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go underwater to a depth of 900 feet. Below that, the vehicle takes 2d6 Bludgeoning damage each minute from pressure.
A creature in the compartment can take a Utilize action to move as many as two of
damage.
Each extended claw makes the following melee attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft. Hit: The target has the Grappled condition (escape DC 15).
6
The apparatus walks or swims forward provided its
Wastrilith
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
lightly obscures the area until a current clears it away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates.
A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a DC 18
","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage and is poisoned until it finishes a long rest.
If another demon drinks the foul water as an action, it gains 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
lightly obscured;lightly obscures the area until a current clears it away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates.
A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a
drinks the foul water as an action, it gains 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Corrupt Water"} temporary hit points.
Magic Resistance. The wastrilith has advantage on
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The leviathan regains spent
gigantic serpent.
Usually found only on the Elemental Plane of Water, a leviathan sometimes swims through a portal to another world, where tritons, sea elves, and other aquatic folk attempt to contain it
Apparatus of Kwalish
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floats on water. It can also go underwater to a depth of 900 feet. Below that, the vehicle takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage per minute from pressure.
A creature in the compartment can use an action to move as
or swims forward.
The apparatus walks or swims backward.
7
The apparatus turns 90 degrees left.
The apparatus turns 90 degrees right.
8
Eyelike fixtures emit bright light in a 30-foot
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The bakunawa regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Nimble Glide. The
bakunawa flies or swims up to half its speed. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks.
Slam. The bakunawa makes one Storm Slam attack.
Lightning Strikes (Costs 3
Apparatus of the Crab
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Basic Rules (2014)
floats on water. It can also go underwater to a depth of 900 feet. Below that, the vehicle takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage per minute from pressure.
A creature in the compartment can use an action to move as
or swims forward.
The apparatus walks or swims backward.
7
The apparatus turns 90 degrees left.
The apparatus turns 90 degrees right.
8
Eyelike fixtures emit bright light in a 30-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
Running the Encounter Have Skalanthas, the characters, and Captain Orso roll Initiative. The crew acts immediately after Captain Orso in the Initiative order. These sailors take the Hide action while
assault until he is Bloodied or the ship is destroyed, at which point he dives underwater and swims back to his lair on the island (area M38). Fate of the Wavemount The encounter ends with the Wavemount
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
11 (2d10) Fire damage. Being underwater doesn’t grant Resistance to this Fire damage. Hidden Entrance. A character who swims to the bottom of the scalding lake beneath the bridge and takes a Search
action can make a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a successful check, the character discovers a hidden underwater tunnel leading to the dragon’s lair (area G14). The tunnel measures 10 feet high, 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
in the compartment can use an action to move as many as two of the apparatus’s levers up or down. After each use, a lever goes back to its neutral position. Each lever, from left to right, functions
swims forward. The apparatus walks or swims backward. 7 The apparatus turns 90 degrees left. The apparatus turns 90 degrees right. 8 Eyelike fixtures emit bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
the compartment can use an action to move as many as two of the apparatus’s levers up or down. After each use, a lever goes back to its neutral position. Each lever, from left to right, functions as
: 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage. Each extended claw makes the following melee weapon attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: The target is grappled (escape DC 15). 6 The apparatus walks or swims
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
, which is 50 feet from the end of Topolah’s dock and the same distance away from the Second Wind. On its first turn, the void scavver swims up to the jolly boat and attacks a random character. Characters
who were surprised can’t act until the next round. A character can use an action and a pair of oars to row the jolly boat 10 feet horizontally in any direction along the gravity plane shared by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
action to move as many as two of the apparatus’s levers up or down. After each use, a lever goes back to its neutral position. Each lever, from left to right, functions as shown in the Apparatus of
makes the following melee attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft. Hit: The target has the Grappled condition (escape DC 15). 6 The apparatus walks or swims forward provided its legs are extended. The apparatus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
action to move as many as two of the apparatus’s levers up or down. After each use, a lever goes back to its neutral position. Each lever, from left to right, functions as shown in the Apparatus of
makes the following melee attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft. Hit: The target has the Grappled condition (escape DC 15). 6 The apparatus walks or swims forward provided its legs are extended. The apparatus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates.
A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the
saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 18 (4d8) poison damage and is poisoned until it finishes a long rest.
If another demon drinks the foul water as an action, it gains 11 (2d10) temporary
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
and swims toward the Morkoth. The same magic that Slarkrethel placed on the Morkoth to conceal it from divination spells allows the kraken to locate the ship unerringly. If the characters free Hekaton
an action, the kraken can attack the Morkoth with all ten of its tentacles and deal 250 bludgeoning damage to the ship on each of its turns, accounting for the Morkoth’s damage threshold and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
mouther’s body is an amorphous mass of mouths and eyes that propels itself by oozing forward, fastening several mouths to the ground and pulling its bulk behind. Though it moves slowly, it swims
a d8 to determine what it does during its turn. On a 1 to 4, the creature does nothing. On a 5 or 6, the creature takes no action or bonus action and uses all its movement to move in a randomly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
a large body of water and takes on the form of a gigantic serpent. Usually found only on the Elemental Plane of Water, a leviathan sometimes swims through a portal to another world, where tritons
and within 250 feet of it, and then it vanishes.
Legendary Actions
The leviathan can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
clears it away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates.
A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the
the saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 18 (4d8) poison damage and is poisoned until it finishes a long rest.
If another demon drinks the foul water as an action, it gains 11 (2d10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
, 11 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Using an action, a creature can pull a chain free of the tree with a successful DC 17 Strength (Athletics) check. Combat Rules. A trial by
” and permission to use the king’s palace (area D11) as a place to rest. Morgort’s seemingly lifeless body is dumped into Murky Lake, whereupon she swims to area D2 and steals the swamp gas balloon there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
the spring makes this area Lightly Obscured. The spring is 50 feet deep and connects to the Lake of Bones via a hidden entrance. A character who swims to the bottom of the spring and takes a Search
action can make a DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a success, the character discovers a hidden underwater tunnel leading to area V8 (see “Lake of Bones” above). Any creature that enters the scalding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
combat using his claw and Wave.
Round 4. Gar swims back.
Round 5. Upon returning to the young kraken, Gar casts charm monster on the creature. It fails its saving throw and believes Gar to be a
attack with Wave as a legendary action. Gar will hit with a critical hit, reducing the creature to 91 hit points. Gar then takes 17 bludgeoning damage from the kraken (reducing him to 99 hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
, some of the vines reaching high enough to break through the clouds. You find yourself sailing through a void filled with colorful gases and blinking stars. A school of space-dwelling fish swims past
flumph named Flapjack, who serves as the ship’s spelljammer. Flapjack has the following additional action option: Spellcasting. The flumph casts one of the following spells, requiring no material
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
aquatic troll swims up from the depths. It has the abilities of a normal troll, but can also breathe water and has a swimming speed of 30 feet. Darkmantles These creatures cling to the ceiling as the
for the Prince of Demons!” in Abyssal. A merrow can use its action to capsize a boat or raft within 5 feet of it. Anyone in the boat can thwart the merrow by using a reaction to make a Strength check
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
deeply on your own thoughts. You can take an action to focus your inner mind. This focus lasts for 1 hour. While your inner mind is focused, you can’t take reactions. For the duration, when you make
and Gossa prefer the former course of action, but the characters can convince the pair to accompany them through the Briny Maze to attack the zealot while he’s digging. Activation Rods. These two rods
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
action to reel in the harpoon. If another creature is holding onto the harpoon, the merrow regains the weapon if it wins a contested Strength check. If characters take cover to avoid harpoon attacks
action on his turn. Each chain attack has a +14 bonus to hit, has a reach of 15 feet, and deals 19 (3d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage on a hit. He has no rocks to hurl but can pick up a shipboard ballista and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
.
Bonus Actions
Aquatic Charge. The sahuagin swims up to its Swim Speed straight toward an enemy it can see.
Salamander Large Elemental, Neutral Evil
AC 15 Initiative +2 (12)
HP 90 (12d10 + 24
hours later.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the shadow takes the Hide action.
Shambling Mound Large Plant, Unaligned
AC 15 Initiative −1 (9)
HP 110 (13d10 + 39
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
attack intruders on sight and fight to the death. The spyder-fiends spun the webs in this room, making the entire room difficult terrain. The webs don’t burn, but a creature can use an action to cut
life, since Jallizanx doesn’t know how precarious the tower’s anchors are. Violet Dot. A violet dot swims back and forth in the Ruinous Sea. Jallizanx knows there’s a powerful creature out there but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
. Nevertheless, a character can attempt to shift a giant lord’s attitude toward the party from hostile to indifferent by succeeding on a DC 20 Charisma (Persuasion) check. A character can use an action
fails, Serissa takes no action against her sisters. The check can be repeated, but only if new and relevant information is brought to Serissa’s attention. 15. Throne Room If the characters approach
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
damage on a successful one. The stone slab seals off the corridor until the next dawn, when the slab rises into its ceiling cavity and the trap resets. In the meantime, a creature can use an action to
any creature that enters the chamber. Diana Cearley Sword of Sharpness (scimitar)
with a snake-shaped pommel Appeasing the Statues. A character can use an action to try to appease the statues with a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
description below as needed. This room is bare except for two wooden benches, set opposite each other against the longer walls. A handful of lizardfolk stand at attention, ready to move into action
they take offensive action. The lizardfolk adults defend their hatchlings and their property, doing their utmost to prevent the characters from entering area 25. If a fight breaks out, two lizardfolk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
northernmost door has a “No Trespassers!” sign hanging on the outside of it and is nailed shut on the inside (a fact not discernible from the outside). As an action, a character can try to force open the
of poison gas hidden in the door itself. As an action, a character can try to disable the trap using thieves’ tools, doing so with a successful DC 15 Dexterity check. Unless the trap is disabled
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
). Eyon’s mount, a hunter shark, swims in the lake nearby. The cultists challenge any strange boats that approach from the east and attack unless the characters convince them to parley. Roleplaying Eyon
one uses an action to tie one of the heavy stones to the paralyzed character’s feet. On the following turn, the ghoul shoves the paralyzed character into one of the drowning pools. Swimming to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a6
of strange black metal, that he is doing some repair work on. If he is attacked and the fight goes against him, there is a 33 percent chance per round that he uses his action to toss the mace into
golden eye swims into view in the stone’s writhing center. For each creature that sees the eye, roll a d12 and consult the following table. The creature is affected as if by a symbol spell of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
). Hidden in the floor is a secret trapdoor. While in this room, Xanathar uses its ring of invisibility to remain unseen and can use a bonus action to activate or deactivate a psychedelic display of
smaller fishbowl, 3 feet in diameter, rests on a pedestal next to the larger bowl. A dwarf wearing a skullcap adorned with eyestalks feeds a trout-sized fish that swims in circles in this smaller bowl. A 10