Origin Feat You are able to live underwater. This may be a natural feature of your character if you’re playing a Malenti or an Elf from Valraea, or it could be the result of arcane transmutation or a divine blessing. Whatever the origin of this gift, you gain the following benefits. Amphibious. You can breathe underwater. If you possess the Limited Amphibiousness trait in addition to this feat,…

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Strength or Dexterity 13+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Climb Speed. You gain a Climb Speed equal to your Speed. Hop Up. When you have the Prone condition, you can right yourself with only 5 feet of movement. Jumping. You can make a running Long or High Jump after…

Your reserves of physical power have kept you alive on more than one occasion. You have proficiency in the Athletics skill. Athlete’s Resolve. If you take this trait twice, you have Advantage on Athletics checks. You can use this feature a number of times equal to twice your Proficiency Bonus, regaining all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Type: Adventuring Gear Cost: 5 CP Weight: 7 lbs A Pole is 10 feet long. You can use it to touch something up to 10 feet away. If you must make a Strength (Athletics) check as part of a High or Long Jump, you can use the Pole to vault, giving yourself Advantage on the check.

A Pole is 10 feet long. You can use it to touch something up to 10 feet away. If you must make a Strength (Athletics) check as part of a High or Long Jump, you can use the Pole to vault, giving yourself Advantage on the check.

Your body is enhanced beyond mortal limits. You can add your Charisma modifier to any Athletics, Perception, and Survival checks that you make.

Weapon (any melee weapon without the heavy or reach property), legendary (requires attunement) This weapon was forged using the preserved remains of an ancient mimic. You gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. As a Bonus Action, you can use a command word to magically reshape it into any kind of Melee weapon with which you’re proficient that doesn’t have the…

Ability Scores: Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence Feat: Mark of Passage (see “ Dragonmark Feats ”) Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics and Athletics Tool Proficiency: Cartographer’s Tools Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Cartographer’s Tools, Fine Clothes, Map, Map or Scroll Case, 18 GP; or (B) 50 GP Before the Last War, Orien’s influence covered Khorvaire, and its trade roads and lightning rails…

The characters need to run down a fleeing cultist before he can reach a ritual circle, or vice versa. Stakes. Can the characters overtake a fleeing NPC? Alternatively, can the PCs escape a pursuing monster. Relevant Skills – Characters Chasing an NPC. Acrobatics, Athletics, Deception, Insight, Investigation, Survival. Acrobatics and Athletics allow the characters to run down their opponent.…

Type: Simple Melee Weapon Cost: 5 SP Weight: 2 lbs Damage: 1d6 Piercing Properties: Thrown (range 30/120), Slow Proficiency with a Javelin allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and…

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+, Strength or Dexterity 13+) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Dexterity score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Climb Speed. You gain a Climb Speed equal to your Speed. Hop Up. When you have the Prone condition, you can right yourself with only 5 feet of movement. Jumping. You can make a running Long or High Jump after…

As a Bonus Action, you can expend one use of your Channel Divinity to augment your athleticism. For 1 hour, you have Advantage on Strength (Athletics) and Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks, and the distance of your Long and High Jumps increases by 10 feet (this extra distance costs movement as normal).

Wrestlers are trained athletes that grapple competitively for money and sometimes glory. Brawlers Rowdies and Ruffians Habitat: Any; Treasure: Individual Loud and brash, brawlers look for a good time or a fight but preferably both. Most brawlers are laborers and crafters who blow off steam carousing when they can scrap up the funds and scrapping when they run out. Particularly skilled brawlers…

The most well-known Ankylier society is that of Blazestone Gully. Blazestone Gully incorporates a huge expanse of land – originally a series of riverways that crossed a wide-open, hilly plane. Over centuries, shallow gorges were carved by rivers, steep valleys in an otherwise open region. These once lush ravines were ravaged by a drying climate, creating a relatively barren and rocky scrubland,…

Opulent accommodations. Warm and comfortable but awkwardly sized. This suite of attached bedchambers, bath, and sitting room appears grand and kingly. The white walls of solidified clouds look like the finest marble. The entrance from the hallway passes through a circular foyer with a mosaic floor depicting a sky of drifting clouds. Plush furniture and chairs rest in the central common room near…

Add your Proficiency Bonus to an ability check when the DM determines that a skill or tool proficiency is relevant to the check and you have that proficiency. For example, if a rule refers to a Strength (Acrobatics or Athletics) check, you can add your Proficiency Bonus to the check if you have proficiency in the Acrobatics or Athletics skill. See “ Proficiency ” later in this chapter for more…

Warrior veterans have participated in numerous battles and can hold their own against lesser rivals and monsters. Warriors Warriors are professionals who make a living through their prowess in battle. They might be skilled in using a variety of tactics or trained to take advantage of unusual battlefields. Warriors often work together, whether in armies or in teams with deliberate goals. Roll on…

Most ability checks involve using a skill, which represents a category of things creatures try to do with an ability check. The descriptions of the actions you take (see "Actions" later in this chapter) specify which skill applies if you make an ability check for that action, and many other rules note when a skill is relevant. The DM has the ultimate say on whether a skill is relevant in a…

As a Utilize action, you can wrap a Chain around an unwilling creature within 5 feet of yourself that has the Grappled, Incapacitated, or Restrained condition if you succeed on a DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. If the creature’s legs are bound, the creature has the Restrained condition until it escapes. Escaping the Chain requires the creature to make a successful DC 18 Dexterity (…

The heavy doors between this room and the next require a successful DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to open.

Performer legends are celebrities known across nations, continents, or worlds. Their prestige might grant them access to the heights of society, or they might use their performances to manipulate audiences. Performer legends usually have signature traits or talents that set them apart from other entertainers, such as a distinct voice, incredible athleticism, or a unique manner of dress. They…

Your daredevil tendencies and thirst for excitement led you to the Crucible Keepers, an organization dedicated to studying natural and magical catastrophes. From playing with molten glass to charging into a hurricane’s eye, you thrive when disaster is mere steps away. Ability Scores: Strength, Constitution, Intelligence Feat: Arcane Overload Skill Proficiencies: Athletics and Nature Tool…

When the characters arrive at the tamped gravel lot around the chapel, they see bright oil lanterns creating a constant glow behind the building’s shuttered windows. Silhouettes moving within reveal activity. Sounds. A Passive Perception 15 or higher or succeeding on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check overhears prayer from inside. Once hearing or being made aware of the prayer, a successful DC…

Wrestlers are trained athletes that grapple competitively for money and sometimes glory.

Run this encounter when the characters go to any inn or tavern (such as the Gold Dragon Inn or the Crown) to rest or to gather information. Read the following: You enter the common room to find a rowdy crowd of people engaged in an arm wrestling competition. A shifter woman in a leather smith’s apron is currently taking on a warforged soldier—both are clearly straining hard to earn victory. In…

General Feat (Prerequisite: Constitution 13+, Proficiency in Athletics) You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Quick Recovery. Once per day, you can recover from 1 level of Exhaustion after completing a Short Rest. In addition, a Long Rest removes 2 levels of Exhaustion (instead of 1). Notes: +1 Constitution, Quick…

Any enemy that tries to grab you is in for a surprise. You have Advantage on Athletics and Acrobatics checks to escape a grapple. Supreme Slip. If you take this trait twice, when you fail an Athletics or Acrobatics check to escape a grapple, you can use your Reaction to succeed instead. You regain the use of this feature when you finish a Long Rest.

The southern end of this cavern is entirely flooded. A walkway encased in transparent stone runs along the eastern wall, ten feet above the water’s surface. The hydras once kept their nest at the far end of the pool, where the depth dips down to 25 feet. They were temporarily driven out by a devil serving Urevian a few weeks ago, but that reckless devil ended up a meal for the more aggressive of…

The magical academies in the worlds of D&D; make useful models for your world-building. Consider the following when creating your magical academy. Everything Under One Roof. The most common form of magical academy is a single place where several kinds of magic are taught. For example, Strixhaven, detailed in Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos, is a magical academy where five different campuses…

Type: Musical Instrument Cost: 40 GP Weight: 2 lbs The yarting is the staple stringed instrument of minstrels across Faerûn. See the Player’s Handbook for more details on Musical Instruments.