifiers Score Modifier 1 −5 2–3 −4 4–5 −3 6–7 −2 8–9 −1 10–11 +0 12–13 +1 14–15 +2 16–17 +3 18–19 +4 20–21 +5 22–23 +6 24–25 +7 26–27 +8 28–29 +9 30 +10

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Ability Scores Every monster has six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) and corresponding modifiers. For more information on ability scores and how they’re used in play, see the Player’s Handbook.

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Ability Scores Each ability has a score from 1 to 20, although some monsters have a score as high as 30. The score represents the magnitude of an ability. The Ability Scores table summarizes what the

scores mean. Ability Scores Score Meaning 1 This is the lowest a score can normally go. If an effect reduces a score to 0, that effect explains what happens. 2–9 This represents a weak

Ability Options

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Ability Options The optional rules in this section pertain to using ability scores.

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Ability Scores Every creature has six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) and corresponding modifiers. For more information on ability scores, see Ability Scores and Modifiers in the Basic Rules.

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Ability Checks In addition to roleplaying, ability checks are key in determining the outcome of an interaction. Your roleplaying efforts can alter an NPC’s attitude, but there might still be an

element of chance in the situation. For example, your DM can call for a Charisma check at any point during an interaction if he or she wants the dice to play a role in determining an NPC’s reactions. Other

Enhance Ability

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

Enhance Ability Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather) Duration: Concentration, up to 1

hour You touch a creature and choose Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. For the duration, the target has Advantage on ability checks using the chosen ability. Using a Higher

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Ability Scores Every monster has six ability scores along with corresponding ability score modifiers and saving throw modifiers. For more information on ability scores and saving throws, see the Player’s Handbook.

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Ability Scores Every monster has six ability scores along with corresponding ability score modifiers and saving throw modifiers. For more information on ability scores and saving throws, see “Playing the Game”.

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Ability Scores For generating ability scores, we recommend allowing players to choose between the standard array — 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8 — and the option presented in “Variant: Customizing Ability Scores” in chapter 1 of the Player’s Handbook.

Enhance Ability

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Enhance Ability 2nd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather from a beast) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You touch a creature and bestow

Ability Checks

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Ability Checks An ability check is a test to see whether a character succeeds at a task the character has decided to attempt. The Abilities, Ability Checks, and Saving Throws table summarizes what

published adventure calls for an ability check, a skill or tool proficiency is often called out: for example, “a character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Arcana) check can puzzle out the magic

Enhance Ability

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Enhance Ability 2nd-level transmutation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather from a beast) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You touch a creature and bestow

Ability Scores

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

Ability Scores Every creature has six ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) and corresponding modifiers. For more information on ability scores and how they’re used in play, see the Basic Rules.

Enhance Ability

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

Enhance Ability Level 2 Transmutation (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Components: V, S, M (fur or a feather) Duration: Concentration, up to 1

hour You touch a creature and choose Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. For the duration, the target has Advantage on ability checks using the chosen ability. Using a Higher

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